Ottawa County Poor Farm

Resident Profiles

Having now gone over the data collected from the existing records of the Ottawa County poor farm, it may interest one to know that we have records of over 800 residents from 1866 to 1976. In this sea of data, it can be difficult to distinguish one person from another. At this early stage of project development, a few residents do stand out, whether due to the amount of preserved material about them or the uniqueness of their circumstances. Within these pages are lives that passed through the poor farm, whether as brief visits or as decades-long stays at a place that would have been considered home. 

Find out more about a few residents of the Ottawa County poor farm.

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