Jonathan Whipple had a deaf son, Enoch, who is still living, at the age of sixty-eight years. Jonathan observed that Enoch watched his mouth very closely while he was talking, and that if Enoch did this he understood him. He also found that by having Enoch watch his mouth while he pronounced different words the boy would speak distinctly, when otherwise he failed. Jonathan Whipple was a man of indomitable will and perseverance and he determined to teach his son to speak and read the lips well. This he succeeded in doing, so that now there is certainly no better living example of the value of this method of teaching the deaf than Enoch Whipple . He reads the lips perfectly, speaks sonorously and distinctly, and is a man of strict integrity and broad cultivation.
Jonathan Whipple at all times advocated this method of teaching the deaf, but no real plans for a school materialized until his grandson, Zerah Whipple, was about twenty years old. Zerah was a thoughtful young man and a good student. He became greatly interested in his grandfather's methods and determined to devote his life to the instruction of the deaf by the oral method. This he did conscientiously and well. Zerah invented the Whipple's Natural Alphabet, which is of great assistance to the teachers in their work.
-Biography written by Margaret Whipple Hammond in 1869:
(Margaret Whipple Hammond was the 3rd Whipple family member who operated the Whipple Home School for the Deaf. She was Zerah's Aunt Margaret.)
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The following was taken from a 1814 newspaper article:
Jonathan Whipple, who died twenty years ago, was a man of upright character, great perseverance and originality. He felt very badly when one of his sons was born deaf and dumb and he determined that he would teach the boy to talk. How well he succeeded by dint of ingenious practices and constant application is acknowledged by all who have conversed with Enoch Whipple of Ledyard, the first deaf mute in the country taught to speak and understand by motions of the lips. Jonathan Whipple was constantly active in reform work. Almost his last words were these: "Christ pronounced a blessing upon the peacemaker, but no word of praise did he bestow upon the warrior."
Jonathan Whipple at all times advocated this method of teaching the deaf, but no real plans for a school materialized until his grandson, Zerah Whipple, was about twenty years old. Zerah was a thoughtful young man and a good student. He became greatly interested in his grandfather's methods and determined to devote his life to the instruction of the deaf by the oral method. This he did conscientiously and well. Zerah invented the Whipple's Natural Alphabet, which is of great assistance to the teachers in their work.
-Biography written by Margaret Whipple Hammond in 1869:
(Margaret Whipple Hammond was the 3rd Whipple family member who operated the Whipple Home School for the Deaf. She was Zerah's Aunt Margaret.)
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The following was taken from a 1814 newspaper article:
Jonathan Whipple, who died twenty years ago, was a man of upright character, great perseverance and originality. He felt very badly when one of his sons was born deaf and dumb and he determined that he would teach the boy to talk. How well he succeeded by dint of ingenious practices and constant application is acknowledged by all who have conversed with Enoch Whipple of Ledyard, the first deaf mute in the country taught to speak and understand by motions of the lips. Jonathan Whipple was constantly active in reform work. Almost his last words were these: "Christ pronounced a blessing upon the peacemaker, but no word of praise did he bestow upon the warrior."
Jonathan Whipple had a deaf son, Enoch, who is still living, at the age of sixty-eight years. Jonathan observed that Enoch watched his mouth very closely while he was talking, and that if Enoch did this he understood him. He also found that by having Enoch watch his mouth while he pronounced different words the boy would speak distinctly, when otherwise he failed. Jonathan Whipple was a man of indomitable will and perseverance and he determined to teach his son to speak and read the lips well. This he succeeded in doing, so that now there is certainly no better living example of the value of this method of teaching the deaf than Enoch Whipple . He reads the lips perfectly, speaks sonorously and distinctly, and is a man of strict integrity and broad cultivation.
Jonathan Whipple at all times advocated this method of teaching the deaf, but no real plans for a school materialized until his grandson, Zerah Whipple, was about twenty years old. Zerah was a thoughtful young man and a good student. He became greatly interested in his grandfather's methods and determined to devote his life to the instruction of the deaf by the oral method. This he did conscientiously and well. Zerah invented the Whipple's Natural Alphabet, which is of great assistance to the teachers in their work.
-Biography written by Margaret Whipple Hammond in 1869:
(Margaret Whipple Hammond was the 3rd Whipple family member who operated the Whipple Home School for the Deaf. She was Zerah's Aunt Margaret.)
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The following was taken from a 1814 newspaper article:
Jonathan Whipple, who died twenty years ago, was a man of upright character, great perseverance and originality. He felt very badly when one of his sons was born deaf and dumb and he determined that he would teach the boy to talk. How well he succeeded by dint of ingenious practices and constant application is acknowledged by all who have conversed with Enoch Whipple of Ledyard, the first deaf mute in the country taught to speak and understand by motions of the lips. Jonathan Whipple was constantly active in reform work. Almost his last words were these: "Christ pronounced a blessing upon the peacemaker, but no word of praise did he bestow upon the warrior."
Jonathan Whipple at all times advocated this method of teaching the deaf, but no real plans for a school materialized until his grandson, Zerah Whipple, was about twenty years old. Zerah was a thoughtful young man and a good student. He became greatly interested in his grandfather's methods and determined to devote his life to the instruction of the deaf by the oral method. This he did conscientiously and well. Zerah invented the Whipple's Natural Alphabet, which is of great assistance to the teachers in their work.
-Biography written by Margaret Whipple Hammond in 1869:
(Margaret Whipple Hammond was the 3rd Whipple family member who operated the Whipple Home School for the Deaf. She was Zerah's Aunt Margaret.)
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The following was taken from a 1814 newspaper article:
Jonathan Whipple, who died twenty years ago, was a man of upright character, great perseverance and originality. He felt very badly when one of his sons was born deaf and dumb and he determined that he would teach the boy to talk. How well he succeeded by dint of ingenious practices and constant application is acknowledged by all who have conversed with Enoch Whipple of Ledyard, the first deaf mute in the country taught to speak and understand by motions of the lips. Jonathan Whipple was constantly active in reform work. Almost his last words were these: "Christ pronounced a blessing upon the peacemaker, but no word of praise did he bestow upon the warrior."
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