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www.WashOGS.org Washington County InfirmaryNow Know As: Washington County HomeOverview | Deaths - by year | Deaths - by name | 1869 Article | 1887 Article | 1877 Residents |
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www.WashOGS.org Washington County InfirmaryNow Know As: Washington County HomeOverview | Deaths - by year | Deaths - by name | 1869 Article | 1887 Article | 1877 Residents |
Overview
"The people of Washington County have been taking care of their own since the first home was built in 1840, which is 177 years of continuous service to our community.
The present county home was erected in 1976 near the site of the original facility [pictured below]. It's an efficient, modern Georgian structure built to serve 90 people of various needs. The home is located in a pleasant rural setting on County House Lane and is accessible from Ohio Routes 7 and 26."
Source: Washington County, Ohio.
www.washingtongov.org
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Last Monday afternoon, at the invitation of F. A. Wheeler, Esq., one of the Directors, we paid a visit to the Washington County Infirmary. A ride of three miles brought us to the farm. This consists of about 170 acres, the most of which was purchased thirty years ago, and it was then a worn-out farm. The soil was light originally, and "washes" in a heavy rain. This would suggest careful tillage to anybody who knows aught about farming; but it seems not to have had that effect on some who had managed the place, for, two years ago, the ground had got to be almost sterile. Large quantities of manure are now hauled out from Marietta, and all that can be supplied by J. H. Dye's livery stable has been engaged.
The object is, to make the Infirmary a self-sustaining institution. There are about five acres of old orchard trees; and sixteen acres of fruit trees more recently planted. The probabilities are that there will be an abundant - if not an excessive - supply, this season.
Last year, eight cows were kept. The product of the dairy was 1,000 lbs. of butter, of which 400 pounds were sold. The inmates [residential clients] regularly have the morning's milk for their supper.
Of hay, the farm, for a few years prior to 1868, did not yield enough; but, last year, there was a surplus, which was sold for $146, and there is still about a ton left.
Mr. Gill, this year, will have pork enough he thinks; heretofore, there not being half the needed quantity derived from the farm.
Of potatoes there was a deficiency in 1868. This year, the Superintendent has planted 6 acres, all looking well and thirty acres of corn.
The garden comprises an acre and a half. Mr. Gill has newly fenced and enlarged it. Last year, he raised eight hundred head of cabbages; 50 bushels of sweet potatoes; a large bed of onions; plenty of peas, and of several kinds of beans; and of beets, more than a sufficiency. This year, he has set out fifty grape vines; none had been planted before, old as the place happens to be. Not one of the paupers is a good gardener; an old German who was such, and who loved the employment, died about two years ago.
In the management of matters about the farm houses, Mr. Gill has no assistants other than his wife, his daughter, and Miss Julia Wheeler, a relative. There are sixty-one inmates, and of these, thirty-five are "foolish," insane, or demented. Forty eight take their meals in the common dining room; to the others, food is carried. The victuals are wholesome, and enough is furnished. We saw the paupers at their supper; and, judging from appearances, we think that extreme poverty has the merit of giving its subjects a better appetite than all the tonics known to the medical profession, and all the "bitters" ever advertised.
Two old women had attained an advanced age. Mrs. Grant is 94. She claims that her father was a relative of General Lewis Cass. Mrs. Cole, another old woman, is 95. In the nursery were three babies, two white, one colored, born there. Illegitimate, of course. One was but three weeks old. Its mother was walking about, completely recovered, and quite at her ease.
In what is called the jail, several raving lunatics are confined. One of them, a burly German, with the neck of a bull, was very noisy. A poor woman, whose reason had been overthrown by abuse from her husband, was afflicted, in addition to other maladies, with the voracity ascribed to the shark. If she could but get enough, she would eat till death choked her. She lay on the floor, with her face pressed against the grated door of the cell, and stretched her hand through the bars as if piteously pleading. Her whole demeanor was that of a caged animal, such as one may see in a menagerie.
To conclude with the Infirmary: Mr. Gill, as Superintendent, devotes his time to the strict performance of what he has to do, and he is plainly an improvement upon some of his predecessors. Perhaps the farm - such as it is - may never be completely self-sustaining; but he is making it as nearly so as he can. In this, he has the co-operation of the board of Directors, and without it, little, perhaps, could be effected.
It was after six o'clock when we left the Infirmary, and, at the request of Esquire Wheeler, we went up the Muskingum river road to the Children's Home. This is now in charge of Dr. S. D. Hart, and his excellent wife. They are assisted by three nurses, a cook, a dining room girl under the direction of the cook, and one seamstress, who is employed through the year, except when work presses, and then two are required. The Doctor himself goes out to work in the fields, and he has one man hired to help him. Eight boys, big enough to be of some use, are set at whatever they can do.
There are fifty four children in the Home at present; the oldest is 14 years of age; the youngest, an infant of seven weeks. There are two other babes, each about a year old. The ages of most of the children range between 2 and 6 years.
Nearly half are illegitimate. Their mothers are not really able to take care of them, or else they are too shiftless and indolent. We were shown through all the rooms, and found everything comfortable, and in order. It was growing dark; the children were collected in what is called a school room; a hymn was sung; prayer was offered by Dr. Hart, and then they began to prepare for bed.
Our little party, at the same time, set about returning to Marietta. We had spent a thoughtful afternoon; first with old people whose lives were destined to end under the clouds, and then with young folk whose lives had begun under a cloud. And yet, neither the aged nor the youthful unfortunates were exactly the most miserable folks we had seen on the earth.
"Our County Infirmary Inmates"
The Marietta Semi-Weekly Register
January 21, 1887
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About a year ago we published a list of the inmates of the County Infirmary. To-day we are again permitted to do so, the list being kindly furnished us by the efficient and popular Superintendent, Wm. Hill, Jr. The year in which they were received is first given, then the name followed by the age, and last from whence they came:
1886, Eliza Nash, 80, Marietta.
1886, Martha Dow, 27, Newport.
1886, Mary M. Coleman, 30, Marietta.
1886, Nancy Metts, 25, Lawrence.
1886, Lendora Weddle, 19, Independence.
1886, Parthena Pratt, 60, Marietta.
1886, Eveline C. Johnson, 72, Marietta.
1886, Charles Berg, 21, Fearing.
1886, John Amos, 60, Marietta.
1886, Rosie Russel, 20, Marietta.
1887, Carrie Curtis, 21, Marietta.
1887, J. Piatt, 33, Jackson Tp., Guernsey Co.
1887 Elizabeth Piatt, 30, same.
1887, Cord Piatt, 5, same.
1887, Elmer Piatt, 3, same.
1884, Smith Blare, 38, Lawrence.
1884, Catharine Berry, 54, Warren.
1881, Martha Croston, 37, Decatur.
1838, Winchester Hall, 74, Adams.
1868, Jacob Crawford, 53, Marietta.
1868, Mary Crawford, 52, Marietta.
1875, Henry Frierser, 31, Marietta.
1877, Hugh McGuire, 60, Warren.
1861, Nicholas Angle, 55, Watertown.
1882, Jeremiah Tredway, 83, Lawrence.
1879, Ann Combs, 38, Marietta.
1879, Dora A. Ward, 15, Waterford.
1875, Mary Stiles, 86, Marietta.
1881, Emily Reeves, 57, Independence.
1874, Phoebe Slatter, 48, Belpre.
1882, Rosa Hootsel, 47, Watertown.
1882, Elizabeth Perkins, 35, Adams.
1882, Annie Steed, 80, Adams.
1879, Narcissa Baker, 42, Grandview.
1850, Julia Reinburgh, 68, Watertown.
1863, Mariah Ellis, 46, Wesley.
1880, Kate Anderson, 25, Newport.
1873, Anna Lippincott, 32, Liberty.
1856, Jane Conley, 40, Grandview.
1876, Marion Adams, 33, Waterford.
1878, John Kelock 28, Salem.
1881, Mary A. Carter, 28, Grandview.
1860, Louisa Bonn, 67, Belpre.
1872, Nancy Lucas, 50, Wesley.
1882, Hamilton Coffey, 68, Marietta.
1882, Julia Coffey, 64, Marietta.
1882, William Travis, 58, Grandview.
1882, John Rice, 53, Marietta.
1883, Joseph Grant, 41, Aurelius.
1883, William Dotson, 79, Newport.
1883, Lewis McAvan, 19, Warren.
1883, William Harsha, 70, Lawrence.
1883, Rebecca White, 56, Independence.
1883, Diantha Crooks, 35, Marietta.
1883, George Berry, 67, Dunham.
1884, Jane Beach, 34, Waterford.
1884, Mary Baudi, 27, Grandview.
1884, Dan. Wilkins, 58, Marietta.
1884, William Atkinson, 76, Lawrence.
1884, Francis Atkinson, 60, Lawrence.
1884, Bettie Mullinix, 22, Ludlow.
1884, Mary Ann Strain, 50, Marietta.
1884, Sarah Mills, 63, Marietta.
1884, Mary Snodgrass, 90, Liberty.
1884, Wesley Biggins, 37, Watertown.
1884, John Robinson, 65, Marietta.
1885, Hannah C. Bennett, 35, Grandview.
1885, Charles Twine, 16, Belpre.
1885, Margaret Beabout, 91, Independence.
1885, Catharine Sampson, 80, Waterford.
1885, James S. Lewis, 80, Marietta.
1885, Sherman Lightner, 17, Lawrence.
1885, Nancy Courtney, 27, Grandview.
1885, Aleck Donley, 56, Marietta.
1885, Dera M. Donley, 26, Dunham.
1885, Hiram Nelson, 58, Dunham.
1885, David Preggs, 50, Lawrence.
1885, Aaron Stonestreet, 75, Marietta.
1885, Chrles Fredrick, 29, Belpre.
1885, Catharine Shively, 76, Fearing.
1885, Martin Shively, 80, Fearing.
1885, Nancy Harris, 66, Marietta.
1886, Ransey Hall, 79, Newport.
1886, Samantha Crawford, 62, Marietta.
1886, Christiana Grim, 70, Muskingum.
1886, Clara Zimmer, 22, Marietta.
1886, Christina Courtney, 28, Independence.
1886, George Needer, 28, Marietta.
1886, Martha Rose, 38, Lawrence.
1886, Lucy Kelley, 30, Fearing.
1886, Linus, Ogle, __, Marietta.
1886, Mary Coffey, 45, Warren.
1886, John M. Coleman, 45, Marietta.
1886, Matilda McKean, 20, Dunham.
1885, William Donley, 1.
1884, Harvey Perkins, 2.
1885, James Courtney, 1.
1886, Andrew Zimmerman, 1.
1886, Jessie Coleman, 1.
1886, Thomas McCain, 1.
1861, George Baughman, 65.
1878, James Armstrong, 79.
Alphabetical 1877 List
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Adams, Marion - Year Entered: 1876, Age: 33, Waterford. Township, Washington,County
Amos, John - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 60, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Anderson, Kate - Year Entered: 1880, Age: 25, Newport. Township, Washington,County
Angle, Nicholas - Year Entered: 1861, Age: 55, Watertown. Township, Washington,County
Armstrong, James - Year Entered: 1878, Age: 79, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
Atkinson, Francis - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 60, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Atkinson, William - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 76, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Baker, Narcissa - Year Entered: 1879, Age: 42, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Baudi, Mary - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 27, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Baughman, George - Year Entered: 1861, Age: 65, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
Beabout, Margaret - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 91, Independence. Township, Washington,County
Beach, Jane - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 34, Waterford. Township, Washington,County
Bennett, Hannah C - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 35, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Berg, Charles - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 21, Fearing. Township, Washington,County
Berry, Catharine - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 54, Warren. Township, Washington,County
Berry, George - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 67, Dunham. Township, Washington,County
Biggins, Wesley - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 37, Watertown. Township, Washington,County
Blare, Smith - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 38, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Bonn, Louisa - Year Entered: 1860, Age: 67, Belpre. Township, Washington,County
Carter, Mary A - Year Entered: 1881, Age: 28, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Coffey, Hamilton - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 68, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Coffey, Julia - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 64, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Coffey, Mary - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 45, Warren. Township, Washington,County
Coleman, Jessie - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 1, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
Coleman, John M - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 45, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Coleman, Mary M - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 30, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Combs, Ann - Year Entered: 1879, Age: 38, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Conley, Jane - Year Entered: 1856, Age: 40, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Courtney, Christina - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 28, Independence. Township, Washington,County
Courtney, James - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 1, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
Courtney, Nancy - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 27, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Crawford, Jacob - Year Entered: 1868, Age: 53, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Crawford, Mary - Year Entered: 1868, Age: 52, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Crawford, Samantha - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 62, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Crooks, Diantha - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 35, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Croston, Martha - Year Entered: 1881, Age: 37, Decatur. Township, Washington,County
Curtis, Carrie - Year Entered: 1887, Age: 21, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Donley, Aleck - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 56, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Donley, Dera M - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 26, Dunham. Township, Washington,County
Donley, William - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 1, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
Dotson, William - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 79, Newport. Township, Washington,County
Dow, Martha - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 27, Newport. Township, Washington,County
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Ellis, Mariah - Year Entered: 1863, Age: 46, Wesley. Township, Washington,County
Fredrick, Chrles - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 29, Belpre. Township, Washington,County
Frierser, Henry - Year Entered: 1875, Age: 31, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Grant, Joseph - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 41, Aurelius. Township, Washington,County
Grim, Christiana - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 70, Muskingum. Township, Washington,County
Hall, Ransey - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 79, Newport. Township, Washington,County
Hall, Winchester - Year Entered: 1838, Age: 74, Adams. Township, Washington,County
Harris, Nancy - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 66, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Harsha, William - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 70, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Hootsel, Rosa - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 47, Watertown. Township, Washington,County
Johnson, Eveline C - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 72, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Kelley, Lucy - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 30, Fearing. Township, Washington,County
Kelock, John - Year Entered: 1878, Age: 28, Salem. Township, Washington,County
Lewis, James S - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 80, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Lightner, Sherman - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 17, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Lippincott, Anna - Year Entered: 1873, Age: 32, Liberty. Township, Washington,County
Lucas, Nancy - Year Entered: 1872, Age: 50, Wesley. Township, Washington,County
McAvan, Lewis - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 19, Warren. Township, Washington,County
McCain, Thomas - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 1, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
McGuire, Hugh - Year Entered: 1877, Age: 60, Warren. Township, Washington,County
McKean, Matilda - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 20, Dunham. Township, Washington,County
Metts, Nancy - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 25, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Mills, Sarah - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 63, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Mullinix, Bettie - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 22, Ludlow. Township, Washington,County
Nash, Eliza - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 80, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Needer, George - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 28, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Nelson, Hiram - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 58, Dunham. Township, Washington,County
Ogle, Linus - Year Entered: 1886, Age: N/A, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Perkins, Elizabeth - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 35, Adams. Township, Washington,County
Perkins, Harvey - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 2, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
Piatt, Cord - Year Entered: 1887, Age: 5, Jackson Township, Guernsey,County
Piatt, Elizabeth - Year Entered: 1887, Age: 30, Jackson Township, Guernsey,County
Piatt, Elmer - Year Entered: 1887, Age: 3, Jackson Township, Guernsey,County
Piatt, J. - Year Entered: 1887, Age: 33, Jackson Township, Guernsey,County
Pratt, Parthena - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 60, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Preggs, David - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 50, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Reeves, Emily - Year Entered: 1881, Age: 57, Independence. Township, Washington,County
Reinburgh, Julia - Year Entered: 1850, Age: 68, Watertown. Township, Washington,County
Rice, John - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 53, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Robinson, John - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 65, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Rose, Martha - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 38, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Russel, Rosie - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 20, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Sampson, Catharine - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 80, Waterford. Township, Washington,County
Shively, Catharine - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 76, Fearing. Township, Washington,County
Shively, Martin - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 80, Fearing. Township, Washington,County
Slatter, Phoebe - Year Entered: 1874, Age: 48, Belpre. Township, Washington,County
Snodgrass, Mary - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 90, Liberty. Township, Washington,County
Steed, Annie - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 80, Adams. Township, Washington,County
Stiles, Mary - Year Entered: 1875, Age: 86, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Stonestreet, Aaron - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 75, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Strain, Mary Ann - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 50, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Travis, William - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 58, Grandview. Township, Washington,County
Tredway, Jeremiah - Year Entered: 1882, Age: 83, Lawrence. Township, Washington,County
Twine, Charles - Year Entered: 1885, Age: 16, Belpre. Township, Washington,County
Ward, Dora A - Year Entered: 1879, Age: 15, Waterford. Township, Washington,County
Weddle, Lendora - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 19, Independence. Township, Washington,County
White, Rebecca - Year Entered: 1883, Age: 56, Independence. Township, Washington,County
Wilkins, Dan. - Year Entered: 1884, Age: 58, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Zimmer, Clara - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 22, Marietta. Township, Washington,County
Zimmerman, Andrew - Year Entered: 1886, Age: 1, Not Listed Township, Not Listed,County
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