The Ephriam
Reed Kilpatrick Family Cemetery is located on the side of an old chert
hill near Flintville in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. It is located close to
where Ephriam Reed Kilpatrick's cabin once stood near the little town of
Flintville. I visited the Cemetery recently with my folks. It had been
fifteen years since the last time I had been there when my Aunt Jewel was
buried. The Cemetery has been kept very well. The caretaker is to be commended.
I recorded the inscriptions from all the stones. The information I got
there answered some questions I had, but raised others. Perhaps some of
you readers came help me answer these questions. The following is a list
of the inscriptions with my comments and questions:
James Herman Thompson
Born - 8/1/1884
Died - 12/29/1951 |
Sarah (Kilpatrick)
Thompson
Born - 9/5/1898
Died - 7/22/1981 |
I couldn't place
this Sarah Kilpatrick. Then I looked in some marriage records and found
that James H. Thompson married Sallie Kilpatrick. Sallie was a daughter
of John F. Kilpatrick. I assume that Sallie is a nickname for Sarah.
John Wilson
Thompson
Born - 10/18/1898
Died - 11/12/1918
Possibly a brother
to the James Herman Thompson listed above?
Joe Earl
Thompson
Born - 5/24/1933
Died - 1/21/1998
Possibly a son of Sarah
Kilpatrick and James Herman Thompson listed above?
John F. Kilpatrick
Born - 1867
Died - 1936 |
Lela L. Kilpatrick
Born - 1879
Died - 1956 |
John was Ephriam's
oldest son (that I know of). Lela was his second wife.
John Goodwin
Kilpatrick
Born - 2/21/1920
Died -7/2/1953
John Goodwin Kilpatrick
was the youngest son of John and Lela Kilpatrick.
William Edward
Campbell
Born - 12/24/1911
Died - 3/9/1995 |
Ruby Jewel (Geer)
Campbell
Born - 2/16/1919
Died - 2/6/1983 |
Jewel was the daughter
of Lattie Mae (Cates) (Geer) Kilpatrick, and my mother's half-sister.
Mary L.
(Kilpatrick) Turner
Born - 2/5/1863
Died - 3/12/1928
Mary lived in the old
home place along with some of her sisters and her younger brothers. She
was listed as the head of household in the 1900 Census. I can't find any
more record her after this, so I assume she left the area. I also don't
know the given name of the Turner that she married or any of children's
names.
Phillis
Ellen Hillis
Daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Grady Hillis
Died 8/31/1963
I have no idea of a
connection here.
Mariah
M. Stiles
Born - Dec. 1896
Died - Feb. 1900
I have no idea of a
connection unless she is possibly a sister to Florence (Stiles) Kilpatrick?
Could there been a connection to the Stiles other than through James Porter's
Kilpatrick to Florence Stiles?
Ephriam Reed Kilpatrick
Stone not inscribed |
Martha (Lankford)
Kilpatrick
Stone not inscribed |
The stones were not
inscribed but Mother said that these were their graves. Ephriam Reed Kilpatrick
was born about 1822 and died in 1899. Martha was born about 1850, she died
about 1886. Martha was Ephriam Reed's third wife and the mother of my grandfather
James Porter Kilpatrick.
Florence (Stiles)
Kilpatrick
Born - 1884
Died - 1924 |
James P. Kilpatrick
Born - 1881
Died - 1959 |
Lattie (Cates)
Kilpatrick
Born - 1900
Died - 1969 |
Florence Stiles was
my Grandfather's first wife. She was he mother of Beulah, Lizzy, and Andy
Kilpatrick. Lattie Mae (Cates) (Geer) Kilpatrick is the mother of Lattie
Devonia Kilpatrick (my mother). Lattie Mae also had four daughters by her
previous marriage, Irene, Mildred, Jewel, and Jimmi Lee. Irene and Jewel
are also buried in this Cemetery.
Irene (Geer)
Kilpatrick
Born - 1917
Died - 1936
Irene was the daughter
of Lattie Mae (Cates) (Geer) Kilpatrick and my mother's half-sister. She
was also married to James Porter Kilpatrick's son, Andy Kilpatrick.
Irene died of leukemia.
George
Leonzel Stiles
Son of T. &
Emma Stiles
Born - 10/10/1902
Died - 8/26/1903
Another mystery.
Y.T. Stiles
Born - 2/10/1864
Died - 2/3/1905
Yet another mystery.
Silas Hickson
Born 12/14/1911
Died 12/14/1911
I assume this a son
of John Houston Hickson and Mattie Mae (Kilpatrick) Hickson.
Walter
Hickson
Born - 7/23/1915
Died - 1/2/1919
Another son of John
Houston Hickson and Mattie Mae (Kilpatrick) Hickson?
Roy Hickson
Born - 11/17/1912
Died - 8/11/1932
Another son of John
Houston Hickson and Mattie Mae (Kilpatrick) Hickson?
John Houston Hickson
Born - 9/22/1885
Died - 6/5/1963 |
Mattie Mae (Kilpatrick)
Hickson
Born - 4/22/1892
Died - 1/21/1951 |
Mattie Mae Kilpatrick
was the third daughter of John F. Kilpatrick.
Rebbecca
Stewart
1869-1939
Becky's grave is not
marked. I found this information in a book "Cemetery Records of Lincoln
County Tennessee". The book noted that the information was from the
Higgins Funeral Home records.
The book "Cemetery
Records of Lincoln County Tennessee" also noted that there were 5 unmarked
graves in the Kilpatrick Cemetery. That leaves two graves unaccounted
for. They could be the graves of Ephriam Reed Kilpatrick's first
two wives, or possibly some of his older daughters?
If you have any
information that can clear up these questions, please e-mail me.
jpkilpat@hiwaay.net
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