1880 German Twp, Marshall Co,IN - Redman, head William 27 OH (both parents b OH), wife Hattie 22 IN (both parents b IN), son John 3 IN (parents b OH,IN) & daughter Mamie 1 IN (parents b OH,IN)
1930 Evansville, Vanderburgh Co,IN - Slavick, head George 73 NY (both parents b NY) & wife Cora 53 IN (both parents b IN) & Readmon, roomer John 52 IN (both parents b IN)
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Name: John Redman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 60
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 1876
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 14 Jul 1936, heat prostation with contributing arteriosclerious
Death Place: Evansville Asylum, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Removal: Cadavar, Bloomington, Indiana
Father: Wm Redman
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History Lesson: The Asylum for the Poor
Special to the Courier & Press
Daniel Smith
29 March 2018
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county.
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county. At the time the state was founded, Indiana law allowed for the poor and paupers in the parlance of the time to be auctioned for hire.
They were sold for the cost of room and board and forced to work for their buyer in the form of indentured servitude.
The Asylum featured a poor farm but closed shortly after it was opened and in 1882, after a second farm failed, the county purchased 161-acres of land in Center Township for the construction of a larger Vanderburgh County Poorhouse.
Located between Evansville and McCutchanville, near what is now known as the corner of Senate Ave and Weaver Rd, the facility was renamed the County Home shortly after it was opened.
Able-bodied residents were expected to work on the farm to help cover the county's cost for their care. Residential numbers within the home varied but peaked to 210 people in 1941.
Articles with the Evansville Courier detail life on the farm and provide intimate accounts of several residents.
Rabbi Johnson claimed to be 115 years old, born July 14, 1834 in Abyssinia, now more commonly known as Ethiopia. He came to this county as a hired hand on a boat to New York, hauling wild animal from the African savanna. He had been a resident of the Home for 5 years, after a lifetime working as a canal boatman
On October 7, 1949, Priscilla Behagg was interviewed. At 60 years of age, she came to reside on the farm at the age of 15 with her destitute mother and father.
Another resident, a former Gibson County school teacher named Annabelle Crowe, had moved to the home in 1936 after she fell blind and deaf from age. It was revealed that many patients suffered physical disabilities.
After the passage of the Social Security Act, many poorhouses in the United States witnessed a transformation of building use or closed completely.
Over time, the population of the County Home aged and shrank and in 1971 the home changed its name yet again to Pleasant View Rest Home.
The original building was demolished three years later in 1974, and the county officially closed Pleasant View Rest Home in 1976. The dormitory building was later converted into apartments and much of the farmland was then leased to form Hamilton Golf Course, now known as Thunderbolt Pass.
1930 Evansville, Vanderburgh Co,IN - Slavick, head George 73 NY (both parents b NY) & wife Cora 53 IN (both parents b IN) & Readmon, roomer John 52 IN (both parents b IN)
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Name: John Redman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 60
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 1876
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 14 Jul 1936, heat prostation with contributing arteriosclerious
Death Place: Evansville Asylum, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Removal: Cadavar, Bloomington, Indiana
Father: Wm Redman
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History Lesson: The Asylum for the Poor
Special to the Courier & Press
Daniel Smith
29 March 2018
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county.
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county. At the time the state was founded, Indiana law allowed for the poor and paupers in the parlance of the time to be auctioned for hire.
They were sold for the cost of room and board and forced to work for their buyer in the form of indentured servitude.
The Asylum featured a poor farm but closed shortly after it was opened and in 1882, after a second farm failed, the county purchased 161-acres of land in Center Township for the construction of a larger Vanderburgh County Poorhouse.
Located between Evansville and McCutchanville, near what is now known as the corner of Senate Ave and Weaver Rd, the facility was renamed the County Home shortly after it was opened.
Able-bodied residents were expected to work on the farm to help cover the county's cost for their care. Residential numbers within the home varied but peaked to 210 people in 1941.
Articles with the Evansville Courier detail life on the farm and provide intimate accounts of several residents.
Rabbi Johnson claimed to be 115 years old, born July 14, 1834 in Abyssinia, now more commonly known as Ethiopia. He came to this county as a hired hand on a boat to New York, hauling wild animal from the African savanna. He had been a resident of the Home for 5 years, after a lifetime working as a canal boatman
On October 7, 1949, Priscilla Behagg was interviewed. At 60 years of age, she came to reside on the farm at the age of 15 with her destitute mother and father.
Another resident, a former Gibson County school teacher named Annabelle Crowe, had moved to the home in 1936 after she fell blind and deaf from age. It was revealed that many patients suffered physical disabilities.
After the passage of the Social Security Act, many poorhouses in the United States witnessed a transformation of building use or closed completely.
Over time, the population of the County Home aged and shrank and in 1971 the home changed its name yet again to Pleasant View Rest Home.
The original building was demolished three years later in 1974, and the county officially closed Pleasant View Rest Home in 1976. The dormitory building was later converted into apartments and much of the farmland was then leased to form Hamilton Golf Course, now known as Thunderbolt Pass.
1880 German Twp, Marshall Co,IN - Redman, head William 27 OH (both parents b OH), wife Hattie 22 IN (both parents b IN), son John 3 IN (parents b OH,IN) & daughter Mamie 1 IN (parents b OH,IN)
1930 Evansville, Vanderburgh Co,IN - Slavick, head George 73 NY (both parents b NY) & wife Cora 53 IN (both parents b IN) & Readmon, roomer John 52 IN (both parents b IN)
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Name: John Redman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 60
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 1876
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 14 Jul 1936, heat prostation with contributing arteriosclerious
Death Place: Evansville Asylum, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Removal: Cadavar, Bloomington, Indiana
Father: Wm Redman
******************************************************
History Lesson: The Asylum for the Poor
Special to the Courier & Press
Daniel Smith
29 March 2018
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county.
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county. At the time the state was founded, Indiana law allowed for the poor and paupers in the parlance of the time to be auctioned for hire.
They were sold for the cost of room and board and forced to work for their buyer in the form of indentured servitude.
The Asylum featured a poor farm but closed shortly after it was opened and in 1882, after a second farm failed, the county purchased 161-acres of land in Center Township for the construction of a larger Vanderburgh County Poorhouse.
Located between Evansville and McCutchanville, near what is now known as the corner of Senate Ave and Weaver Rd, the facility was renamed the County Home shortly after it was opened.
Able-bodied residents were expected to work on the farm to help cover the county's cost for their care. Residential numbers within the home varied but peaked to 210 people in 1941.
Articles with the Evansville Courier detail life on the farm and provide intimate accounts of several residents.
Rabbi Johnson claimed to be 115 years old, born July 14, 1834 in Abyssinia, now more commonly known as Ethiopia. He came to this county as a hired hand on a boat to New York, hauling wild animal from the African savanna. He had been a resident of the Home for 5 years, after a lifetime working as a canal boatman
On October 7, 1949, Priscilla Behagg was interviewed. At 60 years of age, she came to reside on the farm at the age of 15 with her destitute mother and father.
Another resident, a former Gibson County school teacher named Annabelle Crowe, had moved to the home in 1936 after she fell blind and deaf from age. It was revealed that many patients suffered physical disabilities.
After the passage of the Social Security Act, many poorhouses in the United States witnessed a transformation of building use or closed completely.
Over time, the population of the County Home aged and shrank and in 1971 the home changed its name yet again to Pleasant View Rest Home.
The original building was demolished three years later in 1974, and the county officially closed Pleasant View Rest Home in 1976. The dormitory building was later converted into apartments and much of the farmland was then leased to form Hamilton Golf Course, now known as Thunderbolt Pass.
1930 Evansville, Vanderburgh Co,IN - Slavick, head George 73 NY (both parents b NY) & wife Cora 53 IN (both parents b IN) & Readmon, roomer John 52 IN (both parents b IN)
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Name: John Redman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 60
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 1876
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 14 Jul 1936, heat prostation with contributing arteriosclerious
Death Place: Evansville Asylum, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Removal: Cadavar, Bloomington, Indiana
Father: Wm Redman
******************************************************
History Lesson: The Asylum for the Poor
Special to the Courier & Press
Daniel Smith
29 March 2018
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county.
Established in Vanderburgh County in 1838, the Asylum for the Poor was an attempt to care for the indigent of the county. At the time the state was founded, Indiana law allowed for the poor and paupers in the parlance of the time to be auctioned for hire.
They were sold for the cost of room and board and forced to work for their buyer in the form of indentured servitude.
The Asylum featured a poor farm but closed shortly after it was opened and in 1882, after a second farm failed, the county purchased 161-acres of land in Center Township for the construction of a larger Vanderburgh County Poorhouse.
Located between Evansville and McCutchanville, near what is now known as the corner of Senate Ave and Weaver Rd, the facility was renamed the County Home shortly after it was opened.
Able-bodied residents were expected to work on the farm to help cover the county's cost for their care. Residential numbers within the home varied but peaked to 210 people in 1941.
Articles with the Evansville Courier detail life on the farm and provide intimate accounts of several residents.
Rabbi Johnson claimed to be 115 years old, born July 14, 1834 in Abyssinia, now more commonly known as Ethiopia. He came to this county as a hired hand on a boat to New York, hauling wild animal from the African savanna. He had been a resident of the Home for 5 years, after a lifetime working as a canal boatman
On October 7, 1949, Priscilla Behagg was interviewed. At 60 years of age, she came to reside on the farm at the age of 15 with her destitute mother and father.
Another resident, a former Gibson County school teacher named Annabelle Crowe, had moved to the home in 1936 after she fell blind and deaf from age. It was revealed that many patients suffered physical disabilities.
After the passage of the Social Security Act, many poorhouses in the United States witnessed a transformation of building use or closed completely.
Over time, the population of the County Home aged and shrank and in 1971 the home changed its name yet again to Pleasant View Rest Home.
The original building was demolished three years later in 1974, and the county officially closed Pleasant View Rest Home in 1976. The dormitory building was later converted into apartments and much of the farmland was then leased to form Hamilton Golf Course, now known as Thunderbolt Pass.
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