A few days back Gail asked about Wesleyan, thought this might answer some of her questions. Bill The Final Resting Place is almost a joke. The Wesleyan Cemeteries are a great illustration of cemetery relocations beginning in 1840 some of these bodies were moved at least 3 times, maybe more. Once form their funeral then at least twice after that. Augustie Chouteau the founder of the City of St. Louis was moved 3 times and he owned the land he was first buried on. Cardinal Ritter specified that he wanted to be buried in the Diocese owned priests lot at Calvary Cemetery, he was initially, the now Cardinal Rigalli relocated his remains to the New Cathedral. I wonder how much of the body is really left since skeletal parts are lost during each exhumation, case in point the football field at Roosevelt High School is on the former Pickers Cemetery and as time goes by skeletal parts eventually work to the surface. When a cemetery is in the way of progress it is relocated, or becomes in some cases a Passive Park. Two examples of this are Old St. Marcus on Gravois and The Spanish Land Grant Park in Florissant. Bodies are still buried there, but there was no money available for the relocation. Depending on the amount of money available the relocations may take several forms: Grave by Grave removal and relocation to another cemetery. Grave removals and reburials in mass graves. During the second relocation (for airport expansion) of Washington Park the individual graves were opened the remains place in new caskets, earth capsules and then into an outer vault and reburied in another cemetery after identification. During this relocation effort a mass grave was uncovered which contained the remains from a previous relocation. Bridgeton Memorial (the oldest cemetery in the area) was relocated within the last few years to make way for the airport expansion. For the Hy 70 project parts of 3 cemeteries were relocated in this are, how many more across the country would probably be a thesis project. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// The following was extracted from a list of cemeteries by Kathy Smith and Keith Zimmer Wesleyan Cemetery (#2, Laclede & Market, west of Grand. Several hundred Union soldiers buried there later moved to Jefferson Barracks, other graves moved to Wesleyan Cemetery at Olive and Hanley in 1878; 1851-1878) Wesleyan Lutheran Cemetery (#3, aka New Wesleyan Cemetery, se corner Olive near Hanley, University City, Central Twp, , moved in 1952 to Memorial Park; early Chinese-American held Section in northwest corner; remains removed to China when cemetery closed; est. 1878-1952? Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery (#1, Franklin Ave. and 23rd St.; 3 cemeteries of this name, this is the first, includes numerous slaves & Free Black, 1840-1860) Compiled by Kathy Smith History & Genealogy Dept. and Keith Zimmer Periodicals & Microfilms Dept. October 2000 Revised February 2001

Wow!!! What a history lesson! It is awful that remains are treated so. Jerri ----- Original Message ----- From: kimbuc4@juno.com<mailto:kimbuc4@juno.com> To: mo-cemeteries@rootsweb.com<mailto:mo-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:58 PM Subject: [MO-CEMETERIES] Wesleyan Cem. A few days back Gail asked about Wesleyan, thought this might answer some of her questions. Bill The Final Resting Place is almost a joke. The Wesleyan Cemeteries are a great illustration of cemetery relocations beginning in 1840 some of these bodies were moved at least 3 times, maybe more. Once form their funeral then at least twice after that. Augustie Chouteau the founder of the City of St. Louis was moved 3 times and he owned the land he was first buried on. Cardinal Ritter specified that he wanted to be buried in the Diocese owned priests lot at Calvary Cemetery, he was initially, the now Cardinal Rigalli relocated his remains to the New Cathedral. I wonder how much of the body is really left since skeletal parts are lost during each exhumation, case in point the football field at Roosevelt High School is on the former Pickers Cemetery and as time goes by skeletal parts eventually work to the surface. When a cemetery is in the way of progress it is relocated, or becomes in some cases a Passive Park. Two examples of this are Old St. Marcus on Gravois and The Spanish Land Grant Park in Florissant. Bodies are still buried there, but there was no money available for the relocation. Depending on the amount of money available the relocations may take several forms: Grave by Grave removal and relocation to another cemetery. Grave removals and reburials in mass graves. During the second relocation (for airport expansion) of Washington Park the individual graves were opened the remains place in new caskets, earth capsules and then into an outer vault and reburied in another cemetery after identification. During this relocation effort a mass grave was uncovered which contained the remains from a previous relocation. Bridgeton Memorial (the oldest cemetery in the area) was relocated within the last few years to make way for the airport expansion. For the Hy 70 project parts of 3 cemeteries were relocated in this are, how many more across the country would probably be a thesis project. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// The following was extracted from a list of cemeteries by Kathy Smith and Keith Zimmer Wesleyan Cemetery (#2, Laclede & Market, west of Grand. Several hundred Union soldiers buried there later moved to Jefferson Barracks, other graves moved to Wesleyan Cemetery at Olive and Hanley in 1878; 1851-1878) Wesleyan Lutheran Cemetery (#3, aka New Wesleyan Cemetery, se corner Olive near Hanley, University City, Central Twp, , moved in 1952 to Memorial Park; early Chinese-American held Section in northwest corner; remains removed to China when cemetery closed; est. 1878-1952? Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery (#1, Franklin Ave. and 23rd St.; 3 cemeteries of this name, this is the first, includes numerous slaves & Free Black, 1840-1860) Compiled by Kathy Smith History & Genealogy Dept. and Keith Zimmer Periodicals & Microfilms Dept. October 2000 Revised February 2001 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message