Vol 16, p 551 -
... Mrs. Wood had an only child, a daughter who was extremely intelligent until four years old: she was then attacked with convulsions, and owing to their frequent recurrence, grew up an idiot ; ...
Mrs. Wood devoted herself to her unfortunate child with all of a mother's tenderness and zeal, and many of her effusions touchingly allude to the deep affection she bore her, and the anxiety she suffered on her account. She lost her at the age of eighteen, and bewailed her death as bitterly as if she had been of those whom God endows with the blessings of intellect and beauty. ...
