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Bennett was missing. "She has been in a deranged state of mind
some months past, seeming to feel as though she was entirely
unworthy to remain with Believers." A few days ago she was taken
to the East Family to see if a change would do her good but it
did not. Several teams went out looking for her but then word
came from the East Family that she had been found in the woods
without any cap or gown. The Eldress and others brought her
home. But on September 6, Amy "who remains in a deranged
condition" wanted to go back to Cheshire to her relations because
"she seems to think herself an awful wicked creature and not fit
to remain with Believers." Elder Daniel Boler comments that "it
is evident that bodily infirmity is the cause of her present
feelings." On November 28, she died, aged 58.

A brief entry for December 11, 1861 states that Amos Lewis, ""a
deranged man who has been living for a few years past at the
South Family, died last night." Aged 66, he had joined Savoy in
1819 and moved to Lebanon East Family in 1826.

On August 8, 1865 the Ministry Journal records that "Angelo
Lockwood of the Second Order, a youth of about 18 years, who has
been among Believers about two years & been exceedingly well
behaved, is suddenly taken raving crazy. Giles [Avery] is
staying with him as Elder Calvin is sick & the family much
unwell. Benjamin Gates took him to Pittsfield yesterday to see a
physician; they think it a hard case to cure." On August 16,
Benjamin Gates took Angelo to the insane asylum in North Hampton
"as he is so very insane it is not reasonable to keep him here."
However, on October 14th he visited New Lebanon and two days
later his brother Virginius, who was a candidate living at the
Lebanon community, left and took his brother to New York City.

More tragic in August 1865 was the case of Isaac Newton Youngs
who had been a faithful believer since childhood but become "much
distressed by the disunion and apostasy" that had come into the
Society. Priscilla Brewer tells that, however, he continued
working indefatigably as the community clockmaker, tailor and
scribe. "Perhaps fatigue and overwork played a role in his
development of what was certainly some type of senility or mental
illness." He recorded some of his mental anguish in his journal
in 1864. "Whatever his complaint, his condition steadily
deteriorated, so that he required constant care and supervision..
On July 16th the Ministry Journal records that he "fell down in a
fit on the floor." On August 7th, "when one attendant left his
room...Youngs was said to have become convinced that the building
was on fire," and jumped out of a fourth story window at the
south end of the great central house and died two hours later.