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Marcus, the seventh child of John Morris, is 18 years old. 
He was not seen. 
Sarah, eighth child of John Morris, is afflicted with some 
form of chorea. She would not come into the room, but the 
mother told the field worker that she jerked involuntarily 
as Mildred formerly did, and she was afraid she would be 
like her Aunt Belle Bruce. She is in school, but, according 
to the statement given by a neighbor, she does not learn very 
fast. 
Wilbur, sixth child of Samuel Morris, was the first-born 
of Annie Burns. He was born before Samuel compelled Mary 
to leave him. Wilbur married a Polk, who was licentious 
both before and after marriage. She was too intimate with 
Robert Morris, her brother-in-law, which fact caused much 
trouble in the Morris family. Wilbur suffered from chorea. 
Early one morning he, with his brother Robert, his nephew 
Plerbert Morris, and a cousin, went to the home of Clyde 
Borden with whom they had a standing feud. They were 
armed with guns and whips. The only thing that saved 
Borden was that Wilbur and Robert were so badly afflicted 
with chorea that they could not take aim. Borden opened 
fire on them, mortally wounding Wilbur and severely injuring 
Robert. The court made a conspiracy charge out of the case, 
and Borden was acquitted of murder. Wilbur had 2 children : 
Glen, who is now living, and a girl who died in infancy. 
Wilbur’s widow recently married Bill Samson. 
Belle, the seventh child of Samuel Morris, was one of the 
worst cases of Huntington’s chorea ever received at the South- 
eastern Hospital. She was born in 1866 in Township 5. She 
attended school until she was 16 years old, at which time 
she married Harold Bruce. For many years she helped care 
for her insane choreic mother (Annie Burns) and over- 
worked. She imagined that people were trying to wrong her, 
would throw herself on the floor, scream, and cry. She 
threatened to kill, to burn the house, and to kill herself. She 
was committed to the' Southeastern Hospital for the Insane 
on June 20, 1916, and was furloughed September 6, 1916. 
She was returned 1 month later. 
Belle has 1 child, Ralph, who married a Kirtly. He was 
not visited. 
Gerald, the eighth child of Samuel Morris, lives at Indi- 
