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Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Charles Galloway

1871 - 1931

— In Memory Of —

 
 
Charles Galloway Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 21, 2012
1. Charles Galloway Marker
Inscription.

Noted Organist
Choral Conductor
Music Educator
Whose musical genius and
purity of soul are the
inspiration and priceless
heritage of an
unnumbered multitude

"The souls of the righteous
are in the hands of God"
MCMXXXII

 
Erected 1932.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicCemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 38° 41.649′ N, 90° 13.824′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Bellefontaine Cemetery. It can be reached from West Florissant Avenue. Monument is in Lot 6173 Block 87, of Bellefontaine Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4947 West Florissant Avenue, Saint Louis MO 63115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kit Bond Chestnut Grove (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless (about 500 feet away); Samuel Hawken (about 800 feet away); Rev. John R. Anderson (about 800 feet away); John B. Meachum (about 800 feet away); John Mason Peck (approx. 0.2 miles away); James M Riley (approx. 0.2 miles away); Presley and Amelia Cordell (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Louis.
 
Also see . . .
1. The History of the Organ in the United States. (Submitted on December 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Festival Hall at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis.
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Galloway was official organist. (Submitted on December 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

3. Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis MO. (Submitted on December 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Charles Galloway Marker and Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 21, 2012
2. Charles Galloway Marker and Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 914 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 25, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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