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    Abraham Ogier Stansbury

    Birth: 1766

    Death: 4-30-1829

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Rev. Abraham O. Stansbury worked with Dr. Gallaudet to open the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, CT. He was the superintendent there for one year before he began work with the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from 1818 to 1821. His sister worked as a teacher at the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from 1819 to 1832. In 18410725FMS_WHS1, Frances tells Henry of Miss Stansbury's death and mentions her and her brother's involvement with a Deaf and Dumb Asylum.

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Rev. Abraham O. Stansbury worked with Dr. Gallaudet to open the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, CT. He was the superintendent there for one year before he began work with the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from 1818 to 1821. His sister worked as a teacher at the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from 1819 to 1832. In 18410725FMS_WHS1, Frances tells Henry of Miss Stansbury's death and mentions her and her brother's involvement with a Deaf and Dumb Asylum.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Histories of American Schools for the Deaf, 1817-1893
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Edward Allen Fay
Year: 
1893
Start Page: 
12-13; 44
ISBN: 
https://archive.org/stream/b22650751_0001#page/n117/mode/2up/search/stansbury
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=X8FOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=abraham+O+stansbury+deaf+and+dumb+asylum+hartford,+ct&source=bl&ots=8DCgg4h3Nj&sig=EIED_95Iwu-CRlAIEH4O-KsEUXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnnIiD8cLSAhUHJiYKHfnGDWYQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=abraham%20O%20stansbury%20deaf%20and%20dumb%20asylum%20hartford%2C%20ct&f=false
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/2900/32971_302194-00509?pid=94595&backurl=http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Diyx228%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DAbraham%
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry
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Website Last Modified Date: 
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Citation Notes: 
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16829886&ref=acom
Title of Webpage: 
Find A Grave
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