ID
2681
Nationality
American
Occupation
Deaf-blind
Carpenter
Summary
Born at Alleghany (PA?); deafened and blinded by meningitis at age 3. Sent to Boston in the care of a nurse, then entered the Jamaica Kindergarten in Boston, then to the Perkins School for the Blind in 1891. After leaving Perkins in 1913, became a carpenter making vegetable crates for farmers.
References
The Deaf Way, p.498; Peeps into the Deaf World, p.231-232.
Dates
1886-1945