ID
              2817
          Nationality
          American
              Occupation
          Farmer
              Summary
              Born at Pekin, IL; deafened by a sleigh accident at 1 year of age. Graduated the Illinois Institution for the deaf in 1892; although trained in shoemaking, he instead bought a farm near Jacksonville, IL in 1895.
          References
              Representative Deaf Persons [second edition], p.52-53.
          Dates
              2 January 1870-?