Author: Epitaph Page 22

Shall all we die? We shall die all. All die shall we? Die all we shall.

James B. McCoy – Member Co. D 17th Iowa Inf. which mustered in 1165 men and mustered out 42. Participated in 19 battles and 3 sieges. Never Applied For A Pension.

I lodged have in many a town and travelled many a year. Till age and death have brought me down, to my last lodging here.

ASSMAN

Heave a sigh For old John Doak. He didn't know His brakes were broke

Dear God: enclosed, please find Rube Goldberg. Now that you’ve got him, what are you going to do with him?

Gone Underground For Good

Here lieth, underneath these stones, The Beard, the Flesh, and eke the Bones Of Wrexham's Clerk, old Daniel Jones.

Here lies my wife in earthly mould, who, when she liv'd, did naught but scold; peace, wake her not, for now she's still, she had, but now I have my will.

Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down – it was.

Sacred to Wm Collis boat-steerer of the ship St George of New Bedford, who by the will of Almighty God was killed by a whale off this Island

Here lies my wife, poor Molly, let her lie, she finds repose at last, and so do I.

See how God works his wonders now and then, here lies a lawyer, and an honest man.

He never won immortal fame, nor conquered earthly ills, but men weep for him all the same, he always paid his bills.

"Here I lie, and no wonder I am dead, for the wheel of a wagon went over my head."

I was not, I am not, I grieve not

Fair maiden Lilliard – lies under this stane – little was her stature – but muckle was her fame – upon the English loons – she laid monie thumps – and when her legs were cuttit off – she fought upon her stumps.

Sacred to the remains of Jonathan Thompson. A pious Christian and affectionate husband. His disconsolate widow continues to carry on his grocery business At the old stand on Main Street: Cheapest and best prices in town.

36-33-01-24-17 – Honey you don't know what you did for me, – Always playing the lottery. – The numbers you picked came in to play, – Two days after you passed away. – For this, a huge monument I do erect, – For now I get a yearly check. – How I wish you were alive, – For now we are worth 8.5

While on earth my knee was lame, I had to nurse and heed it. But now I’m at a better place, where I don’t even need it.

She was good but not brilliant; useful but not great.