The Mahoning County Infirmary Records, 1855-1859, consist of of a book of entries, kept by Superintendent James Shields, which contains information about the inmates of the Mahoning County Infirmary.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Mahoning County, Ohio, and its infirmary there in the mid-nineteenth century. Those studying the history of workhouses, almshouses, poverty, mental illness, and other social problems in the mid-nineteenth century, and local government efforts to alleviate those problems, will find this collection useful. Genealogists might find this collection useful.
The collection is arranged chronologically and is maintained in one volume.
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1298 Mahoning County Infirmary Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
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