Picture No: | 2985 |
Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
Year: | 2008 |
Graveyard | Gairloch Old |
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James Rae.
Sacred/to/the memory of/Doctor JAMES RAE/medical officer for the parish of Gairloch/formerly parochial schoolmaster/of New Abbey, near Dumfries/born June 1836 at Marrionhill/in the paris of/Hutton and Corrie, Dumfriesshire/died at Charleston, gairloch 26th Dec. 1908/classical scholar, linguist & mathematician/a man of great simplicity/and uprightness of character/An honest man here lies at rest/the friend of man, the friend of truth/few heads of knowledge so informed.
Picture Added on 23 July 2008.