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Olive Branch Cemetery
The Olive Branch Cemetery is situated on the east bank of the beautiful Mississinewa River. It is difficult to locate but once found wins a place in the memory of the seeker as one of the outstandingly beautiful cemeteries in the county. That fact is substantiated by the two stories that follow.
William Heal was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married Olive Carter some time before he came to Grant County in 1829. They were Methodists and were prominent in forming the class which became Olive Branch. This group of Methodists took this name to honor Mrs. Olive Carter Heal. The church has since been removed from this place.
Anna Watson was the daughter of Lorenzo and Elizabeth Carroll Watson. They were prominent, early citizens of this county and are buried in this cemetery. Anna Watson married Dr. Eli M. Whitson in 1872. By prenuptial agreement he buried her in this cemetery which was near her old home and where her parents lay. Her grave is near the entrance and was guarded by a giant oak tree and a beautiful granite monument (the giant oak tree is no longer there).
According to a trustee of the cemetery; Harold B. Storer, the first grave is that of Rebecca Littler who died Sept. 12, 1830 and shares a stone with her sister Jane who died Jan. 18, 1838. The stone is about 4th row back near center of cemetery and is a thin square stone approximately 1 1/2 ft. x 2 1/2 ft. It resembles a twin stone but they were born about 2 years apart according to dates on their stone.
Mr Storer also told of the Jones family who had purchased a 30 ft. x 30 ft. section of land from his aunt, Sarah Milhollin and it attached to the southwest side of the cemetery. Then in 1896 his aunt donated the remainder of the acre of and to the cemetery and it is referred to as the new section. Thus the Jones family cemetery sits along the road between the old and new sections.
There are 9 marked Civil War Soldiers found here as well as 4 from World War I and 1 from World War II.
This is a tricky one to find. Almost all accounts say it is in Grant County but actually it lays in Delaware County with the only access to it in Grant County. Access can be gained only on Grant County Road 1050 E. The road back to the cemetery appears at first to be a drive beside a farm house but it is actually a county road that dead ends alongside the cemetery.
Personal Note:
The Zoowcrewzers, who hid this cache, have 3 complete sets of grandparents and 1 grandfather buried in this cemetery including William Heal and Olive Carter Heal who are their 5th great grandparents.