Report of Anton Veronda, County Agent for the Poor of Grundy County, Illinois, for the six months ending February 28, 1917. As recorded in the Morris Daily Herald – April 20, 1917. This report provides the names of the county poor (those whom the county government assisted) providing the head of household, age, number in family, and the costs associated with their assistance.
| Person Aided, Nationality | Age | No. in Family | Care & Nursing | Physician & Medicine | Provisions | Clothing | Fuel | Burial | Transportation & Meals | Total | Cause of Dependency | On or Off List, Sep. 1916 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Paletti, Italian | 43 | 2 | 15.08 | 15.08 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Teresa Procarione, Italian | 38 | 5 | 42.00 | 11.40 | 53.40 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Teresa Leggiero, Italian | 40 | 4 | 40.00 | 18.00 | 3.00 | 61.00 | Widow | on list | ||||
| Greenan's Orphans, American | 4 | 48.00 | 48.00 | Orphans | on list | |||||||
| Ludwick Haake, American | 26 | 1 | 24.00 | 24.00 | Sickness | on list | ||||||
| Sautina Dececco, Italian | 49 | 4 | 24.00 | 24.00 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Mary Boback, Bohemian | 50 | 8 | 30.00 | 30.00 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Anton Vicellio, Italian | 64 | 2 | 32.00 | 10.95 | 42.95 | Cripple | on list | |||||
| Celestina Pogliano, Italian | 33 | 5 | 42.00 | 19.61 | 61.61 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Edward Cox, American | 38 | 7 | 8.00 | 11.18 | 19.18 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Guiseppina Fontana, Italian | 50 | 5 | 42.00 | 24.88 | 66.88 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Steve Bracco, Italian | 65 | 1 | 16.00 | 4.70 | 20.70 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Mary Cortese, Italian | 80 | 1 | 24.00 | 24.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Charles Faletti, Italian | 62 | 1 | 24.00 | 24.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Louis Ricci, Italian | 52 | 5 | 32.28 | 32.28 | Sickness | on list | ||||||
| Louisa Ferrero, Italian | 25 | 5 | 36.00 | 16.23 | 52.23 | Deserted by hus. | on list | |||||
| Frank Borella, Italian | 68 | 1 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Old age | off list | ||||||
| Total - FELIX | 61 | 40.00 | 416.00 | 146.31 | 3.00 | 605.31 | ||||||
| Mrs. Dennis Stevens, American | 24 | 1 | 30.00 | 30.00 | Confinement | off list | ||||||
| Annie Russell, Colored | 75 | 1 | 24.00 | 26.50 | 50.50 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Marie White, Norwegian | 43 | 5 | 20.00 | 26.00 | 46.00 | Widow | on list | |||||
| John Godfrey, Irish | 81 | 1 | 25.14 | 13.25 | 38.39 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Mrs. Morgan, German | 39 | 3 | 22.75 | 22.75 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Mary Strong, German | 77 | 2 | 26.50 | 26.50 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Patrick Nolan, Irish | 54 | 2 | 29.00 | 26.50 | 55.50 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Charles Clark, American | 58 | 2 | 5.00 | 3.75 | 8.75 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| William Rose, German | 35 | 6 | 14.00 | 13.00 | 27.00 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Mrs. John Farmer, American | 73 | 2 | 31.25 | 31.25 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Mud Gobbins, Irish | 76 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Old age | off list | ||||||
| Mary Rubic, Polish | 34 | 2 | 36.00 | 13.25 | 49.25 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Albert Cordt, American | 32 | 1 | 25.67 | 12.25 | 30.00 | 7.00 | 74.92 | Sickness | off list | |||
| James Galligher, American | 39 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Cecelia Beck, American | 1 | 11.50 | 11.50 | Sickness | off list | |||||||
| Annie Anderson, Norwegian | 81 | 1 | 40.00 | 40.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Sophia Nonnes, Polish | 41 | 4 | 36.00 | 9.50 | 45.50 | Widow | on list | |||||
| R. G. Sorenson, American | 31 | 4 | 90.00 | 56.00 | 146.00 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Charles Wilson, American | 29 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Louis Webber, American | 34 | 1 | 9.50 | 9.50 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Vincent Cipar, American | 38 | 1 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Bill Berry, American | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 | Sickness | off list | |||||||
| Total - MORRIS | 44 | 205.50 | 56.00 | 224.81 | 201.50 | 30.00 | 8.50 | 726.31 | ||||
| Angelo Spese, Italian | 86 | 1 | 15.00 | 17.48 | 32.48 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Martha Vilt, Bohemian | 24 | 4 | 15.00 | 15.00 | Hus. in jail | on list | ||||||
| Louis Campo, Italian | 61 | 2 | 30.00 | 30.00 | Sickness | on list | ||||||
| Joe Pierard, Belgian | 68 | 1 | 24.00 | 24.00 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| August Hajeck, Bohemian | 58 | 6 | 10.00 | 10.00 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Marie Hill, Norwegian | 44 | 5 | 36.00 | 19.00 | 55.00 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Veuve Kinnes, Belgian | 60 | 1 | 24.00 | 12.00 | 36.00 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Mary Vilt, Bohemian | 64 | 1 | 16.00 | 6.35 | 22.35 | Widow | off list | |||||
| Mike Bath, American | 50 | 1 | 10.00 | 10.00 | Cripple | on list | ||||||
| Jennie Marsha, Scotch | 74 | 1 | 180.00 | 180.00 | Sickness | on list | ||||||
| Henry Kramer, German | 70 | 1 | 24.00 | 21.20 | 45.20 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Mike Esia, Bohemian | 74 | 2 | 39.00 | 10.78 | 49.78 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Charles Anderson, Swede | 75 | 2 | 6.00 | 32.52 | 19.00 | 30.00 | 87.52 | Old age | on list | |||
| Louisa Marietta, Italian | 37 | 6 | 36.00 | 27.47 | 63.47 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Ellen Smith, American | 28 | 3 | 30.00 | 3.40 | 11.36 | 44.76 | Deserted by hus. | on list | ||||
| Mrs. John Maddrill, English | 73 | 2 | 24.00 | 26.81 | 50.81 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Frances Marietta, Italian | 61 | 1 | 8.00 | 8.00 | Widow | off list | ||||||
| Rosa Corsatti, Italian | 31 | 6 | 42.00 | 20.56 | 62.56 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Petronilla Dvorak, Bohemian | 74 | 1 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 16.50 | Old age | off list | |||||
| John Dvorak, Bohemian | 55 | 9 | 48.00 | 4.00 | 26.58 | 78.58 | Sickness | on list | ||||
| Anton Stulick, Bohemian | 61 | 1 | 24.00 | 9.98 | 33.98 | Old age | on list | |||||
| George Potopa, Polish | 82 | 2 | 30.00 | 4.70 | 19.00 | 53.70 | Old age | on list | ||||
| Annie Strejeck, Bohemian | 57 | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Divorced | off list | ||||||
| Mary Zeman, Bohemian | 60 | 3 | 15.03 | 15.03 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Kate Drnec, Bohemian | 74 | 1 | 24.00 | 25.01 | 49.01 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Charlotte Mouseby, English | 75 | 1 | 8.00 | 8.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Katherine McMaster, English | 47 | 1 | 30.00 | 8.00 | 38.00 | Widow | on list | |||||
| John Leckman, Polish | 69 | 3 | 36.00 | 19.00 | 55.00 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Thomas Ruziska, Bohemian | 61 | 2 | 6.00 | 22.03 | 28.03 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Achille Quizzetti, Italian | 66 | 1 | 30.00 | 30.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Margaret Smith, Scotch | 73 | 1 | 29.24 | 29.24 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Elizabeth Kneecamp, German | 67 | 1 | 32.11 | 32.11 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Mrs. James Pavel, Bohemian | 56 | 5 | 31.00 | 30.00 | 61.00 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Q. W. Putnam, American | 66 | 3 | 30.00 | 20.00 | 50.00 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Charles Devrees, Belgian | 88 | 1 | 11.40 | 11.40 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Mrs. Owen, Welsh | 65 | 2 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Widow | off list | ||||||
| Bertha Severson, Norwegian | 67 | 1 | 19.00 | 19.00 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Peter Peterson, Swede | 70 | 2 | 5.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Martin Micono, Italian | 45 | 1 | 25.00 | 8.00 | 33.00 | Feeble minded | on list | |||||
| Frank Swartz, Bohemian | 69 | 2 | 6.00 | 5.68 | 11.68 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Total - BRACEVILLE | 91 | 186.00 | 750.52 | 20.10 | 496.57 | 30.00 | 0.00 | 1513.19 | ||||
| Mrs. Richard Smith, English | 53 | 6 | 18.00 | 12.40 | 30.00 | 60.40 | Widow | off list | ||||
| James Griglione, Italian | 33 | 1 | 35.00 | 5.00 | 40.00 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Niasio Rivaldo, Italian | 64 | 1 | 30.00 | 24.90 | 54.90 | Old age | on list | |||||
| George Rix, American | 42 | 5 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Margaret Balzarini, Italian | 62 | 2 | 36.00 | 26.85 | 62.85 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Mrs. Anton Chikytis, Lithuanian | 48 | 7 | 30.00 | 15.55 | 45.55 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Eugene Burla, Italian | 31 | 4 | 32.00 | 27.25 | 59.25 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Mary Bukowich, Austrian | 30 | 5 | 50.00 | 28.45 | 78.45 | Widow | on list | |||||
| Mike Ferro, Italian | 60 | 1 | 75.00 | 6.50 | 81.50 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Joe Berta, Italian | 53 | 5 | 36.00 | 22.70 | 58.70 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Johanna Fenoglio, Italian | 65 | 1 | 24.00 | 10.20 | 34.20 | Old age | on list | |||||
| John Bravin, Italian | 55 | 1 | 6.35 | 6.35 | Sickness | off list | ||||||
| Anton Vizetti, Italian | 53 | 2 | 25.64 | 15.25 | 40.89 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Domenic Barinotti, Italian | 51 | 1 | 19.00 | 16.80 | 35.80 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Peter Ghema, Italian | 60 | 1 | 18.80 | 16.10 | 34.90 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Anton Balettion, Italian | 51 | 3 | 10.00 | 12.25 | 22.25 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| John Kaposta, Bohemian | 68 | 2 | 27.00 | 24.05 | 51.05 | Old age | on list | |||||
| Joe Zinanin, Italian | 25 | 4 | 12.00 | 3.75 | 15.75 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Mary Rufatti, Italian | 61 | 2 | 24.00 | 24.00 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Agnec Gorc, Austrian | 45 | 4 | 23.20 | 23.20 | Widow | on list | ||||||
| Henry Shepman, German | 76 | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 | Old age | off list | ||||||
| Rosa Ferrero, Italian | 66 | 1 | 12.00 | 12.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| Total - GREENFIELD | 60 | 110.00 | 415.94 | 286.05 | 30.00 | 8.00 | 849.99 | |||||
| Ella Esterson, Norwegian | 78 | 1 | 26.00 | Old age | on list | |||||||
| Maud Ruelle, American | 38 | 4 | 48.00 | 35.57 | 83.57 | Hus. in pen. | on list | |||||
| Frank Coats, American | 42 | 5 | 3.99 | 3.99 | Sickness | on list | ||||||
| Samuel Christy, American | 62 | 1 | 25.00 | 12.24 | 37.24 | Sickness | off list | |||||
| Total - GARFIELD | 11 | 51.00 | 51.99 | 35.57 | 12.24 | 150.80 | ||||||
| Millard Doss, American | 35 | 6 | 11.00 | 4.75 | 15.75 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Total - SARATOGA | 6 | 11.00 | 4.75 | 15.75 | ||||||||
| George Cassady, Switzer | 61 | 1 | 30.00 | 30.00 | Old age | on list | ||||||
| George Deering, German | 50 | 3 | 14.55 | 6.25 | 20.80 | Sickness | on list | |||||
| Total - Wauponsee | 4 | 44.55 | 6.25 | 50.80 | ||||||||
| RECAPITULATION | ||||||||||||
| Felix | 61 | 40.00 | 416.00 | 146.31 | 3.00 | 605.31 | ||||||
| Morris | 44 | 205.50 | 56.00 | 224.81 | 201.50 | 30.00 | 8.50 | 726.31 | ||||
| Braceville | 91 | 186.00 | 750.52 | 20.10 | 496.57 | 60.00 | 1513.19 | |||||
| Greenfield | 60 | 110.00 | 415.94 | 286.05 | 30.00 | 8.00 | 849.99 | |||||
| Garfield | 11 | 51.00 | 51.99 | 35.57 | 12.24 | 150.80 | ||||||
| Saratoga | 6 | 11.00 | 4.75 | 15.75 | ||||||||
| Wauponsee | 4 | 44.55 | 6.25 | 50.80 | ||||||||
| GRAND TOTAL | 277 | 596.50 | 56.00 | 1914.81 | 20.10 | 1177.00 | 120.00 | 31.74 | 3912.15 | |||
| County agent's incidental expenses last six months | 104.53 | |||||||||||
| Total expended last six months | 4016.68 | |||||||||||
All of the above named persons supported in part.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTON VERONDA, County Agent