I'm pretty sure the Clearfield County Historical Society has the books from the county home - at least, many of them. I have used them before and they have a page record for each patient. These books were in an old cabinet in one of the front rooms. I remember your story, Leah, and now I can put two-and-two together to know where this allegedly occurred. I was just in Clearfield yesterday and went by the branch campus of LHU, so now I know exactly where this home was, per the description given. Of course, in your case, your great-grandfather was buried in the family plot at Umbria Cemetery - right? If my mind is not confused, I'm pretty sure that *some* of the unclaimed individuals were sacrificed for progress and donated to the Anatomical Society of Philadelphia for cadaver research. There is a list of these names - unless I was dreaming. One thing I do not know is whether the home had its own cemetery or reserved plots in other local cemeteries. Justin At 04:00 AM 10/29/05, you wrote: >Perhaps the records of the Clearfield County Home are also somewhere, >probably in an attic left to collect dust. Anyone know where they can be >found? > >Renee Waring Justin Kirk Houser http://users.adelphia.net/~jkhouser84/ www.jkhouser.com Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Member, Board of Directors, Bellefonte Area School District Historian, Schürch Family Association of North America Lay Leader, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) http://users.adelphia.net/~jkhouser84/church1.htm Certified Lay Speaker, The United Methodist Church Assistant Lay Leader, The State College District, UMC "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (St. Mark 16:15)

Yes! Justin is right . When the County Home Closed the remaining records where taken to the Historical Society where they joined the large back log of work that needs to be done there. I have been told the County Home Cemetery (Yes there was one) has been farmed over. A sad story of poor soles who few people cared about both in life and death Jim in Clearfield County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Kirk Houser" <jkhouser84@adelphia.net> To: <PACLEARF-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 9:53 AM Subject: [Clearfield] County Home Records > I'm pretty sure the Clearfield County Historical Society has the books > from the county home - at least, many of them. I have used them before > and they have a page record for each patient. These books were in an old > cabinet in one of the front rooms. > > I remember your story, Leah, and now I can put two-and-two together to > know where this allegedly occurred. I was just in Clearfield yesterday > and went by the branch campus of LHU, so now I know exactly where this > home was, per the description given. Of course, in your case, your > great-grandfather was buried in the family plot at Umbria Cemetery - > right? > > If my mind is not confused, I'm pretty sure that *some* of the unclaimed > individuals were sacrificed for progress and donated to the Anatomical > Society of Philadelphia for cadaver research. There is a list of these > names - unless I was dreaming. > > One thing I do not know is whether the home had its own cemetery or > reserved plots in other local cemeteries. > > Justin > > At 04:00 AM 10/29/05, you wrote: >>Perhaps the records of the Clearfield County Home are also somewhere, >>probably in an attic left to collect dust. Anyone know where they can be >>found? >> >>Renee Waring > > Justin Kirk Houser > http://users.adelphia.net/~jkhouser84/ > www.jkhouser.com > Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com > Member, Board of Directors, Bellefonte Area School District > Historian, Schürch Family Association of North America > Lay Leader, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) > http://users.adelphia.net/~jkhouser84/church1.htm > Certified Lay Speaker, The United Methodist Church > Assistant Lay Leader, The State College District, UMC > "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (St. > Mark 16:15) > >