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In the churchyard of Figheldean there are many graves of Sheppards in the name of the blacksmith in Longfellows poem. The oldest stone I saw bore the date 1724 and was inscribed
Here lieth ye lady of William Sheppard
Died October
1724
Aged 49 years
Diary Of Pte John D Wilson No 46.
37. Barralion
Pioneers.
Lark Hill Camp
Salisbury Plains
England
[Transcribed by Lynne Frizell for the State Library of New South Wales]
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