THE DATA 23 



(Chart IX), to take up the story of his descendants, of 

 whom our girl Deborah is one. 



Millard married Althea Haight about 1830. They 

 had fifteen children born in the following years : 1830, 

 1831, 1832, 1834, 1836, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1843, 1845, 

 1847, 1849, 1851, 1854, l8 56. The mother died in 1857. 

 This mother, Althea Haight, was feeble-minded. That 

 she came from a feeble-minded family is evidenced by 

 the fact that she had at least one feeble-minded brother, 

 while qf her mother it was said that the "devil himself 

 could not live with her." The feeble-minded brother 

 had six children, of whom three are known to have been 

 feeble-minded. He had seven grandchildren who were 

 feeble-minded, and no less than nine feeble-minded great- 

 grandchildren. (These are not shown on the chart.) 



The oldest child of Millard and Althea was a daugh- 

 ter who grew up a feeble-minded and immoral woman. 

 She had several husbands, but only one of her children 

 lived to be old enough to marry. This one, a daughter 

 of illegitimate birth, married a man of good family who 

 was a confirmed alcoholic. Their children are all un- 

 determined, except one who was normal. 



The second child of Millard, a daughter, was a bad 

 character. We know of one illegitimate and feeble- 

 minded son who married a feeble-minded and immoral 



