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Maureen, according to The Midwife’s Tale, there’s no documentation that Cyrus had any particular disabilities, though the author did wonder if he had been somehow affected by the diphtheria that took his sisters. As to Martha’s delivery of her grandchildren, I don’t recall how many she attended, but I do know it was several!