St. John Downing Bemiss

1870 - 1951  (81 years)

John Bemiss

1773 - 1851  (78 years)

Birth	16 Feb 1773	Massachusetts
Died	29 Mar 1851	Kentucky
Buried	Old Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Family	Elizabeth Bloomer           b. 13 Jun 1780, New York State
Children	+ 1. Abigail "Abby" Bemiss           b. 25 Apr 1801 + 2. John Bloomer Bemiss           b. Abt 1803 + 3. Dr. Samuel Merrifield Bemiss           b. Abt 1821, Kentucky

Nancy Fighter

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Virginia
Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	Samuel S. Downing           b. Virginia
Children	+ 1. Lambella Downing           b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland

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

Alice Talbot Danforth

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	New York State
Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss           b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Married	4 Oct 1854	Westchester Co., New York

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
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Bemiss           b. 16 Feb 1773, Massachusetts           d. 29 Mar 1851, Kentucky  (Age 78 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Nancy Fighter           b. Virginia           d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  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	2 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss           b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky           d. 24 Aug 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 51 years) Other Partners: └─Alice Talbot Danforth           b. New York State           d. Yes, date unknown  m. 4 Oct 1854
  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

  
  

• 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	2 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.

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, D. "St. John Downing Bemiss". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I13047&tree=1sttree (accessed April 27, 2025).