Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Cora Margaret Celestina Reed




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Wife Cora Margaret Celestina Reed 1

           Born: 25 May 1868 - Jefferson Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Lawrenzo Reed (1840-1884) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Y. Beatty (1830-1885) 1




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General Notes: Wife - Cora Margaret Celestina Reed


She was a deaf mute and never went to school until twenty years of age. Her story is best told by herself in a letter dated December 30, 1906:
"I was born on Cliff farm (Grandfather Reed's homestead) in Jefferson County, Pa., and was totally blind for one month in the summer of 1874. In the fall I was taken home to Slate Lick, Armstrong County, Pa., and remained with my parents until after their death. During the spring of 1875, I gradually lost my hearing.
"My mother dying in 1885, I lived with my Aunt Martha McClure in New Wilmington, Pa., for a year; then with Uncle Leslie Beatty in Pittsburg for a year. I then got work for myself as a weaver in the Buffalo Woolen Mills at Worthington, Pa. A few months out in the world soon taught me the need of an education. Learning of the School for Deaf at Philadelphia, Pa., I applied for admission and was admitted to that institution in September, 1888. My school days were very happy days. I enjoyed visiting many places of interest, such as Independence Hall, Germantown battlefield, etc. I graduated from the school in June, 1893, and entered Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C., September, 1893. Here I visited Mount Vernon, Arlington, Alexandria and the White House, etc.
"In 1896, I left college to teach in Stewartsville, N. Y., and in December, 1901, I was called to Pittsburg, Pa., to teach and after two years worked in the Cleveland Worsted Mills until 1905, when I was appointed matron of the New Mexico School for the Deaf at Sante Fe. At the close of the term I was called to the Washington State School for Deaf in Vancouver, to be Supervisor. At Sante Fe I visited the oldest church in the United States\emdash San Miguel's church, founded 1545.
"My loss of hearing closed many positions to me, but the bread of independence was always sweet."

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Sources


1 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 67.


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