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In Loving Memory of

JOSEPH YEOMANS
WHO DIED APRIL 14th 1895
Aged 83 Years

ALSO ANN,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE.
WHO DIED DECr 4th 1897
AGED 85 YEARS

THEIR PAINS WERE GREAT NO TONGUE CAN TELL
WHAT THEY ENDURED WHILST THEY WERE ILL;
THE LORD IN MERCY THOUGHT IT BEST,
AND TOOK THEM TO HIS PLACE OF REST.


Joseph Yeomans was born in Desborough in 1812. He married Ann (maiden name not yet known) before 1841 and they had seven (known) children.

Joseph was a blacksmith and all four of his sons worked as blacksmiths.