Eternally St. Louis: Final resting places of local legends
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St. Louisans like to claim famous St. Louisans, but they don’t always choose St. Louis as their place of eternal rest. Writer Eugene Field is buried outside of Chicago. Scott Joplin is buried in Queens, N.Y. Pierre Laclede rests in an unmarked grave somewhere near the confluence of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. Phyllis Diller’s ashes were scattered at sea, and Josephine Baker is buried in Monaco.
But some lie among us at area cemeteries, and can be visited in person. Bellefontaine Cemetery offers tours of their cemetery, and Calvary Cemetery offers maps. Here’s a virtual visit to just some of the area’s more famous graves.
— by Valerie Schremp Hahn
James Eads: May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887
Robert Wadlow: Feb. 22, 1918-July 15, 1940
Mickey Carroll: July 8, 1919-May 7, 2009
Chief Pontiac: circa 1720-April 20, 1769
Henry Shaw: July 24, 1800-Aug. 25, 1889
Chuck Berry: Oct. 18, 1926-March 18, 2017
Kate Chopin: Feb. 8, 1850-Aug. 22, 1904
Susan Blow: June 7, 1843-March 26, 1916
Irma Rombauer: Oct. 30, 1877-Oct. 14, 1962
William Clark: Aug. 1, 1770-Sept. 1, 1838
Dred Scott: circa 1799-Sept. 17, 1858
James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell: May 17, 1903-March 7, 1991
Auguste Chouteau circa 1750-Feb. 24, 1829
Stanley Musial: Nov. 21, 1920-Jan. 19, 2013
William S. Burroughs: Feb. 5, 1914-Aug. 2, 1997
Homer G. Phillips: April 1, 1880-June 18, 1931
Tennessee Williams: March 26, 1911– February 25, 1983
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