St. John Downing Bemiss

1870 - 1951  (81 years)

Cyrus Talbot Bemiss

1827 - 1878  (51 years)

Birth	17 Jul 1827	Nelson Co., Kentucky
Died	24 Aug 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Girod St. Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	John Bloomer Bemiss,   b. Abt 1803
Mother	Elizabeth Talbot,   b. Nelson Co., Kentucky
Married	1826	Kentucky
Family 1	Alice Talbot Danforth,   b. New York State
Married	4 Oct 1854	Westchester Co., New York
Family 2	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	1. Richmond Cyrus Bemiss,   b. 18 Aug 1869, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Barsilla Bemiss,   b. Aug 1871, Louisiana   3. St. John Downing Bemiss,   b. 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana + 4. Alice Bemiss,   b. 30 Jan 1878   5. Cloudsley Bemiss,   b. Abt 1874

Lambella Downing

1844 - 1941  (97 years)

Birth	29 Apr 1844	Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Died	27 Jul 1941	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Samuel S. Downing,   b. Virginia
Mother	Nancy Fighter,   b. Virginia
Family	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	1. Richmond Cyrus Bemiss,   b. 18 Aug 1869, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Barsilla Bemiss,   b. Aug 1871, Louisiana   3. St. John Downing Bemiss,   b. 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana + 4. Alice Bemiss,   b. 30 Jan 1878   5. Cloudsley Bemiss,   b. Abt 1874

• Name	St. John Downing Bemiss
  Birth	1870	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Asylum For Destitute Orphan Boys, St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 10; as "Bemis"
  Obituary	Obit., Times-Picayune, 19 Mar. 1951, p2: BEMISS - On Friday, March 16, 1951, at 9:30 o'clock a.m., John Douning Bemiss, brother of Mrs. D.M. Pitard and Richmond C. Bemiss. Private funeral was held from the home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne avenue, near Milan street, on Saturday morning, March 17, 1951, at 9:45 o'clock, followed by mass at Our Lady of Lourdes church, Napoleon avenue at La Salle street. Interment in Metairie Cemetery.
  Death	16 Mar 1951	New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  Burial	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  in the Belden family tomb
  Notes	After his father's death in 1878, his mother placed him in the Lafayette Asylum for Destitute boys. After he grew up, he lived with his mother for most of his life, and never married.
  Person ID	I13047
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky d. 24 Aug 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland d. 27 Jul 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Family ID	F3504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1870 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1880 - Asylum For Destitute Orphan Boys, St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana  Death - 16 Mar 1951 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Burial - - Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		Belden family tomb This is Lambella Downing and two of her children, Richmond Cyrus Bemiss and St. John Bemiss.
  		Belden family tomb This is a close-up of the inscription.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Certificate of Death, New Orleans, vol. 0, page 1825.