There is an unqualified Hibernianism in the following:
"Here lies the remains of
Thomas Melstrom who died
in Philadelphia March 17th
Had he lived he would have
been buried here."
A good deal of positive information is conveyed in this epitaph:
"Here lies, cut down like unripe fruit
The wife of Deacon Amos Shute;
She died of drinking too much coffee,
Anny dominy eighteen forty."
To the victim of an accident:
"Here lies the body of James Hambrick which was accidentally shot in the Pacas River by a young man with one of Colts large revolvers with no stopper for the hand for to rest on. It was one of the old fashioned sort, brass mounted and of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
William Curtis, who was famous for his bad grammar, may have composed his own epitaph:
"Here lies William Curtis
Our late Lord Mayor
Who has left this world,
And gone to that there."
In a church-yard in London, evidently written by a Cockney:
"Here lies John Ross.
Kicked by a Hoss."