Elizabeth BARTLETT
Forename(s): Elizabeth
Surname: BARTLETT
WidowDate of birth: 1826 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 4 Sep 1900
Date of burial: 7 Sep 1900
Age at death: 74 years
Address: Melksham, Wilts
Section: T - Cemetery map
Plot No: 10 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 5195
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
In Loving Memory ofELIZABETH.
WIDOW OF
JOHN BARTLETT.
WHO DIED AT MELKSHAM.
ON SEPTEMBER 4TH 1900.
IN THE 75TH YEAR OF HER LIFE.
I AM TIRED. EVENTIDE
BIDS ME LAY MY CARES ASIDE,
BIDS ME IN MY HOPES ABIDE.
I AM TIRED. GOD IS NEAR;
LET ME SLEEP WITHOUT A FEAR;
LET ME DIE WITHOUT TEAR.
L AM TIRED. I WOULD REST.
AS THE BIRD WITHIN ITS NEST;
I AM TIRED. HOME IS BEST.
HE GIVETH UNTO HIS BELOVED SLEEP.
Transcription by: Tony Barton