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Rock County Poor Farms & Institutions

Rock County, Wisconsin

In addition to those listed below, residents of the institution and poor farm also included those buried in the farm cemeteries: Old Rock County Poor Farm Cemetery in Johnstown Township (prior to 1894) and Rock County Farm Cemetery in Janesville Township (1894-1962).

Resident

Notes

Source
COMERFORD, Alice DECKER born 1859; died 1912; resident of the asylum in 1910 (son was in an orphanage in Brown Co., WI); buried in Emerald Grove Cemetery, Bradford Twp. Find A Grave*
KENYON, David Tefft died March 8, 1899 at the farm in Janesville Township; burial location unknown obituary
LOSINGER, R. (Mrs.)* died April 15, 1910 at the farm in Janesville Township; burial location unknown 1910 Janesville Gazette article
SMITH, Walter Earl born March 24, 1878; according to his family, he ended up at the poor farm family
WEBSTER, Hollister born Sept. 10, 1861; died Oct. 18, 1930; buried in Eastlawn Cemetery in Beloit (city) family

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