Ormsby Poor Farm Cemetery
                             Carson City, Nevada

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The Ormsby Poor Farm was a place for wayward individuals who could not afford a place 
to stay.  They paid whatever they could afford.  The farm was located at the southwest 
end of Carson City, south of what is now Fuji Park on the southside of Clear Creek.
These two individuals are the only graves in a small fenced area, west of Highway 
395.



    JOHNSON, James       b. 1836       d. 4/13/1910
       Born in Cuyhoga Co. Ohio
       Enlisted in the army on March 17, 1865 from Marysville, CA.  He was with 
       Company A, 4th Regimental Cavalry Infantry Volunteers.  He was mustered 
       out Nov. 30, 1865 at the Presidio.  He moved to Carson City in 1870.  
       Worked at various ranches in the area and took an army pension on April 
       13, 1907.  Admitted to the Ormsby Poor Farm Feb. 1909, left on March 11, 
       1909, readmitted June 5, 1909, left again on Sept. 15, 1909, and 
       readmitted on Jan. 6, 1910.


     THOROUGHMAN, John       b. 1838       d. 12/09/1909
     Born in Ohio
     Enlisted in army in Dayton, Nev. on June 23, 1863 for a 3 year 
     enlistment.  He was inducted at Fort Churchill and Mustered out at Camp 
     Douglas, Utah Territory on June 25, 1866.  He entered the Ormsby County 
     Poor Farm before Feb. 2, 1909.