Most people don’t want to think that their ancestor ever spent time in a mental hospital. Some never think to look at all! In the early days, the mental asylums took in those with epilepsy and other handicaps, not just for mental issues. I found the East Louisiana State Asylum records (Jackson, LA) and wrote down all of the ones sent from Ouachita Parish. What follows is their name, the state they were born in, the year they were admitted and if they died in the hospital, the date of death. To examine the cards themselves, you need to go to the State Archives in Baton Rouge and ask for Ascession Number P1987-176, Box 16067.
William Bennett, LA, 1858
Charles A. Brown, NY 1898
Jordan Casper, LA, 1896
Frank Charleston, LA, 1879, died May 19, 1885
Lawrence Cunningham, LA, 1866, died October 11, 1866
Wolf Dembeuski, Germany, 1896, died November 19, 1916
Sam Dillard, LA 1879, died April 2, 1879
Corse Dixon, LA, 1894, died January 8, 1895
Mrs. Joseph Duke, GA, 1880
Corinne Easterly, LA, 1896
Beulah Ensminger, LA, 1894
H.L. Eubank, LA, 1899
J.L. Evans, AL, 1894
John K. Faulk, LA 1884, died June 22, 1884
Catherine Fay, Ireland, 1878, died October 27, 1882
Felix Foster, TN, 1885
Jordan Gaster/Casper/, LA, 1898
John Gersparch (sic Gerspach), PA, 1888, June 23, 1888
Emma Good, NC, 1878
Mrs. A.O. Green, LA, 1886, October 2, 1913
Gus Green, LA, 1894
Samuel Guson, ?, 1849
John H. Honeycut, LA, 1895, October 15, 1897
Emily Humble, AL, 1891
N.J. Humble, LA, 1896
Medora Hyde, LA, 1872
Jane Johnson, LA, 1890, died January 10, 1914 Jane is buried at the E LA Hospital Cemetery.
Fanny Kauffman, Germany, 1858
Salomon Kern, Poland, 1896, died January 4, 1901
Herman King, Bavaria, 1887, died October 20, 1915.
Agnes Lowery, AL, 1894
William McCoy, AL, 1897
M.E. McCube, LA, 1895, died April 24, 1898
Hubbard McMacon, LA, 1880
Nancy Ann Miller, AR, 1896
J.R. Milling, LA, 1884
Francis Mitchell, LA, 1893, February 17, 1896
Milton Moore, LA, 1894, died November 8, 1900
Carl Otto, Germany, 1887
Charles H. Perry, LA, 1893
Ernest Peters, LA, 1898
Louisa Phillips, LA, 1875, died November 4, 1883
Medore Rankin/Hyde, AL, 1898
Jones W. Reaves, LA, 1858, died April 1, 1859
Robert Reed, LA, 1899, died May 12, 1899
William I. Rogers, LA, 1852, died November 1, 1852
Thomas Sandford, LA, 1882, died September 26, 1882
Wash Sells, LA, 1886, died June 8, 1889
Seven ?, Germany, 1859
Catherine Sexton, Ireland, 1883, died September 1, 1886
Alice Shackleford, LA, 1894
Dan Smith, ?, 1891, died November 1, 1894
Lettie Smith, AR, 1884
T.M. Smith, LA, 1898, died March 14, 1899
Lizzie Stewart, LA, 1892, died February 27, 1892
Elizabeth Stokey, LA, 1894
Elthridge Turpin, LA, 1889
Kellog Walker, LA, 1893
R.L. Windes, LA, 1883, died July 3, 1893
Winnie (Slave), 1854
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