Gravestone for John Thomas Billing in Gerrans
Sacred
To the
Memory of
JOHN THOMAS BILLING
Son
of
JANES AND PERSIS BILLING
Who departed this life
July 23rd 1851
Aged 19 years
Yet these, new rising from the tomb
With lustre brighter
far shall shine
Revive with ever-during bloom
Safe from diseases and
decline
(photo & transcription courtesy of Diane Honeywill)