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grand larceny, and Stella was unable to make a living. The 2 
smaller children died (Nellie says that Stella fed them ground 
glass) and the 3 older ones were sent to the Orphans’ Home. 
Relieved of all responsibility, Stella celebrated by eloping with 
a negro with whom she lived for 1 year. She returned and 
spent some time in the County Poor Asylum after which she 
married Jim Barton, a feeble-minded, alcoholic junk collector. 
She has no children by him. In summer, they manage partly 
to support themselves. The township trustee helps in the 
winter. They live in 1 room of a house (the only inhabitable • 
room) for which they pay $1 per month. All their spare 
money goes for alcohol. The outstanding difference between 
Stella and her sisters is that her home is kept in a much better 
condition than that of the others. The 2 oldest Grubb chil- 
dren have been placed in homes and are reported to be doing 
well by the held worker. The third child died after being 
taken to the institution. 
Goldie McHaley Grubb, the second child of Luke McHaley, 
is of a low grade of intelligence. Her mental age according 
to the Stanford Scale is 4 years and 4 months. She is a low- 
grade imbecile, who spends most of her time roaming the 
woods with her husband and sisters, brother and father, hunt- 
ing mayapple roots which they sell to a drug house. Her hus- 
band, who is more intelligent than she and her family, com- 
plains because he cannot teach her the difference between yel- 
low root, ginseng, and other roots in the woods. She never 
remembers what he tells her. In lack of motor coordination, 
she resembles Stella and Nellie. 
She has had 3 illegitimate children, 1 of whom is living, 
Louis McHaley. One of these is said by her sisters to be the 
result of an incestuous union with her father. She is not sure 
as to the father of Louis but thinks that he was Roy McHaley, 
a man who formerly lived in her father’s home. After Andy 
Grubb returned from prison and found his wife Stella remar- 
ried, he married Goldie. 
Andy is probably not feeble-minded but a borderline case. 
He can read and write and is very shrewd in evading the law. 
He makes his living by hunting medicinal herbs. As long as 
his money lasts, he has plenty of whiskey, and when it is gone 
he applies to the township trustee for help. An amusing in- 
cident happened a few winters ago. A kind gentleman of the 
