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  • New Castle County Almshouse/Hospital (1884--1933)
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    • History of the NCCH Cemetery in the Woods at Farnhurst
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    • 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
Ruth Westbrook, African American, d. 1925 of bladder cancer
                All we can find out about Ruth Westbrook is that she was an African American woman, age 26, who was at the Almshouse/NCCH for 2 months and 11 days before she died of bladder cancer on August 9, 1925.  There is no information about what symptoms brought her to the NCCH or how it was determined that she died of bladder cancer.  She is listed as being married, but there is no information about a possible husband.  She came from Virginia, according to her COD.  An African American woman of this name was mentioned in the local newspapers in 1923, accused of assaulting a woman named Edith Johnson.  This Ruth Westbrook pled guilty and was sentenced to 3 months in jail.  We can’t confirm if this is the same woman.  There is a household in the 1920 census for Wilmington, Delaware that includes Jas. Westbrook, age 34, and Ruth Westbrook, age 29, who are African American, but the age is wrong for this to be our Ruth Westbrook.  Of course, the age on the census may be incorrect.  Either way we cannot tell.

To see her COD and the newspaper articles, click HERE.


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