http://www.poorhousestory.com/MO_BUCHANAN_PHhistory.htm http://members.aol.com/buchanancomo/asof.html The necessity of a permanent institution for the county insane was so pressing that, in August, 1880, the judges appropriated $10,000 for this purpose. A building with modern equipment and with a capacity of 150 patients was completed in February of 1881. In this building the incurably insane are kept. The county still maintains a number of patients at Asylum No. 2 considered curable. ***** Hello! I've recently received the civil war pension papers for my ggGrandfather's brother, Oren Henry GOODALE. Oren's widow, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (KING) is applying as his widow in 1926 and states: Q: Had you ever been married to any man before you married Henry Oren GOODALE? A: Oh, Lord, no, was never married to any man in my life but him. I had two children by my marriage to GOODALE, two daughters, Anna May, and Hallie Gertrude. Anna May died unmarried in St. Joseph, Mo., lost her mind, and died in St. Joe insane asylum, January 19, 1919. Hallie Gertrude married Fred WARNER, traveling man, and she lives at Santana, Haskell Co., Ks. **** Can anyone tell me anything about the insane asylum? Do these old records still exist or maybe they've been filmed? My grandfather died in 1957 in an insane asylum in Ca. and to get those records from the Ca. supreme Court and medical records from Patton State Hospital I had to have a doctor request them. Will that stand true for years as far back as 1919 and are Missouri state laws different in this regard to Ca.? Thanks for any help and suggestions, Marie