Aaron in 1920 (and a note about our female ancestors)

As noted in the earlier post, Aaron Smelser was not listed with his family in the 1920 census.  However, I think I found him in the Missouri State Hospital #3 in Vernon County.  It is/was often referred to as the Insane Asylum, however, it also treated people with communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis.

Since Emma died of the flu, with TB as a contributing factor, I'd guess that Aaron might have also had TB.  But, I'm not going to pursue the reason he was at the State Hospital.

We'll get back to Aaron and his Smelser ancestors in a few days weeks. 

I plan to eventually discuss what I've found about our female ancestors, so I will get back to Emma Elizabeth Elmore later.