Historic Routt-Liberty Hill Cemetery

This obituary was printed in the Huntsville Times on February 15, 1942, and it is one of my (Joy Caitlin Monroe) favorites. In researching the individuals buried at Routt-Liberty Hill, I noticed census records repeatedly showed Jack Johnson living with his brother and his family. Even after his brother Henry died, Jack stayed on the farm with his brother's widow Mary Brooks Johnson and their children. Walking through the cemetery, I noticed Jack's monument is almost identical to his brother and sister-in-law's stones. The only difference in design is the added inscription "Uncle Jack." What a fitting tribute to a man who apparently spent so much of his life looking after his brother's family. (Again, this obituary was accessed on microfilm in the Special Collections department of the downtown branch of Huntsville-Madison County Public Library.)