# James Barron (1852–1855)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1717.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1717

```text
IN MEMORY
OF
JAMES BARRON
SHIPMASTER FERRY PORT ON CRAIG
WHO DIED AT SEA [9TH?] MAY 1852
AGED 52 YEARS. AND IS INTERED HERE.
ALSO HIS WIFE
JANET WEMYSS
WHO DIED AT FERRY PORT ON CRAIG
8TH DEC 1855 AGED 50 YEARS
ALSO THEIR FIVE CHILDREN, THREE
SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS
WHO DIED WHEN YOUNG.

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD.

THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY THEIR
SURVIVING CHILDREN. FOUR
SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
```

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

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