Mount Olivet Cemetery is a
cemetery
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in the
Dayton section of
Newark
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* Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States
* Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area
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in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
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founded in 1871. It is part of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
Mount Olivet, or Mount of Olives, ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, ''Har ha-Zeitim''; ar, جبل الزيتون, الطور, ''Jabal al-Zaytun'', ''Al-Tur'') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to
Jerusalem's Old City.
The
Newark City Cemetery is located nearby.
Notable burials
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John T. Dunn (1838–1907), represented New Jersey in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1893 to 1895.
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Charles P. Gillen (1876–1956),
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
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from 1917 to 1921.
Charles P. Gillen
The Political Graveyard
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. Accessed August 23, 2007.
References
External links
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
at The Political Graveyard
The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations o ...
Mount Olivet Cemetery
at Find A Grave
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{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Cemeteries in Newark, New Jersey
1871 establishments in New Jersey