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Moultrie County Heritage
Published Quarterly by the Moultrie County
Historical and Genealogical Society
Sullivan, Illinois
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Volume 2
February 1974
Number 1
Page 26
GEORGE SILVERS POOR FARM OVERSEER
contributed by Birdie Silvers Daum
George Silvers, my grandfather, was the
overseer of the Moultrie County poor farm, prior to 1890. The poor farm
was located west of Sullivan, and was purchased by Moultrie County officials in
1864 for $5,800. My grandparents and their six children, one of whom was
my father, Elmer Silvers, lived there. Although discontinued as a
"poor farm" the land is still owned by the county and the county
receives income from it in a landlord-tenant operation.
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