From a tombstone in Oxford, N. H.: To all my friends I bid adieu; A more sudden death you never knew: As I was…
In England: This world's a City full of crooked streets, And death the Market-place where all men meets; If Life was Merchandise that men…
Here lies one Box within another; The one of wood Was very good; We cannot say so much for t'other. Here lies the body…
Here are some humorous epitaphs from the western part of the United States Some Boothill epitaphs: Carson City, Nevada, epitaph of a horse thief.…
Unusual Monument and Epitaph In the Magnolia Cemetery in the lot of W. S. Metcalf is a monument to a FAITHFUL FRIEND. This is…
These tombstones reveal the unusual way the people died: Albany, New York Henry Edsel Smith Born 1903 – Died 1942 Looked up the elevator…
This was written by the widow of a pyrotechnics manufacturer, Erected by his spouse to the memory of A----- B----- Manufacturer of Fireworks He…
Be careful when you start looking for cemeteries in the deep woods. This is one reason why. A woman in KY, an avid cemetery…
From New Jersey Julia Adams Died of thin shoes, April 17th, 1839 aged 19 years In Plymouth churchyard Here lies the body of Thomas…
A marble-cutter, inscribing the words, - “Lord she was thine” upon a tombstone, found that he had not figured his spaces correctly and he…
Capt. Jones was a great traveler and fond of telling large stories, some of which he verified by an oath. When he died, the…
Here are some humorous epitaphs from the West Some Boothill epitaphs: Carson City, Nevada, epitaph of a horse thief. "He found a rope and…
GREENWOOD CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcriptions below are from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Greenwood cemetery located in…
Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
These inscriptions and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV GREENWOOD CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS Before 1942 In memory of Captain…
From Germantown, PA Here lies the dust of Louisa Orr, whose soul is now a little angle in Heaven Another mistake? Here lies Peter…
Graves side by side in an old cemetery in the west. This must have been quite a shoot-out! “Thomas Hart Killed by Frank Teague”…
The deaths of young children is always sad: On a tombstone in Portland, Maine, over the body of a child, is this couplet: "The…
Funny gravestones: Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my…
The following lines are from a rough headboard at a pass in the Rocky Mountains known as the Devils Gate. Here lies the body…
The Ghost of Salem cemetery by Shannon Hollon My Great grandfather Robert Bearden (Pawpaw) was an avid coon-hunter. Robert Bearden 1898-1984 One fall night…
BELLS LANDING by Sherry S. Johnston Several weeks ago, I took a tour of Vredenburg, Hybart, Franklin, Bells Landing communities in Monroe County, AL.…
