1899 Poorhouse Residents WHITE -- Submitted by Vickie Stevens Maude and Sadie White made wards of Owen County on April 13,1899. Maud born October 17,1896 placed in home of Mr. and Mrs. John Braatz in Wolcott on June 13,1899 adopted by the Braatz on March 6, 1901. Sadie born Pricilla DEC 12, 1894. I also know in Maude's search for her family she got a letter saying she was abandoned at the poorhouse.