Malachi Hinton was born March 5, 1730, in Chowan Co., North Carolina. He married Sarah Wimberly June 16, 1764, in Edgecombe co., North Carolina.…
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…
Some funny tombstones from Topeka, Kansas: "Here lies Sheriff Tim McGrew who said he would arrest Bill Hennessy or die... He was right." "Here…
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…
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…
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 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 explain a lot. Cripple Creek, Colorado, A man killed by a rattlesnake “Within this grave There lies poor…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! These epitaphs were found on some actual tombstones. Did they really mean to say this? Catholic…
Patron+ Member Story Funny Tombstones - Grave marker in Covington, Virginia "I made a lot of deals in my lifetime ...But I sure went…
These old epitaphs reveal much about how the victim died This death appears to have occurred by a tragic accident Smith ran to catch…
EXTRA HELP by Nadine Nabors Back in 1983 for my birthday present "to me" was going to the LDS library in Los Angeles Calif.…
In Whittlebury Churchyard, Northamptonshire John Heath, 1767, age 27While Time doth run, from him depart;Let none e'er shun Death's piercing dart;For read and look, and…
The following tombstone is from Ireland, 1781 Ah cruel Death! why so unkind To take her, and leave me behind? Better to have taken…
In a New York churchyard: We shall miss thee, mother. (Good job printing neatly done) ----- Here lies Jane Smith, Wife of Thomas…
On Thomas Woodcock: Here lie the remains of Thomas Woodhen, The most amiable of husbands and excellent of men, N. B. His real name…
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…
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…
Topeka, Kansas: "Here lies Sheriff Tim McGrew who said he would arrest Bill Hennessy or die... He was right." "Here lies Michael Horton…
Block Island, N. Y He's done a catching cod And gone to meet his God. From Tennessee She lived a life of virtue and…
From a cemetery near Cincinnati, Ohio: Here lies ------ Who came to this city and died for the benefit of his health. From Belturbet…
CEMETERY NEAR LAKE LORRAINE AND ROBERTSON CEMETERY IN NORTHPORT, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942)…
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…
Copied from a tombstone in a Massachusetts Churchyard: John T ______, Schoolmaster. May he be punished as often as he punished us. He was…
The three following epitaphs are copied from the tombstones of representative men of of Native American tribes of New England. At Oldtown, Maine, over the…
This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: "Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones,…
