CEMETERIES: Marion Co. Poor Farm Cemetery; Marion County, Iowa 

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The Poor Farm Burying Grond would be either in Section 14 or 15 of southwest 
Knoxville Township but there are no stones or graves to be found.
According to Courthouse records the following burials were in the "Poor 
Farm Cemetery" and some believe the burying ground is now covered by the 
kitchen and that a ghost has appeared.

 
FOSTER, Alexander    d. 5 Apr 1909 67y 11m 1d
GLENN, Larina        d 28 Nov 1906 82y
KITTERMAN, Alexander d, 29 Dec 1898 70y
LOYD, Elizabeth      d. 8 Feb 1882 62y
McCAMBRIDGE, Daniel  d 26 Mar 1895 58y
PADGETT, Anna        d 19 Nov 1880 45y
WALKER, Elizabeth    d. 7 Oct 1898 66y
WILSON, William J.   d 28 Jul 1915 age about 70
 
From other records:
BARRY, J. H.         b in PA 1822 - 3 Jan 1898
DEVORE, James        28 Jan 1906 74y
GRAY, William        1816, Logan County, Ohio d 29 Apr 1904
PATTERSON, Wm.       1845 - 24 Aug 1926