Wise
County Poor Farm
| Marker
Number: |
4916 |
| Marker
Title: |
Site of Wise County Poor Farm & Cemetery |
| Index
Entry: |
Wise County Poor Farm & Cemetery, Site
of |
| Address: |
Old Reunion Road, S. of Decatur |
| City: |
Decatur |
| County: |
Wise |
| UTM
Zone: |
14 |
| UTM
Easting: |
630947 |
| UTM
Northing: |
3675312 |
| Subject
Codes: |
GY; PF; |
| Year
Marker Erected: |
1971 |
| Designations: |
na |
| Marker
Location: |
From Decatur, take FM 730 south about 2
miles to CR 4181; head west on CR 4181 about .5 mile to Old
Reunion Road; head orth about 1.3 miles north on Old Reunion
Road to marker. |
| Marker
Size: |
28x18 |
| Repairs
Completed: |
Refinish -not on highly traveled road. |
| Marker
Text: |
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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