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in 1911, is not claimed by John Sr. He is a miserable looking 
child who at the age of 7 was not yet able to talk so as to 
be understood. 
This family has been a curse to every neighborhood in 
which it has ever lived. They have always maintained a 
house where there has been drinking, fighting, and loafing of 
disorderly people. 
Summary of the Family of Maggie O’ Brian, Many of Whom 
Have Been State Institutional Cases 
Maggie O’Brian, insane. Southeastern Hospital. 
Mother: Catherine McCormack, insane. 
Son : George O’Brian, feeble-minded, criminal, Indiana Re- 
formatory. 
Brother: Frank O’Brian, psychopathic, inferior. Coun- 
ty Poor Asylum. 
Sister: Rose Abbott, feeble-minded, licentious, syphilitic. 
County Poor Asylum. 
Half-sister: Ruth Baker, insane. 
Half-niece: Mabel Baker, feeble-minded, Indiana Girls’ 
School. 
Nephew: Jimmie Abbott, feeble-minded. School for Feeble- 
minded Youth. 
Nephew: Fred Brown, criminal, licentious, Indiana Boys’ 
School. 
Cousin: Mary Ann Gardner, licentious, alcoholic, feeble- 
minded. 
Cousin’s daughter: Martha Kitson, feeble-minded, alco- 
holic. 
Husband of Martha: Henry Kitson, feeble-minded, alco- 
holic, Indiana State Prison. 
Cousin’s son: Homer Gardner, feeble-minded, alcoholic, 
criminal, licentious. Penal Farm. 
Half-uncle: John Briscoe, insane, epileptic. Southeastern 
Hospital. 
Half-cousin: Fred Briscoe, feeble-minded, alcoholic, crim- 
inal, Penal Farm. 
Half-cousin: Raymond Briscoe, feeble-minded, criminal, 
Indiana Boys’ School. 
Half-cousin: Helen Briscoe, feeble-minded, licentious. 
Half-cousin: Lena Briscoe, feeble-minded. 
Half-cousin: John Briscoe, feeble-minded. 
