John Henry Mussman
Kentucky Post, Saturday, 13 July 1895, page 6
Henry Mussman, a veteran of the late war, with an honorable discharge and residing in Dayton Ky. is laboring under the hallucination that he is the second son of God. He is annoyed by chickens on his shoulders and roosters on his head, clocks in his ears and angels in his mouth.
He was before Judge Helm in Newport this morning on the charge of lunacy, but the case was continued for 30 days.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 15 July 1895, page 6
Henry Mussman was taken before Judge Helm this morning to answer the charge of lunacy, but will not be tried for a couple of weeks. He imagines he is the second son of God and is annoyed by angels, chickens and clocks.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 24 September 1895, page 7
Henry Mussman will be tried for lunacy before Judge Helm tomorrow morning. A telephone was received here this morning asking that a second list of witnesses be given, as the first one had been lost. Dayton people devoutly hope that Mussman will be committed tomorrow, as all expect to hear of some terrible casualty occurring at any time as long as he has his freedom.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 27 September 1895, page 5
Henry Mussman, whose wonderful imagination has terrorized Dayton resident's considerably of late, was adjudged insane yesterday in the County Court by Judge Helm. He was ordered sent to the Lakeland Asylum.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 26 October 1895, page 7
Judge Helm yesterday ordered that Henry Mussman be sent to the Lakeland Asylum. Mussman has been a great care. (scare)
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John Henry Mussman was born in 1843 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Henry and Sophia; He enlisted 17 Nov 1862 in the 13th Ohio Cavalry; mustered out 1 Dec 1862; re-enlisted 13 Aug 1864 in Cincinnati; mustered out 18 June 1865 in Petersburg Va. He was admitted to the Dayton Ohio Veterans Hospital 23 Aug 1889 and discharged 22 July 1893. Then he was in Dayton Ky. He received a pension 9 July 1890 which listed him as invalid. Hospital showed it as disease of the throat.
By 1900 he was in the Louisville Central Hospital.