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 feel that many at the St. Charles County Historical Society do not understand my vision for how I thought the cemetery records should best be formatted online to provide the most bang for the research buck. This is probably because I have not done a good job explaining it or others have different ideas about how to go about this. Several individuals online and at the society have suggested that I all my cemetery photos on Find-A-Grave but I am not sure how doing that promotes historical and genealogical research at the St. Charles County Historical Society, which was my original goal for documenting headstones in the county. So, others may do this differently than how I will do it below, but I might as well put together some listings like this to show what is available online and what is available at SCCHS. 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 has since been marked as that of J. Leigh Dingledine

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; the cemetery is part of Horseshoe Creek Subdivision, Plat Three, as seen 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; 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. 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.

One grave with no tombstone:

Dingeldein, Adam, 20 Jan 1798 – 4 Feb 1861; w/Anna; Johann Adam Dingeldein (1798-1861) – Find a Grave Memorial; Naturalization Record D31 at SCCHS

Dingeldein, Anna Catharina Kirchbaum, 20 Nov 1807 – 31 Oct 1892; nee Kirchbaum; w/Adam; Anna Catharina Krichbaum Dingeldein (1807-1892) – Find a Grave Memorial

Dingledine, Adeline Arras, 23 Feb 1880 – 3 Mar 1971; w/John W; Adeline Arras Dingledine (1880-1971) – Find a Grave Memorial; 1971_00007446.PDF; Obit: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4 March 1971 (in SCCHS binders D, p. 169); Mar 04, 1971, page 37 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com™; Mar 05, 1971, page 20 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, Emily Caroline Floyd, 22 Feb 1880 – 3 Oct 1906; w/o A E; 26y, 7m, 11d; Emily Caroline Floyd Dingledine (1880-1906) – Find a Grave Memorial; Oct 10, 1906, page 1 – St. Charles Weekly Cosmos-Monitor at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, Gale Len, 19 Jan 1957 – 9 Jul 2019 – last lived in Union, MO

Dingledine, George, 5 Feb 1838 – 18 May 1909 per Wiechens III: 2; MJM: d. 16 May 1909; it appears that MJM was correct based on the tombstone photo; for estate see SCCHS File 316.011.040; George Dingledine (1838-1909) – Find a Grave Memorial; Obit: St. Charles Banner-News, 20 May 1909; SCCHS Probate File 5026

Dingledine, George Adam, 27 Feb 1867 – 1 Jan 1936, 68y, 10m, 4d; w/Minnie; George Adam Dingledine (1867–1936); George A Dingledine (1867-1936) – Find a Grave Memorial; 1936_00002861.PDF; Jan 02, 1936, page 6 – St. Charles Weekly Banner-News at Newspapers.com™; Jan 08, 1936, page 4 – St. Charles Weekly Cosmos-Monitor at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, George M., 24 Nov 1900 – 2 Mar 1980 (t/s: 1900 – 1980); bur. 5 Mar 1980; w/Kathryne; George M Dingledine (1900-1980) – Find a Grave Memorial; Obits: St. Charles Journal, 5 March 1980 (SCCGS Binders 1979-1980, p. 37); St. Charles Post, 4 March 1980 (SCCHS Binders D, p. 169; SCCGS Binders 1979-1983, p. 5); Mar 04, 1980, page 50 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, George William, 11 Nov 1955 – 18 Nov 1986; s/o Gordon & Helen; George W Dingledine (1955-1986) – Find a Grave Memorial; Dec 03, 1986, page 96 – Washington Missourian at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, Gordon W., 22 Feb 1908 – 30 Aug 1965; Gordon Washington Dingledine (1908-1965) – Find a Grave Memorial; 1965_00037044.PDF; Obit: Sep 02, 1965, page 1 – The Wentzville Union at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, J. Leigh on t/s; Jeanne Lee on d/c (not in Wiechens list), 15 Jun 1975 – 18 Jun 1975; J. Leigh Dingledine (1975-1975) – Find a Grave Memorial; 1975_00303078.PDF

Dingledine, John G., 30 May 1947 – 18 Mar 1986; s/o Gordon & Helen; John Gordon Dingledine (1947-1986) – Find a Grave Memorial; listed as John H. Dingledine in obit, St. Charles Post, 19 March 1986 (SCCHS Binders H, p. 170; SCCGS Binders 1986, p. 47); Mar 19, 1986, page 161 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com™; Mar 26, 1986, page 11 – Washington Missourian at Newspapers.com™ – Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, John William, 7 Aug 1877 – 26 Mar 1926; w/Adeline; John W Dingledine (1877-1926) – Find a Grave Memorial; 1926_00010140.PDF; Apr 01, 1926, page 4 – St. Charles Weekly Banner-News at Newspapers.com™ – Newspapers.com™; Apr 01, 1926, page 3 – St. Charles Weekly Banner-News at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, Kathryne Shields, 27 Jan 1910 – 20 Aug 1995 (t/s: 1910 – 1995); w/George M; Kathryne Shields Dingledine (1910-1995) – Find a Grave Memorial; Obits: St. Charles Journal, 23 August 1995 (SCCHS Binders D, p. 170), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 August 1995; Aug 22, 1995, page 47 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com™

Dingledine, Laura H. E., 3 Aug 1903 – 10 Aug 1903; Laura H. E. Dingledine (1903-1903) – Find a Grave Memorial