Life and character Helen Hyslop
the buccleuch hotel in thornhill.
helen hyslop or armstrong s mental faculties said have additionally indicated parentage, convesational powers , quickness of repartee amusing anmd attractive . popular , in old age cared friends, husband having died many years before , had no family of own.
the gravestone
the gravestone in moffat old kirk cemetery records in memory of ellen hyslop died @ moffat 8th march 1852 aged 87 years. later inscription daughter reads ellen armstrong daughter, died 13th april 1886, aged 98 years. stone makes no reference father , first surname of ellen s parents. have been born in 1766 stated. daughter have been born circa 1788/9 , confirmed have died in moffat. burns known have visited area meet allan masterton , william nicol , wrote willie brew d peck o maut in 1789 memorial meeting.
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