Joseph Evans, Botanist, in Worsley

St Marks churchyard, Worsley, Salford.

 

'JOSEPH EVANS,
BOTANIST,
BOOTHSTOWN,
BORN JULY 5th 1803,
DIED JUNE 23rd 1874.'

Joseph Evans began work as a handloom weaver but became known as a herbal doctor, people often coming to him from many miles away for treatment, although he too would frequently walk a number of miles to see a patient. He believed absolutely in natural cures. Well over a thousand people attended his funeral, including many botanists.

 

'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
AND ESTEEM.'

 

 'PLANTS I LOVE AND CHERISH. IN
THEM THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS
OF THE CREATOR ARE MANIFEST.'

A quotation from Evans.