St Margaret of Antioch, Tanfield
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Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOSEPH KIRTLEY YOUNGEST SON OF
JOHN & ELIZABETH HENDERSON
OF CLOUGH DEAN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 4TH DECR 1866
AGED 21 YEARS.
WHY SHOULD WE WEEP NOW HE IS FREE
FROM SICKNESS AND FROM PAIN
RATHER REJOICE BECAUSE OUR LOSS
IS HIS ETERNAL GAIN.
ALSO OF HENRY THEIR ELDEST SON
WHO DIED 5TH FEBRY 1837, AGED 2 MONTHS
THE ABOVE JOHN HENDERSON,
DIED JUNE 30TH 1873, AGED 70 YEARS.
THE WINTER OF TROUBLE IS PAST
THE STORMS OF AFFLICTION ARE OER,
HIS STRUGGLE IS ENDED AT LAST
AND SORROW AND DEATH ARE NO MORE.
THE ABOVE ELIZABETH HENDERSON
DIED DECR 30TH 1878, AGED 75 YEARS
HER END WAS PEACE.
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John Henderson, the
son of John Henderson and
Ann Robson, was born
about 1803 at Lanchester, Co Durham. He married
Elizabeth Kirtley on 27th
August 1832. Elizabeth was born on 25th August 1803 at Tanfield, Co
Durham, the daughter of Henry
Kirtley and Margaret Pace.
Henry Henderson was
the third child and eldest son of John and Elizabeth. Their second son,
born about 1839, was also named Henry. Two more children followed,
John Robson in 1841 and
Isabella about 1844,
before Joseph Kirtley
Henderson, who was born in 1845.