Stone No. E176, Face: East

TO
THE MEMORY
OF
ROBERT BROWN. ESQ.,
LATE FARMER AT MARKLE.
DISTINGUISHED BY SUPERIOR TALENTS, WHICH HE
DILIGENTLY CULTIVATED:
POSSESSED OF EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE,
WHICH HE BROUGHT TO BEAR WITH HAPPY EFFECT ON
THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF WHICH HE TREATED.
HE ENGAGED CHIEFLY IN
RURAL AFFAIRS,
AND ROSE TO EMINENCE NOT LESS BY HIS NUMEROUS
AND USEFUL WRITINGS ON HUSBANDRY,
THAN BY
HIS SKILL AND SUCCESS AS A PRACTICAL AGRICULTURIST.
AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND
A KIND FATHER,
AN EXEMPLARY CHRISTIAN.
HE WAS
ALWAYS FORWARD TO ASSIST THOSE LESS SUCCESSFUL
THAN HIMSELF,
HE DIED 14TH FEBRUARY 1831, AGED 74.
ALSO,
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
JANE DUDGEON,
HIS BELOVED SPOUSE, WHO DIED 27TH SEPTEMBER 1828,
AGED 69.


THIS MONUMENT
IS ERECTED
BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE CHILDREN
MDCCCXXXIX.


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