Headstone 154
~ Slate ~ Neoclassical with flat top with a boarder of decorative branches
- Edward Hoskin 1824 – 29 December 1860
- Aged 36 years
- Father of William & Mary
- of West Looe
- ‘Who was Captain of the Schooner “Speedwell”, which vessel was wrecked in Cawsand Bay in this county, when himself and crew were all drowned’
- “Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh’
- Parish Records show
- Buried 2 January 1861
- Talland Church Marriage
- Edward Hoskin, sailor (father Thoephilus) to Ann Dargon
- 21 January 1847
- William Hoskin 1849 – December 1849
- Aged 2 months
- Mary Philippa Hoskin 1858 – 14 February 1860
- Aged 2 years
- Possible connection to Headstone 127
- Possible connection to Headstone 80
Ancestry research – Coroner’s Inquest: ‘There was no signal of distress (which would be an ensign turned upside down), but she had no ensign on board at all.’
The Speedwell was a schooner which would carry up to 135 tons of copper ore to Cardiff, returning to St. Germans with coal.
Talland Church Headstones 
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