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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. 2-0^, of good reputation. 

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

 Hampshire. 4- 9 , Sx. 



Mother's father.— Shii^ 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. — I,ittle 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 : 320; VII 8.) 



(22) Propositus, cf, born 1882; has always shown j;agraM< 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-cf , worked about at odd jobs ; seems to show 

 the family traits of dullness and thriftlessness. 5-cf , 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, bom 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. 

 2-0^, 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, 1882; 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; 



