'RAISED BY FRIENDS
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE
REV. JAMES WAYMAN,
BORN AUGUST 15TH 1840,
DIED DECEMBER 8TH 1899.
HE WAS A GOOD MINISTER,
AND USEFUL CITIZEN.'
'Useful citizen' today seems an odd way to describe someone, and I wonder if it seemed odd at the end of the 19th century too. James Wayman was also the co-founder of the Blackpool Times in 1877, with Samuel Pilling:
'IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
EMMA
WIFE OF THE
REV. S. PILLING,
BORN DECR 9TH 1844,
DIED MAY 5TH 1927.
ALSO OF THE ABOVE
REV. SAMUEL PILLING
BORN DECR 29TH 1844,
DIED JANY 11TH 1930.'
Many thanks to The Friends of Layton Cemetery for their amazingly enthusiastic help with all our grave enquiries.
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