respected photographers who worked in team as The Parrish Sisters; also members of the early 20th century artistic group The Potters John Mason Peck (1789–1858), Baptist missionary, educator and journalist Hannah D. Pittman (1840–1919), author of the first American comic opera. Truston Polk (1811–1876), U.S. Senator (1857–1862) & 12th Governor of the State of Missouri John Pope (1822–1892), Union Army general in the Civil War, known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run Sterling Price (1809–1867), Confederate Army major general during the Civil War, U.S. Army brigadier general during the Mexican–American War, 11th Governor of the State of Missouri John G. Priest (1822–1900), real estate dealer, philanthropist, first St. Louis Veiled Prophet James McIlvaine Riley (1849–1911), co-founder of Sigma Nu International Fraternity Caroline Risque (1883–1952), American painter and sculptor, member of The Potters Irma S. Rombauer (1877–1962), author of The Joy of Cooking Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1851), steamboat pioneer, inventor, and namesake of Shreveport, Louisiana Luther Ely Smith (1873–1951), founder of Gateway Arch National Park Theodore Spiering (1871–1925), violinist, conductor, and teacher Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and member of The Potters Augustus Thomas (1857–1934), playwright M. Louise Thomas (1851–1947), founder of Lenox Hall, St. Louis John H. Tice (1809–1883), weather predictor, writer, and educator Susan Paul Vashon (1838–1912), educator, abolitionist and clubwoman George Graham Vest (1830–1904), U.S. Senator, Confederate Congressman, U.S. Congressman from Missouri Ellis Wainwright (1850–1924), businessman; famous for the Wainwright Building in downtown St. Louis; buried in Louis Sullivan's 1892 Wainwright Tomb with his wife, Charlotte Rosa Kershaw Walker (1840s-1909), author, journalist, editor See also List of United States cemeteries List of mausoleums Wainwright Tomb Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis) Fort Belle Fontaine References Further reading Carol Ferring Shepley, Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2008 External links Bellefontaine Cemetery Website Bellefontaine Cemetery, Find a Grave History of St. Louis Cemeteries in St. Louis Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri 1849 establishments in Missouri National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis Rural cemeteries Tourist attractions in St. Louis Buildings and structures in St. Louis