HAMILTON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Kirklin Cemetery
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                    Kirklin Cemetery

The Kirklin Cemetery is at old Oak Hill, which is now called Alton 
Park. The land was given by Elisha Kirklin. There are approximately 
fifty graves. It was established
about 1855. 

Kirklin, Elisha - Mar 10, 1832 - Dec 31,1890 - 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord'
Kirklin, William H - Oct 12, 1840 - July 15, 1869
Kirklin, Susan - Daughter of E And S Kirklin - Mar 25, 1834 - Jun 28, 1855
Kirklin, Elisha - May 27, 1792 - Jan 17, 1864
Our brother - Kirklen, William H - Oct 12, 1840 - July 15, 1869
Kirklen, Allen J - Nov 9, 1838 - Sep 12, 1864
Our sister - Kirklen, Susan - Mar 25, 1834 - June 26, 1855
Our father - Kirklen, Elisha - May 27, 1792 - Jan 17,1864
Mother - Kirklen, Susan - Oct 19, 1802 - Dec 17, 1885
Jackson, Elizabeth - Wife of J L Jackson - Nov 22, 1865 - June 10, 1888 - 
  'Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep.'
Shirley, B B - Oct 18, 1852 - June 19, 1882 - Aged 29 years
Smith, Joseph B - Mar 9, 1885 - Dec 4, 1916 - 
  'He was too good, too gentle and fair to live in this cold world of care.'
Smith, J M - Aug 13, 1888 - Dec 1, 1920
Smith, Mollie J - Wife of H W Smith - May 8, 1870 - July 30, 1897 - 
  'She was too good, too gentle and fair to live in this cold world of care.'
Smith, Joseph E - July 17, 1861 - Jan 1, 1881 - 'A light from our household is 
  gone, a voice we loved is stilled; a place is vacant in our hearts that can never be filled.'
(Erected by Mary Hamill to her son)
Brown, Jesse - 1854 - 1900
Mother - Brown, Daisy V - 1874 - 1931
Father - Brown, Chas. - 1874 - 1933
Mother - Brown, Zilpha - 1854 - 1900