Buried 20 bodies deep, if you were the last person, your name was put on the headstone.

interesting phrases from the yellow fever period:
Graveyard shift - caretaker , Saved by the bell and Dead ringer
Apparently if you had yellow fever, you would go into como state, if they thought you were dead, they would bury you with a string around your finger - attached to a bell. If you woke up and run the bell, you were saved by the bell.