The census of the residents of the Lewis County Poor House, located in the Town of Lowville, was filed July 17, 1860. The keeper of the poor house was Warren White, who resided in the same building as the poor house. At the time of the reading there were 39 residents, of which 8 were children aged 11 and under, 14 were aged 60 and over (about 36%), 5 adults were classified as "insane," 3 adults were classified as "idiotic," and 1 was "blind." A total of 17 claimed foreign birth (close to 44%) and 5 (about 13%) claimed birth in New England. 18 residents were female, 21 male. The turnaround of the population since the 1850 poor house census was almost total, although four female residents were still in residence. Few 1860 residents would have been able to contribute much to the economic self-sufficiency of the poor house.
This is a literal transcription, letter for letter. Where I couldn't discern a name, or it made no sense, I've noted so with a "?". Poor house records are an often underutilized or unknown resource when looking for aged parents or children who are missing from a family group, or siblings who have "disappeared."
| RESIDENTS OF THE LEWIS COUNTY N.Y. POOR HOUSE - 1860 |
|---|
| Name | Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | Status |
| WHITE Warren | 40 | Keeper of County House Real Estate $750 Personal Estate $2,000 | NY | |
| WHITE Mariah L | 39 | Ohio | | |
| WHITE Louisa L | 12 | NY | attended school | |
| DOUD Jane V | 18 | Domestic | NY | attended school |
| MERCER Joseph | 75 | | France | |
| MORRON Mary | 50 | | Ireland | Insane can't read or write |
| HERNING Henry | 68 |
| Germany | |
| BARNO(?) Nettie | 40 | Germany |
| |
| SCHLICHTING Charles | 69 |
| Germany | |
| ZESLIN Andrew J | 5 | | NY |
|
| PEELER Hannah | 23 | | NY | |
| PEELER Lewis | 1 |
| NY | |
| PETERS Peter | 46 | | France | |
| LEGO Mary M | 25 | | NY |
|
| LEBEIRSHINDON(?) Doratha | 50 |
| Germany | |
| POST Nathan | 65 | | Connecticut | |
| MOORE Patrick | 60 | | Ireland |
|
| LEGO Infant male | 7 months |
| NY | |
| CONNER William | 88 | | Ireland | |
| CRAIG Cristina | 32 | | Germany | Insane |
| BARTON Oliver | 87 | Ireland | Insane | |
| MUNNEY Michael | 45 | | Ireland | Blind can't read or write |
| SWART Mary | 85 | NY | | |
| HIGBY Martha | 50 |
| NY | Insane can't read or write |
| DUPUISTER Mary | 28 | see 1850 poor house | NY | Idiotic can't read or write |
| LOVE Betsy | 76 | NY | | |
| BISHOP Phebe | 35 | see 1850 poor house | NY | Idiotic can't read or write |
| DOODEY Daniel | 36 | Ireland | | |
| SLEETINGS(?) Riley/Giles(?) | 65 | Connecticut | can't read or write | |
| POOLER Harriet | 57 |
| Connecticut | |
| DUNELEY Joseph | 82 | Massachusetts |
| |
| ALGER Hannah | 73 | see 1850 poor house | Connecticut | |
| MOORE Louisa | 63 | France |
| |
| RYLE Charles | 1 | NY | ||
| STAFFORD Orcis | 29 | this is a male | NY | Idiotic can't read or write |
| WOODCOCK Mary | 28 | | NY | |
| WOODCOCK Barntha(?) | 6 | this is a female | NY | |
| STEPHENS Barbary | 32 | Germany | Insane | |
| STEPHENS Henry | 2 | NY | ||
| MONEY Margaret | 56 | see 1850 poor house | France | |
| DIXON Frances | 60 | this is a male | Ireland | |
| DIXON Thomas | 11 | | NY | attended school |
| DIXON Emily | 1 | | NY | |
The families listed below
appear on the same census sheets as the poor house (Dwelling #492, Famliy
#491).
They're being posted here in hopes that they'll help
someone.
Appearing before the poor house listings, page 59 on the
original census
Dwelling #485, Family #484
BANNON
William, 57, farmer, real estate $400, personal estate $100, b. NY
Mary
A., 45, b. NY
Alza E., 22, b. NY
Mary J., 19, b. NY
Arvila(?)
14, female, b. NY, attended school
Dwelling #486, Family
#485
LYMAN Hamilton, 28, farmer, b. NY
Lucinda 24, b.
NY
Herbert S., 4, b. NY
Harlow, 11 months, b. NY
Dwelling
#487, Family #486
MILLS Samuel, 43, farmer, real estate $1,000,
personal estate $500, b. NY
Martha 43, real estate $3,000, b.
NY
Norman F., 20, farmer, b. NY, attended school
Mary E., 19, b.
NY, attended school
Howard, 17, farmer, b. NY, attended
school
Fredrick, 15, farmer, b. NY, attended school
Antenett C., 6,
b. NY, attended school
Martha F., 2, b. NY,
Alla, 8, female, b.
NY, attended school
Dwelling #488, Family #487
MORSE
Charles, 56, Shoemaker, b. Conn.
Lena, 54, b. NY
Dwelling
#489, Familly #488
SACHER(?) Armonius, 57, farmer, real estate
$5,000, personal estate $1200, b. (scribbled, can't decipher)
Nancy,
47, b. (ditto from unreadable location)
James, 17, farmer, b. (ditto
from unreadable location), attended school
Emily, 10, b. (ditto from
unreadable location), attended school
Dwelling #490, Family
#489
VOSBURG Richard, 64, farmer, real estate $2,000, personal
estate $600, b. NY
Polly, 56, b. NY
GLOSIER James, 16,
farmer, b. NY, attended school
Dwelling #491, Family
#490
HAMPSON Horace C., 36, farmer, real estate $2,500, personal
estate $1,000, b. NY
Harriett C., 35, b. NY
GLOSIER Emily,
19, domestic, b. NY
BLEYMON George, 18, b.
NY
Appearing after the poor house listings, page 60 on the
original census
Dwelling #493, Family
#492
GOUDY/GOUDRY(?) Norman, 59, farmer, real estate $15,000,
personal estate $3,000, b. Mass.
Julia, 58, b. Mass.
Olive, 26,
teacher Con'll(?), b. NY
Martha A., 20, b. NY, attended
school
Julia A., 19, b. NY, attended school
WINTH Jacob, 22,
farm laborer, b. Germany
WAREX(?) Michael, 29, farm laborer, b.
Switzerland (continued at top of page 61)
Source: This electronic text was transcribed from original microfilm of the 1860 US census by Martha S. Magill, Coordinator of Herkimer/Montgomery Counties NYGenWeb. Due to the difficulties in transcribing old and stylized handwriting, the original census should be referred to.
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