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Some fascinating things on old tombstones!

In an Albany, NY cemetery:

Harry Edsel Smith
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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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 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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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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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!