Old Cemeteries Have Some Unique Tombstones

[Red Devil]

Old Cemeteries
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
And, one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries.
Some fascinating things are inscribed on old tombstones!

(Nowadays it would cost a small fortune to put poems like these on a headstone)
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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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In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery:

Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up

and no place to go.

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On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:


Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102.

Only The Good Die Young..

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In a London , England cemetery:

Here lies Ann Mann,

Who lived an old maid
but died an old Mann Dec. 8, 1767

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In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:

Anna Wallace
The children of Israel wanted bread,

And the Lord sent them manna.

Clark Wallace wanted a wife,

And the Devil sent him Anna.

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In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:

Here lies Johnny Yeast.

Pardon him for not rising.
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In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania, cemetery:

Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.
Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
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In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:

Here lays The Kid.
We planted him raw.
He was quick on the trigger
But slow on the draw.
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A lawyer's epitaph in England:

Sir John Strange.
Here lies an honest lawyer,
and that is really Strange.

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John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery:

Reader, if cash thou art in want of any,
Dig 6 feet deep and thou wilt find a Penny.

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In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England:

On the 22nd of June,

Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune.

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Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont:

Here lies the body of our Anna,
Done to death by a banana.
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low,
But the skin of the thing that made her go.

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On a grave from the 1880s 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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In a cemetery in England:

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.]

 

[Oddball]

LOLZ!!!

Here Lies Lester Moore
Shot 5 Times With A .44
No Les, No More

 

[Red Devil]

LOLZ!!!

Here Lies Lester Moore
Shot 5 Times With A .44
No Les, No More

Leave it to you.... awesome...

 

[12 Volt Man]

there is a famous tombstone in the Key West Cemetery that reads

"I told you I was sick"

LOL

 

[Ash]

LOL I love the last 2 that go together =]

 

[Red Devil]

there is a famous tombstone in the Key West Cemetery that reads

"I told you I was sick"

LOL

oh thats sad....

 

[Thalan]

I always thought this one was awesome

 

[Red Devil]

I always thought this one was awesome
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yes he sounds like such a good man

 

[Red Devil]

A couple more i found

He got a fish-bone in his throat
and then he sang an angel note.​

Schenectady, New York​

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She was not smart, she was not fair,
But hearts with grief for her are swellin';
All empty stands her little chair:
She died of eatin' water-mellon.​

In a New Jersey cemetery​

Rebecca Freeland
1741
She drank good ale,
good punch and wine
And lived to the age of 99.​

Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,
Lies stingy Jimmy Wyatt.
Who died one morning just at ten
And saved a dinner by it.​

Falkirk, England​

1690
Here lie the bones of Joseph Jones
Who ate while he was able.
But once overfed, he dropt down dead
And fell beneath the table.
When from the tomb, to meet his doom,
He arises amidst sinners.
Since he must dwell in heaven or hell,
Take him - whichever gives the best dinners.​

 

[cockroach]

I love going through old cemeteries. I used to have competitions when I was younger to see who could find the oldest grave.