As you pass by 
rememeber that as you are now  so once was I,
as i am now you soon will be
so remember, one day you will come and follow me.

and scratched below it with a nail...

to follow you i would not be content,
until i know which way you went!

Competitive to the end:

A gravestone bore this inscription-

Snug as a bug.

Another gravestone next to it read-

Snugger then any bugger.

Joseph Jones

here lies the bones 
of joseph jones
who ate whilst he was able 
but, once o'er fed
he droped down dead
and fell beneath the table.
when from the tomb
to meet his doom,
he rises amidst sinners;
since he must dwell
in heav'n or hell
take him - which gives best dinners.

	beza wood

in memory of beze wood
departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 aged 45 yrs.

here lies one Wood 
enclosed in wood
one Wood
within another.
the outer wood 
is very good:
we cannot praise 
the other.

	micah hall

quid eram, nescitis;
quid sum, sescitis:
ubi abii, nescitis
valete.

(what i was you know not-
what i am you know not-
whither i am gone you know not-
go about your business.)

william ash

reader, pass on, nor waste your time 
on bad biography and murdered rhyme;
what i was before's well known to my neighbors
what i am now is no concern of yours.


anna lovett

beneath this stone & not above it
lie the remains of Anna lovett
be pleased good reader not to shove it
least she should come again above it
for 'twixt you & I, no one does covet
to see again this Anna Lovett.

anonymous

here lies a lewd fellow
who while he drew a breath
in the midst of life 
was in quest of death
which he quickly obtained.

for it cost him his life
for being in bed
with another man's wife.

James Brush

to the memory of 
MAJOR JAMES BRUSH
who was killed by the 
accidental discharge of 
a pistol by his orderly
14 April 1831
WELL DONE GOOD 
AND FAITHFUL SERVANT

Albert Fuller

his death was ocasioned by 
an accidental blast of powder 
on july 4th.

	John wright

here i lie
no wonder i'm dead
for a broad wheeled waggon
went over my head.
grim death took me
without a warning
i was well at night 
and dead in the morning
15 march 1797

Caleb Howe

in memory of mr. 
caleb how a very 
kind companion who 
was killed by the indea
ns lune the 27th 
1755 in the 32nd year 
of his age his wife mrs.
jemima how with 7 
children taken captive
at the same time.

mr. caleb howe killed
was by indeans 1755

(no i didn't make any spelling or grammar mistakes that is how it was
written)

Mary lowder

here lies the body of mary ann lowder
who burst whilst drinking a seidlitz powder.
called from this earth to her heavenly rest
she should have waited till it effervesced.

mrs. behn

here lies proof that wit can never be
defence enough against mortality.

Patrick steel

here lies pat steel,
that's very true!
who was he? what was he?
what's that to you?
he lies here, because he 
is dead - nothing new.

mary s. hoyt

she lived - what more can be said:
she died - and we all knows she's dead.


coleman

if heaven be pleas'd, when sinners cease to sin,
if hell be pleas'd, when souls are damn'd therein;
if earth be pleas'd, when its rid of a knave;
then all are pleas'd, for coleman's in his grave.

john young

those who knew him best deplored him most.

abraham newland

beneath this stone old abr'am lies:
noboby laughs and nobody cries:
where he's gone or how he fares,
nobody knows and nobody cares.

william bary

opened my eyes, took a peep,
didn't like it, went to sleep.

nicholas round

here lies the body of nicholas round
who was lost at sea & never found.

john macfarlane

erected to the memory of 
John macfarlane
drowned in the water of leith
by a few affectionate friends.


anonymous

he called
bill smith 
a liar.

cripple creek, colorado    1875