Mount Olive Cemetery - Wilmington,
Delaware
Mt. Olive - Community
Thomas E. Postles - First African-American elected
to Wilmington City Council
Members of P.E.R.C - George Benson
Henry A Craigg. Possibly the friend of Thomas
Garrett and conductor on the Underground Railroad - Alice Cragg's stone (l)
bears the inscription 'Hand in Hand in Life, Side by Side in Death'. The stone
beside hers reads 'H.A.C.' See Whispers of Angels
Mary Livingston - wife of Paul Livingston, second
African-American representative in the Delaware House
The Monday Club
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Russ,
Clarence - Steward at Monday Club |
Wright,
William Oliver - Steward at Monday Club |
Bagwell,
Enos – member Monday Club |
Hood,
Simeon – first Steward at the Monday Club |
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David
Murray – member Monday Club |
Edward
Johnson – member Monday Club d. 1958 |
Dr.
John H Ayers d. 1942 |
George
Norman Wright d. 1947 |
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Harry
Warfield d. 1958 |
John
W Chippey d. 1947 |
Charles
C Causey d 1959 |
Isaac
W Howard d 1934 |
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Dr,
Conwell Banton d. 1961 |
George
W. Benson d. 1927 |
William
H Smith d 1957 |
Julius
B Jackson d 1973 |
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Clarence
Smith d 1928 |
Herman
F Armstrong d. 1972 |
Gomaster
Gilbert d 1948 |
Simon
S Brown d. 1970 |
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John
H Braxton d 1972 |
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Business
Michael Sterling - Michael Sterling was a
blacksmith and early business owner in Wilmington.
Joseph T Bass d 1886 - undertaker
Edward B. Chippey - Sports Promoter
Henry Clay Stevens, M.D. - French Street Pharmacy
John Wiggins - Barber
Eli Kennard - Butcher
Justine Pinkney - Dressmaker
David H Gustus - Barber
Wm Frisby - Barber
Henry Craigg - Brickmaker
John Thomas - Insurance Agent
Lewis Culbreth - Store Owner - luncheon, soda,
cigars
William Warren - Barber
William L Pipes - Druggist
Medical Men and Women
Dr. J Bacon Stubbs - Howard University School of Medicine, 1894
Dr. Harvey Murray - Howard University School of Medicine, 1913
Dr. Henry Clay Stevens - Howard University School of Medicine, 1891
Dr. John Victor Sterrett
Dr. Leon Hudson Cork, DDS - Howard University School of Dentistry, 1916
John L. Davidson - Pharmacist
Biographical Dictionary of American Physicians of African Ancestry 1800 - 1920
by Geraldine Rhodes Beckford
(can be viewed on Google Books - Mar 2012)
Who's who of the colored race, a general biography and dictionary, Vol 1 by
Frank Lincoln Mather 1915
(can be viewed on Google Books - Mar 2012)
Educators
Edwina B Kruse - Edwina Kruse was the principal of
Howard High School and a noted educator.
Educator
Howard High
School
Dr. Harvey Murray - Dr. Murray served on the School Board in the 1930s.
Elizabeth America - Teacher
Mary Elizabeth Carty - Teacher
Albion Unthank - Teacher
Miriam T Bryan - School Principal
Louis Reynolds - Teacher
Lucy Jackson - Teacher
Lucy Toliver - Teacher
Olivia B Young - Teacher
Sillie Wiley - School Teacher
Musicians
Professor Michael Sterling - The founder of the
Wilmington Music Association, his gravestone reads 'Israel's Musician'.
Maynard Messick - musician and church organist
S. A. Reynolds - Jazz Musician, 349th Field
Artillery Jazz Band (WWI - European Theater)
Pastors, Elders and Clergy
Many pastors and their families are residents of Mount Olive.
Rev. Edward H Chippey
Rev. Chippey was the second leader of the Mother Church (after Peter Spencer)
Rev. Moses Chippey
Elder
Mary Sabb - Minister
Rev.
Frisby Cooper
Biography
in the N.J. State Library
Speech
given at age 11
Elijah
Townsend - Preacher
Rev.
Solomon Dorce - Born in Port-a-Prince Haiti.
Jas.
L Hubert - Preacher
Rev.
E. Otho Parker
Rev.
J. H. Bell
Rev.
Adolphus Henry
Collins,
George C - Minister
Rev.
Wm Mathews
Rev.
John H Nicholas
Jacob
Caulk - Minister
Rev.
Waters
BRINKSLEY,
Geo A (buried at Union) - Minister
Rev.
J H Pritchett
Rev.A.
H. Runner
Rev.
B. B. Fisher
Rev.
Benjamin Briggs
Rev.
S. C. Blackledge
Rev.
Zorah B Wright
Masonic
Brothers and Sisters / Fraternal Organizations
Many residents of Mount Olive were prominent members of the Prince Hall Lodge.
The B.P.O.E. was also an important fraternal organization in the community.
Hatfield, Joseph
Hollis, John
Thomas E Postels
Warrick, Oscar
Sterling, Michael
John L Hubert - Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall
Grand Lodge of Delaware and its Jurisdiction, F&AM
Frisby J Cooper - Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Delaware and its Jurisdiction, F&AM
Thomas Postles - - Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Delaware and its Jurisdiction, F&AM