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except that he drank and was too lazy to make a living for his 
family. 
Mary, the first child of Herbert, married Homer James 
and lived north of Stonetown on a farm. She had 6 children, 
of whom nothing is known but their names. 
Clara, the second child of Herbert Johnson, married Amos 
Franklin, an ignorant, lazy, shiftless man whose ‘Veak back” 
will not permit him to work regularly. He usually earns the 
rent of some little shack by working as some man's tenant. 
Besides his rent, he never makes more than $1 per day. Most 
of his employers agree that he does not earn that sum. When 
first visited by the field worker about 4 years ago, the family 
was living in a tiny two-room house three miles north of 
Stonetown. Clara had recently given birth to her fifteenth 
child, and the added responsibility meant no more to her 
than if a new puppy had arrived. There was little furniture 
in the house — in fact the beds took up most of the room. It 
was summer time, the father was making his $1 per day, 
they did not have to buy coal, and the whole family was as 
happy as if living in comfort. Since that time Clara has 
given birth to 2 more children, making a total of 17. The 
first 2 children were born before Clara married Amos. Their 
father was Ernest Heaps, Clara's step-father. 
Marie, the first child of Clara, is living in Indianapolis 
with her third husband. Her mental status is not known. By 
her first husband she has 2 children, William and Harold 
Eldon. 
The second child of Clara is George, who married Emma 
Hankins. He has 1 child, Elizabeth. She works at a factory, 
and during the last year of the war when women were em- 
ployed, she worked up to the time of her death. Intellectually 
she was superior to any of the Franklin family. Her sisters, 
who are rated as superior children in the city schools, are as 
they grow to adults raising themselves out of the poverty 
which they have always known. After marrying George, 
Emma kept him at work. Now that she is dead it is a ques- 
tion as to whether he will continue to work or go back to his 
old lazy habits. He is not feeble-minded but a low-grade 
normal. 
The third and fourth children of Clara died in infancy. 
Violet, the fifth child of Clara, is married to Roland Car- 
