ID
1285
Nationality
American
Occupation
Methodist minister
Clergy (Methodist)
Religion
Summary
Born in New York City; deafened at age 2 1/2. Attended the Indiana School for the deaf, but did not graduate; B.A. (1885), M.A. (1895), and honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Gallaudet College. Teacher at the Illinois School for the deaf. Gave up teaching to enter the ministry, becoming the first deaf person to be ordained in the Methodist Church (1894); resided in Chicago.
References
CAID Proceedings, 32nd, 1941, p.422; Representative Deaf Persons [first edition], p.52-54; Representative Deaf Persons [second edition], p.32-34.
Dates
22 December 1861-28 December 1941