Gene, I have a death certificate for my great grandfather's son Benjamin (Ben) Wood, born in 1884, died in 1953 and it says that Ben died in Norman OK at Central State Hospital. This means that Ben died in a Mental Institution, is that not true? Since I live in Alabama I was not familiar with the mental hospitals in OK. His obituary in the Ada, OK Evening News said that he had a grave side service in Bailey, OK. His father and mother, Richard R Wood (1849-1908) and Sarah Freeny Alexander Wood (1848-1915) and sister, Mary Ann Wood Ward (1889-1969) are buried in the Bailey Cemetery next to each other, but Ben's grave is not there. There is space but no unmarked grave is apparent. The cemetery listing does not mention Ben Wood as being buried there. Any Suggestions? Could he really be buried in the cemetery on the hospital grounds? When were the last people buried there? 1953 and after? I plan to come to Grady Co, OK and some surrounding counties for further research in Mid-May, 2001. The Robert Clay Freeny family descendants are having a reunion at Boggy Depot State Park Memorial Weekend, 2001 and I plan to be there. Richard and Sarah Wood met at Boggy Depot Choctaw Nation, I T and lived near there until 1898 when they moved to Grady County (Bailey) to receive the land allotments for their Choctaw by Blood. Sarah Freeny Wood and two children, Ben and Mary Ann Wood received property in and around Bailey, OK. I would appreciate any suggestions about research in the areas including Masonic records, etc. Gene, I always have appreciated your interest and knowledge of the areas of Indian Territory where my ggfather Richard Wood came in 1876. I sent you the photos of Bailey, cira 1905. Thanks again, Nell Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Gene Philips <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [OK-CEM] mental hospitals of OK >At 08:49 PM 02/20/2001 -0600, you wrote: >>I'm not sure if we are talking about just Mental hospitals or the State >>hospitals for the mentally retarted. > >State Hospitals is what they were officially called. They were mental >hospitals ran by the state of Oklahoma. Since they were state hospitals >they also took in charity patients. There is also a cemetery for the state >hospital in Norman. It's now called Griffin Memorial Hospital, but was >known in earlier times as Central State Hospital. The cemetery is unique in >that the people are buried in chronological order. The oldest grave is in >the southeast corner of the cemetery. The row runs north to the edge of the >cemetery. Then they came back to the south end of the cemetery and started >another row. Strangest thing I have seen in a cemetery. All the markers are >identical in size also. The cemetery is known as Rock Creek Cemetery. It's >on the corner of Rock Creek Rd and 12th Ave NE. > > > > >==== OK-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Oklahoma Cemetery list, use >[email protected] or [email protected] if >you are on the Digest list. >If your Ancestors migrated to or through Oklahoma - register them on the Oklahoma >Migration Page http://oklahomamigration.homestead.com/OMIndex.html >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > >============================== >9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists >http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ >