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About Iosco County, Michigan Paupers, 1869-1934
Several common occurrences/conditions contributed to the need for relief, including sickness or death of a husband or wife and the inability of some injured and elderly people to work to support themselves and their families. Most of the names in this index are of people who lived in their own homes, although a few lived on the county poor farm.
Adoptions were arranged through the court for some pauper children, and other children were sent to the state school in Coldwater, Michigan. Several people were declared insane and were taken to a state asylum at Kalamazoo, Pontiac, or Traverse City.
A copy of this index, or additional research on any individual appearing in the index, may be purchased from the Huron Shores Genealogical Society, c/o Robert J. Parks Public Library, 6010 N. Skeel Avenue, Oscoda, MI 48750.