Dutchess County Patients - Willard Asylum - 1877
Proceedings of the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Dutchess County 1877
[from Report of Special Committee Received by the Clerk Dec. 29, 1877]
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Willard's Asylum
The first patient received at Willard's from the county was admitted in 1869. From the City in 1870. The following are now confined there chargeable to the city, viz: Ann DAVIS, Phoebe VAIL, Bridget RONEY, Francis NESBITT, Margaret WESTFALL, John DONOVAN, "Polly the Spaniard", Edward O'HARE, Wm. W. SHERMAN, Lycinder SUTTON, Mary J. GREY, Geo. HERMAN, Charlotte FOX, Ann M. WETZEL, Catharine CONNOR, Miss COXHEAD, Bridget MAHAR, Geo. W. PATTEN, Miss FOSTER, and Miss Johnson. |
From the County are the following:
| Name | Town | Remarks |
| Reuben Lasher | Red Hook | |
| Levi S. Brown | Rhinebeck | |
| Wm. Hulse | Glenham | |
| Richard P. Bloodgood | Poughkeepsie | |
| Wm. Burton | Fishkill | |
| Patrick Welsh | Poughkeepsie | |
| Patrick Burke | Supt. Of Poor | |
| John Cronen | Pawling | |
| Edgar Bartram | Fishkill | |
| Alfred Germond | Pawling | |
| John T. Noxon | LaGrange | |
| Smith R. Weed | Supt. Of Poor | |
| Isaac Green | County at Large | |
| Peter M. Massanoeux (friends responsible) |
Red Hook | |
| Charles Shaffer | Red Hook | |
| Patrick McMenny | Hyde Park | |
| Michale Rowen | Amenia | |
| Ellen Leonard | Lithgow | |
| Sarah A. McKay | Red Hook | |
| Tamer Purdy | Red Hook | |
| Eliza Moore | Red Hook | |
| Maggie (other name Unknown) friendless |
Supt. Of Poor |
| Caroline M. Shaffer | Red Hook | |
| Lucy L. Scott | Unknown | Sister Clarissa Ernst, Stone Ridge, Ulster County |
| Gertrude Asterhoudt | Union Vale | |
| Elizabeth Bates | Washington | |
| Catharine Loper | Amenia | |
| Ellen Gray | Fishkill | |
| Mary McNamee | Poughkeepsie | |
| Georgiana Mills | Pleasant Valley | |
| Ellen Cronin | Unknown | |
| Rebecca R. Tripp | Clinton | Discharged Cured |
| Jane Dubois | Washington | |
| Caroline Hill | Clinton | |
| Mary Waters | Unknown | |
| Augusta Heermance | Rhinebeck | |
| Josephine Pralatowsky | Fishkill | |
| Mary Ann Gidley | LaGrange | |
| Catharine Lyons | Wappingers | |
| Sarah Palmer | Hyde Park | |
| Sarah O'Connor | Wappingers | |
| Fanny Sedow | LaGrange | |
| Died | ||
| The following have died: | ||
| Name | Admitted | Death |
| John Buckley | Oct. 20, 1869 | October 30, 1876 |
| Margaret Kelly | Oct. 20, 1869 | July 3, 1877 |
| Margaret Smith | Oct. 20, 1869 | Nov. 4, 1872 |
| Sarah Ostrom | Dec. 3, 1870 | July 17, 1877 |
| Phebe Valentine | Aug. 15, 1871 | Sept. 12, 1875 |
| Amanda Jones | Aug. 15, 1871 | Sept. 5, 1871 |
| Mary E. McCord | Aug. 15, 1871 | Aug. 30, 1872 |
| Emeline Hitchcock | Aug. 15, 1871 | July 3, 1874 |
| Helen Ham (Blind) | Aug. 15, 1871 | July 2, 1875 |
| Christine - - - - - - - - | Aug. 15, 1871 | Aug. 22, 1877 |
| Geo. VanWagner | April 10, 1873 | Aug. 18, 1873 |
| Ed. R. Schryver | April 10, 1873 | July 4, 1873 |
| John Mead | Nov. 26, 1873 | April 9, 1876 |
| Abram Tompkins | April 16, 1874 | May 24, 1876 |
| Edward Fuller | Aug. 12, 1874 | March 12, 1875 |
| Catharine Shea | Aug. 12, 1874 | Feb. 24, 1876 |
| Ellen Fitzgerald | Aug. 12, 1874 | July 6, 1877 |
| William Wilson | Aug. 12, 1874 | May 22, 1877 |
| Adelia S. Davis | Oct. 27, 1876 | Nov. 12, 1876 |
| Discharged | ||
| Francis Thorne | Dec. 28, 1869, Mar. 29, 1871 |
Unimproved Friends took him to Wayne Co. |
| Catharine Griffith | Feb. 16, 1870, May 9, 1871 |
Improved |
| John R. Lyon | Jan. 5, 1875, Jan. 5, 1875 |
Not Crazy |
| Martha Beaumont | Feb. 17, 1876, Mar 3, 1876 |
Improved |
| Eloped | ||
| Thomas Duffy | June 8th, 1874 | Ran Away Mar. 14, 1876 was two weeks in New York, then went home, died soon after. |
| John Moore | Aug. 12, 1875 | Ran Away Sept. 25, 1875, hasn't been heard from since. |
Some Additional interesting information from this Report regarding Willard Asylum:
The ground for the institution was broken nine years ago, and the general plans not yet completed, are for an immense establishment. It has a farm of 700 Acres. Three quarters of a mile from the main building are groups of buildings and a narrow gauge railway is about completed for the sole use of the institution , and stocked with freight and passenger cars and locomotive. A telegraph line also connects all of the buildings. At present there are 1,270 inmates. The project was instituted almost wholly for the poor of the State, and the rich and the poor that are confined there fare alike. A close inspection was made of all the departments. Especially was care taken to inspect the culinary department. . . . . . . . . . At Willard's there is a splendid conservatory filled with hundreds of choice plants and flowers, and about it are comfortable walks, and not a patient offers to maliciously disturb the lawns. All are allowed perfect freedom at breakfast, dinner and tea, using knives and forks and spoons, the same as other persons, and sitting at the same table as families, and so kind and yet so strict is the discipline generally that the unfortunate beings seem to be careful not to attempt to break the rules. Each Patient has his own clothing marked and properly cared for, and it is kept perfectly clean at all times. All of the bed rooms are in the most perfect and clean condition, and all the buildings are devoid of any unpleasant odor whatever. Another thing should be mentioned. In nine out of 10 cases when a patient has died, his or her friends have entire charge of the remains and given them a burial in a civilized Christian manner. If friends do not call for the body then the officers of the institution provide for a funeral and decent burial upon the grounds.
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