If Stones Could Speak: A walk through Roseland Cemetery, Part 1

Submitted by Rebekah Sheats For more than one hundred and fifty years, Roseland Cemetery has marked the final resting place of many Jefferson County and Monticello residents. Each silent marker within its bounds stands as a perpetual witness of a life fulfilled, an era ended, and a hope in the future. Roseland also serves as a repository of history. The thousands of headstones and memorials within her gates offer us a fascinating window into the past. If stones could speak, what stories mig