Kate’s cremated remains were not initially taken after her death and were for many years available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In 2020 a relative received the ashes.
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Kate was born in 1888 in Oklahoma. Her father, James B. Jackson, was born in Arkansas about 1854. Her mother, Nancy Louise “Lou” McNabb, was born in Missouri about 1858. They were married on 9/29/1872 in Boone County, Arkansas when Lou was 14 and James was 18. Kate’s full siblings included: Lydia P. (born in Arkansas in 1876), Lucinda Arlene (Arkansas in 1879), Jenous (in 1883). Jenous died in Oregon on 6/30/1891. It is not known whether Kate’s mother was widowed or divorced.
About 1891 Kate’s mother married John Morris Hursh who was born in 1848 in Indiana. He was the owner of a planing mill. From this relationship Kate’s half-siblings (all born in Oregon) included: Ida May (born in 1892), Ethel J. (in 1895), Harold Harlan (in 1897), and Olive Elaine (in 1903).
In the censuses of 1900 and 1910 Kate was living in Union, Union County in eastern Oregon with her mother, step-father and siblings. In July 1902, a fire destroyed the planing mill of Kate’s step-father. Kate’s mother died on 6/14/1910. By 1915 Kate’s step-father had moved to Arkansas. He died there on 7/23/1917.
Before 1920 Kate was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded (later called the Oregon Fairview Home), a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. Kate was listed among the residents at the institution in the census of 1920. After being a patient at the institution for over 2 decades she died there on 11/18/1939. The cause of death “pre-senile exhaustion” a term for dementia. She was 51 years old. On the same day in LaGrande, her half-sister Ida May (Hursh) McClain died after a long illness. Kate was survived by sisters Lydia Garner and Lucinda South, half-siblings Harold Hursh, Olive Meyers, and Ethel Brown as well as Lillie Neiderer, a step-sister.∼Unclaimed thru OR.
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Kate was born in 1888 in Oklahoma. Her father, James B. Jackson, was born in Arkansas about 1854. Her mother, Nancy Louise “Lou” McNabb, was born in Missouri about 1858. They were married on 9/29/1872 in Boone County, Arkansas when Lou was 14 and James was 18. Kate’s full siblings included: Lydia P. (born in Arkansas in 1876), Lucinda Arlene (Arkansas in 1879), Jenous (in 1883). Jenous died in Oregon on 6/30/1891. It is not known whether Kate’s mother was widowed or divorced.
About 1891 Kate’s mother married John Morris Hursh who was born in 1848 in Indiana. He was the owner of a planing mill. From this relationship Kate’s half-siblings (all born in Oregon) included: Ida May (born in 1892), Ethel J. (in 1895), Harold Harlan (in 1897), and Olive Elaine (in 1903).
In the censuses of 1900 and 1910 Kate was living in Union, Union County in eastern Oregon with her mother, step-father and siblings. In July 1902, a fire destroyed the planing mill of Kate’s step-father. Kate’s mother died on 6/14/1910. By 1915 Kate’s step-father had moved to Arkansas. He died there on 7/23/1917.
Before 1920 Kate was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded (later called the Oregon Fairview Home), a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. Kate was listed among the residents at the institution in the census of 1920. After being a patient at the institution for over 2 decades she died there on 11/18/1939. The cause of death “pre-senile exhaustion” a term for dementia. She was 51 years old. On the same day in LaGrande, her half-sister Ida May (Hursh) McClain died after a long illness. Kate was survived by sisters Lydia Garner and Lucinda South, half-siblings Harold Hursh, Olive Meyers, and Ethel Brown as well as Lillie Neiderer, a step-sister.∼Unclaimed thru OR.
Kate’s cremated remains were not initially taken after her death and were for many years available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In 2020 a relative received the ashes.
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Kate was born in 1888 in Oklahoma. Her father, James B. Jackson, was born in Arkansas about 1854. Her mother, Nancy Louise “Lou” McNabb, was born in Missouri about 1858. They were married on 9/29/1872 in Boone County, Arkansas when Lou was 14 and James was 18. Kate’s full siblings included: Lydia P. (born in Arkansas in 1876), Lucinda Arlene (Arkansas in 1879), Jenous (in 1883). Jenous died in Oregon on 6/30/1891. It is not known whether Kate’s mother was widowed or divorced.
About 1891 Kate’s mother married John Morris Hursh who was born in 1848 in Indiana. He was the owner of a planing mill. From this relationship Kate’s half-siblings (all born in Oregon) included: Ida May (born in 1892), Ethel J. (in 1895), Harold Harlan (in 1897), and Olive Elaine (in 1903).
In the censuses of 1900 and 1910 Kate was living in Union, Union County in eastern Oregon with her mother, step-father and siblings. In July 1902, a fire destroyed the planing mill of Kate’s step-father. Kate’s mother died on 6/14/1910. By 1915 Kate’s step-father had moved to Arkansas. He died there on 7/23/1917.
Before 1920 Kate was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded (later called the Oregon Fairview Home), a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. Kate was listed among the residents at the institution in the census of 1920. After being a patient at the institution for over 2 decades she died there on 11/18/1939. The cause of death “pre-senile exhaustion” a term for dementia. She was 51 years old. On the same day in LaGrande, her half-sister Ida May (Hursh) McClain died after a long illness. Kate was survived by sisters Lydia Garner and Lucinda South, half-siblings Harold Hursh, Olive Meyers, and Ethel Brown as well as Lillie Neiderer, a step-sister.∼Unclaimed thru OR.
More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Kate was born in 1888 in Oklahoma. Her father, James B. Jackson, was born in Arkansas about 1854. Her mother, Nancy Louise “Lou” McNabb, was born in Missouri about 1858. They were married on 9/29/1872 in Boone County, Arkansas when Lou was 14 and James was 18. Kate’s full siblings included: Lydia P. (born in Arkansas in 1876), Lucinda Arlene (Arkansas in 1879), Jenous (in 1883). Jenous died in Oregon on 6/30/1891. It is not known whether Kate’s mother was widowed or divorced.
About 1891 Kate’s mother married John Morris Hursh who was born in 1848 in Indiana. He was the owner of a planing mill. From this relationship Kate’s half-siblings (all born in Oregon) included: Ida May (born in 1892), Ethel J. (in 1895), Harold Harlan (in 1897), and Olive Elaine (in 1903).
In the censuses of 1900 and 1910 Kate was living in Union, Union County in eastern Oregon with her mother, step-father and siblings. In July 1902, a fire destroyed the planing mill of Kate’s step-father. Kate’s mother died on 6/14/1910. By 1915 Kate’s step-father had moved to Arkansas. He died there on 7/23/1917.
Before 1920 Kate was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded (later called the Oregon Fairview Home), a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. Kate was listed among the residents at the institution in the census of 1920. After being a patient at the institution for over 2 decades she died there on 11/18/1939. The cause of death “pre-senile exhaustion” a term for dementia. She was 51 years old. On the same day in LaGrande, her half-sister Ida May (Hursh) McClain died after a long illness. Kate was survived by sisters Lydia Garner and Lucinda South, half-siblings Harold Hursh, Olive Meyers, and Ethel Brown as well as Lillie Neiderer, a step-sister.∼Unclaimed thru OR.
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