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56th United States Colored Troops Monument
Monument to the 56th Infantry Regiment, United States Colored Troops. This obelisk honors the memory of the 175 soldiers of the 56th USCT who died of cholera in August 1866. In 1939 the monument and the remains were removed from "Quarantine Station, Missouri" by authority of the War Department. The 56th Regiment was originally organized at St. Louis as the 3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment (African Descent). The 3d Arkansas was ordered from St. Louis to Helena, Arkansas and served on post duty...[Read More]
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
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
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
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]
Babbitt, Edwin Burr b. January 8, 1803 d. December 10, 1881
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Graduated from the USMA in 1826 (his classmates included future CSA Generals Albert S. Johnston and John B. Grayson, as well as future Union Generals Samuel P. Heintzelman and Silas Casey). A veteran of the Mexican War, Babbitt's Civil War service consisted of duty as Colonel & Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Pacific. His brevet promotion to Brigadier General, United States Regular Army, was awarded on March 13, 1865, for "faithful and...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section OPS1, Grave 2175
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
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
Beckwith, Amos b. October 4, 1825 d. October 25, 1894
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Beckwith began his Civil War service as a first lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. He later served as chief commissary of subsistence for the Washington, D.C. Depot & for Major General William T. Sherman's army. Beckwith was promoted to brevet brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on Jnauary 12, 1865 & to brevet brigadier general 2 months later on March 13 for "gallant & meritorious services in the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent...[Read More]
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
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
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
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
Bissell, Russell d. December 18, 1807
Revolutionary War Officer. He was born in the Colony of Connecticut and was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and the Indian Wars. While a member of the 2nd United States Infantry he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on March 4, 1791 and to captain on February 19, 1793. On April 1, 1802 he transferred to the 1st United States Infantry and was promoted to Major when he returned to the 2nd Infantry on December 9, 1807. His regiment was stationed at Fort Kaskaskia when the Lewis and Clark...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Bixby, Horace Ezra b. May 8, 1826 d. August 1, 1912
Literary Figure. A steamboat pilot, he taught Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, riverboat piloting on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans for a fee of $500. Their relationship comes to life in Twain's classic tale, "Life On the Mississippi". (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 77, Lot 1243
Blassie, Michael Joseph b. April 4, 1948 d. May 11, 1972
United States Air Force Vietnam Veteran. A 1970 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, he served in the Viet Nam War as a 1st Lieutenant the 8th Special Operations Squadron. He was shot down and killed while piloting his A-37B Dragonfly aircraft in the vicinity of An Loc, in South Vietnam. His remains were buried in Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of The Unknowns as an unidentified soldier from the Vietnam War. After petitioning the United States Government for permission, his...[Read More]
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Blennerhassett, Richard Spottiswoode b. 1810 d. 1857
Literary Figure. He was a distinguished criminal lawyer. He married a possible great-granddaughter of Jean Jacques Rousseau, and came to St. Louis in 1841. In 1849 he prosecuted a murder case in which John Wise shot, pistol-whipped and stabbed Thomas Hart in full view of more than a dozen witnesses. Hart and Wise's wife were having an affair and it was an uncomplicated case, but much interest was generated because Blennerhassett had the lovers' passionate and explicit letters read into the...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 124/125, Lot 705

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