Mount Olivet Cemetery is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

. It was established on May 16, 1874, by an act of the U.S. Congress which granted 20 acres of land for public use as a cemetery. The first use of the cemetery was in 1877. The cemetery land originally consisted of exactly 20 acres and was part of the

U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...

's Camp Douglas military reservation. Since that time, the allotment has been expanded and contracted; the present cemetery is approximately 80 acres.

Notable burials

Clarence Emir Allen Clarence Emir Allen (September 8, 1852 – July 9, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Utah. Born in Girard Township, Pennsylvania, Allen attended the district school and Girard (Pennsylvania) Academy. He studied law. He graduated from Wes ...

(1852–1932), US Representative * Jacob B. Blair (1821–1901), US Representative * Arthur M. Brown (1843–1906), US Senator *

Ina Claire Ina Claire (born Ina Fagan; October 15, 1893February 21, 1985) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Ina Fagan was born October 15, 1893 in Washington, D.C. After the death of her father, Claire began doing imitations of fellow bo ...

(1893–1985), actress *

George Dern George Henry Dern (1872–1936) was an American politician, mining man, and businessman. He co-invented the Holt–Dern ore roasting process and was United States Secretary of War from 1933 to his death in 1936. He also served as the List of Gov ...

(1872–1936), Governor of Utah *

Robert V. Derrah Robert V. Derrah was an American architect. His work included designs for the Crossroads of the World (1936), Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) and a 1942 extension on the Southern California Gas Company Complex. He died at the age of 51 in 1946 ...

(1895–1946), architect * William S. Godbe (1833–1903), journalist *

Elmer O. Leatherwood Elmer O. Leatherwood (September 4, 1872 – December 24, 1929) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Utah. Born on a farm near Waverly, Ohio, Leatherwood attended the public schools. He moved to Emporia, Kansas ...

(1872–1929), US Representative *

J. Bracken Lee Joseph Bracken Lee (January 7, 1899 – October 20, 1996) was an American political figure in the state of Utah. A Republican, he served two terms as the 9th Governor of Utah (1949–1957), six 2-year terms as mayor of Price, Utah (1935–194 ...

(1899–1996), Utah Governor * James B. McKean (1821–1879), US Representative *

Charles C. Moore Charles Calvin Moore (February 26, 1866 – March 19, 1958) was the 13th governor of Idaho, serving from 1923 until 1927. He later served as Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1929 to 1933. Biography Moore was born in Holt County, Mis ...

(1866–1958), Governor of Idaho *

Charles Eberhard Salomon Charles Eberhard Salomon (June 24, 1824January 9, 1881) was a German American immigrant, surveyor, and civil engineer. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and received an honorary brevet to brigadier general af ...

(1824–1881), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General * Frederick Salomon (1826–1897), Civil War Union Brigadier General * John Smith (1931–1995), actor (

cenotaph A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...

to Robert Errol Van Orden) *

Jabez G. Sutherland Jabez Gridley Sutherland (October 6, 1825 – November 20, 1902) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. Sutherland was born in Van Buren, New York. He completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar i ...

(1825–1902), US Representative * Arthur Lloyd Thomas (1851–1924), Utah Territorial Governor *

John Witcher John Seashoal Witcher (July 15, 1839 – July 8, 1906) was an American farmer, politician and soldier from Cabell County, West Virginia (then in Virginia), who helped found the new Union state during the American Civil War and served one te ...

(1839–1906), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General

References

External links

* * 1877 establishments in Utah Territory Cemeteries in Utah {{utah-stub