John Alder

Gravestone in St Mary’s Churchyard, Prestbury

Lived at 3 Segrave Place (now 5 Pittville lawn) – Died 5 April 1878, aged 83

IN REVERENT MEMORY OF
JOHN ALDER,
A NATIVE, AND FORMER RESIDENT OF
THIS PARISH, WHERE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS HE WAS AN ABLE AND ACTIVE
CHURCHWARDEN: FOR 54 YEARS
A LEADING MANUFACTURER OF
CHELTENHAM, WELL AND WIDELY
KNOWN AND RESPECTED FOR HIS
INTEGRITY, GENIALITY, AND
PHILANTHROPY.
DIED 5^TH. APRIL 1878.
AGED 83 YEARS.
SALLY
FOR 48 YEARS HIS BELOVED AND
LOVING WIFE, DIED 5^TH. DEC^R 1869.

ELIZABETH
HER SISTER, WIDOW OF JOHN NAYLOR
OF LONDON, DIED APRIL 1843.

"THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS, AND
THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM."

Location: Plot C-0138

Photo: Terry Langhorn