CO-CSMR-0387

Record Date: 
13 November 2012
Graveyard: 
Castlemagner
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
NICHOLAS WRIXON ESQR
OF CECILSTOWN HOUSE. MAJOR IN
THE ARMY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE 6TH 1861 AGED 72 YRS. HE SERVED IN
SPAIN 1811 TO THE CLOSE OF THE
WAR AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN AUSTRALIA
AND INDIA. THIS WAS ERECTED AS A TONE
OF AFFECTION FOR ONE OF THE KINDEST
AND MOST ATTENTIVE OF HUSBANDS BY
HIS AFFECTED WIDOW
SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY WRIXON WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 13TH 1882 AGED
87 YEARS
IN THEE O LORD HAVE I PUT MY TRUST
71 PSALM 1 VERSE

Memorial Type: 
Table tomb
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.167413055556
Longitude: 
-8.81714
Additional details
Erected by: 
Mary Wrixon
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Major
Name: 
Nicholas
Surname: 
Wrixon
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1861
Age: 
72
Address: 
Cecilstown House
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Wrixon
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1882
Age: 
87
Relationship with first person: 
Wife