The census of the residents of the Lewis County Poor House, located in the Town of Lowville, was filed July 29, 1860. The keeper of the poor house was Orlando Babcock, who had a separate residence. At the time of the reading there were 48 residents, of which a dozen were children aged 10 and under, 3 adults classified as "insane," 4 adult women classified as "idiotic," 6 of "Old Age," 17 adults who were sick, 4 intemperate, and 5 who were specifically labeled as poor. There was some mixing of classification. A dozen claimed foreign birth and 3 claimed birth in Massachusetts. The majority of residents of the poorhouse were resident due to sickness of mind or body, infirmities of old age, or were small children most of whom were related to resident adults.
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 - 1850 |
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Name | Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | Status |
BABCOCK Orlando | 48 | Keeper of Poor House | NY | value of real estate $2,800 |
BABCOCK Alvira | 46 | NY | ||
BABCOCK William | 19 | Keeper of Poor House | NY | |
EROISE (?) Michael | 88 | Old Age | Mass. | Pauper |
BUEL Putman | 79 | Old Age | NY | Old Age |
GORDON Leonard | 80 | Old Age | NY | Old Age |
THOMPSON Charles | 60 | Intemperance | NY | Intemperance |
KINZER Christian | 75 | Germany | Old Age | |
HINKLEY Henry | 65 | could not discern ditto marks for place of birth | Insane | |
SIMPSON(?) Urick | 35 | could not discern ditto marks for place of birth | Sickness | |
DICKERSON Francis | 60 | Ireland | Sickness | |
FARRELL James | 55 | Ireland | Sickness | |
BUEL Alexander | 50 | France | Intemperance | |
JOHNSON Joseph | 27 | NY | Intemperance | |
BROWN John | 74 | NY | Intemperance | |
BARNETT James | 45 | NY | Sickness | |
MAGINNIS Michael | 60 | Ireland | Sickness | |
McCOY James | 35 | Ireland | Sickness | |
FLOOD John | 70 | Ireland | Old Age | |
DAVEY Almira | 47 | NY | Insane | |
MOVA Mary | 40 | Ireland | Sickness | |
VOGLER Hannah | 54 | Germany | Poverty | |
CUMMINGS Mary | 30 | NY | Sickness | |
STANTON Matilda | 38 | NY | Sickness | |
DOUB Irena | 58 | NY | Idiot | |
WELMONT Catherine | 35 | Ireland | Idiot | |
STODARD Maria | 40 | NY | Sickness/Pauper | |
COOK Marind | 27 | NY | Sickness/Pauper | |
TUTTLE Malinda | 33 | NY | Sickness/Pauper | |
ALGER Hannah | 67 | listed in the 1860 poorhouse, age 75, b. Connecticut | NY | Old Age |
BROWN Abigal | 63 | NY | Old Age | |
STANTON Almina | 34 | NY | Sickness | |
DUPEYSTER Mary | 18 | listed in the 1860 poorhouse as "idiotic", age 28, b. NY | Germany | Sickness |
MASACRE(?) Martha | 30 | NY | Sickness | |
MONEY Margaret | 50 | listed in the 1860 poorhouse, age 56, b. France | France | Idiot |
COOK Louisa | 55 | NY | Sickness | |
BISHOP Phebe | 35 | listed in the 1860 poorhouse as "idiotic", b. NY, still age 35 | Mass. | Sickness |
FARWELL Ellen | 45 | Mass. | Idiot | |
DICKINSON Maria | 40 | NY | Insane | |
STANTON Simeon | 9 | NY | Infancy | |
CLARK Ambrose | 8 | NY | Infancy | |
BUEL Bradford | 10 | NY | Infancy | |
DICKSON William | 8 | NY | Infancy | |
DICKSON John | 6 | NY | Infancy | |
TUTTLE Charles | 8 | NY | Infancy | |
___ Mary | 7 | surname might be Tuttle but no ditto marks | NY | Infancy |
SHAW Elizabeth | 9 | NY | Infancy | |
STANTON Benjamin | 5 | NY | Infancy | |
GAMBLE Rachel | 1 | NY | Infancy | |
COOK Marinda | 1 | NY | Infancy | |
GREGORY Albert | 3 | NY | Infancy |
Source: This electronic text was transcribed from original microfilm of the 1850 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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