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Washington County Poor Farm
Monument
E r e c t e d 1 9 8 0
Beaucoup Township, Washington County, Illinois
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Legal description : Section 29, W side SW ¼ NE ¼ SE ¼ Beaucoup Township, Washington Co. Illinois County Highway 17 ( 1950E ) |
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This information is from the photograph of the monument. Photograph taken and furnished by : Karla S. Wood. |
| Excerpt from article that appeared in : "This Is Washington County -- 1818 - 1968 -- Illinois Sesquincentennial" by the Sesquincentennial Committee of the Historical Society of Washington County |
It had an ominous name, and back in grandfather's day, many a youngster, admonished for some spending spree, was cautioned that "he'd end up in the poor house!" But it had its worth. It was the nursing home of yesteryear, with its own kind of Medicare. Dependent people of both sexes were cared for within its walls, fed and clothed at county expenses. Down the lane was the cemetery, with its simple grave markers.  The Washington County home shown here, is located three miles south of Nashville, is no longer owned by the county. The building itself has fallen into decay since the above photo was taken. Yet even in its present stage of ruin. It is pointed out as the "poor house." Its image will live long after the physical property has returned to the dust. |
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Name and Date of Death
The names on the monument are listed in order of death date; I have arranged these alphabetically.
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ABEL, Philip . . . September 2, 1892
BOSCH, Joseph . . . September 23, 1902 BOWERS, John . . . September 21, 1922 BROWN, John . . . July 15, 1897 CUMMINS, William . . . January 10, 1934 DAVIS, Henry . . . November 2, 1906 DEE, John . . . December 1, 1910 DICKSON ( DIXON ), John . . . February 16, 1899 - - - - - sailor DIERING, John . . . June 3, 1921 DONNELSON, Elizabeth . . . November 30, 1898 EVILSIZER, Oliver . . . September 8, 1924 GILL, George . . . January 10, 1922 GLEASON, Nancy . . . April 14, 1928 GROESBACH, Philip M. . . . March 27, 1881 HALLER, Fred W. . . . December 18, 1906 HARNCHERRY, Mary . . . March 7, 1905 HARTMAN, Franke . . . June 14, 1938 HENRICHS, Sarah B. . . . January 5, 1928 HOFFMAN, Jake . . . September 3, 1926 HOFFMAN, William . . . April 6, 1908 HUGGINS, John W. . . . August 1909 HURSH, Steve . . . January 1, 1917 JACOBEN, Anna M. . . . November 29, 1897 JAGGIE, Martin . . . July 8, 1921 JAROSZEWSKI, John . . . September 15, 1905 KAHRS, John . . . November 25, 191 KENNERLY, John F. . . . April 5, 1915 KIEFER, John . . .February 16, 1899 Age 88 - - - - - baker at Poor Farm KLEMAN, Fritz . . . April 5, 1914 KOESTER, Caroline . . . November 4, 1915 LOEWE, Henry . . . October 1, 1930 LOGAN, William . . . June 29, 1927 LOWPER, William . . . January 24, 1928 McINTYRE, Thomas . . . February 13, 1916 MEIER, Charlie . . . August 22, 1929 MILZE, Herman . . . October 26, 1911 QUESTERAUS, Napolien H. . . . December 8, 1934 RICHTENWALD, John . . . March 1, 1925 ROSLOWSKI, Stephen . . . December 25, 1940 SABIETSKI, Frank . . . February 15, 1912 SANDERS, William . . . February 25, 1923 SCHECHTE, Fred . . . August 16, 1937 SCHIPPER, Carolina . . . October 31, 1904 SCHUEZLER, John . . . September 21, 1933 SELLHORST, Joseph . . . November 28, 1902 SHELTON, Ham . . . September 27, 1878 SIEBE, August . . . February 7, 1890 SIMMONS, William . . . August 13, 1915 SMITH, Luether W. . . . July 31, 1935 SNYDER, __________ . . . March 2, 1899 TAYLOR, Elisha . . . September 4, 1916 TURMAN, William . . . January 27, 191 TUTCINSKI, Frank . . . November 7, 1882 TYHURST, William . . . March 26, 1910 VOGT, Fred . . . March 26, 1927 WAHLAGE, John . . . November 5, 1924 WITTENFELD, Louis . . . August 7, 1937 WRIGHT, William . . . October 24, 1919 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unidentified Male . . . December 30, 1917 Unidentified Negro . . . August 19, 1922 Seven Language Man . . . May 23, 1917 |
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