Residents of the County Infirmary, 1900

The census enumerator who visited the Defiance County Infirmary on June 2, 1900 found thirty-nine residents there.  It was a place for folks who had nowhere else to go, or who were mentally challenged in some way, or who just did not have enough money to support themselves or the physical capacity to care for themselves.

 Those enumerated (in alphabetical order) with their ages and sometimes other information were:

Archer, Joseph - 36, single, teamster
Beiderstadt, Caroline - 84
Beard, Solomon - 70, widowed
Bostetter, David - 77, married

Carey, Fay A. - 19, widow
Corcoran, Patrick - 85, widowed, born Ireland
Crago, Iven J. - 38, single, farmer

DeGrash, Mary - 83, born Germany, insane
Dekome, John - 63, single, born Germany
Dutterer, George - 47, idiotic
Elliott, Margaret - 66, widowed




Field, David - 46
Green, Louis - 34, single
Graves, Alexander - 66, single, shoemaker
Gorrell, Winfield - 42, insane

Henry, Martin - 68, born Switzerland, butcher
Hopkins, Mercy - 20, single
Kellog, James - 35, single
Klee, Conrad - 73, single, born Germany

Lemon, John W. - 25
Lye, Elizabeth - 31, single
Miller, William - 75, single
Mitchell, Audrey J. - 69, married, farmer
Moyer, William - 53, widow, farmer 

Onstott, Samuel - 25, single, farmer
Otto, Christian - 45, widowed, born Germany, carpenter

Redden, Jerry - 72, born Ireland
Sanderson, Gorge - 45, insane
Sargent, Thomas - 81, born England, taylor (tailor)
Sawyer, Mary - 25, married, had three children
Schroll, Abraham - 80, married, plasterer 
Sewell, Mary - 74, widowed 
Sinn, Frank - 39, single

Tolen, Anthony - 80, widowed, born Ireland
Van Flerah, Anna - 70, idiotic
Wight, Charles R. - 79, single, born England, painter
Williamson, Viola - 38, single
Wing, Ellen - 30, idiotic 
Yount, John B. - 79, married, farmer