Searching for county farm info

Dear Editor,

I have been researching my family history since 1989 when I was a freshman in high school. Some of my ancestors hail from Nodaway County. Recently, after decades of searching, I finally discovered what happened to my great-great-great-grandfather James Conner. He was born in 1818 in Virginia and died on the county farm in 1904 at the age of 86. This was reported in the Nodaway Democrat newspaper at the time. He had been living with his son John in Polk County, Iowa, but then returned to Missouri. I have a few questions. Where is, or was, the county farm? Is there a cemetery there? Are there any surviving records related to the county farm? Though his wife Nancy, maiden name Reed, was buried in the Miriam Cemetery in Maryville, James Conner was probably buried on the county farm. So, naturally, I want to learn as much as I can about the county farm and its history.

Aaron J. Hill

Seattle