Ann Clark Thruston

Thomas Hart Benton

1782–1858 (age 76)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Prominent U.S. Senator who championed western expansion and the Homestead Act.

Henry Miller Shreve

1785–1851 (age 66)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Henry Miller Shreve was an American riverboat captain and engineer who pioneered steamboat navigation on the Mississippi...

Richard Barnes Mason

1797–1850 (age 53)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Richard Barnes Mason was an American military officer and territorial governor from Lexington who lived from 1797 to 185...

William Sublette

1799–1845 (age 46)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

William Sublette was an American fur trader and mountain man who was instrumental in opening the fur trade routes in the...

William Chauvenet

1820–1870 (age 50)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

William Chauvenet was an American mathematician and astronomer who founded the U.S. Naval Academy's astronomical observa...

Manuel Lisa

1772–1820 (age 48)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Manuel Lisa (1772-1820) was a New Orleans-based merchant and fur trader active in early American commerce.