Abandoned County Home

The County Home was purchased 1861, and consisted of 194 acres. 120 acres was bought Hathaway Estate and the rest from Mr. VanEtten. In 1881 it was known as the Poor Farm. 1914 it consisted of 220 acres with an average number of 16 people living there although they had a capacity of 20 people. They took in old people with no families to care for them, people that went broke and had no place to go, widows, unwed mothers and orphans until homes were found for them. They also had whole families living there. All residents worked on the farm for their keep. Some people were there a short time and some stayed until they died. There was land set aside for burials. Each person buried there had a cement headstone with only a number on it. Through the years the cemetery became run done and uncared for. With the changing of administration the information corresponding with the numbered headstones was lost. Years later a new well cared for cemetery was established. The first burial was in 1964

NAME		BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	INFORMATION
Chase	James	Unknown	8/9/1929
Clark	John	Unknown	1/4/1877
Draper	Nellie	1866	6/5/1924	58 yrs.
Fox	William Henry	6/8/1869	1/19/1942	72 yrs. Brother of George and Grace Fox-Street
Gipe	Wilbur	10/5/1905	10/14/1922	17 yrs.
Gregory	Lyman W.	1837	6/13/1918	81 yrs.
Grimmer	John	Unknown	3/31/1927
Hagberg	John	1842	3/11/1927	85 yrs 10 months 17 days
Hanna	James Steele	3/1832	7/27/1882	50 yrs.
Hartzberg	Unknown	Unknown	11/10/1874
Holmes/Holms	Edward	1869 Missouri	11/25/1933	64 yrs. Son of James and Mary nee* Howard Holmes*
Kent,	Oliver L.	Unknown	2/23/1874
King	Charles	Unknown	1/4/1875
Kniffen	Robert	1867 New York	4/22/1937	70 yrs.
Kurt	John	1848	7/20/1933	85 yrs.
McCullough	America	1852 Iowa	2/10/1936	81 yrs.
Meikel	John	1843	3/26/1923	80 years
Morrison	Ralph	1859	4/17/1933	74 yrs.
Mulligan	William	Unknown	3/4/1875
Neuman	Christian	Unknown	7/19/1873
Pattin	John	Unknown	6/4/1872
Pitre/Pike	Carrie nee* Peterson*	12/14/1858 Denmark	1/15/1939	80 years
Pohlman	William H.	1857	4/26/1940	83 yrs.
Romig	Aaron	Unknown, Wisconsin	7/1/1932	80 yrs. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hutes) Romig
Schott	Castlo	1873 Pennsylvania	6/8/1932	59 yrs. Son of Phillip and Amanda (Lapol) Schott
Schuster	Gus	3/7/1846 (Germany)	11/30/1928	82 yrs.
Stace	Abraham	4/1871	12/16/1929	58 yrs.
Stevens	Oscar	1857	7/4/1939	82 yrs.
St. Clair	Edward	1843	5/29/1915	Confederate Civil War Veteran Co. H, 28th Louisiana Infantry
Tracey	Edward	1795	12/16/1873	78 yrs.
Quinn	Jacob	Unknown	8/19/1875
Radford	John	Unknown	8/19/1929
Wells	Arbanus R.	5/1838 Ohio	Unknown
Varden,	Thomas Bardeen	1800 Ireland	10/7/1880	80 years/24 year resident in Iowa
Zobel	Anna nee Swanda	1/1849 Austria	1/31/1919	70 yrs.