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Relatives: Brother of Margaret Anderson. Stone Condition: Sound Material: Sandstone Height: 0.99 Breadth: 0.61 Depth: 0.2 Inscription Condition: Clear but worn Inscription Technique: Incised Mason: Not known Pre 1855 no. 32 ( What's this? )

Monument Inscription

ERECTED
BY
MARGARET ANDERSON,

IN MEMORY OF HER BROTHER
PETER ANDERSON,
LATE FARMER
CUMMOCK HOUSE MEARNS

Family History

Peter Anderson, the person buried beneath this stone, was born in the Mearns to John Anderson and Jean Dunlop on 9th September, 1808. Peter, born into a farming family, was raised and spent his entire life on and about the farm known as Cumnock House Farm.

Cumnock House Farm was of average size, being sixty acres in extent. It was to be found situated between Caldcoats and Duncarnock farms to the west of Netherplace on the track between Mearns and Neilston. A mixed farm of arable and livestock it was of such quality that its produce supported the Anderson family over a period of five decades. At its peak the farm required the services of a ploughman, a dairymaid and a domestic servant, all signs of a healthy level of prosperity being achieved by its operation. The Brock Burn ran through its land on its route to feed the Balgray Reservoir.

Peter’s parents had farmed Cumnock House prior to his taking over the tenancy on the death of his father about 1855. Although Peter had several siblings, one of whom James farmed nearby Lofts Farm, only Peter and his sister Margaret remained on the farm latterly and stayed there until both their deaths. Neither party married, so no dependents remained for it to be passed on.

Peter was responsible for the erection of the Monument P05 which marks the graves of his parents, his brother James, a niece and nephew. His own memorial which adjoins that of his parents, was placed there by his sister on Peter’s death.

Margaret continued to work the farm with the aid of a dairymaid and two farm servants for a time after her brother’s death, and eventually it passed into the hands of Robert Reside.