St. Louis Cemeteries and Burials

Cemetery Name:  Oak Hill

Location: 10305 Big Bend Rd, Kirkwood
Year Opened:  1868
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Non-sectarian
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
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StLGS CD Ref. Number: 458
Fiche / Film: 0
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Notes: Open and Active.   Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County covers through 1927.

Cemetery Name:  Oakdale

Location: 3900 Mt. Olive Rd Lemay
Year Opened:  1849
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Protestant
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O01
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 81
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Notes: AKA: Sigerson, AKA: Mt. Olive.  Originally established as Sigerson Cemetery by John Sigerson.  1849 deeded to Carondelet. Later split into two cemeteries which were renamed Mt. Olive and Oakdale - Mt. Olive North Half - Catholic / Oakdale South Half - Protestant.

Cemetery Name:  Odd Fellows

Location: 9955 S. Broadway (126 Ellen Ave, St. Louis)
Year Opened:  1881
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Society
Number of Burials: 1139
Removals To and From: To: Bellefontaine
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O04
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Notes: AKA: South County Memorial Gardens.

Cemetery Name:  O'Fallon

Location: 10th St. between Washington - O'Fallon  (9th and Franklin)
Year Opened:  1835
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Non-sectarian
Number of Burials: 2
Removals To and From: To: Bellefontaine
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O05
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Cemetery Name:  Ohave Sholom

Location: 7410 Olive Rd, University City
Year Opened:  1949
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Type or Affiliation: Jewish
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 3
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O07
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 373
Additional Sources: "The Cemeteries of University City"  [ R977.865 H217C]
Notes: AKA: Chevra Kadisha Ohave Sholom

Cemetery Name:  Old Bonhomme

Location: 14483 Conway Rd, Chesterfield
Year Opened:  1841
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Presbyterian
Number of Burials: 141
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O09
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 105
Additional Sources: Chesterfield, Missouri Cemeteries, R 977.865 M575C
Notes: Est.  by the Presbyterian Church on land donated by Josephy Conway.

Cemetery Name:  Old Bonhomme Township

Location: Old Bonhomme Rd, west of Price.
Year Opened:  
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Type or Affiliation: Catholic
Number of Burials: 1
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O20
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Cemetery Name:  Old Catholic

Location: 7th - Washington - 8th - Locust
Year Opened:  1824
Year Closed:  1851
Type or Affiliation: Catholic / Public
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Removals To and From: TO: Rock Springs, Calvary
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 1
StLGS CD Ref. Number: F12
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 11
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Notes: No known records exist for this cemetery. Public Cemetery opened when cemetery at Old Cathedral was closed.  Non-Catholics buried in 20' strip around border of cemetery. Mercantile Trust Tower Bld. was built on site.  Closed 1851 during cholera epidemic.  AKA: French Burial Ground

Cemetery Name:  Old Catholic

Location: Market St between Broadway and 2nd     (3rd and Walnut)
Year Opened:  Late 1700s
Year Closed:  1824
Type or Affiliation: Catholic
Number of Burials: 2473
Removals To and From: TO: Calvary, Mt. Olive
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 1
StLGS CD Ref. Number: ST45
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Notes: AKA: St. Louis King of France. Bodies moved several times with propable final resting place Calvary or Mt. Olive.

Cemetery Name:  Old Picker's (New)

Location: 7212 Gravois Road
Year Opened:  1856
Year Closed:  1996
Type or Affiliation: United Church of Christ
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 4
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O15
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Notes: Located on south side of Gravois, cemetery was the second "Picker's" cemetery property.  Originally known as Independent Evangelical Protestant Cemetery. Later names include New Picker's, Old Picker's, St. Louis Memorial Gardens, Gatewood Gardens. Founded by Independent Evenagelical Protestant Church. Opened 1856. Closed 1996. See: PastPorts Newsletter, February 2013 and St. Louis County Library Finding aid to Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  Old Picker's (Old)

Location: Compton - Wyoming - Louisiana - Arsenal
Year Opened:  1845
Year Closed:  1917
Type or Affiliation: United Church of Christ
Number of Burials: 3950
Removals To and From: To: New Picker's (Old) AKA - Gatewood Memorial Gardens
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 4
StLGS CD Ref. Number: H19
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Notes: AKA: "Old Picker's Cemetery" after Rev. Frederick Picker. The St. Louis Board of Education purchased the land for future Roosevelt High School.  Removals to first New Picker's Cemetery - part of Gatewood Memorials Gardens.   Handwritten orginal records in collections of Eden Theological Seminary.

Cemetery Name:  Olive Street - Unnamed

Location: Olive Street road, east of 141
Year Opened:  Unknown
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Type or Affiliation: Unknown
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Cemetery Name:  Ossenfort-Bouquet-Schuttner

Location: Ossenfort Rd, Wildwood
Year Opened:  1883
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 17
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O16
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
Notes: AKA: Bouquet, Schuttner.

Cemetery Name:  Our Redeemer

Location: 8551 Brinker Ave. Affton
Year Opened:  1915
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Lutheran and Non-Sectarian
Number of Burials: 3666
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: O17
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 240
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