ID
0662
Nationality
American
Occupation
Teacher
Educational administrator
School founder
Summary
Born at Ridgeway, SC; deaf at age 11 (1864) from meningitis. Public schools and home schooling were followed by short periods at the South Carolina Institution for the deaf, then to Gallaudet College where he graduated in 1882. Founded the Florida School for the Deaf; afterwards, taught at the Oregon and South Carolina Schools. Married Georgie Decker in 1892.
References
Representative Deaf Persons [second edition], p.235-236.
Dates
30 May 1853-13 September 1924