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| | Memorials of Sanquhar Kirkyard, Originally by Tom Wilson |
 | | Robert Simpson was a native of Edinburgh, but early in life was taken to the parish of Stobo, in Peebleshire, where he was brought up under the care of his grandparents. |
 | | Robert McKendrick, the second son, was a weaver; he married Margaret Clarkson, daughter of Robert Clarkson, Sanquhar, and they had a family of seven sons and two daughters, who, with the exception of the fifth son, Robert, all survive, viz. |
 | | Robert Williamson, who died at Bank of Yochanhead in 1809, was a direct descendant of Alexander Williamson, the Covenanter of Cruffel, and his tombstone is erected against the east wall of the Kirk close to that of Alexander, one of the Covenanter's sons (vide page 121), who in all likelihood was his grandfather. |
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