Poor House Occupants 1860 Cortland County

Cortland County census
Poor house entries - 1860

In the 1860 census, the Poor House is split over 2 pages -- 429 and 430. Although all the occupants are listed under only 1 household / dwelling, Alvah Benjamin is listed at the top of both pages.

Page 429

Benjamin	Alvah	52	Keeper of Poor House
Dan	Black	85	Unknown	Deaf and Dumb
Wood	Augustus	78	NY	Insane
Cole	Calvin	60	do	Indiotic
Layton	Edwin	35	do	Insane
Philips	William	78	VT	Old age
Green	Foster	30	NY	Insane
Rickardt	Zebina	49	do	Cripple
Finch	Orrange	60	do	Insane
Horton	Hiram	40	do	Idiotic
Brilson	Cornelius	89	do	Old age
Bortol	George	28	do	Sick
Pierce	Laura	40	do	Insane and idiotic
Philips	Mary	40	do	Sick
Bush	Esther	33	do	Idiotic
Lane	Mary	56	do	Insane
Brawly	Kate	40	Ireland	do
Salsbury	Mary Ann	55	do	Idiotic
Pender	Temperance	45	NY	Insane
Hopkins	Esther	80	do	Old age
Wordon	Amanda	60	Mass	do
Groe	Mary	35	NY	Insane
Greenman	Eliza Ann	48	do	do
Hopkins	Louise	16	do	Cripple
Norton	Harriet	43	do	Idiotic
Norton	Henry	7	do
Hawley	Lois	35	do	Sick
Hawley	Russell	5	do
Segar	Franklin L.	11	do
Cole	Mary	7	do	Insane
Bean (Benn?)	Thankful	68	do	Sick
Bean	Rachel	41	do
Fritz	Franklin	5	do	Idiotic
Smith	William	78	do	Intemperate
Cronkrite	Stephen	56	do
Capwell (Casswell?)	Mary	75	RI	Ill Health
Hopkins	William	15	NY
Hall	William	86	do	Old age
Laraby	Alunsing	61	do	Ill Health
Laraby	Saloma	57	VT	Ill Health

Page 430

Benjamin	Alvah --- Repeat		Keeper of Poor House
Fenton	Sarah	27	NY	Ill Health
Perry	David W.	76	Mass	do
Penny	David	75	do	do
Wiser	James	84	do	Old age
Parker	Esther	17	NY	Cripple
Johnson	William	61	VT	Ill Health
Johnson	Sarah Ann	53	do	do
Tryon	Sylvanus	6	do	Orphans
Tryon	Frederick	2	do	do
Ells	Margaret	25	Germany	Insane
Hawley	Polly	55	VT	Cripple
Hollenbeck	Sarah J.	28	do	Sick
Bradbury	Mary	22	do	do
Pratt	Milton	1	NY
Parker	Hannah	9	do	Sick
Ripley	Clarinda	28	do	do
Ripley	June	6/12	do
Shopley	Julia	56	do	Insane
Wilson	Clarissa	43	do	do
Wood	Phebe	78	do	do
Hall	Eunice	35	NY	Insane
Stewart	James	60	Ireland	Sick
Crane	Mary	61	Mass	Insane
Hicks	Jane	27	NY	do
Hall	Sophia	3	do	Orphans
Johnson	Amos	25	do	Insane
Bouton	Phebe	35	do	Idiotic
Peck	Maryett	45	do	do
Chamberlin	James	47	do	do
Hall	Ann	2/12	do
More	Alminas	75	Mass	Old age
More	Emma	22	NY	Insane
Rorebacher	Isaac	55	do	Sick
Peck	Clark	22	do	do
Carmon (Carman)	Jane	70	do	do
Tugood	John	75	Mass	do
Forsher (Forshee)	Sarah	60	do	do
Willoby	William	69	do	do

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