NOMADISM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HEREDITY. 37 



Father Unknown . 



Mother. Was Sx; used indecent and lewd talk as a girl ; Sib : 9 , died at 

 14 years. Half-sibs: i-cf , of good reputation. 2-cf , of good reputation. 

 3- 9 , born in Massachusetts ; not married, but liv'ng with a man in New 

 Hampshire. 4- 9 , Sx. 



Mother's father. Ship carpenter; reputation not bad. 



Mother's father's father. Born in New Hampshire and died in Massachusetts ; 

 a ship-carpenter. 



Mother's father's mother. Unknown. 



Mother's mother. Never had mental or nervous trouble ; is in an almshouse. 



Mother's mother's mother. Little known; she had a sister who had "numb 

 spells." 



Mother's mother's mother's father. Married and removed from Richmond, 

 Virginia, to Massachusetts, died at the age of 45 from an accident at Boston 

 wharf. (10 1320; VII 8.) 



(22) Propositus, cf, born 1882; has always shown vagrant tendencies; when 

 last heard of was working in a restaurant. Sibs : i - 9 , unknown. 2 -cf , died 

 at 7 years. 3, died at 3 years. 4-0?, worked about at odd jobs; seems to show 

 the family traits of dullness and thriftlessness. 5- of 1 , unknown. 6-cf, 

 works around "more or less" at odd jobs. 



Father. Was steady, but had little skill or ambition; always "jobbed 

 round" for a living. 



Mother. Fairly vigorous, kindly, with very pessimistic ideas of things. 

 Sibs: i-cf , born 1834; sailed away as a young man and was last seen in 

 Providence, Rhode Island; the boat was afterward lost. 2-cf, died when 27 

 at Fortress Monroe during the war. 3 - 9 , stupid, mean, and quarrelsome ; 

 had an illegimate child after her husband's death; is reticent. 4- 9 , married 

 and died a violent death, probably at the hands of her husband. 5 - 9 , died at 

 4 years. 6-9 , died at 8 years, brain fever. 7-9 , eloped with a worthless 

 man. 8-cf , shiftless, ignorant man; a petty thief. 9-9 , the ablest of the 

 family. 



Mother's father. Little known. 



Mother's mother. Belongs to a family of thieves. (24 : 36; V 86.) 



(23) Propositus, cf , has an adventurous, roving disposition, though he was a 

 good student. Sib: i-9, is restless; had literary ability but can not do 

 mathematical work. 



Father. Was a Latin and Greek scholar ; liked poker. Sibs : i -cf , had much 

 mathematical and executive ability. 



Father's father. A very religious man, interested in foreign missions and 

 reform. 



Father's mother. Musical, literary, and religious. 



Mother. Was subject to nervous headaches. Sibs: i cf, was restless. 

 2 -cf , has a roving disposition and lacks concentration. 



Mother's father. A merchant and lawyer; a scholar; death caused by 

 stoppage of bile-duct at 78 years. 



Mother's mother. Subject to severe sick headaches; at 7 was totally deafened 

 in right ear from scarlet fever. (Cos-i.) 



(24) Propositus, cf, born in Massachusetts, 18,82; quick-tempered and 

 nervous; at 14 left school, having made average progress; was restless; wanted 

 to see the world ; traveled from one place to another, working at odd jobs when- 

 ever he was in need of money; finally went to Texas and became a cowboy; 



