Almshouse

IMAGES

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	Greene County Poor Farm was established in 1842 in Carrollton
	Image of 1880 supplemental census page
	Image of 1910 census page
	Article published about 1976

Files in pdf format

Several files have been submitted that offer valuable information about Almshouse residents

Seven-page pdf of transcriptions including 1860 and 1880 census information, 1873 White Hall Register, 1890 obituary for A. J. Gilbert, and 1988 Alton Telegraph articles
Six-page pdf listing decedents information from 1876 through 1928
Five-page pdf providing an alphabetic listing of decedents information 1876 - 1928
Three-page pdf listing some residents information 1926 - 1928
Two-page pdf listing names of parents of some residents 1926 - 1928

1880 RESIDENTS

Name * Race * Sex * Age * Marital * Where Born * Father * Mother

ALEXANDER, Mary * W * F * 29 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
ALLEN, George * W * M * 33 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
BACON, Jane * W * F * 27 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
DEWS, Richard * W * M * 76 * S * Illinois * England * England
GENTRY, Nancy * W * F * 52 * S * Kentucky * Kentucky * Kentucky
HARTLESS, Lucy * W * F * 59 * W * Canada * Canada * Canada
HENRY, Patrick * W * M * 34 * S * Michigan * Ireland * Ireland
HOGAN, Michael * W * M * 28 * M * Ireland * Ireland * Ireland
HOOPER, Beda * W * F * 32 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
HOPPER, Joseph * W * M * 69 * W * Kentucky * Kentucky * Kentucky
HUIT, Elizabeth * W * F * 69 * W * Tennessee * Tennessee * Tennessee
JOHNSON, Malinda * W * F * 29 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
JONES, John * W * M * 38 * W * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
KELLEY, James * W * M * 55 * W * Canada * Ireland * Ireland
McCARTY, Mag * W * F * 24 * S * Ireland * Ireland * Ireland
McCLELLAND, Elizabeth * W * F * 45 * S * Illinois * United States * United States
McCLELLAND, Henry * W * M * 26 * S * Illinois * United States * United States
MERRITT, Patrick * W * M * 66 * W * Ireland * Ireland * Ireland
MULLIGAN, John * W * M * 5 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
MULLIGAN, William * W * M * 2 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
MURPHY, Ben * W * M * 7 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
NEWMAN, Jacob * W * M * 35 * S * Ohio * United States * United States
NOLAND, James * W * M * 69 * S * Ireland * Ireland * Ireland
ORTON, William * W * M * 65 * M * Tennessee * North Carolina * North Carolina
PRUITT, Elizabeth * W * F * 45 * S * North Carolina * United States * United States
SHAKU, Patrick * W * M * 80 * W * Ireland * Ireland * Ireland
SILKWOOD, Fannie * W * F * 39 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
SURIER, Samuel * W * M * 67 * W * DC * MA * MA
SWEETEN, Lucinda * W * F * 40 * S * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois
VANDERHAYDEN, Alvin * W * M * 78 * W * Kentucky * Kentucky * Kentucky
VIRDEN, Patrick * W * M * 67 * S * Ireland * Ireland * Ireland
VOILS, Charity * W * F * 39 * M * Tennessee * Tennessee * Tennessee

OBITUARY

Tom Lakin Died in Poor House
Published 10 Feb 1916 by Carrollton Patriot

Tom Lakin, who is said to have started more newspapers than any other man in Illinois, and who, twenty-eight years ago, was running a daily paper in Carrollton, died last Saturday evening in the Greene county poor house. He was about 70 years old, and had been an inmate of the county house, off and on, for several years.

W. T. Lakin was a native of White Hall. In early life he tried railroading and lost a leg. Then he turned his attention to starting country newspapers. He had some native ability as a writer, a bit extravagant in style, but bad habits and poor management made his life a failure.