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students lawyer '^tciUry N.YAcademy of 



Design 



Fig. 23. — Pedigree of artistic abiKty (solid black for high talent, oblique 

 shading for talent of a less degree). The family shows also the traits of taste 

 for history (dots), of mechanical talent (vertical Hnes), and of wood carving 

 (horizontal lines). II, 3, Nathan P, had son Wm. F. (Ill, 2) who was grand- 

 father of an artist, V, 3; and a daughter Mary (III, 4) who was the great 

 grandmother of artist J. W. F. (VI, 3). This brother and sister (III, 2, and 



III, 4) married a brother and sister, (III, 1 and III, 3) and it is in this stock 

 that we first find the inheritance of artistic abiUty. IV, 4, married John E. F. 

 (rV, 5) a man who through Ufe had a love of historic research. This love of 

 history appeared again in George E. F. (V, 6) who became a journalist and 

 subsequently author of several valuable works on Indian history. In his 

 eon (VI, 3) in turn this love of history cropped out, as shown both in his 

 Art History researches and as a painter of Indian history scenes. On his 

 father's side, the lineage of VI, 3, has been traced back to 1630. No art- 

 istic genius was found in the male line except in V, 6 and VI, 3. His grand- 

 mother (IV, 4) displayed artistic tendencies, painting notable pictures through- 

 out life. 



We turn now to the mother of VI, 3, and her family. Her great-grandfather, 

 Joel L., II, 5, married Jerusha, sister of Noah Webster, II, 7. Their son 

 Chester's second son, Edward, IV, 15, a distinguished clergyman married 

 Mary J. S., IV, 16, an educated lady and great lover of art. Their son, V, 11, 

 was editor of the N. Y."Sun," educator, Regent of the State of New York and 

 fond of drawing and painting in an amateurish way. Artistic gift exists in his 

 sister Anna and his older son, Kenneth. 



Ill, 8, married Rev. S. P., graduate Andover Theological Seminary, first 

 Presbyterian missionary to Oregon. Their first son, IV, 8, entered, the min- 

 istry and was afterward a physician, also having marked artistic genius. His 

 daughter Florence, V, 8, had marked artistic ability. His sister, IV, 10, was 

 also a natural artist and this talent developed in her children and grand- 

 children to some extent. A brother, IV, 12, was clergyman, author-poet and 

 professor in art. His son, V, 9, was a lawyer. Of children of III, 11-12, 



IV, 19, was gifted as a wood-carver, a trait which appeared in his great- 

 nephew, VI, 3. IV, 17, married, and two children were proficient in the 

 N. Y. Academy of Design. IV, 7, had an artistic turn of mind and her daugh- 



