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(41) Propositus, cf, is of a roving disposition, never liking to stay long in 

 one place; is quick-tempered. Sibs: i-rf 1 , silent man, yet goes to church and 

 enters into any social life that is going on. 2-cf, very quick-tempered, but 

 intelligent. 3-0*, no mental trouble. 4-9, jovial, but has had attacks of 

 mental trouble from time she was 16, and the onset of these thought to have 

 been coincident with onset of menstruation; admitted to hospital as manic- 

 depressive, is now feeble-minded. 5 - 9 , has a quick, ugly disposition and flies 

 into a temper, subject to periods of mental trouble. 6- 9 , slow, even-tempered, 

 unimaginative. 7- 9, of quiet, sociable disposition, though she does show 

 temper at times. 8-9 , lacking in intelligence. 9-9 , most intelligent and 

 capable of her fraternity. 10- 9 , at 22 became depressed, has regular periodi-" 

 cal attacks, displays sudden outbursts of temper. The eldest in this fraternity 

 died in infancy. 



Father. Firm and determined; very obstinate; most of his sibs moved 

 West years ago. 



Father's father. Born in New York, probably a pharmacist, died in Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Father's mother. Soon after the death of her husband she went to Wisconsin.. 

 taking most of her children with her. 



Mother. A very quick-tempered woman; died from stroke of paralysis. 

 Sibs: i-cf, a quick-tempered farmer who died of an apoplectic stroke; his 

 son married a sharp, decided, strong-minded woman and had several sons, one 

 of whom has a roving disposition. 2-cf, a "shouting Methodist." 3-9, 

 insane. 4-9, little known. 5~<?, died in the army. 6-c? 1 , died at 24 of 

 typhoid fever. 7- 9, no mental trouble. 8-9, slow, practical, matter-of- 

 fact. 



Mother's father. Quick-tempered ; a very hard drinker. 



"Mother's mother. Strong-minded;" died in stroke of paralysis. (28: 291, 



(42) Propositus, II 20, cf , born 1841, was a very peculiar man; he wandered 

 about from place to place, never visiting his married children; his sister is 

 extremely voluble; she shows that wanderlust that her brother had, to get 

 from one place to another, and some of her 6 sons show it; they no more than 

 get a house built to order in one place than they sell out and go to another to 

 do the same thing over again; II 20 married a woman who belongs to a 

 nervous fraternity, but is the least affected; she had the migraine that the 

 others had, only to a less degree ; there were 4 children. The only son of II-2O 

 was a blacksmith who abandoned that occupation on account of his health; 

 he went to Europe for a while for his health; is now a janitor and has not 

 missed a half dozen da)^s' work in 5 years ; he is very nervous ; his only child 

 died in infancy. A daughter of II 20, E - , born 1866, is a dressmaker and 

 single ; had crying spells during involution, but is all right now, since a trip for 

 ii weeks that she made to Oregon with her aunt. A sister, III 43, is of a 

 calm type, formerly subject to headaches; she married a drinking man and has 

 had 8 children; of these one died in infancy and two others under 12; there 

 remain 3 boys and 2 girls; the oldest boy, born 1892, left the eighth grade in 

 school when he was 16 and is working in a factory; the second, born 1896, left 

 school in the seventh grade and runs an automatic engine in a box factory; the 

 third, born 1897, left school at 15 and is learning printing; one of the two 

 girls at 19 has St. Vitus dance; the other is working in a factory in a neigh- 

 boring town. There is no evidence in the record of nomadism in any of these 

 children (although expectation is that one or two of the boys would show their 

 mother's father's restlessness). Finally, III 45, the youngest daughter, has 



