Background
DeJARNETTE, Joseph Spencer was born on September 29, 1866 in Spotsylvania Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Captain Elliott H. and Evelyn (Magruder) DeJarnette.
DeJARNETTE, Joseph Spencer was born on September 29, 1866 in Spotsylvania Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Captain Elliott H. and Evelyn (Magruder) DeJarnette.
Doctor of Medicine Medical College of Virginia, 1888.
D., February 14, 1906, Upland, Pennsylvania Elected Superintendent, Western Eastern State Hospital for Insane, Staunton, Virginia, since 1906. Chiefly through his efforts the State of Virginia in 1926 made first provision for care of idiots. Eugenic Sterilization became a law in Virginia.
1924 (first law for sterilization of unfit to pass Supreme Court of the United States, 1928). Founder DeJarnette Sanatorium.
Member of Medical Society of Virginia. TriState Medical Association. American Psychiatric Association.
Married Chertsey Hopkins (M.D.), February 14, 1906.