Her name is Oceana on her birth certificate and Oseeanna in her father's obituary. Easy to understand how Osee Anna could be misconstrued as Oceana because Osee Anna is unusual. Even my mother (Osee Anna's nephew's wife) thought her name was Oceana. Her gravestone confirms her name (as does that of her father: Osee). She was clearly named for her father, and several relatives said that she was also named for her maternal aunt Anna (Maxwell) Barker. Osee Anna was called Anna or Annie.
Anna developed a goiter. This was before we learned that iodine could prevent goiters -- and why our salt is now iodized. She was taken from Huntington, WV, to Baltimore's Mercy Hospital for surgery. Her death certificate says that she died of "Exophthalmic Goiter. Contributory condition 'shock following operation.'" My family says she died on the operating table. So sad 'cause she would have lived had she made it to 1917: "As a public measure to control goiter, iodization of table salt was implemented successfully in the US between 1917 and 1924." [Source: https://www.optimox.com/iodine-study-16]
Several Hinton, WV, newspaper articles confirm my family's story about her. Here are two. (There are several more about her death and burial at newspapers.com.)
Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Monday, February 10, 1913, page 1
"Miss Annie Bobbitt, daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, former residents of this city, died this morning at the Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, where she was taken for an operation for goitre. A telegram to this effect was received by Mrs Mayme Bruce, a friend of the family.
The telegram said that Miss Bobbitt died while on the operating table where she had been taken by her parents. She had been suffering from goitre for the past two or three years and for the past several months her condition had been very serious. In an effort to relieve her, her parents decided to take her to Baltimore. They had been there for the past three weeks and the hospital physicians decided that the only chance for relief was an operation. The operation is a very dangerous one and resulted fatally.
The news of her sad death will be received here with much regret, as the family formerly resided in Hinton, before moving to Huntington. Miss Bobbitt was 17 years of age. It is not known where she will be buried."
The Independent-Herald, Hinton, West Virginia
Thursday, February 13, 1913, page 1
From Monday's Daily
"Mrs Jas F Smith today received a message announcing the death of Miss Annie Bobbitt on the operating table at Mercy hospital, Baltimore, this morning, of Goitre. She was 17 years of age and the daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, of Huntington. The family were for years residents of Hinton, moving to Huntington about two years ago. Miss Annie was taken to Baltimore three weeks ago and had since been receiving treatment there. She was a winsome, sweet dispositioned girl, beloved by all her young acquaintances here and her death in the bloom of young womanhood is sad news to her many Hinton friends. No particulars other than herein have been received here. "
Anna developed a goiter. This was before we learned that iodine could prevent goiters -- and why our salt is now iodized. She was taken from Huntington, WV, to Baltimore's Mercy Hospital for surgery. Her death certificate says that she died of "Exophthalmic Goiter. Contributory condition 'shock following operation.'" My family says she died on the operating table. So sad 'cause she would have lived had she made it to 1917: "As a public measure to control goiter, iodization of table salt was implemented successfully in the US between 1917 and 1924." [Source: https://www.optimox.com/iodine-study-16]
Several Hinton, WV, newspaper articles confirm my family's story about her. Here are two. (There are several more about her death and burial at newspapers.com.)
Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Monday, February 10, 1913, page 1
"Miss Annie Bobbitt, daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, former residents of this city, died this morning at the Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, where she was taken for an operation for goitre. A telegram to this effect was received by Mrs Mayme Bruce, a friend of the family.
The telegram said that Miss Bobbitt died while on the operating table where she had been taken by her parents. She had been suffering from goitre for the past two or three years and for the past several months her condition had been very serious. In an effort to relieve her, her parents decided to take her to Baltimore. They had been there for the past three weeks and the hospital physicians decided that the only chance for relief was an operation. The operation is a very dangerous one and resulted fatally.
The news of her sad death will be received here with much regret, as the family formerly resided in Hinton, before moving to Huntington. Miss Bobbitt was 17 years of age. It is not known where she will be buried."
The Independent-Herald, Hinton, West Virginia
Thursday, February 13, 1913, page 1
From Monday's Daily
"Mrs Jas F Smith today received a message announcing the death of Miss Annie Bobbitt on the operating table at Mercy hospital, Baltimore, this morning, of Goitre. She was 17 years of age and the daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, of Huntington. The family were for years residents of Hinton, moving to Huntington about two years ago. Miss Annie was taken to Baltimore three weeks ago and had since been receiving treatment there. She was a winsome, sweet dispositioned girl, beloved by all her young acquaintances here and her death in the bloom of young womanhood is sad news to her many Hinton friends. No particulars other than herein have been received here. "
Her name is Oceana on her birth certificate and Oseeanna in her father's obituary. Easy to understand how Osee Anna could be misconstrued as Oceana because Osee Anna is unusual. Even my mother (Osee Anna's nephew's wife) thought her name was Oceana. Her gravestone confirms her name (as does that of her father: Osee). She was clearly named for her father, and several relatives said that she was also named for her maternal aunt Anna (Maxwell) Barker. Osee Anna was called Anna or Annie.
Anna developed a goiter. This was before we learned that iodine could prevent goiters -- and why our salt is now iodized. She was taken from Huntington, WV, to Baltimore's Mercy Hospital for surgery. Her death certificate says that she died of "Exophthalmic Goiter. Contributory condition 'shock following operation.'" My family says she died on the operating table. So sad 'cause she would have lived had she made it to 1917: "As a public measure to control goiter, iodization of table salt was implemented successfully in the US between 1917 and 1924." [Source: https://www.optimox.com/iodine-study-16]
Several Hinton, WV, newspaper articles confirm my family's story about her. Here are two. (There are several more about her death and burial at newspapers.com.)
Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Monday, February 10, 1913, page 1
"Miss Annie Bobbitt, daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, former residents of this city, died this morning at the Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, where she was taken for an operation for goitre. A telegram to this effect was received by Mrs Mayme Bruce, a friend of the family.
The telegram said that Miss Bobbitt died while on the operating table where she had been taken by her parents. She had been suffering from goitre for the past two or three years and for the past several months her condition had been very serious. In an effort to relieve her, her parents decided to take her to Baltimore. They had been there for the past three weeks and the hospital physicians decided that the only chance for relief was an operation. The operation is a very dangerous one and resulted fatally.
The news of her sad death will be received here with much regret, as the family formerly resided in Hinton, before moving to Huntington. Miss Bobbitt was 17 years of age. It is not known where she will be buried."
The Independent-Herald, Hinton, West Virginia
Thursday, February 13, 1913, page 1
From Monday's Daily
"Mrs Jas F Smith today received a message announcing the death of Miss Annie Bobbitt on the operating table at Mercy hospital, Baltimore, this morning, of Goitre. She was 17 years of age and the daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, of Huntington. The family were for years residents of Hinton, moving to Huntington about two years ago. Miss Annie was taken to Baltimore three weeks ago and had since been receiving treatment there. She was a winsome, sweet dispositioned girl, beloved by all her young acquaintances here and her death in the bloom of young womanhood is sad news to her many Hinton friends. No particulars other than herein have been received here. "
Anna developed a goiter. This was before we learned that iodine could prevent goiters -- and why our salt is now iodized. She was taken from Huntington, WV, to Baltimore's Mercy Hospital for surgery. Her death certificate says that she died of "Exophthalmic Goiter. Contributory condition 'shock following operation.'" My family says she died on the operating table. So sad 'cause she would have lived had she made it to 1917: "As a public measure to control goiter, iodization of table salt was implemented successfully in the US between 1917 and 1924." [Source: https://www.optimox.com/iodine-study-16]
Several Hinton, WV, newspaper articles confirm my family's story about her. Here are two. (There are several more about her death and burial at newspapers.com.)
Hinton Daily News and Leader, Hinton, West Virginia
Monday, February 10, 1913, page 1
"Miss Annie Bobbitt, daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, former residents of this city, died this morning at the Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, where she was taken for an operation for goitre. A telegram to this effect was received by Mrs Mayme Bruce, a friend of the family.
The telegram said that Miss Bobbitt died while on the operating table where she had been taken by her parents. She had been suffering from goitre for the past two or three years and for the past several months her condition had been very serious. In an effort to relieve her, her parents decided to take her to Baltimore. They had been there for the past three weeks and the hospital physicians decided that the only chance for relief was an operation. The operation is a very dangerous one and resulted fatally.
The news of her sad death will be received here with much regret, as the family formerly resided in Hinton, before moving to Huntington. Miss Bobbitt was 17 years of age. It is not known where she will be buried."
The Independent-Herald, Hinton, West Virginia
Thursday, February 13, 1913, page 1
From Monday's Daily
"Mrs Jas F Smith today received a message announcing the death of Miss Annie Bobbitt on the operating table at Mercy hospital, Baltimore, this morning, of Goitre. She was 17 years of age and the daughter of Capt and Mrs O L Bobbitt, of Huntington. The family were for years residents of Hinton, moving to Huntington about two years ago. Miss Annie was taken to Baltimore three weeks ago and had since been receiving treatment there. She was a winsome, sweet dispositioned girl, beloved by all her young acquaintances here and her death in the bloom of young womanhood is sad news to her many Hinton friends. No particulars other than herein have been received here. "
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OSEE ANNA
BOBBITT
1895 - 1913
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She is buried with her parents and maternal grandfather. A few feet away are the Miles plots. The Mileses and Bobbitts were close friends for four generations, going back to when they met in Hinton and moved together to Huntington.
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