NEW -- PROFILES IN OBSCURITY -- Brief biographies of people buried in the NCCH Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field. This is an ongoing project. Check back frequently. Added a new profile 4/22/2022.
UPDATED 3/9/2022 -- ADDING FOLKS WHO DIED IN 1969-1971. INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL RECORDS FOR: James A. Eagan, John Simpler, Carrie E. Trigg, John Dougherty, William T. Ellingsworth, Frederick A. Blizzard, Frank Pierce, Anna Fontello, Kate E. Dickinson, Thomas Harris, Paris Talley, and Edward Leake. These records have been added to the original list of names of 2,648 patients admitted to DSH between 1894 and 1920 and who died before 1969 and the database of their admission and clinical data (hospital records).
A description of the database and instructions for its use -- VERY IMPORTANT -- is provided HERE. Please read this before attempting to find someone in the database: onlinedatabaseforwebsite2022.accdb
Remembering Farnhurst: Stories from the Delaware State Hospital, 1894-1920
Available from amazon.com for $38.95. The Table of Contents is provided here. It is once again available from the author for $32.00, free shipping and handling, and I'll even autograph it for you if you like. But note that I will be out of the country from May 15th to September 15, 2022. Send me an email at xro2581 at gmail dot com.
History of the Delaware State Hospital [for the Insane] at Farnhurst -- 1880s to 1920s
History of the New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse
Timeline of Potter's Fields
History of the Potters' Fields of New Castle County, Delaware including the New Castle County Hospital Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field (1891-1933),the Moore's Lane Potters' Field (1934-1962) and the Boulden Boulevard Potters' Field (1962-1978).
After Boulden Blvd. was closed, a Potter's field was opened next to the Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on Baylor Blvd., behind the Holloway campus. When it was filled up, new graves started being added to the outskirts of the DHS Spiral Cemetery, which is the site currently being used for indigent burials.
Available from amazon.com for $38.95. The Table of Contents is provided here. It is once again available from the author for $32.00, free shipping and handling, and I'll even autograph it for you if you like. But note that I will be out of the country from May 15th to September 15, 2022. Send me an email at xro2581 at gmail dot com.
History of the Delaware State Hospital [for the Insane] at Farnhurst -- 1880s to 1920s
History of the New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse
Timeline of Potter's Fields
History of the Potters' Fields of New Castle County, Delaware including the New Castle County Hospital Cemetery/Farnhurst Potter's Field (1891-1933),the Moore's Lane Potters' Field (1934-1962) and the Boulden Boulevard Potters' Field (1962-1978).
After Boulden Blvd. was closed, a Potter's field was opened next to the Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on Baylor Blvd., behind the Holloway campus. When it was filled up, new graves started being added to the outskirts of the DHS Spiral Cemetery, which is the site currently being used for indigent burials.