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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.
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 .
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 ...
Bellefontaine or "belle fontaine" is French for "beautiful fountain". Populated places. France ... Bellefontaine Cemetery, in St. Louis, Missouri;
Francis Quadrangle Marker at the University of Missouri Monument marking Francis's grave in Bellefontaine Cemetery. In 1895, the University of Missouri dedicated David R. Francis Quadrangle in honor of the former governor who is credited with keeping the university in Columbia after the fire of Academic Hall in 1892.
John Berry Meachum (May 3, 1789 – February 26, 1854) was an American pastor, businessman, educator and founder of the First African Baptist Church in St. Louis, the oldest black church west of the Mississippi River.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri He died of poisoning after a druggist accidentally made medicine for him from the root of a plant, rather than the leaf. [ 12 ] He died on May 20, 1863, and was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery [ 25 ] [ 26 ] next to John Berry Meachum.