Ray County, Missouri Cemeteries - Ray County Poor Farm



Source: Newspaper article from November 5, 1895.



Sadly Neglected On our way out to the scene of the Winner murder Sunday afternoon we passed by the county poor farm

and at the south east corner of the farm we noticed the poor house burying ground and must admit that we were

surprised at its appearance. It is pastured on the farm without the sign of fence to protect the graves from the

tread of horses, cattle and hogs. It has been the burying ground for the unfortunate of the county for the past half

century and more then a hundred persons have been buried there yet there is scarcely a sign of a grave. It is true

those who have been buried there were poor and were a burden upon the tax payers of the county, but it does seem to

us that the spot where their bodies rest should be fenced in and protected fro the tread of the beasts of the field

and that the county should at least put a plain marble slab at the head of each grave to designate who is buried

there. The cost of doing this would be but a trifle and we would suggest to our County Court that it should be done

for the sake of humanity and that the burying ground should be separated by a fence from the cow pasture. 









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