St. Louis Cemeteries - C

Cemetery Name:  Calvary

Location: 5239 W Florissant Rd.
Year Opened:  1849 (1854)
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Catholic
Number of Burials: 314598
Removals To and From:   Old Catholic, Rock Springs, Holy Trinity, French Burial Ground, St. Louis King of France,    Others
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 1
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C01
Fiche / Film: 0
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Additional Sources: "Final Resting Place" [R 977.866 A528F]
Notes: Additional land purchased from Clay Farm - 1853. First recorded burial - 1854.  1867 - incoporated as Calvary Cemetery Association. Recieved many reinternments as city expanded and cemeteries closed.  Reburial records incomplete.

Cemetery Name:  Camp Spring

Location: Jefferson and Cooper
Year Opened:  1848
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Jewish
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Removals To and From: To: New Mount Sinai (1875)
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Additional Sources: "The Cemeteries of University City"  [ R977.865 H217C]
Notes: Camp Spring one of two Jewish cemeteries at Cooper and Pratte (Jefferson) - other United Hebrew.

Cemetery Name:  Carondelet

Location: 1215 Lemay Ferry Rd.
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Type or Affiliation: Catholic / Protestant (Presbyterian)
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C03
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 262
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Notes: Originally John Sigerson's Farm Cemetery. 1849 - deeded to Carondelet.  North Side Catholic / South Side Protestant.  Today: North Side Mount Olive, South Side Oakdale Cemetery

 

 

Cemetery Name:  Carrico

Location: 13114 Spanish Pond Rd, Spanish Lake
Year Opened:  1856
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 19
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C04
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 57
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Notes: Located on private property in Spanish Lake.

Cemetery Name:  Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (Crypt)

Location: Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Ave, St. Louis, MO. 63108
Year Opened:  1946
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Type or Affiliation: Catholic
Number of Burials: 5
Removals To and From:   Cardinal Ritter removed from Calvary, Bishop Rosati removed from Vincentian House in Rome
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Additional Sources: "Final Resting Place" [R 977.866 A528F]
Notes: Burials of Archbishop May, Bishop Rosati, and Cardinals Glennon, Ritter, and Carberry.

Cemetery Name:  Centenary Methodist (3)

Location: Olive and Hanley Roads, University City (Southeast corner)
Year Opened:  1878
Year Closed:  1950
Type or Affiliation: Methodist
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Removals To and From: Ohave Shalom, Memorial Park, Bellefontaine
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 4
StLGS CD Ref. Number: W06
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Notes: AKA Wesleyan Cemetery (3)

 

 

Cemetery Name:  Central

Location: 125 Creve Coeur Ave.
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Type or Affiliation: Catholic
Number of Burials: 172
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 1
StLGS CD Ref. Number: ST21
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Notes: Adjacent to St. Martin's Catholic Church (Now St. Joseph's).  Not an archdiocesan cemetery. Land belonged to Ringrose D. Watson and given to Bishop Rosatti in 1842.  AKA Old Bonhomme Cemetery, St. Martin's Cemetery, and St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  Chesed Shel Emeth I

Location: 7570 Olive Blvd, University City
Year Opened:  1893
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Type or Affiliation: Jewish
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 357
Additional Sources: "The Cemeteries of University City"  [ R977.865 H217C]
Notes: German / Austrian / Polish. 1920s-1930s separate section for children who died from flu epidemic.   Custom of imbedding photo of deceased into monument.  Records at Rosenblum Monument.

Cemetery Name:  Chesed Shel Emeth II

Location: 650 White Road, Chesterfield
Year Opened:  1969
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Type or Affiliation: Jewish
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 377
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Notes: Chesed Shel Emeth Society purchased lots 3 and 4 of Philip Morris Estate.

 

 

Cemetery Name:  Chevra Kadisha Adas B'nai Israel

Location: 1601 North & South Rd. Vinita Park
Year Opened:  1920
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Type or Affiliation: Jewish
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 369
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Notes: Burial society - graves to the poor in 1920s. Orthodox. Started by Zichron David Shul - 2740 Dayton St. at  meeting 1920.  1967 -name changed from Chevra Kadisha.  Owner: Chevra Kadisha Adas Bnai Israel Vyeshurun Cem. Assoc.

Cemetery Name:  Chevra Kadisha Ohave Sholom

Location: 7410 Olive Blvd.
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 Spaces (Pg.): 373
Additional Sources: "The Cemeteries of University City"  [ R977.865 H217C]
Notes: AKA Ohave Shalom

Cemetery Name:  Christ Church

Location: Park St - California St. - Ohio St. - Chouteau Ave.
Year Opened:  1834
Year Closed:  1859
Type or Affiliation: Episcopal
Number of Burials: 1135
Removals To and From: From Wesleyan, Bellefontaine
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C12
Fiche / Film: 0
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Notes: One section of "strangers" - other section members of the church.  In 1885 some bodies were moved to Wesleyan and Bellefontaine Cemeteries. A few bodies went to unknown grave sites.  No burial records have been located for this cemetery.  Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County includes only 1840-59.  Sacred Green Spaces, Ann Morris, dates 1839-1859.

 

 

Cemetery Name:  City Cemetery

Location: 3200 S. 59th st. bounded by Macklin-Sublette-Fyler
Year Opened:  1833
Year Closed:  1950
Type or Affiliation: Non-Sectarian
Number of Burials: 357
Removals To and From: To: Mt Lebanon
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C15
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Notes: AKA: Potter's Field. Located behind old Poor House. Burials moved 1950 to Mt. Lebanon Cemetery at Lindbergh and St. Charles Rock Rd.

Cemetery Name:  City Cemetery

Location: In Mississippi River at Arsenal St.
Year Opened:  1861
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Type or Affiliation: Non-Sectarian
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Notes: AKA: Arsenal Island, Quarantine Island, or Small Pox Island. Acts of congress in 1812 and 1814 gave the island to the city of St. Louis. A military hospital was in operation on the island from 1861 to 1865 and confederate soldiers were buried on the island.  Many of those who died in the Cholera epidemic of 1849 were buried at City Cemetery (#2 - Benton Park) - those burials were exhumed and removed to Arsenal Island in 1865 to make way for Benton Park neighborhood.  Washed away by river.

Cemetery Name:  City Cemetery

Location: Jefferson Barracks, south of Barrack's Bridge
Year Opened:  1859
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Non-Sectarian
Number of Burials: 29
Removals To and From: 85
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: Q01
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Notes: AKA: Koch Hospital, Quarantine Burial Ground.

 

 

Cemetery Name:  City Cemetery

Location: Jefferson and Arsenal, Benton Park
Year Opened:  1833
Year Closed:  1856
Type or Affiliation: Non-Sectarian
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Removals To and From: To: Arsenal Island Cemetery
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 3
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C13
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Notes: Graves removed to Arsenal Island Cemetery to allow for construction of Benton Park neighborhood.  Burials found in Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County Vol. 2 (99) for "City Graveyard" could be associated with this cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  City Cemetery

Location: 7th and Rutger
Year Opened:  1824
Year Closed:  1852
Type or Affiliation: Non-Sectarian
Number of Burials: 2
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C14
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Notes: AKA: Rutger Graveyard. Burials removed 1852.  Burials found in Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County Vol. 2 (99) for "City Graveyard" could be associated with this cemetery. Sacred Green Spaces, Ann Morris dates 1827-1852.

Cemetery Name:  City of Valley Park Cemetery

Location: 122 Main St., Valley Park
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Type or Affiliation: Non-sectarian
Number of Burials: 49
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: V02
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Notes: AKA: Valley Park City Cemetery. Cemetery is adjacent to Sacred Heart Cemetery

 

 

Cemetery Name:  Clayton - Unknown

Location: North Side of Clayton Road, west of Henry, east of Baxter, Chesterfield
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Notes: Property owned by "Church of the Master" (1982)

Cemetery Name:  Coldwater Creek  (New)

Location: 13701 Old Halls Ferry Rd. Black Jack
Year Opened:  1886
Year Closed:  1963
Type or Affiliation: African American
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 407
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Notes: Last burial Dec 1963. Owned by Bridgeton since 1995.

Cemetery Name:  Coldwater Creek  (Old)

Location: 15380 Old Halls Ferry Rd
Year Opened:  1790s
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Non-sectarian
Number of Burials: 258
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C16
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 5
Additional Sources: A Stroll through Coldwater Cemetery,  R 977.865 D238S;  The Inscriptions in Cold Water Cemetery, R 977.865 W417I
Notes: Name changed several times: Patterson Family Burial Ground, Patterson-Piggot burial ground, Patterson-Hume Burial Ground. Entrance is found down a gravel road locate between the Pallottine Renewal Center and Old Halls Ferry Stables. Est. 1790s.  First recorded 1809 by the Patterson family. Name derived from spring fed creek that meaners through the area. Same name given to community, churches (Baptist, Methodist), school, and burial ground.   1851 -Joint meetings of Baptist and Methodists.  1886 - Plot sold 3 times - Fred Tyler, Benlon, Harris, Hume - Sold To: Henry Vincent, Louis Gasna, Wm. Cooper, Mike Francis, Wm. Brooks.  1963 - site given to DAR of Missouri. Restored by the DAR in 1976.

 

 

Cemetery Name:  Coleman

Location: Babler State Park, Wildwood
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 11
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C17
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
Notes: Located near the riding stable.

Cemetery Name:  Coleman

Location: Spiceberry Rd off Wild Horse Creek, Wildwood.
Year Opened:  1839
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 14
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C18
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
Notes: The earliest burial is 1839. William H. Coleman and wife Hardenia B. Coleman joined Antioch Baptist Church in 1844.

Cemetery Name:  Columbarium

Location: 3211 Sublette ave. St. Louis
Year Opened:  1896
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Type or Affiliation: Non-sectarian
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Notes: Located next to crematory. AKA: Hillcrest Abbey.  Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County covers 1888-1911 only.

 

 

Cemetery Name:  Compton Hill

Location: ?
Year Opened:  1881
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Type or Affiliation: Congregational  / Non-Sectarian
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Notes: Began as Congregational Church but dropped "Congregational" designation early on. Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County covers 1881-1900 only.

Cemetery Name:  Concordia

Location: 4209 Bates Ave. St. Louis
Year Opened:  1845
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Type or Affiliation: Lutheran
Number of Burials: 15234
Removals To and From: From: Evangelical Holy Cross (1856) and  Trinity
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C22
Fiche / Film: 0
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Notes: AKA: Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (1845), New Saxon Cemetery (1860), Will Cemetery.
Concordia Cemetery Map

Cemetery Name:  Conway

Location: 14698 Conway Road, Chesterfield.
Year Opened:  1802
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 27
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C23
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 1
Additional Sources: Chesterfield, Missouri Cemeteries, R 977.865 M575C
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Cemetery Name:  Cordell

Location: Unknown
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Type or Affiliation: Family
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Removals To and From: To: Hiram
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Cemetery Name:  Crescent

Location: Allen Road east of Lewis Rd. (On Pevely Farms Golf Couse)
Year Opened:  1859
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Community
Number of Burials: 180
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: C25
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Sacred Green Spaces (Pg.): 61
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Notes: AKA: Lewis Chapel.  Two stone pillars mark entrance.