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Bakewell, Claude Ignatius b. August 9, 1912 d. March 18, 1987
US Congressman. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was elected to represent Missouri's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1947 to 1949, and 1951 to 1953. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 18, Lot 450, Grave 12
Barret, Arthur B. b. 1836 d. 1875
Mayor of St. Louis 1875. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 18, Lot 37, Grave 1
Barry, James G. b. 1800 d. 1880
Mayor of St. Louis 1849-1850. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 66, Grave 1
Biddle, Thomas b. November 21, 1790 d. August 29, 1831
United States Army Officer. A hero of the War of 1812. Thomas Biddle came from the famous Biddle family of Philadelphia. His father, Captain Charles Biddle, was a member of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Philadephia, and his brother, Nicholas Biddle, was a banker. During the War of 1812, Biddle was commissioned as a captain in the infantry. He saw action at Fort George and Stony Creek and was wounded at Fort Erie and again in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. In 1820, Major...[Read More] (Bio by: Katie)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Bogy, Lewis b. April 9, 1813 d. September 20, 1877
United States Senator from Missouri.
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Brennan, Fr. Martin Stanislaus b. July 23, 1845 d. October 3, 1927
Catholic Priest, Scientist, and Author. Born in Ireland, he and his family immigrated to Saint Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Christian Brothers College in Saint Louis with a Bachelor's degree in Arts in 1865. He studied theology at Saint Vincent's College in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, later obtaining a Master's of Arts degree at Christian Brothers College in 1869. He was ordained a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1869. He served missions in Hannibal and Lebanon...[Read More] (Bio by: Rick K.)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 19, Priest's Lot
Brinckwirth, Louis b. September 22, 1855 d. January 31, 1911
Mr. Brinckwirth learned the brewery business with his father Theodore, who had established the Lafayette Brewery in 1848. After working for two years for the Brinckwirth-Griesdieck-Nolker brewery in St. Louis, Missouri, he went to Milwaukee to get further information about the brewing business by working at the Blatz Brewery. After studying there & in Wheeling, West Virginia, he returned to St. Louis & rejoined the firm of Brinckwirth, Griesedieck & Nolker. Later the firm became known as...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Meningitis
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 18, Lot 42, Grave 9
Brinckwirth, Theo b. 1817 d. January 24, 1866
German-born Brinckwirth moved to the United States in 1846 & established a primitive brewery in Quincy, Illinois. After remaining there for three years he moved to St. Louis & bought was was then known as the Lafayette Brewery. A pioneer of the beer brewing industry in St. Louis, Brinckwirth conducted business at the brewery until his death. After his death the business was continued under the firm name of Brinckwirth & Griesedieck. It was later known as Brinckwirth, Griesedieck & Nolker. After...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 18, Lot 42, Grave 1
Burke, James b. October 12, 1874 d. March 26, 1942
Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "Sunset Jimmy". Played Major League Baseball as a 3rd Baseman for 7 seasons (1898-1899, 1901-1905) with the Cleveland Spiders (Indians), St. Louis Cardinals (Perfectos), Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Played sparingly for his 1st five seasons with the his various teams, he became the Cardinals starting 3rd Baseman in 1902, and held that position for the next three years. He was a poor hitter, however, and ended his playing career after the...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 24, Lot 233, Grave 2
Butler, James Joseph b. August 29, 1862 d. May 31, 1917
U.S. Representative from Missouri 1901-1903 & 1903-1905. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 19, Lot 404, Grave 1
Byrne, Robert b. December 31, 1884 d. December 31, 1964
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League Baseball as a 3rd Baseman for 11 seasons (1907-1917) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago White Sox. Starting out with his hometown Cardinals in 1907, he immediately became their regular 3rd baseman, but was traded only 2 and a half years later due to his inability to hit Major League pitching (in 1908 he hit a paltry .191). His late season trade to the Pirates in 1909 brought him to a team that...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 25
Cabanne, Joseph Charless b. October 16, 1846 d. March 17, 1922
Native St. Louisan & direct descentent of Madame Chouteau. On the advise of his uncle, Cabanne got into the dairy business. He began with the Mont Cabanne Dairy located in what is now Forest Park & then established the St. Louis Dairy Company. His innovations included the covered milk wagons, the first creamery, the first delivery of milk in bottles and the selling of whole milk at a cheaper price than skimmed milk in St. Louis. Mr. Cabanne was the first president of the Civic League and one...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Cut his throat with a razor after suffering with pneumonia for 6 weeks.
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Campbell, James b. 1848 d. June 12, 1914
Businessman. One of St. Louis' wealthiest citizens when he died. During the Civil War, at the age of 14, he served as a messenger at Union General John C. Fremont's headquarters. After the war, he worked as a surveyor for the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and began buying land ahead of the tracks. He later invested in the St. Louis streetcar business. He was appointed chairman of the board of the North American Company, parent company to United Railways, the Union Electric Company. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Carroll, Mickey b. July 8, 1919 d. May 7, 2009
Actor. He was one of the Munchkins in the movie classic "The Wizard of Oz". A versatile entertainer, he had multiple roles as a Munchkin. He was the town crier, he was a marching soldier and he was one of the fiddlers that escorted Dorothy down the yellow brick road. In addition, actress Clara Blandick as Auntie Em wasn't yelling Dorothy's name to director ...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum
Caulfield, Bernard b. October 18, 1828 d. December 19, 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois� 1st District in the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman John B. Rice, serving from 1875 to 1877. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 17, Grave 10
Cervantes, A. J. b. August 27, 1920 d. June 23, 1983
Mayor of St. Louis. Born Alfonso J. Cervantes, he started his political career in 1949 when he was elected to the St. Louis Board of Alderman. In 1965, he was elected Mayor of the City of St. Louis, where he served for two four-year terms, from 1965 to 1973. He was the forty-third Mayor of St. Louis. During his term, he focused particular attention to race relations and crime fighting. When many other large cities experienced race riots during the late 1960's, Mayor Cervantes met with African-...[Read More] (Bio by: Katie)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Chauvin, Louis b. March 13, 1881 d. March 26, 1908
American Ragtime Musician. He was considered to be the finest ragtime pianist in the Saint Louis, Missouri area at the turn of the 20th century and was part of the ragtime community that congregated at Tom Turpin's Rosebud Cafe. He was born to a Mexican-Native American father and an African-American mother. Over his short lifetime, his only published works were "The Moon is Shining in the Skies" (with Sam Patterson, 1903), "Babe, It's Too Long Off" (words by Elmer Bowman, 1906), and "...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Plot: 16V 1033
Chopin (O'Flaherty), Kate b. February 8, 1851 d. August 22, 1904
Author. She is considered by many as a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. Born Kate O'Flaherty in St. Louis, she was the daughter of an Irish immigrant father and a mother of French Canadian descent. She married Oscar Chopin and moved to Louisiana at age nineteen. When her husband died 12 years later, Chopin and her children moved back to St. Louis. Always fond of reading, she turned to writing to ease her depression. Soon she was recognized as accomplished short-story writer...[Read More] (Bio by: Katie)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Chouteau, Auguste b. September 26, 1740 d. February 24, 1829
Co-founder of the city of St. Louis. Born in New Orleans, Rene Auguste Chouteau was the son of Marie Chouteau and the step-son of Pierre Laclede. In 1763, Laclede received a contract to trade with the Native Americans on the west side of the Mississippi River. Chouteau, and his younger brother Pierre, accompanied Laclede to the area. They selected a spot on the western bank for their trading station and named it St. Louis. After Laclede's death in 1778, August continued Laclede's fur-trading...[Read More] (Bio by: Katie)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Chouteau, Marie Therese Bourgeois b. 1733 d. August 14, 1814
Mother of Auguste Chouteau (founder of St. Louis). Madame Chouteau was born in New Orleans & orphaned early in life. In 1749 she married Rene Auguste Chouteau, but left him shortly after the birth of Auguste because of his abusiveness to her. Madame Chouteau arrived in St. Louis in 1764 soon after her son had founded the city with Pierre Laclede. Madame Chouteau was the first white woman to live in St. Louis. She was also its first businesswoman, successfully managing a fur trading enterprise &...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 13

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