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The following is a report by Superintendent Moses Smeltzer of The German Baptist Old Folks Home and Orphanage for the years October 1, 1902 to October 1, 1903. See: http://hcgs.net/aged.html for the history of the home. This report was found in an old home newspaper " Home And Orphanage" that is on microfilm located in the New Castle, Henry County Public Library. The paper is an eight page publication that seems to have been started in January of 1902 and was sold by subscription that cost 50 cents per year for 12 issues:
The work has gone quietly on, no great events having transpired, but we come and go, as moments pass by, and we scarcely retain in memory the things of yesterday. The crops have been fairly good this year, and the work has been kept up in fairly good shape. An enumeration of the officers, help, and inmates would stand about thusly:
| Name | Age | Notes
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| Anderson, James S. | 79 | Admitted June 9, 1902. from Colfax, IN - Died 1903
| | Andes, Andrew | 80 | Patient from Cowan, IN
| | Arnett, Anna | 83 | Inmate (Wife of Jacob)
| | Arnett, Jacob | 83 | Inmate
| | Arnold, Jseph S. | 82 | Inmate
| | Baker, John | 72 | Inmate (Paralyzed)
| | Bear, Mary | 75 | Patient from Middletown October 1, 1903
| | Beath, Alice | ?? | Patient - 11 Aug 1903, Shidler, Ind. - Died 1903
| | Bessimer, Mary | 82 | Inmate
| | Bice, Arnett | 16 | Orphan - Placed but returned
| | Bivens, Sarah | 75 | Inmate
| | Brumbaugh, Samuel W. | 75 | Inmate
| | Bufkin, Harry | 12 | Came in 1902 - Orphan from New Castle - Out 1903
| | Bufkin, Joseph | 10 | Came in 1902 - Orphan from New Castle - Out 1903
| | Cartright, Belldon | 45 | Admitted July 21, 02. Feeble Health
| | Cartright, Jennie | | Patient from Muncie, Ind. - Died 1903
| | Chrisman, Kenneth | 4 | Orphan Child from Middletown, IN
| | Chrisman, Olive | 5 | Orphan Child from Middletown, IN
| | Clapp, Charles D. | 49 | Patient
| | Collins, Bennie (col) | 13 | Orphan - Fayette Co. Went with sister to Indianapolis.
| | Conway, Susan | 79 | Inmate (paralysis)
| | Cook, Freddie | 4 | Orphan Child from Mooreland, IN
| | Cook, Jennie | 12 | Orphan - Adopted. From Mooreland, IN
| | Cook, Mary M. | 7 | Orphan Child - Placed on trial 1903 from Mooreland, IN
| | Cook, Murry | 9 | Placed with Susan Strong at New Castle. From Mooreland, IN
| | Corbin, Grandma | | Patient from Connersville
| | Davis, Margaret | 78 | Inmate
| | Delapp, Charles | 65 | Boarder - Fowler, IN. Left for Richmond 1903 Easthaven
| | Doyle, Eddie | 11 | Orphan - out by Fec. 1902 from Shirley, IN
| | Eller, John | 72 | Inmate (Blind)
| | Gift, Charles | 10 | Orphan - Adopted
| | Hamilton, Earnest | 12 | Not to be adopted. From Shirley, IN
| | Hamilton, Walter | 10 | Not to be adopted. From Shirley, IN
| | Hardick, Charles | 7 | Orphan from New Castle, IN
| | Hauk, Willie | 14 | Orphan from Muncie, IN
| | Hawk, Willie | 13 | Orphan from Muncie, IN
| | Heath, Charley | 7 | Boarder from Muncie, IN
| | Heath, Pearl | 2 | Boarder from Muncie, IN
| | Hendrix, Clark | 7 | Boarder from Anderson, IN
| | Hendrix, Earl | 9 | Boarder from Anderson, IN
| | Henry, Mary J. | 74 | Patient from Ankneytown, Ohio - Died 1903
| | Hess, Deborah | 79 | Inmate (paralyzed)
| | Hess, Martha | 55 | Inmate
| | Hines, Jimmy` | | Boarder - Soldier's Home Dayton, OH - Left Dec. 1903
| | Hoff, Jacob | 65 | Inmate
| | Johnson, Alpha | 4 | Orphan - Temporary Placement
| | Jordan, Clarence | ? | Orphan
| | Jordan, Gertie | 11 | Orphan
| | Jordan, Lessie | 8 | Orphan
| | Jordan, Lester | 8 | Orphan
| | Jordan, Mary | 6 | Orphan
| | Jordan, Roy | 14 | Orphan
| | Keating, Ethel | 13 | Orphan
| | Kemph, John | ?? | Boarder from Minneapolis, Minn,
| | Kemph, John K. | | Patient, 3 Aug 1903
| | Kriner, Bessie | 10 | Orphan Child from Knightstown, IN
| | Miller, Charles | 6 | Boarder Moved in with his Aunt in Ohio.
| | Miller, Samuel | | Helper
| | Miller, Susie | | Orphan
| | Monroe, Charles | 7 | Placed by Probation Dept. Return to parents. New Castle, IN
| | Monroe, Russell | 3 | Placed by Probation Dept. Return to parents. New Castle, IN
| | Nelson, Eddie | 9 | Boarder from Anderson, IN
| | Paul, Mattie | 72 | Inmate
| | Petry, Ellementena | 74 | Inmate
| | Petry, Jonathan | 73 | Inmate (Dropsy)
| | Price, Grace | 16 | Not to be adopted. From Millville, IN, married Frank Fadely.
| | Raforth, Minnie | | Hired help.
| | Reedy, Alta | | Orphan
| | Reedy, Goldie | | Orphan
| | Richards, Vadie | | Hired help from Fortville, Ind. Dau. of D. R. Richards
| | Shanton, Harrold | | Orphan from Indianapolis, IN
| | Slater, Verley | | Hired hand Oct. 1903
| | Smeltzer, Catharine | | Matron
| | Smeltzer, Johnie | | Superintendant's son & helper.
| | Smeltzer, Moses | | Superintendent
| | Snowberger, Elder A. G. | | Superintendent of home.
| | Snowberger, Sister R. A. | | Matron
| | Stanton, Harold | 14 | Boarder
| | Terrell, Rebecca | 80 | Inmate
| | Thomas, Elsie | 3 | Orphan
| | Thomas, Iva | 8 | Orphan
| | Turner, Henry | 67 | Patient - Out on a visit. From Hartford City, IN
| | Wells, Hepsy | 75 | Patient from Connersville - Died 1903
| | Williams, Flora | 10 | Orphan - Adopted by D. F. Hoover. From Millville, IN
| | Williams, Ottis | 8 | Orphan Child, Placed but returned. From Millville, IN
| | Wisehart, Benjamin F. | | Boarder - Died of Bright's disease 1902, Millville, IN
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| The following financial statement may be of interest.
| | Receipts from October 1, 1902, October 1, 1903
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| Children boarders | $258.03
| | Aged boarders | $491.95
| | Farm | $745.84
| | Miscellaneous Receipts | $115.73
| | County Commissioners | $482.00
| | Interest on endowment | $113.00
| | Children's aid banks | $29.70
| | Due Treasury from the year before | $19.43
| | Insurance | $99.66
| | Gas | $30.00
| | Buggy | $30.00
| | Binder | $40.00
| | Paid on note | $169.00
| | Interest on note | $31.00
| | Male help | $226.50
| | Female help | $34.65
| | Physician's bills | $63.70
| | Undertaker's bills | $155.25
| | Miscellaneous | $242.24
| | General Expenses | $967.45
| | Making a total of: | $4345.13
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We harvested 421 bushels of wheat, and 390 bushels of oats and have a fairly promising corn crop. Forty acres of wheat were sown and a good average was left for the coming spring crops. Hay was a good crop and the fall pasture is fine. The stock on the farm, consist of four workhorses, one yearling mule, five milk cows, three two-year old heifers, two yearlings and two spring calves. In the line of swine, we have nine brood sows, thirteen hogs for meat and seventy spring and summer shoats. In concluding this article we wish to remark, that the good work on helping the unfortunate ones still goes on, but not to the extent that it might, if all over the district would come to the rescue. Let us do all the good we can while the Lord gives us the time, the opportunity and the means, and as good rewards, be able make a favorable report to Him when the day of settlement comes.
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