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Inscription on the grave of William Kennon
Location - All Saints Church Rooms Graveyard.

Date of birth is 1788?, date of death is 2(0)/2/1842

Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM KENNON OF
COCKERMOUTH WHO DIED FEB. 2(0)
1842 AGED 54 YEARS.
ROBERT HIS GRANDSON DIED
SEPT.15TH 18(3)8 AGED 18 MONTHS
Remember Man whoe’er thou art
Not he who acts the greatest part
But they who act the best, will be
The happiest Men eternally.
ERECTED BY HIS SON
WILLIAM KENNON OF VICTORIA
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA.
J. CROSTHWAITE
WIGTON [inscriber’s mark]