Sherry Bradley, on 12/8/00 6:28 PM, said: >My grandfather was Silas E. Woolsey, b. 1 February 1871 in Knox County, >IL, d. 22 March 1940 in Galesburg, IL.Ý He married Harriet Dell Truitt >24 June 1903 in Galesburg.Ý Ý I would like to learn more about my Woolsey >line.Ý I know his father's name was also Silas Woolsey, a farmer in Knox >County. Ý His wife, Harriet Dell Truitt, was born in Humeston, Wayne County, >IA 26 November 1876.Ý She was a descendant of Elijah TruittÝof Yates City, >IL.Ý Ý I would like to contact descendants of her siblings, Rosetta A. >(Truitt) Fooks of Oneida, IL b. 20 August 1872 and Albert Estel Truitt >b. 19 October 1878.Ý Another sibling who never married was Jean Elizabeth >Truitt b. 12 June 1884. Ý I'm also interested in learning about two >institutions >in Knox County that existed in 1900:Ý The Knox County Alms House and St. >Mary's School in Knoxville.Ý Any historical accounts or photos out there? >Ý Information would be much appreciated. Ý Sherry Bradley Sherry: The 1900 Census returns for Knoxville show a John Truitt residing at the Alms House, so I suspect that this is your interest within the Alms House. The Census has the following information for John Truitt: pauper, white, male, born in 1849, 51 years old, Single, born in Illinois, silent on parents' birthplaces, silent on citizenship, silent on occupation, silent on whether he had attended school, cannot read or write English but can speak it, and silent on home ownership. If you live in the Galesburg area or have other access to the Galesburg Register-Mail, it ran a nearly full-age article on the Alms House and its history in its January 17th edition this year, page A-5. It covered a good bit of the history on this institution. You may be still able to order a copy of that edition, but you'd have to contact them to be sure. If you can't get a copy of the newspaper, I'd be happy to copy it -- but it would have to be in pieces because the article is physically larger than a scanner. The article is a history of the home according to public documents and has no information about individual residents, save a solitary reference to one called "Crazy Hannah." It does have one photo of the entire complex "as it stood until it was demolished in 1966." The Alms House has been a topic of discussion a few times on this list, if you can access the archives. Check the following dates: 20 Nov 98, 12-24 Aug 99, 3-4 Nov 99 (the biggest discussion) and 17 Jan 99 for messages pertaining to the Alms House. Hope that helps, Tom Lundeen