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|Body= In 1851, the county poor farm was established at the town of Jefferson, Ill., about 12 miles northwest of Chicago. The farm consisted of 160 acres of fairly improved land and was formerly owned by Peter Ludby, who located it in 1839. Additional land was purchased in 1860 and in 1884. In 1915, the land consisted of 234 acres. By November 1854, the county poorhouse was nearly finished. The building was of brick, three stories high and a basement, and cost about $25,000.
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|Body= Governor AG Brown made the first public proposal to establish a hospital for the insane in 1846. In 1848, the Mississippi Legislature appropriated funds for the original facility, which opened in 1856 at the present site of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The institution became a highly contested site during the Civil War. Under the direction of General William T. Sherman, the Union Army ransacked the institution during the early stages of the occupation of Jackson in July 1863. Union soldiers plundered the storeroom and garden and slaughtered numerous livestock. Making matters worse, seven of the institution’s ten employees left their jobs and joined the Union Army.  [[Mississippi State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
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In 1858, Dr. D. B. Fonda served as the physician for the poorhouse and the insane departments. At the time, the building of the insane asylum, 200 feet south of the almshouse hospital, was contemplated.  [[Chicago State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
 
 
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Revision as of 10:09, 25 January 2026

Featured Article Of The Week

Mississippi State Hospital


Jackson Miss SH PC.jpg

Governor AG Brown made the first public proposal to establish a hospital for the insane in 1846. In 1848, the Mississippi Legislature appropriated funds for the original facility, which opened in 1856 at the present site of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The institution became a highly contested site during the Civil War. Under the direction of General William T. Sherman, the Union Army ransacked the institution during the early stages of the occupation of Jackson in July 1863. Union soldiers plundered the storeroom and garden and slaughtered numerous livestock. Making matters worse, seven of the institution’s ten employees left their jobs and joined the Union Army. Click here for more...

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