Fisher Family Genealogy
BISSELL, Otis George

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Name BISSELL, Otis George Birth 29 Mar 1867 Franklin Co., IA [1]
CENSUS 12 Jun 1900 Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL [2]
1900 US Census: E. D. No. 57, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 6A EVENT 21 Sep 1900 Jacksonville State Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL [3]
- Otis ruled insane and taken to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville IL. Article notes "He has been in the asylum before."
Otis Bissel ruled insane 1900 EVENT 1 Feb 1901 Jacksonville State Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL [4]
- Listing of McDonough Co. residents in the Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville IL shows Otis Bissell's condition as Fair and improving.
Otis Bissell condition Fair and improving EVENT 5 Apr 1901 Jacksonville State Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL [5]
- "Ed Brice of Bardolph and Ernest Bissell (should read Otis Bissell) of Blandinsville have been released from the insane asylum at Jacksonville on account of their improved condition."
Ernest Bissell released from insane asylum 1901 Death 8 Feb 1937 Jacksonville State Hospital, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL [1]
- "His health failing him in the last years, he was taken to the hospital in Jacksonville where he passed away." Presumably this hospital is the Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville IL where Otis spent time off and on during his life.
- Funeral was held at the Roberts Funeral Home
Obituary: Otis George Bissell 1937 Burial 10 Feb 1937 LaHarpe Cemetery, LaHarpe, Hancock Co., IL [1]
Person ID I1800 Main Last Modified 16 Jan 2023
Father BISSELL, Frank J., b. Feb 1837, Yates Co., NY Relationship Birth Mother FLORENCE, Harriet Elizabeth, b. 22 Jan 1847, Yates Co., NY d. 6 Jul 1923, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 76 years)
Relationship Birth Marriage Whiteside Co., IL [6]
Family ID F559 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
Pin Legend : Address
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Photos Postcard for Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville IL
Date unknown but likely late 1800sCentral Hospital for the Insane 1901
This photo makes the asylum look idyllic. It was likely anything but.
Downloaded from the Library of Congress, Washington DC
Control no: 2016798641; Digital id: det 4a05247
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Sources - [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 18 Feb 1937, p 4 (Reliability: 2).
- [S580] 1900 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 12 Jun 1900, E. D. No. 57, sht 6A (Reliability: 2).
- [S644] News articles: Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL , (Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL ), 21 Sep 1900, p 8 (Reliability: 2).
- [S644] News articles: Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL , (Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL ), 1 Feb 1901, p 5 (Reliability: 2).
- [S644] News articles: Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL , (Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL ), 5 Apr 1901, p 10 (Reliability: 2).
- [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 12 Jul 1923, p 1 (Reliability: 2).
- [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 18 Feb 1937, p 4 (Reliability: 2).