On Main Stone Front:

WILLIAM H. BESSE
DEC. 2 1828
APR. 10 1900
HIS WIFE
HARRIET C. BRIGGS
SEPT. 14 1831
SEPT. 27 1906

BESSE

IN MEMORY OF

WILLIE H. BESSE

ELDEST SON OF CAPT. WILLIAM H.
AND HATTIE C. BESSE
DROWNED IN A SEVERE GALE
WHILE ON DUTY AS FIRST OFFICER
OF BARQUE WESTERN BELLE
ON HER PASSAGE
FROM CARDIFF TO HONG KONG
DEC. 8 1876
AGED 20 YEARS 1 MONTH
28 Days

TOO PURE FOR EARTH JESUS BORE
HIM ON THE WAVES TO HEAVEN.

WILLIAM H. BESSE
DEC. 2 1828
APR. 10 1900