Inscription
In Memory
of
Captain John Tucker
(only son of)
Francis Tucker
late of this island
who died on the 23rd of May
1831
off Sierra Leone in Africa
aged about twenty seven years
This amiable young man
was much esteemed by
all who knew him
and has left
a mother and three sisters
to lament his loss
His affectionate uncle
Solomon Joell Tucker
has placed this stone
to his memory
Gravesite Details
From Wendy Tucker, Director of the B.U.E.I.: A local construction company was knocking down a building in Hamilton and came across the memorial stone and called me and asked if I would like it due to the shipwreck and Tucker connection.
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