Women Children And The State
In the 1820s, the Allegany County poorhouse committee suggested that there be no difference between the county poor and the town poor. Superintendents were appointed and instructed to buy a farm and build buildings to house the poor. A stone building was built on a 180-acre farm about two miles east of the county courthouse. It was noted that in 1860 the Allegany county poorhouse housed an average of 57 inmates. From the 1870 US Census of the Allegany County poorhouse we gather that it housed 73 inmates as well as two poorhouse keepers and their wives. Another census of the Allegany County poorhouse taken 10 years later shows that there were 62 inmates as well as two families who ran the poor house, one of them with a young son. A federal census is taken every 10 years, in the year ending with zero. It was originally taken so that we may know how many people reside in the United States as well as to give information on men eligible for the military. Given that it has evolved since it was made a law in 1790 we can now find out much more about U.S citizens. Using the Allegany County census we can find out what kind of people resided in the poorhouse. We can determine the number of single mothers, orphans, elde
Way, Amanda (1870) 40 F W New York Idiotic Osborne?, Martha (1880) 51 F W New York Insane Crassmond, David (1870) 50 M W New York Idiotic Name Age Sex Race Birthplace Disability Maffet, Elizabeth (1880) 25? F W New York Disabled?
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