Poor House entries - 1855 |
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In 1855, there were 50 people residing in the Cortland Co. Poor House. Here is the list, as it appears on the 1855 census listing of the first ward of Cortlandville.
| First | Surname | Age | S? | C? | Rel | Born | M? | W? | Yrs | Occ | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvord | Benjamin | 48 | M | Head | Herkimer | 1 | 2 | Farmer | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sarah | Benjamin | 49 | F | Wife | Herkimer | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| F.M. | Benjamin | 22 | M | Son | Herkimer | 1 | 2 | Student | 1 | |||||||||
| Catherine | Seehan | 17 | F | Adopted dau | Cortland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Harriet | Norton | 40 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 2 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Mary | Hunter | 59 | F | Pauper | Conn | 11/12 | ||||||||||||
| Amanda | Shipman | 30 | F | Pauper | Chenango | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Angeline | Shipman | 2 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Harriet.N. | Norton | 40 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 3 | Idiotic | |||||||||||
| Thankful | Moon | 64 | F | Pauper | R.I. | 1 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Polly | Hammond | 70 | F | Pauper | R.I. | 1 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Amanda | Wires | 48 | F | Pauper | Mass | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hiram | Hoton | 35 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 12 | Idiotic | |||||||||||
| Orange | Findley | 55 | M | Pauper | Washington | 10 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Joseph | Moon | 84 | M | Pauper | R.I. | 1 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Cate | Brawly | 25 | F | Pauper | Ireland | 5 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Wealthy | Pender | 79 | F | Pauper | Vt | 1 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Sophia | Burdick | 44 | F | Pauper | Madison | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Melissa.A. | Hall | 37 | F | Pauper | Madison | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Marge | Sist | 35 | F | Pauper | Unknown | 2 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Rachel | Moon | 33 | F | Pauper | Chenango | 35 | Idiotic | |||||||||||
| Laura | Pisise | 35 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 3 | Idiotic | |||||||||||
| Elora.A. | Greenman | 30 | F | Pauper | Chenango | 1 | 3 | Insane | ||||||||||
| Temperance | Pender | 35 | F | Pauper | Delaware | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Polly | Dodge | 55 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 9 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Mary | Phillips | 37 | F | Pauper | Conn | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Lois | Betty | 88 | F | Pauper | Mass | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Esther | Hopkins | 75 | F | Pauper | Mass | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Margaret | Mcnura | 78 | F | Pauper | Mass | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Abel | Elaton | 85 | M | Pauper | N.J. | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Foster | Green | 25 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 25 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Solomon | Burdick | 45 | M | Pauper | Onondaga | 3/12 | ||||||||||||
| Dan | Etta | 80 | M | M | Pauper | Unknown | 20 | |||||||||||
| Abner | Carpenter | 41 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 1 | 4/12 | |||||||||||
| Cornelius | Beelson | 80 | M | Pauper | New York | 1 | 5/12 | |||||||||||
| Daniel | Dann | 32 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 17 | ||||||||||||
| James | Benedict | 11 | M | Pauper | Cayuga | 2/12 | ||||||||||||
| Augustus | Wood | 75 | M | Pauper | Ulster | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph | Terwilly | 75 | M | Pauper | Ulster | 5/12 | ||||||||||||
| Moses | Pender | 86 | M | Pauper | Mass | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Richard | Record | 43 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Edward | Saxon | 26 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 3 | Insane | |||||||||||
| Calvin | Coler | 46 | M | Pauper | Conn | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Mary | Jiro | 30 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 1 | 24 | Insane | ||||||||||
| Ward | Jiro | 8 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis | Rose | 2 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas | Norton | 1 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rogers | Barton | 20 | M | Pauper | Cortland | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Esther | Busty | 50 | F | Pauper | Cortland | 20 | Idiotic | |||||||||||
| Mary | Salisbury | 50 | F | Pauper | Unknown | 20 | Idiotic |
Entry done by Vicki Hall Titus Nov 1, 1998
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Created on 1 Nov 1998 Thanks for Stopping By!
LAST UPDATED: Friday, 20-May-2011 22:19:57 MDT
