{"id":276,"date":"2018-07-10T19:46:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:05:14","slug":"o-brunt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/o-brunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange A. Brunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt.png 281w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Orange A. Brunt (Panola County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1875<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birth:<\/strong> November 17, 1848<br \/>\n<strong>Died:<\/strong> September 13, 1886<\/p>\n<p>Appears on the 1870 census in Panola County with his parents, W. and Julie, and siblings. Married Thursday Nance on July 6, 1871. Appears on the 1880 census with Thursday and children, mother Julie and some of his siblings living with them. Thursday appears in both 1900 and 1910, and their children are well documented in later records.<\/p>\n<p>The middle initial &#8220;A&#8221; comes from his headstone. Family trees on Ancestry list his middle name as Augustus, but I haven&#8217;t found a source for this yet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-864\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/o-brunt\/brunt2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-864 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memphis Daily Appeal, November 10, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-w-randolph\/resolution\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2130 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/o-brunt\/brunt3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-866 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, October 25, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-868\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/o-brunt\/brunt4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-868 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memphis Daily Appeal, November 4, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-862\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/o-brunt\/brunt-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-862 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/brunt-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memphis Public Ledger, November 8, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange A. Brunt (Panola County) State House:\u00a01874-1875 Birth: November 17, 1848 Died: September 13, 1886 Appears on the 1870 census in Panola County with his parents, W. and Julie, and siblings. Married Thursday Nance on July 6, 1871. Appears on the 1880 census with Thursday and children, mother Julie and some of his siblings living &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/o-brunt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orange A. 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