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More funny tombstones Epitaph over wife in Sunbury Churchyard, England: “Oh! Do not weep, my husband dear; I am not dead, but sleeping here;…
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Beneath this stone lies Katharine Gray,Chang'd from a busy life to lifeless clay:By earth and clay she got her pelf,And now she's turned to…
This man must have been difficult to be friends with. On a tombstone in Ohio, are these lines: Here the old man lies, No…
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Be careful when you start looking for cemeteries in the deep woods. This is one reason why. A woman in KY, an avid cemetery…
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Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale College, New Haven, Conn., was buried at Wrexham, Wales. His monument bears this inscription: Under this tomb lyes…
This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: "Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones,…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
From Thetford Churchyard, England: My grandfather was buried here, My cousin Jane, and two uncles dear; My father perished with inflammation in the thighs,…
The following Epitaph, from the Churchyard at North Shields, England, has been the subject of much laughter on account of its absurdity: In memory of James Bell,…
Fairfax, Vt., over the remains of a young man accidentally shot: O fatal gun, why was it him That you should kill so dead?…
On a tombstone in England: This disease, you ne'er heard tell on — I died of eating too much mellon; Be careful, then all you…
BUTLER COUNTY CEMETERIES WRITTEN IN STONE by Sherry S. Johnston In researching the Sims line, I came across the Hilson name enumerated alongside…
Two misers were forever immortalized on their tombstones The wretched man who moulders here Cared not for soul or body lost, — But only…
The following warning and advisory lines are on the tombstone of a quack doctor: I was a quack and there are men who say…
BELLS LANDING by Sherry S. Johnston Several weeks ago, I took a tour of Vredenburg, Hybart, Franklin, Bells Landing communities in Monroe County, AL.…
Some old epitaphs reflect the hard life of women and childbirth in olden days 70 years a maiden 1 year a wife 2 months…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
CEMETERY DOCUMENTATION by SHERRY S. JOHNSTON Years ago, when I first started this journey of researching, documenting and writing about cemeteries, I started off…
These epitaphs for wives reveal the state of the marriage Here lies the body of James Robinson and Ruth, his wife; Their warfare is accomplished.…
Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest you wake, The greatest talker that…
These epitaphs on tombstones reveal that the husband must have died last since he had the last word. Within this grave do lie Back…
Epigrams which originally were inscriptions on tombs were invented by the Roman poet Martial. Poignancy and sting was deemed the necessary characteristic of this…
These old epitaphs reveal much about how the victim died This death appears to have occurred by a tragic accident Smith ran to catch…
Epitaphs in cemeteries are sometimes funny like this one obviously written on the tombstone of a miser His heirs, that he might safely rest, Have…
