Individual Details

The obit of J. W. Gabbard, states that Susan Jones, his second wife, was "now in the insane asylum."

The 1910 census does have the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, Ward 2, Lexington, District 0019.. At the bottom of the 15th image - there is a very smudged entry for Susan J. Gabbare, a patient, maybe age 35. They list her as married and as having no children, born KY - but then few have any children listed, most are "unk". I feel sure this was Susan Gabbard - as I found only one other Susan J. - Davis, and much older. There were in fact few "Susans".
The Hospital had over 1200 patients. There were a handful of teenagers - the youngest I saw, a 16 year old boy. There was a 91-year-old Black female and several patients in their late 80's. Of course I doubt that the ages were correct in many cases. There were some 60 attendants, but only 4 physicians. Interestingly there were 2 florists, 1 bookkeeper, listed among the employees.

1920 Census. Eastern State Hospital for the Insane, Lexington, Fayette Co, KY, ED 53, Sheet 5A, Ward 2 of the City
Susan J. Gabbard, patient, age 42, b. KY. They failed to mark whether or not she could read or write. She was working as a laundress, for the hospital.

http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/eastern_ky/index.html
The hospital where Susan J. Gabbard was housed is said to be the second oldest in the nation - founded in 1817. It has had a long history of names but has been the Eastern State Hospital since 1912. At the time John Wesley Gabbard died in 1909, it was the Eastern Kentucky Asylum for the Insane. Several postcard views are on this site.

1930 Census. Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Fayette Co, KY, Ward 2 of city, ED 34-6, Sheet 4A. West Fourth Street
Susan J. Gabbard, patient, age 54, b. KY, marked "M" for married but of course she was a widow - no other information.

1940 Census. Eastern State Hospital for the Insane. Lexington City, Ward 2, Fayette, KY
Susan Gabbard, Patient, age 65, born Kentucky. Lived in the same Institution in 1935.

Kentucky Death Records. Died 11 Jun 1946, Fayette KY. Susan Jane Gabbard was age 71, born Jackson Co. Her father was R. F. Jones, b. Double Lick, Kentucky.
She is buried Hillcrest Memorial Park, Lexington, Fayette Co, KY.

Birth	Aug 1868
Marriage	13 Aug 1889	Jackson County, Kentucky - John Wesley Gabbard
Death	11 Jun 1946	Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky

Spouse	John Wesley Gabbard (1822 - 1909)
Child	Fanny Gabbard (1890 - 1967)
Child	Louisa Gabbard (1892 - 1962)
Child	Palestine Kennedy Gabbard (1894 - 1988)
Child	Rose A. Gabbard (1896 - )
Child	Sherman Gabbard (1898 - 1991)