St Marks churchyard, Worsley, Salford.
'JOSEPH EVANS,
BOTANIST,
BOOTHSTOWN,
BORN JULY 5th 1803,
DIED JUNE 23rd 1874.'
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.'
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.'
THEM THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS
OF THE CREATOR ARE MANIFEST.'
A quotation from Evans.
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