FACTS ABOUT THE KALLIKAK FAMILY 97 



citizen. To-day, the old man has quite lost his mental 

 power but retains his courteous manner and placid 

 gentlemanly countenance. 



In a central region of northern New Jersey, remote 

 from any direct line of travel, lies a town named for 

 one of the families connected with the earliest settle- 

 ment of the colony. This family rose to distinction in 

 many of its branches, but honors itself chiefly for having 

 produced one of the most brilliant advocates of the 

 cause of Independence of which New Jersey can boast. 

 He was descended on his mother's side from the first 

 president of Princeton University and took his degree 

 there before he was sixteen years of age. From this 

 family, Martin Kallikak's youngest son, Joseph, chose 

 his wife. It is interesting to note that the descendants 

 of this pair have shown a marked tendency toward 

 professional careers. One daughter, however, married 

 a farmer, and most of her descendants have remained 

 fixed to the soil. Another daughter married a promi- 

 nent merchant, and this line, having been fixed in the 

 city, has produced men chiefly engaged in mercantile 

 pursuits ; but the sons, of whom there were five, all 

 studied medicine, and although only one of these be- 

 came a practicing physician, their children have carried 

 on the family tradition in this line. 



