Excerpt from History of the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Located at Columbus, O

Before an actual organization was effected under this act of incorporation, there was a movement in a different part of the State that deserves mention. It was the opening of a school for deaf mutes in the town of Tallmadge, in Sum mit County. The object seems to have been to supply an immediate want, rather than to establish a permanent In stitution.

In the family of Mr. Justus Bradley, of this town, were three daughters who were deaf mutes. The sympathy of the citizens being excited in their behalf, it was found that there were in the neigtring townships a number of other individuals laboring under the same misfortune and it was determined to commence a school for their instructionf For this purpose a Board of Trustees was organized, consisting of Rev. John Keys, Elizur Wright, Garry Treat, A. C. Wright, Philo Wright and Alpha Wright. The school was opened in May, 1827, under the instruction of Mr. Colonel Smith, a deaf mute, who had been for six years a pupil in the Asy -lum at Hartford, and was continued two years. It con tained in all eleven pupils, most of whom were afterward members of the school at Columbus; It was sustained by private charity, with the exception of 8100 given it by the Legislature, in 1828, toward paying the salary of the teacher. The same bill also granted $100 for the next year, provided the school at Columbus did not previously go into operation. This last sum does not appear to have been drawn from the treasury.

The first Board of Trustees of the Institution at Colum bus, under the act of incorporation, consisted of the follow ing gentlemen: Rev. James Hoge, D. D., and Gustavus. Swan, Esq., of Franklin County; Thomas Ewing, Esq., of Fairfield County Rev. William Graham, of Ross County; Rev. Wm. Burton, of Pickaway County; John H. James.

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