Sadly, on the 1st of
May in 1879, Charles Noble filed a petition to have Eliza Franklin declared of
unsound mind—in the terms of the day, a lunatic. The youngest daughter, Emily
Hayes, had been taking care of Eliza up to this point. Charles named Julia
Maybach as Eliza’s guardian. Charles Noble, who was the husband of Schubel’s
sister Sarah, was also the executor of Schubel’s estate. Because he handled the
estate on behalf of Schubel’s wife Eliza, he felt it necessary to appoint
someone on her behalf. Once again an inquest would be held at the Alabama
Hotel, now owned by Charles Clark, for a member of the Franklin/Hoag family.
From reading the
affidavits of the inquest it did not sound like Eliza was insane, but was
suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Although they were nearing the turn of the
century, and some advances were made in medical science, they still did not
know this illness existed.
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It is good that our knowledge of such illness and deterioration of memory has come so far. It is fascinating to journey to the past through surviving documents. Thanks for sharing
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History is always fascinating-- and the history of Alzheimers, doubly so. Thanks for sharing these snippets with us.
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