This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: "Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones,…
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…
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…
Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my body lies…
A Monument in Horsley-Down Church, Cumberland, England, bears the following singular and admonitory inscription (1768): Here lie the bodies Of Thomas Bond and Mary…
On a tombstone in Worcester, England, is the following singular inscription: "Mammy and I together lived Just two years and a half; She went…
Epitaph of a resigned and submissive husband on his second wife: Here lies wife second of old Wing Rogers She's safe from care and…
From Solyhull Churchyard, Warwickshire, England The following Epitaph was written by a certain Rev. Dr. Greenwood on his wife, who died in childbirth. One…
A Curious Vermont Epitaph "Sacred to the memory of three twins" WHERE DO I START? Hints and Tips for Beginning Genealogists with On-line…
More funny tombstones Epitaph over wife in Sunbury Churchyard, England: “Oh! Do not weep, my husband dear; I am not dead, but sleeping here;…
In Lydford Churchyard, near Dartmoor, England: Here lies, in horizontal position, the outside Case of George Routle1gh, Watchmaker; Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the…
Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale College, New Haven, Conn., was buried at Wrexham, Wales. His monument bears this inscription: Under this tomb lyes…
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…
This was evidently not a loving family - Copied from a tombstone in a Massachusetts Churchyard: This to the memory of Ellen Hill, A…
Copied from a tombstone in a Massachusetts Churchyard: John T ______, Schoolmaster. May he be punished as often as he punished us. He was…
Here I lies and no wonder I'm dead, For the wheel of a wagon went over my head On the tombstone of twin sisters,…
The following lines are on the tombstone of Peter Snell, for 35 years parish clerk of Crayford, Kent, England: The life of this clerk…
This man must have been difficult to be friends with. On a tombstone in Ohio, are these lines: Here the old man lies, No…
These tombstones reveal the unusual way the people died: Albany, New York Henry Edsel Smith Born 1903 – Died 1942 Looked up the elevator…
Capt. Jones was a great traveler and fond of telling large stories, some of which he verified by an oath. When he died, the…
