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Bellefontaine Cemetery (established in 1849) and the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery (established in 1857) in St. Louis, Missouri are adjacent burial grounds. They are the necropolis for a number of prominent local and state politicians and soldiers of the American Civil War. The cemeteries were established after the cholera epidemic of 1849; burials in what is now downtown Saint Louis were relocated here. Burials from an African-American cemetery at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport were reinterred here in the 1990s. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Official website: http://stlouis. ...
Combatants Union (remaining U.S. states) Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln†Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties KIA: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 94,000 Total dead: 258,000 Wounded: 137,000+ The...
Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera) is a water-borne disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which are typically ingested by drinking contaminated water, or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. ...
Diagram of STL. Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (IATA: STL, ICAO: KSTL) is the primary airport for Saint Louis, Missouri and the surrounding area. ...
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Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine Cemetery at 4947 W Florissant, St. Louis, is the burial grounds for prominent pioneers to the West. It is also the resting place for several victims of the 1855 railway accident known as the Gasconade Bridge train disaster. Also buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery are a number of the famous Busch and Lemp family of brewers. 1830s September 15, 1830 – England: William Huskisson becomes first passenger train death. ...
Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. ...
Notable Bellefontaine burials - James Semple (1798-1866), Illinois state senator
- Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), artist
- Susan Blow (1843-1916), educator
- William Seward Burroughs (1914-1997), author
- Adolphus Busch (1838-1913), brewing magnate
- William Chauvenet (1820-1870), scholar, educator
- William Clark (1770-1838), explorer
- Alban Jasper Conant (1821-1915), artist, author, educator
- Phoebe Wilson Couzins (1842-1913) pioneer suffragette
- James Eads (1820-1887) important steel product maker
- Della May Fox (1870-1913), actress, singer
- David R. Francis (1850-1927), statesman
- Jessie L. Gaynor (1863-1921), composer of children's music
- Caroline Janis (1864-1952), painter and sculptor, member of "The Potters"
- James Smith McDonnell (1899-1980), founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
- Mary Marshall Rexford (1915-1996), Red Cross worker and the first woman to land on Utah Beach on D-Day
- Irma S. Rombauer (1877-1962), author of The Joy of Cooking
- Henry Miller Shreve (1785-1854), inventor
- Sara Teasdale (1884-1933), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Charlotte Dickson Wainwright, within architect Louis Sullivan's 1892 Wainwright Tomb
- Carl Whitney (1919-1986), Negro League baseball player
- James McIlvaine Riley (1849–1911), Co-founder of Sigma Nu International Fraternity
James Semple (January 5, 1798 - December 20, 1866) was a United States Senator from Illinois. ...
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 - January 19, 1975, also Tom Benton) was an American muralist of the Regionalist school. ...
Susan Elizabeth Blow (born June 7, 1843 in Carondelet, Missouri - died March 26, 1916 in New York City) was an American educator who opened the first successful public Kindergarten in the United States. ...
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Adolphus Busch Colonel Adolphus Busch (July 10, 1839 Kastel near Mainz, Germany — October 10, 1913 in Langenschwalbach, Germany), founded the Anheuser-Busch brewing company with his partner and father-in-law Eberhard Anheuser. ...
Chauvenet, William, born 1820; died 1870. ...
William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was a Scottish-American explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ...
James B. Eads (23 May 1820–8 March 1887) was a United States engineer and inventor. ...
David Rowland Francis (October 1, 1850 - January 15, 1927) was an American Politician. ...
James Smith McDonnell (April 9, 1899 - August 22, 1980) was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas. ...
The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer, based near St. ...
American assault troops move onto Utah Beach, carrying full equipment. ...
Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...
Irma Starkloff Rombauer (1877 - 1962) is the author of The Joy of Cooking. ...
Henry Miller Shreve (October 21, 1785 - 1854) was an American inventor and steamboat captain and the man who opened up the Mississippi, Ohio and Red Rivers to steamboat navigation. ...
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933), was an American lyrical poet. ...
Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856–April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism. He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd...
Carl Whitney (born September 7, 1913 _ died [[July, 1986) was a Negro League baseball Player. ...
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Calvary Calvary Cemetery, at 5239 W. Florissant Avenue, St. Louis is a 477 acre (1.9 km²) Roman Catholic cemetery established in 1857. It is the burial place for several members of the Chouteau family who were co-founders of the city of St. Louis and whose descendant was part of the ceremony for the Louisiana Purchase. Some of the old burials and tombstones were transferred to Calvary Cemetery from much older Catholic cemeteries originally existing in what is now the downtown area of the city. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
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Notable Calvary burials Kate Chopin Katherine OFlaherty (February 8, 1851 – August 20, 1904), known by her married name Kate Chopin, was an American author of short stories and novels. ...
René Auguste Chouteau (born September 7, 1749 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died February 24, 1829 in St. ...
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The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. ...
Combatants Union (remaining U.S. states) Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln†Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties KIA: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 94,000 Total dead: 258,000 Wounded: 137,000+ The...
Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwriters in the twentieth century. ...
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