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 Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell and Alice Cogswell - Hartford, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 46.764 W 072° 40.607
18T E 693072 N 4627892
Father and daughter Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell and Alice Cogswell are buried in a family grave in Old North Cemetery, Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WMX7BH
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2017
Views: 3
The grave of Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell and Alice Cogswell is marked by a rectangular marble monument with a stone pyramid on top. The front of the grave marker is inscribed:
United in Death
Here rests the remains of
MASON F. COGSWELL M.D.
Who died December 17, 1830
Aged 69 and of
ALICE COGSWELL
Who died December 30, 1830
Aged 25
The father, distinguished by his
private virtues, his public spirit and
professional worth: the daughter
although deprived of hearing and speech,
for her intellectual attainment
and loveliness of character.
The American Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb, which under PROVIDENCE
owes it's origin to the father's tenderness
towards his child, and his sympathy
towards her fellow sufferers, will stand an
enduring monument to their memory
when this shall have perished.
Description:
After his daughter Alice lost her hearing at age 2 from cerebral-spinal meningitis, Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell dedicated his life to help those afflicted with deafness. He was instrumental in established the first school for the deaf in America, the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb, now the American School for the Deaf. He, and a small group of others, obtained funds from the State of Connecticut to finance the trip of Thomas Gallaudet to Europe to study the English and French schools for the deaf. Upon Gallaudet's return the group founded America's first school for the deaf.
Biography of Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell link
Alice Cogswell was the first student at the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb. She was by all accounts an intelligent and enthusiastic student. After graduating in 1824 she traveled as an ambassador to show that the deaf are not only capable of being taught, but they are also capable of the same level of intelligence that the hearing. Alice he died at the age on December 30, 1830 at age 25, twenty-three days after the death of her father.
Biography of Alice Cogswell Link
Date of birth: 09/28/1761
Date of death: 12/17/1830
Area of notoriety: Education
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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