BOX, Ward

(c.1820-1882)

Date of Death:  20 August 1882

Age:  62 years

Grave No:   182

Grid Ref:   

Gravestone Condition:  Good

Material:  Sandstone

Size of Stone:  H x W x D

Mason:  Acaster

Inscription


IN AFFECTIONATE

 REMEMBRANCE OF /

WARD BOX, / 

WHO DIED AT HOOK, / 

AUGUST 20TH 1882, /

AGED 62 YEARS.


Ward (aka Ware) Box was born c.1824 in Hook, Yorkshire.  He was the son of George and Sophia Box (nee Ware).

From at least 1871 Ward was living with his wife, Mary (nee Sykes) at the Brewer's Arms in Water Lane, where he worked as Innkeeper until his death in 1882.