James F. Merton

1843–1900 (age 57)

Biography

James F. Merton, born in 1843, came of age as the nation grew and leaned on the ties of family and community that grounded him in the Bellefontaine area.

Visitors to Bellefontaine Cemetery still speak of him with gratitude for the steady kindness he showed his neighbors.

Also buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery

Eberhard Anheuser
1805–1880 (age 75)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Father-in-law of Adolphus Busch and president of Eberhard Anheuser and Company, predecessor of Anheuser-Busch.
Trusten Polk
1811–1876 (age 65)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Trusten Polk was a Missouri politician and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator and governor.
Given Campbell
1835–1906 (age 71)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Confederate officer.
John Miller
1781–1846 (age 65)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
John Miller was an American military officer and politician from Martinsburg.
William Seward Burroughs
1857–1898 (age 41)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Inventor of the mechanical calculator and founder of Burroughs Corporation.
William Carr Lane
1789–1863 (age 74)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
William Carr Lane was a Missouri pioneer, politician, and territorial governor from Fayette County who lived from 1789 t...