Your question is probably right on target for the answer, as one of my ancestors died there just months after entering of a cerebral tumor in 1925; another was committed at the request of family because of dementia and died in 1936. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Freeman" <eeffree@flash.net> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 1:18 PM Subject: [OREGON] Question Re Oregon State Hospital > I have been searching for the death date/place for Thornton Reeves whose wife was Minerva Evaline Carsner/Casner (b8-21-1856 d9-18-1927). Minerva is listed as a widow on the 1920 Grant County census taken 1-28-1920 so presumably Thorton died piror to that date. > > I did find a T. M. Reeves who died in OR. I obtained a copy of the Certifiate of Death for T. M. Reeves from the OR Archives. I'm not sure if it is my Thornton Reeves or not; the age is about right. > > He died at the Oregon State Hospital, Salem Oregon and the death date is Nov. 10, 1920. The physician had been attending him since 6-23-1913 until 11-10-1920. The certificate says he was married and that he was born 11-8-1856. The informaant is the Oregon State Hospital. > > His mother and father are Jessee Reeves and Sarah Jane Reeves (that's all the information given) > > QUESTION: > In 1920 was the Oregon State Hospital a medical hospital or was it a hospital for the mentally challenged, the insane, the elderly that were not able to care for themselves, etc.? I doubt that it was a medical facility since he had been there for about seven years. Where would I locate records for that time period? > > Thanks for any information. > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >