OF A CERTAIN PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY. 43 



The youngest son (IV-104) of III-35 and 36 was born 1869; thought 

 by some to be "not a Rufer." His resemblance to other members of 

 his fraternity would indicate this idea to be erroneous. His mentality 

 may be inferred from the following characterization: He is too smart 

 to be a Rufer, yet not smart enough to be anything else; has been able 

 to learn to read and write a little and possesses judgment enough to 

 take care of stock. Owned a small piece of land, but has never had 

 sufficient calculation or perseverance to make anything out of it or to 

 get on at any other kind of work. He is, however, courteous, pleasant- 

 spoken, obliging, with an alert, interested manner which goes far to 

 obscure his defects. He is also easily moved to mirth. Has been mar- 

 ried three times. 



His first marriage w^as to IV-103, who was his second cousin once 

 removed, being the daughter of IV-21 of Line A of this history. She 

 is said to have been fairly capable and intelligent. She died of tuber- 

 culosis at 42. Their elder daughter (V-207) lived to be 14 years of age 

 and died of tuberculosis. She was sent to school, where she made fair 

 progress. The younger daughter (V-208) survived her mother only a 

 few months, dying (1898) of ''cholera infantum." 



The second marriage of IV-104 was to IV-105, sister of a man who 

 has been in an institution for the feeble-minded, and of V-199, who has 

 criminalistic tendencies. She had, before she married, two illegitimate 

 children (twins) to a farmer for w^hom she worked, but there were no 

 children from her union with IV-104. 



Since her death and within the last year IV-104 has married IV-106, 

 whom he met while staying at the farm of his sister. His present wife 

 has respectable brothers and sisters, but she had two, and possibly 

 three, illegitimate children while living as a domestic. At least one 

 child was born in the Salvation Army barracks. Her marriage to 

 IV-104 was also a forced one. Their son (V-2080 , 5 months old, shows 

 Rufer features and good nature. 



Mrs. Rufer is a pretty, soft-mannered woman, not yet 21, who is 

 content to drift along with little effort for the care of her children and 

 home. Lives in a shabby little house on the edge of C, where her hus- 

 band earns a scant living working for his brother-in-law and other 

 farmers. The appointments of the place show many incongruities; 

 house swarming with flies; walls blotched where paper is torn off in 

 great patches; scanty furniture in disorder, but the table had a clean 

 white cloth and centerpiece of flowers. Her children w^ere as clean as 

 any need be, but their mother apologized profusely for their appear- 

 ance. _________ 



The illegitimate children of III-35 and their descendants exhibit 

 some traits not possessed by her children to III-36 and their descend- 

 ants. They also show some defects not characteristic of Line D. Con- 



