KK-STMG-144

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED/ to the memory of/ JOHN PUXLEY FITZSIMONS ESQ./ who entered into rest the 8th Day of Oct. A.D. 1860/ in the 57th year of his age/ ALSO/ of his children/ JOHN, ANNE, SUSAN, JOHN, WILLIAM and ARTHUR/ who died in early childhood/ ALSO/ of his daughter/ ELIZABETH LEIGH FITZSIMONS/ who died 5th of June 1874 aged 40 yrs/ ALSO of his wife ANNE FITZSIMONS/ died 2nd August 1879 aged 76 years.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
190
Width (cm): 
104
Thickness (mm): 
12
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1860
Inscription date primary: 
1860
Inscription date secondary: 
1874
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed headstone with a rounded top and sinuous concave shoulders. Above the inscription are holes that originally held a decorative feature. A