Willard, William, 1809-1881

found: NUCMC data from Indiana Historical Society for Iliff, J.A. Papers, 1849-1883(William Willard, 1809-1888; teacher at Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Indianapolis)

found: To the honorable gentlemen of the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, 1834?, viewed August 17, 2022:page 1 (We the undersigned (teachers of the Ohio Institution for the education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb...)) page 3 ([signed] William Willard, D.E. Ball)

found: Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, [n.d.], viewed August 17, 2022:William Willard (William Willard, Educator for the deaf ; (Nov. 1, 1809-Feb. 15, 1881). Born in Vermont, Willard attended the American Asylum for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, because he became deaf as a result of a childhood illness. ; joined the original faculty at the Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus where he taught using American Sign Language. In Ohio, he met his wife, Eliza Young. He moved to Indiana in 1843 ; small private school he opened in Indianapolis. In January 1844, the state legislature passed an act transforming Willard's school into a state-funded institution, the Indiana Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. ; Willard amassed a significant fortune with investments in banks, insurance, and fire stocks, real estate, and as a commissioner of the National Road. This allowed the Willard family to live in a 10-room Greek Revival house at Woodruff Place on 80 acres, which he bought in 1847.) - https://indyencyclopedia.org/william-willard/

found: Indiana School for the Deaf, viewed August 17, 2022:Willard (Willaim Willard, November 1, 1809 - February 15, 1881 ; Willard, a graduate of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, had been a student of the great Laurent Clerc, "the Father of Deaf Education" in America. His wife, Eliza Young Willard, was an alumnus of the Ohio School for the Deaf.) - https://www.deafhoosiers.com/willard