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• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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)
   
• 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
   
• 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, Henry Taylor    b. July 15, 1817  d. September 11, 1875
  US Congressman.
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 60/61/69/70, Lot 240
   
• 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
   
• Blow, Taylor    b. March 26, 1820  d. August 20, 1869
  Freed slave Dred Scott. Southern sympathizer but signed Dred Scott's bond as security, after trial Scott's rights transferred to him. He emancipated Scott on May 26,1857. Brother of Henry Taylor Blow (q.v.)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 60/61/69/70, Lot 240
   
• 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)
   
• Bowlin, James Butler   b. January 16, 1804  d. July 19, 1874
  Member of Missouri State House of Representatives 1836; state court judge 1839; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1843-1851 (at-large 1843-1847, 1st District 1847-1851); U.S. Minister to New Grenada 1854. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 93, Lot 81
   
• Boyle, John    b. August 16, 1839  d. December 13, 1913
  Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle assisted in raising troops for the Union in 1861. He was commissioned Captain & Assistant Adjutant General U.S. Volunteers by the President, confirmed by the Senate, but failed to receive a commission. He served with the 11th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, during the campaign & battle of Shiloh. After being ordered to Washington, Boyle was commissioned again before resigning to accept a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel 9th Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out at expiration...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 78, Lot 2700
   
• 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
   
• Bredell, Edward E.   b. October 20, 1812  d. March 16, 1896
  A pioneer businessman in St. Louis, Bredell founded the firm of Bredell & Bro., one of the first wholesale dry goods houses in St. Louis. He also founded the Missouri Glass Company & was president of that firm. Bredel devoted much of his time & money to Christian work & was president of the St. Louis Bible Society for many years. He was considered a true Christian philanthropist & made considerable bequests to many noble institutions at his death. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 50, Lot 181
   
• 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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