Susan E. Sturgis' cremated remains were not initially taken after her death and were being held at Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by any relative. In 2023 a family member received the ashes.
Susan was born in Maryland in October 1853. Shortly after she was born her family moved to Indiana then in a little while they moved to Illinois.
Her parents, Nicholas Banning & Susan Amelia Barnes, were both born in Maryland in the late 1820s. They were married in Maryland on 11/28/1844. Their children included: Harriet A. (born in Maryland about 1848), James E. (Maryland about 1850), Susan E. (Maryland about 1852), Nathaniel (Indiana about 1855), George W. (Illinois about 1857), and Rhoda Ella (Illinois in 1860).
At the time of the 1860 census, Susan was 6 years old, attending school, and living with her parents and siblings in Anderson, in southeastern Illinois where her father was a miller. It is believed her mother died or divorced Nicholas shortly after that census was taken. Susan would have been about 7 years old.
On 1/7/1861 in Clark County, Illinois, Susan's father married 18 year old Amelia Layton who was born in Illinois in 1842. She was only slightly older than some of his children. By 1863 Nicholas & Amelia moved to Indiana. Amelia died in Sheridan, Indiana on 3/28/1867 at the age of 24.
Susan married Isaac R. Hood in Sangamon County, Illinois on 4/9/1871. He was born in Kentucky on 2/14/1853 and moved to Illinois as a child. Their children were: Clara B. (born in Illinois in 1874), Ella May (Illinois about 1877), Guy Edward (Kansas in 1881), and Harvey (Kansas about 1883).
During the 1880 census, Susan & Isaac were living in Clinton, Kansas where Isaac was farming. Their first 2 children, Clara B. and Ella May, were with them as well as Susan's 19 year old sister Ella. In that 1880 census, Susan's father was listed in a boarding house in nearby Lawrence, Kansas.
In the Kansas census of 1885, Susan, Isaac, their 4 children, as well as Isaac's brother (George), and Susan's widowed father were all listed in Clinton, Kansas. Isaac and his brother were farming.
Susan's daughter, Ella May, married Elijah Kesterson Evans on Christmas Day1893. They had a daughter, Cecil M. Evans, who was born in Kansas in 1895. Ella May died between 1895 and 1900. Her husband, Elijah Evans, joined the military. Her daughter, Cecil, went to live with Susan & Isaac. During the 1900 census, Susan & Isaac were farming in Lawrence, Kansas. Their granddaughter Cecil Evans was with them.
In the winter 1901-1902, Isaac spent several months visiting the Pacific Northwest contemplating a move. By July 1903 Susan, Isaac & Cecil were living in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, in southwestern Washington. Eight year old Cecil died of a perforated appendix at the general hospital in Grays Harbor on 9/13/1903.
At the the time of the 1910 census, Susan & Isaac owned and managed a boarding house in Sherman, Idaho. At the time of the 1920 census (taken in January) they were managing their lodging house in Anacortes, a coastal town in Skagit County, in northern Washington. Their 3 year old grandson, Walter Edward Hood (Guy's son) was living with them.
Isaac Hood died of a stroke and stomach cancer in Anacortes, Washington on 3/27/1920. He was 67. He was buried at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes, Washington.
On 7/24/1922 Susan married William M. Sturgis in Seattle, Washington. She had been living in Skagit County in northern Washington and he was from nearby Whatcom County. William was institutionalized on 4/1/1929. Nine months later he died on 1/2/1930 at the Western State (Psychiatric) Hospital in Pierce County, Washington. He was buried at the institution's on-site cemetery.
At the time of the 1930 census (taken in April) Susan was living in Monroe, Benton County, Oregon with her sons Harvey (a cook in a hotel) and Guy (a wood cutter). All three were reportedly widowed. Guy's 13 year old son Walter was also living with them.
On 5/30/1930 Susan was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. She was listed as Mrs. W. M. Sturgis. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompassed 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. At the same time, Susan's son Harvey was also a resident at the Poor Farm. He was housed at the Farm's Tuberculosis Pavillion. He died there on 6/5/1931 and was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.
Just three days earlier, on 6/2/1931, Susan had been transferred from the poor farm to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. While at OSH she broke her hip on 10/7/1932. After being a patient at the institution for a year and a half she died there on 1/31/1933. The cause of death was arteriosclerosis.
Susan was survived by her son Guy. Like her son Harvey and daughter Ella May, Susan's daughter Clara also predeceased her. Clara married John Thomas Patterson on 1/27/1896 in Kansas. She had 2 sons, Clyde Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1896), and John Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1898). In 1900 the Patterson family was listed in Lawrence, Kansas very near Susan & Isaac. Between 1900 and 1905 Clara & John Patterson had 3 more children, Helen, Ethel, and Arminta. Clara & John divorced and/or died between 1905 and 1910. By 1903 Susan & Isaac were living in the Pacific Northwest. The Patterson children went to live with their paternal grandmother Arminta Sneck in Kansas City, Missouri. According to newspaper accounts in 1912 Arminta was cruel and abusive to the children. At least one of the girls ran away and was sent to a children's residential facility. By 1918 when Arminta died, all the girls had been placed in three different reform schools in Illinois and Missouri. The boys were adults and were living on their own in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the 1900 census, Susan's 19 year old son Guy was listed in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming in the home of a farmer where Guy was a farm worker. On 10/11/1907 Guy married Martha E. Bower in Montana. They had 3 girls and 2 boys. The 4 children who have been identified are: Ernest "Ray" (born in Idaho in 1909), Bernice (Canada about 1911), Walter Edward (Washington in 1916), and Gladys Adah (Washington in 1918). Given the gap between Bernice and Walter the missing son was probably born about 1913-14. In 1910 Guy and his family were living in Port Angeles, Clallam County, in northwestern Washington where he was working in a logging camp. Three weeks after Gladys was born, Martha died on 6/23/1918 in Port Angeles, Washington. She was 28. At least some of the children were put up for adoption. To some degree Guy stayed in touch with all his children except Gladys. During the 1920 census Guy was living with his brother Harvey in Washington and by 1930 he was living with Harvey and their mother in Oregon. On 7/17/1944 Guy died of TB in The Dalles, Oregon at the Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital. He was reportedly buried at The Dalles. Guy's Gladys whose name after her adoption was Arlene Gladys Wells died in 1979. She had searched for her birth family in 1959 when she put a letter in the newspaper asking for help finding information about them.
On 12/19/1903 Susan's son Harvey (21) married 16 year old Mary Ella Sagendorph in Washington. In 1904 they had a daughter, Melva Margarite Hood. Harvey's wife Mary died in 1909. Melva was adopted by her mother's sister. Melva had at least one child. The baby was stillborn in 1929 and the death certificated reported contributing factors were "probably mother's habits." It is unclear what that meant. On 2/4/1920 Harvey married Lula Taylor Rice in Bellingham, Washington. Harvey died of TB in 1931.
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.
Susan was born in Maryland in October 1853. Shortly after she was born her family moved to Indiana then in a little while they moved to Illinois.
Her parents, Nicholas Banning & Susan Amelia Barnes, were both born in Maryland in the late 1820s. They were married in Maryland on 11/28/1844. Their children included: Harriet A. (born in Maryland about 1848), James E. (Maryland about 1850), Susan E. (Maryland about 1852), Nathaniel (Indiana about 1855), George W. (Illinois about 1857), and Rhoda Ella (Illinois in 1860).
At the time of the 1860 census, Susan was 6 years old, attending school, and living with her parents and siblings in Anderson, in southeastern Illinois where her father was a miller. It is believed her mother died or divorced Nicholas shortly after that census was taken. Susan would have been about 7 years old.
On 1/7/1861 in Clark County, Illinois, Susan's father married 18 year old Amelia Layton who was born in Illinois in 1842. She was only slightly older than some of his children. By 1863 Nicholas & Amelia moved to Indiana. Amelia died in Sheridan, Indiana on 3/28/1867 at the age of 24.
Susan married Isaac R. Hood in Sangamon County, Illinois on 4/9/1871. He was born in Kentucky on 2/14/1853 and moved to Illinois as a child. Their children were: Clara B. (born in Illinois in 1874), Ella May (Illinois about 1877), Guy Edward (Kansas in 1881), and Harvey (Kansas about 1883).
During the 1880 census, Susan & Isaac were living in Clinton, Kansas where Isaac was farming. Their first 2 children, Clara B. and Ella May, were with them as well as Susan's 19 year old sister Ella. In that 1880 census, Susan's father was listed in a boarding house in nearby Lawrence, Kansas.
In the Kansas census of 1885, Susan, Isaac, their 4 children, as well as Isaac's brother (George), and Susan's widowed father were all listed in Clinton, Kansas. Isaac and his brother were farming.
Susan's daughter, Ella May, married Elijah Kesterson Evans on Christmas Day1893. They had a daughter, Cecil M. Evans, who was born in Kansas in 1895. Ella May died between 1895 and 1900. Her husband, Elijah Evans, joined the military. Her daughter, Cecil, went to live with Susan & Isaac. During the 1900 census, Susan & Isaac were farming in Lawrence, Kansas. Their granddaughter Cecil Evans was with them.
In the winter 1901-1902, Isaac spent several months visiting the Pacific Northwest contemplating a move. By July 1903 Susan, Isaac & Cecil were living in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, in southwestern Washington. Eight year old Cecil died of a perforated appendix at the general hospital in Grays Harbor on 9/13/1903.
At the the time of the 1910 census, Susan & Isaac owned and managed a boarding house in Sherman, Idaho. At the time of the 1920 census (taken in January) they were managing their lodging house in Anacortes, a coastal town in Skagit County, in northern Washington. Their 3 year old grandson, Walter Edward Hood (Guy's son) was living with them.
Isaac Hood died of a stroke and stomach cancer in Anacortes, Washington on 3/27/1920. He was 67. He was buried at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes, Washington.
On 7/24/1922 Susan married William M. Sturgis in Seattle, Washington. She had been living in Skagit County in northern Washington and he was from nearby Whatcom County. William was institutionalized on 4/1/1929. Nine months later he died on 1/2/1930 at the Western State (Psychiatric) Hospital in Pierce County, Washington. He was buried at the institution's on-site cemetery.
At the time of the 1930 census (taken in April) Susan was living in Monroe, Benton County, Oregon with her sons Harvey (a cook in a hotel) and Guy (a wood cutter). All three were reportedly widowed. Guy's 13 year old son Walter was also living with them.
On 5/30/1930 Susan was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. She was listed as Mrs. W. M. Sturgis. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompassed 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. At the same time, Susan's son Harvey was also a resident at the Poor Farm. He was housed at the Farm's Tuberculosis Pavillion. He died there on 6/5/1931 and was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.
Just three days earlier, on 6/2/1931, Susan had been transferred from the poor farm to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. While at OSH she broke her hip on 10/7/1932. After being a patient at the institution for a year and a half she died there on 1/31/1933. The cause of death was arteriosclerosis.
Susan was survived by her son Guy. Like her son Harvey and daughter Ella May, Susan's daughter Clara also predeceased her. Clara married John Thomas Patterson on 1/27/1896 in Kansas. She had 2 sons, Clyde Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1896), and John Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1898). In 1900 the Patterson family was listed in Lawrence, Kansas very near Susan & Isaac. Between 1900 and 1905 Clara & John Patterson had 3 more children, Helen, Ethel, and Arminta. Clara & John divorced and/or died between 1905 and 1910. By 1903 Susan & Isaac were living in the Pacific Northwest. The Patterson children went to live with their paternal grandmother Arminta Sneck in Kansas City, Missouri. According to newspaper accounts in 1912 Arminta was cruel and abusive to the children. At least one of the girls ran away and was sent to a children's residential facility. By 1918 when Arminta died, all the girls had been placed in three different reform schools in Illinois and Missouri. The boys were adults and were living on their own in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the 1900 census, Susan's 19 year old son Guy was listed in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming in the home of a farmer where Guy was a farm worker. On 10/11/1907 Guy married Martha E. Bower in Montana. They had 3 girls and 2 boys. The 4 children who have been identified are: Ernest "Ray" (born in Idaho in 1909), Bernice (Canada about 1911), Walter Edward (Washington in 1916), and Gladys Adah (Washington in 1918). Given the gap between Bernice and Walter the missing son was probably born about 1913-14. In 1910 Guy and his family were living in Port Angeles, Clallam County, in northwestern Washington where he was working in a logging camp. Three weeks after Gladys was born, Martha died on 6/23/1918 in Port Angeles, Washington. She was 28. At least some of the children were put up for adoption. To some degree Guy stayed in touch with all his children except Gladys. During the 1920 census Guy was living with his brother Harvey in Washington and by 1930 he was living with Harvey and their mother in Oregon. On 7/17/1944 Guy died of TB in The Dalles, Oregon at the Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital. He was reportedly buried at The Dalles. Guy's Gladys whose name after her adoption was Arlene Gladys Wells died in 1979. She had searched for her birth family in 1959 when she put a letter in the newspaper asking for help finding information about them.
On 12/19/1903 Susan's son Harvey (21) married 16 year old Mary Ella Sagendorph in Washington. In 1904 they had a daughter, Melva Margarite Hood. Harvey's wife Mary died in 1909. Melva was adopted by her mother's sister. Melva had at least one child. The baby was stillborn in 1929 and the death certificated reported contributing factors were "probably mother's habits." It is unclear what that meant. On 2/4/1920 Harvey married Lula Taylor Rice in Bellingham, Washington. Harvey died of TB in 1931.
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.
Susan E. Sturgis' cremated remains were not initially taken after her death and were being held at Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by any relative. In 2023 a family member received the ashes.
Susan was born in Maryland in October 1853. Shortly after she was born her family moved to Indiana then in a little while they moved to Illinois.
Her parents, Nicholas Banning & Susan Amelia Barnes, were both born in Maryland in the late 1820s. They were married in Maryland on 11/28/1844. Their children included: Harriet A. (born in Maryland about 1848), James E. (Maryland about 1850), Susan E. (Maryland about 1852), Nathaniel (Indiana about 1855), George W. (Illinois about 1857), and Rhoda Ella (Illinois in 1860).
At the time of the 1860 census, Susan was 6 years old, attending school, and living with her parents and siblings in Anderson, in southeastern Illinois where her father was a miller. It is believed her mother died or divorced Nicholas shortly after that census was taken. Susan would have been about 7 years old.
On 1/7/1861 in Clark County, Illinois, Susan's father married 18 year old Amelia Layton who was born in Illinois in 1842. She was only slightly older than some of his children. By 1863 Nicholas & Amelia moved to Indiana. Amelia died in Sheridan, Indiana on 3/28/1867 at the age of 24.
Susan married Isaac R. Hood in Sangamon County, Illinois on 4/9/1871. He was born in Kentucky on 2/14/1853 and moved to Illinois as a child. Their children were: Clara B. (born in Illinois in 1874), Ella May (Illinois about 1877), Guy Edward (Kansas in 1881), and Harvey (Kansas about 1883).
During the 1880 census, Susan & Isaac were living in Clinton, Kansas where Isaac was farming. Their first 2 children, Clara B. and Ella May, were with them as well as Susan's 19 year old sister Ella. In that 1880 census, Susan's father was listed in a boarding house in nearby Lawrence, Kansas.
In the Kansas census of 1885, Susan, Isaac, their 4 children, as well as Isaac's brother (George), and Susan's widowed father were all listed in Clinton, Kansas. Isaac and his brother were farming.
Susan's daughter, Ella May, married Elijah Kesterson Evans on Christmas Day1893. They had a daughter, Cecil M. Evans, who was born in Kansas in 1895. Ella May died between 1895 and 1900. Her husband, Elijah Evans, joined the military. Her daughter, Cecil, went to live with Susan & Isaac. During the 1900 census, Susan & Isaac were farming in Lawrence, Kansas. Their granddaughter Cecil Evans was with them.
In the winter 1901-1902, Isaac spent several months visiting the Pacific Northwest contemplating a move. By July 1903 Susan, Isaac & Cecil were living in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, in southwestern Washington. Eight year old Cecil died of a perforated appendix at the general hospital in Grays Harbor on 9/13/1903.
At the the time of the 1910 census, Susan & Isaac owned and managed a boarding house in Sherman, Idaho. At the time of the 1920 census (taken in January) they were managing their lodging house in Anacortes, a coastal town in Skagit County, in northern Washington. Their 3 year old grandson, Walter Edward Hood (Guy's son) was living with them.
Isaac Hood died of a stroke and stomach cancer in Anacortes, Washington on 3/27/1920. He was 67. He was buried at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes, Washington.
On 7/24/1922 Susan married William M. Sturgis in Seattle, Washington. She had been living in Skagit County in northern Washington and he was from nearby Whatcom County. William was institutionalized on 4/1/1929. Nine months later he died on 1/2/1930 at the Western State (Psychiatric) Hospital in Pierce County, Washington. He was buried at the institution's on-site cemetery.
At the time of the 1930 census (taken in April) Susan was living in Monroe, Benton County, Oregon with her sons Harvey (a cook in a hotel) and Guy (a wood cutter). All three were reportedly widowed. Guy's 13 year old son Walter was also living with them.
On 5/30/1930 Susan was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. She was listed as Mrs. W. M. Sturgis. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompassed 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. At the same time, Susan's son Harvey was also a resident at the Poor Farm. He was housed at the Farm's Tuberculosis Pavillion. He died there on 6/5/1931 and was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.
Just three days earlier, on 6/2/1931, Susan had been transferred from the poor farm to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. While at OSH she broke her hip on 10/7/1932. After being a patient at the institution for a year and a half she died there on 1/31/1933. The cause of death was arteriosclerosis.
Susan was survived by her son Guy. Like her son Harvey and daughter Ella May, Susan's daughter Clara also predeceased her. Clara married John Thomas Patterson on 1/27/1896 in Kansas. She had 2 sons, Clyde Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1896), and John Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1898). In 1900 the Patterson family was listed in Lawrence, Kansas very near Susan & Isaac. Between 1900 and 1905 Clara & John Patterson had 3 more children, Helen, Ethel, and Arminta. Clara & John divorced and/or died between 1905 and 1910. By 1903 Susan & Isaac were living in the Pacific Northwest. The Patterson children went to live with their paternal grandmother Arminta Sneck in Kansas City, Missouri. According to newspaper accounts in 1912 Arminta was cruel and abusive to the children. At least one of the girls ran away and was sent to a children's residential facility. By 1918 when Arminta died, all the girls had been placed in three different reform schools in Illinois and Missouri. The boys were adults and were living on their own in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the 1900 census, Susan's 19 year old son Guy was listed in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming in the home of a farmer where Guy was a farm worker. On 10/11/1907 Guy married Martha E. Bower in Montana. They had 3 girls and 2 boys. The 4 children who have been identified are: Ernest "Ray" (born in Idaho in 1909), Bernice (Canada about 1911), Walter Edward (Washington in 1916), and Gladys Adah (Washington in 1918). Given the gap between Bernice and Walter the missing son was probably born about 1913-14. In 1910 Guy and his family were living in Port Angeles, Clallam County, in northwestern Washington where he was working in a logging camp. Three weeks after Gladys was born, Martha died on 6/23/1918 in Port Angeles, Washington. She was 28. At least some of the children were put up for adoption. To some degree Guy stayed in touch with all his children except Gladys. During the 1920 census Guy was living with his brother Harvey in Washington and by 1930 he was living with Harvey and their mother in Oregon. On 7/17/1944 Guy died of TB in The Dalles, Oregon at the Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital. He was reportedly buried at The Dalles. Guy's Gladys whose name after her adoption was Arlene Gladys Wells died in 1979. She had searched for her birth family in 1959 when she put a letter in the newspaper asking for help finding information about them.
On 12/19/1903 Susan's son Harvey (21) married 16 year old Mary Ella Sagendorph in Washington. In 1904 they had a daughter, Melva Margarite Hood. Harvey's wife Mary died in 1909. Melva was adopted by her mother's sister. Melva had at least one child. The baby was stillborn in 1929 and the death certificated reported contributing factors were "probably mother's habits." It is unclear what that meant. On 2/4/1920 Harvey married Lula Taylor Rice in Bellingham, Washington. Harvey died of TB in 1931.
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.
Susan was born in Maryland in October 1853. Shortly after she was born her family moved to Indiana then in a little while they moved to Illinois.
Her parents, Nicholas Banning & Susan Amelia Barnes, were both born in Maryland in the late 1820s. They were married in Maryland on 11/28/1844. Their children included: Harriet A. (born in Maryland about 1848), James E. (Maryland about 1850), Susan E. (Maryland about 1852), Nathaniel (Indiana about 1855), George W. (Illinois about 1857), and Rhoda Ella (Illinois in 1860).
At the time of the 1860 census, Susan was 6 years old, attending school, and living with her parents and siblings in Anderson, in southeastern Illinois where her father was a miller. It is believed her mother died or divorced Nicholas shortly after that census was taken. Susan would have been about 7 years old.
On 1/7/1861 in Clark County, Illinois, Susan's father married 18 year old Amelia Layton who was born in Illinois in 1842. She was only slightly older than some of his children. By 1863 Nicholas & Amelia moved to Indiana. Amelia died in Sheridan, Indiana on 3/28/1867 at the age of 24.
Susan married Isaac R. Hood in Sangamon County, Illinois on 4/9/1871. He was born in Kentucky on 2/14/1853 and moved to Illinois as a child. Their children were: Clara B. (born in Illinois in 1874), Ella May (Illinois about 1877), Guy Edward (Kansas in 1881), and Harvey (Kansas about 1883).
During the 1880 census, Susan & Isaac were living in Clinton, Kansas where Isaac was farming. Their first 2 children, Clara B. and Ella May, were with them as well as Susan's 19 year old sister Ella. In that 1880 census, Susan's father was listed in a boarding house in nearby Lawrence, Kansas.
In the Kansas census of 1885, Susan, Isaac, their 4 children, as well as Isaac's brother (George), and Susan's widowed father were all listed in Clinton, Kansas. Isaac and his brother were farming.
Susan's daughter, Ella May, married Elijah Kesterson Evans on Christmas Day1893. They had a daughter, Cecil M. Evans, who was born in Kansas in 1895. Ella May died between 1895 and 1900. Her husband, Elijah Evans, joined the military. Her daughter, Cecil, went to live with Susan & Isaac. During the 1900 census, Susan & Isaac were farming in Lawrence, Kansas. Their granddaughter Cecil Evans was with them.
In the winter 1901-1902, Isaac spent several months visiting the Pacific Northwest contemplating a move. By July 1903 Susan, Isaac & Cecil were living in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, in southwestern Washington. Eight year old Cecil died of a perforated appendix at the general hospital in Grays Harbor on 9/13/1903.
At the the time of the 1910 census, Susan & Isaac owned and managed a boarding house in Sherman, Idaho. At the time of the 1920 census (taken in January) they were managing their lodging house in Anacortes, a coastal town in Skagit County, in northern Washington. Their 3 year old grandson, Walter Edward Hood (Guy's son) was living with them.
Isaac Hood died of a stroke and stomach cancer in Anacortes, Washington on 3/27/1920. He was 67. He was buried at Grand View Cemetery in Anacortes, Washington.
On 7/24/1922 Susan married William M. Sturgis in Seattle, Washington. She had been living in Skagit County in northern Washington and he was from nearby Whatcom County. William was institutionalized on 4/1/1929. Nine months later he died on 1/2/1930 at the Western State (Psychiatric) Hospital in Pierce County, Washington. He was buried at the institution's on-site cemetery.
At the time of the 1930 census (taken in April) Susan was living in Monroe, Benton County, Oregon with her sons Harvey (a cook in a hotel) and Guy (a wood cutter). All three were reportedly widowed. Guy's 13 year old son Walter was also living with them.
On 5/30/1930 Susan was admitted to the Multnomah County Poor Farm. She was listed as Mrs. W. M. Sturgis. The counties had the responsibility of caring for the poor. The Multnomah County facility was in Troutdale east of Portland. It encompassed 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. At the same time, Susan's son Harvey was also a resident at the Poor Farm. He was housed at the Farm's Tuberculosis Pavillion. He died there on 6/5/1931 and was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.
Just three days earlier, on 6/2/1931, Susan had been transferred from the poor farm to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. While at OSH she broke her hip on 10/7/1932. After being a patient at the institution for a year and a half she died there on 1/31/1933. The cause of death was arteriosclerosis.
Susan was survived by her son Guy. Like her son Harvey and daughter Ella May, Susan's daughter Clara also predeceased her. Clara married John Thomas Patterson on 1/27/1896 in Kansas. She had 2 sons, Clyde Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1896), and John Thomas Patterson (Kansas in 1898). In 1900 the Patterson family was listed in Lawrence, Kansas very near Susan & Isaac. Between 1900 and 1905 Clara & John Patterson had 3 more children, Helen, Ethel, and Arminta. Clara & John divorced and/or died between 1905 and 1910. By 1903 Susan & Isaac were living in the Pacific Northwest. The Patterson children went to live with their paternal grandmother Arminta Sneck in Kansas City, Missouri. According to newspaper accounts in 1912 Arminta was cruel and abusive to the children. At least one of the girls ran away and was sent to a children's residential facility. By 1918 when Arminta died, all the girls had been placed in three different reform schools in Illinois and Missouri. The boys were adults and were living on their own in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the 1900 census, Susan's 19 year old son Guy was listed in Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming in the home of a farmer where Guy was a farm worker. On 10/11/1907 Guy married Martha E. Bower in Montana. They had 3 girls and 2 boys. The 4 children who have been identified are: Ernest "Ray" (born in Idaho in 1909), Bernice (Canada about 1911), Walter Edward (Washington in 1916), and Gladys Adah (Washington in 1918). Given the gap between Bernice and Walter the missing son was probably born about 1913-14. In 1910 Guy and his family were living in Port Angeles, Clallam County, in northwestern Washington where he was working in a logging camp. Three weeks after Gladys was born, Martha died on 6/23/1918 in Port Angeles, Washington. She was 28. At least some of the children were put up for adoption. To some degree Guy stayed in touch with all his children except Gladys. During the 1920 census Guy was living with his brother Harvey in Washington and by 1930 he was living with Harvey and their mother in Oregon. On 7/17/1944 Guy died of TB in The Dalles, Oregon at the Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital. He was reportedly buried at The Dalles. Guy's Gladys whose name after her adoption was Arlene Gladys Wells died in 1979. She had searched for her birth family in 1959 when she put a letter in the newspaper asking for help finding information about them.
On 12/19/1903 Susan's son Harvey (21) married 16 year old Mary Ella Sagendorph in Washington. In 1904 they had a daughter, Melva Margarite Hood. Harvey's wife Mary died in 1909. Melva was adopted by her mother's sister. Melva had at least one child. The baby was stillborn in 1929 and the death certificated reported contributing factors were "probably mother's habits." It is unclear what that meant. On 2/4/1920 Harvey married Lula Taylor Rice in Bellingham, Washington. Harvey died of TB in 1931.
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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