Clayton, Alabama: Whiskey Bottle Tombstone
A wife told her husband that she'd make him a whiskey bottle-shaped tombstone if he didn't stop drinking. He didn't.
Clayton City Cemetery
- Address:
- N. Midway St., Clayton, AL
- Directions:
- Clayton City Cemetery. Entrance is on the west side of N. Midway St., just north of W. College Ave. The tombstone is to the left, under the trees.
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Whiskey Bottle Tombstone I heard the story behind the Whiskey Bottle Tombstone of William T. Mullen, exactly as you describe it. I took a photo when we visited it in 2002, in a small cemetery in Clayton, just outside of Eufaula.
[Dick Cain, 04/05/2008]An unusual granite sculpture marks the Clayton Cemetery burial spot of William T. Mullen, who died in 1863. The tale behind the whiskey bottle-shaped gravestone is that Mullen's wife followed through on a threat of posthumous humiliation if he didn't stop drinking. He didn't.
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Cheers! Another photo imbibed from the Most Wanted list.