ID
3009
Nationality
American
Occupation
School founder
Educational administrator
Entrepreneur
Summary
Born at Brattleboro, VT; grew up in Rockingham; deafened at age 6 by "spotted fever". Student at the American School for the deaf, 1824-1829; teacher at the Ohio School for the deaf, 1831-1841; founded the Indiana School for the deaf in 1843 and was its first principal in addition to being a teacher; retired in 1864, officially due to ill health but apparently actually over a financial dispute with the school's board; later became a successful businessman in Indianapolis. Married Elizabeth "Eliza" Young in 1839.
References
Great Deaf Americans, The Second Edition, p.46-51; Notable Deaf Persons, p.16-17; Deaf Life, July 1994, p.10-25; American Annals of the Deaf, vol.33 no.2, April 1888, p.152; CAID Proceedings, 12th, 1890, p.341.
Dates
1 November 1809-15 February 1888