Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, Arlington, VA ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Area: Arlington County, Va., zip 22207 Name: Mount Olivet United Methodist Church As of April 2000 Listing: complete and checked Notes: located on Glebe Rd. "Arlington's oldest church site in continuous use .." since 1855. Used as a Union hospital. Note: two spellings - "Hansbrough" & "Hansborough"; "Rosia" & "Roshia" ======================= 212 graves ============================= Adams, Anderson, Bachofer, Ball(2), Beach, Beahm(2), Beall, Beetham(3), Birch(4), Bray(2), Brown, Burrous(7), Clark(3), Cochrane, Colbert(2), Cozzens, Croson(2), Crown(2), Donaldson(9), Douglas(3), Dye(14), Embrey, Faulkner(2), Fawcett, Fewkes(3), FIelds(2), Flaherty(2), Fletcher(4), Garrison, Gutridge, Hager(8), Hall, Hansborough, Hansbrough, Heinbuch(9), Hess, Hull, Johnson, Knott, Linton(2), Livingston(5), Lloyde(2), Marcey(5), McGregor(2), Miller(2), Morris(2), Morrison(3), Osborn, Osborne, Owen(5), Payne(8), Pettit, Potterton, Recker, Scherb(3), Shellhorn(2), Sherier(3), Shreve(6), Smith(3), Swartz, Topley(6), Van Every(2), Vaughan, Veitch(24), Ward, Weekly(2), White(4), Withers(2), Woodard, Woodyard(5), Wright(2) ================================================================ Veitch, Edward Eugene 1875 Sep 8 - 1926 Aug 24 \ Veitch, Mary Isabelle 1874 Jan 22 - 1962 Apr 11 / shared headstone Weekly, James R. 1878-1939 \ shared headstone Weekly, Julia B. 1886-1974 / his wife Miller, J. Wesley 1862 Oct 31 - 1923 Oct 19 "(F)(L)(T)" \ shared Miller, Mary A. 1870 Feb 20 - 1956 July 27 his wife /obelisk Veitch, Morgan E. 1878 Apr 28 - 1946 Dec 11 \ Veitch, Ida E. 1881 Aug 12 - 1959 Aug 9 | shared Veitch, Blanche J. 1917 May 16 - 1919 Feb 2 /headstone Veitch, Lillie J. 1857-1939 Veitch, John F. 1861-1937 Crown, Thomas Oscar 1911 Apr 4 - 1979 Feb 16 PFC US Army WWII Hansbrough, Annie E. 1878-1955 "Mother" Crown, Walter O. d. 1915 May 23 age 34y Clark, Alfred B. 1845 Dec 31 - \ shared Clark, Alice S. d. 1928 Dec 8 his wife /headstone Beetham, Edith Ann 1876-1953 Beetham, Edward 1880-1968 Beetham, Mary 1854-1916 Marcey, Calvin 1879 Sep 23 - 1964 Oct 19 Father \ Marcey, Maggie Beach 1885 Jun 12 - 1964 June 28 Mother | shared Marcey, Fannie Virginia 1912 April 13 - 1914 Daughter /headstone Morrison, Charles Grover born & d. 1914 Dec 12 Morrison, Mabel E. 1889 Nov 19 - 1914 Dec 24 wife of Samuel G., daughter of William D. & Olevia Gutridge Morrison, William Gutridge d. 1913 July 29 age 2d son of S.G. & M.E. Gutridge, Olevia Virginia 1869 Mar 3 - 1926 July 26 wife of William D. Hess, Dorothy Rose 1888 Oct 8 - 1949 July 11 Knott, Annie O. 1866 Jan 21 - 1915 Dec 19 Burrows, Mildred Sutter 1897 Oct 22 - 1942 Jan 14 Linton, Samuel Marshall 1898 May 31 - 1973 Feb 8 Hager, Harry L. 1911-1915 son Hager, Harry L. 1878-1939 father Linton, Bessie May Hager 1889 April 16 - 1972 Apr 24 Livingston, Rev. William F. 1836 Apr 15 - 1888 Nov 29 \ b. Wicomico Co. Md., d. Westminster, Md.; minister of Mt. Olivet Meth. Ch. 1882-1888 Livingston, Amanda 1838 Apr 19 - 1912 Jan 17 | wife of Rev., daughter of Charles Embrey of Wiliamsport, Md. Embrey, Sarah 1843 Feb 9 - 1915 Aug 31 / shared obelisk; daughter of Charles Embrey of Williamsport, Md. -- Swartz, Henry S. 1905 Dec 5 - 1961 Aug 26 Hansborough, Meade 1877-1941 Livingston, William W. 1876-1941 husband of Mary C. Topley Livingston, Mary C. Topley 1875-1962 wife of Wm.W. Livingston, Carl W. 1906-1939 son of William W. & Mary T. Vaughan, Sue Landon 1837-1911 Founder of "Decoration Day" (now Memorial Day) April 26, 1865 Adams, Sallie E. d. 1903 Oct 6 "Southern Educator" daughter of John Adams, Lexington Va Donaldson, Walter 1867 Dec 12 - 1903 Apr 30 Topley, Samuel A. 1873-1937 \ shared Topley, Nettie Donaldson 1876-1954 his wife /headstone Ward, Edna Donaldson 1900 Nov 11 - 1987 Dec 4 Donaldson, Henrietta 1857 July 15 - 1906 May 1 wife of R.D. Donaldson and mother of Edna Donaldson, Rosia 1852 Dec 23 - 1922 June 10 "father" Owen, H. Clayton 1905 July 29 - 1957 Oct 26 Owen, Charles H. 1865 April 11 - 1917 July 7 \ shared Owen, May 1871 Feb 23 - 1950 Jan 19 /headstone Owen, Bessie V. d. 1902 June 27 age 3m daughter of Charles and May Owen, Ashton F. 1900 Mar 21 - 1947 Mar 17 Sherier, Mary Eliza 1847 Jan 9 - 1906 Jan 28 wife of John C. Sherier, John C. 1840 Jan 22 - 1917 Dec 13 <"FLT" in a chain> Sherier, Ethel L. 1898 Aug 12 - 1916 Dec 17 Hager, Charlotte 1884-1942 \ shared Hager, Carl A. 1880-1959 /headstone Hager, Carl Emmett 1907-1956 son Withers, James E. 1841 Mar 11 - 1905 Jan 7 \ shared Withers, Priscilla Jerman 1855 May 29 - 1945 Feb 28 /headstone Dye, Cary L. 1847 Apr 29 - 1902 Apr 29 \ Dye, Mary V. 1861-1938 | shared Dye, Elmer L. 1884-1970 |obelisk Dye, Lenord S. 1896 Apr 1 - 1896 Aug 21 / Flaherty, Elinor Thomas Topley, Jessie E. 1871 Aug 24 - 1962 Aug 21 Hull, Margaret E. 1889 Nov 31 - 1891 July 26 daughter of W.S. & M.J. Pettit, Sallie L. 1869 Feb 4 - 1888 Sep 12 daughter of George & Amanda Colbert, Mary A. d. 1887 aged 78y "grandmother" Garrison, Lottie born & died 1882 Colbert, B.P. d. 1917 age 70 Confederate Vet. Birch, Millard d. 1913 May 10 age 57 Beall, Sarah I. 1851 June 19 - 1890 Nov 30 Birch, Rebirta 1814 May 2 - 1884 Mar 29 Birch, Susan 1812 Mar 18 - 1891 Nov 16 Birch, John T. 1817 Feb 4 - 1900 Jan 3 Topley, Lemuel 1837-1885 \ Topley, Annie A. 1849-1927 | his wife Topley, Ruth E. 1886-1890 /shared headstone Potterton, Walter H. 1885 Sep 8 - 1976 Jan 28 Fewkes, Edward d. 1890 Dec 7 age 57y Fewkes, William d. 1892 Sep 13 age 18y Fewkes, Susan d. 1926 Nov 14 age 73y Dye, Hampton d. 1896 Sep 30 age 52y 10m \ "father" "local preacher Mt. Olivet Meth. - 1891" Dye, F.W. d. 1871 Aug 4 age 1y 11m 12d | shared Dye, Fannie d. 1873 Sep 19 age 5m 24d |obelisk; Dye, Phoebe d. 1875 Feb 6 age 1d | children of Dye, Ida G. d. 1875 Nov 11 age 4d | Hampton & Sarah C. Dye, John L. d. 1879 Oct 15 age 2y 8m 23d / Flaherty, Isabell Grace Albert Payne, Charles W. 1821 June 27 - 1886 Oct 24 \ Payne, Elizabeth 1823 Dec 24 - 1875 Apr 21 | his wife Payne, Oliver C. 1858 Apr 24 - 1875 Jun 20 | children Payne, William H. 1847 May 22 - 1850 May 15 | Payne, Ophelia 1856 June - 1857 Feb 25 | shared Payne, Charles W. Jr. 1845 Sep 30 - 1891 May 1 /obelisk Payne, George W. \ shared headstone Payne, Mary L. / his wife Douglas, William J. 1822-1888 Douglas, Sarah V. 1819-1876 his wife Douglas, Millard F. 1854-1927 Woodard, Mary V. 1867 Sep 17 - 1946 Nov 20 Veitch, William C. d. 1878 Aug 2 age 72y 29d \ shared Veitch, Sarah d. 1893 Oct 29 age 85y 3m 21d /headstone Veitch, Jesse Herbert 1868 Nov 9 - 1890 Mar 22 \ Veitch, Harry Clayton 1872 Jan 27 - 1898 Sep 20 | shared Veitch, George W. 1836 Feb 22 - 1911 May 7 |obelisk Veitch, Margaret J. Birch 1841 Aug 11 - 1925 Mar 19 / his wife Osborn, Harriet Z. d. 1886 July 31 age 9y 10m 8d daughter of Luke & Jane Dye, Louis H. d. 1928 May 29 age 61y Burrous, Henson G. \ Burrous, Sarah A. | shared Burrous, Robert L. |headstone Burrous, Sarah L. | Burrous, Maria M. | Burrous, Carrie / Clark, Nettie, Frankie, Ruth, Earl Heinbuch, John C. 1864 Aug 23 - 1925 Feb 17 \ father Heinbuch, Mary E. 1871 May 7 - 1948 Aug 17 | mother Heinbuch, H. Hampton d. 1892 Sep 5 age 3y | children Heinbuch, Rachel d. 1894 Jan 21 5d | Heinbuch, Catherine I. d. 1909 July 25 age 6m | shared Heinbuch, Libbie E. d. 1910 May 26 age 15y /obelisk Heinbuch, P. 1850-1921 Heinbuch, H. H. 1824-1903 \ shared Heinbuch, E. H. /headstone Bachofer, William Henry 1913 Nov 14 - 1915 Feb 15 son of William & Alice D. Scherb, John 1835 Aug 26 - 1901 Mar 22 \ shared obelisk Scherb, Anna M. 1846 May 26 - 1932 July 3 | wife Scherb, Henry 1872 June 20 - 1902 Feb 21 / son Veitch, Andrew W. 1844-1893 \ shared Veitch, S. Emma 1852-1929 /headstone McGregor, Ann Maria 1823 July 31 - 1889 Dec 2 McGregor, Rev. Edwin R. 1817 June 3 - 1895 Mar 8 minister Mt. Olivet 1888-1890, 1892-1894 Veitch, Bessie Irene 1890 Feb 21 - 1890 Sep 12 \ shared Veitch, Ralph Walker 1897 July 13 - 1897 Aug 14 |headstone Veitch, Leah Torreyson 1886 June 19 - 1886 Aug 20 | children Veitch, Raymond Lee 1887 July 18 - 1887 Aug 16 | of R.L. Veitch, Richard Kenneth 1888 Aug 26 - 1892 Feb 23 / and M.E. M.T. Shreve, John W. 1855 May 1 - 1894 Oct 25 \ Shreve, Cornelia A. 1884 Nov 24 - 1898 Dec 21 | shared Wright, Laura Shreve 1862 Feb 5 - 1951 Sep 3 |obelisk Wright, John W. 1875 Aug 21 - 1955 Nov 9 / Marcey, William Earl 1909 Aug 10 - 1996 Oct 30 -- Marcey, George Roshia 1906 Nov 11 - 1953 May 15 Recker, Ive B. 1900-1958 \ shared Beach, Ophelia M. 1865-1909 /headstone Anderson, Florence V. d. 1927 Jan 16 age 50y wife of Albert Dye, John R. 1841-1923 \ shared headstone Dye, Alvin Bastable 1891-1893 / his son Dye, Margaret A. 1854 June 21 - 1898 July 30 wife of John R. Ball, Maurice M. d. 1924 July 4 age 57y \ shared Ball, Lillie C. 1860 Feb 24 - 1925 Aug 31 /obelisk Faulkner, Sarah F. 1832 Oct 9 - 1906 Jan 2 wife of George W.; daughter of the late Horatio & Elizabeth Ball Faulkner, George W. 18(3?)2 Dec 28 - 19(11?) Apr 6 Morris, Albert R. 1868-1952 \ Morris, Julia Marcey 1873-1946 | shared Croson, Louis M. 1903-1963 |headstone Croson, Elsie E. 1905-1957 / Hall, Katie Skinner Hager, John F. 1850 Mar 25 - 1930 Mar 5 Cozzens, Evelyn J. 1916 Nov 25 - 1918 July 28 daughter of Ruth & Richard Hager, Ophelia E. 1858 Aug 20 - 1941 Apr 22 Hager, Freddie 1877 Mar 26 - 1892 Feb 3 son of J.F. & Ophelia E. Shreve, Melvin Oliver 1914 Sep 4 - 1915 Jan 23 son of O.W. & Cora -- Shreve, Madge Virginia d. 1905 Feb 17 age 10m daughter of O.W. & C.H. Shreve, Elizabeth J. b. 1837 Feb 28 age 74y Shreve, Samuel b. 1831 Mar 27 age 66y Fields, Pheobe S. 1849 May 3 - 1901 Feb 5 FIelds, Joseph W. 1850 June 5 - 1926 Feb 4 Johnson, Roy T. E. d. 1907 Oct 1 age 3y 3m 11d son of Geroge W. & Ada V. -- Donaldson, Willis 1877-1948 \ shared Donaldson, Margaret I. 1881-1929 /headstone Donaldson, Dorsey d. 1911 Mar 6 age 83y \ shared obelisk Donaldson, Cornelia A. 1836 Apr 29 - 1917 Sep 23 | wife of Dorsey Donaldson, John T. d. 1895 Feb 19 age 22y 3m | son of Dorsey & Cornelia Donaldson, Agnes E. d. 1898 Dec 18 age 22y / Veitch, Frederick H. 1878-1899 Veitch, Robert R. 1847-1904 Veitch, Catherine M. 1848-1924 Veitch, Theodore A. 1876-1929 Woodyard, Annie P. Woodyard, Lucy Swain 1862-1918 Woodyard, Praylow E. 1864-1948 Woodyard, James E. 1922-1943 Woodyard, Lucy Reed 1884-1970 Shellhorn, Nancy McRoy 1854 Mar 20 - 1902 Dec 9 wife of Fred Shellhorn, Godfred 1853-1910 Brown, Septemus d. 1900 Aug 30 age 76y Van Every, Margaret 1889-1907 daughter Van Every, Edw. B. 1857 Dec 8 - 1927 June 22 (Edward? Edwin?) Cochrane, Samuel d. 1899 Mar 18 Smith, Richard S. 1839 Nov 19 - 1898 Dec 4 \ Smith, John Watt 1894 Oct 5 - 1898 Dec 4 | shared Smith, Emma A. 1856 Oct 15 - 1922 Nov 26 /headstone Bray, Evelyn H. 1910-1912 \ shared Bray, Harry H. 1911-1912 /headstone Fawcett, Thomas 1884 Mar 9 age 84y White, John A. 1911-1911 White, Ruth M. 1892-1927 wife of John T. Beahm, Henry C. 1881 Jan 15 - 1951 Feb 7 \ shared Beahm, Lucy Jones 1885 Oct 4 - 1913 Mar 28 /headstone Lloyde, Mrs. Selena G. 1876 Sep 26 - 1911 Oct 18 Lloyde, Carel Luey 1910 Sep 7 - 1911 Sep 7 baby of J.F. & S.G. Fletcher, Lewis H. 1880-1946 \ Fletcher, Flossie I. 1884- | shared Fletcher, Julia M. 1912-1916 |headstone Fletcher, Elsie R. 1915-1918 / Osborne, Thelma D. White, John S. 1850-1936 \ shared White, Ada L. 1860-1935 /headstone