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| 1859-1860 Calhoun County Poorhouse Ledger | ||||||||
| No. | Date Received | Name | Birth Place | Late residence | Age [as of date] | Cause of pauperism | When & How discharged | No of weeks in house |
| 1859 | ||||||||
| 2 | Oct. 1 | Wm Brown | America | Emmett | 59 July 30 59 | Blind | 52 | |
| 61 | " | Rhoda Ann French | " | Burlington | 57 | Imbecile | 52 | |
| 93 | " | John Warring | " | Marshall | 49 | Paralysis | 52 | |
| 102 | " | Hester Burnett | " | Burlington | 39 | Insane | 52 | |
| 121 | " | Hannah (Dummy) | " | Pennfield | 39 | Deaf & Dumb | Died Oct 30th 1859 of apoplexy | 4 2/7 |
| 153 | " | John Jewell | Massachusetts | Tekonsha | 87 Apr 5/59 | Decrepit Old Age | Left with his son Wm Oct 18/59 | 2 3/7 |
| 182 | " | Caroline Johnson (Col'd) | Virginia | Battle Creek | 30 about | Insane | 52 | |
| 185 | " | Charles Rix (Col'd) | Canada | Albion | 7 | Orphan | 52 | |
| 186 | " | Cornelius " " [Rix] | " | " | 4 | " | 52 | |
| 187 | " | Frank Peytenger | Germany | Eckford | 65 | Intemperate | 52 | |
| 199 | " | John Simpson | America | Battle Creek | 82 | Imbecile | Died July 16, 1860, of old age | 19 5/7 |
| 189 | " | Joseph Blodgett | " | Eckford | 76 | Cripple | 52 | |
| 50 | " | Nancy Nichols (Col'd) | N. Y. | Marshall | 48 | Fever sore | 52 | |
| 163 | " | John Lucas | " | " | 61 | Intemperate | Left voluntarily Nov 17/59 | 6 5/7 |
| 196 | " | Louisa Page | America | Newton | 19 | Non Compos | 52 | |
| 208 | " | James Jackson | England | Sheridan | 72 | Old Age | Left June 4, 1860 | 34 3/7 |
| 213 | " | Sarah Brainard | America | Clarendon | 29 | Insane | 52 | |
| 161 | " | John Smith (Col'd) | " | Battle Creek | 11 | Orphan | 52 | |
| 209 | " | James Owen | Ireland | " | 74 | Old Age | Sent away by superintendent Lewis | 5 |
| 219 | " | Jacob H. Baker | N. Y. | Lee | 10 | Lewd Mother | Left voluntarily Apr 17/60 | 28 5/7 |
| 220 | " | May E. Baker | Mich | " | 6 | " | 52 | |
| 223 | " | Sarah Baker (Mother of above two) | NY | " | 30 | Enceinte | Left August 20, 1860 | 47 |
| 165 | " | Norman Squiers | " | Convis | 38 | St Vitus dance | 52 | |
| 224 | " | Mary Givins (Col'd) | S. Carolina | Tekonsha | 75 probably | Infirm | Died March 5 1860 | 22 5/7 |
| 226 | " | Wm Anderson | NY | Marengo | 14 | Orphan | Left voluntarily Jany 27 / 60 | 17 |
| 216 | " 2 | Emily Paul | England | Battle Creek | 17 | Vagrancy | Left voluntarily Dec 24 / 59 | 12 |
| 227 | " 8 | Herman Cramer | N York | Clarence | 52 | St Vitus dance | Left with Mr. Fowler Nov 2 / 59 | 3 2/7 |
| 228 | " 10 | Philip Lip? Maybe Liss | Germany | Transient | 23 | Sore finger | Left voluntarily Oct 23 / 59 | 2 |
| 225 | " 13 | Adaline Latin | N. York | Marshall City | 38 | Insane | Left March 26, 1860 | 23 4/7 |
| 1009 | ||||||||
| 228 | 1859 | Phebe Leonard | NY | Lee | 22 | Insane | 50 | |
| 229 | Oct 15 | George (infant of Mrs Baker) | County house | County house | Illegitimate | Died August 12, 1860, diarrhea | 43 1/7 | |
| 230 | " 28 | Issadore Kennard | New York | Transient | 27 | Enceinte | Left voluntarily Feby 4/60 | 14 1/7 |
| 231 | Nov 2 | Lucy Stark | " | Transient | 47 | Vagrant | Left Jany 14, 1860 | 12 |
| 232 | " 17 | George Brannell | Mich | Marshall City | 2 1/2 | Deserted by parents | Left with father Nov 24 / 59 | 1 |
| 227 | " 21 | Thos. Pitcher | New York | Battle Creek | 44 | Lame by erysipelas | Left March 15, 1860 | 16 3/7 |
| 233 | Dec 5 | Freeman Mosier | Massachusetts | Clarence | 72 | Intemperance | 43 | |
| 234 | Dec 6 | David Morse (Col'd) | Transient | 9 | Orphan | Left voluntarily Jany 4 /60 | 4 | |
| 235 | " 9 | Thomas Collins | Ireland | Amboy R.R. | 30 | Lame wrist | Left voluntarily Dec 20 /59 | 1 4/7 |
| 236 | " 19 | John Thompson (Col'd) | Penn | Transient Battle Creek City | 65 about | Lame ankle | Left voluntarily Jany 21 /60 | 4 5/7 |
| 237 | " 27 | James Foster | Ireland | Amboy R/R | 45 -------- | Sore Eyes | Left voluntarily Feby 21 / 60 | 8 |
| 238 | " 29 | Lily G infant of Mrs Kennord | County house | County house | Mother in poor house | Taken away by her mother July 4/60 | 5 2/7 | |
| 1860 | ||||||||
| 239 | Jany 28 | Charles H. Masters | America | Marshall City | 6 | vagrancy of parents | Sent to [illegible] July 6 /60 | 23 |
| 240 | " " | William Masters | " | " " | 4 | " " | Died Feby 23 1860, congestion of lungs | 3 5/7 |
| 241 | Feby 1 | Lucy Stone | N. York | Eckford | 20 | Widow and poor | Left voluntarily March 2 / 60 | 4 3/7 |
| 242 | " " | and her child Rosa [Stone] | Indiana | " | 1 | Widows Child | Left with her Mother | 4 3/7 |
| 243 | " 6 | Olive Mosier | America | Marshall City | 70 | Intemperance of husband | 34 | |
| 244 | " 21 | Wm O. Brien | Ireland | Amboy R.R. | 40 about | Sore Eyes | Left voluntarily Apr 29/60 | 10 |
| 236 | " 29 | John Thompson | Penn | Transient Battle Creek City | 65 about | Lazy | Left voluntarily May 19 /60 | 11 3/7 |
| 245 | Mar 7 | Daniel Gleason | NY | Tekonsha | 24 | Lazy | Left April 1, 1860 | 3 3/7 |
| 246 | " 8 | Eliza Weaver (Col'd) | Indiana | Battle Creek City | 18 | Enceinte | Left May 26, 1860 | 11 2/7 |
| 247 | " 9 | Amanda Corser | NY | Transient | 24 | Vagrancy | 28 2/7 | |
| 207 | " (?) | Harriet Smith | American | Sheridan | 19 | Non compos | Left voluntarily August 25 /60 | 25 |
| 248 | Apr 3 | Arthur Brace | Mich | Newton | 7 | Father Absent | 25 5/7 | |
| 249 | " 13 | infant of Eliza Weaver | Poor house | Illegitimate | Taken by its Mother May 26, 1860 | 6 1/7 | ||
| 250 | " 18 | Rachel Bromley | England | Leray | 65 | Old age & poor | Left May 28, 1860 | 5 4/7 |
| 251 | " 25 | Inman Shoals | N. York | Marengo | 11 | Widowed Mother | 22 3/7 | |
| 252 | May 10 | Wm Kelley | Ireland | Clarendon | 9 | Deserted by father | 20 3/7 | |
| 227 | 23 | Herman Cramer | NY | Clarence | 52 | St Vitus dance | Left June 20 / 60 | 4 |
| 253 | 24 | Warren Green | Mich | Eckford | 7 | Father in prison | 20 3/7 | |
| 1860, cont | 1476 | |||||||
| 254 | June 9 | Emma Adams | Albion | 9 | Deserted by father | Taken by Mr. Hoxie Sept 4, 1860 | 12 3/7 | |
| 255 | " " | George Adams | " | 7 | " " | 16 1/7 | ||
| 256 | " " | Willie Adams | " | 5 | " " | 16 1/7 | ||
| 257 | " 23 | O. Morrow | Scotland | Transient | 73 | Old Age | Left June 25, 1860 | 1 5/7 |
| 258 | " 23 | Catharine Shaver | Tennessee | Emmett | 40 | Indigence & sick | Died Sept 19, 1860, dropsy | 13 4/7 |
| 259 | " " | Wm Shaver | [Illegible] Ia? | " | 9 | Parents poor & sick | 14 1/7 | |
| 260 | " " | Mahala " [Shaver] | " " | " | 13 | " " | 14 1/7 | |
| 261 | " " | Benjamin " [Shaver] | " " | " | 6 | " " | 14 1/7 | |
| 262 | " " | Charles " [Shaver] | " Mich | " | 3 | " " | 14 1/7 | |
| 263 | July 2 | Emily F. Kane | NY | " | 20 | Epilepsy | 12 6/7 | |
| 264 | " 25 | Michel Hays | Ireland | Amboy R.R. | 24 | Chronic Ague | Left voluntarily August 27 / 60 | 4 5/7 |
| 265 | August 1 | Thos. Hogan | " | " " | 32 | Chronic Ague | Left voluntarily August 27 / 60 | 4 5/7 |
| 266 | " 6 | James Porcupile | N.Y. | Homer | 34 | Insane | Left with his brother Aug 24 /60 | 2 4/7 |
| 267 | " 23 | John Lemon | N.Y. | Leroy | 50 | Sick | Left voluntarily Sept 5 1860 | 1 4/7 |
| 268 | " 27 | Morris Hobbs | Mich | Transient | 14 about | Sick and Cripple | 5 | |
| 269 | Sept 6 | Patrick Moran | Ireland | Amboy R.R. | 40 | Chronic Ague | Left voluntarily Sept 22, 1860 | 2 2/7 |
| 270 | " 15 | Charles Fisher | Germany | Transient | 45 | Ague | Left voluntarily Sep. 24 | 1 2/7 |
| 271 | " 18 | James Pettis | N.Y. | Transient | 30 | Wounded head | Left voluntarily Sept 20 / 60 | 2/7 |
| 272 | " 18 | Lysander Laurence | Ohio | Clarence | 13 | Agent Orphan | Left " Sept 21./ 60 | 3/7 |
| 235 | " 27 | Thomas Collins | Ireland | Amboy R.R. | 31 | Chronic Ague | 3/7 | |
| 1628 4/7 | ||||||||
| On hand Oct 1st 1859 | 25 | Number of weeks house of board of paupers | ||||||
| Received during the year | 54 | 79 | for the year ending Oct 1st 1860 | 1628 4/7 | ||||
| Keepers family | 156 | |||||||
| On hand Oct 1st, 1860 | 32 | Hired Man 8 months | 34 | |||||
| Discharged and left during year | 41 | |||||||
| Died | 6 | 79 | ||||||
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