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(Irish Deaf Archives - Case Study No 13 - John McCandless)

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(Narrated by Paul Waldron)

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John McCandless was born in Derry a good while ago.

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(Derry on the Map of Ireland)

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At that time, Derry was part of Old Ireland.

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John was sent to school in Scotland.

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(Map of Scotland)

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(Emigration)

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John's family eventually decided to emigrate to America.

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(Map of USA)

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It was there that John completed his studies and went to college.

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(John went to Kendall School 1901-1903)

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He went on to attend Gallaudet College in Washington DC.

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(Gallaudet College (1903-1905)

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(Heroes - 24 April 1905)

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A woman fell into the water and was swept away by the rapids

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in between the rocks, for about three miles.

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John saw the woman in distress so he tried to save her by swimming out to her.

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(The Potomac Rapids Near Washington DC)

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The woman was almost unconscious, so John stayed with her at the rock until help came.

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Her life was saved.

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The two Deaf men who saved her life was Mc Candless and Jaffray.

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They were celebrated as heroes, much applauded by Americans.

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(John As a Teacher)

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(Talladega, Alabama 1909-1921)

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John's first teaching job was at a school for Black Deaf children.

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(Alabama School for Negro Deaf-Mutes and Blind)

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(John McCandless' Talladega registration card)

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(John McCandless' Gallaudet registration card)

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(Jackson Mississipp (1921-1957))

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John spent many years in Mississippi.

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(Mississippi School for Deaf Children since 1854)

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John was a Protestant, a Baptist by faith.

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(Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf)

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(In the 1930s John was a preacher)

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John was an ardent Church volunteer with a ministry with Deaf people where he helped discuss Protestant theology.

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(In the 1940s he was a part time Baptist missionary)

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He carried on volunteering for many years.

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(After a long and productive life, John McCandless died in South Carolina in March 1965)

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(South Carolina on US map)

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(John McCandless - 16 March 1884 - 12 March 1965)