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4)231-233 1869 234-236 R.E. SEARING BYRON M. POND LEFT EXTREME THEODORE SEARING Died June 13, 1917 MARY CARPENTER POND Jan. 13, 1910 Aug. 1, 1964 LEFT CENTER AT REST OUR DARLING HARRY Born May 12, 1863 Died Dec. 29, 1873 OUR PEERLESS ROBERT Died Aug. 16, 1878 aged 19 years OUR MOTHER ELIZA A. SIBLEY Born Sept. 9, 1809 Died Oct. 4, 1884 ROBERT BRUEN SEARING Born May 15, 1821 Died May 2, 1890 OUR DEAR SISTER HENRIETTA S. RANDOLPH Died Feb. 7, 1892 OUR BELOVED MOTHER ARTEMISIA ANN SIBLEY WIfe of Robert B. Searing BOrn July 31, 1830 Died Jan. 9, 1903 OUR SISTER FLORENCE ELIZA Died July 11, 1935 Aged 78 years CENTER JANE CUSHMAN POND June 21, 1875 May 22, 1945 HARRY SEARING POND August 28, 1865 May 14, 1948 LUCIE CONDIT POND Devoted wife of Edgar A. Christy AUgust 3, 1883 February 20, 1959 EDGAR A. CHRISTY Born Sept. 5, 1880 Died Aug. 3, 1959 MYRA POND GULBERTSON Oct. 29, 1888 June 19, 1976 [ extreme right plaque blank ] ============================================ Correspondence from Laurelee Pond Helgason 12/13/99 Names of burials on original Byron M. Pond side Square 4, 234-236.... 1) Gilbert Slyvester (Pond) August 31,1863 November 27,1864 2) Helena Sibley (Pond) May 27,1839 June 27,1868 3) Gertrude Eliza (Pond) November 8,1860 September 13,1879 4) BYRON M POND August 9,1828 November 18,1893 5) James Byron Pond December6,1881 March9,1895 6) Lizzie Condit (Pond) -- Died February 14,1905 -- 7) Charles Wm. Culbertson April 27,1886 May 16,1943 2 infants buried, not noted on original plaque..... first burial in this POND-SEARING tomb was my great-grandmother Helena Jane Sibley Pond, who died on June 27,1868 on the Steamboat Muscatine on the Mississippi River in childbirth... her stillborn unnamed daughter is buried in the casket with her...it took the bodies over 11 months to be returned to New Orleans, therefore the date 1869 appears on the tomb... this is when Pond and Searing purchased this plot. Helena's burial was on May 30, 1869. Infant son Gilbert's remains were moved from Chatawa, MS to Lafayette cemetery in 1869.... Byron Pond and Robert Searing married sisters..... Helena Jane Sibley and Arthemise Ann Sibley were sisters from Alabama. Henrietta S. Randolph is a third sister..S. is for Sibley. Eliza A. Sibley is their Mother ... on the Pond side ... Lizzie Condit is the 3rd wife of Byron M. Pond .... the other infant buried here was my father's younger brother ... Alfred Converse Pond ... 1909 ... 1910, died at age 7 months. In the 1940's the sole ownership was turned over to the Ponds. This is recorded in the New Orleans court records. Laurelee Pond Helgason..

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4)231-233       1869
  234-236       R.E. SEARING
                BYRON M. POND

LEFT EXTREME

THEODORE SEARING
Died June 13, 1917

MARY CARPENTER
POND
Jan. 13, 1910
Aug. 1, 1964

LEFT CENTER

AT REST
OUR DARLING HARRY
Born May 12, 1863 Died Dec. 29, 1873

OUR PEERLESS ROBERT
Died Aug. 16, 1878 aged 19 years

OUR MOTHER
ELIZA A. SIBLEY
Born Sept. 9, 1809 Died Oct. 4, 1884

ROBERT BRUEN SEARING
Born May 15, 1821 Died May 2, 1890

OUR DEAR SISTER
HENRIETTA S. RANDOLPH
Died Feb. 7, 1892

OUR BELOVED MOTHER
ARTEMISIA ANN SIBLEY
WIfe of Robert B. Searing
BOrn July 31, 1830 Died Jan. 9, 1903

OUR SISTER
FLORENCE ELIZA
Died July 11, 1935 Aged 78 years

CENTER

JANE CUSHMAN POND
June 21, 1875  May 22, 1945

HARRY SEARING POND
August 28, 1865  May 14, 1948

LUCIE CONDIT POND
Devoted wife of Edgar A. Christy
AUgust 3, 1883  February 20, 1959

EDGAR A. CHRISTY
Born Sept. 5, 1880 Died Aug. 3, 1959

MYRA POND GULBERTSON
Oct. 29, 1888  June 19, 1976

[ extreme right plaque blank ]
============================================
Correspondence from

Laurelee Pond Helgason 12/13/99


Names of burials on original Byron M. Pond side
Square 4, 234-236....
 
1) Gilbert Slyvester (Pond) August 31,1863  November 27,1864
2) Helena Sibley (Pond)     May 27,1839     June 27,1868
3) Gertrude Eliza (Pond)    November 8,1860 September 13,1879
4) BYRON M POND             August 9,1828   November 18,1893
5) James Byron Pond         December6,1881  March9,1895
6) Lizzie Condit (Pond)     -- Died February 14,1905 --
7) Charles Wm. Culbertson   April 27,1886   May 16,1943

2 infants buried, not noted on original plaque.....
first burial in this POND-SEARING tomb was my
great-grandmother Helena Jane Sibley Pond, who died on
June 27,1868 on the Steamboat Muscatine on the Mississippi
River in childbirth...
her stillborn unnamed daughter is buried in the casket with
her...it took the bodies over 11 months to be returned to
New Orleans, therefore the date 1869 appears on the tomb...
this is when Pond and Searing purchased this plot.

Helena's burial was on May 30, 1869.
Infant son Gilbert's remains were moved from Chatawa, MS
to Lafayette cemetery in 1869....

Byron Pond and Robert Searing married sisters.....
Helena Jane Sibley and Arthemise Ann Sibley were sisters
from Alabama.
Henrietta S. Randolph is a third sister..S. is for Sibley.
Eliza A. Sibley is their Mother  ... on the Pond side ...
Lizzie Condit is the 3rd wife of Byron M. Pond   ....
the other infant buried here was my father's younger
brother ... Alfred Converse Pond ... 1909 ... 1910, died
at age 7 months.
 
In the 1940's the sole ownership was turned over to the
Ponds. This is recorded in the New Orleans court records.

Laurelee Pond Helgason..