James Biggar Esq. was Born on January 05, 1779, in Fourmerkland, Holywood, Dumfries, Scotland. Died June 26, 1804, in Kingston, Jamaica.
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John Biggar Esq. was born August 18, 1786, in Fourmerkland, Holywood, Dumfries, Scotland. Died July 13, 1829, in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Kingston Parish Church Cemetery
Sons of John Biggar & Jean Walker of Hallhill Farm, Fourmerkland, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
BENEATH THIS STONE
WAS BURIED THE BODY OF
JAMES BIGGAR ESQ'RE
A NATIVE OF JAMAICA
AND A RESPECTABLE MERCHANT
OF KINGSTON
WHO DIED ON THE
25TH OF JUNE 1804
IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE,
AND TO WHOSE MEMORY
HIS AFFECTIONATE UNCLE,
JAMES WALKER ESQ'RE
CAUSED A MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED.
IN THE SAME GRAVE
WAS BURIED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER
JOHN BIGGAR ESQ'RE
BY WHOSE DEATH
ON THE 13TH OF JULY 1829
______ WAS SUDDENLY
DEPRIVED OF ONE OF ITS MOST
DESERVEDLY ESTEEMED CITIZENS;
ONE DISTINGUISHED, BOTH IN HIS
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE,
BY A STEADY COURSE OF INTEGRITY,
CHARITY, AND BENEVOLENCE,
AND WHOSE MEMORY WILL BE LONG
CHERISHED AND RESPECTED BY
THE MANY WHO WERE ACQUAINTED
WITH HIS WORTH.
