Bellefontaine Cemetery
4947 W FlorissantSt. Louis, Missouri 63115
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This cemetery was established after the cholera epidemic of 1849. Many bodies were moved from the St. Louis Cemetery downtown to this burial ground. A number of the famous Busch and Lemp family of brewers are buried here.
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- The cemetery is also the resting place for several victims of the 1855 railway accident known as the Gasconade Bridge train disaster.
- The neighborhoods around the cemeteries are among the roughest in St. Louis, particularly to the immediate west and south.
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