Institutions

"A Visit to Lake County Infirmary"

This newspaper article describes a New Years Eve party thrown for past directors of the home in 1881.

The Lake County Home Records

Three inmate registers, financial information and various other reports were in the County Home when it closed. They are listed and described here.

The Lake County Home Inmate Registers

Three inmate registers listed the inmates, the reason for admittance, and relevant dates. Volume 1 (June 1852 to August 1896) and Volume 2 (September 1896 to June, 1911) are presented here. Volume three (1911-2004) is not on-line, as some of those people are still alive.

The Poorhouse Story

This web site has information about county homes in general and Lake County's specifically. There are also pictures here. This site appears to be offline, but this link is to the Internet Archive where it was captured. (off-site)

Women's Relief Corps Home of the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Their Wives, Mothers, Widows, and Army Nurses

The Women's Relief Corps (affiliate of the GAR) operated the Madison Home mostly for widows from 1891 to 1962 in Madison, Ohio. Over 300 residents are included here as researched by Cynthia Turk. (New March 2003)

Women's Relief Corps Home had columns of news in the local paper. Here is one from 1902.

Women's Relief Corps Home news item from 1904.

Women's Relief Corps Home news item from 1905.