Residence

Date from 1870 to 1871
Place Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Description Hampden poor house

Narrative

Page 7 of The 1870-71 Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Hampden, Maine lists Martha, Augustus and Cora E Cowan as pauper inmates of the alms house during the year ending March 1871. Page 8 says that Hampden received $351.34 from Salem Maine in the past year for the support of the Cowan children.

Report found at:
https://heirloomsreunited.blogspot.com/2012/03/1870-71-report-of-selectmen-of-town-of.html