Theodothia (Dothia) K. Nevore Postcard- Peoria State Hospital- c. 1905

Item

Title

Theodothia (Dothia) K. Nevore Postcard- Peoria State Hospital- c. 1905

Description

This leather postcard was addressed to nurse and seamstress Theodothia K. Nevore at the "Bartonville Hospital" (Peoria State Hospital). Dothia worked as a nurse for a number of years before leaving her home in Pekin to reside at the Peoria State Hospital around 1905; working as a nurse and seamstress. ¹

Dothia would later become ill with a heart condition and move back to Kansas with her Family. She would marry her "sweetheart," Claude Brown, and pass away two months later on February 16, 1909. ²

Contributor

OWNER: Phillip Mott

Coverage

c. 1905
Peoria, Illinois
Mendota, Unknown

Date Created

c. 1905

Date Submitted

2020-07-16

Identifier

2020-0056

Subject

Peoria State Hospital, Asylum, Bartonville, Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane

Type

image

Source

1. Biennial Report of the Managing Officer of the Peoria State Hospital at Peoria, Illinois
Issues 5-6 -Peoria State Hospital (Peoria, Ill.)- 1905
2. The Ness County Echo- Ness City, Kansas -Sat, Feb 20, 1909 · Page 4