Sam Aiken's cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at the Oregon State Hospital to anyone who is related.
Sam was born in Northern Ireland in the last half of the 1800s to Robert Aiken and Margary Cargill. He had a brother named Thomas who was born in 1868.
On 3/8/1943 Sam was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He died there about 10 months later and the cause of death was said to be "senility."
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Sam was born in Northern Ireland in the last half of the 1800s to Robert Aiken and Margary Cargill. He had a brother named Thomas who was born in 1868.
On 3/8/1943 Sam was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He died there about 10 months later and the cause of death was said to be "senility."
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Sam Aiken's cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at the Oregon State Hospital to anyone who is related.
Sam was born in Northern Ireland in the last half of the 1800s to Robert Aiken and Margary Cargill. He had a brother named Thomas who was born in 1868.
On 3/8/1943 Sam was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He died there about 10 months later and the cause of death was said to be "senility."
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Sam was born in Northern Ireland in the last half of the 1800s to Robert Aiken and Margary Cargill. He had a brother named Thomas who was born in 1868.
On 3/8/1943 Sam was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He died there about 10 months later and the cause of death was said to be "senility."
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
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