Inscription: East Face ERIMUS HERE REST THE REMAINS OF THOMAS PEARSON AN INHABITANT OF THIS VILLAGE HE WAS BORN AT HOWSHAM 10TH APRIL 1790 AND DIED AT TERRINGTON 10TH MAY 1859 North Face HERE ALSO REST THE REMAINS OF ELIZABETH WIFE OF THOMAS PEARSON AND DAUGHTER OF RICHARD AND ANNE BEILBY OF THIS VILLAGE SHE WAS BORN AT CRAMBE 18TH JANUARY 1800 AND AFTER SURVIVING HER HUSBAND 23 YEARS DIED AT NORTON 4TH OF MAY 1882 West Face RICHARD PEARSON YOUNGEST SON OF THOMAS PEARSON DIED OF JUNGLE FEVER ON HIS VOYAGE FROM CALCUTTA TO LONDON 6TH MARCH 1859 IN HIS 21ST YEAR AND WAS BURIED AT SEA South Face BY THIS STONE ALSO LIE THE ASHES OF SARAH DAUGHTER OF THOMAS PEARSON AND WIFE OF GEORGE JOHNSON TAYLOR OF MANCHESTER BORN AT WAPLINGTON 23RD JULY 1834 MARRIED AT HUTTONS AMBO 23RD OCTOBER 1856 DIED AT MANCHESTER 4TH JANUARY 1859 Condition: Obelisk on plinth; large plot, surrounded by dressed stone. Evidence of railings now removed.