Wall tablet at St Anne’s Church, Dowally commemorating the Reverend John Robb d. 1838 in the loss of the ‘Forfarshire’
Location
St Anne's Church, Dowally, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Transcript
'ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF DOWALLY / AS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR BELOVED PASTOR / THE REV. JOHN ROBB A.M. / IN WHOM HIS AFFLICTED PEOPLE WITH DUE SUBMISSION TO THE / ADORABLE WILL OF GOD / HAVE HAD TO LAMENT / A/PASTOR, EMINENT FOR ZEAL, FAITHFULNESS, AFFECTION AND / SACRED ELOQUENCE / AND A MAN UNIVERSALLY ENDEARED BY THE PURITY, GENTLENESS, / AND GODLY SIMPLICITY OF HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER. / HE WAS BORN IN LANARKSHIRE ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1798 / HE WAS ORDAINED 14TH JULY 1836 / HE PERISHED BY SHIPWRECK OFF THE FERN ISLANDS / ON THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 1838 / AND WAS BURIED IN BAMBOROUGH CHURCHYARD'
Details
Position: North internal wall
Materials: Sandstone, white marble
Vessel: SS Forfarshire
People
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Extra
Recorder: Eileen Cox , Dunkeld and Birnam Historical Society