This cemetery is located on the sons of the late Herbert Leatherman. It is off of the Poplar school House road on the East Side. This land is known as the Cephus McNemar place. His wife, Mary Frances was a daughter of Jimmy Likins. In the late 60s or early 70s some of the descendents of Susan Likins Rotruck placed a monument for her. She was the daughter of old Jimmy Likins and the wife of Hiram Rotruck. Hiram is buried in the John Rotruck cemetery. May Harris told me that in this cemetery were buried the people of old Jimmy Likins. My uncle, Odell Leatherman told me that a lot of babies were buried here. The only person that any one knew for sure that was here was Susan Likins Rotruck. In doing Likins genealogy we can almost assume that these may be buried here. There are around 13 to 15 sunken areas in the ground with only slate rocks to mark the graves. The Likins family was large landholders but there must have been no money to place a monument for their love ones.
1. Susan E. Likins Rotruck 1858- July 06,1882, Susan was 24 years, 3 months and 15 days old. She was the wife of Hiram Rotruck, mother of Basher born June 01, 1979 and Albert Rotruck born July 23, 1881. The cause of Susan’s death was unknown according to death records in Grant County.
Jeremiah Likins 1860-1883)
Lydia M. Likins 1862-1865
David W. Likins 1864-1865
Amanda Rebecca Likins 1866-1874
Also James Likins Sr. and his first wife, Sarah’s son Daniel appears to have died between birth at 1839 and the 1850 census. He may also be buried in this cemetery.
Sarah (Rotruck) Likins died in 1842, the same year her daughter Sarah was born. We need to check her death record to see if it was at childbirth. It is very possible that she is also buried in this cemetery.
According to information that has been told to us, Old James Likins is buried in an unmarked grave down in the field below the cemetery that his father is buried in along Knobley Road. Why he was buried down in the field and so far from the one his father is in we have no idea. Why he was not buried over with his family on the home place, we have no idea either.
Submitted by Dottie Hughes