IN MEMORIAM
JAMES ALEXANDER GARDNER
YOUNGER OF ESBIE, M.A.
ADVOCATE
BORN AT BRECHIN 6 JAN^Y 1857
DIED AT EDINBURGH 25 SEPT^R 1887
INTERRED HERE 30 SEPT^R 1887

HE WAS THE ONLY SON AND SOLE
OFFSPRING OF HIS PARENTS, THE REV^D
ALEX. GARDNER AND HIS SPOUSE, BRECHIN.
BELOVED FOR THE  EXCELLENCIES OF
HIS DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER,
DISTINGUISHED BY HIS NATURAL
GIFTS AND ACADEMICAL ACQUIREMENTS
AND HAVING BEFORE HIM, TO ALL
APPEARANCE, A BRIGHT CAREER OF
PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE,
HIS EARLY DEATH EXCITED GREAT
AND AFFECTING SYMPATHY AND CALLED
FORTH MANIFESTATIONS OF SORROW
AND REGRET SUCH AS HAVE BEEN
RARELY WITNESSED.