# James Small Jun (1809–1861)

Howff Cemetery, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. Stone 168.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/dundee-howff-cemetery/168

## Face 1

```text
1809
ERECTED
BY
JAMES SMALL [JUN?]
MANUFACTURER
[?] SMITH HIS SPOUSE
IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON
JAMES WHO DIED 22ND [?] 1809
AGED 6 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS
ALSO OF
CUSPET BAXTER HIS MOTHER
WHO DIED 22ND NOVEMBER 1822
AGED 72 YEARS
[?]
WILLIAM SMITH WHO DIED AT
[?] 14TH MARCH 1817
AGED 76 YEARS
AND ELIZABETH ADAMSON
HIS WIFE WHO DIED
AT DUNDEE 30TH DECEMBER [?]
AGED 84 YEARS
JAMES SMALL [JUN?]
DIED 24TH FEBRUARY 1857
AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO HELEN SMITH
HIS WIFE DIED 8TH JULY 1861
AGED 78 YEARS
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/tayside/dundee/howff_cemetery/monument/image/A/S7000833-face1.JPG)

## Face 1

```text
OUR LIFE IS BUT A WINTER'S DAY
SOME ONLY BREAKFAST AND AWAY
OTHERS TO DINNER STAY AND ARE FULL FED
THE OLDEST ONLY SUPS AND GOES TO BED
LARGE IS HIS DEBT WHO LINGERS OUT THE DAY
WHO GOES THE SOONEST HAS THE LEAST TO PAY
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/tayside/dundee/howff_cemetery/monument/image/A/S7000833-face2.JPG)

Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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