Cairo
Almshouse
1896
Original record book located at the Durham Center Museum. Transcribed by Sylvia Hasenkopf.
| Names | Nationality | Cause | Received | Discharged | Weeks | Days | Age | Remarks |
| Town of Ashland | ||||||||
| Freddie Fryer | United States | Mute | November 10, 1896 | November 11, 1896 | 2 | 15 | Taken to Utica Idiot Asylum | |
| Town of Athens | ||||||||
| Isaac Watson | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | |||
| Margaret Mulford | United States | Blind | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | |||
| Lucinda Kirt | United States | Foolish | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | |||
| Edmund McDonald | Irish | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | November 11, 1896 | 2 | Whent back to Athens with Pat Hyre | ||
| Edward McDonald | Irish | Intemperance | November 23, 1896 | 50 | 2 | |||
| George Hazzard | United States | Intemperance | December 25, 1896 | May 11th | 19 | 4 | ||
| Edward Dowey | Irish | December 12, 1896 | January 1st | 24 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mrs. Patrick Dowey | Irish | December 20, 1896 | January 1st | 4 | 3 | |||
| Babby Dowey | Irish | December 20, 1896 | January 1st | 4 | 3 | |||
| Hattie Scott | Collard | February 1st, 1897 | May 22, 1897 | 15 | 5 | Will give birth to child; gave birth to child and was removed to Athens | ||
| Frank Poland | United States | Intemperance | December 1st, 1896 | May 1st, 1897 | 21 | 5 | ||
| John H. VanHoosen | United States | Old Age | February 3, 1897 | 40 | 72 | |||
| Dewitt C. Hoose | United States | Intemperance | March 3, 1897 | 28-Apr | 8 | |||
| Rebecca Bogardus | United States | Old Age | May 29, 1897 | 23 | 4 | 83 | Daughter, Mrs. Wm. Fifney, working at Salisbury House | |
| Jeremiah Bogardus | United States | Sick | July 14, 1897 | September 1st | 7 | 83 | ||
| Town of Cairo | ||||||||
| Henry Hine | Foolish | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | ||||
| Isadore Van Demark | Irish | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | March 1st, 1897 | 15 | 6 | 84 | Died and buried in County Lot; Rev. King preached funeral sermon |
| Elsie Mott | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 73 | ||
| Frederick Richtmyre | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 80 | ||
| James Keast | England | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 74 | ||
| Pleasant Banks (Colored) | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Abraham Lydecker | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | April 13, 1897 | 22 | 68 | Was taken to Newark, N.J. | |
| Frederick Miller | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | November 17, 1896 | 1 | 45 | ||
| Almira Deniston | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | October 17, 1897 | 48 | 5 | 94 | Died, buried in Cairo Cemetery |
| Robert Brink | United States | Intemperance | December 1, 1896 | July 18, 1897 | 32 | 5 | ||
| Lewis Decker | United States | Intemperance | December 11, 1896 | December 18, 1896 | 1 | |||
| Patrick Campbell | Irish | Intemperance | January 13, 1897 | May 12th | 17 | |||
| J.P. Traphagen | United States | Intemperance | June 21, 1897 | September 21st | 13 | 1 | ||
| Frank Burnett | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | October 19, 1897 | 49 | $5.00 allowed C.H. Cole on burial; buried in Cairo Cemetery | ||
| Town of Catskill | ||||||||
| Margaret J. Cogen | Ireland | Blind | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 66 | ||
| Patrick McManus | Ireland | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | November 1st, 1897 | 50 | 6 | 68 | Died, buried in County lot |
| Edward Conley | Ireland | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 62 | ||
| Mary Marquit | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 57 | ||
| Henry Egnor | United States | Idiot | November 10, 1896 | November 11, 1896 | 2 | 24 | Taken to Utica Idiot Asylum | |
| Kate Lent | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 92 | ||
| Harlon P. Jones | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 81 | ||
| George W. June | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 90 | ||
| John Linzey | United States | Idiot | November 10, 1896 | November 11, 1896 | 2 | 22 | Taken to Utica Idiot Asylum | |
| Ellen Makeley | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 61 | ||
| Emily Whitney | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 40 | ||
| Claude Whitney | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Sally Abeel (Colored) | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 70 | ||
| Mary E. Hitchcock | United States | Rheumatism | November 10, 1896 | July 23, 1897 | 15 | 5 | 71 | 5.00 allowed C.H. Cole on burial; Dead, buried in Cairo Cemetery |
| Annie Hanley | Irish | Rheumatism | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 75 | ||
| Mannie Jansen (Collard) | United States | Old Age | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 73 | ||
| James Son | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | October 1st, 1897 | 46 | 3 | 54 | |
| Margaret Whiteker | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | |||
| Minton Jackson (Colored) | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | September 1st, 1897 | 42 | 1 | 18 | |
| General Jackson | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | September 1st, 1897 | 42 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mrs. Margaret Cook | United States | Sickness | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 75 | ||
| Edward Emsley | English | November 23, 1896 | June 1st | 27 | 1 | |||
| Cornelius Rappleyea | United States | November 23, 1896 | 50 | 2 | ||||
| Sylvester Houghtaling | Intemperance | November 23, 1896 | 26-Apr | 22 | ||||
| Porter Hill | Irish | Arms Broken | December 30, 1896 | 20-Apr | 15 | 6 | ||
| Mr. Joe Tineren | Irish | Sick | January 18, 1897 | 14-Jun | 21 | 42 | ||
| Mary Pulver | United States | Sick | April 12, 1897 | 17-Apr | 6 | |||
| Sanford Bogardus | United States | Sick | April 23, 1897 | August 1st | 14 | 2 | ||
| John O. Sullivan | Irish | Intemperance | April 23, 1897 | May 21st | 4 | |||
| Wm. Clark | United States | Sick | June 16, 1897 | 21 | ||||
| John Geary | United States | Intemperance | November 6, 1897 | 4 | ||||
| Margaret Kiveland | Irish | Intemperance | December 30, 1896 | 45 | ||||
| Town of Coxsackie | ||||||||
| Rose Post | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 39 | ||
| Edward Silvernail | United States | Foolish | November 10, 1896 | November 11, 1896 | 2 | 24 | Whent to Coxsackie | |
| Ethel Palmatier (Colored) | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | November 12, 1896 | 3 | 25 | Whent to her home in Coxsackie and took her child with her | |
| John Palmatier (Colored) | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | November 12, 1896 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Charles Post | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 1 month | ||
| John or Patrick J. Slatery | Irish | Sick | Decmeber 6, 1896 | 24-Mar | 15 | 3 | 20 | This young man has consumption |
| Jacob Myers | United States | Sick | July 1, 1897 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Edward Silvernail | United States | Foolish | September 27, 1897 | 6 | 2 | Was taken to Albany September 19 | ||
| Town of Durham | ||||||||
| Rufus Rowlinson | United States | Idiot | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 81 | ||
| Lavanchia L. Judson | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 69 | ||
| Hannah M. Jones | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 82 | ||
| James Greene | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | May 2, 1897 | 24 | 5 | 62 | |
| Emma Rinehart | United States | Idiot | November 10, 1896 | November 11, 1896 | 2 | Was taken to Utica Idiot Asylum | ||
| Wm. Benn | United States | Blind | December 1, 1896 | 49 | 1 | |||
| Town of Greenville | ||||||||
| Patrick Harring | Irish | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 63 | ||
| Ann Houghtaling | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | October 26, 1897 | 50 | 65 | ||
| Jennie Hunderhill Budd | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | May 22, 1897 | 27 | 4 | 43 | |
| David Duff | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | May 11, 1897 | 26 | 77 | Whent to Greenville | |
| David Duff | United States | Poverty | June 25, 1897 | 19 | 5 | 78 | ||
| Jennie Budd | United States | Poverty | September 1, 1897 | 10 | ||||
| Town of Halcott | ||||||||
| Town of Hunter | ||||||||
| David Curtis | United States | Intemperance | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 76 | ||
| John Bunt | United States | Sick | August 15, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 85 | ||
| Town of Jewett | ||||||||
| Hepsibeth M. Egbertson | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 42 | ||
| Mrs. Geo. Smith | United States | Poverty | June 21, 1897 | 20 | 2 | 76 | Has gone home for a visit | |
| Town of Lexington | ||||||||
| William H. Mansfield | United States | Cripple | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Wm. Lewis | United States | Poverty | November 11, 1896 | 3-May | 24 | 5 | 44 | |
| Lewis Decker | United States | Intemperance | December 14, 1896 | 47 | 2 | |||
| Town of New Baltimore | ||||||||
| Eliza Wheeler | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 78 | ||
| Betsey Hoose | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 78 | ||
| Anna Houghtaling | German | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 65 | ||
| Peter Clow | German | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 54 | ||
| John Benn | United States | Blind | November 10, 1896 | November 14, 1896 | 5 | 70 | ||
| Ellen Jones | United States | Foolish | May 22, 1897 | 24 | 4 | 31 | ||
| John Jones | United States | Baby | May 22, 1897 | 24 | 4 | 3 months | This child is a baby of Ellen Jones | |
| James Defreight | United States | Poverty | August 15, 1897 | October 16, 1897 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Town of Prattsville | ||||||||
| William M. Lewis | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 66 | ||
| Town of Windham | ||||||||
| Alvin Pierce | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 74 | ||
| Mrs. J. DuBois | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 85 | ||
| Rose Ward | United States | Poverty | November 10, 1896 | 52 | 1 | 23 |
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