also known as the Mt. Olivet(t) Cemetery , Mt. Olive and Olive Grove Cemetery This is an African American
Cemetery
and was located some where
near Denison. I have collected this information about some
of the burials. I have found an old newspaper article from August 1903, it mentions a Mt. Olive Church on Monterey St. in Denison. Below are some burials that I have found with death certificate information included. ABRAMS VICTORIA Birth: Death: May 24, 1912 @ 613 W. Sears, Denison Gender: female Race: black Marriage: widow Parents: Cemetery: Olive Grove Cemetery Burial: Informant: Martha Johnson Cause of Death: Brights Disease BRANTLEY LULA Birth: Jan. 12, 1880 @ Dallas, Tx. Death: Gender: female Race: black Marriage: married Parents: Tone Carter Cemetery: Olivet Cemetery Burial: Jan. 25, 1912 Informant: Joe Brantley Cause of Death: CHEATHAM DURWOOD Birth: 1903 @ Tx. Death: May 22, 1927 @ Katy Hospital, Denison, Tx. Gender: male Race: colored Marriage: married Occupation: section worker for the MKT Railroad Parents: Glenny Cheatham & Emily Smith Cemetery: Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery Informant: Lizzie Cheatham Cause of Death: hypertensive heart disease, decompensation of heart, hypostatic pneumonia COLEMAN INEZ Birth: Jan. 6, 1886 @ Tx. Death: Nov. 24, 1914 Gender: female Race: colored Marriage: widow Parents: Talley Giles & Alice Smith Cemetery: Olivett Cemetery Burial: Informant: Lola Chiles Cause of Death: pellagra, rectal fistula JOHNSON F MARION Birth: Sept. 29, 1914 Death: Feb. 19, 1915 @ 224 W. Walker St., Denison Gender: male Race: colored Marriage: infant Parents: F. J. Johnson & L. M. Poole Cemetery: Olivett Cemetery Burial: Informant: F. M. Johnson Cause of Death: Gastro-enteritis, adenitis JOHNSON J D Birth: Death: Jun. 19, 1913 @ "Ray" (main Katy railyard was named Ray Yards) Gender: male Race: colored Marriage: married Occupation: Section Hand Parents: O. L. Johnson & Lula Heath Cemetery: Olivett Cemetery Burial: Informant: Milo Dannells Cause of Death: killed by a train LOVE JULIA Birth: May 29, ___, Louisiana Death: Apr. 17, 1915 @ 330 E. Shephard St., Denison; aged 56 yrs Gender: female Race: colored Marriage: married Parents: Geo. Hollands & Virginia McKinney Cemetery: Olivett Cemetery Burial: Informant: Mary Ida Love Cause of Death: second stroke of paralysis MASON LOUIS Birth: Aug. 4, 1850 Death: May 13, 1916 @ 617 W. Bond St., Denison Gender: male Race: colored Marriage: married Parents: Adam Mason & ___ McKinney Cemetery: Olivett Cemetery Burial: Informant: A. A. Mason Cause of Death: cancer of the tongue, congestion of the lungs SMITH BILLIE JUNE Birth: Oct. 11, 1934 Death: Feb. 2, 1937 @ 413 W. Bond St., Denison Gender: female Race: colored Marriage: Parents: Elijah Smith & Nellie Redman Cemetery: Olivet Cemetery - written over Magnolia Cemetery Burial: Informant: Elijah Smith Cause of Death: fire - suffocation & burns SMITH LOYCE BONITA Birth: Jul. 9, 1936 Death: Feb. 2, 1937 @ 413 W. Bond St., Denison Gender: female Race: colored Marriage: single Parents: Elijah Smith & Nellie Redman Cemetery: Olivet Cemetery - written over Magnolia Cemetery Burial: Informant: Elijah Smith Cause of Death: house fire WATSON FRANK Birth: "supposed abt Feb. 1830" @ Virginia Death: Mar. 16, 1915, aged 85 ytd, 1 mo @ 717 Lamar St., Denison Gender: male Race: colored Marriage: widower Occupation: farmer Parents: Cemetery: Olivett Cemetery Burial: Informant: J. S. Love Cause of Death: paralysis-hemiplegia, epileptic convulsion  Cemetery Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
