Nutt Family Cemetery,Longwood House, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi Submitted by: Margaret Bates ***************************************************************************** USGenWeb NOTICE: Libraries and individual researchers may download this file for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use requires written permission from the transcriber. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************** Construction was begun on Longwood House in 1860. It was to be a "town house" for Haller and Julia Nutt and their children. Haller Nutt was a millionaire businessman and planter and was a Federal sympathizer. The house is reputed to be the "grandest octagonal house in America" and is a superb example of mid-19th century Oriental style. The War Between the States halted construction. Many of the craftsmen, who had come from the North, simply left their tools and hurried home. The Nutt Family Cemetery is on the grounds of Longwood, the family's town home in Natchez, Mississippi. It is a short walk from the house to the cemetery down a wooded path. Nutt, Haller Born Feb. 17, 1816 Died June 15, 1864 Williams, Julia Augusta Born Aug. 11, 1822 Died Feb. 23, 1897 Wife of Haller Nutt Smith, Fanny Born May 5th 1846 Died August 21st 1848 Daughter of Haller & Julia A. Nutt Ward, Robert Julian Nov 29, 1889 June 1, 1962 Massachusetts CPL Motor Transport Corps World War I Ward, James Haller Feb. 4, 1888 at "Longwood," Natches, Miss. Sept. 2, 1950, Natches, Miss. 1st Lieutenant Air Service A.E.F. World War I Ward, Lily Nutt June 4, 1861 July 12, 1930 Ward, James Williams Sept. 13, 1858 April 23, 1930 Ward, Merritt W. March 14, 1939 Mississippi PVT 1CL 327 BN Tank Corps