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Old Mort Cemetery

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Location	:	Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7275840, -86.0720780
Description	:	The Old Mort Cemetery aka as the County Farm Cemetery was located in the southwest quarter of section 3, township 26, range 4, was purchased for $6,400 as a site for a new county asylum. This tract is located in Washington township, on the old Strawtown road and about a mile south of the city of Peru. On April 2, 1864, the board of commissioners entered into a contract with John Clifton to erect a poor house on the premises and ordered that $350 be paid the said Clifton as part of the contract price of the building. On July... Read More	The Old Mort Cemetery aka as the County Farm Cemetery was located in the southwest quarter of section 3, township 26, range 4, was purchased for $6,400 as a site for a new county asylum. This tract is located in Washington township, on the old Strawtown road and about a mile south of the city of Peru. On April 2, 1864, the board of commissioners entered into a contract with John Clifton to erect a poor house on the premises and ordered that $350 be paid the said Clifton as part of the contract price of the building. On July 12, 1864, the board accepted the poor house as complete and ordered the payment of $310 as the balance due the contractor. The building erected at this time served as the county asylum for the poor until July 28, 1877, when a contract was made with Wampler & Clifton to furnish all material (except the brick and stone foundation walls) and erected a poor asylum for the sum of $6,472.78. A barn had been built in 1873 at a cost of $700, and some additions have since been made to the main building, which is a brick structure two stories in height, with a basement, and containing in all forty eight rooms. Besides the barn, the principal out buildings are the washhouse, bakery, milkhouse, carpenter and butcher shops. The kitchen is in the basement of the main building and the dining rooms - one for the men and another for the women - are on the first floor. Recently a small hospital was built for the treatment of certain contagious and infectious diseases. Altogether the county has expended over $20,000 in the establishment of this institution. While this sum is much less than that expended by some of the Indiana counties for a similar purpose. Miami county has a poor asylum that is ample for all demands under normal conditions. History of Charities and Cemeteries in Miami County, Indiana From: History of Miami County, Indiana Edited by: Mr. Arthur L. Bodurtha The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago and New York 1914 Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 2, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (01 April 2006), gives the primary cemetery name as Old Mort Cemetery with alternate names of County Farm Cemetery #1 and Poor Farm Cemetery. The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-52-107 (Old Mort / County Farm).

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Old Mort Cemetery is located at W County Road 250 S Peru, Miami County ,Indiana , 46970USA.
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Latitude: 40.7275840
Longitude: -86.0720780

Nearby Cemetories:

1. County Farm Cemetery #2
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7296800, -86.0740640

2. Poor Farm Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7289400, -86.0690900

3. Sharpee Cemetery
Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7275009, -86.0916977

4. Eli Macy Gravesite
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7413712, -86.0861664

5. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7481842, -86.0971832

6. Reyburn Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7482719, -86.0978546

7. Saint Charles Catholic Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7487297, -86.0991898

8. Mount Hope Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7592010, -86.0819016

9. Bearss Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7598760, -86.0774250

10. Salem Cemetery
Bunker Hill, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6939350, -86.0645850

11. Crider Cemetery
Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6925011, -86.0250015

12. Tillet Cemetery
Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7816315, -86.0532150

13. Leonda Cemetery
Bunker Hill, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6765030, -86.1031630

14. New Hope Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7080994, -85.9982986

15. Bowman Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7635994, -86.1393967

16. Rankin Cemetery
Bunker Hill, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6643982, -86.0631027

17. Francis Godfroy Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7508011, -85.9931030

18. Metzger Cemetery
Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7069016, -86.1536026

19. Hurtt Cemetery
Peru, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7827700, -86.1233800

20. Garnand Cemetery
Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6850014, -86.1418991

21. Keyes Cemetery
Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6856003, -85.9957962

22. Mays Cemetery
Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7070007, -86.1658173

23. Springdale Cemetery
Bunker Hill, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6596985, -86.1222000

24. Peoria Cemetery
Peoria, Miami County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7184601, -85.9685364

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