H.F. Bailey
H.F Bailey, age 55, died in the asylum May 1894.
J. G. BEATTY
KY Death Certificate # 3787 Christian County, KY Western State Hospital
J.G. BEATTY
Male/White/Married
b. 1854 KY
Age: 58 years
Farmer
d. Feb. 10, 1913
Cause of Death: Interstitual Nephritis
At Place of Death: 4 months, 3 days
Usual Residence: Logan County, KY
Buried: Western State Hospital
Rev. Frank N Bell
May 1900
Died In Asylum
Was a Confederate Soldier And Very Interesting Character
Rev. Frank N. Bell, of Canton, died in Nashville a few days ago, where
he
had been confined in an asylum for several months. Rev. Bell
was a most
interesting character and was well known in this city. He was
a native of
Virginia and served in the Confederate army during the Civil war.
He was
about 75 years old.
JEFF BERRY
KY Death Cert. #16736 Christian County Western State Hospital
Jeff BERRY
Male/White/Single
b. 1857 in KY Age 55 years
d. July 26, 1912 of Appoplexy
At place of death: 2 days
Usual Residence: Daviess County, KY
Removed to Owensboro, KY
BUR BRADSHAW
KY Death Cert. #16730 Christian County Western State Hospital
Bur BRADSHAW
Male/Colored/Married
b. 1858 Age 54 years
d. July 12, 1912 of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
At place of death: 3 years, 9 months, 20 days
Former Residence: Simpson County, KY
Removed to Franklin, KY
William Thomas Brooks
(From Ky Death Certificate 03346 (1939)
William T. Brooks
Western State Hospital Length of stay: 3 yrs 8 mon. 3 days
Usual Residence: Edmonson County
Male Widowed
DOB: July 29, 1862 DOD: February 14, 1939
Place of Burial: Western State Hospital
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Mrs. Grant Bruce
Cadiz Record
June 1943
MRS. GRANT BRUCE SUCCUMBS JUNE 20
WAS TRIGG COUNTY RESIDENT FOR MANY YEARS, FUNERAL TUESDAY
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs. Grant
Bruce at
the East End Cemetery and were conducted by Rev. Luther Sanders.
Mrs. Bruce
succumbed June 20 at the Western State Hospital, Hopkinsville.
Mrs. Bruce
was taken from her husband and children nineteen years ago to become
an
inmate at Western State. She had been in fair health until about
a month
ago when she began being much disabled. She had been in the sick
ward for
about 3 weeks. The deceased was 69 years of age and was the daughter
of
late Greenberry and Rebecca Wolfe. She came to Lyon county, Kentucky
at the
age of 14. IN 1892 she was united in marriage to Grant Bruce
of Lyon
county. She moved to Trigg county in 1903 and resided here until
1924. She
made many friends wherever she lived and her entire time was spent
with the
work that she could do for her family, her community. She was
a member of
Peal's Chapel Methodist Church. Besides her husband, Mrs. Bruce
is survived
by the following children, Otho Bruce, Princeton, Leon Bruce, Cadiz,
Mrs.
Delphys Coyle, Bellevue, Mich; Ewin Bruce, Battle Creek, Mich; Abre
R.
Bruce, Ogen Utah and Mrs. Edward Jones, Evansville, Ind. Fifteen
grandchildren also survive.
Ida E. BUCKMAN
KY Death Record # 491
Western KY Asylum for Insane Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Single
Born 1880
Aged: 20 years
No parents listed
Died: January 29, 1911
Cause: Tuberculosis of Lungs
Contributory: Epilepsy
At Place of Death: 2 years 6 months
In State: 20 years
Burial: Waverly, KY
Robert Burrow
KY Death Certificate #15443, 1937
Robert Burrow was born in 1871 in Ballard Co. KY, the son of Charles H. Burrow and Mary Staten. Robert was committed to Western State at the age of 23 in 1894. He remained there 43 years, 3 months and 6 days until his death in 1937.
Robert never married.
He died at age 66, June 29, 1937, at Western State Hospital of heart failure. The attending physician had been treating him from September 1, 1935 until his death in June 1937. Robert was buried July 2, 1937 at Western State Hospital. (Note: Linnie Shepherd, nephew to Robert Burrow, died at Western State in 1966)
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BEN F. CHAMPION
KY Death Cert. #16734 Christian County Western State Hospital
Ben F. CHAMPION
Male/White/Single
b. 1880 in Livingston County, KY
Age 32 years
d. July 18, 1912 of Cerebral Meningitis
At place of death: 2 days
Usual Residence: Livingston County, KY
Removed to Mayfield, KY
William C. Clark
Apr 1896
Suicide at the Asylum
A suicide occurred at the Western Asylum yesterday morning, William
C.
Clark, a patient from Penrod in Muhlenberg county, tore his sheet into
strips and hanged himself to a ventilator in the wall of his room,
after
having tied his feet together. When found he was dead.
The Coroner held an
inquest yesterday and the verdict exonerated the authorities from blame
in
the matter. Clark was a preacher and was 60 years old.
He had been in the
Asylum 11 years. He leaves no family.
W. T. Clark
Apr 1900
Choked to Death
Asylum Patient Expires Suddenly While At Dinner Table
W.T. Clark, an asylum patient, choked to death Saturday, while at the dinner
table. He had been subject to paralysis of the muscles of the throat for
some time and this frequently interfered greatly with the taking of meals.
On Saturday he sat down to the table as usual and as soon as he commenced
eating paralysis set up and he choked to death in a few seconds. He was
received at the asylum from Livingston county in August last for treatment.
He leaves a family of grown children. The remains were shipped to his home
Sunday and the interment took place yesterday.
Henry CLAY
KY Death Record # 503
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - Colored
"History Unknown"
Died: January 24, 1911
Cause: Apoplexy
Contributory: Epilepsy
At Place of Death: 5 years 6 months
Burial: Paris, KY
March 13, 1906
Col. Ned Conway Dead
Col. Ned Conway, who has been an inmate of the Hopkinsville asylum for several years departed from this life last Monday. Col. Conway was for a number of years a resident of Henderson and was sent to the asylum from this place. His remains were taken to Owensboro and interred in Elmwood cemetery.
G. B. Coombs
Apr 1896
COOMBS
G.B. Coombs, an asylum patient died Wednesday night, aged 77 years. The
remains were taken to his home in Warren county for interment yesterday
morning.
BERTHA COPELAND
KY Death Cert. #16729 Christian County Western State Hospital
Bertha COPELAND
Female/White/Married
b. 1873 in KY
Age 39 years
d. July 11, 1912 of Pellagra
At place of death: 1 year, 7 months, 23 days
Former Residence: Fulton County, KY
Removed to Crutchfield, KY
Robert Cunningham
Trigg County Abstracts
October 29, 1918
At Eighty-Four
Death Claims Well-Known Citizen of Trigg County
"Uncle Bob Tank" Cunningham Died Monday in Hopkinsville of Complication
of
Troubles
Mr. Robert Cunningham "Uncle Bob Tank," as he was affectionately called
by
his many friends, died Monday night at the Western Kentucky Hospital
in
Hopkinsville where he had been for several weeks.
For some time he had been a sufferer from kidney trouble and other
complications which caused his death.
Mr. Cunningham was born in Trigg county and had spent his life in the
county, being past eighty-four years of age. He was a son of
Mickens
Cunningham, and was one of eleven children, all of whom are now dead
except
one sister, Mrs. M. A. Hendrick, of the Mershon bridge country.
The wife, formerly Miss Ellen Cameron and to whom he was married when
a
young man, has been dead for a number of years, and the following children
survive: Josh Cunningham, and Mrs. Kate McCage, of Calloway county;
Mrs. A.
C. Crisp, of Marshall county; Mrs. J. W. Cunningham, of Morehouse,
Mo; Mrs.
Bailey Mize, of Canton, and Mrs. Lucien Franklin, of Clarksville.
He had been a member of the Baptist church since young manhood.
Few men in
the county were better known or had more friends than "Uncle Bob Tank"
He
had a sunny disposition, was a good story teller, and always delighted
in
the company of friends.
The remains were brought back to Trigg county Tuesday and taken to the
Mrs.
M. A. Hendrick grave yard near Mershon bridge, where they were buried,
Tuesday afternoon and a large number of relatives and friends were
present
pay a last tribute of respect to one whom they all lived.
Mary DEARMON
KY Death Record # 487
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Female - Married
Born 1855 in KY Aged 55 years
Housewife
Parents Unlisted
Died: January 25, 1911
Cause: Pellogra
At Place of Death: 9 months 5 days
In the State: 55 years
Burial: Crofton, KY
Mary Ann DOWDY
KY Death Record # 5866
Western KY Asylum for the Insane Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Married
Born 1858 Monisia ?
Aged: 54 years
Housekeeper
Father: Robt. PATTON, Sr. or PATTERSON b. KY
Mother's Maiden Name: EADS b. KY
Died: March 1, 1911
Cause: Broncial Pneumonia
Contributory: Measles
At Place of Death: 5 years
Burial: Mayfield, KY
W. W. Duncan
Mar 1900
An Aged Minister, Dies at the Asylum
Rev. W.W. Duncan, an aged and well know Presbyterian minister, died at the
Asylum Tuesday night. While out walking a few weeks ago he fell and injured
one of his hips. In a few days he was attacked with pneumonia and passed
away as stated. He was a native of Hancock county and had been engaged in
ministerial work for many years. He was sent to the asylum about eight
months ago and was 80 years old. Funeral services were conducted at the
Ninth street Presbyterian church by Dr. W.L. Nourse yesterday morning and
the interment took place in Hopewell.
LOUISA H. DUVALL
KY Death Certificate # 3783 Christian County, KY Western State Hospital
Louisa H. DUVALL
Female/White/Married
b. 1845 KY
Age: 67 years
Parents: "Don't Know"
d. Feb. 3, 1913
Cause of Death: Dysuctory
At place of death: 28 years, 1 month, 9 days
Former Residence: Barren County, KY
Buried: Rocky Hill, KY
J.F. EDDINGS
KY Death Record # 5869
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - White - Married
Born in Kentucky
Aged: 56 years
Farmer
Parents unknown
Died: March 9, 1911
Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
At Place of Death: 2 years 1 month 9 days
Former Residence: Logan County, KY
Burial: Russellville, KY
Mrs. J. S. Edmonds
Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Oct 1900
Death At Asylum
Remains Shipped to Princeton For Interment
Mr. J. S. Edmonds, an asylum patient sent here from Caldwell county, died Tuesday of neuralgia of the heart. The remains were shipped to Princeton the same day for interment.
Warner EDWARDS
KY Death Record # 5867
Western KY Insane Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - Colored - Widowed
"History Unknown"
Aged: 75 years 3 months
Died: March 2, 1911
Cause: Chronic Bright's Disease
At Place of Death: 3 months 11 days
Usual Residence: Logan County, KY
Burial: Western KY Insane Asylum, Hopkinsville, KY
B. E. Ferrell
From Ky Death Certificate 24011 (1944)
B. E. Ferrell;
Western State Hospital Length of stay:
1 month 1 day
Usual Residence, R# 4 Madisonville, KY;
White Male Married; Spouse: Mary Ruth Seitz Ferrell
DOB: June 15, 1874 DOD: November 3, 1944 (Age
70 y, 4 m, 18 days)
Place of Birth: Hopkins Co. KY
Father: John C. Ferrell (born Durham, NC)
Mother: Areela Haynes (born Hopkins Co., KY)
Place of Burial: (illegible) Funeral Home:
Harris Funeral Home, Madisonville, KY
Cause of death: General Arteriosclerosis Secondary:
Psychosis with Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
Informant: Records of WSH
L. W. Ferrell
From Ky Death Certificate 17407 (1911)
L. W. Ferrell
Western Kentucky Asylum Length of stay:
8 month 16 days
Former/Usual Residence: Fulton, KY
White Male Married AGE: 52
DOB: Unknown DOD: July 5, 1911
Birthplace: Kentucky
Father: Don't Know Mother: Don't Know
Place of Burial: WS Asylum Undertaker: N. H. Fentress
Cause of death: Apoplexy
Informant: Records of WSH
V.W. Finn
V.W. Finn, 26 yrs, died in the asylum May 1894.
JOHN FLOWERS
Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Oct 1900
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Causes Sudden Death of a Patient at Asylum
John Flowers, an asylum inmate died at the institution Sunday morning
of cerebral hemorrhage. He was about 65 years old and a native of McCracken
county. He was placed in the asylum for treatment a few months ago for
the fifth time, and the illness that caused his death was only of a few
days duration. He was a man of family and his wife arrived here Saturday
and was at his bedside when he died. The remains were shipped to Paducah
yesterday morning and the interment took place in the cemetery of that
city in the afternoon.
Miss Cassie Futrell
Trigg County Abstracts
May 25, 1904
Died In Asylum
Trigg County Patient Passed Away Tuesday
Miss Futrell, of near Roaring Spring, died at the asylum Wednesday
of heart
trouble. She was 27 years old and sent here for treatment from
Trigg county
about two years ago. She had previously been in the institution,
but was
send home as cured and then returned to the asylum. The body
was taken to
Trigg county yesterday and interred in the family burying ground.
Hopkinsville, Kentuckian
The young lady's name was Miss Cassie Futrell, and she was a daughter
of Mr.
Webb Futrell
Dan Gatewood
Dan Gatewood, age 66, died in the Asylum September 1894
Fannie Gibbs
From Ky Death Certificate 24988 (1919)
Fannie Gibbs
Western Kentucky Asylum Length of stay:
? 19 years ?
Former/Usual Residence: Logan County, KY
White female Widow AGE: 79
DOB: 1840 DOD: September 15, 1919
Birthplace: Kentucky
Father: Don't Know Mother: Don't Know
Place of Burial/Removal: Russellville, KY
Undertaker: House ? (illegible), Russellville, KY
Cause of death: Apoplexy
Informant: J. Louise Miller
From Ky Death Certificate 3471 (1931)
Hettie Gibbs
Western Kentucky Asylum Length of stay:
8 days
Former/Usual Residence: Hopkinsville, KY
White female Married AGE: 32
DOB: <not listed> DOD: February 27,
1931
Father: <not listed> Mother: <not
listed>
Place of Burial/Removal: Riverside Cemetery
Undertaker: Waller & Harton
Cause of death: Acute Myocarditis Secondary: Manic
psychosis
Informant: Christian County Court Records
John S. Givens
DOB: Unknown Died Feb 1, 1911 Age: About 66
Father Unknown, Mother Unknown
Cause of death: Organic Heart disease
Undertaker: Waller & Trice
Burial: Morganfield, KY
MAGGIE GORMAN
KY Death Record # 21025 Western State Hospital Christian
County, KY
Maggie GORMAN
Female, White, Single
Born 1882 in KY Age 43 years
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died September 10, 1925
Cause: Manic Exhausion
Contributory: Manic Depressive, Manic Type
At Place of Death: 1 year 7 months 29 days
Former Residence: Cumberland County, KY
Burial in Glasgow, KY
Arthur A. GREENFIELD
Sex: M
Birth: Jun 1863 KY
Death: 31 Oct 1923 in Christian Co., KY
Burial: 1 Nov 1923 W.S. Hospital
Note:
Death Certificate Information:
Arthur Greenfield
Date of Birth: 1863* Place: KY
Date of Death: Oct 31 1923 Place: Christian Co., KY
Age: 60 yrs
Cause of death: Exhaustion insanity
Name of parents: Unknown
Burial: W. S. Hospital (Western State Hospital) Christian Co.,KY
Date: Nov 1 1923
Informant: Record W. S. H. Hopkinsville KY
The 1900 Logan Co., KY., Census has his birth as June 1864. I
believe the correct date is June 1863.
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More information on ARTHUR GREENFIELD
Father: James GREENFIELD b: Dec 1819 in TN
Mother: Mary HEARN b: ABT 1824 in KY
ARTHUR Married 1st Sallie A. GOODMAN b: Feb 1863 in KY
Married: 16 Dec 1882 in Butler Co., KY
Note:
Married 17 Dec 1882 at Allen Goodmans in Butler Co., KY., according
to the book "Pioneer Families of Butler County."
CENSUS
7 July 1900 Logan Co., KY., Census, Lewisburg, HH#357...Arthur
Greenfield, age 36, born June 1864 in KY.
In his household are Sallie A., wife, age 37, born Feb 1863 in KY.,
married 18 years, 2 living children;
James A., age 15; born July 1884; William H., age 11, born Nov 1888,
both born in KY.; and James GREENFIELD, father, age 80, born Dec
1819 in TN.
Children by 1st marriage
James A. GREENFIELD b: Jul 1884 in KY
William H. GREENFIELD b: Nov 1888 in KY
ARTHUR Married 2nd Martha Jane KINKADE b: 24 Aug 1884 in Huntsville,
Butler Co., KY
Married: 1901
CENSUS
10 May 1910 Muhlenberg Co., KY., Census, Skilesville,
HH#178...Arthur A. Greenfield, age 50, born in KY., 2nd marriage,
married 10 years.
In his household are Martha, wife, age 25, born in KY., 1st
marriage, 2 living children; Annie B., age 8, born in GA.(?), and
Magaline, age 2, born in KY.
Children by 2nd marriage
Annie Belle GREENFIELD b: 22 Jul 1901 in GA
Mary Magnolia Magdalene GREENFIELD b: 11 Mar 1908 in KY
Addie Electra GREENFIELD b: 22 Mar 1911 in Muhlenberg Co., KY
Hughie A. GREENFIELD b: 1 Sep 1913 in Muhlenberg Co., KY
Nora Mae GREENFIELD b: 4 Aug 1918 in Muhlenberg Co., KY
Sources:
Title: Death Certificate
Title: 1900 Logan Co., KY., Census
Title: KY Vital Records Death Index
Title: Butler Co., KY., 1st Marriage Index Book, Part 1, 1810-1890
Publication: Desert Roads Publication
ATHUR'S 2nd wife and children went to Henderson Co KY to live where
MARTHA remarried JOHN GRAVES and later died she and the children
are
buried at Fernwood Cemetery in Henderson KY.
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Martha Jane KINKADE
Birth: 24 Aug 1884 in Huntsville, Butler Co., KY
Death: 10 May 1928 in Henderson Co., KY
Burial: 11 May 1928 Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson Co., KY
Note:
Death Certificate Information:
Martha J. Greenfield Graves
Date of Birth: Aug 24 (1884)*
Date of Death: May 10 1928 Place: Henderson Co., KY
Age: 43 yrs 8 mos 16 da
Cause of Death: Dementia ?
Name of Father: Samuel Preston Kinkade
Name of Mother: Sarah Hope
Burial: Fernwood Henderson Co.
Date: May 11 1928
Informant: John T. Graves
*Birthyear is based on age at time of death.
Father: Samuel Preston KINKADE b: 4 Oct 1859 in Butler Co., KY
Mother: Sarah Ann HOPE b: Jun 1852 in Butler Co., KY
STEPHEN E. GREENWELL
KY Death Cert. #16733 Christian County Western State Hospital
Stephen E. GREENWELL
Male/White/Married
b. 1845 in KY Age 67 years
d. July 15, 1912 of Chronic Diarrhea about 3 months
At place of death: 1 year
Former Residence: Union County, KY
Removed to Morganfield, KY
Virgil Grimes
June 1886
Suicide
Russellville Herald
Last Thursday night Virgil Grimes, a middle aged man, hung himself near his
home in the vicinity of Richelieu. The suicide had been in bad health for
some time, and has been in the asylum at Hopkinsville. Saturday night he
became very violent, and his wife went to a neighbors to get assistance.
While she was gone he left the house and was not found till about nine o'
clock Sunday morning, when he was found dead. There was a cut in his neck
whether made by the rope with which he hung himself or whether he attempted
to cut his throat, we are not informed. He was of a respectable family and
has several children.
Victoria Grubbs
KY Death Certificate #19705, 1918
Victoria Grubbs was born in 1870 in Caldwell County, KY. She was the daughter of Bayless Grubbs and Araminta Fowler. Victoria never married and on the 1900 Census, she was living in the home of her sister
and brother-in-law, George and Sallie (Grubbs) Bearden, in Ballard Co. KY. Victoria died at Western State Hospital August 23, 1918 and was buried there August 26, 1918.
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PERNECIE HICKS
KY Death Record # 21029
Western State Hospital Christian County, KY
Pernecie HICKS
Female, White, Single
Born 1862 in KY
Age 62 years
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died September 06, 1925
Cause: Manic Exhausion
At Place of Death: 13 years 10 months 11 days
Former Residence: Caldwell County, KY
Burial at Western State Hospital
MARY E. HILL
KY Death Certificate # 3788 Christian County, KY Western State Hospital
Mary E. HILL
Female/White/Single
b. 1836 KY
Age: 77 years
d. Feb. 11, 1913
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
At place of death: 2 months, 20 days
Usual Residence: Hopkins County, KY
Buried: Madisonville, KY
Ramey Hodge
Nov 1900
Death At Asylum
Remains Shipped To Beaver Dam For Interment
Ramey Hodge, an asylum patient, died at the institution last Thursday
afternoon of consumption. He was 45 years old and was sent here from Ohio
county for treatment several years ago. The remains were shipped to Beaver
Dam Friday for interment.
Mrs. S. E. Hollans
October 16, 1900
Hip Fracture
Causes Death of Patient at the Asylum
Mrs. S. E. Hollans, an aslylum patient sent here from central City some time ago, died Friday, aged 65 years. Death was caused from the fracture of a hip. The remains were shipped to Central City and the interment took place Saturday.
JOHN HOLLOWAY
Hopkinsville Kentuckian May 1900
Death At the Asylum
John Holloway, aged 60 an inmate of the asylum,from Paducah, died last
Friday.
The interment took place in the asylum cemetery Monday.
Mrs. J. A. Hoops
Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Aug 1900
Asylum Patient
Death of Mrs. J. A. Hoops, of Beaver Dam
Mrs. J. A. Hoops, a patient from Beaver Dam, died at the Asylum Tuesday of Pneumonia. She was 30 years old and had been in the Asylum but a short while. Her husband came to the city and took the remains of his wife to Beaver Dam for interment.
Lucy JOBE
KY Death Record # 5874
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Widowed
Born 1855
Aged: 56 years
Factory Hand
History Unknown
Died: March 21, 1911
Cause: General Paralysis of the Insane
Contributory: Acute Mania
At Place of Death: 1 month 12 days
Usual Residence: Graves County, KY
Burial: Mayfield, KY
Grant JOHNSON Col.
KY Death Record # 5876
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - Negro - Married
Born 1875
Aged: 36 years
Laborer
History Unknown
Died: March 29, 1911
Cause: Convulsions
Contributory: Bright's Disease
At Place of Death: 27 days
Burial: Western KY Asylum, Hopkinsville, KY
E. A. JOYNES (JOYNER, JAYNES)
KY Death Certificate # 3782 Christian County, KY Western State Hospital
E.A. JOYNES (JOYNER, JAYNES)
Male/White/Widowed
b. 1839 KY
Age: 74 years
Carpenter
Parents: "Don't Know"
d. Feb. 3, 1913
Cause of Death: Exhaustion from the period of involution.
Duration: 1 year
Contributory: Senility
At place of death: 10 days
Disease Contracted: in Logan County, KY
Usual Residence: Logan County, KY
Buried: Olmstead, KY
Bettie KNIOHELOR (?) (KNICHELOE ?)
KY Death Record # 500
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Married
Born KY
Aged: 57 years
Housekeeper
No parents listed
Died: January 11, 1911
Cause: Chronic Euda Carditis
Contributory: Insanity
At Place of Death: 12 days
In State: 57 years
Disease Contracted in Muhlenberg County, KY
Usual Residence: Muhlenberg County, KY
Burial: Central City, KY
James R. Larkin
James R. Larkin, asylum patient, died Nobember 1894.
WILLIS B MACHEN
Crittenden Press 5 Oct 1893 submitted by Brenda Joyce Jerome, CGRS
Ex-Senator Willis B. Machen died September 29 in the Western Asylum
of exhaustion incident to extreme old age. He was in his 84th year and
was committed to the asylum from Lyon County a few weeks ago.
MARK MARTIN
KY Death Certificate # 3784 Christian County, KY Western State Hospital
Mark MARTIN
Male/White/Single
b. 1866 KY
Age: 47 years
d. Feb. 3, 1913
Cause: Interstutial Nephritis
At place of death: 3 months, 14 days
Usual Residence: Union County, KY
Buried: Western State Hospital
F.M. MAST
KY Death Record # 5870
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - White - Married
Born June 21, 1848 in Ohio
Aged: 62 years 8 months 22 days
Machinest -Master Mechanic
Father: John MAST b. Germany
Mother's Maiden Name: Regina KING b. Germany
Informant: Louise MAST of Bowling Green, KY
Died: March 13, 1911
Cause: General Paralysis of the Insane
At Place of Death: 3 years
Former Residence: Hopkinsville, KY
Burial: Hopkinsville, KY
Matilda MATHIS
KY Death Record # 501
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Married
Born 1821 Indiana
Aged: 89 years
Housekeeper
No parents listed
Died: January 11, 1911
Cause: General Paralysis of the Insane
At Place of Death: 5 years
Burial: Benton, KY
McNeill (McNeal), William Daniel
William Daniel McNeill (Spelled McNeal on death certificate) died on July 10, 1919 from pallagra at Western State Hospital. Death Certificate states "place of burial or removal" Western State Hospital. Daniel was born in Graves County in about 1846. He served in the 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Company C. CSA.
Submitted by Donald A. McNeill
KY Death Record # 490
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - White - Single
Born (unknown)
Aged 42 years
Farmer
No parents listed
Died January 28, 1911
Cause: General Paresis of the Insane
At Place of Death: 1 month 10 days
Usual Residence: Oakland, KY
Burial: Louisville, KY
ELBERT MILLER
Cadiz Record - Jan 05, 1905
The body of a white man was found in a straw stack on the farm of W.G.
P'POOL at Bainbridge, Christian Co, KY about three miles from Cerulean
Springs, last Friday morning. The man had been in the neighborhood late
Tuesday preceding, and on the day had talked with C.J. MOSELEY to whom
he gave his name as MILLER and claimed to be from Graves county.
This was the last seen of him until the body was found. The matter
was reported to Coroner Allensworth of Christian County being that the
man came to his death by freezing.
The body was taken to Hopkinsville Monday by Mr P'Pool and was identified
by Mr FENTRESS, of the Western Kentucky Asylum for the Insane, as being
that of Elbert MILLER a patient from Wingo, Graves County.
Miller had been in the asylum for some time and was considered a "trusty".
On New Year's day he was sent to the spring for a bucket of water, and
failing to return within a reasonable time search was made for him, but
he was not located. His bucket was found setting beside the spring. The
body was delivered to the asylum officials and will be disposed of as relatives
direct.
Mrs. W. P. Miller
July 1900
Died At The Asylum
Mrs. W. P. Miller died at the Asylum Sunday, aged - years. She
was sent to the institution from Daviess county only a few months ago.
The remains were sent to her former home, near Owensboro, and interred
Tuesday.
Daniel Minor, an asylum patient, died Sunday of cerebral effusion, aged
40
years. The remains were sent to Bowling Green yesterday morning
for
interment.
William Mitchell
William Mitchell, asylum patient, died October 1894.
J. H. Moore
Mar 1900
Death At Asylum
Remains Taken to Madisonville For Interment Tuesday
J. H. Moore, went to the asylum for treatment several weeks ago from
Hopkins
county. He died at the institution Monday night of exhaustion
from acute
mania. He was 69 years old. The remains were taken to Madisonville
Tuesday
for interment.
W.P. MORGAN
KY Death Record # 5871
Western KY Lunatic Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - White - Single
Born 1892
Aged: 19 years
Bank Clerk
"History Unknown"
Died: March 14, 1911
Cause: Tuburculosis of Lungs
Contributory: Acute Mania
At Place of Death: 2 months 10 days
Burial: Central City, KY
JANE ANN MOTT
KY Death Record # 21026
Western State Hospital Christian County, KY
Jane Ann MOTT
Female, White, Married
Born 1844 in KY
Age 81 years
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died September 03, 1925
Cause: Arterioseterosis ?
At Place of Death: 5 months 17 days
Usual Residence: Carlisle County, KY
Burial in Bardwell Cemetery, Bardwell, KY
August 1904
Died At Hopkinsville
The Remains of Mrs J.W. O'Bryan Brought Here and Interred In City Cemetery
The remains of Mrs J.W. O'Bryan whose death occurred at the Hopkinsville
asylum last Thursday evening were brought here Friday afternoon and interred
in the City Cemetery. Mrs O'Bryan was formerly Miss Anna Lee Blanton, daughter
of the late E. Lee Blanton, and was one of Princeton's brightest young
ladies. After the death of her father she went to Dawson to live with her
uncle. On February 26 1890, she was married in this city at the Southern
Presbyterian church to J. W. O'Bryan of Dawson. Two children, a girl and
boy were born unto them. Their home was bright and cheerful, and happiness
reigned until the young wife's mind became impaired. The funeral took place
from the Southern Presbyterian church, Friday afternoon and was conducted
by Rev. R.W. Morehead and Rev. V.P. Merritt.
William Penrod
(Found in Misc. Records)
William Penrod. Buried at Western State". No date [ Probably 1860-1900 time period].
He was from Logan County, KY
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GRACE PEVELER
KY Death Record #21023
Western State Hospital Christian County, KY
Grace PEVELER
Female, White, Single
Born 1897 in KY
28 years old
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died: September 28, 1925
Cause: Epilepsy (Seizures)
At Place of Death: 10 years 1month 18 days
Former Residence: Muhlenberg County, KY
Burial at Western State Hospital
| Ethel Pittman
From Death Certificate 02413 (1948) Ethel Pittman
Fathers name Elmer Pittman,
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Ethel Pittman and Charles Vollie Johnson circa 1917 - 1918
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William Powers
Sep 1900
Causes Death of Oldest Asylum Patient
William Powers, one of the oldest members at the Western asylum, died
Tuesday of heart trouble. He was 85 years old and was sent here
for
treatment from Lyon county several years ago. He leaves a family.
The
remains were shipped to Kuttawa Wednesday for interment.
MISS LIZZIE PRATHER
Hopkinsville Kentuckian
August 1900
Patient From Webster
Miss Lizzie Prather died in the asylum Tuesday of acuted dysentery
after a brief illness. She was sent here from Webster county for treatment
eight years ago. The remains were shipped to Slaughtersville, Wednesday
for interment.
Marion PRUITT
KY Death Record #484
Western KY Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male- White - Married
Born (unknown) KY Aged 68 years
Farmer
Parents (unknown)
Informant: W.K.D. Asylum of Hopkinsville, KY
Died January 23, 1911
Cause: LaGrippe
At place of death for 6 months 6 days
Usual Residence: Hubbardsville, KY
Burial: Henderson County, KY
FRANCES PUGH
KY Death Cert. #16731 Christian County Insane Hospital
Frances PUGH
Female/White/Widow
b. 1826 in Tennessee Age 86 years
Housewife
d. July 14, 1912 of Gen. Paralysis contributory of Old Age
At place of death: June 1906 to July 14, 1912
Former Residence: Graves County, KY
Removed to Mayfield, KY
MARY A. PURCHASE
Mary A. Purchase was born January 1830, in England, the only daughter of Joseph and Mary A. Purchase. She had four brothers: George, Edward, Joseph and Sidney. The family left England after 1845, and had arrived in McCracken County, KY before the 1850 Census. The father and brothers were farmers near Paducah. Mary never married. On the 1870 Census she was living with her widowed mother and youngest brother Sidney.
Mary was committed to the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1879, at the age of 49, when her mother, who was 76, had probably become too infirm to continue caring for her. The 1880 Census notes Mary as Insane. Mary remained at the Asylum for 41 years until her death in 1920. Mary outlived all her brothers
Mary’s Death Certificate, number 493, states that she died of
heart failure at age 87, on January 30, 1920, as a patient of Western State
Hospital. It states that she had been ill for 6 months prior to her
death. In the fields for birthplace, parent’s names and birthplaces
and occupation, the hospital has written “No Records”. She
was buried at WSH February 2, 1920.
Submitted by:
Kathleen Hill
Mrs. Duncan M. Quarles
March 1905
Cadiz Record
Mrs Duncan M. Quarles, mother of D.M. Quarles who was in the jewelry
business in Cadiz several years ago, died last week at the asylum in
Hopkinsville. She was sixty nine years of age and had been a
patient at the
asylum for twenty years. Her family lives in clarksville.
BEULAH REDMOND
KY Death Record # 21028
Western State Hospital Christian County, KY
Beulah REDMOND
Female, White, Single
Born 1897 in KY
Age 28 years
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died September 04, 1925
Cause: General Peritomitis
At Place of Death: 1 year 1 month 9 days
Former Residence: Bracken County, KY
Burial at Western State Hospital
Lucy M. RODGERS
KY Death Record # 5872
Western KY Asylum for the Insane Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Widowed
Born 1877 in Kentucky
Aged: 34years
Housewife
Parents unknown
Died: March 15, 1911
Cause: Tuberculosis of Lungs
Contributory: Measles
At Place of Death: 4 months
Usual Residence: Logan County, KY
Burial: Lewisburg, KY
KY Death Record # 5868
Western KY Insane Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - Colored
"History Unknown"
Aged: 76 years
Died: March 4, 1911
Cause: Exhaustion from Senile Dementia
At Place of Death: 1 year 3 1/2 months
Former Residence: Paducah, KY
Burial: Western KY Insane Asylum, Hopkinsville, KY
Linnie Shepherd
Cleaveland "Linnie" Shepherd was born April
6, 1899, in Carlilse County, KY. He was the son of Thomas David Shepherd
and Louellen "Ella" Burrow. Linnie had 2 siblings, a brother who
died at the age of 3, and a baby who died an infant. Linnie's father,
a farmer, died of a heart attack as he sought shelter from a thunderstorm
when Linnie was 18 years old. Linnie's mother died when he was 32.
Linnie never married.
According to his Death Certificate, Linnie
was admitted to Western State Hospital April 16, 1842. He remained
a patient for 24 years until his death there, from pneumonia and heart
disease, on October 27, 1966.
Linnie had several cousins living in Carlisle
County at the time of his death. They brought his body home for burial
with his parents in the Shepherd family plot of Zoar Cemetery. Linnie's
obituary did not mention that he had been a patient at Western State Hospital.
Obituray from The Carlisle County Journal, 03 November
1966
Mr. Linnie Shepherd, age 67, a resident of the Zoar
Church community, died at 12:25 a.m. October 27. He was a member
of the Zoar Baptist Church. Survived by a cousin, Mrs .Zula Cullen
of Bardwell, and a number of other cousins and relatives. Funeral
services were held at the Zoar Baptist Church on October 29, at 2:30 p.m.
with the Rev. Roy Clark and Rev. R. W. Wooley in charge. Burial was
in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were G. Terry, Lucian Holman,
Cletus Harper, Verl Puckett, Clair Harper and Jim Holt. Roy M. Lowe
Funeral Home in charge.
Note: Linnie's only maternal uncle, Robert
Burrow, was a patient at Western State Hospital for 43 years until his
death in 1937. Linnie's cousin by marriage, Victoria Grubbs, died
at Western State Hospital in 1918.
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Mrs. Henry Sholar
Trigg County Abstracts
July 28, 1924
Mrs. Henry Sholar Dies In Hopkinsville
Splendid Trigg County Lady Passed Away At The Age Of Seventy Five
Mrs. Helen Sholar, a splendid Trigg county lady and wife of the late
Drew
Sholar, died last Monday at the Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville,
where she had been for some weeks for treatment.
She had long lived in the Maggie section, eight miles south of Cadiz
and was
a lady held in high esteem and had many friends.
She was a Miss Wile? Before marriage and was born in 1849, being seventy
five years of age at the time of her death.
The remains were brought to Cadiz and buried Tuesday afternoon at East
End
Cemetery, short funeral services being held at the grave.
The surviving children are: Mrs. Thomas A. Hamilton, of Hopkinsville;
Jimmie
Sholar, of Todd county, and Tom D.; Joe and Albert Sholar and Mrs.
Garnett
Carloss, of Trigg county.
Mrs. Sholar was a Methodist in religion and had for many years been
a member
of Oakland church.
JESSIE SIKES
KY Death Certificate # 3781 Christian County, KY Western State Hospital
Jessie SIKES
Male/White/Married
b. Feb. 1880 KY
Age: 33 years
Farmer
Parents: "Don't Know"
d. Feb. 2, 1913
Cause: Chronic Brights Disease
Buried: Western State Hospital
At place of death: 10 years, 10 months, 11 days
Former Residence: Calloway County, KY
Disease Contracted: W.S.H.
Mr. Ottoway Tart
Trigg County Abstracts
May 3, 1921
Prominent Trigg Countian Dies in Hopkinsville
Mr. Ottoway Tart, a prominent citizen of Trigg county who had been
an inmate
of the Western State Hospital at Hopkinsville for perhaps a couple
of years,
died at the institution Tuesday night. He was about seventy-four
yeas of
age. The remains will be brought to Trigg county and buried today
at the
Humphries grave yard in Montgomery section.
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Trigg County Abstracts
Otaway Tart
The remains of Mr. Otaway Tart. Brief mention of whose death
at the Western
State Hospital on the night of May 3rd was made in THE RECORD last
week,
were brought to Trigg county last Thursday and buried in the Humphries
grave
yard five miles east of Cadiz. A large number of friends and
relatives were
present, and funeral services were held at the grave, conducted by
Mr.
Waller, the undertaker, of Hopkinsville. A number of old time
songs, in the
singing of which the deceased so much delighted in years past, were
sung by
friends at the funeral and burial.
Otaway Tart was born in Trigg county October 17, 1844, and was a son
of
Lodowick and Susan Humphries Tart. He was one of a family of
seven
children, all now being dead except the youngest brother, John W. Tart,
of
this county. All of his life had been spent in this county with
the
exception of ten years spent in Texas when a younger man. For
many years
Mr. Tart engaged in teaching and had taught in many sections of the
county.
He united with the Christian church at Concord, Christian county, when
a
young man and for many years before his death had held his membership
with
the Christian church at Cadiz. He was never married.
MARY ANN (POLLY) LYLES THOMASSON
A letter addressed to Symsonia, Graves County, KY, to the family of
Polly A.Thomasson, from Western State Hospital, and dated April 12, 1926,
certified that Mrs. Polly A. Thomasson was admitted to the hospital, from
Graves County, on December 15, 1897, by Caswell Thomasson (contact on record).
It stated that the records further showed that she died in the hospital
on December 18, 1899 of heart disease. The letter also explained
that she had been buried in the unclaimed body section of the City Cemetery
and that her wooden marker had later been burned by fire. The letter was
signed by A. S. Keefe, MD and Assistant Superintendent.
Mrs. Polly A. Thomasson was born Mary Ann Lyles about 1845/46 in Graves County, KY. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary J. Elmore Lyles. In 1858, at the age of 13, she was married to William Caswell Thomasson. Polly Ann had 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived most of her life in Symsonia, Graves County, KY. Polly Ann's husband remarried in 1903, and died in Graves County, January 1, 1926.
Cordie THURMAN
KY Death Record # 492
Western KY Asylum for Insane Hopkinsville, KY
Female - White - Single
Born 1861
Aged: 50 years 6 months
No parents listed
Died: January 29, 1911
Cause: Tuberculosis of Lungs
At Place of Death: 2 years
Disease Contracted in Calloway County, KY
Burial: Murray, KY
Delia Tyler
Apr 1896
TYLER
Delia Tyler died at the asylum Sunday of consumption. The body
was taken to
Trenton for burial yesterday.
PERNIE WALTERS
KY Death Record # 21027
Western State Hospital Christian County, KY
Pernie WALTERS
Female, White, Single
Born 1882 in KY
Age 43 years
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died September 02, 1925
Cause: Chronic Myocarditis ?
At Place of Death: 26 years 10 months 28 days
Former Residence: Warren County, KY
Burial at Western State Hospital
Ida Weaver
KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS (death certificate from microfiche)
WEAVER, Ida,
DOD, 12/05/1917, DOB 1870, Age 047 ,
Place CRSTN , Volume 065 , Cert 32479 , Deathvol
17,
Birth Place unknown, Father: unknown, Mother: unknown,
Cause of death: TB
Note:died in Western KY State Hospital after a stay of 6 1/2 months
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Obituary
ALLEN CO KY TIMES, Dec 7. 1917, p. 2
MRS. SAM WEAVER
Mrs. Sam Weaver of the Cedar Springs Community, died in Hopkinsville
last
Tuesday of Tuberculosis, and was brought here for burial on the evening
train. She was a sister of Tom, Will, Ira, and John Haines. She leaves
a
large family of children.
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CHLOE J. WELLS
KY Death Record # 21024
Western State Hospital Christian County, KY
Chloe J. WELLS
Female, White, Single
Born 1883 in KY
Age 42 years
Parents Unknown
Informant: Records WSH
Died: September 13, 1925
Cause: Manic Exhausion
Contributory: Insanity
At Place of Death: 4 months 5 days
Usual Residence: Grayson County, KY
Burial at Western State Hospital
JACK WEST
Jack West, African Amercian, date of birth November 28, 1875, Inmate #2386 was committed to the Kentucky prison system on April 1, 1916. He received a life sentence from the Christian Circuit Court on the charge of Willful Murder. He was released by parole on July 12, 1924 and returned to prison as a parole violator on February 12, 1925. On November 26, 1925 he was transferred to the Western State Hospital and never returned to the prison system. On September 6, 1963, Jack West died after 37 years, 9 months, and 10 days in the Western State Hospital. This information was obtained from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Corrections, Offender Information Services Department on October 29, 2003.
Jack West died from Myocardial Degeneration and Generalized Arteriosclerosis. He was buried in West Union Cemetery on September 10, 1963. His parents were Paul West and Mary Baker. This information is from his death certificate, file number 116 and Registrar's number 518.
Att WILLOUGHBY
KY Death Record # 5875
Western KY Insane Asylum Hopkinsville, KY
Male - White - Widowed
Born in Kentucky
Aged: 60 years
Parents unknown
Died: March 25, 1911
Cause: Exhaustion from Chronic Mania
At Place of Death: 7 months 10 days
Usual Residence: Wilson County, KY
Burial: Western KY Insane Asylum, Hopkinsville, KY
AUG 1900
Lunatic's Suicide
Fastened Suspenders Around His Neck, Then Swung Off William Wilson,
an asylum patient, committed suicide by hanging, Tuesday afternoon.
He entered a closet connected with his ward, and stepping upon the top
of a bath tub tied a piece of sheeting around the water pipe in the top
of the closet. He then fastened one end of his suspenders around
his neck and the other to the sheeting and swung off. He was missed
from the ward in a few minutes and a search was immediately made, but when
he was found life was extinct. Wilson was about 20 years old and
was sent to the institution from Adairville, Logan county, four months
ago. Coroner Allensworth held an inquest and the verdict was "suicide"
by strangulation.
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