http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/county/sanjoaquin/asylumd1.htm the above link will take you to a story copied from a Stockton 1898 newspaper. It will give you an idea of what became of those unfortunate enough to die in the care of the state asylums. Margie Lodi, ca Margie Campbell's Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ Iron County Missouri Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2/ Host of Hermes & Wenström surname lists based in Sunny, Lodi, CA