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Thomas Warner. The ornamental part consists of a female figure enveloped in widow-like drapery, and leaning upon an urn. The inscription is as follows :— This monument Is erected to the memory of THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM WARNER, ESQ.,
Who was a member of His Majesty's Council, And Treasurer of this Island. Honourable by his office of Counsellor, But More honourable as a man : For if Virtue alone is true nobility, And if justice, moderation, temperance, meekness, Consummate honesty, charity, generosity', and Conjugal affection, are virtues that are held in any estimation Among men, This man, Who lived in the exercise of them all Was truly honourable. He died on Friday, 11 October, 1771, in the forty-third year of his age, Universally regretted, and lamented by all orders and degrees among Us. To commemorate her anguish for his loss, and as a public Testimony of her love and duty, his disconsolate widow hath Caused this memorial to be raised. Gloria in excelsis Deo !
A very elegantly designed white pyramidal monument erected to the memory of an only child. A chastely sculptured female figure leans upon a " storied urn," with a beautifully chiselled wreath of flowers thrown around her. This monument has been unfortunately injured, one of the hands and part of the arm of the figure being broken off. In memory of her only and beloved daughter, SARAH KELSICK,
Wife of Mr. John Kelsick, merchant in Antigua, Who died on 20th day of March, 1785, In the 19th year of her age. This monument was erected by her disconsolate mother, Sarah Eccleston, Wife of Isaac Eccleston, Esq., 1792. From the parent, the husband, the friend, Her social and amiable virtues Claim the tribute of affliction, And though early cut off, She must ever live in the memory of those Who had the happiness of her acquaintance. Vivit post funera virtus. L 3