Marshall John LINDY
1878 - 1915 (36 years) 
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Name Marshall John LINDY Birth Oct 1878 Indiana, USA 
Gender Male Death 13 Mar 1915 Epileptic Village, Prairie, Henry, Indiana, USA - At the turn of the twentieth century, the movement to improve care of those afflicted with epilepsy reached Indiana. In 1905, the Indiana legislature passed an act creating the Indiana Village for Epileptics, thus beginning the segregation of epileptics from the rest of the state's population. Placing epileptics in colonies was considered a progressive solution to a centuries old medical ailment. This thesis will examine the Indiana Village for Epileptics from its inception until the retirement of the first superintendent, Dr. Walter C. Van Nuys. Van Nuys' tenure was so long-he stepped down in 1952-that the Village had become an outdated and unnecessary institution because of advances in medical treatments for the disease. The age of segregation had ended and epileptics were no longer seen as a menace to society.
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Mashall John Lindy Death Certificate
Cause of Death: Epileptic SeizureAge 36 years Burial 15 Apr 1915 Hazelton, Indiana, USA Person ID I2281 The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree Last Modified 21 Aug 2016
Father Andrew Jackson LINDY, b. Dec 1852, Clay Twp, Pike, Indiana, USA d. 31 Dec 1928, Washington Township, Petersburg, Pike, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years) Mother Nancy D DAVISSON, b. 13 Aug 1854, Pike, Indiana, USA d. 5 Nov 1911, Hazleton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 57 years) Marriage 31 Oct 1874 Gibson, Indiana, USA Family ID F9110 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- At the turn of the twentieth century, the movement to improve care of those afflicted with epilepsy reached Indiana. In 1905, the Indiana legislature passed an act creating the Indiana Village for Epileptics, thus beginning the segregation of epileptics from the rest of the state's population. Placing epileptics in colonies was considered a progressive solution to a centuries old medical ailment. This thesis will examine the Indiana Village for Epileptics from its inception until the retirement of the first superintendent, Dr. Walter C. Van Nuys. Van Nuys' tenure was so long-he stepped down in 1952-that the Village had become an outdated and unnecessary institution because of advances in medical treatments for the disease. The age of segregation had ended and epileptics were no longer seen as a menace to society.