Poor Farm Cemetery - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Please note - this group began with the nine records transcribed by the DAR in the 1960s and found on the Crawfordsville District Public Library database of cemeteries in 2017.  With the help of a great researcher, Kim H., we have found close to 100 graves proven and several we are fairly sure but have not yet added.  It's amazing how many there are buried there :(

Born 14 Sept 1890 (County Poor Farm) Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana

Died 19 Sept 1890 (County Poor Farm) Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana

Source: Taken from the account books of CB Dunbar, Superintendent of the Montgomery County Poor Farm. Mattie Albertson admitted June 24, 1890 age 22 Discharged October 22, 1891 - Union Twp paid her charge. Girl baby was born to her Sept 14, 1890 and died Sept 19th 1890- "Buried Co. Farm"

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BAXTER, William

We  do know that he was 77 when he passed away but no birth date is know.   His father was Thomas Branson and mother, Esther Lay. They were both  born in Tennessee, Warhim in Indiana.  He was buried on the poor farm in  the small cemetery there two days after death.  He fell and broke a hip  and died on the 16th at 5:20 p.m.  The home's doctor, Fred N. Daugherty  signed his Death Record and the farm's superintendent, Seth Swank was  the informant.Bryant,  David. Born 1860 Montgomery County.  Died 2 June 1945 Montgomery County  Poor Farm.  Buried 4 June Montgomery County Poor Farm.  Only indication  of family was Father: David, born Montgomery County and mother Anna Wyatt.  He was buried at the poor farm two days after his death.  August 18, 1899 -- Sunday  night at the poor farm Geo. Carson paid the penalty of the human race  and breathed his last. Mr. Carson was seventy years old and had been an  inmate of the county asylum for about eight years. He used to be a  familiar character about the streets of the city and went by the  nickname of "Sassafras" George. He was an indefatigable purveyor of  sassafras and was always on hand in the season with bunches of the  fragrant root which he claimed *was nature's remedy for all diseases of the blood. He was buried Monday evening at the farm.  Source: Crawfordsville Review, 19 August 1899
George Carson, a well-known character who answered to the name of "Sassafras  George," died at the poor house Sunday night. He was 80 years of age and  had been an inmate of the county infirmary for some eight years. He  earned a few pennies in the spring peddling bunches of sassafras from  house to house. He was buried in the potter's field at the institutionWilliam  Cayton, who died Sunday night about 10 o’clock, at the County Farm, was  buried yesterday afternoon in the farm cemetery.  His death was caused  by pneumonia.  He had been an inmate at the farm since 1913.  He was one  of the number of orphans brought here from New York State many years  ago and lived all of his life, until he entered the home in the Biddle  neighborhood north of Waynetown.  He was 72 years old and had no immediate relatives. – kbz  -- Cayton  could not read/write and was a laborer. He may be the son of William  and Ann Cayten who lived (1855 NY Census) in Albany, NY, then moved on  to Peoria, Illinois and remained there for the rest of their lives.   There is no indication on his DR that gives even a hint of who he is,  but it, too confirms that he died at night (it says 11) at age 72 and  "is buried Jan 22, on the Poor Farm."Died Jan 27, 1919. Father: Nelson Conrad born Ohio; Mother: Patsy Ann Wyatt born Indiana.

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COOPER, Cyrus

Death Record #39596 – died 12-23-1937.  Age 79 (born about 1858) in Indiana.  He was not married but retired (didn’t say from what).  Nothing on his parents – all unknown. He died of Chronic Myocarditis.  Dr. Fred Daughtery and was buried on Christmas Eve by William L. Murphy at the Poor Farm
Esquire  John W. Ramsay started to the County Asylum this morning shortly after  10 o’clock to conduct an inquest over the body of Adam Gray, the insane  pauper who died there last Tuesday morning. Gray was buried at the  Asylum late on Tuesday evening. The circumstances of his death and the  condition of the body when discovered on Tuesday morning seemed to  justify suspicious or foul play and make an inquest  necessary.  The conversation of the inmates and one or two of their  outside friends freely indulged in for the past few days, implicated  Lawson, the superintendent, who was arrested this morning by Marshal  Ensminger. The inquest has not been finished, and we are of course  unable to say how much if any, evidence there is to justify the  suspicion of murder against the Superintendent. From Daniel Mann, a  stone cutter on Green Street, who was intimately acquainted with Gray  and a frequent visitor at the asylum, we get the following statement:   Mann was working in the stone yard on Tuesday when Lawson came to him  and told him that Gray, being troublesome had been put in a cell about  10 o’clock Monday evening where he was found  dead on Tuesday morning.  Mann visited the asylum on Tuesday evening. He  asked to be allowed to see the body of the dead man.  Lawson made no  objection, and he proceeded to the coffin. He found the lid fastened  down, but succeeded in removing it sufficiently to allow him to see the  front of the dead man’s body but not enough to examine it thoroughly. He  found an ugly bruise on the forehead and right side of the head which  he thought could not have been made by a fall, but was probably the  result of a stroke with a slung shot or club. He had time only to make  these observations before Lawson arrived. He then asked permission to  watch the body during the night. This was granted, but Lawson returned  in a short time and stated that he ws going to bury the man that night.   The burial took place accordingly, and he had no further opportunity to  examine the body. Mann also states that an inmate of the asylum named  Murphy, and others who saw the body, declare that there was a large hole  in the back of Gray’s head from which the blood had run, forming a  large pool on the cell floor. He speaks freely of the affair as “this  murder.” Lawson, as already stated, is under arrest, and will have a  preliminary examination as soon as the inquest is concluded, if there is  any evidence discovered to justify the charge made against him. Until  such examination public opinion will be suspended, as he may be proved  to be entirely innocent, as we sincerely hope he is.
Adam Gray, the deceased, was about 32 years of age. He was sent to the Insane Asylum from his home near Whitesville, two or three years  ago, leaving a wife who has since married and moved away.  He ws  returned as incurable and has been an inmate of the county asylum for  about 15 months.  Later – Persons who attended the inquest until the  time of going to press state that a post mortem examination of the body  of Gray developed nothing that would sustain the suspicions against Mr.  Lawson and the jury will probably return a verdict of that effect. There  were some ugly bruises on the side of Gray’s head but none but what  might have been caused by falling. – transcribed by kbz

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GREENLEE, Andrew J.

Death Record Local #113.  Died Aug 30, 1896.  Born July 10, 1848 in Indiana age 57.  Died at County Farm Laborer.  Father – Mother all unknown.  Informant: Will Greenlee.  According to Kim on FindAGrave he was married to Nancy Jane Wray in Jefferson County Tennessee on Feb 20, 1883.  They had Robert Edward; Charles William; Caroline Fern and Leonard E.  Nancy Jane died 16 Dec 1914 and is buried in Oak Hill.

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GRIFFITH, Francis

Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana.2-26-1932 -- Alonzo  Rush, better known here as "Lon" died at the County home on Tuesday  morning. He has been in poor health for some time.  He was 74 years old.   He made his home in Waveland for many years and while deficient  mentally, he was very industrious. He lived for a long time in a small  house near the stock pens and later with his sister, Mrs. Sam Nye.   Funeral services were held at the Home Cemetery this morning. His death  removes a familiar figure. Source: 1900 census, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana with Aaron and Lucinda Miles. He was born May 1855 and is listed as a farm laborer. Note:  Alonzo and Ruth Anna Rush Nye were the children of Jesse Rush and Ina  Porter.  They had at least two other brothers, Thomas and Churchill  Rush.Sam  Sykes died Friday afternoon at one o’clock at the poor farm where he  had been an inmate 12 years. He has had consumption for a number of  years and it at last caused his death.  He was buried at the farm  cemetery Saturday morning.  His mother and a step father are living near  the Hibernian Mill. His name seems to be interchangeable as Sikes and Sykes.  

Note: My guru  helper for the Poor Farm folk is Kim H and she found this additional  little obit - not much but we've found if they have anything at all,  it's a major blessing :)  
(Source): Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 16 May 1902, Died at the County Farm. John  P. Underwood, aged years, died at the county poor farm Monday morning  at 1 o'clock, from general debility. Mr. Underwood came to the poor farm  from Alamo and had been an inmate about two years. The funeral will  occur at the asylum tomorrow morning and interment will be at the  cemetery there.

 

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Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Thursday, 15 October 1891