Find A Grave - Mount Olivet Cemetery

Baer Jr., George b. 1763 d. April 3, 1834
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1797 to 1801 and 1815 to 1817. Member of Maryland State House of Delegates (1794-1795, 1808-1809). State Court Judge (1813) and Mayor of Frederick, Maryland, (1820).
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Brengle, Francis b. November 26, 1807 d. December 10, 1846
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1829, practiced law in Frederick, Maryland and was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1832, 1834 and 1836. In 1843, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving until 1845. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Confederate Soldiers, Unknown d. July 9, 1864
The last resting place for 408 Confederate Soldiers who gave their lives in the Battle of Monocacy July 9,1864 at Frederick Maryland. (Bio by: Ron Williams)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: To the rear of the cemetery at the back wall
Cooper, James b. May 8, 1810 d. March 28, 1863
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman, US Senator. He was admitted to the bar in 1834 and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1843. In 1848, he served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was elected to the United States Senate in 1849, serving until 1855. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, he was authorized by President Abraham Lincoln to raise a volunteer Maryland Brigade and commissioned Brigadier General. He campaigned in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area A Lot 48
Fritchie, Barbara b. December 3, 1766 d. December 18, 1862
Civil War Hero. At ninty five years of age she reputedly defied the Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson as they advanced through Frederick, Maryland. Her memory has been preserved in poem entitled "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1864: "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 00
Johnson, Thomas b. November 4, 1732 d. October 25, 1819
US Politician, Military Figure. US Supreme Court Justice.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 38
Key, Francis Scott b. August 1, 1779 d. January 11, 1843
Lawyer, poet who penned the national anthem of the United States of America. Born at Terra Rubra, his family's 1,865 acre plantation in Frederick County just north of Keymar which today is in Carroll County, Maryland, the son of judge John Ross Key and his wife Anne Phebe Penn Dagworthy Charlton. He went to St. John's School in Annapolis and then...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Key, Capt. John Ross b. September 19, 1754 d. October 11, 1821
Lawyer, Commissioned Officer of the Continental Army, father of Francis Scott Key. Born at Redland, Frederick County, Maryland to English parents Francis Key, who's parents had come to Maryland in 1726 and his wife Ann Arnold Ross, who was a strong influence on her grandson Francis when he lived with her near Annapolis when he was in school there. Mustered into service at Frederick on June 21st, 1775 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Thomas Price's Maryland Rifle Company. They...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area G Lot 47
Kunkel, Jacob M. b. July 24, 1822 d. April 7, 1870
US Congressman. He was a lawyer in practice when elected to the Maryland State senate and served 1850 to 1856. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses serving until 1861. After his term, he resumed the practice of law and was a delegate to the Loyalist Convention in Philadelphia in 1866. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Mathias Jr., Charles McCurdy 'Mac' b. July 24, 1922 d. January 25, 2010
US Congressman, US Senator. He enlisted in the United States Navy for World War II, graduated from Haverford College in 1944, received a commission as an Ensign, and served in the Pacific Theater until discharged in 1946. He remained in the Navy Reserve and later attained the rank of Captain. After the war he attended Yale University, received a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1949, and then became an attorney in Frederick, Maryland. From 1953 to 1954 he served as a Maryland...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Nelson, Roger b. 1759 d. June 7, 1815
US Representative from Maryland. He served in the Revolutionary Army, was wounded at the Battle of Camden and attained the rank of Brigadier General. After the war he studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1785 and practiced in Taneytown and Frederick. There he held several local offices, was a member of the State house of delegates in 1795, 1801, and 1802 and served in the State senate from November 1803 to November 1804. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 40
Olson, Frank Rudolph b. 1910 d. November 28, 1953
Controversial death. He was a scientist at the Central Intelligence Agency top secret Operations Division at Fort Detrick, where he developed bioweapons. It is said that he knew too much and was assassinated by being dropped from a hotel window after having been given the drug LSD without his knowledge in a mind control experiment. The initial reports were that he had been depressed and committed suicide, but after years of probing, his family received an official apology from President Gerald...[Read More] (Bio by: Caroline)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Potts, Richard b. July 19, 1753 d. November 2, 1808
Member Continental Army Revolutionary War Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland 1781, Member of the state senate 1787, Delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention 1788, District Judge 1791-1792, 1796-1801, Presidential Elector from Maryland 1792, U.S. Senator from Maryland 1793-1796 Maryland court of Appeals 1801-1806 (Bio by: Ron Williams)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area G Lot 54
Ritchie, John b. July 17, 1831 d. August 31, 1887
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. Born in Frederick, Maryland, he was admitted to the bar and began legal practice in 1854. During the Civil War, he served as an officer in the Maryland Militia and for distinguished service was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers. After the war, he served as Maryland's State attorney and was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress serving 1871 to 1873. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area G Lot 172
Urner, Milton George b. July 29, 1839 d. February 9, 1926
US Congressman. He attended Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and became a teacher. Urner later studied law and became an attorney in 1863. He was Frederick County State's Attorney from 1871 to 1875. In 1878 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican and served two terms, 1879 to 1883. He did not run for reelection in 1882 and returned to practicing law, also becoming active in banking and other business ventures. From 1888 to 1890 he served in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
US Civil War Children's Memorial [memorial]
The monument is to the honor of all the children who served as orderlies, drummers, horse tenders, dispatchers and cabin boys for the Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War, 1861 to 1865. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area G
Winters, Charlotte Louise b. November 10, 1897 d. March 27, 2007
Pioneer US Military Figure. The last surviving American female veteran of World War I, and the oldest woman military veteran. In 1916, at age nineteen, Winters met with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and helped persuade him to allow women in the service. She enlisted immediately after America's entry into World War I and was assigned to a stateside naval gun production facility. Upon her discharge after the war she continued to work as a secretary for the US Navy in Washington, D.C...[Read More] (Bio by: Caroline)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area FF Lot 65
Worthington, Thomas Contee b. November 25, 1782 d. April 12, 1847
US Congressman. He was educated in Annapolis and served as a Captain in the War of 1812. He then studied law and became an attorney in Annapolis in 1817. In 1818 Worthington moved to Frederick and became became commander of the Maryland Militia's Ninth Brigade with the rank of Brigadier General, a position he held until his death. In 1818 he also served in the State House of Representatives. In 1824 he was elected to the US House of Representatives and served one term, 1825 to 1827. He did not...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area G Lot 218-7

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