Hansford: Mental Defectives in County H., Indiana 75 
moron. She married a Jackson and lives in Township 12. Her 
husband is dead and she lives in an old log cabin with her son 
Homer. She is a dirty old witch-like woman who sits in the 
corner with her pipe most of the time. She has a speech 
defect. Only 2 of her children were seen, Earl and Homer. 
Earl married Susan, the daughter of John Miller by his 
second wife. In other words, he married his half-aunt. She 
is a low-grade moron. They had 8 children, the last 5 of 
whom were stillborn. The 3 living children seem brighter 
than their parents and are low normals or borderline cases. 
They are notorious prostitutes. One of them has been ill for 7 
months — bad throat, large sores over her body, rheumatism, 
and painful spots over the ovaries. It is said that she still 
practices prostitution in spite of her condition. The house in 
which Susan and her nephew-husband live is about the center 
of Township 12. From even a short distance the place looks un- 
inhabited. There are no outbuildings nor chickens to be seen, 
nor window blinds nor curtains. In fact there is only 1 win- 
dow in the house and until one looks carefully no chimney is 
seen. It protrudes out from one of the side walls. Inside 
there are several beds, a chair, a table, and a stove. In spite 
of the immense holes between the logs and in the roof, an 
offensive odor permeates the atmosphere. 
Homer, the second son of Maud Jackson, is a low-grade 
moron who lives with his mother and niece in Township 12. 
He is 49 years old and unmarried. They live in an old log 
house, a corner of which serves for the district postoffice. 
Polly, the fourth child of Agnes by John Miller, married 
Roy Smith, a second cousin, by whom she has 2 children. 
They are exceedingly inferior. Both of them are mouth- 
breathers, the four-year-old child cannot yet walk, and the six- 
year-old has not yet started to school and cannot talk so as to 
be understood. 
Summary 
In this group there are 22 feeble-minded, 4 insane, and 5 
epileptic persons. Moreover, we have a record of 1 insane and 
6 epileptics who have died within comparatively recent times. 
According to the neighborhood gossip, none of the old folks 
was of average intelligence. None of those now living not 
classified as defective are more than low normal. 
