A Collection of Unusual Epitaphs





    




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Funny, original, curious, quaint, touching, poetic, telling graveyard litterature.
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      [ A ] : Abingdon, Adam, Adcock, Adlam, Aisquith, Alexander, Allen, Alston, Anderson (2), Andrews, Antoine, Armison, Armstrong, Atkinson

      [ B ] : Baker, Barham, Bartholomew, Baskerville, Bausman, Beadle, Belasyse, Bend, Bernard, Betts, Billinge, Birdsall, Black, Blackington, Bodger, Bond, Bosher, Botts, Bown, Boxer, Boyson, Braxton, Breck, Bridger, Briggs, Broadbent, Brock, Brown, Buchanan, Buel

      [ C ] : Caldwell, Cameron, Carpenter, Champion, Chapman (2), Charlton, Chauncy, Chewney, Christison, Clarke (3), Clay, Clow, Cochrane (2), Cohen, Constable, Convert, Conyers, Cook, Copland, Corbishley, Cotton, Coutes, Coutts, Cowan, Craig, Cran, Crease, Cross, Custis

      [ D ] : Dale, Dangerfield, Daniels, Darnbrough, Davis (2), Dean (2), Denby, Dewey, Digby, Dixon, Doidge, Dorm, Dunbar, Dunn, Dutton (2), Dyer

      [ E ] : Easton, Edmonston, Egan, Ellery, Elliot(t), Englefield, Ensor, Evans (2)

      [ F ] : Fallick, Farington, Farrell, Farren, Ferrill, Fisher, Fiske, Fitzgerald, Flint, Flippin, Flockton, Forbes, Fowler, Frank, Frazier, Furzer

      [ G ] : Gann, Gascoigne, Gawthmey, Gay, Gedge, Gerard, Gib, Gibson (2), Girardin, Godfrey, Goff (2), Goldsmith, Goodwyn, Goodyer, Goyen, Graff, Graham, Graunt, Green, Greenhow, Greeves, Griffin (2), Griffiths, Guifford, Gwathney

      [ H ] : Hackston, Hackett, Hahn, Halliburton, Hamilton, Harper, Harris, Harvey, Harvie (2), Haselton, Hay, Haynes, Haywood, Heaps, Hedden, Hendrie, Her(r)on, Hessel, Hill (2), Hinde, Hiseland, Hitchcock, Hodge, Hodgson, Hooker, Hooks, Horne, Howe, Howells, Hughes, Hulm, Hunt, Hunter

      [ I - J ] : Isnell, Jack, Jackson (3), Jacobs, Jannack, Jerrod, John, Johnson (3), Johnston, Johnstone, Jones, Jordan, Judah, Judson

      [ K ] : Keerl, Keneston, King (2)

      [ L ] : Lacroix, Laforest, Lambert, Larsen, Lawrance, Lea, Leake, Lecroix, Lee, Lesslie, Little, Littlepage, Livingston, Lorimer, Low, Lucas, Luttrell

      [ M ] : Macdougal, MacMahon, Macnemara, Magee, Mainwaring, Mann, Marks (2), Markunas, Marshall, Mason, Mathewson, Matthews, Mayo, M'Chain, McIsack, McKee, Mille, Miller (2), M'Kay, Molloy, Molony, Monk, Monson, Moody, Morgan, Morrissey, Morton, Moss, Mound, Mount

      [ N ] : Neale, Neil, Neill, Nelson (2), Nicolls, Norris, Nowland, Nuttal

      [ O ] : Ogden, Orgen, Orse

      [ P ] : Paddy, Page (2), Park, Partridge, Patterson (2), Pattison, Paul, Peirce, Pengree, Pepper, Philpots, Picket, Pickit, Pitman, Pitulloch, Plasket, Poole, Poticary, Powlett, Preston, Putland

      [ R ] : Raphael, Reddie, Reynold, Rezi, Richards (2), Richardson, Ricketts, Roberts (2), Robertson, Rogers, Rolt, Rose (2), Rosewell, Routleigh, Rozier, Rudyerd, Russell, Rutter

      [ S ] : Schockler, Schrub, Scot(t) (3), Scrope, Sewall, Sharpe, Sheafe, Sheldon, Sheppard, Simmons, Slater, Smith (5), Southgate, Spankie, Spicer, Spooner, Sprague, Spry, Stain, Stevenson, Stewart, Stocker, Stone, Stratton, Strong, Sturge, Swett, Symons

      [ T ] : Tait, Tallakerne, Taylor (2), Thacher, Thackwray, Thomas, Thompson, Thorpe, Tipper, Tirwhitt, Tod, Tomlinson, Towell, Towers, Trollope, Trouin, Turar, Tute

      [ V ] : Valentine, Venable, Vernon, Vernor

      [ W ] : Wade, Waldon, Walker (2), Wall, Wallis, Wanton, Waring, Watson, Webb (2), Welch, Whitlock, Whitelooke, Wiley, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Williams (2), Williamson, Willoughby, Wilson, Wood, Woodruff, Woodward


  • Sources :

      - Alden, Rev. Timothy. A collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions with occasional notes, pentade 1, volumes 1-2, second edition. S. Marks Printer, New York, 1814.

      - Andrews, William. Curious Epitaphs, second edition. William Andrews & Co., London, 1899.

      - Cansick, Frederick Teague. A collection of curious and interesting epitaphs. J. R. Smith, London, 1869.

      - Eaton, Arthur Wentworth. Funny Epitaphs. The Mutual Book Company, Boston, 1900.

      - Fairley, William. Epitaphiana; or, The curiosities of churchyard literature. Samuel Tinsley, publisher; London, 1873.

      - Howe, Walter Henry. "Here lies"; being a collection of ancient and modern, humorous and queer inscriptions from tombstones. The New Amsterdam book company, New York, 1901 (Published originally in London in 1891 under title: Everybody's book of epitaphs).

      - Jervise, Andrew. Epitaphs & inscriptions from burial grounds & old buildings in the north-east of Scotland. Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1875.

      - Johnson, Samuel. Gleanings from God's acre: being a collection of epitaphs. Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier, Edinburgh, 1883.

      - Kippax, John R. Churchyard literature : a choice collection of American epitaphs. S.C. Griggs Publisher, Chicago, 1877.

      - Le Neve, John. Monumenta Anglicana. Printed by W. Bowyer, London, 1718.

      - Maiben, Frederick. An original collection of extant epitaphs. Published by the author, London, 1870.

      - Memoirs of the dead, and tomb's remembrancer. Baltimore, 1806.

      - Norfolk, Horatio Edward. Gleanings in graveyards: a collection of curious epitaphs. J. R. Smith Publisher, London, 1866.

      - Norton, John. Historical sketch of Copp's Hill burying ground, with inscriptions and quaint epitaphs. Seventeenth edition, Boston, 1921.

      - Perkins, Frank Herman. Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts : its history, its famous dead, and its quaint epitaphs. A.S. Burbank, Pilgrim Bookstore, Plymouth, Mass., 1902.

      - Ravenshaw, Thomas FitzArthur. Antiente epitaphes (from A.D.1250 to A.D. 1800). Joseph Masters & Co., London, 1878.

      - Roffe, Edwin. British monumental inscriptions : gathered occasionally, from divers churchyards. Privatly printed. London, 1859.

      - Rogers, Charles. Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland, 2 volumes. Published for the Grampian Club by C. Griffin, London, 1871.

      - Safford, Susan Darling. Quaint Epitaphs. A.J. Ochs & Company, Boston, 1900.

      - The New York Times archives (nytimes.com)

      - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org)

      - Find A Grave (findagrave.com)
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