huntington's disease does run in the washburn line. my mother is a washburn and her grandfather was frank cleveland washburn. his father and four of his siblings had and died from huntington's. his father was louis (lewis) washburn and he died in a yankton south dakota state hospital. this family was in sanborn county south dakota. another woman that i met has done some resaerch and she has uncovered that the huntingtons is beleived to have been introduced into the washburn line by polly anna weirs 1779-1840 who married miles washburn 1771-1836. they both died in the west exeter new york area. by the way if anyone reads this and has any info on my frank cleveland washburn from south dakota please contact me. he was a mistery to my mother and we know he died about 1960 in a veterans hospital in soiux falls south dakota. he was 60 years old and we are very cureouse if he ever contacted the huntingtons like his father and siblings did. his son and my mothers father robert washburn commited suicide when he was 60 and we have no idea if he ever carried the disease either. so my mother and i are very interested in anything about these two washburns and their health or any info on them. thanks