Cemetery: Athlone, pages 179-173 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Westmeath Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Jacquie Liddiard ATHLONE PARISH, PAGES 179-173 Sacred to the memory of Mrs Mary Sterling Relict of William Parsons, Esq., of the City of Dublin who Departed this life July 13th, 1805, aged 83 years. Blessed are they who die in the Lord. _______ Beneath Lieth the Remains of Mrs Margaret Keely alias Kelly wife of Danl. Keely, junior, of Athlone, who Departed this Life the 15th Jue, 1806, agd 23 years. Also their daughter Anne Keely who died young. _______ Here lieth the Body of Hannah Plant alias Morgan wife to Thos. Plant who departed this life Jany. the 18th, 1808, aged 36 yrs. Erected by her Brother in law Humphey Plant in memory of her. _______ Here Lies the Body of Arthur Dunne, Esqr., Late of Kilmacough, in the County of Westmeath, who Depd. this Life September the 6th, 1808, agd. 61 years. _______ Here Lyeth the Body of Margaret Wood, who Departed this Life the 22nd of March, 1809, aged 136 month? _______ Here Lyeth the Body of William Parsons who departed this Life the 25th of April, 1809, aged 65 yrs. Also the Body of Dorothea Parsons, his Daughter, who Departed this Life the 16th of March, 1802, aged 16 yrs. _______ Here lieth the Remains of Robert Johnston, who Departed this Life August the 1st, 1809, aged 40 years. Erected by his wife Deborah Johnston, alias Scot. _______ Beneath lieth the Remains of Frances Hillyard, alias Kelly, who Departed the 19th of August, 1809, aged 36 years and three of Her children who died young. _______ Here lieth the body of Anne Achmoutt who Departed this life of the 14th day of April, 1810, in the 74th year of her age. This Stone was Erectd. by her Faithful Servant and Friend Benjamin Carter. _______ Sacred to the memory of Margaret Tims who Died in April, 1810, and Sarah Tims who Died in July said year. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Also their Mother, Elizabeth Tims, who died the 11th of Feb., 1812, and their Father Henry Tims who Died the 8th of March, 1817. Erected by their Father. _______ Erected by Qr. M. Sarg. Wm Gordon, of the 92 Regt., in memory of his Son Wm. Gordon, who Depd. this Life the 1st Septr., 1810, aged 13 months. _______ Beneath this stone are deposited the Remains of John Potts, of Athlone, Esqr., late deceased, who Departed this life on the 16 day of Decr., 1811, in the 82nd year of his age. Highly Respected as an In dulgent Landlord and an honest Gentleman. Also here Lyeth the body of William Young Potts, late of Spring Park, in this county, Esqr., who died May 26th, 1862, Nephew of the above John Potts. [Registered William Potts]. This was a member of the family of Potts who owned and conducted the Saunder's News-Letter till its extiction some twenty years since. _______ To the memory of Margaret, infant daughter of Richard Webster, Surgeon of the 51st Regiment, who died the 20th day of Novr., 1813, aged 10 months. Also of Elizabeth, her Sister, a most amiable and interesting child, whose uncommon abilities and acquirement were checked by her premature death on the 28th of the same month, aged 7 years, leaving her afflicted Parents to deplore the loss of in every respect so promising a child. _______ To the memory of William Mathews and John Maxwell Mathews this stone is erected, 1813. _______ Sacred to the memory of Mary McGregger, who Departed this Life on the 12th of February, 1814, aged 28 years. Also her infant Daughter Eleanor McGregger, who Departed on the 21 of February, 1814, aged 1 year and 8 months. This monument was erected by her Disconsolate husband, Archibald McGregger, Armagh Regt. of Militia, as a Testimony of his gratitude and esteem. _______ Beneath this Tomb are Interred the Remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Larkan alias Knott, late wife to Captain John Larkan, of his Majesties Royal Navy, she died on the 20th May, 1815, aged 52 years. Abigail Fleming otherwise Larkan, died 29th March, 1825, aged 38 years. John Larkan, Captain in the Royal Navy, died 1st November, 1830, aged 83 years. _______ Sacred to the memory of Isabella Elizabeth Flood, whose mortal Remains are here deposited, and who departed this Life on the 13th Day of August, 1815, aged 37 years and 3 months. In Her were united the moral Piety of a Christian, The Affectionate Endearments of a Wife, and the Tenderest Solicitude of a mother. This Stone is placed here by a Loving and Regreting Husband as a Small Tribute to many years of Domestic Happiness. _______ Sacred to the memory of the much Regretted Henry Kendrick, whom the Lord suddenly summoned from time to Eternity by the upsetting of a sail boat on Lough Rhee, September 30th, 1815, in the 23rd year of his age. For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive. - 1st Corinthians 15 C., 22. _______ Vincit Veritas Underneath this place in Interred the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Honan, who departed this life on Tuesday the 11th day of March, 1817, aged 64 years. This stone was erected by her husband John Honan, in Rememberance of the very affectionate regard he had for her. For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive. - 1st Corin., chap. xv., verse 22. _______ To the memory of Lewis Eveligh, son of H. Eveligh, Esq., Major in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, who departed this life the 10th April, 1817, in the 10th year of his age. _______ Sacred to the memory of Edward Rabey, late private of the 84th Regt., who departed this life the 21st April 1817, aged 30 years. _______ Here lie the remains of Mrs. Anne Isabella Murray, who died 6th June, 1817, aged 45 years. _______ In memory of Margaret Heverin, who died at Belle Ville on the 4th day of November, 1818, in the 81st year of her age. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. This stone was placed as a testimony of respect and affection by the family with whome she lived for the last sixty years. _______ .......ed this Life the 12th May, 1819, in the seventeenth year of his age. _______ Sacred to the memory of Joseph Lynch, who departed this life the 20th of Febry. 1821, aged 62 years; and four of his children who died young. Erected by his beloved wife Catherine Lynch. _______ Underneath this Tomb Lyeth the mortal remains of Joseph Longworth who depd. this Life the 11th March, 1821, aged 19 years. Son to Francis Longworth of Cragin Mills, whose remains also lyeth Intered within the precincts of this sacred gound. Also Mrs. Mary Longworth, who dept. This Life 26th April, 1844, aged 87 years. Daly (sic) our mortal flesh decays. _______ (to be continued.) _______ Source: Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. 2. FHL# 1279252