The Lawson family

This gravestone has lost its top which is laying behind it on the ground  (see below)and the words Erected in memory of can just be seen. It tells a tale of tragic loss of many children, which explains the inscription on the pedestal. Here comes the text:

Thomas Lawson who died

at Waterside 31st January 1852 aged 66 years

and

Mary Ritchie his wife who died at

Boghowse 24th March 1872 aged 60  years

Also

Marion, Helen and Jane

who died in the prime of life. Also

George and John Lawson

who died in youth. Also

Helen granddaughter who died in infancy.

Archibald Lawson died at Edinburgh

18th March 1879 aged 52 years

and Charlotte Dunlop his wife

who died 27th June 1917 aged 80 years

also the children of Archibald

and Charlotte Lawson. Thomas Ritchie who

died at Kirkhill 12th May 1868 aged 6 months

Alexander Dunlop who died at Edinburgh

12 September 1870 aged 3 years

and Mary Ritchie who died at Edinburgh

6th July 1875 aged 6 years

Charles Archibald died 25th February 1877 aged 2 years

Marion Thomson died 5th November 1922

Finally on the bottom there is the following verse:

Suffer little children to come unto me

and forbid them not

for of such is the kingdom of heaven.