've finished reading through the book. The epitaths seem for the most part to be fairly straight up in their messages.

My favorite of the lot is:

Here Lies
in a horizontal position --
THOMAS HINDE
Clock and Watch maker

Who departed this life wound up
in hope of being taken in hand
by his Maker and being
thoroughly cleaned repaired and
set a-going in the world to come

On the 15th of August 1863
In the 19th year of his life ( )

Comic and Curious Memorial Inscriptions collected by Fritz Spiegl, and recreated by Jane Knights. ( )