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Mary Saville <I>Byam</I> Byam

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Mary Saville Byam Byam

Birth
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Jul 1927 (aged 82)
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5971146, Longitude: -71.354866
Plot
FF/NEW-38-5
Memorial ID
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Mary Saville Byam was the daughter of Henry Byam (1788-1862) and Relief Spaulding (1802-1891). She was the sister of Sarah Parkhust (Byam) Emerson (1834-1902), wife of Joseph Bradford Emerson (1833-abt 1866), and George Henry Byam (1829-1897). She married George Adams Byam 24 December 1869 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Mary Saville Byam made a name for herself as a teacher in the first school in America to successfully teach deaf children lip-reading and speech without using the manual alphabet, which had been employed previously and, while making communications possible, the student did not learn to speak.
Mary Saville Byam was the daughter of Henry Byam (1788-1862) and Relief Spaulding (1802-1891). She was the sister of Sarah Parkhust (Byam) Emerson (1834-1902), wife of Joseph Bradford Emerson (1833-abt 1866), and George Henry Byam (1829-1897). She married George Adams Byam 24 December 1869 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Mary Saville Byam made a name for herself as a teacher in the first school in America to successfully teach deaf children lip-reading and speech without using the manual alphabet, which had been employed previously and, while making communications possible, the student did not learn to speak.


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