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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 .
The Wainwright Tomb is a mausoleum located in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.Originally constructed for Charlotte Dickson Wainwright in 1892, the tomb also contains the remains of her husband, Ellis Wainwright.
The Old Fort Belle Fontaine Cemetery was established in 1809, when Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bissell moved the original Fort Belle Fontaine encampment to a new location. The cemetery was located about 100 yards or so southwest from the Cantonment buildings, which during the period of 1805 to 1826 had interments of at least 30–40 military ...
Pages in category "Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Calvary Cemetery opened for burials in 1854, with Archbishop Kenrick as its first president. [citation needed] Prior to the establishment of Calvary Cemetery, parts of the Clay farm had served as a burial place for Native Americans and soldiers from nearby Fort Bellefontaine. After 1854, these remains were reinterred in a mass grave under a ...
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Born in Winchester, Kentucky, he lived in Mount Vernon and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery just north of town. Alvin P. Hovey (1821–1891), Union general in the Civil War and Governor of Indiana 1889–1891. Born in Mount Vernon and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
The death of his wife in 1881 was very hard on him, and his final years were marked by poverty and ill health. By 1898 he was an invalid, and he died on November 19. He was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.