Olive Branch Cemetery - Wise County, TX
N 33° 19.970 W 097° 51.313
14S E 606540 N 3688769
Olive Branch Cemetery is a historic, old cemetery that is still slightly active, with just over seventy burials.
Waymark Code: WMMYX9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2014
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A Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
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.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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