WILLIAM RUTHERFORD HAYES Esq
Late Consul in Barbados from the
United States of America
died at Hastings Village
the 13th of July 1852
aged 47 years
Called away in the vigour of life
and under the full sunshine of prosperity
after only three days illness
he cheerfully obeyed the summons
with a humble but unshaken reliance
on Jesus
Respected by all
beloved and deeply lamented by many
in this Island
the scene of some of his firmest friendships
of uninterrupted domestic & social happiness
and of his peaceful death
and in this sanctuary
in which he worshipped for seventeen years
his stricken widow
erects this tablet
to his cherished memory