Orange Brunt

Orange Brunt (Panola County)

State House: 1874-1875

Birth: c. 1848 in Mississippi

Appears on the 1870 census in Panola County with his parents, W. and Julie, and siblings. Appears on the 1880 census with wife Thursday and children, mother Julie and some of his siblings living with them. Brunt does not appear on the 1900 census, though Thursday appears in both 1900 and 1910, and their children are well documented in later records.

Memphis Daily Appeal, November 10, 1873
Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875
Clarion-Ledger, October 25, 1875
Memphis Daily Appeal, November 4, 1875
Memphis Public Ledger, November 8, 1875