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 South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta - Part 1 [Holmes and Co]

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DescriptionTranscribed from Bengal Obituary. A compilation of tablets and monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal and Agra Presidencies. By Holmes and Co., printed by W Thacker and Co 1851.
Date transcribed2009-08-22
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentSouth Park Street Burial Ground begins on page 106 of the book and ends on page 176 - listing all inscriptions found in that cemetery as at 1851.

Records transcribed to date are from the establishment up to 1799 inclusive.

Surname  Jones    
First Name(s)  William    
Rank or Title  Sir    
Year  1794    
Inscription  Sir William Jones, Knt. Died the 27th April 1794, aged 47 years and 7 months. Here was deposited the mortal part of a man who feared God, but not death, and maintained independence, but sought not riches; who thought none below him but the base and unjust; none above him but the wise and virtuous; who loved his parents, kindred, friends, and country, with an ardour which was the chief source of all his pleasures and all his pains: and who having devoted his life to their service, and to the improvement of his mind, resigned it calmly, giving glory to his Creator, wishing peace of earth, and with good will to all creatures. On the twenty-seventh day of April. In the year of our blessed Redeemer, One thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.    
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Transcribed from Holmes and Co - Bengal Obituary, and photographs of headstones at South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.
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