Lauderdale County -- Confederate Orphans' Home Listing

Much of the information relating the the residents of the Confederate Orphans Home has been lost to time. However, the U.S. Census of 1870 provides some insight, if static, of the staffing and residents. The following information has been recovered from that census.

Dr. Simon S. Granberry was the first superintendent of the school. He and his family, along with one black servant girl, lived on the property with the home.

Since the home was fairly remote, it was the custom for the employees -- facility and staff -- to live on the site. The following is a list of employees and families resident in 1870.

First Name	Middle Initial	Last Name	Age	State Born	Position/Relationship
Virginia		Barrett	38	Mississippi	Domestic Servant
Nora		Barrett	5	Mississippi	Daughter
Theresa		Davis	32	Tennessee	Teacher
Nancy		Grantham	30	Not Known	Domestic Servant
Mary		Grantham	10	Mississippi	Daughter
John		Grantham	8	Mississippi	Son
James	D.	Grantham	6	Mississippi	Son
Moose		Henson	42	Virginia	Laborer
Sallie	F.	Jones	43	Tennessee	Domestic Servant
Melissa		Jones	11	Mississippi	Daughter
Emma		Jones	9	Mississippi	Daughter
Willis		Jones	7	Mississippi	Son
Joshua		Kellum	10	Mississippi	Head
George		Kellum	8	Mississippi	Son
Martha	A.	Melton	40	Mississippi	Domestic Servant
Robert	A.	Melton	13	Alabama	Son
Carrie		Melton	11	Alabama	Daughter
Martin		Melton	8	Alabama	Son
Susan		O'Brien	54	Mississippi	Domestic Servant
Ambrose		O'Brien	15	Mississippi	Son
William		O'Brien	13	Mississippi	Son
George		O'Brien	9	Mississippi	Son
Adelia		Owen	35	Tennessee	Laborer
Lafayette		Owen	12	Mississippi	Son
Mary		Owen	11	Mississippi	Daughter
James		Owen	6	Mississippi	Son
Christina		Smith	33	Louisiana	Domestic Servant
Frank		Smith	12	Louisiana	Son
Della		Smith	10	Louisiana	Daughter
Maggie		Smith	8	Louisiana	Daughter
Moses	J.	Thigpen	30	Mississippi	Asst. Sup.
Isabella		Thigpen	25	Mississippi	Wife (?)
Ida	B.	Thigpen	1	Mississippi	Daughter
Mary	J.	Welch	43	Alabama	Teacher
Mary	C.	Williams	30	Mississippi	Teacher
Carrie		Williams	11	Mississippi	Daughter
Juda		Williams	9	Mississippi	Daughter
Elizabeth	D.	Williams	7	Alabama	Daughter
Andrew		Wonham	45	Mississippi	Laborer (?)

First	Middle	Last Name	Age	State Born
Etta		Anderson	14	Mississippi
Susan	M.	Anderson	11	Mississippi
Gates		Anderson	9	Mississippi
Sallie	T.	Anderson	7	Mississippi
Thomas		Atkins	13	Alabama
Joseph		Atkins	10	Alabama
Mary		Bearden	14	Mississippi
Bettie		Beason	10	Mississippi
Para	Sue	Beason	8	Mississippi
George		Berry	14	Unknown
Anna		Berry	14	Unknown
Perry		Crosby	12	Mississippi
Matilda		Crosby	10	Mississippi
Job		Curtis	13	Mississippi
William		Curtis	12	Mississippi
Isaac		Curtis	10	Mississippi
Alice		Davis	10	Mississippi
Feston		Davis	8	Mississippi
Nancy		Davis	6	Mississippi
Minnie		Dehan	8	Mississippi
Minnie		Downer	10	Mississippi
John		Downer	8	Mississippi
Mary		Drake	11	Mississippi
Wesley		Drake	10	Mississippi
Henry		Drake	8	Mississippi
John		Dunlap	13	Mississippi
Mary		Dunlap	11	Mississippi
Thomas		Ellis	10	Mississippi
Mattie		Ellis	7	Mississippi
Anna		Fedrich	8	Mississippi
Cynthia		Fisher	12	Mississippi
Fannie		Glasgow	10	Mississippi
Katie		Glasgow	8	Mississippi
John		Goodwyn	11	Alabama
Eunice		Goodwyn	9	Alabama
Thomas		Goodwyn	7	Alabama
Debra		Gosey	7	Mississippi
Martha		Grantham	15	Mississippi
Alice		Grantham	13	Mississippi
Leona		Grantham	10	Mississippi
Viola		Grantham	8	Mississippi
Judson		Green	14	Mississippi
Lafayette		Green	12	Mississippi
Ida		Green	11	Mississippi
John		Green	9	Mississippi
Charles		Green	7	Mississippi
James		Green	5	Mississippi
Ella		Harris	10	Mississippi
Henry		Harris	7	Mississippi
Wayman		Hasty	17	Mississippi
Mary	F.	Hasty	15	Mississippi
Jane		Hasty	13	Mississippi
Nancy		Hasty	10	Mississippi
Benjamin		Hasty	4	Mississippi
Albert		Henley	11	Mississippi
William		Henley	9	Mississippi
Jersey		Hightower	10	Mississippi
Tiny		Hightower	8	Mississippi
James		Hillyer	11	Alabama
William	H.	Hogan	15	Tennessee
Mollie	L.	Hogan	12	Tennessee
Rufus		Howell	16	Mississippi
Maggie		Howell	13	Mississippi
William		Howell	11	Mississippi
Ellen		Hoy	10	Mississippi
Missouri		Hoy	8	Mississippi
Eugenia		Hudson	12	Mississippi
Lizzie		Hudson	11	Mississippi
Josey		Hudson	10	Mississippi
Mary	J.	Hudson	9	Mississippi
Thomas		Hudson	7	Mississippi
Harvey		Hudson	6	Mississippi
Nancy		Jameson	12	Mississippi
James		Johnson	11	Alabama
Clover		Johnson	9	Alabama
Harper		Johnson	8	Alabama
Lizzie		Jones	9	Mississippi
Jefferson	D.	Jones	7	Mississippi
Lastley		Jones	12	Mississippi
Jasper		Jones	12	Mississippi
Henry		Jones	10	Mississippi
Andrew		Jones	8	Mississippi
Anna		Jones	8	Mississippi
William		Joyner	12	Alabama
John		Joyner	10	Alabama
Edward		Joyner	8	Alabama
Sarah		Knight	16	Mississippi
Albert		Knight	14	Mississippi
Elizabeth		Knight	11	Mississippi
Henry		Knight	10	Mississippi
James		Knight	4	Mississippi
Sallie		Ladd	10	Mississippi
Nicodemous		Langford	11	Mississippi
Nancy		Lee	12	Mississippi
Joseph		Lee	10	Mississippi
Mary		Lewis	16	Alabama
Kate		Mason	11	Mississippi
Amanda		McDonald	13	Mississippi
Sylva		McGee	15	Mississippi
Addie		McGee	13	Mississippi
Molly		McKenzie	9	Mississippi
Malcolm		Meador	18	Alabama
Daniel		Meador	15	Alabama
Alonzo		Meador	13	Alabama
Dave		Meador	11	Alabama
John		Mixon	13	Mississippi
Henry		Mixon	11	Mississippi
Mary		Mixon	10	Mississippi
Jane		Mixon	8	Mississippi
Semele		Moore	13	Mississippi
James		Moore	12	Mississippi
William		Moore	11	Mississippi
Sidney		Moore	9	Mississippi
Vestula		Morris	12	Mississippi
Thomas		Owen	12	Mississippi
Robert		Owen	10	Mississippi
James		Partridge	10	Mississippi
Rebecca		Pearson	13	Mississippi
Jackie		Pearson	11	Mississippi
J.		Pearson	9	Mississippi
Sallie		Peavy	13	Mississippi
Pattie		Pope	10	Mississippi
Susan		Popham	11	Mississippi
Mary		Porter	14	Mississippi
Riley		Porter	11	Mississippi
Priscilla		Reynolds	11	Mississippi
Jane		Reynolds	9	Mississippi
Mary		Robinson	14	Mississippi
Charles		Roy	12	Mississippi
Mary		Roy	10	Mississippi
Robert		Roy	9	Mississippi
Tucker		Saunders	10	Mississippi
Lee		Saunders	8	Mississippi
Luther		Scott	14	Mississippi
Josie		Scott	12	Mississippi
Theodosia	E.	Shelly	10	Mississippi
Victoria		Shelly	10	Mississippi
Lovey		Shelly	8	Mississippi
Rosanna		Sherman	12	Mississippi
Arena		Sherman	10	Mississippi
Ann		Sherman	8	Mississippi
Carrie		Simpson	9	Mississippi
George		Smith	11	Mississippi
Geneva		Spellings	14	Mississippi
Nancy		Sumrall	12	Mississippi
James		Sumrall	11	Mississippi
Malcolm		Sumrall	9	Mississippi
Jerry		Swain	12	Mississippi
Dallas		Travis	10	Mississippi
Henry		Walker	8	Mississippi
Orphelia		Ward	8	Mississippi
Mary	H.	Ward	7	Mississippi
Lucy		Watson	14	Mississippi
Malinda		Weaver	12	Mississippi
Mattie		Weaver	10	Mississippi
Lucretia		White	16	Mississippi
Nancy		White	14	Mississippi
Caroline		White	12	Mississippi
Daniel		White	10	Mississippi
Abraham		White	8	Mississippi
Martha		Williams	15	Alabama
Sarah		Williams	13	Alabama
Nancy		Williams	11	Alabama
Kittie		Williams	11	Alabama
Sallie		Woodruff	8	Mississippi
John		Wooten	12	Mississippi
William		Wooten	10	Mississippi
Elizabeth		Wooten	8	Mississippi

Researcher's Note: The information provided above was obtained from the U.S. Census of 1870. It can be found on page 10 of Township 8, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was enumerated by H. C. Smith, Assistant Marshal, on 8 June 1870. The home was served by the Lauderdale post office.