County Farm Cemetery

Oregon Township, Ogle County, Illinois

South of Oregon on Illinois Route 2

Show me the way in which a nation or a community cares for its dead, and I will measure with mechanical exactness the tender sympathies of the people, their respect for the law and the land and their loyalty to high ideals.--William E. Gladstone

**Walked and Transcribed by Kris Gilbert summer 2004**
SURNAME	FIRST	MIDDLE	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	NOTES
ABRAHAMS	Mrs.			22 Feb 1896	Search Almshouse Register for Abrahams
ANILON	Hans			29 Jul 1886	Search Almshouse Register for Amlon
ATWOOD	Albert		1852	1933	Search Almshouse Register for Atwood
AVERY	Fidelia		abt. 1826	27 Feb 1898	Search Almshouse Register for Averel and Avrill
	Mrs. Fidelia Avery died at the County House Sunday morning, February 27th. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Reed there Tuesday forenoon. (The Ogle County Republican, March 3, 1898)
BARNCORD	Geo.	W.		19 Oct 1881	Search Almshouse Register for Barneurd
BEASLEY	Rachel		1838	1914	Search Almshouse Register for Beasley
BECK	Wm.			02 Oct 1886	Search Almshouse Register for Beck
BEEB	Barney			23 Dec 1886	Search Almshouse Register for Beer
BENSON	Chas.			03 Jun 1884	Search Almshouse Register for Benson
BLOOMBURG	Andrew			11 Apr 1911	Search Almshouse Register for Bloomburg
BRACKET	Laura			21 Jan 1888	Search Almshouse Register for Bracket
BRIGGS	Jabez			17 Apr 1879	Aged 78 yrs Search Almshouse Register for Briggs
BURKLEY	Isadora			23 Aug 1906	Aged 63 yrs Search Almshouse Register for Burkley
COLBY	Marvin			23 Dec 1903	Search Almshouse Register for Colby
	Marvin Colby died in the Ogle County Alsmhouse (County Farm) on December 24, 1902 at 1:00 a.m. - according to his death certificate. He was a laborer who was born in Rockvale Township, Ogle County and lived in Illinois all of his life. His cause of death was Dropsy - Paralysis.
CORBETT	Daniel			08 Jan 1910	Search Almshouse Register for Corbet
CRESSE	Johann			15 Apr 1896	Search Almshouse Register for Crease
CROSBY	Robt.			19 Apr 1901	Search Almshouse Register for Crosby
EDDY	Jenks			03 Feb 1888	Search Almshouse Register for Eddy
EDDY	Mrs. S.			14 Aug 1884	Search Almshouse Register for Eddy
ELLIS	Paul			22 Jul 1882	Search Almshouse Register for Ellis
EMIGH	John			14 Jun 1883	Search Almshouse Register for Emingh
FARRELL	Michael			08 Feb 1885	Search Almshouse Register for Farrell
FARRELL	Mrs. Michael			08 Apr 1885	Search Almshouse Register for Farrell
FAULKENDER	Wesley			30 Mar 1901	Search Almshouse Register for Faulkender
FLORA	Sinderilla			08 Aug 1888	Search Almshouse Register for Flora
FORBES	Rev.			30 Jul 1898	Search Almshouse Register for Forbs
FRANKA	John			30 Apr 1920	Search Almshouse Register for Franka
GRISWELL	Anna			02 Mar 1880	Search Almshouse Register for Crisswell
HAMELTON	Fred		1886	1936
HARPER	J.	L.		30 JuL 1891	Search Almshouse Register for Harper
HOGAN	Henry			31 Oct 1889	Search Almshouse Register for Hogan
IVERSON	Peter			23 Sep 1908	Search Almshouse Register for Iverson
JENKS	Martha			25 May 1882	Search Almshouse Register for Jenks
JERKINS	John			11 Oct 1882
LANDON	Elizabeth			11 Mar 1880	Search Almshouse Register for Landon
LaPERU	Jos.				Search Almshouse Register for LaPeru
LINDEEN	Edward			28 Apr 1911	Search Almshouse Register for Lindeen
LUBZ	Sophy			26 Jun 1902	Search Almshouse Register for Lutz
	Sophia Lubz was born in Germany. She was a servant who lived in Illinois for 15 years. Sophia had cancer for four years and died at the age of 80 in the Almshouse (County Farm).
MACK	Carrie			21 Oct 1893	Search Almshouse Register for Mack
MARTIN	Herman			08 Nov 1910	Search Almshouse Register for Martin
MARTIN	James			19 Aug 1893	Search Almshouse Register for Martin
MATTHAESSEN	John		1853	1917	Search Almshouse Register for Matthaessen
McCLIMANS	Cornelia			27 Dec 1895	Search Almshouse Register for McClemans
MCPHAIL	Phebe			04 Sep 1882	Search Almshouse Register for Mc Phail (you must put the space after Mc)
MEEK	Henry			01 Oct 1900	Search Almshouse Register for Meek
MILLER					72 years Search Almshouse Register for Miller (I believe this is James Miller - according to age.)
MOSS	Solomon			11 Jan 1890	Search Almshouse Register for Moss
NEPPER	John			03 Jul 1903	Search Almshouse Register for Neppir
OLSTON	Mary			27 Mar 1892	Search Almshouse Register for Olston
PARKER	Harvey			19 Jan 1904	Search Almshouse Register for Parker
PATTERSON	Oscar			03 Jun 1901	Search Almshouse Register for Patterson
PETERS	Seabold			25 Nov 1909	Search Almshouse Register for Peters
SHELLY	Wm.			20 Feb 1919	Search Almshouse Register for Sheley
SHIRES	Henry			31 May 1889	Search Almshouse Register for Shirers
SMITH	Mrs.			07 Jan 1885	Search Almshouse Register for Smith
STANTON	Sylvester			03 Jun 1887	Search Almshouse Register for Stanton
STEWART				25 Feb 19??	Search Almshouse Register for Stewart (I believe this is Archie/Archy)
THORP	Joseph			31 Jul 1900	Search Almshouse Register for Thorp
TIERNEY	M.	Franklin	1850	1936	Search Almshouse Register for Tierney
TORGES	John			27 May 1882	Search Almshouse Register for Torgus
TUTTLE	George			10 Oct 1909	Search Almshouse Register for Tuttle
UNKNOWN	Gretta
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UMPHRY	Robt.			03 Mar 1883	Search Almshouse Register for Umphry
VANLOOS	Mrs.			18 Jul 1892	Search Almshouse Register for Vanloon
WALKER	A.	A.		09 Mar 1896	Search Almshouse Register for Walker
WALLACE	Henry			21 Feb 1908	Search Almshouse Register for Wallace
WALTERS	Geo.			31 Oct 1882	Search Almshouse Register for Walters
WASHBURN	C.	W.		16 Mar 1901	Search Almshouse Register for Washburn
WELDON	John			09 Apr 1907	Search Almshouse Register for Weldon
WHITE	James	O.		23 Feb 1911	Search Almshouse Register for White
WHITEING	John		1838	1921	Search Almshouse Register for Whiteing and Whiting
WILSON	Jos.			19 Dec 1894	Search Almshouse Register for Wilson
WRIGHT	Edward			19 Oct 1910	Search Almshouse Register for Wright

In a local newspaper around 1970 it was reported that 74 stones were placed back in the cemetery after a lengthy land dispute. In 2004, I found 74 stones and transcribed them to the best of my ability, but...

Please keep in mind:

Most of the stones are over 100 years old and have significant wear.

The transcription done in the 1980s has 89 names and I do not know where the additional 15 originated.

The Almshouse Register Index from the late 1800s - early 1900s was transcribed from the original hand-written records and is subject to human error and interpretation.

As was common in that time, some of these people could not read or write and they relied upon the Almshouse personnel to document their name as they pronounced it.

I made some assumptions based on age and date of death in order to match them up with the Almshouse records.

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