City Of Canton issued the following announcement on July 13.
The Fulton County Historical & Genealogical Society is having a Fulton County Poor Farm Monument Dedication at Greenwood Cemetery on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
In September, 2015, Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society (FCH&GS) President, Kathy Parsons received a call from the Fulton County Clerk's Office saying that Sandra Weaver from Idaho was searching for her great grandparents - Aaron and Rebecca Bryant.
Through research, we found that Aaron died in 1872. Rebecca resided at the Fulton County Poor Farm in Buckheart Township where she passed and was buried in 1889. Sandra requested photographs of the cemetery and her great grandmother's grave marker. This started the journey to locate and remember these ancestors.
The Fulton County Board discontinued the Poor Farm in 1953 and the remains were moved to Canton's Greenwood Cemetery. Later, the farm was sold to the United Electric Coal Company. Unfortunately, no signs or markers were erected to signify the new burial site. Through interviews and research, that location and names of many of the deceased have been found, including Rebecca Bryant.
The FCH&GS Board-continuing the mission to remember and honor the forgotten- undertook a project to erect a monument in tribute to those who had been laid to rest at the Poor Farm. The cost of this marker is $6,000. Donations to fund the marker are welcomed and appreciated. If you wish to support this project, please make a check out to FCH&GS and mail it to P.O. Box 583, Canton, IL 61520. Donations are tax-deductible.
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