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Processed by Carielyn Kelly  8/27/1984

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Teegarden, George Moredock Papers, (1852-1936)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 

1852 Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, March 11.
1863 Became deaf, age 11, from an attack of spinal meningitis.
1868 Entered the Iowa School for the Deaf, Iowa City.
1871 Graduated from the Iowa School for the Deaf.
1871 Entered the National Deaf‑Mute College, Washington, D.C. (Now known as Gallaudet University)
1876 Graduated from the National Deaf‑Mute College, B.A. degree, April 26.
1876 Became the first teacher at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Turtle Creek.
1880
 
"The Raindrop" was published at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, of which G.M. Teegarden was the author of many of the stories.
1884 Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, relocated to Edgewood Park.
1885 Married Celia J. Maul, June 30.
1886 Daughter Alice May was born, May 19.
1890 Started the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf paper, The Holiday Gazette.
1891 Name of the School Paper changed to The Gazette, commenced printing on a monthly basis.
1894 "Reading Lessons in Natural History," Edgewood Park, School for the Deaf, published.
1896 "Stories Old and New," Edgewood Park, Pa., published.
1915 "In the Silent Hours," published. (Publisher not named.)
1924 Retired from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
1929 "Vagrant Verse," The Fanwood Press, New York, published.
1936 "Personal and Holiday Poems," published. (Publisher not named.)
1936 Died November 14.
1936
 
A citation and cash award established in memory of Mr. Teegarden at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
1959
 
Athletic field at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf was named the Teegarden Athletic Field, May 30.
   

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