James Hiram Frazier
Courtesy Nita
(Murray) Lewis, 9/6/2007, nita153atyahoo.com
My great
grandfather James Hiram Frazier was committed to
the Lexington, KY asylum on Sep 5, 1904 from the
Johnson Co., KY Court. (See Attached
documentation)
Family tradition
states Hiram was a trader (he would trade
anything and everything). He traded for
wildhorses and was in the process of breaking
them when one threw him off and he landed on his
head. He was never the same after the fall.
Shortly after the fall he became violent and
attempted to kill his family. This was when he
was comitted to the Lexington KY asylum on 5 Sep
1904.
He resided at the
facility for a short time and became better and
was sent home. Shortly after arriving home, two
of his daughters Flora and Dolly died. The
death of his daughters was more than he could
handle and he was sent back to the hospital,
where he died. The daughters died 1905 and 1906
respectiviely. He is believed to have died
around 1910, but we have no records of his
death. I can only find one record of his
admittance into the facility, but family
tradition states he was admitted twice.
James Hiram Frazier was born
Dec 1872 in Johnson Co., KY and died around 1910
at the Lexington, KY instituation. I do not
know the exact date nor the place of burial. My
grandfather was very young and could only
remember his father not being home. I do know
he died before 21 Sep 1912 because Martha
remarried on this date and was listed as a
widow.
