Son of
Anna Douglas and Joseph BARKDULL, Jr
Husband of Louisa Penny Bogan
Father of
1. J. K. BARKDULL
2. Elizabeth (Barkdull) Brewer b. 1856
3. Louise Ella (Barkdull) Aubrey b. 1857
4. Minnie Mary BARKDULL b. 1859
5. Florence Stratton (Barkdull) Faulk b. 1861
6. Leonidas Polk BARKDULL b. 1863
7. James Douglas BARKDULL, Jr b. 1865
Dr. James Barkdull was shot while riding down the streets of Jackson, LA. It was no accident. I read a diary of a young girl that I checked out of the Ouachita Parish Public library that told of the killer attending the burial and his being congratulated by his senior officer for killing Dr. Barkdull, all in front of Mrs. Barkdull and her small children. All the Doctor was trying to do was get his papers out of his pocket to show the soldier. When I visited the Asylum at Jackson, I was given a typewritten report wherein it stated that Dr. Barkdull was the first superintendent and physician to use humane treatments, such as work release programs. (Source: Karen Everritt - [email protected])
When I was in Jackson, LA the local historian let me copy out of a book called "Celine---Remembering Louisiana 1850-1871" by 10-year-old Celine Fremaux Garcia and Edited by Patrick J. Geary. It is no longer in print but it was a journal of a young girl who eye-witnessed the shooting of Dr. Barkdull. One of the facts the book gives is that it took Dr. Barkdull a "month to the day" to die according to this book. The church records verify that the children and mother went on living in Jackson up to the 1870s or 1880's. (Source: Judy Stevens)
1815: Jackson was founded as seat of justice for Feliciana Parish, LA.
1845: Louisiana State Insane Asylum founded here at Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - phone: 504-634-0100 The asylums of the 19th century represent a darker period in mental health care, with involuntary incarceration, barbaric and ineffective treatments, and abuse of patients. However, there is also a legacy of progressive institutional treatment left by Dorothea Dix, Thomas Story Kirkbride, John Galt, and others represented by these buildings and sites: treatments and philosophies which seem rather outdated today, but at the time were a great improvement in the treatment of the mentally ill. A large proportion of these historic institutions are no longer mental hospitals. What remains are the magnificent castle-like buildings wrought of brick and stone in incredible detail, a legacy of an attention to detail in architecture which seems to have been long forgotten.
Anna Douglas and Joseph BARKDULL, Jr
Husband of Louisa Penny Bogan
Father of
1. J. K. BARKDULL
2. Elizabeth (Barkdull) Brewer b. 1856
3. Louise Ella (Barkdull) Aubrey b. 1857
4. Minnie Mary BARKDULL b. 1859
5. Florence Stratton (Barkdull) Faulk b. 1861
6. Leonidas Polk BARKDULL b. 1863
7. James Douglas BARKDULL, Jr b. 1865
Dr. James Barkdull was shot while riding down the streets of Jackson, LA. It was no accident. I read a diary of a young girl that I checked out of the Ouachita Parish Public library that told of the killer attending the burial and his being congratulated by his senior officer for killing Dr. Barkdull, all in front of Mrs. Barkdull and her small children. All the Doctor was trying to do was get his papers out of his pocket to show the soldier. When I visited the Asylum at Jackson, I was given a typewritten report wherein it stated that Dr. Barkdull was the first superintendent and physician to use humane treatments, such as work release programs. (Source: Karen Everritt - [email protected])
When I was in Jackson, LA the local historian let me copy out of a book called "Celine---Remembering Louisiana 1850-1871" by 10-year-old Celine Fremaux Garcia and Edited by Patrick J. Geary. It is no longer in print but it was a journal of a young girl who eye-witnessed the shooting of Dr. Barkdull. One of the facts the book gives is that it took Dr. Barkdull a "month to the day" to die according to this book. The church records verify that the children and mother went on living in Jackson up to the 1870s or 1880's. (Source: Judy Stevens)
1815: Jackson was founded as seat of justice for Feliciana Parish, LA.
1845: Louisiana State Insane Asylum founded here at Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - phone: 504-634-0100 The asylums of the 19th century represent a darker period in mental health care, with involuntary incarceration, barbaric and ineffective treatments, and abuse of patients. However, there is also a legacy of progressive institutional treatment left by Dorothea Dix, Thomas Story Kirkbride, John Galt, and others represented by these buildings and sites: treatments and philosophies which seem rather outdated today, but at the time were a great improvement in the treatment of the mentally ill. A large proportion of these historic institutions are no longer mental hospitals. What remains are the magnificent castle-like buildings wrought of brick and stone in incredible detail, a legacy of an attention to detail in architecture which seems to have been long forgotten.
Son of
Anna Douglas and Joseph BARKDULL, Jr
Husband of Louisa Penny Bogan
Father of
1. J. K. BARKDULL
2. Elizabeth (Barkdull) Brewer b. 1856
3. Louise Ella (Barkdull) Aubrey b. 1857
4. Minnie Mary BARKDULL b. 1859
5. Florence Stratton (Barkdull) Faulk b. 1861
6. Leonidas Polk BARKDULL b. 1863
7. James Douglas BARKDULL, Jr b. 1865
Dr. James Barkdull was shot while riding down the streets of Jackson, LA. It was no accident. I read a diary of a young girl that I checked out of the Ouachita Parish Public library that told of the killer attending the burial and his being congratulated by his senior officer for killing Dr. Barkdull, all in front of Mrs. Barkdull and her small children. All the Doctor was trying to do was get his papers out of his pocket to show the soldier. When I visited the Asylum at Jackson, I was given a typewritten report wherein it stated that Dr. Barkdull was the first superintendent and physician to use humane treatments, such as work release programs. (Source: Karen Everritt - [email protected])
When I was in Jackson, LA the local historian let me copy out of a book called "Celine---Remembering Louisiana 1850-1871" by 10-year-old Celine Fremaux Garcia and Edited by Patrick J. Geary. It is no longer in print but it was a journal of a young girl who eye-witnessed the shooting of Dr. Barkdull. One of the facts the book gives is that it took Dr. Barkdull a "month to the day" to die according to this book. The church records verify that the children and mother went on living in Jackson up to the 1870s or 1880's. (Source: Judy Stevens)
1815: Jackson was founded as seat of justice for Feliciana Parish, LA.
1845: Louisiana State Insane Asylum founded here at Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - phone: 504-634-0100 The asylums of the 19th century represent a darker period in mental health care, with involuntary incarceration, barbaric and ineffective treatments, and abuse of patients. However, there is also a legacy of progressive institutional treatment left by Dorothea Dix, Thomas Story Kirkbride, John Galt, and others represented by these buildings and sites: treatments and philosophies which seem rather outdated today, but at the time were a great improvement in the treatment of the mentally ill. A large proportion of these historic institutions are no longer mental hospitals. What remains are the magnificent castle-like buildings wrought of brick and stone in incredible detail, a legacy of an attention to detail in architecture which seems to have been long forgotten.
Anna Douglas and Joseph BARKDULL, Jr
Husband of Louisa Penny Bogan
Father of
1. J. K. BARKDULL
2. Elizabeth (Barkdull) Brewer b. 1856
3. Louise Ella (Barkdull) Aubrey b. 1857
4. Minnie Mary BARKDULL b. 1859
5. Florence Stratton (Barkdull) Faulk b. 1861
6. Leonidas Polk BARKDULL b. 1863
7. James Douglas BARKDULL, Jr b. 1865
Dr. James Barkdull was shot while riding down the streets of Jackson, LA. It was no accident. I read a diary of a young girl that I checked out of the Ouachita Parish Public library that told of the killer attending the burial and his being congratulated by his senior officer for killing Dr. Barkdull, all in front of Mrs. Barkdull and her small children. All the Doctor was trying to do was get his papers out of his pocket to show the soldier. When I visited the Asylum at Jackson, I was given a typewritten report wherein it stated that Dr. Barkdull was the first superintendent and physician to use humane treatments, such as work release programs. (Source: Karen Everritt - [email protected])
When I was in Jackson, LA the local historian let me copy out of a book called "Celine---Remembering Louisiana 1850-1871" by 10-year-old Celine Fremaux Garcia and Edited by Patrick J. Geary. It is no longer in print but it was a journal of a young girl who eye-witnessed the shooting of Dr. Barkdull. One of the facts the book gives is that it took Dr. Barkdull a "month to the day" to die according to this book. The church records verify that the children and mother went on living in Jackson up to the 1870s or 1880's. (Source: Judy Stevens)
1815: Jackson was founded as seat of justice for Feliciana Parish, LA.
1845: Louisiana State Insane Asylum founded here at Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana - phone: 504-634-0100 The asylums of the 19th century represent a darker period in mental health care, with involuntary incarceration, barbaric and ineffective treatments, and abuse of patients. However, there is also a legacy of progressive institutional treatment left by Dorothea Dix, Thomas Story Kirkbride, John Galt, and others represented by these buildings and sites: treatments and philosophies which seem rather outdated today, but at the time were a great improvement in the treatment of the mentally ill. A large proportion of these historic institutions are no longer mental hospitals. What remains are the magnificent castle-like buildings wrought of brick and stone in incredible detail, a legacy of an attention to detail in architecture which seems to have been long forgotten.
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