Collection of Weird and Bizarre Tombstone Epitaphs Part 2A collection of weird, bizarre and humorous tombstone epitaphs from all over the world.REST IN PEACE
A Collection of Bizarre Gravestone Epitaphs
On a marker to Edward and John Clapp on Rainsford Island, Boston, Mass.:
The morn was hopeful but they found Sad disappointment soon, For unawares they both were drowned While yet 'twas Sunday noon.
In the Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, Kans.:
Shoot-Em-Up Jake Run for Sheriff 1872 Run from Sheriff 1876 Burried 1876
Death Valley, Calif.:
Here lies the body of poor Aunt Charlotte Born a virgin, died a harlot; For sixteen years she kept her virginity, A damn'd long time for this vicinity.
Death Valley, Calif.:
Here lies the body of Mannie, They put him here to stay; He lived the life of Riley While Riley was away.
Epitaph from New Jersey on Julia Newton, who died in 1839:
Died of thin shoes, April 17th, 1839, aged 19 years.
From Boot Hill, Dodge City, Kans.:
Dead-Eye Steve O'Hara Killed 1875
Red-eye ruined his dead-eye and he was killed in a fair fight.
Another epitaph from Boot Hill, Dodge City, Kans.:
Little John Blackburn Killed 1871
From where he stood he saw the moon above the caliboose looking down in brilliant unconcern as all hell was breaking loose
From Topsfield, Mass., on Mary Lefavour, who died in 1797, age 74:
Reader pass on and ne'er waste your time, On bad biography and bitter rhyme For what I am this cumb'rous clay insures, And what I was, is no affair of yours.
From Winchendon, Mass., on Stephen F. Fasset, who died in 1856 at the age of 54:
I began the preserving of cow's milk with white sugar for the use of steamers crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
From Burlington Churchyard, Mass.:
Sacred to the memory of Anthony Drake Who died for peace and quietness sake; His wife was constantly scolding and scoffin'; So he sought for repose in a twelve-dollar coffin.
From Cheltenham Churchyard, Gloucester, England:
Here lies I and my two daughters, Killed by drinking Cheltenham waters; If we had stuck to Epsom salts, We shouldn't be lying in these here vaults.
Dr. Fred Roberts's epitaph from Brookland, Ark.:
Office up stairs.
Traveling salesman Thomas W. Campbell's epitaph in Burlington, Ia.:
My Trip Is Ended. Send My Samples Home.
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