County Farm Cemetery

County Farm Cemetery, Grundy County, MO

"The necessity of making provisions for the poor of the county being apparent, the County Court at March 7th, 1871, ordered that twenty cents on the one hundred dollars be levied on all taxable property in the county, to be known as the poor fund, to be used for the purchase and improvement of a poor farm. The Court examined a piece of land containing 84 acres three miles north of Trenton, purchased the same, and ordered suitable buildings to be erected. At January term, 1872, George W. Gibson was appointed by the Court as superintendent for one year commencing March 1st, 1872. One half acre of this farm was fenced off in the southeast corner, as a burial place for the pauper dead. The cost of a pauper burial outfit was fixed at ten dollars for a suit and five dollars for a coffin. All coffins over three feet in length were to have raised lids. No records were kept for the first three years, but the county physician suggested a book of record and "all inmates have their full names entered as such facts are of value for identification of all who may be compelled by misfourtune to accept a pauper living and fill a pauper´s grave." Mr. David Wigle was the second sup´t. As high as one dollar and fifty cents per week has been allowed for board of those unable to work"

[Grundy County History 1881]

In 1964, this small cemetery is unused and uncared for; few records are available. The cemetery is about 2 1/2 miles east northeast of Trenton, just off Hwy Y.

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Only two stones have names and dates:
ALLMAN	Anna (COBLE)	16 Jun 1863	03 Nov 1953	born Lindley, MO. w/o Samuel ALLMAN.
BOYER	Mary M.		11 Feb 1879	62y 4m 26d. w/o Peter BOYER.
CARR	Mrs. Mary		06 Mar 1924	"she was very old"
CLOSE	William Reese	22 Feb 1850	19 Aug 1915	born Washington Co., IN. s/o Benjamin Franklin & Laura (NEWCOMB) CLOSE. h/o Amanda Mae (MORRIS) 16 Feb 1879 at Somerset, MO.
COBLE	Ellen	1845	1935	d/o Joseph & Amelia (BARNETT) COBLE
COMBS	Charles 'Charlie'	03 Apr 1864	05 Apr 1935	71y. divorced. death certificate has 'Charlie'.
DENNIS	William 'Willie' O.	1870	21 Jan 1913	born KY. s/o Alexander Campbell & Mary (BRINDLE) DENNIS. divorced
HARTSHORN	Minerva (DAVIS)	1852	11 Jan 1911
HENDRICKSON	William		17 Apr 1935	born New York City, NY. never married.
HOLLOWAY	Sallie	1857	18 Aug 1894	single. inflammatory rheumatism.
HUFFSTUTTER	John		17 Nov 1952	68y. s/o George
JORDAN	Ed	17 Aug 186	10 Sep 1934	68y. born Pike Co., OH. s/o Charles Wesley & Elizabeth (IMMELT) JORDAN. h/o Emma (EDWARDS) (she died 1932).
LEWELLYN	Mrs. Mollie		14 Nov 1912
LUDWICK	Sammy S.	19 Aug 1820	09 Mar 1915	95y
MACY	James Arthur		14 Sep 1883	1m 20d
NEWMAN	Frank		06 Oct 1930	"very old"
POWELL	Reuben		28 Nov 1911	admitted to the home 27 Oct 1845; came from Morgan Co., OH. "an old person"
QUILLIANS	Henry		07 Oct 1930	85y
SPERRY	Stephen A.		Jan 1941	80y. s/o B. F. & Elizabeth SPERRY. h/o Alice
STACKHOUSE	Lou		12 Feb 1946	70y. an inmate for 50y

This material transcribed from the written records by Larry Flesher.
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