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| 1852-1853 Calhoun County Poorhouse Ledger | ||||||||
| [No.] | Date Received | Name | Place of Birth | Age [as of date] | Cause of Pauperism | When & How discharged | How Long in Poor House | From What Township |
| 1852 | ||||||||
| 1 | Oct 1 | Lawrence Higgins | Ireland | 91 May 3rd 1852 | Cripple & Old Age & Intemperate | Died Jany 25th 1853 | 16 5/7 Weeks | Tekonsha |
| 2 | " | William Brown | America | 52 July 30 " | Blind | Forward | 52 " | Emmett |
| 3 | " | Isaac Doty | " | 17 Sep " | Cripple | Do. | 52 " | Albion |
| 6 | " | John TenEycke | " | 23 Sep " | Non Compos Mentis | Ran away Nov 17th | 6 5/7 Weeks | Marshall |
| 11 | " | Lucy Ann Stanley | " | 17 June " | Fits | Died Aug 8th 1853 | 44 4/7 " | Battle Creek |
| 44 | " | Nancy Bean | " | 41 Oct " | Do. [Fits] | Forward | 52 " | Fredonia |
| 45 | " | Martha Percival | " | 17 June " | Blind | Do. | 52 " | Albion |
| 50 | " | Nancy Nichols | " | 41 Oct " | Lame | Do. | 52 " | Marshall |
| 54 | " | William King | " | 9 Oct " | Illegitimate | Do. | 52 " | Emmett |
| 60 | " | Dorothy Farley | " | 77 Oct " | Old age | Left with Josiah C Farley Feby 22nd 1853 | 20 5/7 Weeks | Sheridan |
| 63 | " | Erastus Percival | " | 23 Oct " | Firing Cannon July 4/52 | Left voluntarily Aug 17/53 | 45 6/7 " | Convis |
| 65 | " | Frank Peytenger | Germany | 58 Oct " | Cripple & Intemperate | Left voluntarily Mch 1/53 | 21 5/7 Weeks | Marshall Transient |
| 66 | " | John Calvin Howe (Col'd) | Marengo Mich | 5 Sep. 25 " | Illegitimate | Left with D [illegible, poss. Doct] Lewis June 25/53 | 38 2/7 " | Marengo born in P.H. |
| 69 | " | Wm Beach | America | 38 Oct " | Sick | Left voluntarily July 4/53 | 39 4/7 " | Marshall Transient |
| 70 | " | Starling Farley | " | 4 March " | Orphan | Forward | 52 | Albion |
| 71 | Oct 30 | Geo. Minking | " | 8 Oct " | Do [orphan] | Do. | 48 | Battle Creek |
| 72 | Nov 5 | Mrs. Mann | " | 21 about | Transient | Left voluntarily Nov 6th | 1/7 Weeks | Transient Marshall |
| 73 | " " | Child of Mrs. Mann | " | 8 months | " | " " " " | 1/7 Weeks | " " |
| 74 | " 8 | Sarah Smith | Germany | 24 " [Years] | Sick | Left voluntarily Dec 2nd | 3 3/7 " | " Battle Creek |
| 75 | " 30 | Sarah Ann Babcock | America | 21 Nov " | Enciente | " " May 7th | 22 5/7 " | Non Resident (Marshall) |
| 76 | Dec 2 | Mary Burns | Ireland | 36 Nov " | Sick | Left voluntarily Jany 19/53 | 6 6/7 " | " " |
| 77 | " " | John Burns | Ohio | 5 Nov " | sickness of Mother | " " " " | 6 6/7 " | " " |
| 78 | " 9 | Henry Butts | Thompkins Co N.Y. | 43 Mch " | Drunkenness | " " April 5/53 | 16 5/7 " | Sheridan |
| 79 | " " | Mary Merse | America | 18 May " | No Home | " " May 23/53 | 23 4/7 " | Marshall |
| 80 | " " | Infant Son of Mary Merse Wm Henry | " | Born 15th Aug " | Illegitimate | " " " " | 23 4/7 " | " |
| 81 | " 22 | John Rennick | N. Y. State | 15 Jan 10th 1852 | St Vitus Dance | Left voluntarily Mch 28/53 | 13 6/7 Weeks | Battle Creek |
| 1853 | Carried Forward | 464 | ||||||
| 82 | Jan. 6 | William Babcock | Calhoun Co. Poor House | Born Jany 6th 1853 | Illegitimate | Left with Mother May 7th | 17 2/7 Weeks | Marengo |
| 6 | " 9 | John TenEycke | America | 23 Sep. 1852 | Incapacity | Forward | 37 5/7 " | Battle Creek |
| 56 | " 19 | Charlotte Childs | " | 10 1853 | No Home | Went to L. G. Johnson March 10th | 7 1/7 " | Albion |
| 83 | " 25 | Myron Benjamin | " | 12 Oct 1852 | " | Left with Father Apr 7/53 | 10 2/7 " | LeRoy |
| 84 | " " | Harvey Benjamin | " | 8 April " | " | Left with Father Apr 7/53 | 10 2/7 " | " |
| 85 | Feb 12 | Eliza Jamerson | Marshall | 5 | " | taken by Eliza Norse Mch 15th | 4 5/7 " | Marshall |
| 86 | Mch 4 | William Brown | Ireland | 33 1853 | Lame | Left voluntarily Mch 17th | 2 " | Transient (Marshall) |
| 87 | Apr 2 | Wm W. Crofoot | Michigan | 6 " | Orphan | Left with Vandenbugh Tekonsha June 18/53 | 11 " | Fredonia |
| 4 | " 4 | Geo. Doty | N.Y. Madison Co. | 14 Sep 1852 | " | " " [Left with] Alpha Cole Tekonsha Sep 24/53 | 24 5/7 " | " |
| 65 | " 4 | Frank Peytenger | Germany | 58 | Sick & Intemperate | Left Apr 6th | 2/7 " | Marshall |
| 88 | " 8 | Wm Stanhart | America | 57 Mch 1853 | " Intemperate | Died June 10th 1853 | 9 " | Claredon |
| 89 | " 22 | James Walker | England | 21 Mch 25 1853 | Lame | Left voluntarily June 13/53 | 7 3/7 " | Fredonia |
| 61 | May 7 | Rhody Ann French | America | 51 | " | Forward | 20 6/7 " | Jackson Co. |
| 32 | " 24 | Charlotte Blanchard Hutson | " | 10 July 1852 | Illegitimate | Do., written over "left with B[illegible] Oct 7th/53" | 18 3/7 " | Lee |
| 83 | June 15 | Myron Benjamin | " | 12 Oct " | Whiskey | Do. | 15 2/7 " | LeRoy |
| 84 | " " | Harvey Benjamin | " | 8 April " | " | Do. | 15 2/7 " | " |
| 90 | " 29 | Henry Langridge | England | 74 Dec 25 " | " | Do. | 13 3/7 " | Fredonia |
| 91 | July 16 | Planter Morse Col'd | America | Broken Leg | Died July 31 1853 | 2 1/7 " | Marshall | |
| 92 | " 23 | Philetus Knight | Connecticut | 47 Mch 21/53 | Sick | Forward | 10 | Newton |
| 93 | " 27 | John Warren | " | Do. | 9 3/7 | Marshall | ||
| 56 | " 23 | Charlotte Childs | America | 10 1853 | No Home | Left Aug 2/53 with Mrs Snyder | 1 4/7 " | Emmett |
| 94 | Sep 28 | Eunice J. Decker | " | 9 " | " | Left with Father Oct 5th | 1 2/7 " | Albion |
| 1852 Oct 1 | On Hand | 15 | Total Weeks Board of Paupers | 1013 4/7 " | ||||
| Rcd during the Year | 29 | " Board of Keepers Family & Help | 375 1/7 " | |||||
| Discharged " " | 24 | |||||||
| Died " " | 4 | 1388 5/7 " | ||||||
| On Hand Oct 1/53 | 16 | |||||||
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