Lambella Downing

1844 - 1941  (97 years)

Samuel S. Downing

- Yes, date unknown

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

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

Richmond Cyrus Bemiss

1869 - 1961  (91 years)

Birth	18 Aug 1869	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	29 Jan 1961
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Mother	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Mary Eugenia Belden,   b. 1879
Married	1 Jun 1897	Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois

Barsilla Bemiss

1871 - 1954  (83 years)

Birth	Aug 1871	Louisiana
Died	8 Nov 1954
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Mother	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Daniel Maupay Pitard,   b. 15 Nov 1869, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	27 Mar 1888	New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	1. Richmond Daniel Pitard,   b. 21 Nov 1888, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Henry St. John Pitard,   b. 15 May 1890, New Orleans, Louisiana + 3. John Cloudesly Pitard,   b. 9 Sep 1893, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Daniel Maupay Pitard, Jr.,   b. Abt 15 Jul 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana + 5. Lillian Cecilia Pitard,   b. 1 Jun 1900, New Orleans, Louisiana + 6. Barsilla Lucille Pitard,   b. 23 Sep 1904

St. John Downing Bemiss

1870 - 1951  (81 years)

Birth	1870	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	16 Mar 1951	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Mother	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana

Alice Bemiss

1878 - 1945  (67 years)

Birth	30 Jan 1878
Died	27 Aug 1945
Buried	Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Mother	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family 1	John D. Stephens,   b. Nov 1860, Mississippi
Children	+ 1. Frances Stephens,   b. 1902, Louisiana   2. Alice Stephens,   b. Abt 1904, Louisiana + 3. Marian Belle Stephens,   b. Abt 1908, Louisiana   4. Marjorie Stephens,   b. Abt 1911, Louisiana
Family 2	James M. Leavel,   b. Abt 1864, Kentucky

Cloudsley Bemiss

Abt 1874 - 1884  (10 years)

Birth	Abt 1874
Died	1884	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Mother	Lambella Downing,   b. 29 Apr 1844, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland
Married	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana

• Name	Lambella Downing
  Birth	29 Apr 1844	Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Obituary	Obit., Times-Picayune, 29 July 1941, p2: BEMISS - On Sunday, July 27, 1941, at 9:15 o'clock a.m., Lamballa [sic] Downing, wife of the late Cyrus Talbot Bemiss, mother of Mrs. D.M. Pitard, R.C. and J.D. Bemiss of New Orleans, La., and Mrs. A.E. Leavel of Lafayette, La. Private services were held at the home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 1127 South Claiborne avenue, near Milan street, on Monday Morning, July 28, 1941, at 10 o'clock. Interment in Metairie Cemetery. Hagerstown, Md., Washington, D.C., Richmond and Gordonsville, Va., papers please copy.
  Death	27 Jul 1941	New Orleans, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Burial	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  in the Belden family tomb
  Notes	The names of her parents appear on her certificate of death that's included in the Confederate Pension application she filed in her husband's name in 1939; she could not remember his unit, just saying that he was in the "Quartermaster's department." She was 95 when she applied for the pension. According to a letter in the application, "the old lady was very old and feeble and all of her papers of marriage certificate and her husband's records were all burnt up - and for that reason she thought perhaps she could not get any pension." According to another letter included in the application, "The records show that Cyrus T. Bemiss was appointed Captain and Paymaster, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Louisiana Militia, August 25, 1861, and accepted August 30, 1861. On August 17, 1863, he is shown to have been serving as Acting Quartermaster at Camp Pratt, Louisiana, and was recommended for a commission as Quatermaster in teh Conscript Department, State of Louisiana, Confederate States Army. . . . By Special Orders dated April 11, 1864, having failed to execute the bond provided by law, his name was ordered dropped from the rolls. No later record of him has been found."
  Person ID	I4969
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel S. Downing,   b. Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Nancy Fighter,   b. Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Cyrus Talbot Bemiss,   b. 17 Jul 1827, Nelson Co., Kentucky d. 24 Aug 1878, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1878	New Orleans, Louisiana   [3]
  Children	1. Richmond Cyrus Bemiss,   b. 18 Aug 1869, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 29 Jan 1961 (Age 91 years) + 2. Barsilla Bemiss,   b. Aug 1871, Louisiana d. 8 Nov 1954 (Age 83 years)   3. St. John Downing Bemiss,   b. 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 16 Mar 1951, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 81 years) + 4. Alice Bemiss,   b. 30 Jan 1878   d. 27 Aug 1945 (Age 67 years)   5. Cloudsley Bemiss,   b. Abt 1874   d. 1884, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F3504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Apr 1844 - Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland  Marriage - 27 Jan 1878 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Death - 27 Jul 1941 - 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

  [S730] Louisiana, Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950, The application for by Lambella Downing, the wife of Cyrus T. Bemiss, is visible at "Beall, Rebecca – Bennett, Mary E," starting at image 1145. [S10] Certificate of Death, New Orleans, vol. 216, p. 1399. [S9] Certificate of Marriage, New Orleans, vol. 13, page 196.