Is this the site for Mt Vernon Missouri , Lawerence Co.? If so please give me a look up for my grandfather James W. Taylor and wife Martha Evaline Cox Taylor with 7 Children I know of 5 of there children because my father was one of them, but he was born in Pok Co , Missouri his hame was Omer Wilson Taylor but he had two older sister's that never married there names are Mertie Taylor and Cora Taylor,they had a sister name Lucy Taylor Adoylett ,and then a brother named Sherman Taylor.All but my father moved to Portland Oregon and are burried there. Lucy died in 1962 but not sure of deathdates for rest.My father expired in August of 1966 and is burried in Rose Hill Whitter , California.If someone can make a connection please let me know.I have some information on James's brother' and father and mother. Brother's George Taylor,and Camel Taylor and maybe a brother-in-law named James David Pennington,he was known as the watermellon man in Missouri. Now James,George and Camel Taylor are the son's of David and Elizabeth Taylor also living in Mt Vernon ,Missouri,Lawerence Co.James Died in March 1943.I am daughter of Omer Taylor my name is Shirley Ann Taylor Carter MOVERNON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > MOVERNON-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 25 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Hospital Records for State Hospita [CAATHA@aol.com] > #2 State Hospital #3 Cemetery [JackieBW52@aol.com] > #3 Re: Hospital Records for State Hos [Terry <straub@jbn2.jbntelco.com>] > #4 Re: Hospital Records for State Hos [CAATHA@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from MOVERNON-D, send a message to > > MOVERNON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Hospital Records for State Hospital #3 > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:41:01 EDT > From: CAATHA@aol.com > To: MOVERNON-L@rootsweb.com > > I was given an address in El Dorado Springs to send for the hospital records > for my gggrandfather, Thomas P. Moore, who died April, 1916 at State Hospital > #3 in Nevada, Vernon Co., Missouri and received a reply stating that records > could not be released without a court order. Is that the common practice for > all hospital records - no matter how old they are? Anyone know how to > acquire those records without a court order? I really think he was there > because his family could not afford any other hospitalization - he was only a > patient for 10 days. He had been living in Oklahoma and was on a visit to > his daughters in Joplin and in El Dorado Springs when he fell ill. > > Thanks for the information about the hospital - I suppose it would have been > too costly to keep but it seems quite a shame it was torn down. And I went > thru Nevada in Oct. 1998 but at that time didn't have the information I have > now about Thos. P. passing away at that hospital. Cindy > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: State Hospital #3 Cemetery > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:13:33 EDT > From: JackieBW52@aol.com > To: MOVERNON-L@rootsweb.com > > Lyndon, > > I'm not sure what controversy you refer to, but I remember reading somewhere > that the graves in the hospital cemetery were not recorded in the "Cemetery > Directory of Vernon County, Missouri" because the residents (patients) were > not considered to be part of the community. I believe this may have been > stated in the preface to the book itself, but it's been several months and > I've slept a few times since seeing it. Kind of sad. My greatgrandmother > lived a good portion of her life in the Hume area and died in #2 in St. Joe. > As best I could tell from her hospital records, she was committed because she > had epilepsy and some sort of cognitive or "nervous" disorder. > > Jackie > Springfield, MO > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Hospital Records for State Hospital #3 > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:45:26 -0500 > From: Terry <straub@jbn2.jbntelco.com> > To: MOVERNON-L@rootsweb.com > > I got some records. > > Terry > -- > Teresa (Terry) Straub > straub@jbntelco.com > > Harrison County, Indiana Coordinator, USGenWeb > http://www.jbntelco.com/~straub/ > > Jackson County, Kansas Coordinator, USGenWeb > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/jackson/index.html > > Rice County, Kansas Coordinator, USGenWeb > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/rice/index.html > > Surnames I am researching: > Agee (Mo/AK),Applegate (Ky/IN), Arquett (NE/WA), Anderson (Ill/NE/Swedon), > Bennett (IN/Ill/NE/Ks), Brewer (KY/IN/Ill),Bradley (Ill,Mo), Brown > (IN/KY/ILL), Burkholder (NE), Case (MO), Comstock (MO), Darling > (NY/Ill/KS/OK/CO), Dayton (Ill/KS/Co), Downing (Ks/Ill), Goodwin (In), Huber > (OH/Ill), Henson (KS/KY), Hockett (KS/OK), Keen (IN), Lamb (IN), > Lichtenthaler (MO), Long (ILL, KY/MO/Ks/OK), Metcalf (Ky/Ill/IN), Meek > (Ill/IN),McPherson (Mo/Ky), McWilliams (OH/Ill/Ireland), Palmer (Ks), > Phillips (Mo), Saffer (IN), Shields (IN/Ill), Snodgrass (IN/KY), Smith > (Ky/IN/NE/England), Stratton (Mo), Taylor (NE) > > > From: CAATHA@aol.com > > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:41:01 EDT > > To: MOVERNON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Hospital Records for State Hospital #3 > > Resent-From: MOVERNON-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:41:08 -0700 > > > > I was given an address in El Dorado Springs to send for the hospital records > > for my gggrandfather, Thomas P. Moore, who died April, 1916 at State Hospital > > #3 in Nevada, Vernon Co., Missouri and received a reply stating that records > > could not be released without a court order. Is that the common practice for > > all hospital records - no matter how old they are? Anyone know how to > > acquire those records without a court order? I really think he was there > > because his family could not afford any other hospitalization - he was only a > > patient for 10 days. He had been living in Oklahoma and was on a visit to > > his daughters in Joplin and in El Dorado Springs when he fell ill. > > > > Thanks for the information about the hospital - I suppose it would have been > > too costly to keep but it seems quite a shame it was torn down. And I went > > thru Nevada in Oct. 1998 but at that time didn't have the information I have > > now about Thos. P. passing away at that hospital. Cindy > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOVERNON Mailing List ==== > > List Administrator: Robert Steven LINDLEY > > Email: robert@lindleyfamily.com > > Website: http://www.lindleyfamily.com > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Hospital Records for State Hospital #3 > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:20:19 EDT > From: CAATHA@aol.com > To: MOVERNON-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Terry - I'd be very interested in how you got your records? The letter > sent to me states "after consultation with our Attorney General's office we > were advised that these records can only be released with a court order. > Upon receipt of this order, we will be glad to search our files." > > Sounds ominous doesn't it? I might try asking my family physician - but I'd > really like to know if anyone has been able to get records without all the > red tape? > And why would there be such a process for records as old as 1916? > Cindy > In a message dated 04/12/2001 8:54:07 PM Central Daylight Time, > straub@jbn2.jbntelco.com writes: > > > I got some records. > > > > Terry > > -- > > Teresa (Terry) Straub > > straub@jbntelco.com > >