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Allen, Judson b. April 3, 1797 d. August 6, 1880
US Congressman. He was elected to represent New York's 20th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1830 to 1841.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 81, Lot 1359
Allen, Thomas 'Tom' b. April 23, 1840 d. April 5, 1903
Professional Boxer. Born in Birmingham, England, he holds the distinction of being the first International Bare-Knuckle Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Standing at 5 feet, 11 inches, he began fighting in England and won a middleweight championship there before coming to America in 1867. In 1869, he won the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of America and won the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of England in 1870. In 1873, he defeated Mike McCoole to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 9, Lot 27-706
Almstedt, Henry b. March 24, 1817 d. November 24, 1884
Civil War Union Army Officer. A native of Germany, he was one of many foreign-born St. Louisans whose prior military experience was called upon in the early days of the Civil War. He received his training in the United States, and served as a Lieutenant in the St. Louis region in 1846. The following year he entered the United States Army as a Lieutenant, serving with the 2nd and 12th United States Regular Infantry regiments during the Mexican War. After the start of the Civil War he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 42, Lot 1941
Anheuser, Eberhard b. 1805 d. May 2, 1880
Businessman. He was the wealthy owner of a soap factory when he purchased the Bavarian Brewery in 1860. It was first changed to the Eberhard Anheuser and Company, then became Anheuser-Busch in 1879. His daughter Lilly married Adolphus Busch, the owner of a brewery supply business.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 77/78, Lot 2565
Armstrong, David Hartley b. October 21, 1812 d. March 18, 1893
US Senator. He was appointed as a Senator from Missouri to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis V. Bogy. He served from 1877 to 1879, and was not a candidate to permanently fill the office.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 3, Lot 3411, Grave is unmarked--buried in the Armstrong lot between the 4 corner posts. [unmarked]
Bagnell, Robert William [cenotaph] b. 1841 d. 1897
This unusual three-sided obelisk is in memory of the Bagnell brothers, natives of Canada, who were all engaged in the building of railroads in the Southwest. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 166, Lot 3088
Baker, Thomas Brougham b. August 29, 1835 d. February 24, 1903
Civil War Union Army Officer. A stage actor before the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army after the war broke out, and was assigned as a clerk in the Quartermaster Corps at the War Department in Washington, DC. He rose to the rank of Colonel, and is credited with being the founder of the National Cemetery System. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 22, Lot 1189
Ball, Phillip De Catesby b. October 22, 1864 d. October 22, 1933
Major League Baseball Team Owner. He owned the American League St. Louis Browns from 1915 to 1933, and also owned the St. Louis Terriers of the ill-fated Federal League, which existed from 1914 to 1915. He made his fortune in ice plants and refrigeration.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 170, Lot 5673
Balmer, Charles b. 1817 d. 1892
Composer. Used the nom de plume "Henry Werner". After arriving in St. Louis from Germany, he opened a music store with his brother-in-law. He also served as the organist at Christ Church in St. Louis for 46 years. He was a prolific composer and music publisher, and was chosen to conduct the music for President Abraham Lincoln's funeral in Springfield, Illinois in 1865. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 72, Lot 683
Barnett, George I. b. 1815 d. 1898
Born in England, Barnett became one of the best-known architects in the United States. After his 3-year apprenticeship with a builder in London, Barnett moved to St. Louis in 1839. He designed churches, hotels, public buildings, schools, town & country houses, the St. Louis waterworks & water tower, commercial & institutional buildings, the Missouri Governor's Mansion, but is best known for the work he did for St. Louisan Henry Shaw. He designed Shaw's country house & mausoleum, now both...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 51, Lot 488
Bates, Edward b. September 4, 1793 d. March 28, 1869
Attorney General, U.S.A. When the state government was organized in 1820, he was appointed Missouri's first attorney general. In the next 15 years, Bates served in the Missouri House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, & the Missouri Senate. After Lincoln's election, Bates accepted the President's offer to become attorney general of the U.S. Thus, he became the first cabinet officer from west of the Mississippi River, as well as the oldest member of Lincoln's 1st cabinet...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 222/223, Lot 1315
GPS coordinates: 38.6978912, -90.2291107 (hddd.dddd)
Bayne, William Leer 'Beverly' b. April 18, 1899 d. May 22, 1981
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League Baseball as a Pitcher for 9 seasons (1919 to 1924, 1928 to 1930) for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. He had such a wicked curveball that Ty Cobb once pinch-hit a righthanded hitter for himself against him. However, he did not have many other pitches, and spent most his career as a middle reliever, closer and occasional starter in an era that saw most pitchers start and finish their games. His best year, 1921, saw...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 208, Lot 31-240
Becker, August H. b. February 13, 1840 d. October 3, 1903
Becker was a noted artist, best known for his paintings of Indian genre, animals & portraits. In 1888, he restored the murals (lunettes) originally painted by Carl Wimar in the St. Louis Old Courthouse, site of the famous Dred Scott trial. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 107, Lot 3577
Becker, William Dee b. October 23, 1876 d. August 1, 1943
William Becker went to Harvard and was admitted to the Missouri Bar. He served as a judge on the St. Louis Court of Appeals from 1917 to 1940. While still serving as a judge, Becker won the election for mayor of St. Louis. As mayor, Becker was a leading proponent of aviation. He pushed for the expansion of Lambert Field and the development of a second airport. On Sunday, August 1, 1943, thousands of spectators gathered at Lambert Field for an air show. Mayor Becker and several city and county...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Plane accident
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 319, Lot 4881
Bent Jr., Silas b. April 4, 1768 d. November 20, 1827
Lawyer and Judge. In 1804, after holding various offices, he was appointed chief deputy surveyor for Upper Louisiana by Albert Gallatin, the principal deputy surveyor. This brought him to St. Louis and in 1807 he was made first judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of St. Louis. The next year he became auditor of public accounts. In 1808 he was made presiding judge of the St. Louis court and signed the first town charter. In 1811 he was again public auditor and in 1813 became a...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 103, Lot 322
Benton, Thomas Hart b. March 14, 1782 d. April 10, 1858
US Senator.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 40, Lot 173
Bernays, Augustus Charles b. October 13, 1854 d. 1907
Physician. One of the nation's most eminent surgeons of his time, Bernays was equally famous as a contributor to the literature of anatomy and surgery. A series of monographs entitled "Chips From a Surgeon's Workshop" recorded the progress of his work. Dr. Bernays performed the first successful Caesarian section in St. Louis in 1889. He went on to perform the first successful coeliotomy (organ or body cavity surgery) and the first successful gallstone operations in Missouri. Bernays was made...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 16, Lot 2358
Bishop, Campbell Orrick b. December 28, 1842 d. August 26, 1929
Major League Baseball Team Owner. An assistant circuit attorney, later a circuit judge, he was one of the organizers of the St. Louis Browns baseball team in 1874. He also wrote the constitution that was used by the National Baseball League when it was founded. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 72, Lot 724
Bissell, Daniel b. 1769 d. December 14, 1833
General Bissell was a military leader. When he was only 12 years old, he was a fifer with Connecticut's troops in the Revolutionary War. In 1788 he enlisted with the U.S. Army, commencing a military career which saw service along the frontier from New Orleans to Canada. As Captain Bissell, he came to Missouri in 1804 where he became a close friend of Daniel Boone. Bissell received the official transfer of the Spanish fort at New Madrid, Missouri; the post was commissioned to him by Captain Amos...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 60
Bissell, Lewis b. October 12, 1789 d. November 25, 1868
Lewis Bissell came from an impressive family of American military leaders. His father, Major Russell Bissell was the first commandant of Fort Bellefontaine. The famous General Daniel Bissell was Lewis' uncle. Bissell began his military career at the age of nineteen. Under a commission from President Jefferson, he was sent to what was then the Western frontier. Bissell served with distinction in the War of 1812 & was promoted to Captain in 1815. He was given command of Fort Clark, now Peoria...[Read More]
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA

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