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Cook County Cemetery, Dunning
Cook County Poor House: Cook County Cemetery,  Dunning
COOK COUNTY POORHOUSE
Cook County Poor House Cook County Cemetery,  Dunning

COOK COUNTY POORHOUSE

On the Cook County Farm, Established 1854 in Jefferson Twp., a poorhouse, or almshouse, was opened in 1854 to provide a humane way for care of poor in a rural setting. A working farm with crops operated here into the 1950's. Thousands of poorhouse residents are buried here.


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