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The Marion County Care Facility is located in Section 14, Township 75N, Range 20W about a mile southwest of the Knoxville city limits.
Burials were made on the grounds up until the early 1920’s. There are no grave markers, and the exact location of the cemetery is not known. My mother-in-law worked there when she was a girl and she says the cemetery was “a little way southeast of the summer kitchen.” The original home has been replaced with a nice modern facility and it could possibly be situated on top of the cemetery.
The list of burials below is the result of my research. There are probably many more buried there. The information was taken from the following resources:
Funeral Home Records
Obituaries
Marion County Death Records
Family records
For some of the burials, I do not have absolute proof they are buried here. I have tried to cite my sources in the notes.
| Surname | First/Middle | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry | James Henry | 1822 | 17 Dec 1897 | Book 3, p. 27, Marion Co Death Records |
| Betterton | Thomas | abt 1845 | 14 Jul 1911 | 66y, Bybee & Davis Funeral Home Records |
| Blain | Absolam | 29 Jan 1920 | 97y, Evans-McCleery FHR says he was buried at the County Farm Cemetery | |
| Boyingard | Henry | abt 1856 | Jun 1893 | 37y, Vol 1, p. 128, Marion County Death Records |
| DeVore | James | 1832 | 28 Jan 1906 | 74y, d: Poor Farm, may be buried at Liberty Cemetery (unmarked) |
| Douwden | Julia | abt 1861 | 3 Jan 1899 | 38y. Marion County Death Records. Book 3, p. 131. |
| Fisher | Alexander | 5 Apr 1909 | 67y,11m,1d. Book 3, p. 175, County Death Records, Funeral Home Records | |
| Glenn | Larina | 28 Nov 1906 | 82y. Book 3, p. 191, Marion County Death Records. | |
| Gray | William | 17 Mar 1816 | 29 Apr 1904 | Obit says died at Poor Farm, bur: Butte Cemetery SE of Tracy, Mahaska Co |
| Hail/Hale | Edward | 18 Dec 1903 | Ref; Obit says buried at Poor Farm Cemetery. FHR Evans McCleery | |
| Hammond | Jennie | 22 Nov 1884 | 25y. Marion County Death Records. Book 1, p.50. Single. | |
| Hitchcock | Lorenzo | 1832 | 13 Jun 1921 | Evans-McCleery Funeral Home Records, Book 6, p 135 |
| Hollingsworth | Mrs | Jan 1894 | died at poor farm, location of burial unknown, maybe Red Rock | |
| Horricks | William H | abt 1849 | 2 Apr 1911 | Ref: obit, blind, murdered by another resident |
| Johnson | James H | 19 Jan 1872 | death notice in Knoxville Voter 19 Jan 1872, no proof he is buried here | |
| Kitterman | Alexander | 29 Dec 1898 | 70y Book 3, p. 28, Marion County Death Records. | |
| Loyd | Elizabeth | 8 Feb 1882 | 62y. Book 1, p. 28, Marion County Death Records. Single | |
| McCambridge | Daniel | 26 Mar 1895 | 58y. Book 2, p. 8, Marion County Death Records. b. Ireland, Coal Miner. | |
| Miller | Harriett | 1870 | death notice in Knoxville Voter 4 Aug 1870, no proof she is buried here | |
| Morgan | Allen W | 1870 | 17 Dec 1903 | abt 33y, was buried in the paupers field at the poor farm, FHR Evans McCleery |
| Musselman | David | 1837 | 10 Oct 1913 | was inmate at time of death, need to check death records for burial location |
| no name | Jan 1900 | Evans-McCleery FHR | ||
| Padgett | Anna | 19 Nov 1880 | 45y. | |
| Patterson | Willliam | 1845 | 24 Aug 1926 | |
| Reynolds | John | 1840 | 26 Jun 1925 | married, wife may be here also??? Evans-McCleery FHR, Bk 7, p. 197 |
| Robey | Sarah | 10 Nov 1905 | Evans-McCleery Funeral Home Records, d: Poor Farm burial place unknown | |
| Shepherd | Elire | 1870 | death notice in Knoxville Voter 4 Aug 1870, no proof she is buried here | |
| Van Maviers? | Mary | 21 Dec 1910 | 68y, Book 3, p.569, Bybee & Davis FHR | |
| Walker | Elizabeth | 7 Oct 1898 | 66y. Book 3, p. 573, Marion County Death Records. | |
| Wilson | William J | 24 Jul 1915 | Abt 70, Evans-McCleery FHR, b: Ireland |
Contributed and copyrighted by Margaret Gee
December 2004