Claude's cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Claude was born in May 1890 in Pendleton, Umatilla County in northeastern Oregon. His parents, Eliza M. Terry and Arthur James Gibson, were born in the 1860s. She was native of Oregon and he was born in Missouri. Claude's siblings were Faye Vyvian who was born in Oregon in 1888 and Ruth Sylvia who was born in 1891 in Washington.
During the 1900 census Claude was 10 years old and living with his parents in Pendleton. Although his sisters (ages 8 and 11) were attending school, Claude was not. He was reportedly unable to speak, read, or write. His father was a carpenter. Claude's mother died on 6/26/1902 in Umatilla County. In September 1903 Claude's father married Sarah Rothrock. They eventually divorced.
On 3/26/1909 Claude was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem, Oregon charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and it was closed in 2000. Among other disabilities Claude had bilateral optic atrophy, a deterioration of the nerves which carries impulses from the eyes to the brain. This leads to significant decrease in vision. He died at Fairview on 3/1/1935. The cause of death was a carbuncle, a painful cluster of boils that are connected to each other under the skin. It is usually caused by a staph or strep infection which can turn lethal.
Claude's father died on 8/2/1930 in Umatilla County. Sister Ruth Gibson Jones died in Sacramento County on 4/16/1977. Sister Faye married Walter Markee and had two sons Richard and Walter, Jr. Faye died in Sacramento County, California on 3/10/1982.
Claude was born in May 1890 in Pendleton, Umatilla County in northeastern Oregon. His parents, Eliza M. Terry and Arthur James Gibson, were born in the 1860s. She was native of Oregon and he was born in Missouri. Claude's siblings were Faye Vyvian who was born in Oregon in 1888 and Ruth Sylvia who was born in 1891 in Washington.
During the 1900 census Claude was 10 years old and living with his parents in Pendleton. Although his sisters (ages 8 and 11) were attending school, Claude was not. He was reportedly unable to speak, read, or write. His father was a carpenter. Claude's mother died on 6/26/1902 in Umatilla County. In September 1903 Claude's father married Sarah Rothrock. They eventually divorced.
On 3/26/1909 Claude was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem, Oregon charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and it was closed in 2000. Among other disabilities Claude had bilateral optic atrophy, a deterioration of the nerves which carries impulses from the eyes to the brain. This leads to significant decrease in vision. He died at Fairview on 3/1/1935. The cause of death was a carbuncle, a painful cluster of boils that are connected to each other under the skin. It is usually caused by a staph or strep infection which can turn lethal.
Claude's father died on 8/2/1930 in Umatilla County. Sister Ruth Gibson Jones died in Sacramento County on 4/16/1977. Sister Faye married Walter Markee and had two sons Richard and Walter, Jr. Faye died in Sacramento County, California on 3/10/1982.
Claude's cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Claude was born in May 1890 in Pendleton, Umatilla County in northeastern Oregon. His parents, Eliza M. Terry and Arthur James Gibson, were born in the 1860s. She was native of Oregon and he was born in Missouri. Claude's siblings were Faye Vyvian who was born in Oregon in 1888 and Ruth Sylvia who was born in 1891 in Washington.
During the 1900 census Claude was 10 years old and living with his parents in Pendleton. Although his sisters (ages 8 and 11) were attending school, Claude was not. He was reportedly unable to speak, read, or write. His father was a carpenter. Claude's mother died on 6/26/1902 in Umatilla County. In September 1903 Claude's father married Sarah Rothrock. They eventually divorced.
On 3/26/1909 Claude was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem, Oregon charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and it was closed in 2000. Among other disabilities Claude had bilateral optic atrophy, a deterioration of the nerves which carries impulses from the eyes to the brain. This leads to significant decrease in vision. He died at Fairview on 3/1/1935. The cause of death was a carbuncle, a painful cluster of boils that are connected to each other under the skin. It is usually caused by a staph or strep infection which can turn lethal.
Claude's father died on 8/2/1930 in Umatilla County. Sister Ruth Gibson Jones died in Sacramento County on 4/16/1977. Sister Faye married Walter Markee and had two sons Richard and Walter, Jr. Faye died in Sacramento County, California on 3/10/1982.
Claude was born in May 1890 in Pendleton, Umatilla County in northeastern Oregon. His parents, Eliza M. Terry and Arthur James Gibson, were born in the 1860s. She was native of Oregon and he was born in Missouri. Claude's siblings were Faye Vyvian who was born in Oregon in 1888 and Ruth Sylvia who was born in 1891 in Washington.
During the 1900 census Claude was 10 years old and living with his parents in Pendleton. Although his sisters (ages 8 and 11) were attending school, Claude was not. He was reportedly unable to speak, read, or write. His father was a carpenter. Claude's mother died on 6/26/1902 in Umatilla County. In September 1903 Claude's father married Sarah Rothrock. They eventually divorced.
On 3/26/1909 Claude was admitted to the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a residential, quasi-educational institution in Salem, Oregon charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and it was closed in 2000. Among other disabilities Claude had bilateral optic atrophy, a deterioration of the nerves which carries impulses from the eyes to the brain. This leads to significant decrease in vision. He died at Fairview on 3/1/1935. The cause of death was a carbuncle, a painful cluster of boils that are connected to each other under the skin. It is usually caused by a staph or strep infection which can turn lethal.
Claude's father died on 8/2/1930 in Umatilla County. Sister Ruth Gibson Jones died in Sacramento County on 4/16/1977. Sister Faye married Walter Markee and had two sons Richard and Walter, Jr. Faye died in Sacramento County, California on 3/10/1982.
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