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Description	Head stone
Inscription	....0 years .... dead who die in the Lord ....Also of RICHARD TUCKER who departed this life Sept 14th 1849 aged 82 years. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. Job. 5.v26.
Notes	On card: location Yew Block. Left top broken off. Possibly Elizabeth died March 1840 aged 73. Also broken footstone. ...1855 Hannah Tucker 22/8/1855. ....1859 ?22/11/1859. JT 1845 Jane Tucker 6/5/1845. AFT 1853 Ann Fanny Tucker 21/6/1853.
Name	Date of death	Age	Residence
Richard Tucker	14 Sep 1849	82

Transcription by Morag Curtis

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