Hi List: If anyone knows WHO this lady was, please let me know... Taken from the Eastport Sential in November 1851 " A Remarkable Case" The Eastport Sentinal says that there is a woman at Campobello who has lain upon her bed for sixteen years. She was prostrated after a child birth became paralyzed and has never recovered. The child lived, was healthy and is now a fine young woman - "The woman is not capable of moving any of her limbs in the slightest manner, and cannot sit up. She can hear but cannot speak loud or distinct. What is very remarkable, she appears to be floshy has a fair countenance, and a good appetite, though on account of her immobility, her food is given in thin or liquid form. She does not change for the worse, but remains as she has been for many years. Her bed is made by rolling her from one side to the other, and she has no acute pain. Her hands remain crossed upon her breast - her fingers are white and smooth almost an ivory. It is singular that in this inert state of her body, the process of digestion should on as regularly as it does. Nothing is done for the restoration of this woman. She is now about 40 years old, and during her confinement has seen her hsuband die in the same room occupied by her. ** Now I have checked the 1851 Campo. census looking for a lady age 40 who is "sick" with a 16 year old daughter. The closest thing I can come up with is the mother of a James WILSON who was 23 at the time. His mother, Abigail was listed as 49, she lived with James and his family. There is a 14 year old daughter of Abigail named Thankful who was born in "NS" with the family as well. I have no idea if this is the lady they are speaking of above. Abigail was still alive in 1861 census now 59, b. in NS and living with her daughter Thankful CALDER and hubby John W. Calder. I have also searched the Vital States of the Eastport Sentinal between 1830-1860 looking for clues to the above but came up empty handed... Thanks! Heather Waddingham Campobello Parish Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcampob/ My England and Canadian Roots http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=CDNROOTS Moncton High School Class of 1983 - 25 Year Reunion in August 8-9 2008 http://home.cogeco.ca/~genbuf/MHS1983.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php