Dingledine Cemetery

When my parents moved to St. Peters, Missouri from El Paso, Texas in 1981 due to my dad getting a job in St. Louis, they encountered some unusual names they had never heard before. Perhaps one that my mom found the most humorous from a phonological standpoint is the name “Dingledine.” The local family of German descent settled on a farm near Harvester and their name is enshrined in the local road and the family cemetery. I am including photos that I have taken at the cemetery. My original goal in documenting cemeteries in St. Charles County, Missouri, was to promote historical and genealogical research at the St. Charles County Historical Society. With a small cemetery such as this, it should not be too difficult to do a deep dive on each individual. A larger cemetery, obviously, would take more time to do a detailed listing of online resources. The idea is to use the cemetery data as a gateway to find information that is helpful for historical and genealogical researchers. Below is a list of burials in Dingledine Cemetery with additional information.

Dingledine Road

St. Charles, Missouri

III: 2 – Adam Dingledine Cemetery – visited by Lucille Wiechens in 1987

Mary Johnson McElhiney, Gone But Not Forgotten, 63

Located on Dingledine Road in St. Charles, near Towers Rd – southeast of Harvester – 13 stones and 1 grave with no marker – the unmarked grave is in a location that would suggest that it is a Heisel infant. The 1900 U.S. Census supports this hypothesis.

Visited by Justin Watkins and Lucille Wiechens, 3 March 2011

Lucille took notes and pictures and I also took notes, but no pictures

Justin Watkins revisited and photographed the cemetery, 17 August 2017 and 24 March 2026; for more information on the cemetery see SCCHS File 900.0003.053; the purchase of the farm appears in Deed Book I-J, p. 256.

St. Charles County Deed Book I-J, pp. 256-257, 9 October 1833, Deed records,; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-SB4F, Family Search Film # 008196755

The cemetery is part of Horseshoe Creek Subdivision, Plat Three, as seen in Plat Book 36, p. 165; note that the cemetery had grass growing in it in 2017, but by 2026 the grass had been replaced by rocks; also note that the fence was replaced between 2017 and 2026; also new is a phone number to contact for information concerning Dingledine Family Cemetery; Dingledine Family Cemetery – St. Charles, Missouri – Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com; Dingledine Family Cemetery in Saint Charles, Missouri – Find a Grave Cemetery

The Dingledine family were members of St. John United Church of Christ in St. Charles, Missouri. At least one was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Harvester, Missouri. The Heisel family were members of St. John United Church of Christ in Cottleville. Some of the individuals’ names can also be found in the D binder of the Baue Funeral Records at the St. Charles County Historical Society. SCCHS also has a burial index for St. John UCC, St. Charles. See also the Dingledine Family File (Family File 223) at SCCHS.