Some people believe in showing or engraving their trades on their tombstones... Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
EVERGREEN CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (photograph by…
This poor woman must have had a difficult marriage. . . Here lies the body of Bridget Applewhaite Once Bridget Nelson. After the fatigues…
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…
Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my body lies…
Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
These men evidently wanted more children: Moultrie, Georgia: Here lies the father of twenty-nine, He would have had more but he didn't have time.…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Sometimes epitaphs have warnings to those still living Some epitaphs provide warnings to readers: Fear God Keep the Commandments and Do not…
Sometimes the relations of the deceased use the tombstone as a medium for advertising the wares sold by the deceased, as note the following…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Epitaph of a gossip Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Stinging epigrams on tombstones Epigrams which originally were inscriptions on tombs were invented by the Roman poet Martial. Poignancy and sting was…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Two interesting tombstones New England epitaph of 1872: "My father and mother were both insane I inherited the terrible stain, My grandfather,…
On a tombstone in Grafton, Vt.: Gone home below. ---- Here lies Bernard Lightfoot who was accidentally killed in his forty fifth year. Erected…
Here lies one Box within another; The one of wood Was very good; We cannot say so much for t'other. --------- Here lies the…
Humorous Tombstones England “When the great judgment day arrives and Joshua Fenton Newton does not emerge from this hole, you will know that someone…
Interesting epitaphs for three women There is an epitaph of an eccentric character that may be seen on a tombstone at the burying-grounds near Hoosick Falls,…
A Curious Vermont Epitaph "Sacred to the memory of three twins" WHERE DO I START? Hints and Tips for Beginning Genealogists with On-line…
Some people believe in engraving their trades on their tombstones in the past. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY - For I have another wife...funny tombstone More funny tombstones Epitaph over wife in Sunbury Churchyard, England: “Oh! Do not weep, my…
Actual Tombstone A brother getting even with widow for poisoning his brother and her husband – Knight's Corner – Pelham, Massachusetts Warren Gibbs Died…
Broom churchyard, Bedfordshire God be praised Here is Mr. Dudley senior, and Jane his wife also; Who while living was his superior, but see…
The following is in the Necropolis, Glasgow Here lyes Bessy Bell But whereabouts I cannot tell. From Montrose churchyard Here lies the bodeys of…
Three Epitaphs from Colorado He was young He was fair But the Injuns Raised his hair. Poor Betty Conway She drank lemonade At…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
Here are some humorous epitaphs from the West Some Boothill epitaphs: Carson City, Nevada, epitaph of a horse thief. "He found a rope and…
Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
GREENWOOD CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcriptions below are from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Greenwood cemetery located in…
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…
