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<CENTER><FONT SIZE="5"><B>Sonoma County Residents Committed to Insane Asylums</B></FONT></CENTER> 
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The treatment of the insane in California dates from the earliest days of the Gold Rush. The first provisions 
for the insane were to lock them up with criminals in the ship Ephemia, purchased in 1849 by the City of San 
Francisco, and later to house them at the San Francisco Marine Hospital in 1850, used primarily for ailing 
seamen.  The Asylum at Stockton was opened in 1853 and Sonoma County residents were taken there until the
Napa Asylum opened in 1875.  Over 6,000 inmates are known to have been buried in the Stockton Asylum
Cemeteries.  A few residents were also taken to the Ukiah Asylum.  The Agnews Asylum at Santa Clara was
opened in 1888, where over 100 patients died in the 1906 earthquake.  Following is a list of Sonoma County 
residents who were committed to insane asylums between 1858-1895, as reported by local newspapers.  The
purpose of this list is to provide researchers info on individuals who may be missing from local census
records, as well as burial records, as the asylums had their own cemeteries. 
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In 1853 the first California asylum was opened in Stockton.  The original cemetery was located behind the 
Women's Facility, which is located at what is now 510 E. Magnolia St. It was used until 1875, when the site 
for the new cemetery was purchased.  There were 4,467 known burials at this location, with only 1,619 being 
removed to the new cemetery, located on California Street and adjoining the Stockton Rural Cemetery.  When 
the state stopped using this cemetery in 1919, there had been 4,467 burials of inmates of the Stockton State 
Hospital.  In 1925-26, plans were made to abandon this cemetery, and some of the remains were cremated, but 
an estimated 3,572 bodies remained to be cremated later. 
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May 21, 1858, County Supervisors Report - In the list of bills allowed was E. L. Green, taking
Mrs. Dorrin to the Insane Asylum, $80.00.
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Dec 9, 1858, Died in the Stockton Lunatic Asylum, Nov. 27th, H. G. Douglas, formerly of Philadelphia, 
aged 46y.
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Nov 15, 1860, Phillip Stode, has lately been taken from Sutter County to the Stockton Asylum.
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Jul 11, 1861, Mrs. Allen of Santa Rosa was pronounced insane by a board of physicans yesterday 
and will be sent to the Asylum at Stockton.
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Jan 17, 1862, Died at the Insane Asylum, Stockton, Jan. 7, 1862, Cornelius Turner age 19 years,
a native of Missouri, committed to Sonoma County, Nov. 1861, cause Epilepsy.
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Feb 6, 1862, The annual report by Dr. Barnes of the county hospital patients included William 
Barlow, admitted Jan 2, 1861, sent to insane asylum Jan 7, 1861.
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Apr 24, 1862, Anthony Tims was examined by Drs. T. L. Barnes and J. S. Williams in the presence 
of the County Judge on Tuesday last and pronounced insane.  He left in charge of the Sheriff for 
the Insane Asylum on Wednesday.
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Feb 18, 1865, Nicholas Johnson who cut his own throat several weeks ago, on the Lagoon, and was 
sent to the Insane Asylum, was back.  He was brought from Petaluma from Justice Read's Court as 
an insane person, taken before the County Judge and again committed to the asylum.  He will be 
taken back to Stockton in a few days.
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Mar 25, 1865, Constable Dormann of Sonoma Twp., came to Santa Rosa on Thursday, having in charge 
John L. Smith, an insane person who was taken before Judge Langdon, duly examined and committed 
to the asylum at Stockton. 
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May 20, 1865, Hugh Gamble, alias Harry Campbell, was examined before Judge Langdon this week 
and pronounced insane.  Gamble was sent to Stockton on Wednesday in charge of Officer Parks.
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May 27, 1865, Deputy Sheriff Morris of this county, left here on Wednesday, having in charge
T. J. Duerson, who was sent here from Petaluma, duly examined and ordered to the Stockton
Asylum.
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Sep 30, 1865, Amos Sheppard of Windsor, after examination before Judge Langdon, was pronounced
insane and ordered to the Insane Asylum.  He left for Stockton on Friday in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Morris.
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May 24, 1866, Crazy - A man named Abner Heath from Vermont, and who has been working in Big 
Valley for some time past, was arrested in this city, Saturday evening last and taken to 
Santa Rosa by Constable Adell for examination touching his lunacy.  He was sent to Stockton 
on Tuesday morning.
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May 26, 1866, R. A. Moore, a native of Massachusetts, was conveyed to the Insane Asylum by
Sheriff Clark on Tuesday.
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Dec 21, 1867, C. A. Tupper, of our town started for Stockton on Monday last with his sister
who has become slightly deranged recently.  We are pleased to know that her case is not 
altogether hopeless.
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1868, Patrick Flinn, who was recently sent to the Lunatic Asylum from this city, returned on 
Saturday last, having been discharged as convalescent.  Showing unmistakable signs of a
relapse, he has been taken into custody by Officer O'Keefe.
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Apr 25, 1868, Returned to the asylum - Alexander Datin of Analy Twp., near Sebastopol was
taken to the Insane Asylum on Tuesday last.  He was sent about a year ago and recently
released.  His physical health is good but not his reason.
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Jul 25, 1868, The name of the unfortunate young man who was taken to the Insane Asylum a
few weeks ago by Deputy Sheriff Green of this county, is William Jarvis.  He resided at
Sonoma and formerly lived in Herkimer County, New York.
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Jan 23, 1869, The wife of Mr. Charles Mock of Petaluma, was brought up here on Wednesday
last for examination on a charge of insanity.  The cause of her derangement is said to be
religious.  After examination, she was ordered to Stockton and left for that city in charge
of her husband on Thursday.  This, we are informed, is the third time that this lady has 
been sent to the asylum.
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Aug 12, 1869, A woman by the name of Mrs. Susan Storay, residing in the vicinity of Sonoma, 
was brought over to this place a few days since, on a charge of insanity, she was ordered 
to be sent to the Asylum at Stockton.
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Nov 11, 1869, Belle Boyd the Confederate heroine, is now in the insane asylum at Stockton.
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Mar 31, 1870, Frank Thierkoff, of Sonoma Twp., on last Wednesday, was charged with being 
crazy and brought to Santa Rosa. On examination he was declared a fit subject for the Insane 
Asylum. His trouble appeared to be religion and business.  He will go to Stockton.
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Feb 4, 1871, George Puckett, the insane man who last week gave our officers considerable
trouble to capture him after he had effected his escape from the mad house, was on Monday 
last taken to the asylum at Stockton by Deputy Sheriff John Ingram.
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Mar 16, 1871, Robert Fawcett was taken to Santa Rosa on Monday last by Marshal Clack where he
was examined and found a fit subject for the Lunatic Asylum, where he was sent on the following
day...On the way to Santa Rosa he was so violent that it was found necessary to handcuff him in
order to keep him in the wagon.
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Jun 1, 1871, Robert Fawcett, sent from this place to the Insane Asylum some weeks
since, returned recently, apparently well and looking finely.
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Jun 1, 1871, A boy from Petaluma and a young married woman, by the name of Melvina
Walker, were sent to the Insane Asylum last week.
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May 5, 1872, John W. Barton of English Hill, near Bloomfield, was examined in Santa
Rosa on Tuesday last, and pronounced insane. He was taken to Stockton.
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Jun 6, 1872, Elizabeth McCoy, the wife of John McCoy, last week was pronounced insane
and committed to the Asylum at Stockton.
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Feb 14, 1873, Judge Caleb Burbank of this city, was taken to the Insane Asylum at Stockton on
Tuesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Hedges.  This was in accordance with his own request and by 
the order of Judge Overton.  It seems at times the judge has an irresistable desire to take his
own life or those around him and it was deemed better that he should be placed where he could 
be properly treated for the malady.
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May 15, 1873, Charles Bodfelt from Santa Rosa, and John Donolly of Petaluma, have been
examined, found insane, and sent to Stockton Insane Asylum.
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Nov 14, 1873, Edward Getz who was arrested in this city some weeks ago and afterward indicted 
by the Grand Jury, has been pronounced insane and sent to the asylum at Stockton.
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May 16, 1874, Mary Teresa Crawford of this place was examined by Dr. R. Press Smith and
Dr. McAnally, pronounced insane and was, on the oder of Judge Overton taken by Sheriff 
Latapie on Tuesday to the Insane Asylum at Stockton. 
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May 21, 1874, Mary Teresa Crawford of Santa Rosa was examined by Dr. R. Press Smith
and Dr. McAnnally, pronounced insane and by the order of Judge Overton, was taken by 
Sheriff Latapie, on the 12th inst. to the Insane Asylum at Stockton.
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May 28, 1874, Charles H. Hedges, from Valley Ford, was examined on the 21st inst., by
Dr. R. P. Smith and Dr. McAnnalley, pronounced insane, and taken to Stockton Asylum.
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May 27, 1875, At the Insane Asylum at Stockton, on May 4, 1875, William Ellis, died,
aged 70y 3m.
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Dec 29, 1888, Johnny Rivers has been sent to the Stockton Insane Asylum from San Jose.
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Jun 21, 1890, A Stockton dispatch says: "George Doy, an asylum patient who escaped Saturday, 
was found Sunday, drowned in a pond a foot and a half deep, near Stockton. He had jumped off 
a small bridge and was found sticking head first in the mud."
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<CENTER><FONT SIZE="5">Napa Asylum</FONT></CENTER>
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In 1872, a site was selected and work began for the erection of the 500-bed, four-story, hospital 
building in Napa.  The hospital originated due to overcrowded conditions at the Stockton Asylum, 
the first State Hospital. The doors of the unfinished entrance of Napa State Hospital opened on Monday,
November 15, 1875, to the first clients, two San Franciscans.  Initially, 192 acres of land were 
purchased for $11,506 from Don Cayetano Juarez. These acres were part of the Mexican Land Grant, 
Rancho Tulocay, received from General Mariano Vallejo. Additional land was acquired over the years 
bringing the total to over 2,000 acres. The land extended from a wharf on the Napa River to the 
eastern edge of Skyline Park, allowing for the development of dairy and poultry ranches, vegetable 
gardens, orchards and other farming operations necessary to make the hospital as self-sufficient as 
possible. Some of those who died at the Napa Asylum were buried at a cemetery in St. Helena. More 
than 4,000 others had been buried near the hospital at a cemetery that was converted into pasture 
and farming land.  Approximately 4,368 people were buried at Napa from 1876-1923.  From 1924 to 1964 
Napa used their own crematorium.  It was torn down in 1964 and approximately 5,000 cremated remains 
of people were moved to Chapel of the Chimes in Napa.  These remains are buried in a community grave. 
When Napa stopped using the crematorium in 1964, people who were unclaimed and indigent are now sent 
to Pauper�s Field at St. Helena Public Cemetery.  In 1965, the first year Napa stopped using the 
crematorium, there were 76 people from Napa buried in this field. 
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Jun 29, 1876, John B. Blakely, of this county, has been declared insane and was taken
to the Napa Asylum.
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Aug 29, 1878, Court News: Dr. C.W. Leonard, has been sent to Napa Asylum, hopelessly insane. 
He came to Healdsburg from Oakland, where he had lived about 2 years, but being unfit for 
practice by a nervous disease.  He came to California from Muskegon, Michigan.  Mr. H. T. 
Sanford, his son-in-law, is in charge of his property.
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Sep 19, 1878, Court News: Mrs. Carrie Duncan of Healdsburg, was declared insane and taken to 
Napa Asylum by her husband.
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Oct 23, 1879, D.B. Hoe, an inmate of the Napa Asylum, was accidentally scalded to death on 
20th inst.
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May 26, 1881, H. Truett, who has lived four miles below Cloverdale, has gone to Napa Insane Asylum.
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Feb 5, 1887, The trial of William Sellars, charged with grand larceny in stealing $280
from Hugh Patten some 2 months ago, took place before Judge Rutledge in Superior Court 
Friday, and resulted in acquittal, the prosecution was successful in proving his guilt, 
but the defense introduced evidence showing that he was and is, insane. Sellars was
afterward examined by Drs. C. A. Davis and M. M. Shearer, and pronounced insane. He will 
be taken to the Napa Asylum today.
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Nov 12, 1887, Bernard Sherle walked into the Sheriff's office, Friday morning, and asked 
to be taken to the asylum at Napa. His mental condition, he said, was worrying him, and he 
wanted to be placed where he could have proper treatment. Religion is the subject upon which 
his mind refuses to be rational. He imagines that he has offended the avenging power by
partaking of the forbidden fruit. In compliance with his request, he was examined by Drs. 
Smith and Boyce before Judge Rutledge and was pronounced insane and taken to Napa in the 
afternoon.
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Dec 10, 1887, Died at Napa State Asylum for the Insane, Nov. 29, 1887, Prof. Carl Hinrich, 
native of Germany, resident of Petaluma, aged 33y.
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Dec 17, 1887, C.A. Neilsen, who was arrested by Marshal Blum, of Petaluma, near Two Rock, a 
few days ago, while wandering about in a demented condition, was brought to this city Friday 
night. He was examined before Judge Rutledge by Drs. Smith and Boyce, Saturday morning, 
adjudged insane and taken to the asylum at Napa by Deputy Sheriff Grosburg. He imagined that 
he was the proselyte of a new religion, divinely ordained.
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Apr 25, 1888, Mrs. Francis Brazier, of Petaluma, was committed to Napa Asylum last week. Religion 
unsettled her mind.
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May 16, 1888, Henderson Fleming, a negro, was committed to the Napa Asylum by the Superior Court 
last week.
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Jun 13, 1888, Jeremiah Murphey, was taken to the Napa Insane Asylum.
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Sep 8, 1888, Andrew Graff of Sebastopol was adjudged insane and ordered to Napa Asylum, but they 
refused to receive him.
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Oct 13, 1888, Mrs. Jafie B. Edsall, a resident of Santa Rosa, was committed to the Napa Asylum.
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Oct 20, 1888, Mrs. Francis M. Brazier of Petaluma, was pronounced insane and sent to Napa Asylum.
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Dec 1, 1888, Byron Redden, 20 years old, was committed to the Napa Asylum.
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Dec 1, 1888, Oliver Johnson, a Petaluma laborer, aged 36 years, and a native of Norway, was sent 
to the Napa Insane Asylum.
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Dec 1, 1888, Mrs. Dora Martin, Washington Territory, came with her two children, to Santa Rosa, to 
visit her parents and showing signs of mental derangement was examined and sent to the Napa Asylum. 
She died enroute.
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Feb 2, 1889, Mary Heningson, Petaluma, was ordered to Napa Insane Asylum, this is her third trip  
to that institute.
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Aug 17, 1889, Pere Victor Johannsen, of Sonoma, was examined at Santa Rosa and found to be insane, 
he was ordered to Napa Asylum.
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Nov 2, 1889, George Duffy, Santa Rosa, has been committed to Napa Insane Asylum, jealousy and the 
chaffing of his companions in regard to his sweetheart, unhinged his mind.
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May 4, 1889, Henry Staub, a prominent citizen of Alameda, has been committed to the Napa 
Insane Asylum.
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Jun 22, 1889, Sherman A. Hasbrook, of Petaluma, was adjudged insane by Drs. Young and
Crowder, before Judge Dougherty, Friday and taken to the asylum at Napa.
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Jun 22, 1889, Thomas Childs, from the county farm, was examined by Drs. Boyce and Shearer 
before Judge Dougherty, Saturday, pronouced insane and ordered to the Napa Asylum.
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Jul 20, 1889, Ernest Fisher, of Petaluma, was examined before Judge Dougherty by Drs.
Sargent and Boyce on Saturday, adjudged insane and ordered to the Napa Asylum. The 
unfortunate young man is a native of Baden and aged 19y.
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Jan 25, 1890, T. B. Tallant, formerly of Duncan Mills, was brought to Santa Rosa, Monday, 
for examination as to his sanity. He was examined by Drs. Boyce and Crowder and adjudged 
insane. It is thought the malady was brought on by brooding over heavy losses sustained 
within the last few years. One of the Deputy Sheriffs will take him to Napa today.
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Aug 10, 1889, A. B. Peterson, of Windsor, an intelligent and prepossessing young man, was 
examined on a charge of insanity, Tuesday. The verdict of the Doctors and the Judge confirmed 
the charge, and the unfortunate young man was committed to the Napa Asylum. His malady is mild 
in form, but may develop a violent phase at any time. His peace of mind is at present disturbed 
by the belief that the world is in a state of wicked degenercy and that the people of California 
entertain evil designs toward him.
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Aug 17, 1889, Maria O'Connor was adjudged insane on Monday afternoon, and will be taken to the 
Napa Asylumn this morning. She leaves two small children in the care of her husband.
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Feb 22, 1890, Charles Spencer, of Sonoma, on a charge of insanity, was examined and
committed to Napa Asylum.
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Mar 1, 1890, Lucy Hoffman, an aged lady of this city, was sent to the Napa Asylum
yesterday, by Judge Dougherty, upon the testimony of Thomas Lyons and Teresa Horn, and the 
certificate of Drs. M. M. Shearer and J. S. Young that she was insane.
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Mar 29, 1890, Mrs. Mary D. Cameron was adjudged insane Saturday and committed to the
Insane Asylum at Napa.
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Apr 19, 1890, Alfred Symonds was adjudged insane by Judge Dougherty and Drs. Graves and 
Proctor, Monday, and sent to Napa.
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Jun 26, 1890, Edward Michaels was adjudged insane and committed to Napa Asylum.
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Jul 19, 1890, Henry Chauvet, of Glen Ellen, was examined by Drs. Shearer and Boyce, before 
Judge Dougherty, Monday, pronounced insane and committed to the asylum at Napa.
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Sep 13, 1890, Mrs. R. J. Lane, who lives near Healdsburg, was pronounced insane,
Saturday, by Judge Doughtery and physicians, and will be taken to Napa Monday.
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Nov 22, 1890, Petaluma - Judge Doughtery was down today and examined Josephine Boss for alleged 
insanity and upon the testimony of witnesses and opinions of Drs. Ivancovich and Wells, committed 
her to the Napa Asylum. She is a young woman, about 25 years and married. Her mania is of a 
religious nature.  She imagines herself to be the savior of mankind. She is harmless, but
has an irresistible desire to seize all drugs and medicines and give them to the poor.
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Dec 13, 1890, On Tuesday, Superior Judge Dougherty adjudged Mrs. Louise Carrick of this city, 
insane, and she was sent ot the Napa Asylum. The lady has been in the asylum before. 
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Mar 1, 1890, Lucy Huffman, an elderly woman, was committed to the Napa Insane Asylum.
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Mar 29, 1890, Mary D. Cameron, Petaluma, was committed to Napa Insane Asylum.
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Sep 11, 1890, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Lane was examined at her home on Dry Creek and found
to be completely demented, the result of frequent and violent attacks of epileptic fits. 
She was committed to Napa Asylum.
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Nov 8, 1890, Mrs. Eliza Richards was examined by Drs. Shearer and Sargent before
Judge Doughtery, Monday morning, and pronounced mentally unsound and sent to Napa.
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Nov 27, 1890, Josephine Boss, a young woman, aged 25 years has been committed to the 
Napa Asylum.
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Jun 4, 1891, Rev. Henry J. Van Auken, who some time ago occupied the pulpit at Guerneville and 
Middletown, Lake Co., was adjudged insane and committed to the asylum at Napa. The unfortunate 
man's dementia is due to overtaxing of the mind.
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Aug 13, 1891, Rev. Van Auken, who is at present confined in the insane asylum at Napa,
is reported as being in a dying condition from nervous prostration.
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Nov 17, 1892, Ernest Geiger, a young German, living near Los Guilicos, was charged with theft 
of a number of tools belonging to a neighbor. Geiger is a bachelor and lived in a neat little 
cabin which he fitted comfortably.  He stoutly maintained his innocence and protesting, he 
refused, for 4 days to eat or drink and one morning the jailor found him stark naked, eyes 
glaring wildly, as he moaned incoherently, he was decreed insane and sent to the Napa Asylum. 
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Sep 14, 1893, James Crowley was found to be insane and was taken to the Napa Asylum.  His case 
was a peculiar one. He lived at Coos Bay, and walked from that place to Petaluma. Last week he 
was at the Ditman ranch and it was there his insanity assumed its most serious form.
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Nov 2, 1893, Tom Burns, a wood-chopper and old hunter, was arrested in Petaluma, on a charge of 
insanity, and ordered taken to Napa Asylum. He is a well-known Petaluma character and was often 
referred to as the man with the fur coat.
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Jan 17, 1895, William Norton was judged insane by Judge Dougherty of Santa Rosa and Dr. Swisher 
and Dr. Coffman.
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Mar 1895, Superior Judge Crawford came down from Santa Rosa Saturday and examined the mental condition 
of Mrs. Henry Wyatt. Drs. Ivancovich and Beard and Marshall F. M. Collins were present at the examination 
which was held at the Wyatt residence on Kentucky street. After questioning the subject and inquiring as 
to her actions of late, Judge Crawford adjudged her insane and committed her to the insane asylum at Napa.
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In 1889, the Agnews Insane Asylum opened in Santa Clara on farmland purchased from Abraham Agnews
and was the third institution in the state established for the mentally ill.  In the 1906 earthquake, 
the main treatment building collapsed, crushing 112 residents and staff under a pile of rubble.  
The victims were buried in a mass grave in the asylum cemetery grounds.  The Institution was then 
redesigned with low-rise buildings that resembled a college campus.  According to the information 
from DDS there are 607 documented burials here from 1889-1906.  We counted 386 markers. This means 
that there are 221 missing gravesites. 
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Apr 13, 1889, John S. Lynch, San Jose, a 73 year old fruit grower, has gone to Agnews Insane Asylum.
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The California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded Children was originally created in 1885
in Santa Clara. The facilities proved inadequate and in 1889 the William McPherson Hill farm of 1660 
acres, was purchased for $50,000. The new facility located near Glen Ellen was opened in 1891.  
The first burial occured in 1889.  The last was 1939, with cremated remains placed in a vault on the 
site until 1964. Since then, those without family to claim their bodies are buried in the Eldridge vault 
in Mountain Cemetery in Sonoma.  In 1915, the name of the institution was changed to Sonoma State Home. 
Now known as the Sonoma Developmental Center, its cemetery has headstones scattered about the property 
with numbers signifying rows of people who have died at the center.  It is now believed that over 
1,400 patients were buried at the Center.  There are 1,418 people buried in an unmarked field and 
there are approximately 500 cremated remains of people interred in a vault on the cemetery.  
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Mendocino State Hospital, originally the Mendocino State Asylum for the Insane, was established in 1889.
Located in Talmage near the city of Ukiah, the hospital opened its doors in July 1893. The first patients, 
all male, were transferred from state mental institutions in Stockton and Napa. Female patients were 
accepted beginning in 1894.  Following the stock market crash in the late 1920s, patient population 
increased rapidly. By 1932, the hospital had over 1900 patients and 300 employees. By 1935, the figure 
had risen to over 2600 patients. Hospital population hit a high in 1955 at over 3,000 patients and 700 
employees. Increasing discharges and transfer of the criminally insane to the Atascadero facility eased 
overcrowding. By 1966, population was back under 1800 patients.  Building construction occured in spurts 
over the years. The original main building, completed in 1893, was razed in 1952. With the exception of 
two wards built in 1910 and 1918, the first major construction project took place between 1925-1933. 
The hospital was closed in 1972.  At the Mendocino State Hospital, more than 1,000 bodies were exhumed 
and buried at the Ukiah Valley Cemetery.  But advocates say some of the bodies were unaccounted for and 
now lie under land owned by a church, the City of 10,000 Buddhas.  When the hospital closed in the early 
1970�s, approximately 282 people�s bodies were exhumed and moved to the Ukiah Cemetery. 1,660 people�s 
cremated remains were also moved to this cemetery and placed in a community grave. 
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Jan 31, 1895, Mary King of Willow Springs was committed to the asylum at Ukiah.
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May 9, 1895, Mrs. Anna Boyd was brought from the county hospital Tuesday last and had an examination 
before Judge Crawford on a charge of insanity. Drs. Shearer and Crowder were present as experts.  
Several witnesses testified as to the queer conduct of the woman. She will be sent to the asylum at
Ukiah.
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<FONT SIZE="4">Sources:</FONT>

<UL><LI>Sonoma Democrat - Santa Rosa
<LI>Sonoma County Tribune - Healdsburg
<LI>Russian River Flag
<LI>Petaluma Journal and Argus</UL>
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