Mira St. John Hall

For a while, it was believed that the grave of Mira St. John Hall (Tennille) had been dug up. As the documents reflect, it was not Mira St. John Hall (Tennille) but instead a different person altogether. See The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana, 22 Feb 2009, Sunday, Page 27.

From 1978 letter from Annie Wagner (Hanna): "As to the location of the graves of Mira St. John Tennille and her husband, it must have been on their plantation somewhere on Bayou DeSaird near Monroe (not on Island DeSaird), since the casket containing the remains of Mira St. John was exhumed some years ago by a Monroe city crew excavating for a sewer line. (I sent you the clipping about this). As I understood it, the site was on the opposite side of the bayou from Limerick. Hence, the graves were not in the Tennille Cemetery. In the early days family members were often buried on their own plantations."

From separate 1978 letter from Annie Wagner (Hanna): I was relieved to learn that the “lady in the iron casket” was not my great, great grandmother, Myra St. John Tennille Hall, but another lady with slightly similar first names (sic). I wonder how the mis-identification occurred. I’ve always thought it strange that Myra St. John was not buried in the Tennille Cemetery, along with the rest of the family. With this development, I’m sure that she is, but the marker on her grave has been destroyed, along with many others, including those of her father and mother and her sister, Jane Tennille Hughes. When the cemetery was restored by the D.A.R., bronze plaques were installed with the names of Benjamin Tennille and Jane St. Clair Tennille Hughes, but the sites of their graves are not known."