WRIGHT SANITORIUM

DR. WRIGHT'S SANITORIUM
200 E. Ryan Boerne

OWNERS: Dr. Wright	ADDITION: LOT: #	DATE: c1919 Style/Period: Cottage
BUILDERS:	CONSTRUCTED OF: Wood clapboard; metal roof; 1x1 windows	DESCRIPTION: Twelve or fifteen, four bed cottages.

HISTORY: In 1919 Dr. W. E. Wright, a local physician, signed a contract with the Veterans Administration to provide medical care and lodging for WWI Veterans who were recovering from lung ailments-either tuberculosis or poison gas--at his sanitorium where the Hill Top Nursing Home now stands. Dr. Dewitt T. Hogue is said to be the first patient to arrive at the clinic in 1919. Soon there were as many as 150 Veterans assigned to the unit.

Source: Boerne Public Library files.- May, 1999

Note: Dr. Hogue and his wife Cora are listed in the 1920 census as lodgers in the household of Frank Newton. He must have survived and lived the remainder of his life in Boerne as they were both buried in the Boerne Cemetery in the 1990s.

Patients in Dr. Wright Sanitarium
Listed in Kendall County Census of 1920

PAGE	Line	NAME	AGE	GENDER	OCCUPATION	PLACE OF BIRTH
l0A	18	Wright, W. C.	53	M	Head	TN
l0A	19	Wright, Minnie	21	F	wife	TX
l0A	20	Wright, Kathleen	7	F	daughter	TX
l0A	21	Wright, Harry	32	M	brother	TX
l0A	22		24	M	patient
l0A	23	Byron, Henry	22	M	patient	AR
l0A	24		21	M	patient	TN
l0A	25	Gachanon, George	23	M	patient	PA
l0A	26	Nelson, George	22	M	patient	MO
l0A	27	Turner, James O	24	M	patient	OK
l0A	28	Haney, Vernie J	25	M	patient	AR
l0A	29	Garrison, Fred	24	M	patient	NY
l0A	30	Fletcher, Louis	31	M	patient	TX
l0A	31	Cochran, Hugh	27	M	patient	TX
l0A	32	Davis, James D	23	M	patient	TX
l0A	33	Durbin, James H	24	M	patient	TX
l0A	34	Bunch, Alexander	24	M	patient	AR
l0A	35	Stanfield, Hughes	24	M	patient	TX
l0A	36	Lawrence, Vernie M	25	M	patient	TX
l0A	37	Bond, F. E.	27	M	patient	OK
l0A	38	Hight, Jim C.	27	M	patient	TX
l0A	39	Skinner, W. E.	27	M	patient	TX
l0A	40	Ellinghaus, Otto	22	M	patient	IL
l0A	41	Felps, Paul D	30	M	patient	TX
l0A	42	Walker, Dorrenn	21	M	patient	AR
l0A	43	Grogan, Ruel	27	M	patient	KY
l0A	44	Lancaster, Arthins	31	M	patient	Mo
l0A	45	?Damon, Alvin	35	M	patient	wyoming
l0A	46	Duggan, Robert	25	M	patient	LA
l0A	47	D,	22	M	patient
l0A	48	Wells, Sam	21	M	patient	TX
l0A	49	Iverson, August	27	M	patient	Norway
l0A	50	Cockman, Walter	31	M	patient	OK
10B	51	Davis, Louis	24	M	Patient	GA
10B	52	Davis, Esther	23	F	Lodger	GA
10B	53	Davis, Louis, Jr	1 1/2	M	Lodger	TX
10B	54	Bolen, Joseph P.	24	M	Patient	LA
10B	55	Williams, Ben	24	M	Patient	TX
10B	56	Wright, Harrison	56	M	Patient	AR
10B	57	Well, Byron D		M	Patient	OK
10B	58	Wright, Wilford	29	M	Assistant	TX
10B	59	Robertson, Clarence	18	M	Servant	TX
10B	60	Massey, Charlie	26	M	Patient	TX
10B	61	Donley, Arthur	25	M	Patient	MS
10B	62	Warren, James	30	M	Patient	AR
10B	63	McKinney, Hiram	23	M	Patient	TX
10B	64	McConnell, P. H.	20	M	Patient	TX
10B	65	Arks,Frank	23	M	Patient	TX
10B	66	Gallatin, Eugene E	32	M	Patient	TX
10B	67	Harris, Buckner	27	M	Patient	TX
10B	69	Cooper, C.D.	22	M	Patient	TX
10B	70	Taylor, Eugene	22	M	Patient	TX
10B	71	McCleod, Dwight	26	M	Patient	USA
10B	72	Boyghton, Albert	30	M	Patient	USA
10B	73	Jones, Thomas O	31	M	Patient	AL
10B	74	Henry, Sam B	23	M	Patient	AR
10B	75	Tynes, E	26	M	Patient	KY
10B	76	Bell, Edward	27	M	Patient	AR
10B	77	Schieferbusch, Theodore	28	M	Patient	MS
10B	78	Halstedt, James G	27	M	Patient	LA
10B	79	Carter, Frederick	32	M	Patient	TX

Source of list is the 1920 Federal Census
Note: The quality of our copy is very poor making some names illegible.

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