Maria A. Gray Collins was buried at the Cumberland County Farm Cemetery in 1925..... Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
The colloquial term "county farm" is the name which most people remember this farm. "Cumberland County Old Folks Home" was written above the doorway. This land and what remains is located about four miles northeast of Toledo. This home was to keep the poor people of Cumberland County who could not survive on their own. Each township sent its paupers, which were so declared in court, to this farm. The people might be physically handicapped, aged, left with no family, or unable to work. At this home they did small farm and household tasks according to their abilities. Living in this poor farm was looked down upon by other people so one would try to live by his own aid. The cemetery is marked by a Potter's Field monument erected in 1965. There were approximately 40 buried there but no individual stones or markers were placed as it was a disgrace to be buried as a pauper. Information taken from "Cumberland County Illinois 1843-1993" www.archive.org.
Maria's father was Peter Gray b. 1820, Ohio d. 1879 and mother Sarah Fullerton b. apprx 1820 d. 1879
Siblings:
Mary Gray (1840-)
Rebecca Jane Gray (1841-1933)
William Henry Gray (1843-1891)
Malinda Gray (1845-1884)
George Gray (1848-1886)
Armilda Gray (1851-1913)
Peter Gray (1853-1936)
William Riley Gray (1860-1925) (This is questionable)
The colloquial term "county farm" is the name which most people remember this farm. "Cumberland County Old Folks Home" was written above the doorway. This land and what remains is located about four miles northeast of Toledo. This home was to keep the poor people of Cumberland County who could not survive on their own. Each township sent its paupers, which were so declared in court, to this farm. The people might be physically handicapped, aged, left with no family, or unable to work. At this home they did small farm and household tasks according to their abilities. Living in this poor farm was looked down upon by other people so one would try to live by his own aid. The cemetery is marked by a Potter's Field monument erected in 1965. There were approximately 40 buried there but no individual stones or markers were placed as it was a disgrace to be buried as a pauper. Information taken from "Cumberland County Illinois 1843-1993" www.archive.org.
Maria's father was Peter Gray b. 1820, Ohio d. 1879 and mother Sarah Fullerton b. apprx 1820 d. 1879
Siblings:
Mary Gray (1840-)
Rebecca Jane Gray (1841-1933)
William Henry Gray (1843-1891)
Malinda Gray (1845-1884)
George Gray (1848-1886)
Armilda Gray (1851-1913)
Peter Gray (1853-1936)
William Riley Gray (1860-1925) (This is questionable)
Maria A. Gray Collins was buried at the Cumberland County Farm Cemetery in 1925..... Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
The colloquial term "county farm" is the name which most people remember this farm. "Cumberland County Old Folks Home" was written above the doorway. This land and what remains is located about four miles northeast of Toledo. This home was to keep the poor people of Cumberland County who could not survive on their own. Each township sent its paupers, which were so declared in court, to this farm. The people might be physically handicapped, aged, left with no family, or unable to work. At this home they did small farm and household tasks according to their abilities. Living in this poor farm was looked down upon by other people so one would try to live by his own aid. The cemetery is marked by a Potter's Field monument erected in 1965. There were approximately 40 buried there but no individual stones or markers were placed as it was a disgrace to be buried as a pauper. Information taken from "Cumberland County Illinois 1843-1993" www.archive.org.
Maria's father was Peter Gray b. 1820, Ohio d. 1879 and mother Sarah Fullerton b. apprx 1820 d. 1879
Siblings:
Mary Gray (1840-)
Rebecca Jane Gray (1841-1933)
William Henry Gray (1843-1891)
Malinda Gray (1845-1884)
George Gray (1848-1886)
Armilda Gray (1851-1913)
Peter Gray (1853-1936)
William Riley Gray (1860-1925) (This is questionable)
The colloquial term "county farm" is the name which most people remember this farm. "Cumberland County Old Folks Home" was written above the doorway. This land and what remains is located about four miles northeast of Toledo. This home was to keep the poor people of Cumberland County who could not survive on their own. Each township sent its paupers, which were so declared in court, to this farm. The people might be physically handicapped, aged, left with no family, or unable to work. At this home they did small farm and household tasks according to their abilities. Living in this poor farm was looked down upon by other people so one would try to live by his own aid. The cemetery is marked by a Potter's Field monument erected in 1965. There were approximately 40 buried there but no individual stones or markers were placed as it was a disgrace to be buried as a pauper. Information taken from "Cumberland County Illinois 1843-1993" www.archive.org.
Maria's father was Peter Gray b. 1820, Ohio d. 1879 and mother Sarah Fullerton b. apprx 1820 d. 1879
Siblings:
Mary Gray (1840-)
Rebecca Jane Gray (1841-1933)
William Henry Gray (1843-1891)
Malinda Gray (1845-1884)
George Gray (1848-1886)
Armilda Gray (1851-1913)
Peter Gray (1853-1936)
William Riley Gray (1860-1925) (This is questionable)
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