Mt. Olive Cemetery, Rockport, Wood Co, WV Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives June 24, 2003 by Teresa LeMaster Fordyce Take Rt 68 south out of Lubeck. Turn left onto Lee Creek Rd (CR #17). Follow Lee Creek to Mount Olive Ridge Rd (CR #17/10). Follow Mount Olive Ridge Rd for 1.8 miles, the cemetery is on the right just up over the bank. This is an older cemetery; the last burial was in 1956. The grounds are not well kept, it being mowed only once or twice a year. Many of the stones are in poor condition. Several are broken and have fallen over. Many are very weather worn and difficult to read. Please verify with other records. I walked and transcribed this cemetery on June 22, 2003. Swain, Anna T.; b. 1869, d. 1949, w/o Albert R. Swain Sr. Swain, Albert R. Sr.; b. 1870, d. 1943 Swain, Letha E.; b. 1892, d. 1933, w/o A.R. Swain Jr. Swain, Eula; b. 1922, d. 1932, d/o A.R. Jr. and Letha E. Swain Wines, Frank; b. 1863, d. 1934 Wines, Anna; b. 1868, d. 1944, w/o Frank Wines Foggin, Iva J.; b. 1892, d. 1925, d/o J.S. and A.F. Foggin Foggin, J.S.; b. 1865, d. 1934 Foggin, A.F.; b. 1866, d. 1948, w/o J.S. Foggin McHenry, Lue; b. 1855, d. 1927 McHenry, Ida; b. 1872, d. 1935, w/o Lue McHenry Morris, Sylvia M.; b. 1926, d. 1929 Morris, Flora L.; b. 1866, d. 1956, w/o Edward Morris Smith, Zettie Morris; b. 1891, d. 1929 Swain, Lora F.; b. 1895, d. 1932, w/o Amos Swain Swain, Lyda Virginia; b. 1917, d. 1923, d/o Amos and Lora Swain Swain, Infant; b. 1921, d. 1921, s/o Amos and Lora Swain Foggin, Nettie I.; b. 1891, d. 1917, w/o S.A. Foggin Foggin, Mellie F.; b. Jan 19, 1917, d. Jan 23, 1917, d/o S.A. and Nettie I. Foggin Smith, Nellie; b. 1917, d. 1920 Smith, Lena; b. 1919, d. 1920 Smith, Josephine Swain; b. 1866, d. 1915, w/o William E. Smith Swain, William; b. Oct 31, 1829, d. Jun 25, 1888, Co D 13th WV Inf Civil War Swain, Deborah; b. Feb 27, 1837, d. Mar 8, 1912, w/o William Swain Swain, Martin A.; b. 1862, d. 1908 Swain, Winafred; b. May 3, 1899, d. Sep 14, 1899, d/o H.N. and G.M. Swain McCarriher, W.R.; b. 1858, d. 1905 Eckels, Infant; d. Dec 8, 1895, s/o C.C. and M.E. Eckels Swain, Lester; b. Nov 23, 1910, d. Jun 17, 1912, s/o William and Lora Swain Givens, Charity; d. Mar 6, 1895, aged 80y 11d Tice, Adaline; d. Jan 19, 1895, aged 20y 1m 11d, w/o G. Tice Dailey, William; d. Jul 16, 1891, aged 60y 7m 21d Brown, Leroy; b. Jun 10, 1898, d. Oct 19, 1898, s/o R.L. and G. Brown Brown, Noelle; b. Feb 2, 1892, d. Nov 23, 1896, d/o R.L. and G. Brown Brown, Laura Y.; d. Aug 6, 1892, aged 1y 3m 25d, d/o R.L. and G. Brown Dailey, Frank C.; d. Jan 1, 1890, aged 23y 6m 5d Flinn, Nancy J.; b. Mar 2, 1846, d. Feb 2, 1906, w/o John C. Flinn Flinn, John C.; b. Sep 15, 1837, d. Jan 5, 1900 Flinn, Minnie B.; d. Jul 21, 1900, aged 23y 4m, w/o William H. Flinn Boso, William F.; d. Jan 1?, 1892, aged 23y 1m 7d Boso, Nora; b. Oct 3, 1887, d. Aug 13, 1897, d/o William and Mary Boso Dailey, Maude M; b. Mar 13, 1900, d. Aug 30, 1901, d/o H.M. and J.L. Dailey Dailey, John; b. Jan 10, 1837, d. May 28, 1927, Co. G. 161 ONG Dailey, Anne E.; b. Dec 15, 1838, d. Dec 30, 1912, w/o John Dailey Epler, Mary E.; b. 1856, d. 1905 Epler, William; b. 1850, d. 1913 Epler, Minnie; b. 1869, d. 1890 Epler, Children; no dates Keeser, Sarah; b. 1867, d. 1908, w/o B.F. Keeser Keeser, Infant; b. Jun 28, 1895, d. Jun 29, 1895, s/o B.F. and S.A. Keeser Morris, Ida; b. 1872, d. 1906, d/o W.H. and Susan Morris Sloan, Peter; b. 1838, d. 1920 Clegg, Lizzie M.; b. May 27, 1873, d. Nov 28, 1905, w/o J.E. Clegg Umensetter, Stella; b.Oct 12, 1888, d.Jan 1, 1891, d/o E.B. and R Umensetter Morris, Wesley; d. Mar 15, 1901, aged 23y 11m 15d, s/o W.H. and Susan Morris White, Mariah A.; b. Jan 6, 1856, d. Mar 7, 1895, w/o J.L. White White, J.L.; b. 1849, d. 1929 White, Delcia Beulah; d. Nov 30, 1911, d/o Frank and Letha White Mitchell, Harold E.; b. 1952, d. 1953, s/o B.R. and Bernice Mitchell Hale, Jose; b. 1867, d. 1911 Clegg, Bertha; b. 1881, d. 1962, w/o Ellsworth Clegg Clegg, Ellsworth; b. 1863, d. 1951 Clegg, C. Carroll; b. 1919, d. 1941 Clegg, Vernon; b. 1895, d. 1917, s/o J.E. and Lizzie Clegg Buckley, Infant; d. 1924, s/o R.C. and D.M. Buckley Sloan, Wilbur; b. 1860, d. 1939 Sloan, Mary E.; b. 1858, d. 1941, w/o Wilbur Sloan Miller, Henry J.; b. Jun 17, 1875, d. Sep 13, 1953 Misc: 1 fieldstone with the initials L.M.C. 1 fieldstone with the initials M.M.D. 1 fieldstone with the initials W.F.R. 1 fieldstone with the initials W.S. 2 fieldstones with no information 1 broken stone with surname Foreaker 1 unreadable stone 4 marked only with rocks 1 unreadable Swain stone 5 unmarked (may be more, but these were obvious)