Around the Cemetery
Mt.
Olive Home
County Executive Matt Meyer
and Public Works
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The cemetery has changed
the layout of roads, position of graves and entrance road since it opened
almost 100 years ago. Archeological traces remain
of the 1914-1939 layout of Mount Olive |
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The Power of Nature Mary Calhoun was buried in 1915. At the time, this would have been a small tree. After 100 years,
the tree has grown around her stone.
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Centenarians Isabelle Davis, aged 107 yrs
Susan Armstrong, aged 110 Elizabeth Price, aged 100 yrs Siney Wright, aged 103y Lucy Harris aged 105y Martha Harmon aged 103y Sarah Blackston aged 100y |
Amelia Cooper, aged 105y 6m 26d Alexander Willis, aged 106y Peter Pinkett, aged 104y Martha Daggart aged 106y Lyndia E. Robbins aged 100y Edith Dilahay aged 106y Martha Harmon aged 103y Mary Lewis age 100y Annie Harding d 8 Nov 1883 aged 81y some say 104y Maria Hunt aged 110y Sarah Sewell aged 100y Benjamin Harrison Wilson aged 103y |
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Earliest stone - TRUSTY, Caroline d 6 Jun 1861 She is buried near other
family members
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Grand Army of the Republic
- The largest veterans organization formed after the Civil War. Wilmington
had a chapter. It is unusual to see it noted on a tombstone - Wm. Furrow G.A.R. 55th Infantry
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Daniel and Maria Hamilton – Only first names and death
dates appear on these side-by-side stones. They were identified by
comparison with death records.
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Farthest from their homes -
During the 1918 influenza epidemic, ten 'Hindoo' sailors from a ship docked
at the port of Wilmington died at the Wilmington Hospital..The
names are phonetic, and the age is only estimated for two seamen. No other
information is given. Merchant
Sailors
from India
or Southeast Asia - Buried at Mount Olive |
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Unmarked Graves It can be difficult to
identify unmarked graves. The NW fence line has graves right to the fence.
This area is heavily wooded. Unmarked graves - NW
fence line. A natural spring - Midway along the NW fence line, a natural
spring rises from the ground. This area is heavily wooded. Stream - NW Fence Line. Large Gates and Berm
- The eastern corner of the cemetery has large gates. There is also a
retention pond (off-site) and berm. Large Gates
- E Corner. Berm and Retention Pond |
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VIDEOS (creators – various) |
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