1843
ERECTED
BY
MARION RANKINE IN MEMORY OF HER
HUSBAND JOHN TAINSH, WHO DIED
THE 20TH FEBRUARY 1823 AGED 51(?)
YEARS; AND OF THEIR DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH WHO DIED THE 16TH(?)
JULY 1812 AGED 2(?) YEARS AND AL
SO OF THREE CHILDREN WHO
DIED IN INFANCY
MARION RANKINE DIED 26TH NOV.
1862 AGED 81 YEARS
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER
MARION WHO DIED 19TH DECEMBER
1868 AGED 67 YEARS
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER
ISABELLA WHO DIED 8. JULY 1891
AGED 30 YEARS
ON WEST SIDE OF STONE
LEARN THEN, YE LIVING!
BY THE MOUTHS BE TAUGHT
OF ALL THESE SEPULCHRES,
INSTRUCTORS TRUE,
THAT, SOON OR LATE,
DEATH IS ALSO YOUR LOT,
AND THE NEXT OPENING
GRAVE MAY YAWN FOR YOU.