Stone No. 129, Face: East

Erected
BY
HIS EIGHT SONS
IN GRATEFUL AND
AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
THEIR BELOVED
FATHER PETER BELL,
SMITH PEATCOX.
WHO DIED 26TH NOVR. 1855.
AGED 71 YEARS.
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ALSO THEIR BELOVED
MOTHER ISABELLA GRAY,
WHO DIED 2D. NOVR. 1862
AGED 73 YEARS.
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ALSO
DAVID BELL,
THEIR SON
DIED 20TH JULY 1828,
AGED 20 MONTHS.
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ALSO THEIR SON
THOMAS BELL,
WHO DIED IN BUENOS AYRES
18TH MAY 1863,
AGED 41 YEARS.
AND
ALEXANDER BELL
WHO DIED IN BUENOS AYRES
19TH DECR. 1865
AGED 49 YEARS.

Stone No. 129, Face: North

IN
AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
AGNES HAMILTON
THE BELOVED WIFE
OF JAMES BELL SMITH
PEATCOX. WHO DIED
DECR. 30TH 1876 AGED
51 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
JAMES BELL,
WHO DIED AT EAST LINTON
16TH SEPTEMBER 1893,
AGED 75 YEARS.

Stone No. 129, Face: South

IN Memory OF
PETER BELL,
SMITH PEATCOX.
DIED 29TH JANY. 1834,
AGED 84 YEARS.
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ALSO
HELLEN BELL,
HIS SPOUSE
DIED 5TH DECR. 1815,
AGED 68 YEARS.
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AND OF
ROBERT BELL,
THEIR SON
DIED 7TH AUGT. 1809,
AGED 18 YEARS.

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Peter Bell, who died on 26 October 1855 at Pitcox, was born at Biel Mill. He was a member of a long line of Blacksmiths mostly based at the Smiddy at Pitcox. Peter's father, also Peter Bell, died in 1834. He married Helen Bell, who died 1815. In 1789 he paid a rent of £1.3s 4d for his house and smiddy at Pitcox. Isabella Gray was the daughter of John Gray, Limeburner, and Marion Sanderson. The eight sons mentioned were Peter, John, Alexander, James, Robert, Thomas, Andrew and George. Two other sons died young. Thomas Bell died aged 41 years. James Bell, the son of Peter Bell and Isabella Gray, was also a Blacksmith at Pitcox and Spott. Agnes Hamilton was the daughter of Robert Hamilton, a Farm Steward, and Helen Dempster[See No 130].

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