1860 FEDERAL CENSUS, POORHOUSE OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, NEW YORK ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ 1860 Federal Census - Poorhouse of Allegany County, NY; pp. 383-84 (unknown submitter) The poorhouse is located upon a farm of 180 acres in Angelica, two miles east of the courthouse. It is a stone building affording ample accommodations for the inmates, whose average number is 57, supported at a weekly cost of $1.03 each. The farm yields a revenue of $1000. In the report of the Senate committee of 1857, this institution is reported to be poorly kept. (J.H. French: Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State (1860) p. 169) 1860 Federal Census pp. 383-84. Name, Age, Sex, Place of Birth Spencer, Albert, 36, M, NY, Master of Poor House Spencer, Lucy, 33, F, NY, Matron of Poor House Newton, Robert R., 83, M, Mass Haugh, John M., 58, M, NY Rhodes, William, 24, M, NY Bradley, John, 48, M, NY Steele, John, 62, M, Ireland Hichcock, Merrick, 69, M, NY Pitt, James, 52, M, England Thacher, John, 36, M, NY Crossman, John, 45, M, NY Seeley, Levi, 41, M, NY Seeley, Jane, 45, F, NY Burke, Patrick, 38, M, Ireland Burke, Nancy, 34, F, NY Swinerpone, John, 83, M, NY Peck, Joseph, 24, M, NY Leonard, Thomas, 65, M, Ireland Conant, Josiah, 81, M, NY Cornell, William, 58, M, NY Foster, James, 60, M, NY Lockhart, John, 42, M, NY Teater, John, 27, M, NY Powell, Edward M, 86, M, NY Humphrey, David, 71, M, NY Humphrey, Polly, 56, F, NY Town, Amy, 48, F, NY Mayhew, Daniel, 19, M, Ireland Houghtailing, Gitty, 88, F, NY Dolan, Catherine, 35, F, Ireland Scribner, Mary 46, F, NY Perry, Caroline, 38, F, NY Jakeway, Susan, 60, F, NY Cook, Laura, 54, F, NY Clark, Roxa, 58, F, NY Clark, Pelatus, 62, M, NY James, Emma, 55, F, Ireland Osborn, Martha, 35, F, NY Frost, Fanny, 33, F, NY Howe, Lucy, 28, F, NY Guffy, Anna, 46, F, NY Felt, Anna M., 32, F, NY Griffin, Anne E., 34, F, NY Mead, Mary, 40, F, NY Lane, Mary, 33, F, NY Lane, Rachel, 38, F, NY McHenry, Susan, 60, F, NY King, Susan, 65, F, NY Green, Lydia, 43, F, NY Brown, Lucy, 69, F, NY Moffatt, Charity, 35, F, NY Culver, Orristeen, 40, F, NY Wilcox, Charlotte, 82, F, NY Mean, Betsey, 86, F, NY Kennedy, Sally, 46, F, Ireland Moffitt, Wilbert, 9, M, NY Moffitt, Elizabeth, 7, M (sic), NY Moffitt, James, 4, M, NY Moffitt, Phoebe A., 1, F, NY McKee, Andrew J., 4, M, NY Judson, William, 1, M, NY Utter, Jane, 28, F, NY Wier, Daniel, 24, M, NY