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| 1854-1855 Calhoun County Poorhouse Ledger | ||||||||
| No. | Date Received | Name | Place of Birth | Age [as of date] | Cause of Pauperism | When & How discharged | How Long in Poor House | From What Township |
| 1854 | ||||||||
| 2 | Oct 1 | William Brown | America | 54 July 30th 1854 | Blind & Intemperate | Carried forward Oct 1st | 52 Weeks | Emmett |
| 3 | " " | Isaac Doty | " | 19 Sep " | Cripple, Father Intemperate | Carried forward " | 52 | Albion |
| 32 | " " | Charlote B. Hutson | " | 12 July " | Illegitimate, No Home | Left Oct 9th with Tilness Simmons | 1 2/7 Weeks | Lee |
| 44 | " " | Nancy Bean | " | 49 Oct " | Incapacity | Deceased Jany 31st 1855 | 17 6/7 " | Fredonia |
| 45 | " " | Martha Percival | " | 19 June " | Blind | Went to her Father in Ind. Oct 10th | 1 3/7 Weeks | Albion |
| 50 | " " | Nancy Nichols | " | 43 Oct " | Lame (Col'd) | Carried forward | 52 " | Marshall |
| 61 | " " | Rhody Ann French | " | 53 " " | No Home | Carried forward | 52 " | Burlington |
| 71 | " " | George Minchen | " | 10 " " | Orphan, Illegitimate | taken ?/5/55 D. Waggner? Marengo | 31 Weeks | Battle Creek |
| 66 | " " | John Calvin How | " | 7 Sep 25 " | Illegitimate (Col'd) | Taken Apr 6/55 by B Ketchum Marshall | 26 6/7 " | Marshall |
| 83 | " " | Myron Benjamin | " | 14 Oct 13 " | Father Intemperate | Carried forward | 52 " | LeRoy |
| 87 | " " | Wm Wallace Crowfoot | " | 7 " | Orphan, Father Intemperate | Went with Nelson White Marengo Apr 11/55 | 27 4/7 " | Fredonia |
| 93 | " " | John Waring | " | 33 July 24th " | Sick, Paralyses | Carried forward | 52 " | Marshall - Transient |
| 102 | " " | Hester Burnet | " | 33 Nov " | Insane | Carried forward | 52 " | Burlington |
| 37 | " 15 | Mrs Watten | England | 64 " | Intemperate | Left voluntarily Apr 23 1855 | 27 6/7 " | Fredonia |
| 99 | " " | John Watten | " | 48 " | Do | Left voluntarily Nov 8th | 4 Weeks | Do. |
| 105 | " 11 | William Doty | America | 22 " | Father Intemperate | " " Dec 27 | 11 1/7 " | Albion |
| 106 | " 30 | John Flinn | Ireland | 50 about | Intemperate | Left voluntarily Nov 3 | 4/7 Weeks | Transient R.R. |
| 56 | Nov 3 | Charlotte Childs | 11 July " | Orphan | Went to Albram Crauss B. Creek Mch 4th | 17 4/7 " | Emmett | |
| 84 | " 9 | Harvey Benjamin | 10 April " | Father Intemperate | " " N. H. Goodnick - Albion " " | 16 5/7 " | LeRoy | |
| 107 | " 13 | Anna Urlch | Germany | 18 " | Sick | Died Dec 2nd 1854 Anna Barbara Walz? | 2 5/7 Weeks | Marshall Transient |
| 108 | " 20 | Sarah Smith | " | " " | Enceinte | Carried forward | 45 " | Transient Fredonia |
| 109 | Dec 3 | Infant of Do. [Sarah Smith] | County Poor House | Born Dec 3 " | Born Poor House | Carried forward | 43 1/7 " | Marengo |
| 110 | " 5 | James Kelley | New York City | 13 Dec 25 " | Orphan | Left voluntarily Dec 6th | 1/7 " | Battle Creek Transient from Asylum in N.Y. |
| 1855 | ||||||||
| 92 | Jany 18 | Philetus Knight | Connecticut | 48 Mch 21 " | Infirm | " " Apr 11/55 | 12 " | Newton |
| 99 | Feb 8 | John Watten | England | 48 " | Intemperate | Left voluntarily April 5/55 | 8 3/7 " | Fredonia |
| 5 | " 15 | Abram Bliss | America | 26 1855 | Incapacity | Left voluntarily Feb 28th | 1 6/7 " | Marengo |
| Carried Forward | 661 1/7 " | |||||||
| 111 | Mch 2 | Mary Luce | Michigan | 5 July 1854 | Orphan | Taken by Mott? Censco? May 5/55 | 9 2/7 Weeks | Tekonsha |
| 112 | " 6 | Louis Turner | Germany | 40 " | Hurt on R.R. | Left voluntarily Mch 20th 1855 | 2 Weeks | Transient from Canada |
| 113 | Apr 11 | Gno. Winans | Dutchess Co. N.Y. | 44 June 17 1854 | sickness | " " Apr 23rd 1855 | 1 6/7 Weeks | Albion |
| 114 | May 3 | Sophia Spaulding | Germany | 50 about | " | " " | 5/7 Weeks | Transient |
| 115 | " 23 | H?[illegible] Finnell | Ireland | 22 | " | Left May 27th 1855 | 4/7 Weeks | Transient |
| 116 | " " | Sophia German | Germany | 22 about | " | " June 29th 1855 | 5 2/7 Weeks | " |
| 90 | " 30 | Henry Langridge | England | 76 Dec 25 1855 | Intemperate | Carried forward | 17 6/7 Weeks | Fredonia |
| 117 | " 5 | Amanda Root | America | 12 Apr " | Left with Wm Greggs Fredonia Sep 27th | 20 1/7 Weeks | Newton | |
| 118 | June 4 | Lucina Wilson | Adams Mass | 59 May 3rd " | Left with Daughter June 9th | 5/7 Weeks | Burlington | |
| 19 | " 11 | Mrs. Simon Aldrich | New York | 30 about " Sick | Intemperate Husband | Carried forward Oct 1/55 | 16 Weeks | Marshall |
| 111 | July 31 | Mary Luce | Orphan | Left with Thomas Cronch Aug 27/55 | 4 Weeks | Tekonsha | ||
| 66 | " " | John Calvin How | " Illegitimate | Carried forward | 8 6/7 Weeks | Marengo | ||
| 119 | Aug 4 | James Mangham | Ireland | 23 March 1855 | Intemperate | Left voluntarily Aug 9th | 5/7 Weeks | Transient Marshall |
| 120 | " 28 | Anthony Rogers | Do. | 53 " | Sick | Went away Sep 20th | 3 3/7 Weeks | Pennfield |
| 121 | " 23 | Deaf & Dumb girl | America | 35 more or less | Orphan | Carried forward | 3 4/7 Weeks | " |
| 122 | Sep 4 | Hollister Burns | Ireland | 40 | Insane | Left voluntarily Sep 5th | 1/7 Weeks | Marengo |
| 123 | " 15 | Charles S Pottery | America | 10 | Father Intemperate | Went away Sep 22nd | 1 Week | Marshall |
| 124 | " 22 | Mrs. Otis | 40 | [illegible] Widow | Left voluntarily Sep 24th & Rc'd for'd | 5/7 Weeks | Albion | |
| 125 | " " | Mary Otis | 21 | No Home | Carried forward | 1 2/7 Weeks | " | |
| 126 | " " | Otis | 5 | " | Carried forward | 1 2/7 Weeks | " | |
| 127 | " " | Otis | 3 | " | Left with his Mother Sep 24th | 5/7 Weeks | " | |
| 122 | " 17 | Hollister Burns | Ireland | 40 | Insane | Carried forward | 2 Weeks | Eckford |
| 120 | " 29 | Anthony Rogers | " | 53 | Sick | Carried forward | 2/7 Weeks | Pennfield |
| 128 | " " | Mrs. Rogers | " | 50 | " | Carried forward | 2/7 Weeks | " |
| 129 | " 25 | Wm Walker | Ypsilanti | 15 | Sick, Orphan | Carried forward | 6/7 Weeks | " |
| 123 | " 26 | Charles Pottery | 10 | Orphan | Carried forward | 5/7 Weeks | Marshall | |
| On Hand Oct 1st 1853 | 13 | Board of Paupers | 765 3/7 Weeks | |||||
| Recd during the year | 39 | |||||||
| Discharged this year | 28 | |||||||
| Died this year | 2 | |||||||
| On hand Oct 1st 1854 | 22 | |||||||
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