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Sandburg, Charles A. S., age 7, born Chatham Co., Georgia, listed as one of the orphans atBethesda Orphans' Home, Savannah, with Simeon L. Murphy as superintendent. Ref: 1860Chatham Co., Ga. Census

Sanders, Penelope, age 21, "idiotic". Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Sanders, Tyra, age 35, born in Ga., listed as a lunatic on the 1860 Madison Co., GaCensus.

Sawyer, Peter C. of Macon taken to Milledgeville to the asylum. He was partly derangedfor a number of years, and has grown worse. He had three lunacy trials, and the juryfailed to convict him. The third jury, over which Fred Abell was a foreman, after hearingthe statements of Drs. Walker and Stephen, committed him. The Constitution, Atlanta 6/6/1886

Sheppard, James, age 8, born Chatham Co., Georgia, listed as one of the orphans atBethesda Orphans' Home, Savannah, with Simeon L. Murphy as superintendent. Ref: 1860Chatham Co., Ga. Census

Simpson, Frances, age 30, female, born in Ga., listed as a lunatic on the 1860 MadisonCo., Ga. Census.

Simpson, Frances E., age 17, female, born in, Ga., listed on the 1850 Madison Co., Ga.Census as a lunatic.

Smiley, William, age 30. Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Smith, Lydia A., age 43. Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Smith, Thomas, age 15, born Chatham Co., Georgia, listed as one of the orphans atBethesda Orphans' Home, Savannah, with Simeon L. Murphy as superintendent. Ref: 1860Chatham Co., Ga. Census

Snelson, John B., age 26. "restored". Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Spruce, Sarah, age 44, born in South Carolina. Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Street, William C., age 12, born Chatham Co., Georgia, listed as one of the orphans atBethesda Orphans' Home, Savannah, with Simeon L. Murphy as superintendent. Ref: 1860Chatham Co., Ga. Census

Streetman, Richard B., age 16, born in Georgia, listed on 1860 Madison Co., Ga. Census asa lunatic.

Sullivan, Thomas G., age 11, born Chatham Co., Georgia, listed as one of the orphans atBethesda Orphans' Home, Savannah, with Simeon L. Murphy as superintendent. Ref: 1860Chatham Co., Ga. Census

Synthes, Sylvester, age 15, age 12, born Chatham Co., Georgia, listed as one of the orphans atBethesda Orphans' Home, Savannah, with Simeon L. Murphy as superintendent. Ref: 1860Chatham Co., Ga. Census