Calhoun County Poorhouse Inmates

1851-1852 Calhoun County Poorhouse Ledger
No. Date Received Name Place of Birth Age [as of date] Cause of Pauperism When & How discharged How Long in Poor House From What Township
  1851              
1 Sep   20 [No first name given] Higgins Ireland 90 May 3rd 1851 Cripple & Old Age     Tekonsha
2   "      " Wm Brown America 51 July 30     " Blind     Emmett
3   "      " Isaac Doty      " 16 Cripple       Albion
5   "      " Abram Bliss      " 23 Incompetent voluntarily July 19/52   Marshall
6   "      " John TenEycke      " 22        "          Do.
11   "      " Lucy Ann Stanley      " 17  June 10     " Sick     Battle Creek
16   "      " Caldwell Connett      "        Ohio 14 Feb 17       " Cripple Jan 27 left with Mother   Marshall
31   "      " Everett Wheelock      " 15 Lame left voluntarily March 15/52   Battle Creek
37   "      " Mrs Wattan England 61 Intemperance Left voluntarily June 21/52   Marshall
39   "      " George Gilbert      " 39 Apr 16       " Sick Left voluntarily March 10/52   Albion
40   "      " Isaac T. " [Gilbert] America Calhoun Co 5  Dec 23rd 1850 Indigence of Parents Left voluntarily March 10/52        "
41   "      " Wm H " [Gilbert]      "             " 3 May 7th 1851      "                " Left voluntarily March 10/52        "
42   "      " Rachel Newell Unknown 50 or 60 Insane Removed to Hillsdale P. House by H Johnson Oct 30/51 5 5/7 Weeks Hillsdale Poor House
9   "      " [No first name given] Atwood America 61 Sick Died March 5/52   Clarendon
44 Oct    6 Nancy Bean      " 46 Indigent & Sick     Fredonia
45   "      9 Charlotte Percival      " 16 Blind     Albion
21   "      10 George Foster      " 49 Sep. 22nd 1851 Intemperate Died April 20, 1852   Emmett
32   "      22 Charlotte Bravery? [illegible]      " 12 Indigence of Parents Left with Miss Bullock June 15/52   Lee
46   "      18 Michael Kelley Ireland 38 Sick Left voluntarily Nov 9 1851 3 1/7 Weeks Transient Marshall
47   "      26 [Illegible] Norway 18 Sick & Insane Left voluntarily Dec 29/51 9 1/7 Weeks      "         Battle Creek
48   "      27 Thos O'Neil Ireland 17 Sick left voluntarily March 4/52   Tekonsha
26 Sep   20 Mary Quigley County Poor House Born Feb 4/51 Illegitimate left voluntarily May 4/52   Marengo
49 Dec   28 James Tyes Ireland 45 Sick Died June 10, 1852 22, 5/7 Transient
  1852              
50 Jany   6 Nancy Nichols America 40 Lame     Marshall
51 Jany  15 Geo Latten America 58 Blind Left voluntarily 2 Weeks Newton
52   "      " Debrah Latten America 9 Indigence of Parents Went to Rathbones  1 1/7 Newton
53   "      " Catherine [no surname given] Germany 35 Insane Left voluntarily June 15/52   Newton
46   "     24 Michael Kelley Ireland 48 Intemperance Left voluntarily 6/52 1 4/7 Marshall
47 Feb   21 Norwegian Norway 19   Left voluntarily April   New resident Battle Creek
54   "     10 William [no surname given] America 8 Illegitimate      
52   "     20 Debrah Latten America 9 Indigence  Left W Farther Aug 23/52   Newton
55 March   Henry Shadan?       left voluntarily 1  
56   "     12 Charlott Childs America 9   Went to Babcocks 8 Emmett
57   "      8 Samuel Munger         voluntarily 1  
58   "      12 Joseph Hall America 3 Indigence of Parents Left With grand Mother 12 Albion
59 April   6 Mrs. Miles America 60 old age voluntarily April 13 1 1/7 Marengo
60   "     20 Dolley Farley America 76 old age     Sheridan
61   "       7 Mrs. French America 50   voluntarily April 21 2    " Burlington
62   "       7 John Husk America   Intemperance voluntarily    10 2/7 Marshall
63 5-Jul Erastus Percival America 22 Firing Cannon     Convis
64 August 28 Mary Ann Latten America   Indigence of Parents Went to Foot's Sept 13/52    
65 Sept   10 Frank Dutchman Germany   Cripple      
66 1-Mar Johny Calvin America   Illegitimate     Marengo
67 August 12 Mariah Carr America   Blind died August 25/52   Burlington
68 March Mrs.Juckett Chilren America     left voluntarily 1  
69 Sept  20 Wm Beach America 38       Orange Co NY
70 Oct  12 Starling Farley   4 Last March       Albion
                 
              [Not tallied]  

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