CASS COUNTY
HOME
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INFIRMARY or
COUNTY
CEMETERY
Near the east edge of the
S.E. 1/4 of the S.E. 1/4, Township 27 North, Range 2 E, of 2nd IN P.M.
In
S.E.
CLAY
TOWNSHIP
, in
North-central
CASS
COUNTY
and about 1 1/2 miles due north of
Logansport
’s extreme eastern edge (1940) or
Spencer Park. The cemetery is almost entirely on the S.W. terrace [overlooking
the beautiful hollow] of Flory Creek, a western tributary of Tick Creek which is
a tributary of the
Eel
River
.
The cemetery is said to have a few “suburbs”, a very old one which is
said to be on the East side of Tick Creek; and another (testified to by two of
the oldest 1941) in-mates as having extended almost to the (1941) new
ward-building.
This cemetery began about 1846 and was intended for those inmates whose remains
were unclaimed by family or others. It may be that as many as 150 persons lie
buried here with the cemetery’s last burial being three decades ago with the
last interment on July 1, 1924.{The 1941
report doesn’t give the name of that person]. The County than began burials 2
1/2 miles W.S.W of the County Home at Mount Hope situated in the north side of
Logansport.
The fieldworker found the graves to have been scattered over a large area
lying in more or less attractive or convenient spots. A number of small boulders
were noted, [that likely mark graves], but the only monument or marker noted
that bears any lettering at all was a humbly inscribed smooth-topped block of
stone “E.G.” (&) “L.G.” “1815” (or 1845) – 1-20-1896.” None
of the current (1841) inmates seemed to know who these initials & dates
belonged.
Note: R.B.J.Whitsett Jr. commented: “ A Logansport Journal news item,
dated Tuesday, January 28th, 1896, “David Glazier, aged 80, an
inmate of the poor farm, died Saturday and was buried yesterday morning.”
In the absence of any other engraved markers, the writer has endeavored
to find records from which we could determine those who were buried in this
long-abandoned cemetery. Some success was made, [not in the County Home Records]
but through the Cass County records vault of the Circuit Court’s County
Clerk’s Office, a partial search of the
Board of Health’s Records for the city of Logansport, The
Logansport Journal Newspaper and a partial search of the records of
Kroeger Undertaking Firm & it’s predecessors.
A search of 4 other firms
records in the area were dismissed because of the damage & poor quality due
to the 1912 & 1913 flooding in the area. It would have taken many long hours
for volunteers to have tried to transcribe these old dusty, water & mud
damaged, non-official, and incomplete private records.
Note that Not all buried here were inmates of the
County
Poor Farm
but may have been transients, resident employees or others who passed and
needed to be interred somewhere.
The surnames of [O’Neil,
Shenkel, West, Copeland, Riley & Watkins] are indicated by
records of having died at the county home but may have not been buried here but
no records indicate they were buried elsewhere & so it is assumed that they
were buried here.
The birth dates in the report were all followed by a question mark &
were probably arrived at by subtracting the age of death from the date of death
& I found mistakes in at least two individuals.
Transcriber note:
Copyist or typist mis-spelled Copeland as Copsland in the original transcript.
After checking other records I have taken the liberty of correcting the
spelling. There are also questions as to the spelling of the names of Shenkel,
Branam & Grewby.
The birth dates in the report were all followed by a question mark &
were probably arrived at by subtracting the age of death from the date of death
& I found mistakes in at least two individuals.
William Hofferberth 1900 USC: states his birth as Aug. 1828 & age 72
yrs which puts his death age at 73 or 74 yrs. & see notes for Mrs. Mary
Lewis.
Emeline Watkins: Transcription had her aged 65 at her death but the [USC
1880 Deer Creek, Miami Co., IN puts her Aged 75 yrs. & b. KY so her death
age would be 86<1803-1889>. Her son was Isaac V. Watkins.
This listing was updated April 2009 with funeral home records.
|
LAST
|
FIRST
|
BORN
|
DIED
|
NOTES
|
| Ashbey | Jeremia | | 1/10/1892 | Ae: 72 |
|
Baker
|
Jacob
|
1813
|
06/24/1901
|
Ae. 88
|
|
Bennett
|
Robert
|
1826
|
08/30/1898
|
Ae. 72
|
|
Berry
|
Noah
|
1843
|
09/17/1888
|
Ae. 45
|
|
Blake
|
Catherine
|
1834
|
11/30/1899
|
Ae. 65
|
|
Branam
|
Christopher
|
1843
|
12/14/1895
|
Ae.52
b.GER
|
| Bruner | Sena [Miss] | | 10/03/1885 | |
| Buford | Melonia | | 1/22/1892 | Ae. 53 |
| Burke | Mrs. | | 10/13/1889 | Ae: 25 |
|
Carroll
|
James
|
1825
|
02/01/1890
|
Ae. 65
b.IRE & married
|
|
Carroll
|
John
|
|
06/09/1884
|
Ae. 58
|
|
Cohel
|
John
|
|
04/03/1893
|
Ae. 45
|
|
Copeland
|
Martin
|
1838
|
05/13/1892
|
Ae. 54 b.IRE
unmarried
|
|
Cuppy
|
Christ
|
1826
|
12/18/1902
|
Ae. 76
|
|
Cusick
|
Daniel
|
1854
|
06/04/1900
|
Ae. 46
b.British Isles
|
|
Daugherty
|
Owen
|
|
08/05/1897
|
Ae. 68
|
|
Day
|
John
|
|
08/08/1895
|
Ae. 66
|
|
Deal
|
Mike
|
|
02/15/1886
|
Ae. 68
|
| Dickerson | Jerry | 1839 | 04/13/1903 | |
| Fisher | Catharine | | 06/03/1903 | Ae: 44 |
|
Gallager
|
Thomas
|
1870
|
10/28/1902
|
Ae. 32
laborer
|
|
Glazier
|
David
|
1816
|
01/25/1896
|
Ae. 80 bur:
27th[Logansport Journal news Tues, 01/28/1896]
|
|
Gray
|
Ella
|
|
03/02/1899
|
Ae. 41
|
|
Hammond
|
Celia
|
|
07/24/1891
|
Ae. 72
|
|
Heininger
|
Infant
|
|
10/23/1894
|
sb inf of Lizzie Heininger
|
|
Hofferberth
|
William
|
1830
|
04/10/1902
|
Ae. 72 b.
GER.
, carpet-weaver[1900 USC-72 b. Aug 1828]
|
|
Holt
|
William
|
|
01/21/1887
|
Ae. 80
|
|
Horwick
|
Infant
|
|
07/24/1885
|
Ae. 3 mos
|
|
Landis
|
Delyla [Mrs]
|
1816
|
05/06/1888
|
Ae. 72 [colored lady]
|
|
Lewis
|
Mary [Mrs]
|
1866
|
01/30/1902
|
Ae. 65 [b.d should be
abt. 1837]
|
|
McCabe
|
John
|
1842
|
12/14/1888
|
Ae. 45
|
|
McDaniels
|
Infant
|
|
10/27/1895
|
Ae. 2 wks s/o Minnie McDaniels
|
|
McElheney
|
Andy
|
|
12/14/1887
|
Ae. 80
|
|
McGerrnsy
|
John M
|
1830
|
12/16/1902
|
Ae. 72
b: IRE. Occupation-
laborer
|
|
Miller
|
John
|
|
04/10/1896
|
Ae. 70
|
|
Murphy
|
Jeremiah M.
|
|
09/26/1884
|
Ae. 80
|
|
O’Neil
|
Mary [Miss]
|
1870
|
03/08/1892
|
Ae. 22
Sick her entire life from moment of her birth.
|
|
Peck
|
Anna [Miss]
|
1845
|
03/28/1890
|
Ae. 45
|
|
Powell
|
Emma J
|
1851
|
09/30/1901
|
Ae. 50
|
|
Probus
|
Abraham
|
|
09/28/1884
|
Ae. 65
|
|
Remp
|
Chris
|
|
01/16/1894
|
Ae. 62
|
|
Riley
|
Nicholas
|
1820
|
04/19/1888
|
Ae. 68
|
|
Scott
|
Walter
|
1856
|
05/31/1894
|
Ae. 38
unmarried
|
|
Shenkel
|
Joseph
|
1832
|
04/12/1892
|
Ae. 62 b. Bav., GER
wd.[ae.48 1880 USC occ.Cooper
|
|
Sims
|
George
|
1842
|
12/25/1902
|
Ae. 80
occupation-cooper
|
|
Smith
|
Mary
|
|
02/23/1895
|
Ae. 65
|
|
Steiner
|
August
|
|
07/02/1889
|
Ae. 50
|
|
Stettler
|
Chase
|
|
02/10/1889
|
Ae. 30
|
|
Vandever
|
Malinda
|
1840
|
01/08/1901
|
Ae. 60
|
|
Wade
|
Infant
|
|
08/19/1886
|
Ae. 8 mos
|
|
Watkins
|
Emeline
|
1803
|
02/25/1889
|
Ae. 86 Widow
|
|
Wells
|
Infant
|
10/07/1896
|
10/07/1896
|
Ae. sb inf of Cora Wells
|
|
West
|
Charles
|
1856
|
11/22/1892
|
Ae. 35
|
|
Whaite
|
Child
|
|
06/09/1884
|
Ae. 6
|
|
Woods
|
William
|
|
09/13/1898
|
Ae. 72
|
R.B.Whitsett Jr. compiled this report as
Secretary of the
L’Anguille Valley Memorial Association
500 Front
Street
Logansport
,
Indiana
October 27, 1940
This report was input by
Pat Fiscel February 18, 2007 for the Cass County INGenWeb Project. Additions made by Debby Beheler April 2009.
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