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Chapter 4: Mary Ann Walworth Booth - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 4: Mary Ann Walworth Booth
Intro
Edmund Booth: Forty Niner, book about the story of the lives of Mary Ann and her husband, Edmund Booth.
Mary Ann and Edmund Booth, both graduates of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford,
The Booths raised three children to adulthood.
They donated land and money for churches
Edmund was active in deaf politics, served as editor and owner of the local newspaper, the Anamosa Eureka
Mary Ann Walworth Booth
February 23, 1817, to January 25, 1898, she lived
80 years
She was the fifth of nine children in her family.
Mary Ann was four when she became deaf from scarlet fever.
Studied at the American School for the Deaf,
Met her husband when he taught her at 14
Edmund Booth quit his teaching job and then went to Iowa where he would meet Mary Ann again.
they married in July of 1840.
Edmund left in 1849 to prospect for gold in California.
Mary Ann wanted many children possibly due to society at the time
All their children could hear this was typical then and now
Most of the letters are from Mary Ann to Edmund a few the other way around
The Anamosa Eureka published Mary Ann’s obituary.
There is not a lot information about Mary Ann because she is woman and because she was deaf.
Her children and her did not live in good conditions while edmund was gone
They lived with his brother and she could not stand her niece or brother-in-law as he was stingy
Mary Ann lived with a friend but she was mean to her children. Then she lived with another friend but the house flooded
Her eldest son was her interpreter
Her children spoke to her in signs
Mary Ann was good at managing money and was able to sustain the business
Mary Ann bought 5 acres of land to build a home
Edmund didn't write often so Mary was worried but she was also lonely & asked him to come home