On Jul 15, 2004, at 10:05 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/353.359.2.2.1.1.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I have talked to my grandmother about her "Aunt Exie" she remembers > Ben as much older than his wife. Exie worked the family farm (80+ > acres) while he watched. They had no children of their own but adopted > Betty in 1924-1926. He died when she was in a mental hospital in > Galesburg, Illinois for many years and ended up in a nursing home. > Gram says she was institutionalized for 40+ years and remembers her in > the 70's still in the hospital. Ben never made the trips back to > visit. Only Exie and their daughter (adopted) would make the trip back > on the train. >