I recently obtained a death certificate for a relative and discovered that he died at the Alms House in Richland Co in 1901. I assume that the Alms house was another name for the poor house. Is that correct? He had a wife and children and had had a least a farm, so I was surpised to learn that he had died at the Alms house. Does anyone have any information on the Alms House? Could it by any chance have functioned as a nursing home does today for those who are chronically ill and their families are unable to care for them. I would appreciate any information relating to the Alms house. Thanks, Lynne

Hi Lynne, It appears that the Bailey House bulit in 1873 was to be become the Richland Hospital in the future. In 1901,E.P. Kermont opened a hospital in his home on Central Avenue in Richland Center. It was called the City Hospital in 1901. Wondering if the Alms House was also a private home functioning as a hospital also. If memory serves correct there was also a Mueller Nursing Home in R.C. in the 30's and 40's. It served as a hospital sort also.As women gave birth there also. ----- Original Message ----- From: "lalvord" <lalvord@msn.com> To: <WIRICHLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: [WIRICHLA] Alms house in 1901 > I recently obtained a death certificate for a relative and discovered that he died at the Alms House in Richland Co in 1901. I assume that the Alms house was another name for the poor house. Is that correct? He had a wife and children and had had a least a farm, so I was surpised to learn that he had died at the Alms house. Does anyone have any information on the Alms House? Could it by any chance have functioned as a nursing home does today for those who are chronically ill and their families are unable to care for them. I would appreciate any information relating to the Alms house. > > Thanks, > Lynne > > > ==== WIRICHLA Mailing List ==== > Search the list archives: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put WIRICHLA for > the name of the list >