Old Mort / Miami County Poor Farm Cemetery
Photo by Jennifer Sparks
is
located in Washington Township, Miami Co., IN in the northwest corner
of section 3.
Of over 100 hundred graves only the following were marked at an unknown date:
NAME DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH COMMENTS
Brunner, Nettie
French, James
Holbrook, David S. ---------- 8 Aug 1884 53y 1m 23d; blind 27y 7m 8d
McCormick, James ---------- 2 Feb 193(8) 70y
(P)ressel, Orville H. ---------- Jan 5 1939 53y 10m 24d
Stewart, Wm. 1879 1934
Whitney, Sam ---------- -----------
The Peru Journal 13 Dec 1919, Peru, IN
courtesy of Regine Brindle
Through obituaries and death certificates, I have found nearly 70 names of people documented to have been buried at the Miami County Poor Farm.