(4.) Name (5.) Race (6.) Sex (7.) Age (8.) Relationship (9.) Single (10.) Married (11.) Widowed/Divorced (12.) Married w/in Year (13.) Occupation (14.) Mos. Unemployed (15.) Sick (16.) Blind (17.) Deaf & Dumb (18.) Idiotic (19.) Insane (20.) Disabled (21.) Attended School (22.) Can't Read (23.) Can't Write (24.) Birthplace (25.) Father of Foreign Birth (26.) Mother of Foreign Birth
Polk County Poor Farm
Saylor Township, pg. 3 Lines 20-50 and pg. 4, Lines 1-16
John McLean, Steward
NOTE: Col. 9/10/11 - S=Single; M=Married; W/D=Widowed/Divorced
| L# | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9/10 /11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Hamilton, Potter | W | M | 90 | Pauper | W/D | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 30 | Line entry crossed out | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Johnson, William | W | M | 85 | Pauper | W/D | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 32 | Weese, Jesse | W | M | 30 | Pauper; | S | | | Iowa | Dont Know | |||||||||||
| 33 | Carr, Stephen | W | M | 28 | Pauper | S | Epilepsy | | | Mass | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||
| 34 | Farrell, Edward | W | M | 70 | Pauper | W/D | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 35 | Bennett, Leander | W | M | 67 | Pauper | M | Maryland | Maryland | Maryland | |||||||||||
| 36 | Sokol, Louis | W | M | 45 | Pauper | S | Austria | Austria | Austria | |||||||||||
| 37 | Smith, Edward | W | M | 57 | Pauper | M | Cholera? | N.Y. | N.Y. | N.Y. | ||||||||||
| 38 | Polly, Rebecca | W | F | 85 | Pauper | W/D | | | Ky | Pa | Pa | ||||||||||
| 39 | McCormack, Ida | W | F | 70 | Pauper | W/D | Dont Know | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Reeves, Mary | W | F | 50 | Pauper | S | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 41 | Irby, Nancy | W | F | 46 | Pauper | W/D | | | Ohio | Ohio | VA | ||||||||||
| 42 | Smith, Polina | W | F | 29 | Pauper | W/D | Illinois | Dont Know | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Kegan?, Mary | W | F | 61 | Pauper | S | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 44 | Caughlin, Mike | W | M | 8 | Pauper | S | | | Iowa | Ireland | Ireland | ||||||||||
| 45 | Stockwell, Sarah | W | F | 30 | Pauper | S | | | | | | | Ind. | Dont Know | |||||||||
| 46 | Day, Maria | W | F | 32 | Pauper | S | | | Canada | Canada | Canada | ||||||||||
| 47 | Schneider, Geo W. | W | M | 27 | Pauper | S | | | Iowa | Dont Know | |||||||||||
| 48 | Evans, Maria | W | F | 45 | Pauper | S | | | Ohio | Ohio | Ohio | ||||||||||
| 49 | Line entry crossed out | |||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Wolfe, Charlotte | W | F | 76 | Pauper | M | England | England | England | |||||||||||
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| 1 | At County Poor Farm | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wolfe, John | W | M | 67 | Pauper | M | N.Y. | N.Y. | N.Y. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Brein, Margaret | W | F | 65 | Pauper | W/D | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cooper, Henrietta | W | F | 33 | Pauper | W/D | Launburg? | Launburg? | Launburg? | |||||||||||
| 5 | Cooper, Amelia | W | F | 5 | Pauper | S | Ill. | Launburg? | Launburg? | |||||||||||
| 6 | Cahill, Owen | W | M | 56 | Pauper | W/D | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||||
| 7 | Putt?, Anna | W | F | 3 | Pauper | S | Iowa | Don’t Know | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Vanevey, John N. | W | M | 54 | Pauper | W/D | Ohio | N.J. | N.J. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Witchey, Wm. | W | M | 40 | Pauper | S | Rommers Heine | R. Heine | R. Heine | |||||||||||
| 10 | McCabe, Tom | W | M | 60 | Pauper | S | | | | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | |||||||||
| 11 | Line entry crossed out | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Edmundson, Nette | W | F | 40 | Pauper | M | Don’t Know | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Edmundson, Arthur | W | M | 2 | Pauper | S | Don’t Know | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Jordan, Anthony | W | M | 40 | Pauper | S | Broken Leg | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | ||||||||||
| 15 | Breedlove, Lafe | W | M | 10 | Pauper | S | Iowa | |||||||||||||
| 16 | McCracken, John | W | M | 35 | Pauper | S | Broken Leg | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | ||||||||||
Iowa Insane Asylum, Polk County, Iowa
John McLean, Steward
Joseph McLean, Asst. Steward
Lida Richards, Asst. Matron
Mary Bartroff, Servant; James Stippeck and Otis Berhow, Laborers
| L# | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9/10 /11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Mackly, Frederica | W | F | 45 | W/D | | | Don’t Know | ||||||
| 20 | Sampson, Letitia | W | F | 28 | S | | | Ind | Don’t Know | |||||
| 21 | Cartright, Rebecca | W | F | 35 | W/D | | | Indiana | ||||||
| 22 | Line entry crossed out | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Bedford, Angie | W | F | 50 | M | Ill. | Ohio | Ohio | |||||
| 24 | Cains?, Anna | W | F | 40 | S | | | | | | | Don’t Know | ||||
| 25 | Knoblet, Anna | W | F | 45 | W/D | | | England | England | England | ||||
| 26 | Washburn, Anna | W | F | 60 | W/D | | | Ohio | Don’t | Know | ||||
| 27 | Ruff, Catherine | W | F | 50 | M | | | Don’t Know | ||||||
| 28 | Dunkel, Mary | W | F | 54 | M | | | Pa | Pa | Pa | ||||
| 29 | Patton, Ellen | W | F | 37 | M | | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | ||||
| 30 | Line entry crossed out | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Lyce, Jemima | B | F | 35 | S | | | Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana | ||||
| 32 | Caghlin, Mary | W | F | 30 | M | | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | ||||
| 33 | Wilson, Nancy | W | F | 25 | M | | | Iowa | Don’t Know | |||||
| 34 | Gooden, Daniel | W | M | 22 | S | | | Iowa | Do | Do | ||||
| 35 | Hiers?, William | W | M | 44 | M | | | Germany | Don’t Know | |||||
| 36 | Line entry crossed out | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Johnson, Charles | W | M | 40 | S | | | Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | ||||
| 38 | McCoy, C. J. | W | M | 38 | S | | | Va | Va. | Va. | ||||
| 39 | Clippore?, Mike | W | M | 40 | W/D | | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | ||||
| 40 | Allan, Charles M. | W | M | 35 | S | | | Pa. | Pa. | Pa. | ||||
| 41- 45 | Line Entries for Ass't Steward & Staff Members | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Line entry crossed out | ||||||||||||
| 47 | Thode, Catharine | W | F | 55 | S | (Col 13) Inmate | | | Don’t Know | |||||
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