This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5812.2 Message Board Post: Both the Illinois State Hospitals at Manteno and Elgin are possibilities. While Elgin may seems too far, I do know that my 2G Grandfather was taken there from Freeport, IL in 1900. State Hospitals in Illinois http://www.mantenostatehospital.com/ilhospmaps.html