Gravestone Jonhn Coombe and Jane Sargent

Headstone Inscription Lewannick Cornwall

Sacred

TO THE MEMORY OF

JOHN COOMBE
OF THIS PARISH
Who departed this life
June 10th 1863
Aged 75 years

All you that pass this way along
May think how sudden I was gone
Death doth not always warning give
Therefore be careful how you live

THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS TWO
SONS IN AUSTRALIA

Also JANE his Wife
WHO DIED MARCH 18th 1881
AGED 90 YEARS

Sleep dear Mother thy work is done
Thy toil is over thy crown is won
How sweet to sleep on that blest shore
Where pain and sorrow is no more

JOHN COOMBE:
Baptism: 11 Jul 1790, Lewannick Cornwall (IGI P002151)
Burial: Jun 1863, Lewannick Churchyard Cornwall
Census: 1861, Polyphant Lewannick Cornwall
Occupation: Farmer of Lewannick Cornwall
Born 11 Jul 1790 Lewannick Cornwall
Died 10 Jun 1863 Lewannick Cornwall
Married 30 Aug 1812 Lewannick Cornwall

JENNY (JANE) SARGENT:
1861Census: Polyphant Lewannick Cornwall
John Coombe Head 71yrs Ag Labourer
Jane Wife 69yrs

1871 Census: Tinny Hill Lewannick Cornwall
Jane Coombe Head Widow 78yrs Ag Labourer's Widow
Born 1789 Talland Cornwall
Died 18 Mar 1881 Lewannick Cornwall
Had 10 children.