Tombstone Tuesday: Jesse and Nathan “Gus” Hill

MOTHER FATHER

JESSIE N GUS

1875-1950 1873-1944

HILL

N Gus or Nathaniel Gustaves Hill and Jessie Inez Barton were my 2^nd great-grandparents. They were the parents of my great-grandmother, Blanche Kathryn Hill. You can see photos of my Hill family here.

Their headstone was placed in a family plot in Center Point Cemetery (Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas). Nathan Gus and Jessie Hill’s headstone is the short one on the left. The middle stone belongs to Nathan’s mother, Josie Hill pictured below and the one on the right belongs to Nathan’s son-in-law, Barnard Maggard, also pictured below.

Hill Family Plot, Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, AR

JOSIE

________

J W HILL

Born

In Greenville Dist SC

July 11, 1841

Died

Jan 12, 1887

Josie Hill was Josephine F Cox who married Joseph Watson Hill, 16 January 1861 in Newberry, South Carolina. She predeceased her husband by about 26 years.  Joseph Hill died in 1913 in Annona, Texas, so he is not buried in the Hill family plot. Josie and Joseph Hill were the parents of Nathaniel Gustaves Hill and were my 3rd great-grandparents.  

BARNUM MAGGARD

SEPT. 16, 1894

APRIL 5, 1937

AT REST

Barnum Maggard married Doris Hill, my great-grandmother’s oldest sister. Barnard predeceased Doris by about 31 years. They did not have any children. Doris moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon and married her 2^nd husband, Roscoe Hines. She is buried in Klamath Falls.

Here is a picture of the Centerpoint Cemetery in Centerpoint, Howard County, Arkansas:

Photos taken courtesy of Doyle Wester, Nov 2010. Centerpoint Cemetery, Centerpoint, Howard Co., Arkansas.

Photo of Centerpoint Cemetery Sign was copied from FindAGrave.com website and was originally uploaded by D. Ann on 30 July 2006.