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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 .
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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 large crucifix at one of the highest points in the cemetery.
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.
[1] [5] [3] He was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. [3] [6] Six Sigma Nu brothers were pallbearers and placed white roses on his grave. [3] Riley's Sigma Nu badge was added to the fraternity's archives. [3] The fraternity installed a monument at his grave in 1919. [3]
McDowell returned to St. Louis in 1865 to find the school in ruins. Together with a colleague, he began to rebuild the Medical College. He died three years later, and is buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, together with his other family members, in St. Louis. [2]
John Guier Scott (December 26, 1819 – May 16, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Scott completed preparatory studies.He was graduated from Bethlehem Academy, Pennsylvania, in civil engineering.
Bernard Gaines Farrar Jr. (1831–1916) served in the American Civil War as an officer in the Union Army.Prior to his service, he was a businessman in St. Louis. Farrar Jr. began his military career on the staff of General Nathanial Lyon and then rose through the ranks until he was brevetted Brigadier-General.