Hansford: Mental Defectives in County H., Indiana 77 
Luke, Mary, Jesse, and 5 others who died in infancy. Robert 
and his wife died in Stonetown after many years of part de- 
pendence on the relief agencies of that town. They both died 
of tuberculosis. 
Luke, the first child of Robert and Addie McHaley, was 
born in 1842 in 0. County. He married Catherine Brinson, 
of that county, a feebleminded member of a family where 
there is a noticeable number of other mental defectives. Cath- 
erine’s mother was Ethel Lasky, who, after Brinson’s death, 
married an Endors. By him she had 2 children, Charles and 
Millie. Millie died at the age of 11 years and Hugh married 
another Brinson by whom he had 1 son, .. Charley. Both 
Home of Stella Barton. 
Charles and his son have served prison sentences. Catherine 
had 5 whole brothers and sisters of whom we know nothing 
except that among them were Pauline, Naomi, Peter, and 
Grant. The latter married Mary McHaley, a sister of Luke, 
and brought into the world a feeble-minded family of children. 
Catherine died at about the age of 60 years of tuberculosis 
after having borne Luke 10 children: Stella, Goldie, Frank, 
Nellie, Daisy, and 5 who died in infancy. 
Luke is a tall, emaciated old man who is ignorant and 
dirty but rather industrious. He works very diligently when 
he can get lumber to unload, stoves to black, or grass to cut. 
In spite of his efforts, however, he has been more or less of a 
township dependent for the past 20 years. He is illiterate and 
