From New Jersey Julia Adams Died of thin shoes, April 17th, 1839 aged 19 years In Plymouth churchyard Here lies the body of Thomas…
From Colorado Bill Jenkins. Died June 13 1901 He done his damn'dest damn'dest. Angels could do no more From a churchyard in Rothesay Erected…
A marble-cutter, inscribing the words, - “Lord she was thine” upon a tombstone, found that he had not figured his spaces correctly and he…
Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
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”…
One Sexton, an Englishman, had two wives, and this significant inscription was put upon the tombstone of one by the bereaved husband: Here lies…
The deaths of young children is always sad: On a tombstone in Portland, Maine, over the body of a child, is this couplet: "The…
This man's trade of watch-making was used in his unusual epitaph on his tombstone. "Here lies in horizontal position The outside case of George…
Funny gravestones: Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my…
On Thomas Kemp, who was hanged for sheep stealing: Here lies the body of Thomas Kemp, Who lived by wool, but died by hemp; There's…
On a tombstone in New Hampshire: Richard Jenkins here doth lay (Lately removed from over ye way), His body's here – his soul's in…
The following lines are from a rough headboard at a pass in the Rocky Mountains known as the Devils Gate. Here lies the body…
On the headstone of a noted miser, is the following: Here lies old Father Gripe, who never cried Jamsatis T'would wake him did he…
Thought provoking inscriptions found on tombstones In Highgate cemetery, London: "Life's like a Winter's Day: Some only Breakfast and away; Others to Dinner stay,…
Famous people sometimes leave thought provoking epitaphs about their life like these: “I may be gone but Rock and Roll lives on” John Belushi “Here…
Some people believed in engraving their trades on their tombstones. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see thousands…
Two men were walking home after a party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the…
These two tombstone inscriptions are from a cemetery in England: These two tombstone inscriptions are from a cemetery in England:"The Lord saw good, I…
On a tombstone in Worcester, England, is the following singular inscription: "Mammy and I together lived Just two years and a half; She went…
Multiple wives burial presented problems A man had two wives buried in one grave in England; and after recording their several virtues, the Epitaph…
In an old cemetery in Kentucky is buried a certain aged spinster who lived heart-whole and fancy-free to the age of 70 years. Her…
Two humorous tombstones from the west Cripple Creek, Colorado, A man killed by a rattlesnake “Within this grave There lies poor Andy; Bit by…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Patron+ Member story These epitaphs were found on some actual tombstones. Did they really mean to…
Patron+ Member Story Funny Tombstones - Grave marker in Covington, Virginia "I made a lot of deals in my lifetime ... But I sure…
The brother of a girl who made a living by selling eggs thus pays loving tribute to her memory and advertises his own business:…
These old epitaphs reveal much about how the victim died This death appears to have occurred by a tragic accident Smith ran to catch…
Capt. Jones was a great traveler and fond of telling large stories, some of which he verified by an oath. When he died, the…
EXTRA HELP by Nadine Nabors Back in 1983 for my birthday present "to me" was going to the LDS library in Los Angeles Calif.…
CEMETERY NEAR LAKE LORRAINE AND ROBERTSON CEMETERY IN NORTHPORT, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942)…
