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
David Murray - Monday Club
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