Abner REYNOLDS
Forename(s): Abner
Surname: REYNOLDS
Date of birth: 1869
Date of death: 12 Feb 1894
Age at death: 24 years
Died at: New Masse Kessi, Portuguese East Africa
Isle of Wight County Press - 5 May 1894
DEATHS - REYNOLDS. - Feb. 12, at Masai Kessi. East Africa, Abner Reynolds, formerly of Park-place, Carisbrooke, aged 24.
CARISBROOKE. - THE SAD NEWS - has been received here of the death from malarial fever at Massi Kessi, East Africa, of Mr. Abner Reynolds, aged 24, formerly a teacher at Carisbrooke Board School, and son of Mr. William Reynolds, of Park-place, Carisbrooke.
Also on this marker:
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
Left headstone:In Loving Memory of
MARY, THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM REYNOLDS,
WHO DIED DECEMBER 7TH 1890,
AGED 57 YEARS.
“IN PEACE LET ME RESIGN MY BREATH,
AND THY SALVATION SEE;
MY SINS DESERVE ETERNAL DEATH,
BUT JESUS DIED FOR ME.”
Right headstone:
In Loving Memory OF
WILLIAM REYNOLDS,
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY AT CARISBROOKE,
ON JANUARY 1ST 1915,
AGED 81 YEARS.
HIS END WAS PEACE
ALSO OF HIS SON
ABNER REYNOLDS,
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 12TH 1894.
AT NEW MASSE KESSI,
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA.
Transcription by: Tony Barton
