The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

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women. and think of that in rolo+io,
totbe other fact +battoofoob
women. of whom we have martial roc
ord. are the mothers Of ut least 10
feeble-minded children. and the rnaI
Significance and danger Of the sitra-
ton begins to be APPARENT" He then
gives many family histories Of Indiana
one of which must be inserted here rs
a typical one. that OUGHT to arouse
my readers from any lethargv in re-
gard the subject and force them to =
determination thai such things must
stop; and because they must, they can
be made to.
="
IN one OF thesouthern Indiana coun-
Ties is a family, OF which from one to
SIN members have been III the poor
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: ilV CIV" "''uG "leTH VINO were porn 10
the first wife of this man were, rs !,
have said, fecble-mlnded' botu are
living to-day and are inmates OF the
poor asylum. Neither has ever mar
RED. Mary has borne SIX or seven
children. Two or three have been
dead for years and their mental cOndi-
lion is not positively known. Two
daughters now living are in the school
for fceble-minded, and a son, who died
withina year, was feeble-minded. y
third daughter is feeble-minded and
is the wife of feeble-minded man.
They are not in the poor asylum, but
live in neighboring county, where
they are given assistance by town
shin trustee. This couple has one
child. of whose mental condition /
have no information The other sis
ter, NIarparet has a DAUGHTER. feeble
minded and unmarried. who works in
another county. and n feeble-minded
son now in the school for feeble-mind-
cd. This woman has also borne two
or three other children now dead. but
all said to have boen feebIe-minded
OF the son. Andrew. we have no rec
ord Tbo son Georoe WASHINGTON
married feebIe-minded woman and'a
feeble-miuded son WAS born to them.
Gaoroa WASHINGTON afterwards sep
ara+ed from his wife and married a
second feeble-minded woman. Before
MARRIAGE This woman had borne an
n1ooi+imate child nv George Washing
ton This child was also feeble
minded If sbould he remembered
that nearly all the persons referred to
in This family record have been dur
inc the whole or a part of their lives
q burden upon the community.
Every member of the family. so far as
know. has been feeble-minded. Prob
ably one-half the members of the
family have been illegitimate. Those
who have entered the marriage re-
la+ion have had little or no respect for
If and there is much doubt as to the
legitimacy Of the child born to married