ID
0647
Nationality
American
Occupation
Teacher
Carpenter
Summary
Born deaf at Greenwich, RI; from ages 21 to 28, was a student at the newly-founded American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. Teacher at the Pennsylvania School, 1824-30; due to ill health, returned to Newport, RI, where he worked as a carpenter.
References
Notable Deaf Persons, p.72-73; The Frat, vol.38 no.1, Aug. 1940, p.3.
Dates
16 July 1796-sometime after 1880