Mount Olive Cemetery
Also known as City Cemetery , Masonic Cemetery
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
The oldest known death date is 1883; however Mt. Olive was not established until 1884 when the Howard County Commissioners Court ordered the original cemetery be moved. There are 92 recorded burials from 1883 to 1900. For many years, death certificates were not required to be filed and Cemetery records were not always kept with exact locations of the grave. Therefore, it was up to the family to mark the grave and keep a record of the location. While most families did place a wooden cross or something similar, in this West Texas weather those items deteriorated or were covered by dirt over the years. City staff works diligently to not only maintain current records of burials within Mt. Olive Cemetery, but to identify locations of many known to be buried in the Cemetery. The assistance of family members to identify the locations, are much appreciated.
Mt. Olive Cemetery as a whole is 47.45 acres, with over 12,000 graves. Mt. Olive Cemetery has numerous Veterans interred within its grounds. There are about 900 known Vets of the Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI and WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The oldest known death date is 1883; however Mt. Olive was not established until 1884 when the Howard County Commissioners Court ordered the original cemetery be moved. There are 92 recorded burials from 1883 to 1900. For many years, death certificates were not required to be filed and Cemetery records were not always kept with exact locations of the grave. Therefore, it was up to the family to mark the grave and keep a record of the location. While most families did place a wooden cross or something similar, in this West Texas weather those items deteriorated or were covered by dirt over the years. City staff works diligently to not only maintain current records of burials within Mt. Olive Cemetery, but to identify locations of many known to be buried in the Cemetery. The assistance of family members to identify the locations, are much appreciated.
Mt. Olive Cemetery as a whole is 47.45 acres, with over 12,000 graves. Mt. Olive Cemetery has numerous Veterans interred within its grounds. There are about 900 known Vets of the Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI and WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials274
- Percent photographed7%
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- Total memorials3
- Percent photographed100%
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials1
- Percent photographed0%
- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 5403
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