St. John Bemiss b. 1870 New Orleans, Louisiana d. 16 Mar 1951: Genealogy at Pitard.net

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St. John Bemiss

1870 - 1951 (81 years)

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Name	St. John Bemiss
Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
Born	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.
Died	16 Mar 1951
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
	in the Belden family tomb
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.
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	lansdalepitard
Last Modified	10 Jan 2013

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)
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family ID	F3504	\| Family Chart

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	Born - 1870 - New Orleans, Louisiana
	Census - 1880 - Asylum For Destitute Orphan Boys, St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
	Buried - - Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

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