BLIND SCHOOL

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PROVISION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND

LIST OF STUDENTS, 1868




PROVISION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND 

In the several preceding chapters we have considered the provisions which have in general been made for the education of blind children in the United States, including the organization of institutions, the arrangements for pupils sent to schools in other States, the plan of the day school, and the measures designed for higher education. In the present chapter we shall examine the provisions in the several States individually, determining to what extent and in what manner instruction has been undertaken in each.

Arkansas. A private school was opened at Arkadelphia in 1860, which in 1868 was removed to Little Rock and taken over by the State. The Arkansas School for the Blind is in the hands of the State board of control for charitable institutions.

 In 1879 the name of the school was changed from the Arkansas Institute for the Education of the Blind. In 1893 it came under its present control, before which time it was governed by a special board of trustees.

Source - THE BLIND; THEIR CONDITION AND THE WORK BEING DONE FOR THEM IN THE UNITED STATES,1919; contributed by Tina Easley.


ARKANSAS INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND LIST OF STUDENTS, 1868.

Source -  Arkansas Institute for The Education of the Blind 1868

Contributed by Tina Easley

CATALOGUE OF PUPILS—FEMALES

NAME RESIDENCE CAUSE OF BLINDNESS
Austin, Cynthia A Lincoln County Congenital
Bell, Lulu Pulaski County Sore Eyes
Bennett, Lucinda E. Saline County Accident
Brawdy Mamie A Pope County Sore Eyes
Brooks, Louisa J Garland County Sore Eyes
Burnett, Louisa Johnson County Sore Eyes
Clapp, Delila E Crittenden County Neuralgia
Cypert, Mary Pulaski County Neuralgia
Church, Lucinda C Lonoke County Scarlet Fever
Damm, Alice E Benton County Congenital
Elliott, Lavica C Lonoke County Scarlet Fever
Ellis, Nancy Desha County Unknown
Ezell, Jennie Pulaski County Serofula
Hicks, Jane Fort Smith Sore Eyes
Hays. Jennette Little Rock Unknown (Died)
Johnson, Fannie Greene County Unknown
Johnson, E. V. Johnson County Erysipilas
Johnson, Mary A Johnson County Measles
Lane, Mary J Woodruff County Cold
Miller, Lorena Yell County Sore Eyes
McLaughlin , Martha Yell County Fever
Mathews, Nancy J Crawford Scrofula
Manley, Josephine Pulaski County Unknown
Manley, Julia A Pulaski County Sore Eyes
Moore, Naoma A Lonoke County Sore Eyes
Percefull, Berline Lonoke County Sore Eyes
Percefull, Sarah E Lonoke County Sore Eyes
Rowland, Edne M Yell County Small Pox
Thornton, Missouri Nevada County Neuralgia
Rhodes , Fannie C. Yell County Measles

 

Pupils - Males

NAME RESIDENCE CAUSE OF BLINDNESS
Bennerman , Wm. Little Rock Congenital
Bennerman , Robt. Little Rock Congenital
Cloud , James M. Hot Spring County Fever
Davis, John H. Sevier County Congenital
Franklin , Anthony Yell County Unknown
Jones , J. Paul Pulaski County Unknown
Locke , Frank M. Little Rock Sore Eyes
Lamb , Levator Pulaski County Fever
Manning , Wm. F. Crawford County Burn
Newton , Leander Jefferson County Inflammation
O'Donnell , Wm.   Pistol Shot
Price , W. Drury Yell County Sore Eyes
Tyler , John F. Arkadelphia Congenital
Virginia, Wise Helena Unknown
White , Lewis Little Rock Congenital
Dodd , Michael Rockport Sore Eyes
Gray , John Woodruff County Fever
Hudspeth , A.J. Yell County Sore Eyes
Wheeler , Jonas Little Rock Accident

Additional information is found on our Greene County site at

http://genealogytrails.com/ark/greene/arkansasedublind1868.htm

 


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