Person:Luther Homes (1)

Luther Homes was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a blacksmith by trade. He married Hannette Bridge Currier on January 8, 1842 . Around this time He moved to New Orleans for he is listed in the 1842 directory as a blacksmith residing at 21 Union Street, (now the 700 block between St. Charles and Carondelet). For a time Luther partnered with Benjamin Bennett, but the firm of Homes and Bennett disolved about 1856.

Luther homes Foundry was on Benton Street near Euphrosine, or just west of where the Amtrack station is currently located. He also had a show room and business office at 106 St Charles Avenue (now the 400 block between Poydras and Perdido. Luther must have been a bit of an inventor. He applied for and received two patents. On July 6, 1858 he received patent No. 20797 for A Method of Constructing Iron Railings and on January 11, 1881 he received patent No. 236590 for a Grass-Cutter.

Luther was active in the community. He was Treasurer of the Odd Fellows and representative to their national convention, President of the Home Industrial Association of Louisiana, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Mechanics and Agricultural Fair Association of Louisiana.

Luther and Hannette divorced and in 1864 and Luther married Mary Sophie Shaw, an author known by her pen name as Mille Mayfield.

Luther was living at 15 Dryades Street when he died 11 July 1841. He is buried at Odd Fellows Rest in New Orleans.

External Links

Patent 20797 to Luther Homes - Iron Railings

Patent 236590 to Luther Homes - Grass Cutter

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949 (3). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.Original data - Baton Rouge, LA, USA.Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=neworleansdeaths1&h=128814&ti=0&indiv=try||Name: Luther Homes
   Birth: abt 1814
   Death: 11 Jul 1881
   New Orleans, Louisiana
   
   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=neworleansdeaths1&h=128814&ti=0&indiv=try

2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census (4). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use licen)
   Year: 1880; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T9_459; Family History Film: 1254459; Page: 384.1000; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 0425.

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=40180935&ti=0&indiv=try||Name: Luther Homes
   Birth: abt 1816
   Massachusetts
   Residence: 1880
   New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
   
   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=40180935&ti=0&indiv=try

3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census (3). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the Unite)
   Year: 1850; Census Place: Representative District 3, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: M432_234; Page: 295; Image: 437.

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2788473&ti=0&indiv=try||Name: Luther Holmes
   Birth: abt 1814
   Massachusetts
   Residence: 1850
   Representative District 3, Orleans, Louisiana
   
   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2788473&ti=0&indiv=try

4. ↑ Orleans Death Index.
5.   Patents: Method of construction Iron Railings, Grass-cutter