Mary R. Bolling was born to Colonel William Bolling. As a Deaf child, she got private tutoring with John Braidwood, grandson of Thomas Braidwood who founded the Braidwood Academy in Scotland. Private tutoring was at the Bolling Hall, her private home with her Deaf sibling, William Albert. There is no proof she had private tutoring with Albert, since she was only 3 years old at that time. Father inherited his mother's property with the Cobbs Manor after her death. Father assisted in the renovation of the Cobbs Manor circa 1813 and got it ready by 1815 to open a public school for the deaf. Mary’s deaf brother, Albert, enrolled at the public school for the Deaf, Braidwood Institute for the Deaf, on the Cobb property near Petersburg, Virginia in 1815 and closed in 1816. Mary may have enrolled at re-opened Braidwood Institute for the Deaf in Manchester, Virginia in May 1817 to May 1819 (Braidwood left to become a barkeeper at a tavern nearby, while John Kirkpatrick remained as the instructor). Mary was then transferred to a new school, Cumberland School at Farmville, Cumberland County, Virginia from 1819 to 1821 continuing under the instruction of Reverend John Kirkpatrick, who was ordained as a Reverend at the Cumberland County Courthouse May 1819. According to Rev. Kirkpatrick's journal, school was closed in April 1821. (History will be possibly updated after a full research)
Check my Deaf ancestors, Virtual Cemetery for her Deaf relatives.
Check my Deaf ancestors, Virtual Cemetery for her Deaf relatives.
Mary R. Bolling was born to Colonel William Bolling. As a Deaf child, she got private tutoring with John Braidwood, grandson of Thomas Braidwood who founded the Braidwood Academy in Scotland. Private tutoring was at the Bolling Hall, her private home with her Deaf sibling, William Albert. There is no proof she had private tutoring with Albert, since she was only 3 years old at that time. Father inherited his mother's property with the Cobbs Manor after her death. Father assisted in the renovation of the Cobbs Manor circa 1813 and got it ready by 1815 to open a public school for the deaf. Mary’s deaf brother, Albert, enrolled at the public school for the Deaf, Braidwood Institute for the Deaf, on the Cobb property near Petersburg, Virginia in 1815 and closed in 1816. Mary may have enrolled at re-opened Braidwood Institute for the Deaf in Manchester, Virginia in May 1817 to May 1819 (Braidwood left to become a barkeeper at a tavern nearby, while John Kirkpatrick remained as the instructor). Mary was then transferred to a new school, Cumberland School at Farmville, Cumberland County, Virginia from 1819 to 1821 continuing under the instruction of Reverend John Kirkpatrick, who was ordained as a Reverend at the Cumberland County Courthouse May 1819. According to Rev. Kirkpatrick's journal, school was closed in April 1821. (History will be possibly updated after a full research)
Check my Deaf ancestors, Virtual Cemetery for her Deaf relatives.
Check my Deaf ancestors, Virtual Cemetery for her Deaf relatives.
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