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Henry James Chaplin - monument. Click for larger image in new window

To
the dearest memory of

HENRY JAMES CHAPLIN

THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
SARAH CHAPLIN

PASSED TO HIGHER LIFE MARCH 5. 1923.
AGED 62

WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED LEAD ME
TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I

ALSO

SARAH CHAPLIN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO ENTERED THE HOMELAND
JULY 29. 1938.
AGED 83.

REST WE WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL


Henry James Chaplin was was born in 1861 in Northampton the son of James and Ellen Chaplin. James was a sergeant in the borough police.

Henry, a bricklayer, married Sarah Page in 1878. Sarah was born in Desborough in 1855, the daughter of James Page and Mary Yeomans.