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.
This collection consists of records of male and female residents of the Arkansas Confederate Home, as well as the Home's registry. Files contain applications, correspondence with relatives, discharges, obituaries, notifications of next of kin, burial instructions, and death certificates. The records are listed in alphabetical order by the patient's last name. The register contains names of patients, dates admitted, dates discharged, dates of death, and related information.
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Submissions from 1952
Cramer, Martha
Feeton, Mrs. Emma Winn
Mitchell, Mrs. Alberta Liza
Murph, Mrs. Ruth
Pickard, Mrs. Florence
Rankin, Mrs. Ruth
Seay, Mrs. Mattie Medlock
Stansell, Mrs. Lody
Tucker, Mrs. Ellen
Warner, Mrs. Mabel
Wilson, Mrs. Alice Ward
Submissions from 1951
Back, Mrs. Willie Elizabeth
Brown, Martha Alice Patterson
Bryan, Mrs. Mary Roper
Casady, Mrs. Elby
Clifton, Ida B.
Griffin, Bettie Thompson
Roberts, Mrs. Etta Hill
Watson, Miss Byrd
Submissions from 1950
Barry, Tabitha Jane
Greer, Mrs. Modena Hartley
Henderson, Mrs. Carrie M.
Moore, Mrs. Bettie
Shinn, Belle
Woodall, Mrs. Amanda E.
Submissions from 1949
Edwards, Laura
Harkins, Fannie Elizabeth
Lawrence, Mrs. Annie C. James
Mayo, Mrs. Martha A.
McCormack, Mrs. Julia
Walker, Mrs. Monte
Submissions from 1948
Briley, Mrs. Neppie May
Caperton, Mary E.
Feemester, Mrs. Lizzie
Hancock, Elizabeth
Harrison, Mrs. Esther
Tatum, Nannie Miles
Wall, Mrs. Ivy Olina
Warwick, Mrs. Roxie
Whitten, Mrs. Georgie A.
Wilchman, Mrs. Mary Jane
Wilkinson, J.R.
Submissions from 1947
Albright, Julia
Burlison, Mrs. W.J.
Dye, Bette
Harvill, Mrs. Nola Smith
Hatfield, Mrs. Tennie Thompson
Liveley, Mrs. Nannie Hodges
Moon, Mrs. Sally Ann
Norwell, Mrs. Ida
Picegar, Mrs. Tennessee F.
Shell, Miss Mary Salome
Wilkes, Mrs. Lou
Submissions from 1946
Crooks, Mrs. Frances J.
Hance, Emma Louis
Helton, Mrs. Nannie
Outlaw, Thomas J.
Submissions from 1945
Bratcher, Mrs. Margaret C.
Submissions from 1944
Hamblen, Mrs. Lillie B.
Williams, Mrs. M.R.
Submissions from 1943
Barham, Melissa
Claud, David M.
Submissions from 1942
Allen, Mrs. Mollie
Submissions from 1941
Brown, Mrs. Dolly Ann
Cheek, Mrs. Mary
Holland, Mrs. Fannie
Nichols, Mrs. Emma
Submissions from 1940
Broom, Mrs. Susan E.
Gillespie, Mrs. Leila M.
Haley, Mrs. Mollie A.
Hooks, Mrs. Mary A.
Jabine, Charles Woodruff
Parrott, Mrs. Ida L.
Small, Mrs. R.W.
Vanee, M.D.
Submissions from 1939
Basham, Fountain Fletcher
Clay, Mrs. Cynthia H.
Craddock, Ed
Currie, Mrs. Wm. H.
Killingsworth, Mrs. Melissa
Massey, James K.
Morris, Mrs. Mattie E.
Slaughter, Wilson C.
Stephens, John H.
Williams, Mrs. Carrie
Submissions from 1938
Beavers, Mrs. L.A.
Mrs. L.A.
Corley, Mrs. Sarah J.
Davis, Mrs. Katie
DeArman, Mary
Durham, Mrs. Mary F.
Elrod, Florida Virginia
Evans, Mrs. Annie Cora
Ford, Mrs. Allie
Halliburton, Mrs. Edith
Harper, Mrs. Lucy
Johnson, Morian J.
Lindsey, Mrs. Sarah E.
Richardson, Mrs. Dora Moore
Stroope, Mrs. Martha L.
Talley, Mrs. Alice