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…
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…
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?…
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…
Three Epitaphs from Colorado He was young He was fair But the Injuns Raised his hair. Poor Betty Conway She drank lemonade At a…
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…
From Solyhull Churchyard, Warwickshire, England The following Epitaph was written by a certain Rev. Dr. Greenwood on his wife, who died in childbirth. One…
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 warning and advisory lines are on the tombstone of a quack doctor: I was a quack and there are men who say…
Here lies one Box within another; The one of wood Was very good; We cannot say so much for t'other. --------- Here lies the…
FUNNY EPITAPHS When the great judgement day arrives and Joshua Fenton Newton does not emerge from this hole, you will know that someone made…
The deaths of young children is always sad: On a tombstone in Portland, Maine, over the body of a child, is this couplet: "The…
Reader Comment by Bob Anderson: Remind your readers that tombstones can carry a lot more info than just name, birth date and death date. …
These people must have been proud of their trades Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see thousands have seen…
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,…
I always enjoy the humor sometimes found on tombstones and ran across some found on famous people.. ENJOY... "That's all folks" Mel Blanc …
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…
