Poole - O'Briant Cemetery

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This page last updated on January 26, 2009

Location: 394 Olive Branch Road off 49N
Directions: From Roxboro, take 49N to right on Olive Branch Road (SR1512) 4 tenths of mile on right.
Access: On private property off the road between fields. Owner’s permission should be obtained before visiting.
Survey: July 2008 by Ken and Becky Dalton
GPS: 36 28 42.0N 078 50 46.3W
Notes: This cemetery is a match for WPA #17 Brien. Our thanks go to George Thomas who showed us this cemetery and Poole-Thomas cemetery and shared a wealth of family knowledge with us.

Graves

These two are on a single large obelisk
Side 1 Rock of ages / Ola POOLE / Born / Jun 15, 1857 / Died / Oct 19, 1911 / Rest sweet rest / Mother /
Side 2 Rock of ages / John S POOLE / Born / Aug 10, 1850 / Died / Aug 13, 1923 / At rest /

Grave 3 Glesy POOLE / Born / Dec 23, 1901 / Died / Dec 23, 1901 /

These three are on a single flat stone
O’BRIANT
4. Matthew / 1844-1908
5. Victoria M / 1849-1909 (daughter of Millie and William Poole)
6. William R / 1872-1900

(There are also several graves marked by fieldstones.
The first two wives of William Poole are thought to be buried here. They are Lucy Ellison who died about 1845 and Millie Davies who died about 1849.)

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