Looking at the headstones in the Olive Branch Cemetery has 3 headstones dated with burials in 1882 as the earliest burials. The last burial was in 1938. This cemetery must have been established before 1900 because at least half of the headstones have a burial date before 1900. SCIGSC@aol.com wrote:Dear Carolyn: Olive Branch Methodist Cemetery was established in 1900 and is located on 1 and 3/4 acres of Section 31, 7865 Dixie Highway. An article about this cemetery was written in the Timbertown Log, the newsletter published by the Saginaw Genealogy Society. This is a quarterly publication that began with: Vol. 1 no. 1 (fall 1972). The Timbertown Log is available from the Saginaw Genealogical Society, Saginaw Public Libraries , 505 Janes Ave., Saginaw, MI 48607 Olive Branch Methodist cemetery, Frankenmuth twp. Timbertown Log 12 3 Spring 1984 Olive Branch Methodist cemetery, Frankenmuth twp. Timbertown Log 4 3 Spring 1976 Susan Warner Saginaw, Michigan In a message dated 1/5/2003 10:49:16 PM, carolinsaginaw@prodigy.net writes: > Subj: [MISAGINA] Saginaw Co. Cemetery Photos Update > Date: 1/5/2003 10:49:16 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: carolinsaginaw@prodigy.net > Reply-to: MISAGINA-L@rootsweb.com > To: MISAGINA-L@rootsweb.com > Olive Branch Methodist Cemetery has been added to the site. > Does anyone know the history of this cemetery? It was back in a highly > wooded area that was totally overgrown with shrubs, weeds and bushes. It > is set back some distance from the road and cannot be seen from there. > Next to the road is a large cement slab. It looks like a building may have > been there at one time. Since this is called a Methodist Cemetery, could > there have been a church called Olive Branch Methodist Church at one time? > Any info would be appreciated. It is located between Townline and Curtis on > Dixie Hwy. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~evansandobertein/saginaw.htm > Good luck > Carolyn >