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usually good; slight iiuistiilardirt'uuU)-. 

 Hearing excellent. 



Second parents (grandparents) 



4. Chikiren's father's father 

 George Thompson Fairchild. Died in 

 63rd year. Tall (5 ft. 103/^). Eyes 

 intense black; eyesight excellent to 

 50th \ear. Hearing good. Musical. 

 Hair black, turning gray. Bald fore- 

 head; dark complexion. Last l)orn of 

 10 children. 



5. Children s fathe/s mother 



Charlotte Pearl Halsted. Died in 67th 

 year. Small and slim (about 5 ft. 6 in.). 

 kyes gray; eyesight good to 50th year. 

 Hearing good unlil death. Hair light 

 brown, not abundant. Delicate com- 

 plexion. F'irst born of eight children. 



6. Children's mother's father 



Alexander (iraham Bell. 1847. Second 

 of three children. Slender in \outh; 

 heavy in older age. Six feet. ()li\e 

 complexion. Hair and beard black, 

 abundant, turning white young. Eyes 

 dark; eyesight perfect to 70. Hearing 

 perfect to 70. Musical. Slight sense 

 of smell. 



7. Chikiren's mother's mother 



Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. 1857. Third 

 of six children. Slender. Fair, clear 

 complexion. Eyes gray, shortsighted 

 from childhood. Hearing totally de- 

 stroyed 1)\- scarlet fever at fi\'e. Hair 

 light brown, abundant. 



Third parents (great grand parents) 



8. Children 's father's father's father 



Cirandison Fairchild. Died in 99th year. 

 Eyes black ; e\esigh t good to 90th year. 

 Hearing good to 9()ih year. Tall. Dark 

 complexion. Hair dark, turning white; 

 bald forehead. Third born of ten 

 children. 



9. Children's father's father's tnother 

 Nancy Harris. Died in 80lh year. 

 ICyesight good toad\anced age. Hear- 

 inggood toad\anccd age. Hairauburn. 

 not abimdant. Medium size. .Second 

 born of sc\cn children. 



10. Chikiren's father's mother's father 



David Halsted. Died in 46th year after 

 week's illness. Eyes blue. Hair black. 

 Tall and slim. Clear complexion. 

 Fourth bf)rn of fi\e or six children. 



11. Chikiren's father's mother's mother 



Mary Mechem. Died in 37th year. 

 E\es gra\-; eyesight defecti\'e. Hair 

 light auburn, not aljundant. Medium 

 stature; frail. Delicate cr)mpIexion. 

 Se\'enth lK)rn of eight children. 



12. Children's mother's father's father 



Alexander Melville Bell. 1819-1905. 

 Age at death 86. Slender in youth; 

 heavy in old age. 5 ft. 10 in. Third of 

 four children. ()li\e complexion. Hair 

 black, abundant; reddish beard. FZyes 

 dark; eyesight perfect to 80. Hearing 

 perfect to ad\anced age. 



13. Children's mother' s father' s mother: 



Eliza Grace Symonds. 1809-1896. Age 

 at death 87. Small and slight. P'irst of 

 large famih' (8). Light complexion. 

 Hair becoming grayish. Eyes blue, 

 deepK' sunken. Eyesight good to ad- 

 vanced age. Hard of hearing from 10 

 years of age. Musical. Slight sense of 

 smell. 



14. Children's mother's mother's father 



Gardiner Greene Hubbard. 1822-1897. 

 Age at death 75. Tall and slim. One of 

 large family. Complexion clear. Hair 

 dark, becoming white. Eyes black, \ery 

 short-sighted; wore glasses from child- 

 hood. Hearing perfect throughout life. 



15. Children's mother's mother's mother: 



Gertrude Mercer McCurdv. 1827- 

 1909. 82 years old when killed in 

 accident. Tall and slim. First of large 

 family. Complexion clear. Hair soft 

 brown, abimdant. Eyes gra>-; suflered 

 from cataract late in life. Hearing 

 perfect throughout life. Musical. 



Fonrth parents (great, great grand- 

 parents 



Numbers 16 to 23 not given as portraits 

 are lacking. 



