# William Simpson (1826–1885)

Tayport Auld Kirk Cemetery, Tayport, Fife, Scotland. Stone 1740.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/tayport-auld-kirk-cemetery/1740

## Face 1

```text
1848
ERECTED
BY
WILLIAM SIMPSON
IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER
ALEXANDER SIMPSON.
WHO DIED MAY 1826
AGED 55 YEARS
ALSO HIS MOTHER
JANET SIMPSON
WHO DIED AUG 10TH 1833
AGED 63 YEARS.
ALSO OF HIS BROTHER
ALEXANDER SIMPSON.
WHO DIED AUG 27TH 1846
AGED 33 YEARS.
AND HIS [?]
ELIZABETH F FEATHERS
WHO DIED [10TH?] [?] [1861?]
AGED [?] YEARS
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002487-side1.JPG)

## Face 1

```text
IN MEMORY OF
HIS SISTER IN LAW
AGNES SIMSON
WHO DIED 27TH FEB 1862
AGED 50 YEARS.
AND HER SON JAMES
WHO DIED 23RD JULY 1864
AGED 23 YEARS.
ALSO OF HIS WIFE
ELSPETH IMRIE
WHO DIED 8TH FEB 1873
AGED 63 YEARS.
WILLIAM SIMPSON
DIED 13TH JAN 1885
AGED 75 YEARS.
```

![Photograph](https://storage.googleapis.com/kirkyards-photos/scotland/fife/tayport/auld_kirk_cemetery/monument/image/S7002487-side2.JPG)

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

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