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(36) Propositus, c?, could recite stories at 22 months; now, at 10 years of 

 age, is in school, where he is inattentive, though seldom absent; he likes 

 adventure, and goes away, without permission, with bad associates; lies some- 

 times, but will tell the truth if pressed to the point of punishment. Sibs: 

 i-cf , 19 years, had a good mind and is studious. 2, died in infancy; 3-cf , 

 15 years, is "bright and good." 



^^, Father. — A successful lawyer of strong character; no evidence of nomadism 

 in his ancestry. 



Mother. — ^A very intelligent woman of firm character. Sibs : i-cf , left home 

 at 14 to seek life of adventure; reads much in books of travels; married un- 

 happily, but has settled down. 2-9 , married unhappily; is in business for 

 herself. 



Mother's father. — ^A good man, but very nervous; had no patience; was 

 severe with his boy. 



Mother's mother. — Comes from a staid Boston family of 14 children, all of 

 whom turned out well; one of her brothers, a lawyer, who married beneath 

 him, had a son who is a rover; has been in the navy and his present whereabouts 

 are unknown. 



Mother's mother's father. — ^Was a captain in the Black Hawk War; he went 

 to Illinois in 1826; he was erratic, very fond of Indian out-door life, and always 

 used an Indian blanket; at over 70 he swam the Mississippi; he traced his 

 ancestry back to Pocahontas. (3 : 95, IV 4.) 



(37) Propositus, c? , born in New York, 1 896 ; had convulsions at 2 years ; was 

 stubborn and unruly and would throw things at an offender. He had a 

 tendency to wander; he would leave home for days at a time and wander 

 about the city, often bringing home a collection of things that, he said, people 

 had given him, but his mother evidently suspected him of stealing. On his 

 last absence from home he wandered about his native city, hiding as much as 

 possible and returning home at night to sleep in the coal-bin. Now in a State 

 institution for defectives. Sibs: i-cT, born 1893, a drummer in the theater; 

 exceptionally bright and very musical; has a tubercular spinal trouble. 2 - 9 , 

 died at 2 years. 3-cf , bom 1898, a junior at the academy; very talented 

 along musical Unes and plays cornet; is a well-known and popular actor. 

 4-cr, bom 1900, backward in school; dislikes study; fond of baseball and 

 moving pictures. 5—9, bom 1902; has remarkable histrionic ability and 

 plays the violin well with little training. 



Father. — Born 1867; died 1902, from an electrical accident; had a good 

 mentality and was well thought of; had 4 sisters, all normal, and 2 brothers, 

 of whom one is normal and the other died at 28 years of spinal trouble; 2 other 

 brothers died early. 



Father's father and his sibs: Normal, except one brother, who was not very 

 bright. 



Father's mother. — Formerly a bright woman, now suffering from loss of 

 memory. 



Mother. — Intelligent, talented, and of good character, has kept the family 

 together by giving music-lessons. Sibs : i - 9 , died at 2 years of spinal 

 meningitis. 2-cf , died at 12 years of spinal trouble. 3-9 , not described. 

 4- 9 , mentally normal. 5-cf , bright; died at 45 of heart disease. 6- 9 , an 

 attractive woman, living in her native town. 



Mother's father. — Came to America from Ireland; died of a goitre (?). 

 Sibs: 1-9, remained in Ireland; of the remaining three sisters and two 

 brothers there is little knowledge. 



Mother's mother. — A bright woman; came to America from Ireland at the 

 age of 7 years. Sibs: i-9, respectable and intelligent. 2-d', never con- 



