THE POOR HOUSE
County Farm


PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS


The Cemetery for the residents of the County Farm was a short distance south and west of the big brick County Farm Home, in the very center of section 35, Pittsfield Township. The report is that there are no stones there. The following list is made up of names found at the court house and the two funeral homes in Pittsfield. Many times the place of burial was not given. The names are all listed together with explanatory words after them. Those marked "lived" or "died" may or may or may not have been buried there. No explanatory word means buried there. ( Source of this information is from "Cemeteries of Pike County, Volumn II" ). Contributed by Rosemary Reeves

Able, Thomas d. 8 Nov 1910 50 years
Aruse, Marion d. 3 Sep 1934 lived
Askew, John d. 1 Dec 1916 (42 years) lived
Askew, Julia d. 30 Nov 1916 (42 years)
Atkins, Joseph J. d. 7 Nov 1905 (68 years)
Bemis, Benella d. 4 May 1892
Bell, Alec d. 1 Mar 1906 (32 years)
Billings, Richard d. 15 Sep 1906
Blakely, William d. 9 Apr 1930 (84 years)
Blakely, Criss d. 9 Apr 1930 (84 years)
Brewster, Celia d. 22 Jul 1879 (black 23 years)
Burke, Rachel d. 23 Aug 1915 (67- 4)
Callender, Andrew d. 5 Jul 1934 lived
Cannon, John d. 19 Sep 1879 (40 Years)
Chenney, Albert C. d. 4 Jan 1933
Cloninger, F. N. d. 9 Jan 1926 (71 years)
Collins, James (Child) d. 7 Sep 1879
Conley, John d. 10 Apr 1923 (8 years)
Conrad, Philip d. 28 Nov 1902 (67 years)
Cook, Lydia d. 16 Jan 1879 (40 years) lived
Cooper, Thomas no date. ch to charles died
Cosman, Dan no dates lived
Covalt, Lyman d. Jul 1935 lived
Cross, Jack b. 7 Jun 1855 d. Jul 1911 or 1941
Daniels, Edna d. 20 Sep 1913 lived
Darrah, Hugh d. 22 Jul 1906 (85 yrs 10 mos) Funeral there
Davidson, Timothy bur. 12 jan 1913
Dickenson, George d. 20 Aug 1879 (78 yr)s died
Doyle, Prenghorn? d. 11 Aug 1931 (68 yrs)
Drummond, A. L. d. 27 Apr 1935 lived
Ducy, Frank d. 25 Nov 1925
Durrall, Martha d. 10 Mar 1905 (64 yrs)
Erickson, Gustof d. 13 Jul 1928 (86 yrs)
Farnsworth, Mary d. 14 Mar 1879 (34 yrs) died
Fielder, ? d. 31 Jan 1916 died
Fisher, ? d. 28 Oct 1922
Fitzpatrick, ? d. 4 Jul 1904
Fletcher, Henry d. 28 Oct 1918
French, Hiram d. 3 Sep 1879 (48 yrs)
Furey, Charles d. 4 Aug 1922 (7-6-3)
Garrison, Horace d. 27 Feb 1904 (76 yrs)
Gibson, Charles d. 18 Nov 1891 (14 yrs) lived
Gilliland, Charles d. 25 Jul 1931 (74 yrs)
Griffin, John d. 4 Jul 1904
Griffin, Mary d. 27 Nov 1906 (93 yrs)
Grriffin, Sarah no date or age
Hall, William d. 19 Aug 1880 (89 yrs) died
Hamlin, Calvin d. 5 Feb 1893 died
Harper, Wm. Henry d. 27 Nov 1927 (72 yrs) lived
Harrison, James d. 10 Dec 1920
Hemphill, William Louis d. 4 Mar 1891 lived
Hiesem, Ann d. 1 Mar 1888 single lived
Hill, Mary d. 24 oct 1906 (62 YRS)
Johnson, Livi (or Levi) d. 13 Apr 1930 (87 yrs)
Johnson, Menda d. 6 Dec 1888 lived
Kendrick, Thomas d. 1 Jul 1908 (65 yrs)
Kieth, Edward d. 4 Apr 1922 (71 yrs)
Kissenger, John (Jack) d. 29 Apr 1919
Knapp, James d. 1904
Lear, Eliza d. 16 Mar 1879 (56 yrs) lived
Lewis, Jno d. 23 Mar 1906 (72 yrs)
Lister, Amanda d. 28 Oct 1892 (retired)
Lonce, John d. 4 Feb 1918 died
Long, Stewart (s/o John) d. 23 May 1918 lived
Makepeace, Isabel d. 3 Feb 1904
Malone, Mary d. 8 Jan 1905 (56 yrs)
McCleary, Francis M. d. 18 Jan 1931 (84 yrs)
Messick, Dave d. 6 Feb 1921 (56 yrs 1 mo 4 days
Miller, Jane d. 14 Aug 1886 (54 yrs) died
Miles, William d. 9 Jan 1926
Miles, Tina d. 24 Feb 1896 died
Mink, David d. 3 may 1867 lived
Moore, Robert No dates Revolutionary War
Peterson, William d. 11 Aug 1934 lived
Polly, James d. 23 Mar 1881 (67 yrs)
Ralf, John (Ralph?) d. 27 Jan 1924
Reese, Jno H. d. 9 Mar 1904 (84 yrs)
Rothchild, Charles d. 19 May 1934 lived
Seamon, David (s/o John) d. 21 Aug 1926 (79 yr 26 days)
Sebert, Mrs. No date or age
Shaffner, Mary d. 26 Jan 1926 (74 yrs)
Shepherd, Daniel d. 29 Oct 1878 (54 yrs) died
Shulty, Sarah d. 11 Mar 1879 lived
Sims, John d. 15 Aug 1932 (67 yrs)
Snyder, John Ellsworth d. 20 Oct 1934 died
Stanley, Isabel d. 5 Aug 1884 (56 yrs)
Sinar, John d. 15 Aug 1932
Thompson, James d. 12 Nov 1879 (55-11-11) died
Thornton, Jane d. 19 Aug 1891 lived
Webster, Silas No dates. Mexican War
Whipple, Sarah d. 26 Jun 1885 (83 yrs)
Whisman, Emma d. 7 Jul 14879 (20 yrs)
Whisman, Mercy Ann d. 4 Nov 1904 (84 yrs)
Williams, William d. 9 May 1927 lived
Zimmerman, Ella (single) d. 9 Jun 1903 (19 yrs)