Richard Hughes
Forename(s): Richard
Surname: Hughes
Wesleyan ministerDate of birth: 1857 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 28 Aug 1898
Date of burial: 3 Sep 1898
Age at death: 41 years
Died at: East Cowes
Section: F - Cemetery map
Plot No: 1350 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Kingston 740
Also in this grave:
Kingston Cemetery
Image by: Ken W
Inscription
InLoving Memory
Of
REV. RICHARD HUGHES
WHO ENTERED UNTO REST
AUG: 28-1898
AGED 41
‘mine the first flitting from the warm nest,
Mine the first welcome to the glad rest,
Of my heavenly home.
Do not be mournful, do not regret,
I’m first o’er the river, but shall not forget
Mine on the shore’
Transcription by: KW