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Gertie and Carrie, the third and fourth children of Hugh 
Bell by his second wife, do not have chorea. They are very 
nervous and high strung. They have lived out in other fam- 
ilies since about their twelfth year and are well nourished 
compared with the other children. 
Ruth, the fifth child of Hugh Bell, is 12 years old. She is in 
the sixth grade in the Ripple Creek school. She is industrious 
and wide awake, doing good school work in comparison with 
the other pupils. Her I.Q. was 66. 
Frank, the sixth child, is very mischievous and bad in 
school and is also the most intelligent boy there. His I.Q. 
was 94. 
Jewella, the seventh child, is 5 years old. She is afflicted 
with chorea. 
Roy, the first child born to Sam and Laura Bell in wedlock, 
is a self-respecting farmer living midway between Hilton and 
Long's Crossing. He is a widower and since the commitment 
of his daughter, Alice Cox, has lived alone. His house and 
farm are well cared for. In 1879 he married Catherine Cooper, 
by whom he had 6 children: Alice, Julia, Henry, Roy, Edna, 
and Helen. • %' 
Alice, the first child of Roy Bell, was born in 1880 in Hilton. 
She was slow to walk and talk. She had to stop school in the 
third grade at the age of 12 years and when 15 years old began 
to have ''spells”. At first these consisted only of a choking 
sensation without the loss of consciousness. She did not begin 
having hard attacks until about 2 years before her commit- 
ment to the Southeastern Hospital. Following an attack she 
would become disoriented for time and place for several 
hours. Toward the last she would have 3 or 4 of these per 
day. When 23 years old, she wished to marry Ed Cox, but her 
father objected because of her disease. They insisted, how- 
ever, and 2 children were born to them. Then the husband 
deserted her, taking the children with him. Alice returned 
to her father's home where her condition steadily grew worse. 
During her mother's last illness and following her death, she 
became unmanageable and in March, 1917, was committed to 
the Southeastern Hospital. 
The other children of Roy Bell were not seen but are said 
to be average people. They are Mrs. Julia Walden, Henry, 
Roy, and Mrs. Henry Mofht. Helen died in infancy of brain 
fever. 
