Grave of Joseph Hepworth

Stainland Providence Congregational Church

ALSO of the above Joseph Hepworth who died April 11th 1854 Aged 41 years.     My bones and hammer lie declined My bellows too have lost their wind My fire's extinct, my forge decayed And in the dust, my vice is laid My coals are spent, my iron's gone My nails are drove, my work is done     Also of Ephraim Hepworth son of Joseph and Rebecca Hepworth who died Decr 28th 1861 aged 22 years.     He was ?? ?? ? ? words are wanting to say what. Think what a son and a brother could be and he was that.     Also of Rebecca, wife of the above Joseph Hepworth, who died March 28th 1889, aged 75 years.