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Olive Branch Cemetery
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Olive Branch Cemetery is out in the country between Chico and Crafton.
From Chico go north on Hwy 101 and turn left on CR 1667. Turn left on CR 1661 and then
left again on CR 1771. Past the Briar Branch Farm in a low place the road will turn right
and go across a cattle guard and creek. Follow the road on for about a mile and the
cemetery is at the end.
In June 2000 63 headstones were photographed.
Text to the Historical Marker follows:
Olive Branch Cemetery The first burial at this
site occurred in the early 1870s. Area settlers H.H. Bradford, B.P. Cox, J.C. Cartwright,
and J.C. Weaver, donated the property for the interment of a young girl who had died on a
wagon train. The earliest marked grave is that of Maria B. Smith (1805-1875). During the
1890s, a sanctuary was built north of the burial ground for a Methodist Episcopal Church.
As declining soil conditions caused families to move from the area, the congregation
became inactive. The chapel was removed by 1914, but the Olive Branch Cemetery remains in
use. |
Section - Row - # - Last Name - First Name
1-S 1 1 Smith Clifford 1-S 1 2 Ross W. Erskin 1-S 1 3 Ross Eliza G. 1-S 1 4 Cox Benfamin F. 1-S 2 5 Burkholder Leslie 1-S 2 6 Ham Charles L. 1-S 2 7 Ham Lora Inez 1-S 2 8 Ham Charles Beuren 1-S 3 9 Kirkham Maggie 1-S 4 10 Stone J.A. 1-S 4 11 Stone Margaret A. 1-S 4 12 Stone W.B. 1-S 4 13 Stone Mary R. 1-S 4 14 Stone Ewell B. 1-S 4 15 McGuire Mark Douglas 1-S 5 16 Spicer Opal L. 1-S 5 17 Thueatt Jack 1-S 5 18 Stone Walter 1-S 5 19 Stone L. Barbara 1-S 5 20 Stone Frank 1-S 5 21 Stone William F. 1-S 5 22 McGuire Hazel 1-S 5 23 McGuire Brady 1-S 6 24 Terrell Virginia H. 1-S 7 25 Adams J.A. 1-S 7 26 Adams R.M. 1-S 7 27 Adams Joseph C. 1-S 7 28 Adams Luby P. 1-S 8 29 Blythe Cara M. 1-S 9 30 Holland Charles R. 1-S 9 31 Holland LaTisha Ann "Sissy" 1-S 9 32 Wood Charles Finis "Chuck" 1-S 9 33 Wood Lucile Laverne "Lucy" 2-N 1 34 Smith Martha 2-N 1 35 Smith D.J. 2-N 1 36 Cox Lela, Mrs. 2-N 1 37 Cox Daniel P. 2-N 1 38 Cox Sarah J. 2-N 1 39 Cox B.P. 2-N 1 40 Cox E.A. 2-N 1 41 Cox Son 2-N 1 42 Cox Josiah J. 2-N 1 43 Cox Ida 2-N 1 44 Cox Lizzie B. 2-N 2 45 Wortman Andrew Jackson 2-N 2 46 Wortman Ella 2-N 2 47 Wortman William W. 2-N 2 48 Wortman Sammie 2-N 2 49 Wortman Lea 2-N 2 50 Stone Sarah 2-N 3 51 Gore James G. 2-N 3 52 Mara John G. 2-N 3 53 Mara Effie 2-N 4 54 Edens Sarah E. 2-N 4 55 McDaniel Cora M. 2-N 4 56 McDaniel Larkins 2-N 5 57 Pleasant Infant 2-N 5 58 Cox Andy Thomas 2-N 5 59 Edens Elias 2-N 5 60 Edens M.A. 2-N 5 61 Cox James Knox 2-N 6 62 Smith Maria B. 2-N 6 63 Stuart Lucie E.