OF A CERTAIN PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY. 25 



V. LINE B. 



Founded by Aaron's second son, Jared Rufer (II-3), born about 

 1793; died about 1852. He received from his father a good farm of 70 

 acres, but was shiftless, incapable, with pilfering propensities, lacking 

 in sense of number and quantity, and known to have stolen lumber. 

 Used to turn his cattle into his neighbors' pasture after dark. His 

 wife (II-4), who died before him, had a sense of number and quantity; 

 was otherwise of normal mentality and superior to her husband in 

 aggressiveness and perseverance. Nothing is known of her family. 

 She was sexually immoral, so that at least 2 of her 3 children are 

 attributed to other men. It is asserted on good authority that the 

 resemblance to the supposed fathers, in regard to both physical and 

 mental traits, was so close as to leave no doubt of their paternity in 

 the minds of all who knew them. The only child of whom Jared 

 was the father was III-13. An account of her descendants will be 

 followed by a brief history of those of her half-brothers, since they 

 furnish several interesting comparisons. 



III-13 had sense of number and quantity, ability to plan and cal- 

 culate, and moderate aggressiveness. At 18, married III-12, of Irish 

 descent, and went to the Middle West with him, where he engaged in 

 mining. He had 3 brothers and 1 sister who were small farmers and 

 who have left families of fair ability, showing no instance of marked 

 nervous or mental defect. During the gold fever of 1849 he tried his 

 fortune for 2 years in California and upon his return died of cholera. 

 The widow supported their 4 children by sewing, and late in life 

 married a prosperous farmer (III-14). Her children by III-12 were all 

 able to progress at school, but were forced to leave early in order to 

 earn a living. 



The eldest (IV-36) served in the Civil War and later was apprenticed 

 to a cabinet-maker, and went then to the Far West, where he married 

 a woman whose family is not known ; is now, at 73, an alert, active man, 

 owner of a ranch and a cabinet-maker's shop, which are leased by his 

 three sons ( V-73, 74, 75) . His eldest son ( V-70) died at 8 years of sea rlet 

 fever. His only daughter (V-71) married a rancher in a neighboring 

 State. All are known to possess fair intelligence and practical ability, 

 but are only moderately ambitious and progressive. None of them 

 has children. 



The eldest daughter (IV-38) of III-13 earned a living at domestic 

 service until her marriage to a young farmer (IV-39) of Irish extraction, 

 whose family were farmers and mechanics of ordinary ability. They 

 removed to Kansas, where they lost their farm through depredations 



