OWEN COUNTY POORHOUSE
JUNE 25, 1900
CLAY TOWNSHIP
(The 1900 census presented the month & year of a person's birth, so these records will reflect that)
All residents are referred to as "Inmates"; not all of their birthdates are listed.


Calvin W. CRISS  head  b. July 1854  age 45 marr. for 23 yrs. b. IN father b.OH  mother b. ILL  Superintendent  
Sarah E. CRISS  wife  b. June 1853  age 43  marr. for 23 yrs. children b. 7/living 7  b. IN  father b. IN  mother b. OH
Dennis W. CRISS  son  b. July 1880  age 19  Single  b.IN   father b. IN  mother b. IN  Farm Labor
Curtis G. CRISS  son  b. April 1884  age 16  Single  b. IN  father b. IN  mother b. IN  Farm Labor
Bessie M. CRISS daughter  b. April 1892  age 8  Single  b. IN  father b. IN  mother b. IN  At School
James HARDIN  Inmate   age 63  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Harry HILDEGAS  Inmate  age 30  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Gotlad KOFFER  Inmate  age 74  Single  b. Germany father b. Germany  mother b. Germany  Arrived 1845  55 yrs in US  not naturalized
Hiram REAGAN  Inmate  age 50  Widower  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Edward BOYD   Inmate  age 37  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
David MYERS  Inmate  age 72  Widower  b. PA  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
David SPEAR  Inmate  age 30 Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Thomas HENDERSON  Inmate  age 57 Single   b. NY  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Frank MAYSON Inmate  age 44  Married  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Henry CASSADY  Inmate  age 41  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Niel McDONALD  Inmate  age 74  Widower  b. Scotland  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown  Arrived 1850 50 yrs in US not naturalized
Granville WHITE  Inmate age 59  Widower  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
William ARNEY  Inmate  age 81  Widower  b. OH  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Sarah CARPENTER  Inmate  age 49  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown 
Kate HULETE  Inmate  age 58  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Minnie FRANKLIN  Inmate  age 25  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Minnie FREEMAN  Inmate  age 21  Single   b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Nancy BURNETT  Inmate  age 75  Widow  Never had children  b. MD  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Sarah MARTIN  Inmate  age 75  Widow  Never had children  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Cath THOMPKINS  Inmate  76  Single  b. OH  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Margaret BLACK  Inmate  age 53  Single  b. OH  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown
Matilda RAPER  Inmate  76  Single  b. IN  father b. Unknown  mother b. Unknown