Wise County Poor Farm Cemetery
Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
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Site of Wise County Poor Farm and Cemetery
Operated 1885 – 1962 to support and employ dependent or needy citizens and as place for county convicts to work out fines.
First superintendent of the 320-acre farm, R. Suffert, managed all land and activities and his wife cooked, washed, and sewed for both inmates and guards.
Of inmates buried in the now-leveled cemetery at bend of Center Creek, only names known are Steve Abbey, Sarah McCain, Jim Wilson, Jim M. Goodner, Bill Hodge: Rankin, Owens (surnames); Della, Edna, Ike, and Mariah.
In 1969 county sold buildings and 12 acres of farm at auction.
(1971)
Historical Marker:
Site of Wise County Poor Farm and Cemetery
Operated 1885 – 1962 to support and employ dependent or needy citizens and as place for county convicts to work out fines.
First superintendent of the 320-acre farm, R. Suffert, managed all land and activities and his wife cooked, washed, and sewed for both inmates and guards.
Of inmates buried in the now-leveled cemetery at bend of Center Creek, only names known are Steve Abbey, Sarah McCain, Jim Wilson, Jim M. Goodner, Bill Hodge: Rankin, Owens (surnames); Della, Edna, Ike, and Mariah.
In 1969 county sold buildings and 12 acres of farm at auction.
(1971)
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Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
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Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials173
- Percent photographed95%
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- Added: 27 Nov 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2521628
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