A poor farm was located on Mobile Street , just North of Springhill Avenue in what was the town of Crighton in the 1930's.

Just to add a little more detail to the posting below: The University of South Alabama Medical Center stands on the site of the former poor farm. Ralph Poore 2575 Falling Brook Lane Boise, ID 83706 poorehouse1@msn.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/o/o/Ralph-E-Poore/ The families my wife and I researching are divided into four surname categories: Poore, Pierce, Johnson, and Fladeland. Those in the Poore category are linked to my father’s family. Those in the Pierce category are linked to my mother’s family. Those in the Johnson family are linked to my wife’s father’s family. Those in the Fladeland family are linked to my wife’ s mother’s family. POORE Calloway, Gandy, Gieger, Hearne, Jay, Lowe, Poore, Widden PIERCE Crawley, Moody, Pierce, Stringfellow, JOHNSON Edwards, Johnson FLADELAND Bowman, Buskirk, Fladeland, Nygaard -----Original Message----- From: PAT MCINNIS [mailto:PMcInnis@compuserve.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:20 PM To: AL-MOBILEBAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AL-MOBILEBAY] Poor Farm A poor farm was located on Mobile Street , just North of Springhill Avenue in what was the town of Crighton in the 1930's.