Mount Olivet Cemetery in western

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is a historic burial ground dating back into the middle 1800s, known as ''"The Resting Place of

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Bishops."''Lovely Lane United Methodist Church: ''Mt. Olivet'', http://lovelylane.net/home/mt-olivet/, accessed 22 Dec 2013.

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Bishops

Francis Asbury Francis Asbury (August 20 or 21, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ...

John Emory John Emory (April 11, 1789 – 1835) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1832. He is the namesake for Emory University and Emory & Henry College, both Methodist-affiliated American universities. Early life an ...

Enoch George Enoch George (c. 1767 – 1828) was an American who distinguished himself as a Methodist circuit rider and pastor, as a presiding elder, and as a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1816. Birth and spiritual re-birth Enoch was bo ...

, and

Beverly Waugh Beverly Waugh (1789–1858) was an American who was a Methodist pastor, book agent, and Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1836. Birth and early years Waugh was born on October 28, 1789, in Fairfax County, Virginia, the son o ...

are all buried here, as well as

leaders Jesse Lee,

Robert Strawbridge Robert Strawbridge (born 1732 - died 1781) was a Methodist preacher born in Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland. Early life and ancestral history Information detailing the early life of Robert Strawbridge is somewhat limited. One article, Robe ...

, and missionaries E. Stanley Jones and Mabel Lossing Jones.Lovely Lane United Methodist Church: ''Mt. Olivet'', http://lovelylane.net/home/mt-olivet/, accessed 22 Dec 2013.Barbara Neel Blizzard, Ron Baublitz, and Donna Weiss: ''Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, Yesterday and Today'', http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bjblitzen/Rowles/MountOlivet/MtOlivetCemetery.html, accessed 22 Dec 2013. The cemetery has fallen victim to significant

vandalism Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of the owner. The term ...

, with many grave monuments pushed over face-down from their bases, broken, or completely missing.Barbara Neel Blizzard, Ron Baublitz, and Donna Weiss: ''Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, Yesterday and Today'', http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bjblitzen/Rowles/MountOlivet/MtOlivetCemetery.html, accessed 22 Dec 2013.

Notable interments

* Annette Smith Burgess – medical illustrator *

Richard Potts Richard Potts (July 19, 1753November 26, 1808) was an American politician and jurist. Early life and career Potts was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and lived there until he moved with his family to the Barbados Islands in 1757. He return ...

References

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