James Melrose and family

In

memory

of

James Melrose

who died in Baddinsgill 12th Jan 1885

aged 85 years

also Mary Cairns

his wife who died Upper Dalhousie

24th Oct. 1846 aged 44 years

also

Archibald Hutson

their son-in-law

died 14th Oct. 1906

aged 69 years

also Mary Melrose

wife of Archibald Hutson

who died 24th Dec. 1909

aged 71 years.

Alexander McCall Forrester

First of all I must apologize for my long absence from this blog. The rest of life sort of took over and the very good summer also meant I spend more time in our garden. The other reason is that I'm beginning to exhaust the gravestones in the graveyard. Almost all of them have been recorded and it's hard to find ones that haven't featured here before. But this one hasn't and here is the full text of the stone:

Sacred

to the memory of

the Reverend

Alexander McCall Forrester

for 46 years minister of

the parish of West Linton

born 15th June 1800

died 9th April 1883

also of

Janet Cowan

his wife

born 12th January 1804

died 17th April 1892.