Mount Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church (Catlin, Parke County, Ind.) records

The Mount Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church is located about a half mile southwest of Catlin. The date of the organization is indefinite, probably as early as 1835. The house was built about 1850 when Thomas Harshman, on whose land the house was built, settled in Parke County. Some of the first members were Thomas and Ann Harshman. George and Jane Overpeck, and Valentine and Martha Overpeck. Later members were Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Catlin, Mr. An Mrs. Thomas J. Overpeck, Mr. And Mrs. David Reeder, Mrs. Marjorie Reeder, and Mr. And Mrs. John Brown. Reverend John B. De Motte was a local minister here. Reverend R. W. Fish is the present pastor. The church belongs to the Bellmore circuit, and has a membership of eighty-three persons. The Sunday school has an enrollment of one hundred. Mt. Olivet Cemetery adjoins the church lot.