The following MIs were kindly contributed by Helen Amison, 22nd September 2006.
Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
Flat stone (partly grass covered)
Sacred / to the memory of / James MARSON /of Acton Mill /
who departed this life / May the ... 1853 / Aged LXXIIII Years
Also of / Susannah his Wife / who departed this life /
July the 19th 1854 / Aged LXXI years [the 4 in 1854 is worn and looks like 1. Her age is also worn] [Auth: Susannah was baptised Susannah ROGERS at Fradswell
19 May 1793 & her death was registered at Stafford in 1854]
Tomb South Face, centre panel
In / Affectionate Remembrance / of /
John MARSON / of Stafford /
who died Dec 1st 1864 / Aged 59 years.
North Face, centre panel
Also of Jane / wife of John MARSON /
who died August 7th 1885 / Aged 79 years.
South Face, RH panel
James Cramer MARSON / eldest son of John / and Jane MARSON /
Died Dec 7th 1876 / Aged 44 years.
South Face, LH panel
Clara Ann daughter / of John and Jane MARSON /
Died Nov 24 1850 / Aged 12 years.
North Face LH panel
Also [Emily] second / daughter of / John & Jane MARSON /
who died Jan 12th 1898 / Aged 64 years.
North Face RH panel
In Loving Memory of / Sarah Jane WEBB /
who fell asleep in Jesus / October 26 1899 / in her 58th year.
West Face
Also of Eliza EDWARDS / third daughter of / John and Jane MARSON /
who died Oct 18th 1888 / Aged 51 years.
East Face
Samuel EDWARDS /
died / September 13 [?] 1900 / Aged 85 years. [date eroded] [Auth: John MARSON was second child and
eldest son of James & Susannah MARSON]
Flat stone (partly grass covered)
In a vault adjacent / are deposited /
in hope of Resurrection to Life /
the mortal remains of /
James TURNOCK /
who died at Stafford Sep. 23rd 1861 /
In the 56th year of his age. /
Also of Sarah his Wife / who died /
May 13th 1895 aged 90 years. [Auth: Sarah third child of James & Susannah MARSON]
In / Loving Memory / of /
James MARSON / of Stafford /
Youngest son of James MARSON / of Acton Mill /
Born August 14 1810 /
Died March 30 1898.
Also of Eliza the beloved and devoted /
wife of the above James MARSON /
who died April 7th 1900 / In her 80th year.
William MARSON J.P. / of Stafford /
died Feb 14 1918 / aged 67 Years.
[on side of same stone]
In Affectionate / Remembrance of /
Mabella MARSON /
died April 14th 1932 / Aged 85 /
Second daughter of / James and Eliza MARSON /
of Stafford /
Beloved Benefactress
Francis Herbert / MARSON M.D.F.R.C.S. /
Died Dec 16th 1939 / Aged 78 /
Who for 30 years was / Hon. Surgeon to the /
Staffordshire General / Infirmary [Auth: son of James & Eliza MARSON]
In / Loving Memory of /
Lucy Henrietta MACQUEEN /
who fell asleep on May 27th 1931 / aged 84 years /
"He giveth his beloved sleep" [Auth: Lucy Henrietta was the tenth & youngest child of John & Jane MARSON]
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