Here's an interesting article I found at Ancestry.com: The Landmark, Statesville, NC, April 20, 1897 "The Morganton Herald says Avery Myers, an employe of the Deaf and Dumb School at Morganton, and Emma Snipes, aged 17, an employe of the same institution, eloped Sunday night a week ago. Myers left a wife and three children and an aged father and mother who were dependant upon him. The pair was arrested in Charolotte last week and taken back to Morganton." Bill Snipes [email protected] wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5UB.2ACI/2678.1 > >Message Board Post: > >I'm aware that there was a school for the deaf at Morganton and I have seen information on it (maybe found through a Google search or in one of the Burke Co. heritge volumes). As I recall, it was founded about 1898. According to a cousin, writing me more than 50 years ago, her father went to one there much earlier, so it apparently had a precursor. > > >==== NCBURKE Mailing List ==== >NCBURKE-L [Co., NC] Mailing List - Sharing information on Historic Burke Co., NC >For further info, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/ >Our thanks to RootsWeb.com for hosting this list and web page > > __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.