Gideon and Apelona Johnson, Vernon Parish Louisiana 
Submitted by William Fischer, Jr. 
Date: August 3, 2007

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Cemetery: Blue Branch / Mount Olive Baptist Church
Name: Gideon And Apelona Johnson

Date Of Photograph: July 27, 2007

Gideon Johnson, 19 February 1843 - 31 August 1925,
Private, Company I, 6th Louisiana Cavalry,
Confederate States Army, 1861-1865, and
Apelona Johnson, 12 January 1851 - 21 December 1936.

"His toils are past               "Rest, Mother, Rest
 His work is done                  in quiet sleep
 He fought the fight               While friends in sor-
 The victory won"                  row o'er thee weep"

Additional Comments:
Blue Branch / Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
State Hwy 10, 3/4 mile west of State Hwy 113
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana