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Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first performers and show workers that were buried there are in a mass grave from when between 56 and 61 employees of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus were interred.
In 1901, Wainwright fled the United States after being indicted for bribery, but he later returned and died in St. Louis in 1924, then was entombed with his wife. After his death, an endowment was established that provided for the reconstruction or renovation of the tomb in case of earthquake or vandalism. [ 2 ]
This list of cemeteries in Missouri includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Saint Luke Cemetery 5300 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago: 1900 Lutheran Saint Marys Cemetery 87th St. and Hamlin Ave., Evergreen Park: 1888 Catholic [23] Saint Mary's Cemetery Des Plaines: 1883 Catholic Saint Mary's Cemetery (Divine Word) 1945 Waukegan Rd., Northbrook: Catholic Saint Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery 16125 W. 127th St., Lemont: Lutheran ...
His singing gained the attention of affluent businessmen in St. Louis. After working for the St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad as a city ticket agent, Cronin secured sponsorship from the Bagnal Timber Company to study at Missouri Medical College. He graduated in the late 1870s and continued his education at Saint Louis University, where he ...
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Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana; Waverly Hills Sanitorium, Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana; Axe Murder House, Villisca, Iowa; Overview In this one-hour special premiere, the episode tells the tales of seven haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural.