2(3 HEREDITY AND SOCIAL FITNESS 



of tornado and locusts, ^vhen they returned to Pennsylvania; IV-39 

 died 3 years ago, but IV-38 is still living, a capable, wide-awake woman 

 taking an active interest in questions of the day. Their seven children 

 all made fair progress in school; showed few special abilities and are 

 only moderately ambitious; all, however, are self-supporting, self- 

 respecting, "getting on slowly." 



The eldest (V-70), a successful rancher in Idaho, has an only daughter 

 (VI-74) married, with two children of average ability. 



The next (V-7S) working with his eldest son (VI-75) in a steel mill. 

 Six young children (VI-76 to 81) are making good progress in grade and 

 high school. 



The third (V-80) has not been strong since his enlistment during the 

 Spanish-American War; he earns a living as caretaker. 



The elder daughter (V-81), unmarried, has a good position in a 

 wholesale house. 



V-82 is well married and living in comfort near her mother; has 

 two promising little daughters (VI-82, 83). 



The sixth (V-82) is unmarried and an electrician. 



The seventh (V-85) is employed in an automobile plant; is married, 

 with one little daughter. 



The second daughter (IV-40) of III-13 resembles her sister (IV-38) 

 in appearance and leading characteristics. She married IV-41, the 

 brother of this sister's husband, and is living in comfortable circum- 

 stances on a farm. Her four children (V-87, 89, 91, 93), too, all had 

 fair school ability and showed little variation in characteristics and 

 abilities. 



The eldest (V-87) is the wife of a successful minister (V-88) ; they 

 have six children (VI-85 to 90), who are being well educated. 



The second (V-89) is a railroad carpenter ; recently married. 



The third (V-91) has married a "country squire," and has a son of 3 

 (VI-91). 



The fourth (V-93) works his father's farm; is married, and has a 

 son of 2 years (VI-92). 



The youngest daughter (IV-42) of III-12 married and removed to 

 the AVest, where her only daughter (V-95) has two daughters 

 (VI-93, 94) reported as making excellent progress in school. 



The illegitimate sons of Jared Rufer's wife (II-4) were: III-15 and 

 III-17; they took their foster-father's name and were brought up as 

 his own. The father of 1 1 1- 17 (born 1814, died 1870) belonged to a family 

 which has since acquired most of the 400 acres of land originally owned 

 by Aaron Rufer and much besides. They are shrewd, hard-working, 

 and progressive, qualities which showed in III-17 also. He went to 

 school and became a very thrifty, energetic, intelligent man. On his 



