El Dorado, Kansas
Saturday, October 19, 1901
page 4
Probate Judge, J.F. Glendenning is in receipt of a letter from T.C. Biddle, superintendent of the Kansas State Insane Asylum at Topeka, stating that an inmate of the institution, one Joseph Andrews, who was admitted from Butler county in 1888, is failing rapidly and will die soon. Nothing has been heard from his friends since he was admitted to the asylum. No inquiries whatever have been made regarding him. A Mrs. Sutton of El Dorado is given in the records as his corresponding friend.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
The Butler County Democrat
El Dorado, Kansas
Friday, November 1, 1901
page 8
Last Friday, Mrs. John Sutton received a telegram from Topeka that her brother, Joseph Andrews, who was in the insane asylum at that place, was rapidly failing in health. She immediately left for Topeka, but he had died before her arrival. The remains were brought here Saturday evening for burial. The funeral took place from her residence in the north part of town Sunday morning. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Lucy E. Dodge,of the Free Baptist church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Sutton cemetery. Mr. Andrews has been an inmate of the asylum at Topeka, since 1888. - Journal.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
El Dorado, Kansas
Saturday, October 19, 1901
page 4
Probate Judge, J.F. Glendenning is in receipt of a letter from T.C. Biddle, superintendent of the Kansas State Insane Asylum at Topeka, stating that an inmate of the institution, one Joseph Andrews, who was admitted from Butler county in 1888, is failing rapidly and will die soon. Nothing has been heard from his friends since he was admitted to the asylum. No inquiries whatever have been made regarding him. A Mrs. Sutton of El Dorado is given in the records as his corresponding friend.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
The Butler County Democrat
El Dorado, Kansas
Friday, November 1, 1901
page 8
Last Friday, Mrs. John Sutton received a telegram from Topeka that her brother, Joseph Andrews, who was in the insane asylum at that place, was rapidly failing in health. She immediately left for Topeka, but he had died before her arrival. The remains were brought here Saturday evening for burial. The funeral took place from her residence in the north part of town Sunday morning. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Lucy E. Dodge,of the Free Baptist church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Sutton cemetery. Mr. Andrews has been an inmate of the asylum at Topeka, since 1888. - Journal.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
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