Mt. Olive Cemetery is located on the south side of Delaware Rt. 10 in Sandtown. The year on the wrought iron gate is 1893, but many graves predate this time. Among the earliest are the gravestones of Mary (Longfellow) Hurd and her husband James B. Hurd. I photographed only the Hurd family cluster and the Longfellow family cluster.
Use your browser's Find feature to locate a name on this page. Each tombstone link will open a pop-up window containing a photograph, hopefully legible, of the tombstone. Don't forget to close that window before continuing your search. Note that column faces were photographed separately, but the names will be grouped together with a blue or yellow background on this table.
| Name | Dates | Comments | Photo Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurd Grouping | |||
| Mary Hurd | 1806-1864 | Wife of James B. Hurd | Tombstone |
| James B. Hurd | 1811-1858 | "In. memory of. James B. Hurd. died June 8th A.D. 1858. age 46 years 8 months &. 5 days." | Tombstone |
| Samuel C. Hurd | 1853-1899 | Tombstone | |
| Emily C. Hurd | 1850-1934 | Tombstone | |
| S. Emmett Hurd | 1884-1918 | Tombstone | |
| James Hurd | 1856-1923 | Tombstone | |
| Rosa E. Hurd | 1866-1954 | Tombstone | |
| Nettie Hurd | 1889-1900 | Daughter of James & Rosa | Tombstone |
| S. Iva Hurd | 1883-1883 | Daughter of James & Rosa | Tombstone |
| James K. Hurd | 1841-1923 | Son of James B. & Mary Hurd | Tombstone |
| Alvin C. Hurd | 1870-1870 | Son of James K. & Maria C. Hurd | Tombstone |
| Maria Cooper | 1846-1910 | Wife of James K. Hurd | Tombstone |
| Fannie S. Hurd | 1867-1914 | Tombstone | |
| Peter Hurd | 1853-1935 | Tombstone | |
| John G. Hurd | 1894-1967 | Tombstone | |
| Benj. L. Hurd Lydia E. Hurd |
1847-1898 1877-1883 |
Tombstone | |
| Mary S. Hurd | 1850-1934 | "Mary S. Hurd. July 31, 1850. July 20, 1934." | Tombstone |
| John W. Hurd | 1849-1928 | Tombstone | |
| Longfellow Grouping | |||
| Gene Richard Longfellow | 1943-1975 | Tombstone | |
| Edna Truitt Longfellow | 1907-1993 | Tombstone | |
| John W. Longfellow | 1905-1967 | Tombstone | |
| Robert Leroy Longfellow | 1939-1986 | Tombstone | |
| Bonnie Sue Longfellow | 1962-1981 | Tombstone | |
| Mattie P. Longfellow | 1917-1950 | "Daughter of. John K. & Ella O. Longfellow. Wife of. Charles E. Holland. June 26, 1917. Feb. 1, 1950." | Tombstone |
| Ella O. Longfellow John K. Longfellow |
1878-1963 1876-1963 |
Tombstone | |
| Noah Walls Eunity V. Walls |
1851-1930 1856-192[8]? |
Unusual burial is repeated several times in this part of the cemetery. | Tombstone |
| Ada Longfellow Reid | 1897-1991 | Tombstone | |
| Willard K. Reid Joyce A. Reid |
1929-1977 (Still living) |
Ground stone reads "Willard Kenneth Reid. GMSN US Navy. Korea" | Tombstone |
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