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works. He earns $1 per day besides his house rent and many 
small gifts for doing odd jobs for his employer. 
John, the second child of Harvey Hancock and June Brown, 
was taken from the Indianapolis Home by a family in the 
northern part of Indiana. He became dissatisfied and ran 
off, coming to his father in Stonetown. He secured a job in 
the factory and made $2 a day while war prices were being 
paid. He soon became tired of making so much money (or 
for some other reason) and left to cut wood with his father. 
This he did irregularly until he was called by the draft board 
in 1918. He passed the Local Board but was returned from 
camp as being incapable of following orders. He and his 
father live together in one room of a house in the west part 
of tovm. They frequently have to have help from the Charity 
Organization Society. 
Miriam, the third child of Harvey and June Hancock, 20 
years old, is still in the Indianapolis Home awaiting transfer 
to the custodial department of the Training School for Feeble- 
minded Youth. She is said by the matron to be able to do 
only the simplest tasks. 
lone, the fifth child, has been adopted by John Moore, of 
County H. Her mental status is unknown. Nora, the fourth 
child, is dead. Zebedee, the fifth child, 18 years old, is still 
in the Home. He is not considered placeable. 
Caroline, the fourth child of ‘'Old Jimmie Jones’", mar- 
ried Oscar Brown, the fifth child of William and Sallie Stevens 
Brown. They live in an adjoining county and were not seen. 
Dorothy, the sixth child of William and Sallie Brown, mar- 
ried Sam Stevens of Possum Holler, a cousin once or twice 
removed. They live in the adjoining county in a small vil- 
lage which is almost on the line. She is pronounced feeble- 
minded by a competent physician. She has 3 children. The 
first is a feeble-minded girl who has 2 illegitimate children.- The 
second daughter married a Fish by whom she has a number 
of children, the oldest being Homer. He is feeble-minded. 
The third child of Dorothy is Charley, a feeble-minded crim- 
inal. He has served a sentence for arson. Homer, his ac- 
complice, was acquitted. 
Mary, the seventh daughter of William and Sallie Brown, 
married Herbert Rees, of Possum Holler. She is dead. 
Charles, the eighth child of William and Sallie, married a 
