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a mad dog, and it is said that he was always nervous after 
that time. He stopped school at 14 years of age and at 25 
was sent to the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane where 
his case was diagnosed Dementia Praecox. He was discharged 
in 1916 and went immediately to his father who at that time 
was in Missouri. Two weeks later he became violent and 
was sent to an insane hospital in that state where he is at 
the present time. 
Mose, the third child of Samuel Morris, is feeble-minded. 
He inherited a large estate from his father, of which there 
has been nothing left for years. He can neither read nor 
write; he has always been ready to hght; he cannot make a 
living and has never been able to do so. While his father 
lived and for a short time afterwards Mose and his family 
lived well, but he has never been able to make any money of 
his own. The farmers will not pay him more than 75 cents 
a day for his work because he will not keep at it unless some- 
one watches him. He cannot count money, make change, or 
tell the time of day by the clock. His wife, Ethel Burns, will 
be discussed as 1 of the children of Harmon Burns. Mose 
and his wife are the children of half-brother and sister. They 
have 5 children, none of whom were visited. Beula, one of 
the daughters, married a Stevens. Lucille married George 
Adams, Clara married Benjamin Guinn, Frank was committed 
to the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane in 1918 where 
he has a diagnosis of Dementia Praecox. Robert is married 
and lives at Indianapolis. 
Samuel, the fourth child of old Samuel Morris, was born 
in 1872. He was never bright, was easily agitated, extremely 
alcoholic, licentious, and easily insulted. His mental dullness 
was more marked after puberty. He was accused of steal- 
ing several times and was never known to work. He was 
very profane and in young manhood he took great delight 
in breaking up public meetings, religious and social. In 1888 
he was committed to the Central Insane Hospital after at- 
tempting suicide. In 1910 he was transferred to the South- 
eastern Hospital, where he is at the present time. The family 
thinks that masturbation from earliest childhood was the 
cause of his trouble. 
John Morris, the fifth child of Samuel, is a well-respected 
farmer in Township 5. He is quiet in manner and never 
