Howard Henry Huntington's cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related.
He was born on 12/4/1878 in Blue Island, Cook County, 16 miles south of the Chicago Loop.
His mother, Caroline "Carrie" Hagemann, was born in Prussia/Germany about 1854. She and her parent immigrated to the US when Carrie was a toddler. As a teenager she worked as a tailor.
Howard's father, Walter James Huntington, was born in Blue Island in 1848. Walter's father was a railroad agents which probably led to Walter's own career with the railroad. Over his lifetime Walter worked as a brakeman, conductor, collector, and fireman on the Rock Island Line. Later he was a police office, and clerk at a steamboat dock.
Walter & Carrie were married in Chicago on 4/13/1878. At the time of the 1880 census, Howard was one year old, living with his parents in Blue Island. On 1/18/1881in Illinois, his only known sibling, Frances R. "Fanny" Huntington, was born.
Howard's mother died in Blue Island on 10/20/1884 at the age of 32 when Howard was just 5 years old and Fanny was 3. Within a short time (about 1885), Howard's father married 19 year old Aery Smith. She had no children of her own.
During the 1900 census, Howard was 21, working as a laborer, and living in Worth, Cook County, Illinois with his father, sister and step-mother. It is not known what became of his step-mother after 1900. Howard's father moved to the Pacific Northwest where he remarried in 1901 in Whatcom County, Washington. It is not known whether Howard moved with him at the same time to Washington.
In 1908 Howard married Bertie Mae (Campbell) Belch. About a year an a half earlier on 3/25/1907 she had married to Joseph Richard Belch. A year later, in March 1908 Bertie & Joe divorced in Oklahoma. It became official in mid-September 1908. On 2/16/1909 in Piggot, Arkansas, Bertie & Howard had a daughter they named Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
By the time of the 1910 census, Howard, Bertie, and Lenora had moved to Martins Bluff, Cowlitz County, Washington where Howard was farming. They had another daughter in 1911. Her name was Ruth Magdalene Huntington. Howard & Bertie's marriage did not last long. Bertie got custody of the children. On 2/6/1915 in California she remarried her previous husband, Joe Belch. Three months later on 5/4/1915 Bertie & Howard's 4 year old daughter Ruth Magdaline accidentally drowned in a canal near her home.
In the draft registration completed in 1918 Howard reported he was working as a barber in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His emergency contact at that time was his wife Anna who was living in neighboring Minnesota - not with Howard in Milwaukee. The marriage to Anna was short-lived.
By the time of the 1920 census, Howard was listed as single and was working as a barber while living in a large boarding house in DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Meanwhile during the 1920 census, his first wife Bertie was living in San Diego, California with her husband Joe Belch as well as her (and Howard's) daughter Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
During the 1930 census, Howard and his father were living together in Portland, Oregon where Howard was working as a "junkman." Both men were said to be widowed. On 2/19/1934 Howard's father was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompass 345 acres and its population peaked at 614 in 1935. In 1982, the county closed the entire facilities. Today the farm is McMenamin's Edgefield, a hotel, restaurant, golf course and entertainment facility. Howard's father died of a stroke at the Farm on 4/8/1937.
Exactly 7 years later, Howard was admitted to the Poor Farm on 4/8/1944. He was there for only 2 weeks. On 4/24/1944 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for a month he died there on 5/29/1944. The cause of death was reported as "senility." He was 65 years old. He was survived by his daughter, Lenora, and his sister, Frances.
Lenora who sometimes went by her middle name Kathleen, grew up in Lakeside, California. She married Orel Allen on 9/10/1927. Next she married Charles S. Blackman in May 1933. She later married George M. Thompson. With each of those husbands she had a son. Lenora divorced Mr. Thompson then married George G. Fields in 1972. They divorced. Lenora died on 6/6/1977 in San Diego. She was survived by three sons, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
Howard's sister Frances married Charles August Sylvester, a Portland fire fighter. She died of pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver in Portland on 8/6/1950, five days after having liver surgery. She had no children of her own, but she did help raise Samuel Right Huntington who was her father's adopted son. Samuel was born in 1899 in Chicago. He was raised by Walter and the various women to whom Walter was married. However sometime in the 1910s Samuel went to live with Frances and her husband. Samuel was a drummer in a band. Like his father he married briefly and often. With one wife, Violet Durham, he had a daughter, Margaret Mae Huntington, in 1921. Samuel & Violet divorced in 1927. He was incarcerated in the Idaho Penitentiary for forgery in 1932. He died in 1934 in Spokane, Washington after his skull was fractured in a bar fight. His daughter Margaret had no children of her own. She died in 2001 in Portland.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
He was born on 12/4/1878 in Blue Island, Cook County, 16 miles south of the Chicago Loop.
His mother, Caroline "Carrie" Hagemann, was born in Prussia/Germany about 1854. She and her parent immigrated to the US when Carrie was a toddler. As a teenager she worked as a tailor.
Howard's father, Walter James Huntington, was born in Blue Island in 1848. Walter's father was a railroad agents which probably led to Walter's own career with the railroad. Over his lifetime Walter worked as a brakeman, conductor, collector, and fireman on the Rock Island Line. Later he was a police office, and clerk at a steamboat dock.
Walter & Carrie were married in Chicago on 4/13/1878. At the time of the 1880 census, Howard was one year old, living with his parents in Blue Island. On 1/18/1881in Illinois, his only known sibling, Frances R. "Fanny" Huntington, was born.
Howard's mother died in Blue Island on 10/20/1884 at the age of 32 when Howard was just 5 years old and Fanny was 3. Within a short time (about 1885), Howard's father married 19 year old Aery Smith. She had no children of her own.
During the 1900 census, Howard was 21, working as a laborer, and living in Worth, Cook County, Illinois with his father, sister and step-mother. It is not known what became of his step-mother after 1900. Howard's father moved to the Pacific Northwest where he remarried in 1901 in Whatcom County, Washington. It is not known whether Howard moved with him at the same time to Washington.
In 1908 Howard married Bertie Mae (Campbell) Belch. About a year an a half earlier on 3/25/1907 she had married to Joseph Richard Belch. A year later, in March 1908 Bertie & Joe divorced in Oklahoma. It became official in mid-September 1908. On 2/16/1909 in Piggot, Arkansas, Bertie & Howard had a daughter they named Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
By the time of the 1910 census, Howard, Bertie, and Lenora had moved to Martins Bluff, Cowlitz County, Washington where Howard was farming. They had another daughter in 1911. Her name was Ruth Magdalene Huntington. Howard & Bertie's marriage did not last long. Bertie got custody of the children. On 2/6/1915 in California she remarried her previous husband, Joe Belch. Three months later on 5/4/1915 Bertie & Howard's 4 year old daughter Ruth Magdaline accidentally drowned in a canal near her home.
In the draft registration completed in 1918 Howard reported he was working as a barber in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His emergency contact at that time was his wife Anna who was living in neighboring Minnesota - not with Howard in Milwaukee. The marriage to Anna was short-lived.
By the time of the 1920 census, Howard was listed as single and was working as a barber while living in a large boarding house in DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Meanwhile during the 1920 census, his first wife Bertie was living in San Diego, California with her husband Joe Belch as well as her (and Howard's) daughter Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
During the 1930 census, Howard and his father were living together in Portland, Oregon where Howard was working as a "junkman." Both men were said to be widowed. On 2/19/1934 Howard's father was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompass 345 acres and its population peaked at 614 in 1935. In 1982, the county closed the entire facilities. Today the farm is McMenamin's Edgefield, a hotel, restaurant, golf course and entertainment facility. Howard's father died of a stroke at the Farm on 4/8/1937.
Exactly 7 years later, Howard was admitted to the Poor Farm on 4/8/1944. He was there for only 2 weeks. On 4/24/1944 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for a month he died there on 5/29/1944. The cause of death was reported as "senility." He was 65 years old. He was survived by his daughter, Lenora, and his sister, Frances.
Lenora who sometimes went by her middle name Kathleen, grew up in Lakeside, California. She married Orel Allen on 9/10/1927. Next she married Charles S. Blackman in May 1933. She later married George M. Thompson. With each of those husbands she had a son. Lenora divorced Mr. Thompson then married George G. Fields in 1972. They divorced. Lenora died on 6/6/1977 in San Diego. She was survived by three sons, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
Howard's sister Frances married Charles August Sylvester, a Portland fire fighter. She died of pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver in Portland on 8/6/1950, five days after having liver surgery. She had no children of her own, but she did help raise Samuel Right Huntington who was her father's adopted son. Samuel was born in 1899 in Chicago. He was raised by Walter and the various women to whom Walter was married. However sometime in the 1910s Samuel went to live with Frances and her husband. Samuel was a drummer in a band. Like his father he married briefly and often. With one wife, Violet Durham, he had a daughter, Margaret Mae Huntington, in 1921. Samuel & Violet divorced in 1927. He was incarcerated in the Idaho Penitentiary for forgery in 1932. He died in 1934 in Spokane, Washington after his skull was fractured in a bar fight. His daughter Margaret had no children of her own. She died in 2001 in Portland.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Howard Henry Huntington's cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related.
He was born on 12/4/1878 in Blue Island, Cook County, 16 miles south of the Chicago Loop.
His mother, Caroline "Carrie" Hagemann, was born in Prussia/Germany about 1854. She and her parent immigrated to the US when Carrie was a toddler. As a teenager she worked as a tailor.
Howard's father, Walter James Huntington, was born in Blue Island in 1848. Walter's father was a railroad agents which probably led to Walter's own career with the railroad. Over his lifetime Walter worked as a brakeman, conductor, collector, and fireman on the Rock Island Line. Later he was a police office, and clerk at a steamboat dock.
Walter & Carrie were married in Chicago on 4/13/1878. At the time of the 1880 census, Howard was one year old, living with his parents in Blue Island. On 1/18/1881in Illinois, his only known sibling, Frances R. "Fanny" Huntington, was born.
Howard's mother died in Blue Island on 10/20/1884 at the age of 32 when Howard was just 5 years old and Fanny was 3. Within a short time (about 1885), Howard's father married 19 year old Aery Smith. She had no children of her own.
During the 1900 census, Howard was 21, working as a laborer, and living in Worth, Cook County, Illinois with his father, sister and step-mother. It is not known what became of his step-mother after 1900. Howard's father moved to the Pacific Northwest where he remarried in 1901 in Whatcom County, Washington. It is not known whether Howard moved with him at the same time to Washington.
In 1908 Howard married Bertie Mae (Campbell) Belch. About a year an a half earlier on 3/25/1907 she had married to Joseph Richard Belch. A year later, in March 1908 Bertie & Joe divorced in Oklahoma. It became official in mid-September 1908. On 2/16/1909 in Piggot, Arkansas, Bertie & Howard had a daughter they named Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
By the time of the 1910 census, Howard, Bertie, and Lenora had moved to Martins Bluff, Cowlitz County, Washington where Howard was farming. They had another daughter in 1911. Her name was Ruth Magdalene Huntington. Howard & Bertie's marriage did not last long. Bertie got custody of the children. On 2/6/1915 in California she remarried her previous husband, Joe Belch. Three months later on 5/4/1915 Bertie & Howard's 4 year old daughter Ruth Magdaline accidentally drowned in a canal near her home.
In the draft registration completed in 1918 Howard reported he was working as a barber in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His emergency contact at that time was his wife Anna who was living in neighboring Minnesota - not with Howard in Milwaukee. The marriage to Anna was short-lived.
By the time of the 1920 census, Howard was listed as single and was working as a barber while living in a large boarding house in DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Meanwhile during the 1920 census, his first wife Bertie was living in San Diego, California with her husband Joe Belch as well as her (and Howard's) daughter Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
During the 1930 census, Howard and his father were living together in Portland, Oregon where Howard was working as a "junkman." Both men were said to be widowed. On 2/19/1934 Howard's father was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompass 345 acres and its population peaked at 614 in 1935. In 1982, the county closed the entire facilities. Today the farm is McMenamin's Edgefield, a hotel, restaurant, golf course and entertainment facility. Howard's father died of a stroke at the Farm on 4/8/1937.
Exactly 7 years later, Howard was admitted to the Poor Farm on 4/8/1944. He was there for only 2 weeks. On 4/24/1944 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for a month he died there on 5/29/1944. The cause of death was reported as "senility." He was 65 years old. He was survived by his daughter, Lenora, and his sister, Frances.
Lenora who sometimes went by her middle name Kathleen, grew up in Lakeside, California. She married Orel Allen on 9/10/1927. Next she married Charles S. Blackman in May 1933. She later married George M. Thompson. With each of those husbands she had a son. Lenora divorced Mr. Thompson then married George G. Fields in 1972. They divorced. Lenora died on 6/6/1977 in San Diego. She was survived by three sons, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
Howard's sister Frances married Charles August Sylvester, a Portland fire fighter. She died of pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver in Portland on 8/6/1950, five days after having liver surgery. She had no children of her own, but she did help raise Samuel Right Huntington who was her father's adopted son. Samuel was born in 1899 in Chicago. He was raised by Walter and the various women to whom Walter was married. However sometime in the 1910s Samuel went to live with Frances and her husband. Samuel was a drummer in a band. Like his father he married briefly and often. With one wife, Violet Durham, he had a daughter, Margaret Mae Huntington, in 1921. Samuel & Violet divorced in 1927. He was incarcerated in the Idaho Penitentiary for forgery in 1932. He died in 1934 in Spokane, Washington after his skull was fractured in a bar fight. His daughter Margaret had no children of her own. She died in 2001 in Portland.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
He was born on 12/4/1878 in Blue Island, Cook County, 16 miles south of the Chicago Loop.
His mother, Caroline "Carrie" Hagemann, was born in Prussia/Germany about 1854. She and her parent immigrated to the US when Carrie was a toddler. As a teenager she worked as a tailor.
Howard's father, Walter James Huntington, was born in Blue Island in 1848. Walter's father was a railroad agents which probably led to Walter's own career with the railroad. Over his lifetime Walter worked as a brakeman, conductor, collector, and fireman on the Rock Island Line. Later he was a police office, and clerk at a steamboat dock.
Walter & Carrie were married in Chicago on 4/13/1878. At the time of the 1880 census, Howard was one year old, living with his parents in Blue Island. On 1/18/1881in Illinois, his only known sibling, Frances R. "Fanny" Huntington, was born.
Howard's mother died in Blue Island on 10/20/1884 at the age of 32 when Howard was just 5 years old and Fanny was 3. Within a short time (about 1885), Howard's father married 19 year old Aery Smith. She had no children of her own.
During the 1900 census, Howard was 21, working as a laborer, and living in Worth, Cook County, Illinois with his father, sister and step-mother. It is not known what became of his step-mother after 1900. Howard's father moved to the Pacific Northwest where he remarried in 1901 in Whatcom County, Washington. It is not known whether Howard moved with him at the same time to Washington.
In 1908 Howard married Bertie Mae (Campbell) Belch. About a year an a half earlier on 3/25/1907 she had married to Joseph Richard Belch. A year later, in March 1908 Bertie & Joe divorced in Oklahoma. It became official in mid-September 1908. On 2/16/1909 in Piggot, Arkansas, Bertie & Howard had a daughter they named Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
By the time of the 1910 census, Howard, Bertie, and Lenora had moved to Martins Bluff, Cowlitz County, Washington where Howard was farming. They had another daughter in 1911. Her name was Ruth Magdalene Huntington. Howard & Bertie's marriage did not last long. Bertie got custody of the children. On 2/6/1915 in California she remarried her previous husband, Joe Belch. Three months later on 5/4/1915 Bertie & Howard's 4 year old daughter Ruth Magdaline accidentally drowned in a canal near her home.
In the draft registration completed in 1918 Howard reported he was working as a barber in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His emergency contact at that time was his wife Anna who was living in neighboring Minnesota - not with Howard in Milwaukee. The marriage to Anna was short-lived.
By the time of the 1920 census, Howard was listed as single and was working as a barber while living in a large boarding house in DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin. Meanwhile during the 1920 census, his first wife Bertie was living in San Diego, California with her husband Joe Belch as well as her (and Howard's) daughter Lenora Kathleen Huntington.
During the 1930 census, Howard and his father were living together in Portland, Oregon where Howard was working as a "junkman." Both men were said to be widowed. On 2/19/1934 Howard's father was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompass 345 acres and its population peaked at 614 in 1935. In 1982, the county closed the entire facilities. Today the farm is McMenamin's Edgefield, a hotel, restaurant, golf course and entertainment facility. Howard's father died of a stroke at the Farm on 4/8/1937.
Exactly 7 years later, Howard was admitted to the Poor Farm on 4/8/1944. He was there for only 2 weeks. On 4/24/1944 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for a month he died there on 5/29/1944. The cause of death was reported as "senility." He was 65 years old. He was survived by his daughter, Lenora, and his sister, Frances.
Lenora who sometimes went by her middle name Kathleen, grew up in Lakeside, California. She married Orel Allen on 9/10/1927. Next she married Charles S. Blackman in May 1933. She later married George M. Thompson. With each of those husbands she had a son. Lenora divorced Mr. Thompson then married George G. Fields in 1972. They divorced. Lenora died on 6/6/1977 in San Diego. She was survived by three sons, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
Howard's sister Frances married Charles August Sylvester, a Portland fire fighter. She died of pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver in Portland on 8/6/1950, five days after having liver surgery. She had no children of her own, but she did help raise Samuel Right Huntington who was her father's adopted son. Samuel was born in 1899 in Chicago. He was raised by Walter and the various women to whom Walter was married. However sometime in the 1910s Samuel went to live with Frances and her husband. Samuel was a drummer in a band. Like his father he married briefly and often. With one wife, Violet Durham, he had a daughter, Margaret Mae Huntington, in 1921. Samuel & Violet divorced in 1927. He was incarcerated in the Idaho Penitentiary for forgery in 1932. He died in 1934 in Spokane, Washington after his skull was fractured in a bar fight. His daughter Margaret had no children of her own. She died in 2001 in Portland.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
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