County Home Cemetery
Also known as County Farm Cemetery , Woodford County Farm Cemetery , Woodford County Home Cemetery
Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
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Metamora, Illinois 61548 United StatesCoordinates: 40.77716, -89.33670 - Cemetery ID:
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I was able to locate the Almshouse Registers at Illinois State University's archives facility in Normal, IL. In the register is listed the name, birthplace, admission date, age upon admission, and the discharge and/or death date of each person admitted to the county home. I have created memorial pages for all persons explicitly said to have been buried in the county home cemetery. There are almost certainly others, as record keeping practices seem to have varied greatly from one superintendent to the next.
The cemetery is located where County Road 1300 North meets Mennonite Road, about 1 mile south of ILL 116. There are no visible markers for individual graves, but the cemetery is identified with a decent sized wooden sign which is in excellent shape as of May 2008. The grounds are obviously maintained, probably by Woodford County government.
Special thanks to Mark Schmitt of the Illinois State University archives for assisting me in retrieving the Almshouse Registers.
I was able to locate the Almshouse Registers at Illinois State University's archives facility in Normal, IL. In the register is listed the name, birthplace, admission date, age upon admission, and the discharge and/or death date of each person admitted to the county home. I have created memorial pages for all persons explicitly said to have been buried in the county home cemetery. There are almost certainly others, as record keeping practices seem to have varied greatly from one superintendent to the next.
The cemetery is located where County Road 1300 North meets Mennonite Road, about 1 mile south of ILL 116. There are no visible markers for individual graves, but the cemetery is identified with a decent sized wooden sign which is in excellent shape as of May 2008. The grounds are obviously maintained, probably by Woodford County government.
Special thanks to Mark Schmitt of the Illinois State University archives for assisting me in retrieving the Almshouse Registers.
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Woodford County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials12
- Percent photographed67%
- Percent with GPS0%
Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials7
- Percent photographed57%
Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials7
- Percent photographed100%
Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials2k+
- Percent photographed90%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 15 May 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2261314
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