News: Mrs. Paul Brown in County Home, 1916, Adams County, PA Contributed or use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ Woman’s Many Misfortunes As a culmination of a series of misfortunes of the last year, during which time her husband had to be committed to the state insane asylum, her mother-in-law in New Oxford died and she found it impossible to care for her family of five children, Mrs. Paul Brown was taken to the County Home in Gettysburg and will remain there until she is able to secure employment elsewhere. The husband of the woman was formerly of New Oxford, a son of the late Solomon and Anna brown. He has been in the Harrisburg institution for the last several months. The Hanover Herald – Saturday, February 12, 1916