Epitaphs & Headstones: Poignant

A "His-and-Her" Stone with

Shot by her beloved husband
Hanged for killing his wife

Sacred to the memory of Jared Bates
Who died August 6, 1800
His widow, aged 24, lives at 7 Elm Street
Had many qualifications of a good wife
And yearns to be comforted

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
How Does Your Graveyard Grow?
With Ankle Bones
And Old Tombstones
And Relatives All In A Row

My father and mother were both insane
I alone inherited the terrible stain.
My grandfather, grandmother, aunts and uncles
Were lunatics all, and yet died of carbuncles

Death is a debt to Nature due,
Which I have paid and so must you.

Article written by Janice D. McDonald