An epitaph is what's read on a gravestone. (Ex: RIP, here lies Joe)

1. Here lies Fred
Who was alive
and is dead
There's no more to be said.

2. Here lies John Higgs
a famous man for killing pigs
for killing pigs was his delight
Both morning, afternoon, and night.

3.Here lies the body of Solomon Peas
under the dasies and under the trees
Peas is not here- only the pod
Peas shelled out, went home to god.

4.Owen Moore
is gone away
Owin' more
than he could pay.

5. HERE LIES JOHN PHILLIPS
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
AS A MARK OF AFFECTION BY HIS BROTHER.

6.Some mother's son.

7. If I was so soon
to be done for,
what was I ever
begun for?

8. Life is a jest and
all things show it
I thought so once
and now I know it.

9. (I saved the best for last)

In memory of
ELLEN SHANNON, Aged 26
fatally burned 1870
by the explosion
of a lamp filled
with Danforth's
non-explosive fluid.