Fulton County Poor Farm
Fulton Co. Poor Farm in Buckheart Township
This property was purchased by Freeman Coal Company in the early 1950's.
Submitted by Floyd Ginger
This is a compilation of data gleaned from the original records. A microfilm of these records now reside at the IRAD center in Macomb, Illinois. I tried to transcribe the data as accurately as possible, including all the misspellings. This project is a work-in-progress....it will eventually reflect data up through the year 1920. Thank you for your patience!
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Residents (aka Inmates) of the Fulton County Poor Farm |
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| ENTRY DATE | DISCHRG. DATE |
NAME |
AGE |
MARITAL |
BIRTH PLACE |
RESIDENCE |
OCCUPATION |
REASON FOR |
ADDITIONAL DATA |
| 12/31/1887? | 6/4/1911 | Ackerson, John B. | 77 | married | Illinois | Waterford | blacksmith | lame | dead |
| 12/12/1887 | unknown | Arnold, Mary | 37 | married | Illinois | Canton | labor | mind weak | |
| 1/25/1909 | 5/11/1909 | Baldwin, Emeline | 54 | married | Ohio | Lewistown | housekeeping | no means | |
| 10/21/1909 | 6/8/1912 | Baldwin, Emeline | 54 | married | Ohio | Lewistown | housekeeping | Sent to Bartonville | |
| 9/14/1908 | 8/3/1909 | Barker, Norman E. | 24 or 29 | married | Missouri | Canton | coal miner | leg off | |
| 8/18/1908 | 1/6/1913 | Barker, Smith | 75 | single | Ohio | Canton | driver | old age | |
| 11/23?/1889 | 11/13/1909 | Bevard, Maggie | 67 | single | Ohio | Fairview | labor | old age | |
| 11/17/1910 | 3/14/1927 | Bevard, Maggie | 68 | single | Ohio | Fairview | sewing | old age; no home | died 3/14/1927 |
| 8/13/1909 | 9/4/1909 | Bird, Annie (black) | 99 | married | Canton | when able housework | no one to care for her | died of old age | |
| 8/13/1909 | 9/2/1909 | Bishop, William | 53 | married | Illinois | Lewistown | Tie making & chopping | sick; no home | |
| 9/16/1909 | 1/31/1910 | Bishop, William | 53 | married | Illinois | Lewistown | Tie making & chopping | sick; no home | Sent to Bartonville |
| 2/6/1897 | 12/6/1911 | Bleaksley, Thomas | 63 | married | Penn. | Vermont | shoemaker | deaf-mute | |
| 11/16/1910 | blank | Boyer, Charles | 59 | married | Illinois | Banner Twp. | farmer | paralyzed left side | |
| 4/11/1910 | 4/28/1910 | Bordwine, Jane | 83 | married | Illinois | Dumferline | housekeeping | no home | went to live with her son |
| 4/4/1909 | 4/14/1909 | Brace, Henry? | 56 | married | Illinois | Canton | plummer | no home | died Apr. 14, 1909 |
| 3/21/1910 | 6/8/1912? | Brooks, Martha | 65 | married | Illinois | London Mills | housekeeping | no home | Sent to Bartonville |
| 8/30/1908 | 3/10/1909 | Burns, James | 28 | single | N. Y. | Canton | ? stage | foot hurt | |
| 2/28/1908 | 11/1/1910 | Cadell, James | 85? | married | Kentucky | Waterford | fishing | blind | |
| 5/18/1909 | 7/19/1909 | Carey, Alvin | 5 | single | Illinois | Farmington | -- | poor | |
| 5/18/1909 | 7/23/1909 | Carey, Aneline | 46 | married | Iowa | Farmington | housekeeping | poor | |
| 5/18/1909 | 7/23/1909 | Carey, John W. | 54 | married | Illinois | Farmington | coal miner | poor | back to work |
| 5/18/1909 | 7/19/1909 | Carey, Sarah | 11 | single | Illinois | Farmington | -- | poor | |
| 9/4/1909 | 10/12/1909 | Carroll, Martha | 42 | married | Illinois | Lewistown | housekeeping | sickly | |
| 5/3/1910 | 5/28/1910 | Chase, Charles | 49 | married | Illinois | Canton | labor | roamer; no home | ran away |
| 9/5/1910 | 4/13/1911 | Clark, Rosella | 80 | married | Ohio | Summum | housekeeping | no home | |
| 6/24/1910 | 6/28/1910 | Cleson, Thomas | 48 | married | Illinois | nowhere | farmer | roamer; no home | discharge to Knox Co. |
| 3/9/1910 | 6/8/1912 | Coleman, George W. | 55 | single | Illinois | Canton | farm hand | sick; no home | Sent to Bartonville |
| 1/25/1909 | 3/15/1909 | Cope, Frank | 25 | single | Illinois | Canton | labor | no home | |
| 4/17/1909 | 9/12/1909 | Cope, Jessie W. | 69 | married | Illinois | Joshua Twp. | farmer | old age | died Sep. 13, 1909 |
| 11/18/1908 | 3/20/1909 | Curless, Grant | 42 | single | Ohio | Lewistown | labor | mind weak | Sent to Bartonville |
| 10/27/1910 | 4/27/1912 | Dalton, John | 67 | single | Ohio | Astoria | farmer | sick; no home | |
| 8/14/1909 | 12/2/1909 | Deford, Archie | 5 | Illinois | Canton | no home | went to Soldiers Orphans Home in Normal | ||
| 3/13/1909 | 11/28/1909 | Ellett, Lenord | 64 | married | Ohio | Astoria | farmer | no home | Back to work |
| 7/15/1909 | 4/5/1909 | Emery, Lydia | 58 | single | Illinois | Canton | hair dressing | no home | |
| 9/22/1909 | 9/25/1915 | France, Robert | 75 | married | Illinois | Lewistown | farmer | ||
| 10/5/1909 | 6/29/1910 | Gillespie, J. W. | 66 | single | Kentucky | Mariettta | farmer | ||
| 12/17/1910 | 1/31/1911 | Graham, Agnes | 34 | married | Iowa | Lewistown | housekeeping | poor & sick | |
| 5/12/1910 | 5/26/1910 | Hamilton, Mary | 39 | married | Illinois | Canton | housekeeping | no home | |
| 3/27/1908 | unknown | Hampton, James | 63 | married | Alabama | Farmington | coal miner | old age | |
| 5/29/1909 | 8/5/1909 | Harrell, James | 53 | married | Indiana | Smithfield | painter | blind | |
| 2/2/1907 | 11/20/1911 | Hemmischback, Adam | 70 | married | Germany | Farmington | coal miner | fistalon? | |
| 7/8/1909 | 8/10/1909 | Hopson, male baby | -- | single | born at co. farm | ||||
| 5/29/1909 | 8/5/1909 | Hopson, Mrs. Mary | 31 | married | Missouri | Havana | housekeeping | no home | back to work |
| 9/20/1910 | 4/3/1911 | Irwin, Stephen | 50 | married | Illinois | Lewistown | farmer | no home | died 4/3/1911 of consumption |
| 4/27/1902 | 7/6/1909 | Jacobson, Elizabeth | 87 | married | Penn. | Ellisville | labor | old age | died Jul. 6, 1909 |
| 10/27/1909 | 2/20/1910 | Johnson, Charles | 76 | married | England | Avon | farmer | died Feb. 20, 1910 | |
| 10/21/1909 | 5/27/1916 | Johnson, Emeline | 72 | married | Ohio | Astoria | housekeeping | died May 27, 1916; buried by friends | |
| 2/28/1909 | 12/2/1909 | Joy, Earnest | 8 | single | Illinois | Canton | -- | no home | Soldiers Orphans Home in Normal |
| 6/7/1910 | 9/16/1910 | Kopec, Jules | 26 | single | Austria | Norris | coal miner | no home | |
| 9/15/1910 | 11/24/1910 | Lane, Alford | 63 | married | Illinois | Canton | farm hand | dropsy; no home | |
| 11/2/1910 | 11/18/1910 | Lee, Amanda | 96 | married | Ohio | Lewistown | housekeeping | old age; blind | |
| 5/4/1910 | 5/31/1912 | Lenord, Elett | 65 | married | Ohio | Astoria | farmer | no home | |
| 9/24/1909 | 7/22/1910 | Lorance, John C. | 72 | married | Illinois | Canton | farmer | ||
| 3/5/1910 | 9/15/1910 | Mehalick, Mike | 40 | married | Austria | Norris | coal miner | broken leg | |
| 9/14/1908 | 8/2/1918 | Menss, Wilhelm | 73 | married | Germany | Farmington | shoemaker | old age | |
| 7/29/1910 | 8/5/1910 | Moore, Jessie | 11 | Missouri | Farmington | light housekeeping | |||
| 7/29/1910 | 8/16/1910 | Moore, May | 14 | Missouri | Farmington | light housekeeping | |||
| 6/8/1910 | 10/14/1910 | Moretta, Mike | 23 | single | Illinois | Middle Grove | coal miner | burnt by powder explosion | |
| 12/15/1908 | 10/30/1909 | Morgan, Maggie | 64 | married | Penn. | Lewistown | labor | old age | home w/Mr. & Mrs. Pagetts |
| 9/25/1911 | 101/5/910 | Mouyen?, William P. | 21 | single | Austria | Norris | coal miner | burnt by powder explosion | |
| 5/13/1910 | 10/8/1913 | Myers, Hiram R. | 75 | married | Ohio | Canton | farmer | no home | |
| 6/6/1909 | 7/4/1909 | Nickels, Fred | 58 | married | Smithfield | Orion | carpenter | sick | back to work |
| 4/28/1909 | 10/26/1909 | Norman, Marion | 40 | single | Illinois | Deerfield | labor | no home | Sent to Bartonville |
| 10/13/1909 | 9/30/1910 | Oatman, Dick | 68 | single | Ohio | Cuba | farmer | ||
| 12/30/1910 | 3/20/1911 | Oatman, Dick | 69 | single | Ohio | Cuba | farmer | no home | died Mar. 20, 1911 |
| 2/12/1910 | 4/24/1910 | Owen, Charley L. | 55 | single | N. Y. | Lewistown | harness maker | roamer; no home | died Apr. 24, 1910 |
| 3/5/1909 | 4/27/1909 | Owens, Margarett | 82 | married | Farmington | housekeeping | no home | Sent to Bartonville | |
| 3/17/1909 | 2/7/1910 | Parks, Anna | 73 | married | Virginia | Canton | housekeeping | no home | went to live with her son |
| 5/27/1908 | 7/25/1910 | Pelikon, Raymond | 37 | married | Austria | Farmington | coal miner | leg off | |
| 4/14/1910 | 11/26/1910? | Perks, Anna | 74 | married | Virginia | Canton | housekeeping | no home | |
| 6/28/1910 | 7/9/1910 | Pic, Mike | 43 | married | Austria | Farmington | coal miner | lame foot | |
| 11/11/1908 | 12/8/1908 | Points, Clifford | 2 | single | Illinois | Fairview | no home | ||
| 11/11/1908 | 12/8/1908 | Points, Goldie | 6 | single | Illinois | Fairview | no home | ||
| 11/11/908 | 12/8/1908 | Points, Jennie | 27 | married | Illinois | Astoria | labor | no home | |
| 4/23/1908 | unknown | Rogers, Deliah | 84 or 89 | married | Ohio | Brant | labor | old age | |
| unknown | 11/6/1909 | Rutledge, Walter | 27 | single | Illinois | Marietta | farmer | cripple | |
| 1/13/1910 | 6/19/1910 | Sapp, Charley | 16 | single | Illinois | Cuba | none | no home | went to live with Mr./Mrs. Jack Carling |
| 9/2/1908 | 1/11/1910 | Sapp, Emma | 37 | ill | Illinois | Cuba | labor | no home | |
| 6/15/1910 | 7/17/1909 | Sapp, Ruth | 11 | single | Illinois | Cuba | labor | no home | |
| 6/15/1910 | 9/3/1910 | Sapp. Ruth | 12 | single | Illinois | Cuba | orphan; no home | birth Mar. 10 | |
| 9/2/1908 | 12/2/1909 | Sapps, Fred | 7 | single | Illinois | Cuba | no home | ||
| 9/2/1908 | 12/2/1909 | Sapps, John | 2 | single | Illinois | Cuba | no home | ||
| 8/26/1909 | blank | Saulsberry?, Robert | 60 | single | Illinois | Astoria | none | no home | |
| 7/17/1910 | 7/25/1910 | Saxby, Frank M. | 72 | married | Wisconsin | nowhere | grotter | sick | |
| 7/6/1908 | 4/27/1909 | Scott, Carolinne | 60 | married | Illinois | Lewistown | labor | old age | Sent to Bartonville |
| 4/4/1909 | 4/9/1909 | Sebree, Alice | 24 | married | N. Y. | Canton | housekeeping | no home | back to husband |
| 4/4/1909 | 4/9/1909 | Sebree, Glades | 4 | single | Indiana | Canton | -- | no home | |
| 4/4/1909 | 4/9/1909 | Sebree, Oscar | 1 | single | Illinois | Canton | -- | no home | |
| 9/29/1908 | 7/21/1918 | Shock, John | 26 | single | Illinois | Utica | mind weak | ||
| 3/1/1908 | 10/28/1913 | Slater, Nettie | 84 | married | Ohio | Canton | labor | old age | |
| 5/14/1909 | 6/17/1911 | Smith, Harvey | 53 | married | Ohio | Marietta | -- | blind | |
| 11/13/1910 | 4/10/1911 | Snirger?, Regen | 56 | single | Austria | nowhere | farm hand | no home | |
| 4/23/1910 | 6/16/1912 | Spenney, Leroy | 51 | married | Illinois | Cuba | farm hand | no home | died Jun. 16, 1912 |
| 8/21/1909 | 9/1/1909 | Staton, William | 54 | married | Kentucky | Lewistown | coal miner | no home | |
| 12/31/1909 | 2/24/1910 | Stone, Joseph | 55 | married | Penn. | Avon | farmer | not able to work | back to work |
| 12/12/1909 | 3/20/1911 | Straley, Levi | 9 | single | Illinois | Canton | none | went to St. Charles School for Boys | |
| 6/19/1911 | 8/31/1909 | Thompson, Harry | 51 | married | Austria | Farmington | coal miner | not able to work | |
| 1/21/1910 | 9/16/1910 | Thompson, Harry | 52 | married | Austria | Farmington | coal miner | not able to work | |
| 1/25/1909 | 2/2/1909 | Thurman, Fletcher | 69 | married | Illinois | London Mills | labor | old age | |
| 7/30/1909 | 9/23/1911 | Vanarsdale, Samuel | 45 | single | Indiana | Canton | nothing | no home | |
| 5/13/1910 | 6/18/1910 | Walter, Minnie | 32 | married | Virginia | Summum | housekeeping | no home | went to live with brother & sister |
| 8/11/1909 | 10/26/1909 | Weese, Miss Marid | 26 | single | Illinois | Astoria | deaf mute | Sent to Bartonville | |
| 8/11/1909 | 10/28/1909 | Wesse, baby Grace | 2 | Illinois | Astoria | baby sent to live w/grandparents | |||
| 12/4/1910 | 3/25/1911 | White, Madison | 43 | single | Missouri | ? | farm hand | roamer; no home | ran away |
| 11/18/1908 | 12/20/1908 | Whitmore, Charles | 54 | married | Illinois | Canton | boss fighter | of whiskey | |
| 5/26/1910 | 5/30/1910 | Whitmore, Charles | 55 | married | Illinois | Canton | Boos fighter | of whiskey | back to work |
| 2/4/1910 | 9/30/1910 | Whittle, Billy | 72 | married | England | Farmington | coal miner | poor | |
| 5/26/1909 | 8/10/1909 | Whittle, William | 71 | married | England | Farmington | coal miner | no home | back to work |
| 2/22/1910 | 3/1/1910 | Wilson, Emma | 27 | married | Illinois | Norris | housekeeping | Septecemia | back home |
| 6/26/1910 | 9/27/1910 | Wood, Albert | 7 | England | Farmington | orphan; no home | |||
| 6/28/1910 | 9/27/1910 | Wood, George | 12 | England | Farmington | orphan; no home | |||
| 6/26/1910 | 9/27/1910 | Wood, Willy | 10 | England | Farmington | orphan; no home | |||
| 1/19/1909 | 3/19/1909 | Woods, Amanda | 56 | single | Illinois | Canton | labor | old age | died Mar. 19, 1909 |
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Updated January 4, 2007