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52 THE FEEBLY INHIBITED. 



Father's father. — Was a sea-captain sailing to the West Indies. 



Father's mother. — No especial data. 



Mother. — Was a skilled needlewoman, fond of flowers, music, and children; 

 was religious; she was bedridden for 3 years. 



Mother's father: Was a pioneer; he served in the War of 181 2; he was fond of 

 fishing, was musical, and a successful inventor. 



Mother's mother. — Died of consumption at 22; was fond of music, painting, 

 and fine needle- work ; was religious. (Bat-2.) 



(52) Propositus, c? , died at 2 1 years, of an abscess on the brain. He was 

 a restless, wandering lad and man. Sibs: 1- 9 , is very nervous; rapid and 

 nervous in speech; stammers noticeably when excited; is liable to nervous 

 abstraction. 2 - 9 , had nervous prostration ; nervous exhaustion. 3-9, died at 

 25 years of bone tuberculosis (?). 4-cf 1 , died at 17 years of diphtheria. 5- 9 , 

 married and gone to Mexico, not heard from in a long time. 6-9 .unknown. 



Father. — A shoemaker in winter and mackerel fisherman in summer; he also 

 owned a farm of 18 acres that he cared for; never voted, as he mistrusted the 

 government. 



Father's father and mother. — Unknown. 



Mother. — Had manic depressive insanity in both elated and depressed forms ; 

 had delusions of persecution. Sibs: i-9, active and bright as a young 

 woman ; had severe headaches ; went insane a month or two before her death ; 

 a careless housekeeper, not orderly but fairly clean; had a son (III-122) who 

 was for many years a teacher, later a lumberman, and a farmer and a real estate 

 dealer. 2 and 3, unknown. 



Mother's father. — Not known. (12 : 127, III-43.) 



(53) Principal fraternity: i-9 , born 1890. When 15 years of age she left 

 home suddenly, without her parents' knowledge. She went to Baltimore 

 and brought up at the house of a kind-hearted woman who kept her for a 

 couple of days. She was very nervous, cried, and, at first, refused to tell who 

 she was or where she had come from. After much questioning her bene- 

 factress learned her mother's whereabouts and brought the girl back. She 

 remained home a few weeks and again disappeared. The mother made no 

 effort to find her on this occasion and accepted the situation philosophically. 

 She later returned home to see her mother, but did not remain. She again 

 returned home at the end of three years from her first runaway, and informed 

 her parents that the doctor had said she had tuberculosis and she wanted to 

 come home to die. Her father asked her why she had run away from home 

 when they were so anxious to keep her and her reply was " Papa, / couldn't help 

 it — something just made me go." She died 3 months later of tuberculosis. 

 2-0", aged 20; shows none of the defect of his sister and is regarded as a 

 normal and a good boy. 3-c? 1 , aged 17 years; at school played truant fre- 

 quently because he did not like school and at 13 refused to attend any longer. 

 About this time he began to run away from home, remaining away at first only 

 a few days. His mother states that at these times he would be found in the parks 

 or out in the country, hiding behind bushes, hungry, and with clothing torn. At 

 one of these times he remained away a month and was arrested at the end of 

 that time at the instigation of his mother and was committed to a reformatory 

 for 6 months. Once during this period he made an unsuccessful attempt to 

 run away. At the end of his term he was returned home and remained at 

 home for almost a year. He did no work, as his mother thought he was too 

 young. She sent him back to school, but he resumed his old habits of truancy. 

 Finally, he ran away again and his father offered a reward for his return. One 



