This excerpt of the burials in the Poor Farm Cemetery is from the book The Clark County Poor Farm, copyright 2001. Permission to post on the Clark County Gen Web site is given by authors: Rose Marie Harshman, Kitty Oman and Mary Snell.
Contact for further information:
Rose Marie Harshman rmharshman@yahoo.com
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Mary Snell steeple-top_software@juno.com
Burials in the "Poor Farm" or "County Farm" Cemetery were made by Limber's Funeral Home, Knapp's Funeral Home, Hamilton Funeral Home, C.A. Kirch & Sons, Swank Funeral Home. Beatty's Undertaking Parlour and Vancouver Funeral Chapel. The majority of them were made by Limber's and Knapp's.
The earliest Limber Funeral Home burials at the Poor Farm were in 1913.
The earliest Knapp funeral Home burials at the Poor Farm were in 1915.
The last Knapp's Poor Farm burials was in 1934 and the final burial made by Limber's was in 1937.
Earliest Poor Farm burials found in the WA State Death Certificates was 1913 and the last found was in 1937. Washington began recording deaths in 1907.
NAME |
DEATH DATE |
PLACE OF DEATH |
Abegglen, Fred |
23 Jun 1915 |
Vancouver |
Adams, Alfred Carl |
11 Jun 1936 |
Battle Ground |
Adams, Frank |
27 Nov 1917 |
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Adams, Jackson M. |
10 May 1926 |
Vancouver |
Ager, James A. |
14 Nov 1919 |
Vancouver |
Alred, A.F. |
13 Apr 1914 |
Vancouver |
Anderson, Andrew |
22 Dec 1936 |
Washougal |
Anderson, Gust |
4 May 1937 |
Vancouver |
Anderson, Lee |
20 Dec 1932 |
Vancouver |
Anderson, W.E . |
15 Sep 1929 |
LaCenter |
Andrew A. Anderson |
4 Sep 1932 |
Vancouver |
Black, Ora Elbert |
6 Nov 1934 |
Vancouver, res. LaCenter |
Bothwell, William |
20 May 1928 |
Vancouver |
Boyse, Baby Betty |
1 Apr 1934 |
Vancouver |
Boyse, Baby Billy |
1 Apr 1934 |
Vancouver |
Bradtberg, Chris A.M. |
11 Dec 1925 |
Campbell's Landing, on houseboat |
Brewer, John |
14 Oct 1920 |
County Farm |
Britton, William |
20 Jun 1931 |
Vancouver |
Brown, Franklin Pierce |
30 Aug 1918 |
Vancouver |
Burns, Charles |
30 Jan 1929 |
Vancouver |
Burns, Patrick |
29 Oct 1929 |
Vancouver |
Burton, W. J. |
14 Feb 1935 |
Vancouver |
Campbell, Infant (female) |
12 Apr 1929 |
Vancouver |
Carnard, Mary |
12 Jul 1927 |
Vancouver |
Carr, William Edward |
5 May 1930 |
Vancouver, jail |
Collins, Baby (Male) |
22 Feb 1932 (Stillborn) |
Vancouver |
Conley, Joseph |
13 Apr 1934 |
Vancouver |
Cook, Clarence M. |
1 Dec 1916 |
Vancouver |
Davis, Baby (female) |
10 Dec 1933 |
Vancouver |
Denno/Dennoe, Charles Lewis |
19 Jan 1929 |
Vancouver |
Dismeau, Francis |
22 Oct 1933 |
LaCenter |
Drion, Edward |
16 Sep 1934 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Duffy, Wm. J. |
5 Dec 1934 |
Vancouver |
Dugen, James |
7 Apr 1923 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Dumas, John |
26 Nov 1914 |
Sara |
Edwards, Geo. W. |
19 Nov 1922 |
Vancouver, Baker dist. |
Effinger, Lulu |
19 mar 1933 |
Vancouver, res. Washougal |
Elsner, Wilma R. |
28 Mar 1932 |
Vancouver |
Erickson, Andrew |
30 Dec 1926 |
1 mi. S. of Ridgefield |
Evans, Mark L/S |
28 Feb 1916 |
Vancouver |
Fisher, Christopher |
1 Nov 1929 |
Vancouver |
Gingrich, George |
18 Jun 1930 |
Vancouver, res. Heison |
Graham, Hugh |
16 Jul 1916 |
Vancouver |
Grinn, William |
5 Oct 1933 |
Vancouver |
Guerdute, Mary Maxine |
6 Sep 1935 |
Vancouver |
Gustafson, Anton |
20 Feb 1937 |
Vancouver, res. Battle Ground |
Hacker, William M. |
24 Aug 1931 |
Vancouver, res. Battle Ground |
Hagstrom, Martin |
2 mar 1921 |
Vancouver |
Hansen, Chris |
6 Oct 1932 |
1 1/2 mi. N. Felida Station, res. Portland, OR |
Harma, John |
3 Oct 1936 |
Vancouver |
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Harrington, Andrew J. |
15 Jan 1929 |
Vancouver |
Harris, B.C. |
24 Sep 1934 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Harris, Chas. F. |
29 Sep 1932 |
Vancouver, res. Ridgefield |
Hatch, John/G.A. |
21 Sep 1914 |
Vancouver |
Heath, Webster |
11 Apr 1925 |
Vancouver |
Hellinger, Louis |
3 Jul 1930 |
Vancouver, res. Rt. 5 |
Henderson, Gus |
1 Feb 1932 |
Vancouver |
Hensley, George E. |
15 Apr 1933 |
Vancouver, res. Portland, OR |
Hill, John |
4 May 1929 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Humger, Oscar |
16 Dec 1918 |
Vancouver |
Jaski, William |
21 Nov 1915 |
County Farm |
Jewett, Frank |
21 Nov 1933 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Jones, Nathan |
16 Jun 1920 |
Vancouver |
Kantio, Joseph |
7 Jan 1929 |
Vancouver, res. Ridgefield |
Keeper, Tony |
27 Aug 1936 |
Vancouver |
Kelly, Frank |
28 Oct 1925 |
Vancouver |
Kerney, Peter |
15 May 1913 |
Vancouver |
Kirk, John |
17 Mar 1928 |
res Carson, WA |
Knobleck, Nathan S. |
30 Apr 1928 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Kohlikar, John, gunshot |
22 Nov 1915 |
SP&S RR Yard is this unknown man shot by Sheriff? |
Koser, Elias |
15 Nov 1929 |
Vancouver, res. Prune Hill |
Kreite, Fred |
24 Jan 1927 |
Vancouver |
Lehner, Chris |
23 Jul 1921 |
Vancouver |
Lekindorf, William, drowned |
Jul 1925 |
near Rockaway Landing, Columbia River |
LeMont, James |
11 Jun 1924 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Lind, A. |
30 Nov 1936 |
Vancouver |
Lisckowski, John |
26 Apr 1937 |
Vancouver |
Lloyd, A. |
20 May 1918 |
Vancouver |
Lusk, Lane Shannon |
30 Nov 1929 |
Ridgefield |
Maki, Andy |
21 Oct 1933 |
Vancouver, res. Woodland |
Malone, Infant (sex not listed) |
7 Nov 1924 |
Vancouver |
Mangle, Willie |
25 Jul 1937 |
Vancouver, camp near RR |
Maschke, Verna |
1 Apr 1934 |
Vancouver, res. Portland, OR |
Mathews, Milton |
30 Jan 1929 |
Vancouver, res. Felida |
May, John |
16 Jun 1914 |
Vancouver |
McCarty, John |
5 Dec 1933 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
McCurdy, L.C. |
24 Nov 1914 |
Sifton |
McDonald, Hazel Gloria |
8 Mar 1934 |
Vancouver, res. Brush Prairie |
McGillivary, A.R. |
16 Feb 1935 |
Vancouver |
McIntyre, W.R. |
19 Jul 1914 |
Yacolt |
McKay, Dorothy |
4 Oct 1913 |
Vancouver |
McKay, Dorothy (baby) |
2 Oct 1913 |
Vancouver |
McKay, James |
9 Dec 1924 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
McPherson, John |
7 May 1927 |
Vancouver |
McSorley, John |
29 Sep 1933 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Mikelton, William H. |
3 Feb 1931 |
Vancouver, res. Rt. 3 |
Miller, Frank |
17 Jun 1922 |
Ridgefield |
Minks, James |
18 Nov 1929 |
Vancouver, res. Lacenter |
Mitcham, George |
5 Jan 1934 |
Vancouver |
Monyhan, Cornelius |
17 Apr 1930 |
Vancouver |
Morris, Lincoln |
22 Aug 1930 |
Vancouver, res. Camas |
Mortimer, Lester |
24 Jul 1934 |
Vancouver, res. Battle Ground |
Murphy, baby girl (Frannie?) |
30 May 1928 |
Vancouver |
Myers, Chas. |
16 Feb 1915 |
Vancouver |
Newman, John |
18 Jun 1927 |
Vancouver |
O’Brien, Charles Dean |
1 Oct 1934 |
Vancouver |
O'Brien, Patrick Henry |
6 Mar 1923 |
Vancouver |
O'Connor, Maurice |
2? May 1935 |
Vancouver, res. Brush Prairie |
Panquist, Carl |
8 Aug 1927 |
Vancouver |
Parker, Archibald M. |
29 Mar 1926 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Pauley, Victor |
26 Feb 1915 |
Vancouver |
Peden, William M. |
17 Sep 1934 |
Vancouver, res. Camas |
Peek, E.H. |
26 Mar 1927 |
Vancouver |
Persson, P. Ragnar |
7 Apr 1928 |
5 mi. N. Vancouver |
Peterson, C.G. |
17 May 1935 |
Vancouver, Columbia River |
Phillips, Baby (male) |
25 Feb 1934 |
Vancouver |
Piper, Charles |
5 Aug 1923 |
Vancouver |
Portway, Henry C. |
7 Aug 1928 |
LaCenter |
Powers, William |
20 Apr 1922 |
Vancouver |
Quarries, Fred |
5 Jul 1927 |
Vancouver, res. Orchards |
Rasmussen, Carl |
1 Nov 1930 |
Vancouver |
Raynor, Baby (male) |
25 Dec 1934 |
Vancouver |
Record, Phillys Jean |
26 Nov 1936 |
Vancouver |
Reese. Charles |
26 Jun 1937 |
Ridgefield |
Reinhart, John |
6 Jan 1931 |
Vancouver, res. Sifton |
Remhardt, William |
27 Apr 1936 |
LaCenter |
Rice, Wallace W. |
6 Jul 1932 |
Vancouver |
Roberts, E.E. (male) |
8 May 1933 |
Vancouver, res. Rt. 2 |
Robinson, David G. |
1 Aug 1933 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Robinson, Leander T. |
28 Sep 1922 |
Vancouver |
Rodgers, Walter |
4 Jul 1920 |
Vancouver |
Sam, Lee |
13 Sep 1929 |
Vancouver |
Samuelson, Jacob |
1 Mar 1933 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Schreider, Joseph |
17 Nov 1920 |
Vancouver |
Schuldt, William |
3 Dec 1930 |
Vancouver, res. Portland, OR |
Shanks, Henry |
31 Mar 1929 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Sidien, James |
15 Apr 1929 |
1 mi. N. of Vancouver |
Silver, Samuel Edward |
10 Oct 1932 |
Vancouver |
Smith, Henry Crary |
22 Jul 1937 |
Vancouver |
Smith, Stephen Cole |
17 Jan 1916 |
County Farm |
Stanger, Eben |
4 Jan 1923 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Steenerson, Fred |
5 Apr 1915 |
Vancouver |
Stilmant, Frank |
28 Jun 1933 |
Vancouver |
Stinerbeck, Harry |
14 Jun 1928 |
Vancouver |
Stout, George |
5 Oct 1934 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Straten, Frank C. |
28 Jun 1915 |
Vancovuer |
Sund, Ed |
16 Oct 1914 |
Ridgefield |
Sutherland/Sullivan, William |
17 Jun 1937 |
Vancouver |
Suttles, Sherman Kenyun |
7 Apr 1935 |
Vancouver |
Swanson, John |
24 May 1930 |
Vancouver, res. Rt. 1 |
Thompson, Peter |
23 Sep 1918 |
Vancouver |
Tillberg/Fillberg, Elizabeth |
5 Feb 1932 |
Ridgefield |
Tong, Fong |
22 Aug 1924 |
near LaCenter |
Underwood, Robert Dwane |
3 Jan 1932 |
Vancouver |
Unidentified Male |
6 Dec 1936 |
Columbia River, Paper Mill |
Unidentified, male, suicide |
27 Jun 1921 |
mi. N. of Ridgefield |
Unknown Male, drowned |
found 28 Jul 1937 |
Vancouver Lake |
Unknown Man shot by Sheriff |
22 Nov 1915 |
SP&S RR Yard, Vancouver |
Unknown, drowned |
found 19 Oct 1915 |
Columbia River near Vancouver |
Unknown, drowned |
5 May 1926 |
Columbia River, 3 mi. E. Washougal |
Unknown, male |
15 Nov 1932 |
near Camas |
Unknown, male |
29 Aug 1932 |
Vancouver, Columbia river |
Unknown, male, |
found 25 Jul 1932 ca Oct 1931 |
3 mi. N. Vancouver on Cole Creek |
Unknown, male, killed by train |
2 Jun1913 |
Clark Co. |
Unknown, male, struck by train |
24 Oct 1922 |
1 1/2 mi. S. of Ridgefield |
Unknown, male, struck by train |
2 Jun 1913 |
6 mi. N. of Vancouver |
Unknown, male, struck by train |
2 Jan 1914 |
near Ridgefield |
Unknown, male, struck by train |
12 Apr 1929 |
1 mi. N of Vancouver |
Unknown, male, suicide |
25 Jul 1913 |
Battle Ground |
Unknown, male, suicide carbolic acid |
28 Aug 1913 |
Battle Ground |
Unknown, male, suicide, gunshot |
21 Dec 1913 |
Clark Co. |
Valentine, Christina |
19 Jun 1933 |
Vancouver |
Vanhoff, Cornelius |
15 Jun 1932 |
Vancouver, res. Amboy |
Varble, Edgar C. |
14 Aug 1931 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Vargus, Manuel |
18 Apr 1935 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Varner, Baby (male) |
25 Jun 1932 |
Vancouver |
Vennerman, Chas. |
17 Nov 1914 |
Vancouver |
Vorg, G. |
20 Jan 1923 |
Vancouver |
Wade, L.D. |
1 May 1919 |
Vancouver |
Walch/Welch, John Guy |
15 Nov 1927 |
Vancouver |
Walk, Samuel S. |
2 Jan 1925 |
Vancouver |
Walters, Thomas |
12 Mar 1920 |
Vancouver |
Waltman, William Douglas |
11 Jun 1935 |
Vancouver, res. Salmon Creek |
Warren, Frank |
21 Sep 1931 |
Vancouver, res. LaCenter |
Watkins, William H. |
28 Aug 1915 |
Vancouver |
Watson, Richard |
15 Oct 1918 |
Vancouver |
Wells, Joseph |
26 Dec 1932 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Wenske, August |
8 Nov 1914 |
Vancouver |
Whitcomb, Addie |
5 Mar 1932 |
Brush Prairie |
Williams, John |
25 Feb 1935 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Williams, L.M. (Milton Lee) |
5 Sep 1920 |
Vancouver |
Williams, Robert |
6 Aug 1919 |
Vancouver |
Wilmot, Andrew J. |
7 Jan 1929 |
Vancouver |
Windon, Edward Lee |
14 Jul 1934 |
Vancouver |
Windpeddler, Emanuel |
2 Aug 1933 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
Winzak, George |
25 Aug 1937 |
Vancouver |
Wright, Delmer Eugene |
31 Mar 1932 |
Vancouver |
Wright, Frank |
22 Oct 1932 |
Vancouver, res. Rt. 5 |
Wunk, Frederick H. |
4 Feb 1936 |
Vancouver |
Zumwalt, Andrew |
21 Apr 1924 |
Vancouver, res. County Farm |
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