Huuummmm...... I think there has been written more about China Mary than a lot of Presidents.

Sorry to all for falling behind on my comments will not be commenting on all.

I'm still trying to figure out a humorous statement involving china plates and stone monuments, but it alludes me.

I googled her, she seemed to be a character back in those days.
tigs=^..^=

The age at which she died was good. people usually have a hard life then, and died in early years.
Good find and good work.

Intersting grave marker. I was doing geneology stuff yesterday and it was interesting to learn about relatives I didn't know about.

Super work on this one - just wonder what really brought her so far away from China

little late to ask what she wants on her pizza? pepperonis always on my tombstone. that cover the humorous part that Pistos was looking for :)

I like reading old grave makers, tombstones ect...interesting stuff, of course i love history as well. and here is a lot of it. nice post!

Perhaps the most famous Chinese person in Tombstone was China Mary (aka Ah Chum), a plump woman from Zhongshan county. She usually wore brocaded silks and large amounts of Asian jade jewelry. Influential among Whites and people of other nationalities, in Hoptown her word was as good as that of a judge or banker. The Whites, who preferred Chinese domestic labor, soon learned that Mary was resourceful in finding workers. She guaranteed the workers' honesty and workmanship. Her warranty was "Them steal, me pay!" All work was done to the employer"s satisfaction or it would be redone for free. Payments, however, were made to China Mary--not to the employee. China Mary managed a well-stocked general store where she dealt in both American and Chinese goods. White men and Asians were both allowed to play in the gambling hall behind her store. They had to abide her rules. China Mary seems to have been an astute investor; she was involved in a number of businesses, including several hand laundries and a restaurant owned by Sam Sing. Mary was also a money lender, and she used her own judgment to determine borrower's credibility. China Mary is also remembered as a generous lady who helped those in need of money or medical care. No sick, injured, or hungry person was ever turned away from her door. She once took a cowboy with a broken leg to Mary Tack's boarding house and paid the medical bill herself. Mary was portrayed by Anna May Wong in a 1960 episode of the Wyatt Earp TV series. When Mary died of heart failure in 1906, the town folks had a large turnout for her service. A death certificate showed that "Ah Lum" died on December 16, 1906, at the age of 65. Although local official John E. Bacon typed the wrong name (AH-overstrike C[hina] Lum), the date matched the cemetery marker for China Mary, and the certificate was clearly meant for her. China Mary was buried in Boothill Cemetery beside her friend Quong Gu Kee, who died of natural causes on April 23, 1893. Also nearby were Foo Kee, candy store owner, accidentally stabbed in a fight; Hup Lung, for whom no details are available, and two Chinese who died of leprosy. [Information by Paul Mayo]

-Nik (I don't always write 'em [unless I know 'em], but I always research 'em)