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James Totten
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Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
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James Totten
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Hoarding
Post title: The Poor Man Who Died Rich....
Date published: July 26, 2017
Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-poor-man-who-died-rich.html
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2017-07-26 Poor Man Dies Rich
Summary: Kaiser outlines the biography of James Totten, a man judged “insane” by county officials in 1954 and then appointed the temporary guardian of Poweshiek County Attorney Norman McFarlin. When Totten died later that year, officials gathered more than $90,000 hidden in the rooms in Totten’s apartment, equal to about $800,000 in today’s dollars.
803 ½ Fourth Avenue, Grinnell, IA, USA
913 West Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Bates Pharmacy, Grinnell, IA, USA
Burns, Nelson
Crane, Frank
Fellenen, Emma Totten
Halterman, Maurice
Jackman, James Totten
Johnson, Waldo
McFarlin, Norman
Ragan, Sam
Roop, Fred
Ross Shoe Store, Fourth Avenue, Grinnell, IA, USA
Totten, David
Totten, Elizabeth
Totten, James