She Stands Watch

Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis MO.

This is the Uhri, Maritz and Rose Family Stone.

The following excerpts are from Centennial history of Missouri (Center State) 100 years in the Union by Walter Barlow Stevens

The following are from Missouri Digital Heritage.

Death Certificate for William C. Uhri

Death Certificate for Emily Rose Uhri. Wife of William. 

Death Certificate for Henry A. Uhri Son of William and Emily. 

Bronze Angel

Located at Bellefontain Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

 Sidney Rowland Francis

1857 - 1893

Sidney Rowland Francis was the brother of Missouri Governor David R. Francis (post on his grave). He was associated with the same firm that his brother was involved with in the grain and commission business. He was one of the most successful traders in grain and produce in St. Louis. He became quite wealthy as a result of his successful operations.

Abrams Family Plot

Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

This is the Abrams family plot marker.

Amos Abrams

1829 - 1901

Annie Abrams

Born

April 12, 1861

Died

Jan 10, 1882

Elizabeth Abrams

Born

Nov 25, 1835

Died

Aug 20, 1866

Hannah Abrams

Died

Jan 15, 1863

Aged

63 Years

Seddie

Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

"Our Seddie"

Seddie L. Clark 

Dec 20, 1864

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Meet the Oakes

Found this interesting gentleman and lady at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

Peter Oakes

Annie V. Oakes

I have not been able to find much information on them, but I still wanted to share. I was able to find the death certificate for Peter Oakes.

Crowned Angel

Found this crowned angel at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Calvin Fletcher Burnes

February 18, 1830

July 29, 1895

Kate Hughes Burnes

Wife of

Calvin Burnes

August 12, 1838 - June 8, 1904

Beautiful Lady and Her Final Sleep

I found this amazing monument at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO. 

I had to email the Cemetery to get the information to who was resting beneath this monument. Here is the information they sent me.

Georgiana C. Louderman

Buried 3/8/1875

Lot 1697 Block 82/83 Space 4.

On the fondation of this monument (the gray portion) in the corner it has "Fisher & Bird" below that "N.Y." I found an ad for the company in the "Real estate record and builder's guide, Volumes 5-6".

I am also taking a guessing that the foundation may have been a later addition.  It looks much newer then the rest of the monument.

Girl in the Shadow Box

This beautiful monument is located at Bellefontanie Cemetery in St. Louis, MO. Wish I could have gotten better photos. She is quite beautiful but the glass and the sun were not cooperating with me.

She comes with an interesting story.  According to A Journey through History Touring Bellefontaine Cemetery (a pamphlet I picked up at the front office of the cemetery):

During a trip to Italy in the early 1900's, Herman Luyties, owner of the first proprietary drug store in St. Louis, met a voluptuous model for an Italian sculptor.  He fell in love with her and proposed, but she declined.  Heartbroken, Luyties commissioned the sculptor to render a 12-foot marble statue of his beloved.  The statue was shipped to St. Louis, where he kept it in the foyer of his Portland Place home.  The several-ton statue was soon moved, because of its extreme weight, to the family burial plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery.  When the weather began to deteriorate the marble he had her enclosed in the glass-fronted case.  Luyties died at the age of 50 and was buried at the foot of "the girl in the shadow box". 

Elks Rest

I just really like this Elks monument.  It is placed in the center of a group of grave stones that form a circle around it. It is located at Bellefontanie Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.
 

Previous post with information on the Elks.

Famous File: General Richard Barnes Mason

(Located at Bellefontaine Cemtery in St. Louis, MO.)

General Richard Barnes Mason

Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons U.S. Army

Born in Fairfax. VA January 16, 1797 Died at Jefferson Barracks, MO July 25, 1850

Erected by his widow and children

Famous Friday: William S. Burroughs

Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Wikipedia

William S. Burroughs Internet Database

My Famous File: George Warren Brown

George Warren Brown turned the city of St. Louis, Missouri into the center of the shoe manufacturing world in 1878.  His company was Buster Brown Shoes. 

The hexagonal mausoleum was designed in 1928 by Mauran, Russell and Crowell, St. Louis architects.

Located at Bellefontaine in St. Louis, MO.

History

Buster Brown Comic

My Famous Files: Captain Isaiah Sellers

(Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO)

Captain Isaiah Sellers (1802-1864)- Captain Sellers was the most famous of the steamboat men plying the Mississippi between St. Louis and New Orleans for more than 40 years. He was the first man to use the pseudonym, “Mark Twain”, and after his death, Samuel L. Clemens adopted the same nom de plume because it always stood for truthful writing, as Clemons explains in his “ Life on the Mississippi”, Captain Sellers tombstone depicts the captain standing at the wheel of his riverboat.

My Famous File: David Rowland Francis

(Located in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, MO)

Sculpted by George J. Zolnay.

My Famous File: Adolphus Busch

If you don't know who Adolphus Bush is then you obviously don't drink beer. There is a ton of information on the net about Adolphus Bush all you have to do is google his name or just click on the link I provided. 

Him and his wife are the only two in this beautiful Gothic style mausoleum.

These photos arn't the best, my light was dying rapidly as I finished snapping the pictures. Located at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis MO. These photos do not do this exquisite building justice.

My Famous File: William Clark

William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 to 1805 across the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean.

Clark died in St. Louis on September 1, 1838, and he was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, where a 35-foot gray granite obelisk was erected to mark his grave.