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Reader Comment by Bob Anderson: Remind your readers that tombstones can carry a lot more info than just name, birth date and death date. …
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?…
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…
Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my body lies…
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…
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…
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.…
Some epitaphs provide warnings to readers: Fear God Keep the Commandments and Do not attempt to climb a tree, For that's what caused the…
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…
Sometimes the relations of the deceased use the tombstone as a medium for advertising the wares sold by the deceased, as note the following…
Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest you wake, The greatest talker that…
Epigrams which originally were inscriptions on tombs were invented by the Roman poet Martial. Poignancy and sting was deemed the necessary characteristic of this…
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…
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…
More funny tombstones Epitaph over wife in Sunbury Churchyard, England: “Oh! Do not weep, my husband dear; I am not dead, but sleeping here;…
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…
