Elaborate marble tomb, consisting of a box base surmounted by a sculpted pony, head hung low, carrying a fallen curtain. Daughter Emma (d1945) was an 'equestrian and wirewalker'. Most had long lives: his wife Emily died aged 87; daughter Kathleen, another equestrian, died aged 99; daughter Rosetta, died aged 94; son Thomas died aged 89.
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Equestrian and circus proprietor (d1941) and family. St Mary's cemetery, #Dumfries. The Pinder Circus had been founded in 1854. The base reads 'The End of the Road, R.I.P.'
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