On our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses)at http://www.poorhousestory.com we just published the following -- Obituary which appeared in the McHerald XIV-4, Shoals, 14 April 1881 "Isaac Henson of Martin Couny, IN, one of the pioneers of Martin Co., died Monday night at the poor farm. According to his statement he was one hundred and two years old. He liked to talk about his early life and of his hunting expeditions when bears were plenty." submitted by Pat Saupe psaupe@seidata.com If you would like to explore The POORHOUSE STORY further ... DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on OTHER STATES, then on INDIANA on the table of states. (NOTE: If you have visited the site recently, you may have to click on REFRESH on your browser to see the new information.) There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the RECORDS page; and you might want to subscribe to our (almost) monthly newletter (which you can do in the lower right corner of the homepage). The information on our site will only grow through the submissions of generous readers. If you would like to e-mail me ... please do so off-list because I cannot maintain subscriptions to as many lists as we post messages on. (You can use an e-mail link off one of our web pages.) We hope you enjoy the site! Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)