For those unaware, my last entry on the Early St. Louis website noted that a memorial marker was placed at Calvary cemetery on June 20th to honor the Early Founders of St. Louis.Connie Nisinger, who has done a great deal of photographing headstones in Bellefontaine and Calvary, kindly sent me photos of the new monument.I took the names inscribed on the headstone photo, and extracted information from Frederic L. Billon's book to include the information of those persons. Some of which are: Bequet, Beaugeneau, Chouteau, Gamache, Dodier, Kiersereau, Picard etc.Note: Clicking on the photo will present a close up photo of the names on the monument. Many thanks to Connie, as always, for her photographs. A link to her Find A Grave entries for all those included on the monument is also found in the links at the bottom of the page.Hope you enjoy,Patti
I love those wonderful volunteers who photograph headstones for those far away. That's how I got every one of my photos. I have never been able to see any of them in person, not even my dad's. I cried for days after they were emailed to me. What a gift! I would be very willing to help do the same & take photos of headstones locally in Utah. My motto is share all good things. Someone did this very kind gesture for me & I want to pass it along. How do I get the word out?
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