Sacred to the Memory / of / JOHN SHAKESHAFT / NATIVE OF MANCHESTER / ENGLAND / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AUGUST 2nd 1877 / AGED 68 YEARS / Jesus that name in / With springs of life/ More than lost/ And anguish with/ O grant my sweet Jesus/ By all that for me/ Thy heard indured/ A pardon free/ May he rest in peace / LEAVING TWO SONS AND A / LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS