Did you know? In Montgomery, Alabama it is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses? In Lee…
Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
A GEORGIA WEDDING A Georgia paper got a wedding notice and advertisement of auction sale mixed, and this is the way it appeared in…
Two humorous tombstones from the west explain a lot. Cripple Creek, Colorado, A man killed by a rattlesnake “Within this grave There lies poor…
These epitaphs reveal some unusual ways people died. Here lies entombed one Roger Morton, Whose sudden death was early brouoght on; Trying one day…
These epitaphs on tombstones reveal that the husband must have died last since he had the last word. Within this grave do lie Back…
The Black Sheep The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family's history. The biographer they hired…
A Genealogy Nightmare My daughter never married but she's lived with Joe, so long,And they and the kids are so happy that somehow, it…
Making hay while the sun shines by Shannon Hollon Growing up on Rural Route 2 Box 49x in McCalla there were not a lot…
The people in the South have always had an interesting way of turning a phrase. These are some I remember. Can you think of…
Some Funny Tombstones for Animals Epitaph on wooden cross over grave of a cow in North Carolina "Here lies Bossy, a cow who gave…
SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . The opinions now held by physicians that “raw cow's milk is better for children than boiled” is…
On a tombstone in Grafton, Vt.: Gone home below. ---- Here lies Bernard Lightfoot who was accidentally killed in his forty fifth year. Erected…
The following is from a 1903 book The Perfect Woman, on how to avoid wrinkles on your face. I wished it worked. “Mme Pote…
On Thomas Woodcock: Here lie the remains of Thomas Woodhen, The most amiable of husbands and excellent of men, N. B. His real name…
Some Genealogy Humor I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me! I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me?…
Over the river and through the wood - Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day! Here is the origin of this old poem. Do you remember driving…
Here lies my wife in earthly mould, Who, when she liv'd, did naught but scold; Peace, wake her not, for now she's still, She…
Some Family tree humor.... I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it. I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them…
Here are some suggestions on how to keep well from an 1880's cookbook on keeping well. Some of these could apply today. Don't…
Epitaph on an old woman who kept a pottery-shop in Chester, England: Beneath these stones lie old Kathering Gray, Changed from a busy life…
