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Bellefontaine Cemetery
St. Louis (City), Missouri
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Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO |
GPS: 38.690853, -90.235206
4947 W Florissant Ave
St. Louis, MO 63115
Date published: December 21, 2017
Total records: 86,078
Bellefontaine Cemetery is owned by Bellefontaine Cemetery Assocation.
Cemetery History
Bellefontaine Cemetery was established in 1849 as Rural Cemetery Assocation of St. Louis, and dedicated on May 15, 1850 as, Bellefontaine Cemetery Association.
However, burials have taken place here as far back as 1813, associated with the Hempstead Family, whose burial ground was part of the original parcel purchased by Bellefontaine Cemetery in 1849. Today, the Hempstead Lot is within the cemetery’s northeastern quadrant known as Rosemary Hill.
The most famous person buried here is William Clark (of Lewis & Clark Discovery Corps). His remains were removed to here in 1860.
The cemetery comprises of 314 acres of land inside the City of St. Louis. There are currently 90,000 (approx) burials as of this publishing.
On May 14, 2014, it was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places.
Bellefontaine Cemetery Association Records
Records linked below were acquired from Bellefontaine Cemetery Association on February 9, 2020. Dates of burial range from 1813 to 2020.
Surname Index:
- Surnames Aa-Al
- Surnames Am-Ay
- Surnames Bab-Bap
- Surnames Bar-Baz
- Surnames Bea-Bey
- Surnames Bi-Bl
- Surnames Boa-Boz
- Surnames Bra-Bri
- Surnames Bro-Bry
- Surnames Bu-By
- Surnames Cab-Cay
- Surnames Ce-Cl
- Surnames Coa-Con
- Surnames Coo-Coz
- Surnames Cr-Cz
- Surnames Da-Dh
- Surnames Di-Do
- Surnames Dr-Dz
- Surnames Ea-El
- Surnames Em-Ey
- Surnames Fa-Fe
- Surnames Fi-Fl
- Surnames Fod-Foy
- Surnames Fr-Fy
- Surnames Ga-Gh
- Surnames Gi-Gn
- Surnames Goa-Goz
- Surnames Gra-Gru
- Surnames Gu-Gw
- Surnames Haa-Hap
- Surnames Har-Haz
- Surnames Hea-Hez
- Surnames Hib-Hix
- Surnames Hoa-Hol
- Surnames Hom-Hoy
- Surnames Hr-Hy
- Surnames I
- Surnames Ja-Ji
- Surnames Jo-Ju
- Surnames Ka-Kh
- Surnames Ki-Kn
- Surnames Ko-Ky
- Surnames L-Lay
- Surnames Le-Ley
- Surnames Li-Ll
- Surnames Lo-Ly
- Surnames Maa-Map
- Surnames Mar-Maz
- Surnames McA-McD
- Surnames McE-McW
- Surnames Mea-Mey
- Surnames Mic-Miz
- Surnames Moa-Moz
- Surnames Mu-My
- Surnames Na-Ne
- Surnames Ni-Ny
- Surnames O
- Surnames Pab-Pay
- Surnames Pe-Ph
- Surnames Pi-Po
- Surnames Pr-Py
- Surnames Q
- Surnames Ra-Re
- Surnames Rh-Ri
- Surnames Roa-Roz
- Surnames Ru-Ry
- Surnames Saa-Say
- Surnames Sca-Scu
- Surnames Se-Sh
- Surnames Si-Sl
- Surnames Sm-Sn
- Surnames So-Sq
- Surnames St-Ste
- Surnames Sti-Sty
- Surnames Su-Sz
- Surnames Ta-Te
- Surnames Th-Ti
- Surnames To-Ty
- Surnames U
- Surnames V
- Surnames Wac-Way
- Surnames Wea-Wey
- Surnames Wha-Why
- Surnames Wib-Wix
- Surnames Wo-Wy
- Surnames X
- Surnames Y
- Surnames Z
- Unidentified Remains
First Methodist Church South Records
In 1856, the First Methodist Church South (at the time was located on 8th St. & Washington in St. Louis) lost its cemetery (located on Franklin Ave) resulting from a lawsuit. Some of the bodies were removed to other cemeteries, but many more remained unmoved because there were no longer any family or friends to claim them. The church requested Bellefontaine Cemetery to sell them a lot of half-acre in size, to remove the unclaimed bodies. Bellefontaine Cemetery agreed and sold them a lot at a price of $500.00. The bodies now rest at (Blocks 191/192/194/195, Lot 719) is located on Meadow Avenue in the Meadow Hill area of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Records are linked below...
First Methodist Church South, removals to Bellefontaine Cemetery, USGenWeb Archives
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