Persons of interest buried in St. Louis, Missouri. These two cemeteries are adjacent to each other. Bellefontaine was established in 1849. Calvary was established in 1857 and is a Roman Catholic cemetery.
AT BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY:
James Eads-- bridge architect and ironclad builder
Sterling Price-- Confederate general
Don Carlos Buell-- Union general
John McNeal-- Union general involved in Palmyra Massacre
Francis E. Brownell-- Medal of Honor for killing James Jackson May 24, 1861, who had just shot Col. Elmer Ellsworth
Thomas Hart Benton-- US Senator involved in Manifest Destiny
Others of Interest buried in Bellefontaine. This is just a very short list of famous people buried there. Check out the site on Wikipedia
William S. Burroughs-- inventor
William S. Burroughs-- writer
Adolphus Busch-- beer
William Clark-- explorer as in Lewis and Clark
AT CALVARY CEMETERY:
William Tecumseh Sherman
Daniel M. Frost-- CS General
Dred Scott
Others of interest:
Tennessee Williams
Some Graves to Visit the Next Time on Route 66. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
