I don't know if there has been any discussion on Stoddard County Poor Farms, but my grandfather who was raised a couple of miles east of Essex says there was a poor farm a couple of miles north and east of where he lived at Crutcher Crossing near Hawley School, and near Old Broadwater Slew. When a fellow named Tom Haley or Tom Hailey got behind on his bills they would send him to the poor farm, but he didn't always stay. He says a lot of them walked away from the poor farm, but they didn't really care. He also tells of a hail storm so bad that it killed all their sows and baby pigs except one who had made a nest in a hollow log. That would have been somewhere between 1910 and 1917. ---------- >From: MO-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com >To: MO-CEMETERIES-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: MO-CEMETERIES-D Digest V01 #94 >Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2001, 11:55 PM > >Content-Type: text/plain > >MO-CEMETERIES-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 94 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [MO-CEM] randolph County ["Betty Brooks" <berbrooks@centuryt] > #2 Re: [MO-CEM] randolph County ["Betty Brooks" <berbrooks@centuryt] > #3 Re: [MO-CEM] randolph County ["flooney" <flooney@cox-internet.co] > #4 Re: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries/Poor Farm [Lee Lamar <leelamar@swbell.net>] > #5 Re: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries/Poor Farm ["Bobbie Lynch" <blynch@kcnet.com>] > #6 [MO-CEM] Cemetery in Jackson Co., ["Fred D. Edens" <fredee66@jscomm.n] > #7 Re: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries/Poor Farm ["Marie K. Fox" <cookienut@qwest.ne] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from MO-CEMETERIES-D, send a message to > >ate: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:45:53 -0500 >From: Lee Lamar <leelamar@swbell.net> >To: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <3ACBB231.F8127887@swbell.net> >Subject: Re: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries/Poor Farm in Andrew County, MO >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Marie, I may be mistaken, but I believe the home you are talking about >is actually the Buchanan County Farm. It is not in Andrew County, but >just south of there. One could say it was about halfway between >Rochester and Savannah. Actually, it was located at the northeast part >of St. Joseph. A few years ago, the only building still standing was a >brick dormitory that was operated as a nursing home. Shady Lawn Nursing >home sounds familiar. I have misplaced my St. Joseph Telephone >directory and cannot check this nursing home is still being operated or >not. > >A cousin of mine was superintendent of the Buchanan County Farm from >about 1927 to 1932. I visited there a number of times. The inmates >that were able worked the farm and milked the cows. There was an >infirmary for the elderly and ill. There were a number of large barns >and a superintendents home, where I sometimes ate Sunday dinner. > >I do not recall the date it closed, but seem to think it was sometime >after World War II. Lee L. > > >"Marie K. Fox" wrote: >> >> Dear List, >> >> Does anyone know if any of the cemeteries in Andrew County have a >> Paupers burial section? I recently learned of a Poor Farm (County Farm) >> located midway between Rochester and Savannah in Andrew County. I >> wonder if the inmates were buried in the cemeteries in the area. A lady >> who grew up in the Rochester area remembers the Poor Farm well, but does >> not recall the year it closed. She was born 1917. It was there for >> many years. It is now a nursing home known as Shady Lawn Nursing Home. >> I cannot find any records of any Missouri Poor Houses or Farms. >> >> I will appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you. >> >> Marie Fox