My grandfather, Allen Moore, died in Adams County on 04 June, 1915. The Decatur
newspaper that day
published an article about his death. The article indicates that (as my father told me)
Allen was found on
the banks of the Wabash River, having gone fishing, suffered a heart attack, and lay there
in the rain for
several days. He was taken to the "Infirmary" where he died that same day, and
is buried in the Adams
County Farm Cemetery.
As I understand it, the infirmary was part of the Adams County Farm......a sort of old
folks home for people
who had nowhere else to live. Studying the article, it would appear to me that Allen
Moore was not a
resident of the county farm since it seems they didn't know who he was. However, if
he was a resident,
the old records from that establishment, if they still exist, might yield up some good
information about the
family........people I've never been able to trace.
So, does anyone know where those records would be stored? Thanks. Julie