About Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 is a cemetery near New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It was established in 1823. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 75000856). Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Pierre Nord Alexis, Earl King and Danny Barker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2774700. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Louis Cemetery Number One, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral in New Orleans, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Orleans Parish, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orleans Parish dates to 1789. 1 of the 48 listings in Orleans Parish have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Orleans. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2
Among them: 8 musicians, 3 architects, 2 US representatives, 2 War of 1812 veterans, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 Mexican-American War veteran.
- Pierre Nord Alexis1820-1910President of Haiti
- Earl King1932-2003American songwriter and guitarist
- Danny Barker1909-1994American jazz musician
- Pierre Soulé1801-1870American politician
- Lorenzo Tio1893-1933American clarinetist
- Robert B. Elliott1842-1884African American lawyer, politician, civil rights leader
- Henriette DeLille1813-1862American nun
- Jacques Villeré1761-1830American politician
- Dominique You1775-1830Privateer, soldier, and politician
- Paul Barbarin1899-1969American musician
- Billie Pierce1907-1974American jazz pianist and singer
- Albert G. Blanchard1810-1891Confederate Army general
Show all 28 notable burials
- Carleton Hunt1836-1921American politician
- Walter "Fats" Pichon1906-1967New Orleans jazz musician
- Francois Xavier Martin1762-1846American politician
- François Fleischbein1804-1868German American painter, daguerreotypist, and ambrotypist
- Kid Rena1898-1949American musician
- James Freret1838-1897American architect
- Rodolphe Desdunes1849-1928American civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist
- Ernest Joseph Cagnolatti1911-1983American jazz musician
- Nicholas Girod1751-1840American politician
- Charles Genois1793-1866American politician (c. 1793-1866); mayor of New Orleans from 1838 to 1840
- Pierre Benjamin Buisson1793-1874French-American general and architect, 1793-1874
- Antoine Dubuclet1810-1887American politician
- Amable Charbonnet1790-18321st Sergeant Fourth Regiment (Morgan’s) Louisiana Militia - War of 1812, also merchant and shipowner.
- Claude Treme1759-1828Plantation owner, hat maker, real estate developer and murderer in the 19th century who developed Faubourg Tremé in New Orleans
- Jacques-Nicolas Bussière De Pouilly1805-1875French and American architect
- Pierre Francois DuBourg1767-18301767-1830
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
29.96055, -90.07567
What Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One425 Basin Street, New Orleans, LA · est. 1789Cemetery0.3 mi
- Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis King of France CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery0.7 mi
- Girod Cemetery (historical)New Orleans, LACemetery0.9 mi
- Mandeville CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery1.3 mi
- Lincoln Cemetery (historical)New Orleans, LACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Roch Cemetery 1New Orleans, LACemetery1.7 mi
- Oliver CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Roch Cemetery 2New Orleans, LACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3New Orleans, LACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Joseph Cemetery Number 2New Orleans, LACemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2
- Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral0.5 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 581-4411
- Professional Funeral Services0.8 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 948-7447
- Jazz Funeral0.9 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 412-9561
- Duplain W Rhodes Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 822-7162
- Littlejohn Funeral Home LLC1.3 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 940-0045
- Professional Funeral Services1.4 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 948-7447
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