Oops! I forgot to include Marion Dewitt, son of William Dewitt & Mary Taulbee, he also went blind: 1880 Boone Co., IN Census Lebanon Transcribed by Louise Gaskill 31-31 DEWITT Marion Head M W 43 Laborer Blind IN KY NC <=== Margaret wife F W 44 Keeping house IN KY KY Eliza M. dau F W 18 Idiot IN IN IN Louise On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 08:10:13 -0600 "Janet Allen" <foxallen@iland.net> writes: > Could the blinding disease be retinitis pigmentosa? There is a case > in one > of the men of our branch of the family. It is an inherited > condition which > sometimes skips generations. > Janet Allen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ppavel@Charter.net> > To: <TAULBEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:32 AM > Subject: [TAULBEE-L] Blindness in Taulbee Men > > > > I have found several older Taulbee men on the US census who are > listed as > > blind. I think I read somewhere that the blindness is inherited. > Does > anyone > > know what caused the inherited blindness- what the name of the > disease is? > > > > my great grandmother was a Tolby(Taulbee) > > Pam > > > > > > ==== TAULBEE Mailing List ==== > > TAULBEE at GENFORUM > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/taulbee/ > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== TAULBEE Mailing List ==== > TAULBEE mail list information page: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/t/taulbee.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!