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Cope stone - large, 2-tiered, on plinth. Iron railings, broken but complete. Single twisted wrought iron bar railings, decorated each end with a trefoil. Corner posts are also twisted wrought iron. One is topped with a finial formed from an outline of four slender edges of a bell shape, others have been broken off. On the west end of the cope stone there is an intricately carved stone wreath, in high relief, featuring five petalled blooms on a circular foliage wreath. Inscription on the south side :
John JOSLIN. Who died April 8th. 1896, aged 69 years. Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov. 2[7]th. chap. 1st. verse. Inscription on the north side :
Mary JOSLIN, widow of John JOSLIN, who died September 29th. 1909, aged 75 years. "I will give you rest.". [ BR: - "1896 13 Apr JOSLIN John 69yrs Hand -borough" - AND - "1909 2 Oct JOSLIN Mary 75yrs Woodstock Rd, Hailey". See also the monument to John and Mary JOSLIN in the church, reference C8 & C9. ]
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