february february blind american educator writer states virginia west_virginia johnson instrumental establishment west virginia schools deaf blind taught blind students institution years johnson born near franklin virginia west_virginia affluent prominent johnson family father colonel represented grandfather represented county like elder brother james johnson born severe visual total years birth brother received early education home johnson education common school franklin american_civil_war classical school studies johnson considerable progress mathematics literature science foreign languages returned franklin brother conducted private classical school johnson undertook advanced studies profession teacher returned franklin establishing public school free education system accepted teaching position public school early johnson identified need school blind new state west_virginia deaf blind west_virginia children attended schools deaf blind neighboring states west_virginia paying tuition johnson began corresponding west_virginia governor state public sentiment support school blind despite prominent politicians johnson leading advocate state institution blind educated blind people staged exhibition legislative chamber west virginia house delegates praised legislators bill establishing school presented west virginia house delegates vote state law words deaf dumb inserted blind text final version bill establishing state law march time institution establishment johnson years old credited west_virginia historians founder west virginia schools deaf blind serving school inaugural later selected principal teacher school began academic session september johnson taught blind department continuously years death addition educational work johnson wrote prose poetry member early life family johnson born february family home friend run near franklin virginia west_virginia father colonel prominent citizen county served west virginia legislature johnson grandfather represented member virginia constitutional convention like elder brother james johnson born severe visual total years birth affluent parents determined prepare johnson brother challenges life providing opportunities afforded sighted children arranging sons receive good education proper instruction teaching self johnson father employed brother home james taught read books education james howard brother enrolled age completing graduation johnson father urged james teacher age taught summer school south branch james howard primary instructor preparing higher education johnson followed brother footsteps years later age studied years school closed outbreak american_civil_war unable complete education teachers acquaintances acknowledged johnson remarkably rapid progress studies studies war attended common school franklin taught james sighted children johnson read text lessons read classmates james encouraged education classical school johnson completed franklin common school new market school taught professor writer described learned men age remarkable scholar respects johnson accompanied young man surname clark read lessons clark subjects including french johnson progress mathematics literature science foreign languages sighted classmates returned franklin years offered opportunity advance professional studies education completed term johnson departure new market school known remaining faculty institute efforts conferred appreciated master arts degree early teaching career johnson returned franklin new market reunited james founded private classical school taught winter school offered opportunity young men franklin studies interrupted war complete education johnson finished term returned franklin founded public school september operating free education system recently authorized following year accepted teaching position teaching great acceptance successive terms public school campaign west_virginia school blind search public support johnson teaching early decided establish state school education blind provision school new state public school system creation years earlier west_virginia deaf blind youth western virginia attended johnson deaf blind west_virginia children attended schools deaf blind neighboring states west_virginia paid tuition hoping foundation state school blind johnson began correspondence newly inaugurated governor assured johnson sympathy support school addition lobbying governor johnson began state public support proposed school search legislative support johnson campaign gained wide public support school west virginia legislature convened session state capital january proposed legislation establishing school blind year drafting bill johnson traveled route met union governor virginia johnson tried enlist support formally presenting proposed legislation legislature said afford connect enterprise sure fail state legislator decline johnson request member west virginia house delegates representing believed proposed bill fail felt state establish public institutions prominent politicians johnson remained leading advocate state institution blind help friends educated blind people granted use legislative chamber west virginia house delegates present exhibition music scholarly class drill delegation including brother james blind educator johnson exhibition attracted large audience performance delivered plea west_virginia establish state school west_virginia blind youth exhibition johnson speech praised legislators notably previously rebuffed proposal day johnson presentation wheat declared opposition bill advocated defeat johnson speech pressed johnson hand said johnson vote bill costs thousand dollars bill school presented representing introduced outlined establishment school blind deaf approved bill progressed necessary steps shortly state law amended house delegate johnson advocated deaf dumb blind instance text humane economic measure jackson amendment accepted bill establishing state law march johnson campaigned state school blind common practice 19th century combine schools deaf blind institution time institution founding years old credited west_virginia historians founder west virginia schools deaf blind johnson bill legislature agreed deaf dumb blind youth residents state west_virginia ages years shall admitted institution application principal institution filled institution site selection bill passage johnson appointed governor institution inaugural convened april johnson fellow board members began competition west_virginia municipalities location new institution deaf blind finalists board selected offered campus board supporters unwilling school closed pressured city authorities offer board june meeting johnson colleagues unanimously selected proposal offering campus adjoining acres property behalf literary society institution site finalized board july old campus selected academic faculty personnel chosen school principal johnson appointed principal teacher career school west virginia schools deaf blind began academic session september enrollment thirty students deaf blind school academic year secretary wrote report governor professor johnson instruction blind displayed marked ability showing good results department johnson represented new school inaugural convention provided large maps teach blind students west_virginia exhibit philadelphia exposition world fair hosted united_states west_virginia state johnson seventh year teaching west virginia schools deaf blind framed bill separate institution schools deaf blind read enacted west_virginia schools deaf blind located county hampshire shall present term 15th day june cease school education deaf blind youth shall school education deaf youth provide separate school blind despite johnson active support bill failed pass wrote article published publication mentor schools politics appointment school administrators trustees institute based affiliation instead qualifications johnson taught school blind department continuously years death subject april article described sound health cheerful patient years teaching despite efforts establish west virginia schools deaf blind long tenure johnson earned minimal salary enabled bare living career acquired working knowledge languages wide range scientific knowledge mathematics history west_virginia earliest settlement present wrote johnson writing addition career academic educator johnson prolific writer prose verse elected donated buildings grounds west virginia schools deaf blind establishment poems include question intuitive love hymn spring personal life johnson married virginia children johnson wife died children marriage raised grandparents virginia johnson married daughter hamlet elizabeth children johnson died result february buried
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