Rev Alexander Morrison Abel (1855-1886)

Rev Alexander Morrison Abel

Birth

18 Dec 1855

Forgue, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death

15 May 1886 (aged 30)

Aliwal North, Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Burial

Forgue Parish Churchyard

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Plot

* Cenotaph

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Inscription

In memory of
REV JOHN ABEL
For 20 years Minister of this Parish
Who died 31 Jan 1871 aged 48 yrs; and of
ELIZABETH SCOTT his wife who died at
Donbank Cottage, Woodside on the
6th Nov 1888 aged 57 yrs.
Erected by Parishioners and Friends.
Side 2:
Of his children
His eldest dau JANE d 3 Sept 1868 aged 17 years
JESSIE DUFF d 7 Jan 1872 aged 11 mths;
JOHN d 7 Jan 1872 aged 17 yrs;
ELIZABETH SCOTT d 10 Sept 1872 aged 19 yrs;
WILLIAM MEARNS d 6 Mar 1881 aged 21;
Rev ALEXANDER MORRISON, Parish Minister of
Kinneff & Catterline d 15 May 1886 aged 30.
Side 3:
Also these their children who died:
JAMES MERCULES died Johannesburg, Transvall 8 Mar 1896 aged 38 yrs;
DUNCAN MEARNS at Edinburgh 4 Jan 1888 aged 33 yrs;
EMILY SCOTT at Binsgarth, Orkney 8 Feb 1912 aged 62 yrs;
HELEN MARGARET in Cairo 12 Feb 1924 aged 55 yrs;
ISABELLA wife of John Bruce Wingate, HEICS
At Colinton, Midlothian 8 Jul 1925 aged 59 yrs.