Residents of the Franklin County Poor Farm from the 1880 Census
We found the following information on the following website in the USGenWeb Archives: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/franklin/census/1880/benton80.txt 

It is described as follows:
1880 Federal Census, Benton Township, Franklin County, Illinois 
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives 
Copyright 2000 James Stephenson 
Benton Township, Village of Benton, 9 June 1880 
[Note: We took the liberty of re-arranging the order of the names so that people with the same last name were grouped together. PHL ]
The suggestion that we include this material was submitted by:
Claudine Goforth   deango4th@nccoast.net
"Franklin County Poor Farm"

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Hutchins, George R 37m TN TN TN keeper of poor farm
----------  Sarah J w 32 f TN SC SC kh
----------  Laura E d 10 f IL
----------  William L s 7 m IL
----------   Robert F s 5 m IL
----------   Martha C d 3 f IL
----------   Minerva J d 1 f IL
Hutchins, George W 22m TN TN TN cousin

Gunter, Francis D neph 10m IL TN TN
Bain, Isaac Pauper 36m IL
McNeal, Jackson Pauper 18m IL blind
McNeal, AngelinePauper 21 f IL blind
(no name) Charlie Pauper 22m IL Idiotic
Gupton, George Pauper 16m IL insane
Breeding, James H neph 22m IL TN IL Farmer
Breeding, Jemima E Paup 25 f IL TN IL
Breeding, Marshall Pauper 3 m IL UK IL
Breeding, Wm A Pauper 1/12m Apr IL -- IL
Moore, Fannie Pauper
Hatchitt, Nancy Pauper 66 f IL wid
Greene, Polly Pauper 65 f LA wid
Sullivan, Elizabeth Pauper 65 f AL wid
Sinks, Louisa C Pauper 36 f NC wid Maimd, Cripp, Bedri
Golly, Nancy Pauper 22 f IL wid
Golly, Ollie M Pauper 5/12 f Jan IL -- IL
Rea, Sarah Pauper 24 f IL wid fitts
Armstrong, Ann ePauper 44 f IL TN TN wid fitts insane
Hicks, Druzilla Pauper 24 f IL insane
Hurst, Mary Pauper 62 f NY wid

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