I did a search via Google for Platteville Wisconsin, the location Jas. A. Bassett mentioned and included the word deaf school. That search returned a link to a book available for free via Google Books ---American Annals of the Deaf: Volume 65 which contains some information about a school for the deaf located in Platteville, Wisconsin. I'm intrigued by the title and VOLUME 65. That's a lot of information for anyone with deaf cousins ancestors etc. Need to also check all the other locations mentioned.
Having found that much info on the Hitchcock/Jones line I couldn't resist searching within the same database for the surname Hitchcock BINGO!!
The Amelia(spelled Omelia in most records) Jones and Catharine Jones Bronson are sisters of Almedia. So now I also want to go back over all the census records for this family and see if there were notations for those who were deaf. I'm sure there will be loads more information to process and further leads in the additional special census entries I located.
In Almedia's entry it said that her parents Rebecca Hitchcock and Thomas Jones were first cousins. I know that Rebecca's mother was Milly Riddle...at least I think I do. So I want to find out how. It has to be thru a male Jones marrying a female Riddle or Hitchcock. There is an Elijah Hitchcock which signs on George and Milly's marriage bond(Roane Co TN). I believe this Elijah Hitchcock is the same one that shows up in White Co TN census records after George and Milly are in Warren Co TN(a neighboring county) which may just have been down the road depending on what portion of White Co in which the other family lived.
I could also search for the area within the database and maybe get some hints about others in the area who were also deaf. Lots of great ideas and a lesson to always check out images. It will also be interesting to compare the sisters responses to see if the information they give is the same.
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