Morrison Heady
James Morrison Heady was born July 19, 1829, in Elk Creek, Kentucky. He was blinded in one eye in early childhood by a chip from a woodcutter’s axe. At age 16 he lost sight in the other eye while playing with a schoolmate. His hearing was damaged after a fall from a horse as a child.
About Morrison Heady in brief
James Morrison Heady was born July 19, 1829, in Elk Creek, Kentucky. He was blinded in one eye in early childhood by a chip from a woodcutter’s axe. At age 16 he lost sight in the other eye while playing with a schoolmate. His hearing was damaged after a fall from a horse as a child, worsening until he was completely deaf by the age of forty. Heady published multiple volumes of children’s books and poetry and was frequently referred to by the contemporary press as the “Blind Bard of Kentucky”.
He was one of the first advocates for books for the blind in the United States and he invented several devices to facilitate communication and improve quality of life for deaf and blind people. A biography of Heady’s life, Beyond the Double Night, was written by Ken D. Thompson and published in 1996. A historical marker was erected by the Kentucky Historical Society in 2004 in Hisady’s hometown of Elk Creek.
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