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'''Mount Olivet Cemetery''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[cemetery]] in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]]. It is located on the west side of the [[Rock River (Mississippi River)|Rock River]] at 1827 North Washington Street. The cemetery is operated by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison]] Cemeteries.
'''Mount Olivet Cemetery''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[cemetery]] in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]]. It is located on the west side of the [[Rock River (Mississippi River)|Rock River]] at 1827 North Washington Street. The cemetery is operated by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison]] Cemeteries.


==History==
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Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in the mid-nineteenth century in Janesville as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association. In the early 1970s, the diocese incorporated the cemetery into the diocesan cemetery network. It serves the parishes of St. William, St. John Vianney, St. Patrick, and Nativity of Mary in Janesville.
Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in Janesville after the local cemetery located atop Courthouse Hill was moved to a new cemetery called Oak Hill at the northwest edge of the city.<ref name="chap165">Carol Lohry Cartwright; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal. ''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=article&did=WI.CityRock.i0013&id=WI.CityRock&isize=M City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville's History]''. Janesville, WI: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998, p. 165.</ref> Catholic residents of the city, organized as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, established a cemetery on 40 acres adjacent to Oak Hill Cemetery.<ref name="chap165"/> The Catholic cemetery was originally called St. Patrick's, after the local Catholic church, but when a second Catholic church was established, it was renamed Mount Olivet. Later, additional land was added to the cemetery. A small [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] style chapel was added to the cemetery in 1901. It contains a replica of [[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[Pietà (Michelangelo)|Pietà]]''.<ref name="chap166">Carol Lohry Cartwright; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal. ''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=article&did=WI.CityRock.i0013&id=WI.CityRock&isize=M City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville's History]''. Janesville, WI: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998, p. 166.</ref>

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In the early 1970s, the diocese incorporated the cemetery into the diocesan cemetery network. It serves the parishes of St. William, St. John Vianney, St. Patrick, and Nativity of Mary in Janesville.<ref name="dm">Diocese of Madison Catholic Cemeteries. [https://madisondiocese.org/locations Mount Olivet Cemetery – Janesville, Wisconsin].</ref>


==Notable burials==
==Notable burials==
*[[John Morrissey (baseball)|John Morrissey]], Major League Baseball
*[[John Morrissey (baseball)|John Morrissey]], Major League Baseball
*[[Tom Morrissey (baseball)|Tom Morrissey]], Major League Baseball
*[[Tom Morrissey (baseball)|Tom Morrissey]], Major League Baseball
*Father [[George Strickner]], Catholic Missionary
*Father [[George Strickner]], Catholic missionary<ref name="dm"/>
*[[Joseph Reilly (Paratrooper)|Joseph Reilly]], World War II veteran, Band of Brothers

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.madisondiocese.org/Locations/MountOlivetCemeteryJanesville/tabid/1166/Default.aspx Mount Olivet Cemetery]
*[https://madisondiocese.org/locations Mount Olivet Cemetery]

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[[Category:Cemeteries in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic cemeteries in the United States]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic cemeteries in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Janesville, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Janesville, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Rock County, Wisconsin]]

Latest revision as of 03:01, 2 March 2024

See Mount Olivet Cemetery for other cemeteries with this name.


Mount Olivet Cemetery
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1827 North Washington Street, Janesville, Wisconsin
CountryUnited States
TypeRoman Catholic cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Janesville, Wisconsin. It is located on the west side of the Rock River at 1827 North Washington Street. The cemetery is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison Cemeteries.

History

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Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in Janesville after the local cemetery located atop Courthouse Hill was moved to a new cemetery called Oak Hill at the northwest edge of the city.[1] Catholic residents of the city, organized as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, established a cemetery on 40 acres adjacent to Oak Hill Cemetery.[1] The Catholic cemetery was originally called St. Patrick's, after the local Catholic church, but when a second Catholic church was established, it was renamed Mount Olivet. Later, additional land was added to the cemetery. A small Romanesque Revival style chapel was added to the cemetery in 1901. It contains a replica of Michelangelo's Pietà.[2]

In the early 1970s, the diocese incorporated the cemetery into the diocesan cemetery network. It serves the parishes of St. William, St. John Vianney, St. Patrick, and Nativity of Mary in Janesville.[3]

Notable burials

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References

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  1. ^ a b Carol Lohry Cartwright; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal. City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville's History. Janesville, WI: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998, p. 165.
  2. ^ Carol Lohry Cartwright; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal. City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville's History. Janesville, WI: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998, p. 166.
  3. ^ a b Diocese of Madison Catholic Cemeteries. Mount Olivet Cemetery – Janesville, Wisconsin.
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