Logansport State Hospital Cemetery
Also known as Longcliff Cemetery , Northern Indiana Hospital Cemetery
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA
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Originally marked by flat concrete markers, today the markers have been piled up in one corner of the cemetery. Photos will not be possible
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The Old Longcliff Cemetery was to the south near the hospital, but now can not be located being abandoned in 1891. The cemetery moved to its present location after 1891 and contained burials through the 1950's. It is not in use today.
"The Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at Longcliff was opened July 1, 1888. Until the present anatomy law was enacted, patients dying at this institution whose bodies were unclaimed by friends were buried in Longcliff Cemetery, located about the center of the west line of the grounds in Section 34. In 1891 this cemetery was abandoned on account of the difficulty in digging graves, as the rock coming so near the surface made it difficult to dig graves, and the cemetery was located several hundred yards to the north, near the Wabash River. The first person buried at Longcliff was Jacob Long, of Posey County, September 3, 1888. The old Cemetery contains fifty graves, the new 252 (1907). The state provides a cast-iron marker upon which is painted the name and number of the patient, thus a complete historical record of the occupant of each grave can be traced by referring to the books of the hospital."
History of Cass County Indiana
Dr. Jehu Z. Powell
1913
The Old Longcliff Cemetery was to the south near the hospital, but now can not be located being abandoned in 1891. The cemetery moved to its present location after 1891 and contained burials through the 1950's. It is not in use today.
"The Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at Longcliff was opened July 1, 1888. Until the present anatomy law was enacted, patients dying at this institution whose bodies were unclaimed by friends were buried in Longcliff Cemetery, located about the center of the west line of the grounds in Section 34. In 1891 this cemetery was abandoned on account of the difficulty in digging graves, as the rock coming so near the surface made it difficult to dig graves, and the cemetery was located several hundred yards to the north, near the Wabash River. The first person buried at Longcliff was Jacob Long, of Posey County, September 3, 1888. The old Cemetery contains fifty graves, the new 252 (1907). The state provides a cast-iron marker upon which is painted the name and number of the patient, thus a complete historical record of the occupant of each grave can be traced by referring to the books of the hospital."
History of Cass County Indiana
Dr. Jehu Z. Powell
1913
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- Added: 5 Dec 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2285153
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