The Lemp family is probably one of the most prestigious American families you’ve never heard of. The hard-working German immigrants made their fortune as beer brewers in 19th-century St. Louis alongside, and in competition with, the Anheuser-Busch family of Budweiser fame. However, despite their success, the Lemp family could not escape tragedy, as many died by suicide or “mysterious circumstances.” The prominent family bought a plot of land at the highest point of St. Louis’s Bellefontaine Cemetery and constructed a large family tomb in which the deceased might peacefully rest. According to The…
