History of our
Cemetery
Around the Cemetery
Changes over timeThe cemetery has changed the layout of roads, position of
graves and entrance road since it opened almmost 100
years ago.Archeological traces remain of the
1914-1939 layout of Mount Olive PDF map of early
plan
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.
In another 100 years, the tree may completely surround the stone
Centenarians
Isabelle Davis, aged 107 yrs
Annie Harding d 8 Nov 1883 aged 81y some say 104y
Maria Hunt aged 110y
Sarah Sewell aged 100y
Susan Armstrong, aged 110
Elizabeth Price, aged 100 yrs
Siney Wright, aged 103y
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
Earliest stone - TRUSTY,
Caroline d 6 Jun 1861 - She is buried near other family members
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 
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.
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