I noticed, within the last week, the following inscription on a
tombstone in Conway churchyard:
"Also, Here Lieth the Body of
Lowry Owens, the wife of
William Vaughan, who
died May the 1st, 1766,
aged 192."
The round of the "9" was above the line; the figures were in their
natural places, and had evidently not been altered; but as the
inscription was remarkably clear for its age, the only explanation that
occurred to me was that it had been recut by some ignorant person, when
nearly defaced. Immediately above it was the following, referring, I
presume, to her husband:
"Here Lyeth ye Body of
William Vaughan, who
Dyed ye 16 day of A Pril,
1735, aged 72."
If so, and the age of Mrs. Vaughan be correct as stated, she must have
been nearly a hundred or so when married. Can any of your correspondents
living in the neighbourhood explain how the mistake arose?