Mount Olivet Cemetery (Frederick)
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Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Frederick City, Maryland. It was chartered on October 4, 1852 to provide several of the downtown churches more room for interments, after their cemeteries became full. Over time some of these smaller cemeteries were also relocated to Mount Olivet.
Initial shares were sold for US$20 with the intention that after the cemetery was laid out that each share would be exchanged for 12 grave lots. The first burial took place on May 28, 1854.
Notable interments
- George Baer, Jr., (1763-1834), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 4th District, 1797-1801 & 1815-1817.
- James Cooper (1810-1863), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Pennsylvania, Union Army general.
- Barbara Fritchie (1766-1862), American patriot during the Civil War and the subject of John Greenleaf Whittier's 1864 poem.
- Thomas Johnson (1732–1819), the first Governor of Maryland, United States Supreme Court justice
- Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) author of The Star-Spangled Banner the US national anthem.
- John Ross Key (1754-1821) commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key.
See also
- List of cemeteries in the United States
Categories:
- Cemeteries in Maryland
- 1852 establishments in the United States
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