Joseph JEPSON

(1837-1857)

Date of Death:  3rd August 1857

Age:  20 years

Grave No:   35

Latitude:  53.72086

Longitude:  -0.84994

what3words:  cared.blushes.monorail

Condition:  3: Falling apart, inscription very eroded.

Height including base (mm):  

1880 mm 

Width excluding base (mm): 

 800 mm

Thickness excluding base (mm):  

80 mm

Mason:  

Inscription

In / 

Sacred Memory of / 

JOSEPH, SON OF WILLIAM /

AND ELIZABETH JEPSON, /

OF GOOLE, WHO DIED THE /

3RD OF AUGUST 1857 /

AGED 20 YEARS /

REPENT IN TIME MAKE NO DELAY /

BEHOLD A YOUTH ... AWAY /

FOR LIKE A LILY FRESH AND GREEN /

I WAS CUT DOWN AND NO MORE SEEN /

MY SICKNESS SHORT MY ... BUT FEW /

MY PAST ... HAVE YOU /

THE LORD HE TAKETH ... YOUR CARE /

TO FOLLOW ... AHEAD