Farnhurst, Delaware
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    • Friends of the Potter's Field Committee Members
  • Delaware State Hospital
    • History of the Delaware State Hospital
    • Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst >
      • Final Report for Dr. Kevin Huckshorn
    • The Ledger Project & Database
  • New Castle County Almshouse/Hospital (1884--1933)
    • History of the New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse
    • History of the NCCH Cemetery in the Woods at Farnhurst
    • Who is buried in the NCCH Cemetery?
    • PROFILES IN OBSCURITY >
      • Manuel and Baby Bivins
      • Albert Smith
    • Moses Brooks, black, single, old
    • Harriet A. Chadwick, "cripple", daughter of William H.
    • Elijah Hoy
  • Felix Bell
    • Louis H. Gross
  • Kazimez Wooblewski
    • Abe Riggs
    • Sarah E. Elbert >
      • Joseph Bailey
  • Samuel Waters
  • Wm. Patterson & Jos. Jackson
  • Annie Caulk
  • (James) Alfred Frisby Sr. & Jr. & Isaiah Frisby
  • Ruth Westbrook
  • Elizabeth Engram
  • Joseph Manders
  • Evelyn Kelsic & newborn
  • Amanda Row Hammond
  • William Jenkin Harris, Jr.
    • Jerry Ivory >
      • Antonio Piacentini
    • Karl Oiderman
  • Landren Blannen
  • Evelyn Matthews and Delaware Hearn
  • William Johnson
  • Ferdinand Hunt
  • Bessie Roberts
  • Timeline of Potter's Fields
  • Moore's Lane Potter's Field (1934-1962)
  • Boulden Boulevard Potter's Field (1962-1978)
  • Maps and photos of the Farnhurst area
  • Interview with Georgie Ross 1999
My book on the most interesting/fascinating/heartbreaking/inspirational stories from the Delaware State Hospital ledgers, Flying Whispers, Broken Dreams: Long-Forgotten Stories from the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, 1894-1920, is almost completed.  It will contain over 200 case studies of patients at the hospital, combining information from the ledgers, ancestors and descendants from www.ancestry.com and www.familysearch.org, and newspaper articles about the individual from www.newspapers.com, as well as other sources of information.  The final Table of Contents has been posted (5/9/2019).  If anyone has comments or suggestions, please contact me at xro2581@gmail.com

This site has been created by Kathy Dettwyler to keep track of her research on the Delaware State (Mental) Hospital at Farnhurst, Delaware, 1894-1920, as well as her research on current and former cemeteries for the indigent in New Castle County, including the Almshouse Cemetery (NCCH Cemetery in the Woods at Farnhurst), the DSH Cemetery (Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst), the Boulden Boulevard Potter's Field, the Moore's Lane Potter's Field, and the Baylor Potter's Field.  It also served as a resource for the "Friends of the Potter's Fields Committee," tasked with restoring and honoring those buried at the DSH Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst (project completed).  


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