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HISTORY:
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The following is an excerpt from a U.S. Government REPORT
summarizing various state poor laws in 1904.
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NOTES FROM READERS:
We are delighted to share a
wonderful article which was written by Don Darling ... who spent some of his
childhood on the Dickinson County Poor Farm, where his grandfather was
the superintendent.
It is a great read! PHL
"I was told as a boy that my Grandmother was born in
Anthony, KS. Her father disappeared and her mother and children ended up in the
poorhouse. I have no idea where. Does any one know if there was a poorhouse in Harper
County Kansas in middle to late 1890's ?
Any info would be appreciated."
John Murnan
murnan@bitwisesystems.com
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dalebrown/ElliottGuntleFamily/GuntleFamily.htm
"The link above is a page with some history and
family that were superintendents of the county poor farm in Labette
County KS. As you will note the photo of the poor farm shows my wife's maternal
grandparents and her mom."
Paul Dale pdale@sprynet.com
[This is a great website! Paul's wife, Phyllis June Elliott's
maternal grandfather was
Superintendent of the Poor Farm from 1901 to 1922 and was married to a woman
whose own father had been Superintendent of the same poor farm from 1885 to
1889. The site includes wonderful photographs...including one of the poor farm
building itself (which must have taken about 1907). PHL ]
Letter
containing FRUSTRATING attempts to find poorhouse records for Reno
County.
The Kansas State Historical Society has told me that they have no references
to the Sedgwick County Poor Farm in their holdings. The reason why I
believe there was such a place is because I think I may have found my
g-grandmother there in 1900. The 1900 US Census reference is Kansas, Sedgwick
County, Gypsum Township, Enumeration District 262, Sheet Number 10a. She is
listed on line 11 as Flora Foltz, and listed under the Name of Institution is
"Sedgwick County Poor Farm". She is listed as an "inmate".
As supporting information I found Flora's children, living with her parents in
nearby Wichita City in 1900.
Teresa Olmsted teresa.olmsted@ittrmi.com
"I'm looking for information as to where people that
lived at the Woodson County Kansas poor farm were buried. My gg uncle,
Benjamin Kinnamon lived there, and died in 1911, but do not know where he is
buried."
Judy Mowery jmowery@glasscity.net
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LOCAL NOTES:
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From "History of
Cherokee County Kansas and its representative citizens",
ed. & comp. by Nathaniel Thompson Allison, 1904 - pp. 389-390
biographical
sketch regarding H. S. COON,
Superintendent of the Cherokee County Poor Farm. |
Submitted by: Jerry McClure
jmac23@ipa.net who wrote
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The son (Hulbert Simeon Coon) of my
g-g-grandfather (Florello Coon)
was the superintendent of the "poorhouse" in Cherokee Co., KS,
from 1899 until 1905.
His obituary says, "He was said to have been the first
superintendent to make the
institution self supporting, with a balance on the credit side." |
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JEWELL COUNY FARM photo |
Notes on an eBay announcement about this postcard:
INTERESTING CARD. A PRIVATE MAILING CARD USED SOME YEARS LATER. SIGN BELOW THE TWO,( ARE THESE PERCHERON'S ?) SAYS
PROPERTY OF JEWELL CO FARM. THE NOTE ON THE BACK SAYS THAT THESE ARE THE
HORSES AT THE POOR FARM AT MANKATO. MAILED AT ESBON, KANSAS, MAY 8,
1912. INTERESTING PIECE OF KANSAS HISTORY. |
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"November, 1882... Superintendent of the Poor, E. Brown"
at http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/lyon/lyon-co-p2.html
Lyon County history
"The County Poor Farm is situated one mile southwest of Emporia. It comprises
eighty acres of land, and a substantial two story brick building, used as a Poor
House. The entire property is valued at $6000. The farm is in the trustworthy
charge of E. Brown, and the inmates are given all possible comforts."
also at http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/lyon/lyon-co-p2.html
Lyon County history
A short article
concerning the Peabody (Marion County) Poor Farm, as transcribed from the
1901 Peabody News. 
A short article
on the recent history of both the Marion County Poor Farm buildings
and the current owner. Marion County Record 1998
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MISCELLANEOUS:
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A Former Inmate of Morris County Home |
This is an old studio portrait
(photograph)
which was titled: Indian Haun. It is a formal pose of a
young man in dress clothing of the times. |
Written on the back of this old photograph: |
| Note: We would very
much like to learn more of the life of this man. Thanks, PHL |
| We are delighted to thank the man
who purchased this old photograph on eBay for generously offering to
share it with us: Neil D. MacDonald, Toronto,
Canada http://www.macdonaldbooks.com/ |
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| RECORDS:
| 11/07/2000
In an attempt to document a group of Kansans that has
gone largely unnoticed,
the Kansas State Historical Society
is beginning an effort to borrow and microfilm records of KS County
Poor Farms, particularly the inmate registers.
We are hoping to gather a list of KS counties that still have records of
their poor farms.
If your KS county had a poor farm and any records of the
inmates still exist, please contact:
Mary Douglass, CGRS, 259 N. Kansas Ave., Salina, KS 67401-8515
or e-mail: mdoug-hm@swbell.net
Thank you for your help! |
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CEMETERIES:
| Newspaper Articles --
BOURBON County Poor Farm |
| Uniontown News
Friday, March 24, 1905 "The
County Cemetery" |
| Uniontown News May 24,
1905 "County Cemetery
Again" |
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/pottawat/potcem9e.html#poor
POOR FARM CEMETERY
(County Poor Farm, Old County Farm, Pottawatomie County Cemetery)
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We are hoping to build this base of information about poorhouses in KANSAS through the helpful participation of readers. All are requested to submit items of interest by sending
e-mail
to The Poorhouse Lady.
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