ID
0133
Nationality
American
Occupation
Postal worker
Clerk
Summary
Deafened in infancy and entered the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Fanwood) at age 11, finishing in 1856. After graduation, appointed a teacher at Fanwood for 3 years before returning home to Utica, NY and working at various occupations until appointment to a clerkship in the New York post office, repsonsible for money orders.
References
Representative Deaf Persons [first edition], p.150-151; Representative Deaf Persons [second edition], p.166-167.
Dates
6 December 1837-?