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• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• Bartholdt, Richard    b. November 2, 1855  d. March 19, 1932
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Missouri's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1915.
  Concordia Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
   
• 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)
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• Blair Jr., Francis Preston    b. February 19, 1821  d. July 8, 1875
  After graduating from Princeton & law school, Blair took up practice with his brother in St. Louis in 1842. He was elected to Congress in 1856 & again in 1860. His organizational ability in creating the Union Party in Missouri, his active opposition to Governor Jackson & other southern sympathizers, & his family's political influence were instrumental in holding Missouri for the union. Blair was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers after successfully organizing seven Union regiments. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 13, Lot 298
  GPS coordinates: 38.6906509, -90.2338333 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Blodgett, Wells Howard    b. January 29, 1839  d. May 8, 1929
  Colonel, U.S.A. Medal of Honor Recipient. Blodgett entered the service as a first lieutenant, 37th Illinois Infantry. About a year later, he & a lone orderly captured an armed picket of eight men near Newtonia, Missouri & marched them in as prisoners. Soon after that, he was promoted to captain in his regiment & was promoted again 2 months later & assigned as judge advocate of the Army of the Frontier. Finally, Blodgett was promoted to lieutenant colonel & colonel in the 48th Missouri Infantry...[Read More]
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 67, Lot 2947
   
• Blow, Peter   b. August 6, 1777  d. June 23, 1832
  Capt. Peter Blow owned Dred Scott who was born in Virginia and taken to St. Louis by the him. Captain in the War of 1812.
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Lot 240 Block 60/61/69/70
   
• Blow, Susan   b. June 7, 1843  d. March 27, 1916
  Educator. Reared in a deeply religious home, she was educated by tutors and at a private school in New York City. While traveling in Germany, she became interested in the revolutionary kindergarten methods developed by the German Idealist philosopher Friedrich Froebel. After a year of study under Froebel devotee Maria Kraus-Boeltz in New York, Blow opened the first public kindergarten in America at the Des Peres School in St. Louis in September 1873. The next year she established a training...[Read More] (Bio by: John M Blow)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 78/87, Lot 2465
   
• 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
   
• Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie    b. April 14, 1796  d. June 12, 1878
  Brevet Brigadier General. Born near Paris, France, Bonneville graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. His long service in the army was distinguished by his exploration of the Rocky Mountains (1831-1835) & service in the Mexican War. The Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah are named for him. Bonneville served as colonel, 3d U.S. Infantry & as commander of Benton Barracks in St. Louis. After retiring, he was honored with a brevet promotion to brigadier general for "long & faithful services in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 85, Lot 1111
  GPS coordinates: 38.6935387, -90.2294998 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Bradsby, Frank W.    b. 1878  d. 1937
  Businessman. He partnered with baseball bat manufacturer John "Bud" Hillerich to form the Hillerich and Bradsby Company in 1916. The company today is famous for making the "Louisville Slugger" baseball bats.
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 309-319, Lot 6307
   
• 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
   

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