James Burgess and John Higson in Droylsden

In St Mary's churchyard, Droylsden, are two graves of writers side by side. This is James Burgess's.

'ERECTED
BY
HIS FRIENDS AS A
TOKEN
OF ESTEEM.'

 'IN MEMORY OF
JAMES BURGESS,
WHO DIED ON 11^TH OF AUGUST
1870, IN THE 64^THYEAR

OF HIS AGE.'

 

'HIS LABOURS ARE ENDED, LIFE'S
TROUBLES ARE O'ER,
AND HIS CALM THOUGHTFUL FACE,
WE SHALL NEVER SEE MORE,
HIS FRIENDS THEY WERE MANY, AND
WITH KINDLY REGARD,
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, THE OLD
DROYLSDEN BARD.'

 

 And this is John Higson's:
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'––––– THE LAST GREAT DAY ––––– HERE LIE THE BODIES OF
JOHN HIGSON,
DIED DECEMBER 13^TH 1871 AGED 46 YEARS
ELIZABETH CAROLINE HIGSON
HIS RELICT, AGED 86 YEARS
BOTH THE ABOVE DIED AT LEES
JAMES HAROLD HIGSON
DIED NOV 7^TH 1862 AGED 5 WEEKS & 5 DAYS
NOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH
WILLIAM HIGSON
of Lees
BROTHER & THIRD SON OF THE LATE
JOHN & ELIZABETH CAROLINE HIGSON
AGED 65 YEARS'