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Dutchess County Poor House / Infirmary Site
Dutchess County Poor House / Infirmary
Picture taken March 2000 by a volunteer, Paula
Click here for 1877 Almshouse Wood-Cut Illustration
| This site is dedicated to encouraging the preservation of the"Brier Hill"cemetery as well as the preservation of Poorhouse/Infirmary Records & Early Historical Structures. With your help I want to encourage that not only is the cemetery land set aside, but also that the cemetery is cleaned out, fenced, and maintained in the future, all possibilities for adaptable reuse of the early poorhouse structures are thoroughly investigated and pursued, that a thorough effort is made to locate and make accessible to the public the record of the names of those buried in "Brier Hill, along with any and all other records pertaining to the the Dutchess County Poorhouse/Almshouse. |
Time Line - Dutchess County Poorhouse (on The Poorhouse Story website) (from its establishment in 1863) |
The LINKS in the Tables below are in chronological order & are divided into two categories:
Preservation Efforts Links and Data & Historical News Links to help you find your family!
Each one of the people who resided at the Poorhouse or are Buried in the "Brier Hill" Cemetery are a part of our HISTORY Each one of them has a "Story To Tell" With Each Story Told, we help to alleviate the Stigma Associated with the Poorhouse If you have a "Story To Tell" for Persons you find information on among the data links below that you are willing to share for Posting Please Contact Me It is my hope to make the History of the Poorhouse and the individuals associated with it a part of our Dutchess County History "If we only know the History of the Rich and Famous - We really don't know our History at All" |
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Individual Poorhouse Stories |
Click Here -BREAKING NEWS - Feb. 16, 2005 - Law Suit Filed
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November 17, 2004 Look NOW!  HOT Preservation" ISSUE |
Early Poorhouse Buildings Deemed Eligible for State & National Registers |
January 9, 2005 |
1889 - Persons in Asylums Charitable Institutions |
| August 13, 2004 | READ The Infirmary Bond Resolution |
December 18, 2004 |
1876/77 Dutchess Patients Hudson River State Hosp. |
| August 13, 2004 | READ Put Infirmary Bond to a Referendum |
December 18, 2004 |
1877 Dutchess Patients Willard Asylum |
| February 6, 2004 | READ - VASSAR COLLEGE Brier Hill Project Report Microsoft Word File - Large File Download - Worth the Wait |
December 17, 2004 |
1873 Poorhouse Inmates |
Status Only |
Vassar College |
February 6, 2004 | Dutchess County Almshouse State Board of Charites Inmate Certificate Abstracts 1909-1919 [Transcription completed Jan. 11, 2005] |
| November 28, 2003 | NEWS-READ - "Soil Helps Find Forgotten Graves" - Po'keepsie Journal Article by Prof. Brian G. McAdoo |
January 11, 2004 | READ - Poorhouse NOTEWORTHY NEWS Compiled by Ginny |
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Vassar College Project Begins Prof. McAdoo and his Digital Underground Students are conducting geophysical surveys of the Brier Hill Cemetery site. | January 8, 2004 Robert Scofield |
Civil War Veteran died and Buried at the Dutchess Co. Poorhouse |
| December 5, 2003 | L. B. H. Identified |
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| Two New Articles Published POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL Thursday 07/31/2003 |
November 21, 2003 | More Brier Hill Burials Identified - Grave Number/ Location Unknown |
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| Status Only July 17, 2003 |
Efforts Gain Momentum - The Wheels are Turning. Contact with Commissioner of Public Works Murphy and Others has been made. | September 26, 2003 | Brier Hill Burials Identified for |
| July 1, 2003 | Read "A Story to be Told" - Photo Gallery (Cemetery) & excerpts from Dutchess Co. Board of Supervisors Proceedings November 27, 1883 | August 23, 2003 | 1864 Division County & City Poor List of "Paupers" & How Apportioned |
| Feb 4 & 13, 2003 | Read the Feb. 4, 2003 Letter from County Executive Assistant Earl T. Bruno, Jr. & Ginny's February 13, 2003 Reply. To date - Still awaiting a response from Com. of Public Works Michael Murphy | August 1, 2003 UPDATED-October 26,2003 |
1872-1944 DEATHS |
| January 13, & 29, 2003 | Free Professional Assistance ignored. Read follow up Letter to Co. Exec.Steinhaus & E-Mail to the Co. Executive & Legislature | Individual Poorhouse Stories |
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November 8, 2002 Free Professional Assistance offered to Dutchess Co. by Prof. Brian McAdoo of Vassar College & his students. |
Read November 8, 2002 Letter to Dutchess Co. Executive Steinhaus. Study offered similar to that performed on the Ulster County Poor House Site . | Visit the Poorhouse Lady's Site A Clearinghouse for information on |
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| September 17, 2002 | Public Works & Transportation Committee Resolution #202258 |
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| September 13, 2002 | Read about meeting - Public Works & Transportation Committee - Tuesday Sept. 17, 2002 at 4 PM. This Committe will recommend legislature what should be done with the County Owned Site | ||
| September 9, 2002 | Read - Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes | ||
| September 9, 2002 | Read about discovery of "Brier Hill" cemetery location | ||
| Status - September 6, 2002 | Read Letter to the Editor from Margaret G. Fettes- Dutchess Co. Legislator, Union Vale & Washington | ||
| September 4, 2002 | POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL "Plan Needed for Infirmary" Wednesday, September 4, 2002 |
Ginny's Closing Thoughts for this Page |
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| September 1, 2002 | Read the Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee Final Report |
Family Ties are Lasting Bonds Woven in Each Heart "Ginny's Genealogical Golden Guideline" I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down |
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| August 31, 2002 | POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL "Infirmary plan eludes committee" - Legislator calls for Dutchess Service Center. |
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| May 1, 2002 | Read the Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee Interim Report |
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