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where he was "as good as anybody." Described as a fine-looking 

 portly man, intelligent and public-spirited, owns two ranches in Idaho, 

 where he is a school director. Has married there and has one son 

 (V-68), reported above the average in quickness and intelligence. 



Going back once more, we take up 111-40, the fourth child of 11-11 

 and 12, born about 1832, died 1902, inflammation of the bowels. She 

 was of poorer mentality than the eldest sister; never able to count or 

 measure anything properh^ or to learn anything at school. Had an 

 illegitimate daughter (IV-107) before marriage, who was characterized 

 as being ''ten times as smart as her mother." No further particulars 

 obtainable. When III-42, a middle-aged widower of good family and 

 mentality, wanted a housekeeper, he was persuaded to marry II I -40, 

 but is said to have had ample reason for regretting his choice. He was 

 intelligent, well-balanced, reticent; a fairly prosperous farmer. Her 

 children (IV-109 to 112) to him all "took on the father's side," being, 

 likewise, intelligent and well-balanced. III-40 afterwards married 

 a thriftless, alcoholic, ne'er-do-well who strayed into the community. 

 They had no children. 



111-^3, the youngest child of II-ll and 12, was born in 1834, died 

 1908, gastric fever. She was of better mentality than the rest of her 

 fraternity, but selfish and unprincipled. Is remembered as a woman 

 of scurrilous tongue, always scheming to get the better of her simpler 

 sisters. She married III-44, who belonged to a family numbering 

 eighteen. Their father was an Irish weaver, who had immigrated here 

 with his wife and several small children. He died in middle age from 

 paralytic stroke, and his fifteen surviving children became widely 

 separated, many of them going West. III-44 was active and ambi- 

 tious, with a good deal of native wit. His most serious offense against 

 the community was sheep-stealing, for which he served a term. Worked 

 a small piece of land which they had inherited from his wife's father, 

 and made the balance of the family income by helping his neighbors, 

 and occasionally helping himself to things which did not belong to 

 him. He died at 47, after having been afflicted for 5 years with creep- 

 ing paralysis which began with a sunstroke and finally made him blind 

 and helpless. The children of this couple are: 



IV-114, born 1853. She is illiterate and ignorant in matters of 

 general interest with a poor memory for figures and dates and only 

 small calculating ability, but a fair housekeeper, sensible and civil. 

 Married IV-113, who worked fitfully at masonry and other trades. 

 He is rather slipshod, always behindhand, and sometimes troublesome 

 in the community on account of his drinking and thieving. At present 

 bedridden with paralysis. His parents came from New England and 

 belonged to a strain showing marked mental defect. IV-113 and 114 



