# David Shepherd (1879–1884)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1596.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1596

```text
1880

ERECTED
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
DAVID SHEPHERD
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
21ST DECEMBER 1879
AGED [18?] YEARS
ISAIAH LVH 2ND HE SHALL ENTER INTO PEACE
AND OF HIS FATHER
ROBERT SHEPHERD
WHO DIED 9TH APRIL 1884
AGED 67 YEARS
AND HIS GRANDCHILD
ROBERT L.S. MORRIS
WHO DIED 16TH OCT 1884
AGED 5 MONTHS.

TIS GOD THAT LIFTS OUR COMFORTS HIGH
OR SINKS THEM IN THE GRAVE.
HE GIVES AND WHEN HE TAKES AWAY
HE TAKES BUT WHAT HE GAVE.
```

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

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