Forest Hills
Cemetery
Located in historic St. Elmo at the foot of Lookout Mountain, Forest Hills Cemetery is among the largest and most historic cemeteries in Hamilton County. The cemetery was chartered on January 5, 1880 by T. G. Montague, Allen C. Burns, Abraham M. Johnson, George Hazlehurst, James A. Caldwell, H. S. Chamberlain, H. C. Evans, Charles J. Martin, S. A. Key, and Theodore Richmond. The gravesites of Forest Hills include politicians, Civil War officers, entertainers, industrialists, historical figures of Chattanooga as well as pre-Civil War African American slaves and numerous unknowns. An active cemetery with more than 100,000 interments, the cemetery continues to add hundreds of burials every year.
4016 Tennessee Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37409
Phone: 423.821.4161
info@foresthillscemetery.net
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| DECEASED | BORN | DIED | MARRIED | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder, George Byron, Dr. | 02/12/1886 | 08/07/1951 | s/o-George Willis & Martha Lasater Alder; Info from death certificate; See obituary | |
| Blaylock, Jane Elizabeth | 06/27/1846 | 09/23/1936 | Info from death certificate | |
| Brown, William Harry | 11/05/1888 | 02/13/1948 | Info from death certificate | |
| Carter, Frieda May Utermoehlen | 02/27/1880 | 07/20/1964 | w/o Garnet Carter; Info from obituary | |
| Carter, James Inman | 11/01/1858 | 02/18/1947 | h/o-Samuella Childress Carter; Info from obituary | |
| Carter, John Garnet | 02/09/1883 | 07/21/1954 | h/o-Frieda May Carter; s/o-James Inman Carter; Info from obituary | |
| Carter, Paul B | 02/10/1888 | 09/29/1979 | Info from obituary | |
| Carter, Samuella Childress | 06/14/1861 | 03/03/1938 | w/o-James I Carter; d/o-David Burton & Mary Spellar Jones Childress; Info from obituary | |
| Divine, Julia Alexander McCallie | 12/04/1866 | 07/07/1954 | w/o-Samuel W Divine; d/o-Thomas H & Ellen Jarnagin McCallie; Info from Obituary | |
| Divine, Samuel Williams | 11/16/1915 | Age 66; s/o-John L & Rachael Williams Divine; Info from death certificate | ||
| Dunagan, Joseph Abner | 10/02/1868 | 06/12/1930 | s/o-Joseph & Rachel Tidwell Dunagan; Info from death certificate #13415 | |
| Eaton, Edward G | 07/20/1869 | 04/28/1920 | Info from death certificate Vol 23; Pg 325 | |
| Fehn, Willie Mae Templeton | 03/19/1922 | 09/10/2007 |
w/o-Robert Fehn; d/o-Oliver Ervin & Maggie Lee Graham Templeton |
|
| Fulker, Richard Harding | 12/20/1920 | 11/21/1976 | h/o-Willie Mae Templeton | |
| Grimmer, Louisa Peale | 06/26/1930 | Age 86; w/o-John C Grimmer; Info from death certificate #13490 | ||
| Hill, J W | 06/17/1917 | Age 37 yrs; Info from death certificate | ||
| Jarnagin, Gustavus Henry | 08/09/1844 | 04/24/1914 | Info from death certificate | |
| Krug, Ada Parks | 12/13/1990 | Age 83; Info from obituary | ||
| McCallie, Alice Fletcher | 09/26/1880 | 11/26/1918 | w/o-Spencer J McCallie; d/o-G G & Mary Storrs Fletcher; Info from obit. | |
| McCallie, Bessie Dean Crane | 06/27/1872 | 12/28/1942 | w/o-Thomas S McCallie; d/o-Charles & Emma Osborn Crane; Info from death certificate | |
| McCallie, Edward Lee | 07/20/1960 | Info from obituary | ||
| McCallie, Ellen Jarnagin | 08/12/1841 | 09/17/1915 | w/o-Thomas H McCallie; d/o-Spencer & Mary Kinder Jarnagin; Info from death certificate | |
| McCallie, Grace E | 03/18/1863 | 03/10/1918 | d/o-Thomas H & Ellen Jarnagin McCallie; Info from death certificate | |
| McCallie, Katherine Pierce | 09/10/1966 | w/o-Spencer J McCallie; Info from obituary | ||
| McCallie, Spencer Jarnagin | 08/24/1875 | 10/19/1949 | s/o-Thomas H & Ellen Jarnagin McCallie; Info from death certificate | |
| McCallie, Thomas Spencer | 06/7/1869 | 09/22/1936 | h/o-Bessie Crane McCallie; s/o-Thomas H & Ellen Jarnagin McCallie; Info from death certificate | |
| Metcalf, Louis | 09/10/1918 | Age 68 yrs.; Info from Death Certificate | ||
| Mooney, James L | 06/27/1877 | 03/17/1956 | Info from death certificate | |
| Oakman, Emily Hagood | 01/02/1847 | 01/03/1920 | Info from death certificate Vol 21; Pg 7 | |
| Payne, L H | 12/08/1920 | Age 69; s/o-Larkin & Jane Sutton Payne; Info from death certificate Vol 24; Pg 274. | ||
| Penney, Richard M | 1868 | 05/24/1929 | s/o-Richard & Mary Norman Penney; Info from death certificate | |
| Sisson, Edward Freeborn | 02/14/1839 | 04/23/1915 | s/o-Freeborn & Henrietta Blish Sisson; Info from death certificate | |
| Sutton, Anna B | 09/19/1905 | 03/19/1988 | ||
| Sutton, Austin M | 02/02/1898 | 04/15/1992 | h/o-Florence E Sutton | |
| Sutton, Cordie M | 05/08/1932 | 07/10/2009 | w/o-Loyd A Sutton | |
| Sutton, Florence E | 06/22/1907 | 09/14/1969 | w/o-Austin M Sutton | |
| Sutton, Walter Homer | 12/22/1911 | 12/17/1983 | PFC US Army WWII | |
| Templeton, Jessie Bonard "Barney" | 12/21/1907 | 01/03/1951 | 04/20/1927 | h/o-Laura Vernon Humble |
| Templeton, Laura Vernon Humble | 09/17/1904 | 02/06/1996 | 04/20/1927 | w/o-Jessie Bonard Templeton |
| Templeton, Maggie Lee Graham | 12/29/1889 | 09/11/1972 | 11/05/1905 | w/o-Oliver Ervin Templeton |
| Templeton, Oliver Ervin | 11/06/1883 | 10/17/1951 | 11/05/1905 | h/o-Maggie Lee Graham |
| Thompson, Robert Hill | 02/15/1908 | 11/15/1964 | h/o-Gladys Redmon | |
| Thompson, Gladys Redmon | 04/15/1914 | 04/01/1989 | w/o-Robert Hill Thompson |
