| 1862 Overseer Of the Poor Report
-- Town of Wallingford [Rutland County, Vermont] |
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Submitted by: Patty Pickett pattypb@sover.net |
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| Report of Overseer of the Poor | |
| Expenses of Poor from March 1 1861 to March 1 1862 | |
| Whole number of poor now at the farm | 13 |
| Deaths at farm | 1 |
| labor on the farm | $ 347.18 |
| Medical attendance | 2.00 |
| goods and provisions | 273.98 |
| total | 623.16 |
| cash received from farm | 247.64 |
| expense of poor over and above supply from farm |
375.52 |
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Expenses of Poor not at the Farm |
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| Titus Keyes and family, 5 | $ 51.69 |
| Almer Southworth, 1 | 8.76 |
| John L. Fuller | 44.88 |
| James M. Wyman and family,7 | 82.69 |
| Sylvia Crowley and children, 3 | 8.09 |
| Rufus Remington and family, 3 | 6.43 |
| Hiram Edgerton and family, 7 | 6.00 |
| transient persons, 6 |
5.70 |
| Isaac C. Titus and family, 3 | 3.25 |
| Willard Hart and family, 9 | 10.36 |
| Amy Carpenter, 1 | 40.19 |
| **Anna B. Morris, Vt. Asylum, 1 |
62.40 |
| Overseers services |
25.00 |
| James Branan, 1, in jail | 85.58 |
| Lewis Guinons and family, 8 | 6.33 |
| Medical attendance | 6.00 |
| total expense of out poor [Note: "out" means those living outside the poor farm] |
$ 453.35 |
| whole expense of the poor | $ 828.87 |
| interest on farm and stock | $ 200.00 |
| total | $ 1028.87 |
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Dyer Townsend, Overseer of Poor |
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| Notes:
**Anna B. Morris was listed as Anna B. Morrison in earlier report and the Vermont Asylum was/is Brattleboro Retreat |
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