Arkansas Baptist Orphan's Home
Monticello, Arkansas
1900 Census
June 15, 1900
Household 142-146
| NAME |
RELATION TO HEAD |
RACE & SEX |
BIRTHDATE |
AGE |
MARITAL STATUS |
BIRTH STATES |
| Hannah Gardiner |
matron & head |
wf |
Mar 1857 |
43 |
m3 |
AR SC SC |
| Stewart Gardiner |
husband |
wm |
Aug 1869 |
30 |
m3 |
TN TN KY |
| Jessie Cockrill |
inmate |
wf |
June 1886 |
13 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Effie Norsey |
inmate |
wf |
Feb 1885 |
15 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Henry Norsey |
inmate |
wm |
June 1887 |
12 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| |
| Annie Berry |
inmate |
wf |
May 1885 |
15 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| |
| Sallie Berry |
inmate |
wf |
Dec 1889 |
10 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Mattie Berry |
inmate |
wf |
Sept 1887 |
12 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Sara Sumner |
inmate |
wf |
Aug 1885 |
14 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Carl Little |
inmate |
wm |
Oct 1886 |
13 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Eddie Shelton |
inmate |
wm |
Feb 1887 |
13 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Nellie Clark |
inmate |
wf |
Apr 1887 |
13 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Ruth Moseley |
inmate |
wf |
Feb 1889 |
11 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Minnie Moseley |
inmate |
wf |
Aug 1890 |
10 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Tom Moseley |
inmate |
mw |
Feb 1892 |
7 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Linnie Jones |
inmate |
wf |
Jan 1887 |
13 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Lydia Jones |
inmate |
wf |
Aug 1890 |
9 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Dora Miller |
inmate |
wf |
Apr 1893 |
7 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Louis Miller |
inmate |
wf |
Nov 1894 |
5 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Ethel Miller |
inmate |
wf |
Mar ?? |
?? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Francis Nesmith |
inmate |
wf |
Dec 18?? |
?? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Etta Nesmith |
inmate |
wf |
Jan 189? |
?? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| May Nesmith |
inmate |
wf |
Oct 1899 |
?? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Charley Rowe |
inmate |
wm |
Dec 1889 |
?? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| John Brinkley |
inmate |
wm |
Mar 1898 |
?? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Dan Brinkley |
inmate |
wm |
Jan 1893 |
7 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Lillie Johns |
inmate |
wf |
Mar 1898 |
2? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Leota Johns |
inmate |
wf |
Sept 1896 |
3 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Elsa Fletch |
inmate |
wf |
Aug 1891 |
8 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Rose Fletch |
inmate |
wf |
July 1894 |
5 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Unice Davis? |
inmate |
wf |
Oct 1890 |
9 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Gertrude Welsh |
inmate |
wf |
Jan 1892 |
8 |
s |
AR UN UN |
| |
| Maud Welsh |
inmate |
wf |
UN 18?? |
6? |
s |
AR UN UN |
| Leonard Welsh |
inmate |
wm |
UN 1896 |
4 |
s |
AR UN UN |
1910 Census
April 26, 1910
Household 83-83
| NAME |
RELATION TO HEAD |
SEX & RACE |
AGE |
MARITAL STATUS |
BIRTH STATES |
| James N Williams |
head& Superintendent |
wm |
37 |
m1 6y |
TN TN TN |
| Dana Williams |
wife |
fw |
32 |
m1 6y 2b 2l |
AR AR AR |
| James N Williams |
son |
wm |
4 |
s |
AR TN AR |
| Leah L Williams |
dau |
fw |
2 |
s |
AR TN AR |
| Emma Akins? |
|
fw |
19 |
s |
AR US US |
| Dora Miller |
|
fw |
16 |
s |
AR US US |
| Ethel Miller |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
AR US US |
| Louis G Miller |
|
mw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Etta E Nesmith |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
AR US US |
| |
| Della May Nesmith |
|
fw |
12 |
s |
AR US US |
| |
| Daniel Brinkley |
|
wm |
16 |
s |
AR US US |
| Leota Johns |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Ella May Sumners |
|
fw |
18 |
s |
AR US US |
| Addie can't read |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Carl H. Emmons? |
|
mw |
16 |
s |
AR US US |
| Malvinia Brown? |
|
fw |
13 |
s |
AR US US |
| Ida Belle Fitzgerald |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
AR US US |
| Myrtis Fitzgerald |
|
fw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Marie Fitzgerald |
|
fw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| George W. Rut? |
|
mw |
8 |
s |
AR US US |
| Thomas A. Sharp |
|
mw |
13 |
s |
AR US US |
| Ollie Bell Sharp |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Eugene Reed |
|
mw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| John A. Reed |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
AR US US |
| Anna Alford |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Pearl Alford |
|
fw |
13 |
s |
AR US US |
| Elizabeth Hawkins |
|
fw |
13 |
s |
AR US US |
| Fannie Hatcher |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Willis Hatcher |
|
fw |
12 |
s |
AR US US |
| Virginia Hatcher |
|
fw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Jefferson Hatcher |
|
mw |
10 |
s |
AR US US |
| Sophronia Holt |
|
fw |
21? |
s |
AR US US |
| John C. Holt |
|
mw |
10 |
s |
AR US US |
| Amanda Yondles? |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
AR US US |
| Charles Grady |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
AR US US |
| Sallie Williams? |
|
fw |
17 |
s |
AR US US |
| Sidney Foster |
|
mw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Alvin Foster |
|
mw |
7 |
s |
AR US US |
| Richard Rankins |
|
mw |
10? 15? |
s |
AR US US |
| Lois Rankins |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
AR US US |
| Lelia Duvill? |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
AR US US |
| Beney? Duvill? |
|
fw |
13 |
s |
AR US US |
| Davis Lanstrom? |
|
mw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Louis Foster |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
AR US US |
| |
| Jeff Lanstrom? |
|
mw |
8 |
s |
AR US US |
| Lelia Tozey? |
|
fw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Verdie Vorglers? |
|
mw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Charlie McCarty |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
AR US US |
| Harvey Marvell? |
|
mw |
11 |
s |
AR US US |
| Russell Thompson |
|
mw |
7 |
s |
AR US US |
| Thompson Thompson |
|
mw |
5 |
s |
AR US US |
| Rosa L Freeman |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
no record kept |
| Sidney Crawford |
|
mw |
13 |
s |
no record kept |
| Thomas Crawford |
|
mw |
10 |
s |
no record kept |
| Wayne Crawford |
|
mw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| Rosa Lee Crawford |
|
fw |
6 |
s |
no record kept |
| Anna Bell Sanders |
|
fw |
9 |
s |
no record kept |
| Sybil Edmunson |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
no record kept |
| Luellen M Welsh |
|
fw |
12 |
s |
no record kept |
| Vivian Campbell |
|
fw |
3 |
s |
no record kept |
| Mollie A Williams |
|
fw |
12 |
s |
no record kept |
| Wm. M. Williams |
|
mw |
10 |
s |
no record kept |
| Ollie E. Williams |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| Chester Williams |
|
mw |
6 |
s |
no record kept |
| Cordelia B Williams |
|
fw |
4 |
s |
no record kept |
| Elizabeth Williams |
|
fw |
2 |
s |
no record kept |
| Myrtle J Short |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
no record kept |
| Charles S Short |
|
mw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| Gertie Lee Short |
|
fw |
4 |
s |
no record kept |
| Sallie Caple |
|
fw |
10 |
s |
no record kept |
| Mary B Caple |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| William H. Caple |
|
mw |
6 |
s |
no record kept |
| Trudie L Caple |
|
fw |
4 |
s |
no record kept |
| Joseph Burrough |
|
mw |
9 |
s |
no record kept |
| Chas. H. Sater |
|
mw |
6 |
s |
no record kept |
| Iva Jane Sater |
|
fw |
4 |
s |
no record kept |
| Lyla Sater |
|
fw |
9 |
s |
no record kept |
| Patrick H. Anglan |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
no record kept |
| Rosetta Anglan |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| Jennetta Anglan |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| May Anglan |
|
fw |
7 |
s |
no record kept |
| William W. Evans |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
no record kept |
| Ann E. Evans |
|
fw |
11 |
s |
no record kept |
| Mattie L Evans |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
no record kept |
| Minnie Evans |
|
fw |
4 |
s |
no record kept |
| Norma M Evans |
|
fw |
2 |
s |
no record kept |
| Albert Wallace |
|
mw |
7 |
s |
no record kept |
| Willie Oplenn? Renford |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
MS |
| Bissie L Renford |
|
fw |
13 |
s |
MS |
| |
| Hettis M. Renford |
|
fw |
10 |
s |
MS |
| Roger Bell Renford |
|
fw |
8 |
s |
MS |
| Hildard E. Downs |
|
mw |
5 |
s |
AR |
| Reginold V. Downs |
|
mw |
3 |
s |
AR |
| Harry J Downs |
|
mw |
1 |
s |
AR |
| Edgar Arnns? |
|
mw |
11 |
s |
? |
| Carl D. Coleman |
|
mw |
8 |
s |
? |
| Cecil L. Coleman |
|
mw |
5 |
s |
? |
| Riley Vernell |
|
mw |
11 |
s |
? |
| Eathel J. Jones |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
? |
| Varlite Jones |
|
fw |
16 |
s |
no record |
| Martha Wonder? |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
no record |
| Chester C. Davis |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
no record |
| Mary C Murry |
|
fw |
15 |
s |
no record |
| McCullough J. Murry |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
no record |
| Gladys M Boyd |
|
fw |
12 |
s |
no record |
| Harry D. Boyd |
|
mw |
8 |
s |
no record |
| Charles A Boyd |
|
mw |
5? |
s |
no record |
| Edford? E. Boyd |
|
mw |
2 |
s |
no record |
| Louis W. Annis? Davis? |
|
mw |
9 |
s |
no record |
| John M Annis? Daivs? |
|
mw |
7 |
s |
no record |
| Euldis Stennet? |
|
mw |
3/12 |
s |
no record |
| Mary Risley |
|
fw |
14 |
s |
no record |
| James Risley |
|
mw |
12 |
s |
no record |
| Lara Douglas |
|
fw |
9 |
s |
no record |
1920 Census
February 9, 1920
M.C. Horton head mw 46 married AL US AL Manager Orphans Home
Bertha wife fw 39 married Ger GER GER Matron Orphan's Home
Hazel dau 18 fw single TN AL GER
Marvin son 16 mw single TN AL GER
Grace dau 11 fw single AR AL GER
Malvin son 7 mw single LA AL GER
T.C. Bauer head 36 mw married TN SWITZ SWITZ ASST MAN Orphan's Home
Minnie wife 34 fw married AR AR AR ASST MATRON Orphan's Home
Clara dau 8 fw single AR TN AR
Sula Willis teacher 39 fw single AR AR AR teacher Orphan's Home
Wayne Evans inmate 23 mw single AR AL AL
Glen mcIntre inmate 5 mw single AR US US
Grace Eva McIntyre inmate 8 fw single AR US US
May MacIntyre inmate 10 mw single AR US US
Francis Peters inmate 8 fw single IL US US
Cletes Peters inmate 10 fw single IL US US
Viola Taylor inmate 9 mw single AR US US
Edward Collins inmate 12 mw single US US US
Clara Collins inmate 10 fw single US US US
Delia Wise inmate fw 15 single AR US US
T.J. Wise inmate mw 10 single AR US US
May Selena Wise inmate 10 fw single AR US US
Willie Joe Wise inmate 7 mw single AR US US
Lottie Caple inmate 10 fw AR US US
Harrison Saiter inmate 15 mw single AR US US
Ray Kerrinett? inmate 12 mw single AR US US
Joseph Barber inmate 9 mw single MS US US
Austin Barber inmate 6 mw single MS US US
Wesley Soloman inmate 12 mw single US US US
Louise Soloman inmate 8 fw single US US US
Helen Knox inmate 13 fw single AR US US
Henry Knox inmate 11 mw single AR US US
Frank Knox inmate 5 mw single AR US US
Hugh Knox inmate 3 mw single AR US US
Lottie Collins inmate 11 fw single AR US US
Buson? Collins inmate 9 mw single AR US US
Jesse Leadbetter inmate 13 mw single AR US AR
Charley Williams inmate 11 mw single AR US US
Gladys Green inmate 18 fw single AR US US
Lula Andrews inmate 12 fw single AR US US
Lois Andrews inmate 12 fw single AR US US
Thomas Crawford inmate 12 mw single AR US US
Lee Rosa Crawford inmate 16 fw single AR US US
Emma Crow inmate 11 fw single AR US US
Eunice Tullos? inmate 15 fw single AR US US
Margery Tullos? inmate 11 fw single AR US US
Mary Tullos? inmate 9 fw single AR US US
May Lillie Graves inmate 16 fw single AR US US
Paul Hite inmate 18 mw single AR US US
Vesta Bateman inmate 9 fw single AR US US
John Hunt inmate 11 mw single AR US US
Ina Henry inmate 15 fw single SC US US
Earnes Baker inmate 10 mw single MO US US
Rosa Angle inmate 18 fw single AR US US
Marie Angle inmate 17 fw single AR US US
Russell Thompson inmate 16 mw single AR US US
Charley Page inmate 15 mw single AR US US
Elbert Page inmate 11 mw single AR US US
Dee Ruby Jones inmate 19 fw single AR US US
Edith Jones inmate 14 fw single AR US US
Marvin Talley inmate 18 mw single AR US US
Lizzie Russell inmate 16 fw single AR US US
Sylvia Mars inmate 15 fw single AR US US
Dwight Lashbrook inmate 11 mw single AR US US
Robert Moore inmate 13 mw single AR US US
Herman Carter inmate 13 mw single AR US US
Myrtle Blackwell inmate 16 fw single AR US US
1930 Arkansas Baptist Orphanage Census
Note from Bert Mullins (garden_valley@geusnet.com):
(1910 Census) Mary B, William H, Trudie L and Sallie Caple are siblings. They were born in Ferguson Township, Yell County, Arkansas. Their parents were William H. and Sadie Caple. He was born in Mississippi in 1868 and she in Tennessee in 1882. Mary B. Caple married my great uncle, Claud Mullins. I believe they were likely married in Monticello in the 1921-1924 time frame. They had no children. Mary died in 1976 and Claud in 1987. Both are buried in the Adams-Singer Cemetery in Warren. I have not researched Mary's siblings or parents and do not know what became of her parents or the reason the children came to be orphans.
Any information on this family appreciated.
Note from Melissa Emerson (melissaemerson@yahoo.com):
I don't know if this will help or not but I have information on the
following people that were on the 1910 Census for Arkansas Baptist Orphans Home, Monticello AR.
Patrick H. Anglan mw 12 no record kept
Rosetta Anglan fw 8 no record kept
Jennetta Anglan fw 8 no record kept
May Anglan fw 7 no record kept
All four individuals were born in Alma AR. Sebastian County. The name
should have been Anglen. Sometime between 1910 and 1920 the name was
shortened to Angle. We're still not sure if that was something done
intentionally or if it was a clerical error.
Articles below were submitted to Drew County Mailing List by Jann Woodard
Ark. Gazette Oct. 6, 1896:
It is often said that a prophet is without honor in
his own country. It is equally true that our home
people do not fully appreciate the significance of one
of their grandest institutions, an institution which
will give us a state reputation for benevolence and
enterprise. Such an institution we have in the
Orphans Home, under the control of the State Baptist
Association of Arkansas.
Situated on an elevation gently sloping in all
directions, with a park of magnificent oaks to the
south "far from the madding crowds ignoble strife," it
presents to the observer an air of calm repose. Here
the homeless and the orphan, weary of the buffeting of
a cruel world may find rest and support near to
nature's heart.
Although the present building is not commensurate with
the plans of its founders, it is yet a good beginning.
It is a two-story brick, 20X60 feet, with six large
rooms. This building is now completed and there is an
amount of only $40 due on the same, which ought to be
raised right away. This building the board intends to
be an "L" of the main building, which they hope to
build later.
Eighty acres of land were donated to the home by Miss
Hannah Hyatt, of this city. Not content with this
display of liberality, Miss Hyatt has traveled over
this state from one end to the other in the interest
of the home. Besides giving her time and property to
this enterprise, Miss Hyatt is now installed as matron
of the home, not at a lucrative salary, but without
money and without price. She receives no pay, save
the orphans prayer and the gratitude of thankful
hearts. Such devotion to the homeless waif should put
to blush the man with a soul so dead as to discourage
an enterprise of this kind, and should inspire to
renewed exertions those responsive to the ills and
calamities to which humanity falls heir.
There are two orphans in the home at present and more
are expected soon. Just as soon as the rooms are
furnished the home will doubtless be full.
The board wishes it to be distinctly understood that
while the home is under the control of the Arkansas
Baptist Association, yet its doors are open to all
orphans in the state. No questions are asked as to
whether they are Methodists, Presbyterian, Baptists,
or whether they belong to any church. All sects and
creeds are welcome here. The two orphans in the home
at present are not of Baptist parents.
The present building has cost about $1800. The home
is under the control of the following board of
trustees: Rev. W. W. Gardner, Rev. N. C. Denson, Rev.
W. K. Penrod, Rev. Hogan All, R. F. Hyatt, D. T.
Hyatt, Z. T. Wood, L. E. Morgan, J. A. Cason.
Ark. Gazette Feb. 1, 1910, Monticello - Finding a
bottle of carbolic acid in a room, where she had been
left to play in the absence of the nurse, Mercedes
Caples, a 3 year old inmate of the Orphans' Home of
Monticello, drank the contents and died within a few
minutes. The nurse was gone from the room only a few
minutes and how the child got the bottle from the
shelf where it stood is a mystery. The little girl
was brought to the home from Clarendon.
Arkansas Gazette:
Monticello, Nov. 3, 1915 - A carload of supplies,
mostly foodstuffs, has been received by the Baptist
Orphan; Home of this city. It was donated by the
people of Rogers and other neighboring towns.
November 3, 1915-Arkansas Gazette Monticello
J. N. Williams, who has been superintendent of the
Monticello Baptist Orphans' Home for several years,
has resigned. The affairs of the Orphanage will be
looked after until the meeting of the Baptist
convention, November 18, by the Rev. J. F. Tull and R.
F. Hyatt, two resident members of the Board of
Control.
Arkansas Gazette
Monticello-July 19, 1915
Miss Rose Freeman, of the Orphan's Home, age 19 years,
died on last Friday. The young lady's former home was
at Berryville, Ark. The remains were interred in
Oakland Cemetery on last Saturday.
AR Gazette Jan. 9, 1916:
Monticello, Jan. 8 - "We have about 175 bright children in our home
who would be a blessing to any home," says W. F. Dorris,
superintendent and financial secretary of the Monticello
Baptist Orphans' Home. "They will be given to any persons
giving satisfactory evidence of having a good home for
them."
Note from: ElmereH@aol.com
The Vesta Bateman listed in the 1920 records is as follows:
Age 9 years, White Male, born in Terrell, Kaufman County TX
Name: Vester, Born to James Merion Bateman and E. M Harper.
There was an older Brother, Johnny Albert Bateman and Mary Elizabeth Bateman and a
small female called Bea. Never knew what happened to her.
Found on this web site: http://www.gscca.net/01-10-P.htm
[Page, Mrs. – 7 Jan 1910-SS [JES-33] her 4 children sent to Baptist Orphans Home at Monticello, AR ]
JES stands for Jonesboro Evening Sun.
Census records were transcribed by Terri. If you have any corrections or additions, please let me know. Several entries were hard to read, and the enumerator changed from giving place of birth to "no records" on the second page of the 1910 census. If anyone has any further information on this Orphanage, I would like to post it here. Please use this as a guide and check out the census yourself before including the information in your personal records.
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