Marcus Aurelius Flournoy
BIRTH 9 Oct 1795
Hancock County, Georgia, USA
DEATH Apr 1849 (aged 53)
Chambers County, Alabama, USA
BURIAL
Cusseta Cemetery
Cusseta, Chambers County, Alabama, USA
Marcus A. Flournoy first did enroll at Paris, France Deaf School under Sicard's care, where Laurent Clerc was around.
He returned to America then was attempted to enroll at American School for the Deaf when it was opened after 1817. The indication shows through the letter correspondence that he was "denied" admittance at American School for the Deaf. Originally, some thought Marcus was at Braidwood Institute for the Deaf near Petersburg, Virginia in 1815-1816 but there was some mention he was at Paris according to Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet's letter stated a boy from Georgia was there, presuming to be Marcus Flournoy.
Around 1818, he was indicated he lived with Reverend John Kirkpatrick while attending a mainstreamed program at Old Masonic Hall contributed by the Masonic Lodge No. 14 in Manchester, Virginia known as Braidwood Institute for the Deaf that re-opened in May 1817.
Other indication in the writing, he continued his education at Cumberland Church as a daily school/mainstreaming program with other Deaf students from 1819 to 1821. Cumberland Church was in Farmville, formerly Cumberland County and the re-zoning later changed to Prince Edward County, Virginia. He did live with the Kirkpatricks at that time. Note: That deaf school was continued at Farmville from Manchester.
He returned home and got married then moved to Alabama. He did own a property and left to his family with details in the will. The written will is in the Ancestry on the Web.
Marcus had a 10 years younger Deaf brother named John J. Flournoy, who later tried to push for establishment of Georgia School for the Deaf. John did evidently attend American School for the Deaf at Hartford, Connecticut.
(written by Kathleen L. Brockway, author of "Baltimore's Deaf Heritage" and "Detroit's Deaf Heritage" books. )
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37368297/marcus-aurelius-flournoy
