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  2. Andrew McFarland - Wikipedia

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    About 1854, he became superintendent of the Illinois State Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville and served in that position until 1869, when he resigned and established Oak Lawn Retreat, a private asylum in Jacksonville. Beyond his work in mental health, McFarland published on work of fiction, The Escape (Boston, 1851). In 1891, he hanged himself.

  3. Jacksonville Developmental Center - Wikipedia

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    The Jacksonville Developmental Center was an institution for developmentally delayed clients, located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It was open from 1851 to November 2012. [ 1 ] As of December 2012 [update] , the 134-acre (54 ha) grounds was still owned by the State of Illinois.

  4. Elizabeth Packard - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Packard spent the next three years at the Jacksonville Insane Asylum in Jacksonville, Illinois (now the Jacksonville Developmental Center). [4] [19] [7] [20] [21] She was regularly questioned by doctors, but refused to agree that she was insane or to change her religious views. In June 1863, due, in part, to pressure from her children ...

  5. History of Jacksonville, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the war Jacksonville changed hands several times, though never with a battle. On February 20, 1864, Union soldiers from Jacksonville marched inland and confronted the Confederate Army at the Battle of Olustee. [17] [18] The battle was a devastating loss for the Union and a decisive victory for the Confederacy. [19]

  6. Lunatic asylum - Wikipedia

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    The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital . Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved from and eventually replaced the older lunatic asylum.

  7. The history of the Outagamie County Asylum for the Chronic ...

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    Before the volunteers started the project, the cemetery has become became overgrown and was mostly forgotten, apart from a misspelled sign that read “Outagamie County Insane Asylum Cemetary 1891 ...

  8. Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Jacksonville Free Public Library opens. Protestant Union Revival held. [21] 1907 Manhattan Beach opens. [21] Dixieland Amusement Park opens in South Jacksonville. [21] South Jacksonville chartered as a city. [21] 1908 - Filmmaker Kalem Studios active. [1] 1909 - YMCA building constructed. [21] 1910 Atlantic Boulevard laid out. Population ...

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to questions about YSI. A department spokeswoman, Meghan Speakes Collins, pointed to overall improvements the state has made in its contract monitoring process, such as conducting more interviews with randomly selected youth to get a better understanding of conditions and analyzing problematic trends such as high staff turnover.