First Cem.; Cameron, Louisiana Submitter: Beverly Delaney Source: Date: Jan. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** FIRST CEMETERY OF CAMERON CAMERON,LA. The first cemetery in Cameron was located behind the Hebert Theriot homeplace on the Henry property. It was started in the early 1800's when very few people lived in Leesburg as it was called then. The area is just a few yards south west of the parish courthouse under oak trees which are probably more than one hundred years old. Hurricane Audrey did extensive damage to the cemetery leaving only 2 markers and graves. The oldest graves are all in one plot. Genora Griffith Gonzales b. 1859 d. 30 Sept. 1879 m/o Emanuel Gonzales and Francisco Gonzales, who died in yellow fever epidemic in 1879. Jefferson Davis Harper b. 1846 d. 1916 Miss Ezola Zero no dates Sylvester Bonsall b 31 Dec 1886 no death date Dr. Isaac Bonsall b. 11 Jan 1852 d. 11 Oct 1922 Mrs. Isaac Bonsall nee: Amanda Holmes Kelly b. 5 Mar 1857 d 2 Jan 1933 Tom Marshall No dates Molly Marshall No dates Mr. & Mrs Freddie Wolfe no dates Benjamine Chadwell b. Jan 1861 d 10 oct 1913 Guy Llano Chadwell b. 30 Sept 1899 no death date In 1946, the skeleton of an airplane pilot still fastened in his seat belt was found on Broussard Beach. His unidentified remains were buried here. The last person to be buried here was an accountant who lived in Cameron and did income tax service for the public. He died in 1950.