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BENEATH THIS TABLET
REST THE MORTAL REMAINS OF SOPHIA MARY
WIFE OF GENL JOHN SULLIVAN WOOD L.L.DLT
OF THE TOWER OF LONDON & DAUGHTER
OF LT GENL WILLIATS & AND HIS WIFE ANNE ST LEGER.
SHE WAS BORN IN DUBLIN IN 1792.
MARRIED AT CAWNPORE IN THE EAST INDIES
IN 1809 AT THE AGE OF 16: AND AFTER HAVING
SHARED WITH HER HUSBAND THE TRIALS AND
DIFFICULTIES OF A MILITARY LIFE RETIRED WITH
A NUMEROUS OFFSPRING TO THIS CITY WHERE
SHE DIED ON THE 12TH OF JANRY 1850 AT THE
AGED OF 57.
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HER
SORROWING HUSBAND & CHILDREN, IN TESTIMONY
OF THE LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HER ENDEARING
VIRTUES, & CHRISTIAN CHARACTER.
THOUGH GRIEVING IN THE REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MANY YEARS OF HAPPINESS.
WHICH TO THEM ARE TERMINATED BY
HER DEATH THEY ARE COMFORTED
BY THE ASSURED HOPE THAT
THROUGH THE MERITS OF CHRIST
ON WHOM SHE FIRMLY DEPENDED AS HER
ONLY SAVIOUR SHE HAS ENTERED INTO REST.
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