FIRST Burial at Mount Olive Cemetery - Stephenville, TX
N 32° 14.026 W 098° 11.930
14S E 575483 N 3566628
A 2012 Texas Historical Marker at Stephenville's Mount Olive Cemetery notes that the first burial in the cemetery was that of Wallace Howell, on May 5, 1922.
Waymark Code: WM10GDP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2019
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Mr. Howell shares a modern, flat, gray granite headstone with his wife. It could use some TLC, as the photos in the gallery were as good as my soft brush could get. At the top is the family name, "Howell", with their personal information at each side:
Father
Wallace H.
Aug. 4, 1847
May 5, 1922
Mother
Sylvester H.
Mar. 4, 1867
Sept. 29, 1929
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The historical marker provides some background:
This historic African American cemetery was established in 1922 when the Colored Burial Association purchased acreage from Charles Neblett. Many of the first burials were relocated graves from the segregated West End Cemetery, dating to 1856. The first burial at Mount Olive Cemetery was on May 5, 1922, for Wallace Howell. According to headstone inventories and death records, the cemetery contains more than 250 known African American graves with likely dozens more unmarked. The Colored Burial Association maintained the cemetery until 1972. The cemetery remains an active burial ground with a significant view into the African American heritage of Stephenville.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 05/05/1922
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