Memorial Number: 5*
A memorial recording of this headstone was taken in June 2017. The incised inscription was clear but worn and read:
IN MEMORY
OF MR JOHN CHRISTOPHERS
(OF LONDON MERCHANT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY 1821
AGED 64 YEARS
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ALSO OF
SUSANNA HIS WIDOW
WHO DIED AT HEAVITREE 19TH FEB 1843
AGED 75 YEARS
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This memorial stone was also recorded in 1984 and forms part of an archive at the Devon Record Office. The memorial record from 1984 records the inscription as follows:
IN MEMORY
OF MR. JOHN CHRISTOPHERS
(OF LONDON MERCHANT)
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY 1821
AGED 64 YEARS
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ALSO OF SUSANNA, HIS WIDOW
WHO DIED AT HEAVITREE
19TH FEB 1843
AGED 75 YEARS
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**More text originally existed on the memorial stone, but it was too weathered to be legible.