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Grace, the second child of Sam and Laura Bell, married 
Ed Curry of Township 12. 
Florence, the daughter of Grace Curry, is feeble-minded. 
She married John White, a farm tenant of Township 12, She 
cannot keep house, is lazy, talks silly, is filthy and dirty, 
spends money foolishly, and can neither read nor write. 
Joe, the third child of Sam and Laura Bell, died of tuber- 
culosis, 
Chester, the second child of Chester Bell, lives S miles east 
of Stoiietown, and was not visited. The 5 younger children of 
Chester Sr. died of tuberculosis. 
The Three Moffit Invalids 
Closely related to the Allen family by marriage but not 
by blood is the interesting Moffit family. This group consists 
of 3 sisters and 1 brother who live on the old family farm 
east of Hilton. The place is well hidden from the road, and 
to reach it one must walk thru a tangle of brush, weeds, snd 
forest. Not a sign of human habitation is visible even after 
one comes almost into the shadow of the house. The old log 
cabin has about fallen down ; the windowpanes are broken out 
and the frames are stuffed with rags. The door was standing 
open and nothing was visible except a bed which looked unfit 
for hogs, an old stove, and an immense heap of empty medi- 
cine bottles. About 20 feet from the old house is a one-room 
board structure built by the father of this group in which to 
store his invalid daughters. This house has in it 3 beds, a 
drum stove, and 2 chairs. The meals are all brought in by a 
woman who lives a mile away. She is the only person who 
goes to the house. 
In this room live the 3 Moffit sisters: Ada, Emma, and 
Lena. Their brother occupies the old house. 
Ada has been in bed for 20 years. She says that she is 
nervous and has stomach trouble, but that nothing hurts her. 
When asked why she did not try to walk, she said that she was 
afraid to and that she never felt that she wanted to. She 
finished the eighth grade in school but has made no use of her 
education except to teach Lena her letters and to count. She 
is rather a nice-looking woman and looks fairly healthy. She 
has a good appetite, and, according. to the woman who cooks 
