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| Surname: |
Mather |
| First name: |
Nathaniel |
| Type of event: |
Death |
| Date of event: |
24 August 1856 |
| Place of event: |
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana |
| Source of information: |
"Thirteenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Indiana Institution for Educating the Deaf and Dumb," (Indianapolis: State Printer, 1856), p. 12. |
| Comments/narrative: |
"Nathaniel Mather, from Crittenden, in Howard county, in this State, was thrown from a carriage and almost instantly killed. The lamentable occurrence took place at the Asylum on Sabbath morning the 24th of August last. The hostler was sent to the stable to bring out the horse and carriage for some of the family to go to church in the city. While he was hitching the horse to the carriage, and before the harness was made secure, this boy, who with several others were in the yard, climbd in at the back part of the carriage and caught hold of the reins, which frightened the horse, who sprang suddenly away from the hostler and ran about one hundred yards, when the carriage struck the corner of the fence, which precipitated the boy forward with great violence about twenty feet against a pile of wood. His head struck the end of a large stick, which so fractured the skull that he survived the blow but a few minutes. Poor boy! How suddenly he was called away from us. He was an orphan without any known relations, had been a pupil here three years, was remarkably amiable in his disposition, and was making very commendable progress in improvement. Being an orphan, he became very much attached to us, and we to him, so that we cannot but deeply lament his death. But we are consoled with the belief that he is gone to a better Father and a better home than earth affords; where the dumb speak and the deaf hear; where the tongue sings aloud for joy." [A photo of his tombstone is in the Pictures section of DeafBiographies.] |
| Date entered: |
2004-11-30 18:26:21 |
| Entered by: |
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| Date last updated: |
2005-01-06 12:19:21 |
| Last updated by: |
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