Fremont County, Iowa
Poor Farm Cemetery
Sidney Township
Section 15, Twp. 68, Range 42

As early as 1863, there was a Fremont County Poor House. In 1877, property two miles south of Sidney was purchased to establish a "Poor Farm".

Between 1877 and 1944, over sixty people were buried in this cemetery. Below are some of the known burials.

A

Chapman, James     Death Year: 1926

C

Christy, Sam     Death Year: 1927
Cowles, Lafett     Death Year: 1877
Cowles, Nat     Death Year: 1887

D

Dean, Salmon     Death Year: 1888

E

Eaton, Ellen     Death Year: 1878

F

Fletcher, Thomas     Death Year: 1877

G

Gibson, (Twin babies)     Death Year: 1879
Gibson, Elizabeth     Death Year: 1880
Green, Marian     Death Year: 1889

H

Haris, Hubert     Death Year: 1877
Henderson, Andrew     Death Year: 1888

J

Jarvis, Jane     Death Year: 1880
Johnson, Sarah     Death Year: 1883

L

Latta, Elizabeth     Death Year: 1888
Lewis, J. W.     Death Year: 1878
Leyman, Henry     Death Year: 1924

M

McClellan, Alexander     Death Year: 1887
McConley, Pat     Death Year: 1878
Nicholson, Fred     Death Year: 1889

P

Perkins, Charles     Death Year: 1882

R

Reeves, Frank     Death Year: 1890
Rhodes, Henry     Death Year: 1926
Rogers, T. H.     Death Year: 1921

S

Shackleford, Bessie     Death Year: 1884
Slats, Willie     Death Year: 1877
Stephens, August H.     Death Year: 1879

T

Thrower, Moses     Death Year: 1883

W

Watts, Jacob     Death Year: 1920

Source: Cemetery Records for Fremont County, Iowa; printed by the Fremont County Historical Society ~ Shared by Penny Stewart. For more information about this and other burials in Fremont county, contact a Look-up Volunteer.