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The Western Sanitary Commission was a private agency based in St. Louis that was a rival of the larger U.S. Sanitary Commission. It operated in the west during the American Civil War to help the U.S. Army deal with sick and wounded soldiers. It was led by abolitionists and focused on the needs of Freedmen.
Father Dickson Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located on 845 South Sappington Road in Crestwood, St. Louis County, Missouri. It has been listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since October 6, 2021. [1] [2]
Freedmen's Cemetery (or Freedman's Cemetery) may refer to: Freedmen's Cemetery (Louisiana), St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana; Freedman's Cemetery (Texas), also known as Freedmen's Cemetery, Dallas, Texas; Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia; Oak Grove-Freedman's Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Lemay, St. Louis County. Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis; Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City; Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant in St. Louis; NRHP-listed
Lewis Tappan (May 23, 1788 – June 21, 1873) was an American abolitionist who helped to secure freedom for the enslaved Africans aboard the Amistad.He was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, into a Calvinist household.
Greenwood Cemetery was established in 1874 by Herman Krueger, it has approximately 6,000 marked graves but is thought to contain up to 50,000 burials. [4] In 1890, the cemetery was sold to Krueger's son-in-law, Adolph Foelsch; the Foelsch family owned and operated the cemetery, including manufacturing concrete tombstones, until 1981.
Cemetery is doing best it can.” St. Clair County records show that a company named Forever Illinois sold the cemetery and surrounding land for $376,000 to Mid-America Growth and Development Corp ...
The site is located just north of the Merchants Bridge in St. Louis. [30] [31] [e] The John Berry Meachum Scholarship was established at the Saint Louis University to recognize Meachum's work as a minister, founder of the oldest black church in Missouri, educator, and businessman. The scholarship is awarded to medical students at the university.