G. Wesley Starkey b. 1 Oct 1907 , Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 12 Jul 1918 , Saline, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1907 - 1918

Birth	1 Oct 1907	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Gender	Male
Died	12 Jul 1918	, Saline, Missouri, USA
	Cause: acute bronchitis
Buried	Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Person ID	I9385	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
Last Modified	14 Nov 2007

Father	George H. Starkey, b. 5 Jan 1884, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Dec 1956, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Mother	Virginia M. Craghead Or Craighead, b. 3 Jan 1886, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 13 Nov 1970
Married	10 Jun 1906	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Family ID	F1742	Group Sheet

Headstones		George H. Starkey & Virginia M. Craghead & G. Wesley Starkey George H. Starkey, Jan. 5, 1884 - Dec. 11, 1956. Virginia M. Starkey, Jan. 3, 1886 - Nov. 13, 1970. G. Wesley Starkey, our son, Oct. 1, 1907 - July 12, 1918. George H. Starkey was a son of Nathanial Starkey and Mary Divers. On June 10, 1906 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Virginia M. Craghead. She was a daughter of Patrick N. Craghead and…

Death Certificates		Death Certificate of Starkey, G. Wesley 1 Oct 1907 - 12 Jul 1918. He was my 5th cousin once removed.

Notes	Death certificate shows that he lived in the state hospital, Missouri Colony, near Marshall Missouri. He had been a resident there for 9 years, since he was about 1 1/2 years old. Their records show that the only real information they had about this child was his father's name. They did not know his mother's name, his date of birth, or even exactly how old he was. They did not even list the name of the cemetery, only listed that burial was in Fulton, Missouri. He was listed as a congenital imbecil. I find it so sad that families had to give their children over to such places in the past. The state hospital didn't even bother to keep a record of this child's birth date, or the name of his mother. I can only imagine what kind of care children like this received. The state hospital in Fulton was just as bad, they buried hundreds of patients in the hospital cemetery, in un-marked graves over the years. They also claim to have no patient records from about 1960 back. That's about 100 years of patients... the only way we know that they were there is that they were listed on the census and if they had a death certificate. It is just so sad what our medical system did to adults and children who had mental or physical handicaps in past years.