Carol ASHBY..... I was born in PEORIA in 1931, lived there through high school, returned after a NAVY tour. Regarding you questions.... the TB sanatorium was on the northeast side of Peoria past the upper free bridge/yatch club/ Murrison label factory. it was where the city bus turned around in 1947. near the current Galena Park nursing facility, where my brother is currently attended. It was not the poor house or the mental asylum. the "mental asylum" was located in the Bartonville area, To be exact "on the hill to the southwest side of Bartonville". Bartonville was about 1 mile south of the Peoria city limits. I still visit Bartonville/Peoria but have not checked the exact city limits, they may meet at the Kickapoo Creek. The mental health facility was closed several years about 20 perhaps. The records were transferred to the ZELLER mental health facility that is located on the northwest section of Peoria but still in the city. there were some farms on the west side of Peoria (toward FARMINGTON), ,just west of Belview Acres, that is now a county nursing facility. It is on joining property with a jail/correctional facility. Perhaps that was where the "poor farm" was. Sometimes they continue to utilize the property for the county. I hope this may help clear up some of the geography and the locations of some of the questioned areas. RUSS [email protected] Funny, I don't remember being absent minded. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:48 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] Re: Asylum Peoria County-Ann PURCELL >Hello > I missed much of the discussion about the asylums and recently began to >wonder if that could be where an illusive GGGrandmother may have vanished >to. Ann PURCELL (Ann McGEE>RIDGEWAT>PURCELL) was yet living in 1880 >according to the Peoria County history book I photocopied from, however, she >appears to have vanished from the earth as far as censuses and death records >and cemetery inscriptions go. She lived part of her life in Marshall County >when married to John RIDGEWAY and to Edward PURCELL, but apparently went back >to Peoria County in her later years. I now wonder if she contracted >tuberculosis during those last years, and spent them in the asylum. I've >spent years trying to find her grave (she was born about 1807 give or take 10 >years). > If anyone has access to asylum records, would you kindly take a look for >Ann Purcell for me? Thank you very much. Carol Ashby > > >==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Peoria County USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpeoria/peoria.htm >