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that he marry and make a home for them. ' He then tried to 
marry Florence Kite, an imbecile of nearly 35 years, but 
members of the Board of Guardians would not permit the 
marriage. He then tried another woman but was not suc- 
cessful. Only then did he consent for his daughters to be 
taken to the institution. The boys were to remain with him. 
The girls had been in the tiome only 2 weeks when Russel 
went to Knightstown and took them away. The matron wrote 
the local Board that she was glad that he had taken the 
children for they were feeble-minded and should not be in 
that institution. The 2 boys are now staying with their father, 
Eliza is with a family in the country, and Mabel is with Goldie 
Smith. In the summer of 1918, Russel saw Martha Foster, 
a low-grade imbecile, and had his niece Nellie Smith entice 
her to the home of Lucy Owens. He says that he loves her 
and will marry her. (See Martha Foster history.) 
The 4 children of Russel Smith are feeble-minded. 
Ira, the third child of Russel Smith Sr., lives on a farm 
west of Stonetown with his wife, who was a Dunham. He 
has always been considered as being an upright man but as 
not having much gray matter. 
Sarah, the fourth child of Russel Smith Sr., was a feeble- 
minded prostitute who worked as a domestic in Rockton for 
many years. She finally married Sam Miller. 
May, the fifth child is unknown. She married a Park. 
Lillie, the sixth child of Russel, is feeble-minded. She 
first married Grant Park, a widower with 6 children. After 
bringing 6 more into the world. Grant hanged himself, a deed 
which a physician jokingly said was the only bright thing 
he ever did. Two of his daughters by his first wife married 
Russel Jr. and George Smith. Another became the second 
wife of Harmon Jones. After the suicide of Park, Lillie 
married John Myers, an old soldier. She has no children by 
him. One physician states that all her children are feeble- 
minded. None of them was seen by the field worker except 
Kate, who married her step-brother, Ralph Myers. She has 
2 children, the older of whom is feeble-minded. The other 
daughters of Lillie are reported as prostitutes by a physician. 
The seventh child of Russel Smith Sr. is unknown. 
Russel Smith Sr. had a sister who became the wife of 
Herman Acre, one of the leading citizens of Rockton. He was 
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