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In a cemetery in Woolwich London:
Sacred
to the Memory of
MAJOR JAMES BRUSH
Who was killed by the
Accidental discharge
of a pistol by
his orderly
14th of April 1831
Well done good and
faithful servant |
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Here lies
in a horizontal position -
the outside case of
THOMAS HINDE
Clock and Watch maker
Who departed this life wound up
in hope of being taken in hand
by his Maker and being
thoroughly cleaned repaired and
set a-going in the world to come
On the 15th day of August 1836
In the 19th year of his life
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John Penny's epitaph in Wimborne, Dorset
Reader if cash thou art In want of any
Dig 4 feet deep And thou wilt find a Penny. |
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Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange.
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Remember man, as you walk by,
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so shall you be,
Remember this and follow me.
(To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:)
To follow you I'll not consent,
Until I know which way you went. |
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Here lies my wife
Here let her lie
Now she has peace
And so do I!
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Here lies JOHN D. CUDD, DMD (Dentist)
Filling his last cavity! |
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Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up And no place to go!
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ANN MANN
Here lies Ann Mann
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Dec. 8, 1767 |
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Here lies Johnny Yeast
Pardon me for not rising.
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In a cemetery in Hartscombe:
On the 22nd of June
Jonathan Fiddle
Went out of tune. |
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Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York:
Born 1903--Died 1942
Looked up the elevator shaft to see
if the car was on the way down.
It was.
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On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts:
Under the sod and under the trees
Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
He is not here, there's only the pod:
Pease shelled out and went to God. |
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Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo station agent
in the cowboy days of the 1880's.
He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona:
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Here lies Lester Moore
Four slugs from a .44
No Les No More.
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Anna Wallace
The children of Israel wanted bread
and the Lord sent them manna,
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
and the Devil sent him Anna. |
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Here lies Ezekiel Aikle
Age 102
The Good Die Young. |
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HERE LYETH
ye body of
MARTHA DIAS
ALWAYS NOISY NOT VERY PIOUS
WHO LIVED TO THE AGE
of 3sc AND 10
AND GAVE TO WORMS
WHAT SHE REFUSED TO MEN |
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Margaret Daniels
She always said her feet were killing her
but nobody believed her.
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