Union Hill Cemetery
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
The Union Hill Cemetery is located southwest of Alexandria in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. To find this cemetery from Alexandria, take Interstate 49 south for eighteen miles to Exit 66. Turn right onto LA Highway 112 and go six and one-half miles. Turn left onto US Highway 165 and go five and one-half miles. Turn right on LA Highway 113 and go ten miles. Turn right on LA Highway 112 and go one mile. The cemetery is on a hill on your right.
On March 25, 2004 Howard Baulch visited this cemetery and took photos of selected tombstones. Howard's second-great-grandaunt, Elizabeth E. Gibson Johnson, and some of her family are buried here. The transcriptions and tombstones are presented below. Comments in parentheses are not on the tombstones and are additional information offered by the author.
| INSCRIBED NAME (Full name) |
BORN | DIED | RELATIONSHIP | INSCRIPTION | TOMBSTONE |
| Johnson, David Crockett | Sep 23, 1868 | Feb 7, 1962 | Father (h/o Elizabeth Strother) (s/o Obediah Johnson & Elizabeth E. Gibson) |
In loving memory |  |
| Johnson, Elizabeth nee Gibson (Elizabeth E. Gibson) |
Feb 27, 1840 | Mar 28, 1909 | Erec(t)ed by her husband, Obey Johnson (d/o Zedekiah R. Gibson & Sarah Hight) |
We knew no sorrow, knew no grief Till thy bright face was missed. |
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| Johnson, Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth Strother) |
Oct 29, 1870 | Aug 16, 1909 | Mother (w/o David Crockett Johnson) |
In loving memory | |
| Johnson, Obie D. (Obey Dyer Johnson) |
Jan 19, 1898 | Sep 7, 1979 | (s/o David Crockett Johnson & Elizabeth Strother) |
Cpl US Army |  |
Although tombstone photos are not included, a more complete transcription of this cemetery is available on ftp.rootsweb.com.
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