Title
Withrow, Samuel
Description
This record refers to a file on a resident of the Arkansas Confederate Home. Files contain applications, correspondence with relatives, discharges, obituaries, notifications of next of kin, burial instructions, and death certificates. To obtain files, visit the Arkansas State Archives or email us at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Arkansas Confederate Home was established in 1890 by the Ex-Confederate Association of Arkansas to care for the needs of indigent Confederate soldiers and their widows. The nursing home occupied a remodeled residence near Sweet Home, south of Little Rock, on sixty acres of land purchased by the association. When the Arkansas Legislature established a $10,000 annual appropriation for the upkeep of the home in 1891, the Association deeded the property to the State. A new building was constructed in 1892 and by 1915 the institution housed 130 residents. In the following years occupancy declined. In 1955, a new, smaller Confederate Home was built on the grounds of the Deaf and Blind schools in Little Rock. In 1961, with only eight residents remaining, the Legislature voted to close the Home and transfer the remaining patients to nursing homes. The Home was closed in 1963 and the building use transferred to the Blind and Deaf schools.
Subjects
Arkansas Confederate Home; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Geographical Area
Madison County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000489, Samuel Withrow
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Arkansas Confederate Home records, MS.000489
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Samuel Withrow, Arkansas Confederate Home records, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
Social History | United States History
