Pat, I did find your dad's sister, your aunt, there in the 1930 census. 1930 Census, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Vernon Township, ED 55-17, Missouri State Sanatorium, sheet 1B, line 77: Crow, Mary P., patient, female, white, age, 25, married, 1st married at age 21, not in school, can read and write, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, occupation none Many obituaries from the local newspapers are available on 3 x 5 cards at the McCanse Library in Mount Vernon. I suspect that there might have been one because she died at the Sanatorium. You might also check the indexes to the obituaries in the Springfield Newspapers at the Library Center in Springfileld. There may still be a couple of years in the 1930s that are not available yet, but most are. They can tell you which specific years are available. If you want to check the Springfield newspapers, you can phone, write, or email your lookup request to them. For information on this see the web page at: http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/asklib.htm You may also want to check their services webpage at: http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/services.htm#research or read some of the other links about the Springfield-Greene County Library Local History and Genealogy collection. Because you have it narrowed down to 1930-1936 you could request her death certificate from the Missouri Vital Records office in Jefferson City. Information on TB in Missouri at that time could probably be obtained in reports of the Missouri State Health Department. There might be some data in the annual Official Manual of the State of Missouri (the "Blue Book"). Ross >>> [email protected] 04/01/03 12:30PM >>> Ross, Thank you for the help. My Aunt (not my sister) had to have died sometime between 1930 and 1936. She had a daughter that graduated HS in about 1948 and she died before my parents married in 1936. She died during wheat season, because my Dad got the notice of her death while he was working in the wheat fields. (a little trivia here) When would that be in SW Missouri? It is always possible that what I have been told is partially incorrect. There was another sister that was adopted, but I was told it was this sister that died in Mt. Vernon. The family used various first names. Her name in the family Bible is Pearly Mary Jane Riley but the Bible also spells Riley as Reilley on other family members. The only family member who told my dad anything called her Mary Pearl. So, who knows how she would have been on the patient list. There were other family members that died of TB at an earlier time. Is there any way to know where TB was the most rampant in Missouri at that time? Pat, Ross Cameron wrote: >Pat, > >The Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions volumes published by the Lawrence County Historical Society are for sale. The inscriptions are not online. > >I checked the index to volume 2 and the surname Crow does not appear. The name Riley appears on two pages, but not your Mary Pearl Riley Crow. Because it was only two pages, I also read through the names for the Sanatorium Graveyard and did not find it. There are about 30 markers with no information. And, of cousre, many persons who died there were returned home for burial. > >Do you know about what year she died? Or what years she was a patient? The History of the Sanatorium is at the McCanse Library in Mount Vernon. You could also visit the "Sanatorium" while there and perhaps someone would be able to help you find the records. > >Ross Cameron > > > >>>>[email protected] 04/01/03 08:57AM >>> >>>> >>>> >Ross, >I am assuming that the Tombstone Inscriptions are not on line. Perhaps >I can get someone to look for me. The name I was told is Pearly Riley >Crow; it could be Mary Pearl Riley Crow. I visit the area a couple of >time a years and will go up again this spring for Memorial Day to put >flowers on various family members graves. I will be in Halltown and >Aurora so can drop by Mt. Vernon and see about the book. Thanks for the >info. >Pat Miller >Dallas, TX > >Ross Cameron wrote: > > > >>Pat, >> >>The tombstone inscriptions at the Sanatorium Graveyard are listed in Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 2, pp. 65-66. There are over 100 names but also several with markers only. What was your sister's name? >> >>If you know the year she died or within five years, you can order her death certificate from the Missouri State Vital Records Office in Jefferson City. >> >>The Missouri State Sanatorium which was first opened for TB patients in 1907 has undergone name changes in the last thirty two years: Missouri State Chest Hospital in 1971, then Missouri Rehabilitation Center with space leased to Missouri Veterans' Home, and a Federal VA medical facility at times. >> >>Contact information was posted some time ago. I contacted them but never received a reply. There was a short History of the Sanatorium published in the 1950s, but it is not indexed. >> >>Ross Cameron >> >> >> >> >> >>>>>[email protected] 03/31/03 05:50PM >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>How does someone get to look at or enquire about the death records from >>the Sanatorium at Mt. Vernon, Mo? My Dad's sister died there in the >>1930's and I would like to know exactly when she died and whether she >>was buried by them or if I need to look elsewhere. Do I have to be a >>relative to enquire about someone that was a patient there? >>Pat Miller >>Dallas, TX >> >> >>