Mount Olivet Cemetery (Newark)
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in the Dayton section of Newark in the U.S. state of New Jersey founded in 1871.[1] It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
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| Location | Mount Olivet Ave, Newark, New Jersey  | 
| Country | United States | 
| Coordinates | 40.690°N 74.197°W | 
Mount Olivet, or Mount of Olives, (Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور, Jabal al-Zaytun, Al-Tur) is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City.[2]
The Newark City Cemetery is located nearby.
Notable burials
    
- John T. Dunn (1838-1907), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1895.[3]
 - Charles P. Gillen (1876-1956), Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1917 to 1921.[4]
 
References
    
- "Newark Cemeteries". newarkcemeteries.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
 - Har-El, Menashe (1977). This is Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing House. p. 117.
 - John Thomas Dunn, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.
 - Charles P. Gillen, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 23, 2007.
 
External links
    
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
 - Mount Olivet Cemetery at Find A Grave
 - "Mt. Olivet R.C. Cemetery: Newark, NJ". lithuaniangenealogy.org. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
 
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