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Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum - 5239 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis, MO 63115
 
 
Calvary Cemetery - St. Louis, MO
 

Nestled among forest trees and roads that meanders softly through the rolling terrain, Calvary Cemetery was officially established in 1857. It had come into need when the burial grounds of the old Catholics were being abandoned to make room for the living. The cemetery now consists of over 477 acres which include land purchased on the west side of Bellefontaine Road and north of Bellefontaine Cemetery. Many burials of the early, noble, and prominent St. Louisans are laid to rest here with stately monuments and substantial tombs.

 
 
 
Thanks to all who've shared their photos, and a very special thanks to Connie Nisinger for all she's contributed ...
 
PLEASE NOTE: This is a work in progress, but in completion will not be a complete list of burials at Calvary (or burials of each surname), but rather some of the earlier burials relative to Joshua's associations with these families. An * indicates date of burial.

Those early founders of St. Louis who were honored on a marker recently erected at the cemetery (June 2009) are noted in brown and all link to the same marker.

Names in left hand column link to the cemetery photo (if available) and further information of the individual. For a much more complete list of burials at Calvary, visit the outside link to Catholic Cemeteries of Archdiocese of St. Louis (link at bottom of page).

 
NAME BORN DIED NOTES OF RELATION
(Adams), Georgiana 16 Dec 1861 08 Mar 1936 Daughter of John and Georgiana (McDougall); wife of Benoist C. Pallen
Alton, Elizabeth May 1830 Apr 1900 Wife of Anthony S. Robinson
Bates, Charles Frederick 24 Nov 1853 05 Jul 1936 Husband of Ann "Nancy" Beale Maffitt
Bates, Nancy Maffitt 15 Dec 1895 22 Jan 1969 Daughter of Charles F. Bates and Nancy B. (Maffitt); wife of Wm. Geoffrey Kimball
Belin, Ann 08 Nov 1797 26 Dec 1886 Wife of General Charles Gratoit
Benoist, Anne Eliza 29 Jun 1838 May 1897 Daughter of Louis A. Benoist and Esther A. (Hackney); wife of Dr. Montrose A. Pallen
Benoist, Condé Louis 05 Oct 1846 18 Apr 1916 Son of Louis A. Benoist and Esther A. (Hackney); husband of Clemence C. (Christy)
Benoist, Eugene Hunt 01 Apr 1852 25 May 1938 Son of Louis A. Benoist and Sarah E. (Wilson); huband of Elmira (Lee)
Benoist, Helen Amanda 05 Aug 1857 28 Nov 1937 Daughter of Louis A. Benoist and Sarah E. (Wilson); wife of John Francis Carton
Benoist, Leo de Smet 18 Mar 1864 14 Aug 1881 Son of Louis A. Benoist and Sarah E. (Wilson)
Benoist, Louis Augusta 13 May 1858 30 Dec 1907 Son of Louis A. Benoist and Sarah E. (Wilson)
Benoist, Louis Auguste 13 Aug 1803 16 Jan 1867 Son of Francois M. Benoist and Catherine (Sanguinet); wives - Eliza Barton; Esther Hackney; Sarah Wilson
Benoist, Marie Blanche 25 Oct 1872 25 Dec 1942 Daughter of Condé L. Benoist and Clemence (Christy)
(Benoist), Marie Clemence 10 Dec 1855 24 Oct 1944 Daughter of Louis A. Benoist and Sarah E. (Wilson); wife of Charles A. Faris
Benoist, Theodore 02 Apr 1861 04 Nov 1925 Son of Louis A. Benoist and Sarah E. (Wilson); husband of Mary (Hunt)
Benoist, Wilson Anthony 12 Oct 1898 12 Nov 1949 Son of Theodore Benoist and Mary (Hunt)
Bourgeois, Marie Therese 14 Jan 1733 14 Aug 1814 Wife of Rene' Auguste Chouteau; common law wife of Pierre Laclède
Brooks, Florence Mead 12 May 1843 23 Feb 1928 Daughter of Augustus Brooks and Mary (Everett); wife of Wm Clark Kennerly
Cabanné, Jean P. 18 Oct 1773 27 Jun 1841 Son of Jean; husband of Julia Gratiot
Cabanné, John Charles 04 Nov 1806 17 Jul 1854 Son of Jean P. and Julia (Gratiot); husband of Virgina Eliot Carr
Cabanné, John P. 16 Jan 1869 20 Oct 1947 Son of Joseph Charless Cabanné and Sunie (Mitchell)
Cabanné, Joseph Charless 16 Oct 1846 17 Mar 1922 Son of John "Charles" Cabanné and Virginia Carr; grandson of Jean Pierre Cabanné.
Cabanné, Julius Goode 03 Dec 1878 02 May 1924 Son of Sarpy C. Cabanné and Julia (Goode)
(Carr), Virginia Eliot 08 Dec 1816 Mar 1899 Daughter of William Chiles Carr and Anna Maria (Eliot); wife of John C. Cabanné
Chauvin, Lucille Manette 07 Apr 1860 15 Aug 1933 Daughter of Robert Sylvestre Chauvin and Martha (Moore); wife of Pierre Chouteau
Chénié, Julia 15 Jan 1841 18 Jul 1922 Daughter of Antonine Leon Chénié and Julie De Mun; wife of James S. Cabanné
Chouteau, Colonel Auguste 26 Sep 1750 24 Feb 1829 Son of René Auguste Chouteau and Marie Therese (Bourgeois); husband of Marie Therese Cerré
Chouteau, Benedict P. 22 Feb 1833 15 Aug 1834 Son of Francois G. Chouteau and Bernice (Menard)
Chouteau, Charles Gratiot 21 Jan 1861 03 Jul 1861 Son of Charles Pierre Chouteau and Julia (Gratiot)
Chouteau, Charles Pierre 02 Dec 1819 05 Jan 1901 Son of John Pierre "Cadet" Chouteau & Emilie (Gratiot); husband of Julia Augusta Gratiot
Chouteau, Emilie Ann 01 Oct 1846 22 Jan 1894 Daughter of Charles Pierre Chouteau and Julia (Gratiot); wife of John Marsh Henshaw
Chouteau, Francois G. 07 Feb 1797 18 Apr 1838 Son of J. Pierre Chouteau and Brigitte (Saucier); husband of Bernice Menard
Chouteau, Gabriel Sylvestre 31 Dec 1794 18 Jun 1887 Son of Auguste Chouteau and Marie Therese Cerré
Chouteau, Gratiot 10 Nov 1853 12 Dec 1858 Son of Charles Pierre Chouteau and Julia (Gratiot)
Chouteau, Henry Belin 12 Oct 1857 25 May 1922 Son of Charles Pierre Chouteau and Julia (Gratiot)
Chouteau, Jean "Pierre" 10 Oct 1758 10 Jul 1849 Son of Pierre Laclède & Marie Therese (Bourgeois); husband of Pelagie Kiersereau; 2nd Brigitte (Saucier)
Chouteau, John Pierre "Cadet" 19 Jan 1789 09 Sep 1865 Son of John Pierre Chouteau and Pelagie (Kiersereau); husband of Emilie Gratiot
Chouteau, Julia 28 Feb 1816 02 Jul 1897 Daughter of John Pierre "Cadet" and Emilie (Gratiot); wife of William Maffitt
Chouteau, Louis A. 27 Feb 1825 17 Nov 1825 Son of Francois G. Chouteau and Bernice (Menard)
Chouteau, Louis S. 16 Feb 1827 13 Jul 1829 Son of Francois G. Chouteau and Bernice (Menard)
Chouteau, Lucille Manette 30 Oct 1883 01 Aug 1927 Daughter of Pierre Chouteau and Lucille Manette (Chauvin)
Chouteau, Mary Victoria 24 Sep 1851 1852 Daughter of Charles Pierre Chouteau and Julia (Gratiot)
Chouteau, Pierre 30 Jul 1849 21 Nov 1910 Son of Charles Pierre Chouteau and Julia (Gratiot); husband of Lucille Manette Chauvin
(Chouteau), Victoire 23 Mar 1764 15 Jun 1825 Daughter of Pierre Laclède & Marie Therese (Bourgeois); wife of Charles Gratiot
(Christy), Clemence C. 1852 Feb 1931 Daughter of James Christy and Amanda E. (Curtis); wife of Condé L. Benoist
Curtis, Amanda Eugenie 09 Jan 1830 19 Mar 1919 Daughter of Cyrus Curtis and Sophia A. (Benoist); wife of James Christy
de Reilhe, Marguerite Susanne 29 Jan 1787 17 Jun 1863 Daughter of Antoine and Stella (Camp); wife of Governor Alexander McNair
Dorsey, Eugenia Wells 15 Sep 1858 13 Apr 1933 Daughter of Plutrach H. Dorsey and Olivia (Williamson); wife of Anthony S. Robinson
Faris, Charles A. 29 Apr 1841 21 May 1904 Son of William Faris and Athenaise (Charleville); husband of Marie Clemence (Benoist)
Glasgow, Edward James 07 Jun 1820 07 Jun 1908 William Glasgow and Sarah (Mitchell); Husband of Harriet Clark Kennerly [NO HEADSTONE]
Glasgow, Julian Kennerly 07 Nov 1861 04 Mar 1932 Son of Edward J. Glasgow and Harriet Clark (Kennerly)
(Goode), Julia 25 May 1850 17 Sep 1913 Daughter of George W. and Frances (Wash); wife of Sarpy C. Cabanné
Gratiot, Charles 28 Jun 1754 20 Apr 1817 Husband of Victoire (Chouteau)
Gratiot, Charles 29 Aug 1797 18 May 1855 Son of Charles Gratiot and Victoire (Chouteau); husband of Ann Belin
(Gratiot), Emelie A. 30 Oct 1792 24 Aug 1862 Daughter of Charles Gratiot and Victoire (Chouteau); wife of "Cadet" Chouteau
(Gratiot), Julia 24 Jul 1782 14 Apr 1852 Daughter of Charles and Victoire (Chouteau); wife of Jean P. Cabanné
(Gratiot), Julia Augusta 24 Sep 1824 03 Aug 1895 Daughter of Charles and Anna (Belin); wife of Charles Pierre Chouteau
Hackney, Esther A. (1811) 29 Aug 1848 Daughter of Aaron Hackney and Mary (Klans); 2nd wife of Louis A. Benoist
Haines, William 05 Nov 1829 17 Sep 1902 Son of Samuel and Ann (Longnecker); husband of Abbie Frances Kennerly
Henshaw, Ashbel Burnam 12 Oct 1878 28 Nov 1894 Son of John Marsh Henshaw and Emilie Ann (Chouteau)
Henshaw, Margaret Mary 02 Sep 1875 13 Mar 1877 Daughter of John Marsh Henshaw and Emilie Ann (Chouteau)
Hunt, Mary 12 Nov 1865 12 Jul 1932 Daughter of Charles L. Hunt and Mary; wife of Theodore Benoist
Hunt, Theodore P. 02 Jul 1780 21 Jun 1832 Naval officer and agent of the Astor Fur Co.; 1st husband and Ann Lucas
Kennerly, Abbie Frances 03 Apr 1838 24 Feb 1920 Daughter of George Hancock Kennerly and Alzire (Menard): wife of William Haines
Kennerly, Aline Irwin 25 Mar 1867 18 Nov 1964 Daughter of William Clark Kennerly and Florence Mead (Brooks)
Kennerly, Bessie Everitt 17 May 1872 16 May 1976 Daughter of William Clark Kennerly and Florence Mead (Brooks); wife of Daniel R. Russell
Kennerly, Harriet Clark 02 Aug 1829 03 Feb 1898 Daughter of James Kennerly and Eliza Maria (Saugrain); wife of Edward James Glasgow [No Headstone]
Kennerly, William Clark 02 Nov 1824 06 Sep 1912 Son of James Kennerly and Eliza Maria (Saugrain); husband of Florence M. Brooks
Kimball, William Geoffrey 08 Sep 1888 05 Nov 1958 Husband of Nancy Bates
Lucas, Anne 23 Sep 1796 12 Apr 1879 Daughter of J.B.C. Lucas and Ann (Sebin); wife of Theodore Hunt; wife of Wilson P. Hunt
Lucas, Judge J.B.C. 14 Aug 1758 17 Aug 1842 Father of Charles, who was killed in a duel with Thomas Benton at Bloody Island in 1817.
Lucas, James H. 12 Nov 1800 06 Nov 1876 Son of J.B.C. Lucas and Ann (Sebin); husband of Mary E. Desruisseaux
Maffitt, Ann "Nancy" Beale 03 Sep 1857 03 Jul 1928 Daughter of William Maffitt and Julia (Chouteau); wife of Charles F. Bates
Maffitt, Charles C. 17 Feb 1852 23 Mar 1900 Son of William Maffitt and Julia (Chouteau)
Maffitt, William C. 22 Aug 1847 11 May 1914 Son of Dr. William Maffitt and Julia A. (Chouteau)
Mc Nair, Governor Alexander 05 May 1775 18 Mar 1826 First governor of state of Missouri; husband of Marguerite S. de Reilhe
Menard, Alzire 30 Sep 1804 09 Dec 1886 Daughter of Pierre Menard and Therese (Godin); wife of George Hancock Kennerly
Michau, Eugenia Rosalie 23 Jul 1776 13 Jul 1860 Daughter of Jean Michau and Jeanne G.R.(Chevallier); wife of Dr. Antoine Saugrain
Noonan, Edward 20 Dec 1852 23 Sep 1927 Mayor of St. Louis from 1889-1893; husband of Margaret Brennan
Pallen, Benoist Condé 05 Dec 1858 26 May 1929 Son of Montrose A. Pallen and Ann E. (Benoist); husband of Georgiana (Adams)
Pallen, Dr. Montrose Anderson 02 Jan 1836 01 Oct 1890 Son of Moses Montrose Pallen and Janet; husband of Ann Eliza (Benoist)
Pallen, Montrose Benoist 04 Feb 1906 10 Feb 1906 Son of Benoist Condé Pallen and Georgianna (Adams)
Pratte, Bernard A. 17 Dec 1803 10 Aug 1886 Son of General Bernard Pratte and Emelie (Labbadie); husband of Mary "Louise" Chénié
Robinson, Anthony Saugrain 12 Feb 1855 21 Feb 1945 Son of Anthony S. Robinson and Elizabeth May (Alton); husband of Eugenia Wells Dorsey
Robinson, Edward Hamilton 22 Dec 1885 16 Jan 1936 Son of Anthony S. Robinson and Eugenia Wells (Dorsey); husband of Ruth Carroll
Robinson, Harriet 1815 17 Jan 1876 Slave owned by Major Lawrence Taliaferro, Indian agent for the territory; wife of Dred Scott
Robinson, Joseph Matthew 09 Mar 1859 21 Jul 1941 Son of Anthony S. Robinson and Elizabeth May (Alton)
Robinson, John Hamilton Nov 1870 1908 Son of Anthony S. Robinson and Elizabeth May (Alton)
Robinson, Sophie Eugenia 23 Oct 1853 26 Apr 1919 Daughter of Anthony S. Robinson and Elizabeth May (Alton)
Russell, Daniel R. 16 Dec 1863 09 Apr 1915 Son of Trumball Gustine Russell and Julia; husband of Bessie E. Kennerly
Sanford, Benjamin C. 16 May 1835 17 Oct 1893 Son of John F.A. Sanford and Emilie (Chouteau); husband of Louise Berthold
Sanford, Benjamin C. 06 Oct 1880 18 Jan 1905 Son of Benjamin C. Sanford and Louise (Berthold)
Sanford, Irene C. 11 May 1878 25 Dec 1945 Daughter of Benjamin C. Sanford and Louise (Berthold); see photo for marital information
Sanguinet, Marie Ann Catherine 02 Feb 1781 08 Dec 1859 Daughter of Charles Sanguinet and Marie A. (Condé); wife of Francois M. Benoist
Saucier, Brigitte 09 Jun 1778 18 May 1829 Daughter of Francois Saucier and Angelique La Penseé; wife of J. Pierre Chouteau
Scott, Dred (1799) 17 Sep 1858 Slave owned by the Peter Blow family who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
Taylor, Charles Hunt About 1846 04 Aug 1864* Son of William C. Taylor & Mary Larned (Kennerly)
Taylor, Mary "Mae" L. 07 Jun 1853 23 Nov 1937 Daughter of William C. Taylor and Mary Larned (Kennerly); wife of Dr. Frederick Clark
Turner, James Lucas 22 Oct 1877 02 Feb 1925 Son of James Lucas Turner and Bertha Gabriella (Chouteau); husband of Lucille Manette Chouteau
Wilson, Sarah E. 25 Nov 1830 19 Jan 1872 Daughter of John; 3rd wife of Louis A. Benoist; she married (2) James Murrin
 
 
Cemetery Index
Diagram of the Chouteau Plot in Calvary
Calvary Cemetery - Archdiocese of St. Louis (Outside Link)
Early St. Louis Founder's Memorial Marker Erected 2009 - Find A Grave by Connie Nisinger
 
 

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