Michael Stocks

Memorial

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MICHAEL STOCKS, OF CATHERINE HOUSE IN NORTHOWRAM. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE FEAR OF GOD AND IN PEACE WITH MAN ON THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1836, IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.     ENDOWED WITH A VIGOROUS UNDERSTANDING WHICH HAD BEEN HIGHLY CULTIVATED, HE PURSUED THE TRACK OF PUBLIC USEFULNESS WITH UNWEARIED ZEAL IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. COURTEOUS AND IMPARTIAL TO ALL HE STILL LEANED TO MERCY'S SIDE, AND THOUGH DESIROUS TO SOFTEN THE SEVERITY OF PUNISHMENT, HE WAS EVER READY TO VINDICATE THE DIGNITY OF THE OFFENDED LAWS.     FROM A NATUREAL BENEVOLENCE OF HEART, AS WELL AS FROM A SENSE OF DUTY LIBERAL AND HUMANE. THE POOR REGARDED HIM AS THEIR HOST STRENUOUS FRIEND AND THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD EXPERIENCED HIS UNSOLICITED GENEROSITY. AS A FRIEND IN PRIVATE LIFE BELOVED AND ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM: AS A HUSBAND AND A FATHER, NONE BUT HIS MOURNING WIDOW AND FAMILY BY WHOM THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED WITH AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE, CAN APPRECIATE HIS WORTH, OR ESTIMATE THE EXTENT OF THEIR BEREAVEMENT.     HI MOTUS ANIMORUM ATQUE HAC CERTAMINA TANTA PULVERIS EXIGUI JACTU COMPRESSA QUIESCUNT.