The Overseer of the Poor Farm's salary was fixed by the Supervisors on November 21; A. Pickett became Overseer; poor-farm expenditures were $4,600; twenty-seven paupers were in the Poor House November 13.

The evidence

• “The Overseer of the Poor Farm was paid for his services as agreed upon by the Superintendents of the Poor, until the Supervisors fixed his salary, on November 21, 1862. The Overseer living in the Poor House is furnished by the county with house and table expenses for himself and family, and his annual salary is fixed by the Board of Supervisors.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 408 / book p. 412

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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