Infirmary Cemetery
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Infirmary Cemetery

Also known as Chariton County Poor Farm Cemetery

Keytesville Township, Chariton County, Missouri, USA

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    Coordinates: 39.42675, -92.90810
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The original "Poor Farm" was started by the Chariton County Judges/Commissioners about 1868 and was located in the Dalton hills in Section 11, Township 53, Range 19. It housed the handicapped, disabled, insane and paupers of the county. There were many burials here but the graveyard has not been located and no buildings remain. Cropland surrounds a wooded area where we were told the house used to stand. We plan to do more searching this fall but doubt grave markers were ever erected.



In 1912 the County Judges voted to move the newly named 'County Infirmary' to a new location and purchased land in Section 2, Township 53, Range 18 which is east of Keytesville and visible from Highway 24. Construction was started on a large sandstone, brick and concrete structure in 1913 which began housing the indigent and disabled in 1915. A graveyard of concrete markers with no names and just a cross cut-out is all that marks the older graves. In more recent years, the few burials are identified with the 'modern' stones. In 1951 the county sold the building to Jasper and Mildred Coy who operated a rest home with their son, Dr. Thomas Coy. The rest home was closed before 1980 and the building set vacant. It was demolished June 17, 2019.

The original "Poor Farm" was started by the Chariton County Judges/Commissioners about 1868 and was located in the Dalton hills in Section 11, Township 53, Range 19. It housed the handicapped, disabled, insane and paupers of the county. There were many burials here but the graveyard has not been located and no buildings remain. Cropland surrounds a wooded area where we were told the house used to stand. We plan to do more searching this fall but doubt grave markers were ever erected.



In 1912 the County Judges voted to move the newly named 'County Infirmary' to a new location and purchased land in Section 2, Township 53, Range 18 which is east of Keytesville and visible from Highway 24. Construction was started on a large sandstone, brick and concrete structure in 1913 which began housing the indigent and disabled in 1915. A graveyard of concrete markers with no names and just a cross cut-out is all that marks the older graves. In more recent years, the few burials are identified with the 'modern' stones. In 1951 the county sold the building to Jasper and Mildred Coy who operated a rest home with their son, Dr. Thomas Coy. The rest home was closed before 1980 and the building set vacant. It was demolished June 17, 2019.

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  • Added: 13 Jan 2002
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1028844