Hill Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Hill Cemetery is located on the Northeast corner (backside) of William M.
Hill Park, which is located on 23rd Street (just East of Maywood Rd) in
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.  The cemetery is a very small, but
peaceful family burial ground, shaded by a large tree in the center, under
which sits a stone bench.  The exterior of the cemetery is surrounded by a
stately looking stone wall with a wrought iron gate.  This park and cemetery
were originally the family farm of Adam Hill.  In 1927, Jo Lisle Hill
donated the land surrounding Hill Cemetery as a public park in memory of his
father, William Moberly Hill.  The infamous Frank James (Alexander "F."
James) was married to Ann  Ralston (who was a Hill).  They are buried
together in Hill Cemetery.

On this date, I visited the cemetery and recorded the following information
from the gravesites there:

Frank Abston                born 2-22-1872        died 10-16-1948
Fannie Brooks Hill        born 4-27-1874        died 11-3-1959
    (wife of Frank Abston)

Alexander F. James    born 1843                  died 1915
    (aka Frank James)
Ann Ralston                  born 1853                    died 1944
    (wife)

Ann Elizabeth Hill        age 2 years

Moberly Erwin Hill        age 5 years

Curtis Hill                       died 6-17-186?        age 2 yrs, 5 mos, 18
days
    (This stone is very old and broken into several pieces, some info is
worn away completely)

Cur???                            born ??-29-1815        died ????
    This stone is very old and broken into several pieces, like the one next
to it, much of the info is worn away completely)

Two headstones with no inscriptions on them

Ann Elizabeth Gossett    born 11-10-1850        died 11-4-1880
    (wife of William Hill)
William Moberly Hill         born  7-6-1836            died 11-27-1912

Adam Hill                          born 8-29-1799           died 2-24-1886

There is also a very tall marker that is broke off at the base, and was too
heavy to lift up to get the names.  The inscription on the side facing up is
"father and mother"

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