A MAN WITHOUT EARS.
ATHENS, N.Y., July 21. -
Ezekiel Eads, who died recently in this county, aged 65 years, was born without ears, and had no apertures where his ears should have been. He was able, however, to gather sound through his mouth, and could here conversation that was carried on in an ordinary tone. His hair was black at birth but was interspersed with oddly-shaped gray spots, some of them resembling diminutive human hands and ears. These singular markings never changed, and his black hair never turned gray. Eads had 14 children. The oldest, aged 45, has not a gray hair in his head, his hair being as black as coal, while the youngest, aged 13, is as gray as a man of 70.
The New York Times; New York, New York.
July 22, 1884.
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ONE OF NATURE'S FREAKS.
Ezekiel Eads, who died in Green County, New York, in the spring of 1885, was surely a fit subject for a dime museum, even though he never descended that level. Strictly speaking, Eads was in several respects a most remarkable creature. He was born without ears, not even having apertures where his ears should have been. His deformity, sad as it was, may be said to have been partially alleviated by the curious construction of the inner portion of his head, which enabled him to hear common conversation through his mouth. When addressed he would instantly open his mouth and readily give answers to interrogations put to him in an ordinary tone of voice. But Ezekiel's lack of ears was not his only lack of distinction. He had a heavy crop of black hair spotted with white, the spots themselves being in the exact shape of human ears, feet, hands, etc. When he was quite a small baby it was noticed that his black hair was intersperced with oddly shaped spots of white, which, however, did not take on their distinctive shapes until after he had passed his fifteenth year.
When Mr. Eads died he left one son, aged 45, whose hair was as black as coal, not a single gray hair being discernible, and another son, 13 years of age, whose hair was as gray as that of a man of 70.
Lafayette Advertiser; Lafayette, Louisiana.
November 7, 1891; Page One.
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ATHENS, N.Y., July 21. -
Ezekiel Eads, who died recently in this county, aged 65 years, was born without ears, and had no apertures where his ears should have been. He was able, however, to gather sound through his mouth, and could here conversation that was carried on in an ordinary tone. His hair was black at birth but was interspersed with oddly-shaped gray spots, some of them resembling diminutive human hands and ears. These singular markings never changed, and his black hair never turned gray. Eads had 14 children. The oldest, aged 45, has not a gray hair in his head, his hair being as black as coal, while the youngest, aged 13, is as gray as a man of 70.
The New York Times; New York, New York.
July 22, 1884.
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ONE OF NATURE'S FREAKS.
Ezekiel Eads, who died in Green County, New York, in the spring of 1885, was surely a fit subject for a dime museum, even though he never descended that level. Strictly speaking, Eads was in several respects a most remarkable creature. He was born without ears, not even having apertures where his ears should have been. His deformity, sad as it was, may be said to have been partially alleviated by the curious construction of the inner portion of his head, which enabled him to hear common conversation through his mouth. When addressed he would instantly open his mouth and readily give answers to interrogations put to him in an ordinary tone of voice. But Ezekiel's lack of ears was not his only lack of distinction. He had a heavy crop of black hair spotted with white, the spots themselves being in the exact shape of human ears, feet, hands, etc. When he was quite a small baby it was noticed that his black hair was intersperced with oddly shaped spots of white, which, however, did not take on their distinctive shapes until after he had passed his fifteenth year.
When Mr. Eads died he left one son, aged 45, whose hair was as black as coal, not a single gray hair being discernible, and another son, 13 years of age, whose hair was as gray as that of a man of 70.
Lafayette Advertiser; Lafayette, Louisiana.
November 7, 1891; Page One.
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A MAN WITHOUT EARS.
ATHENS, N.Y., July 21. -
Ezekiel Eads, who died recently in this county, aged 65 years, was born without ears, and had no apertures where his ears should have been. He was able, however, to gather sound through his mouth, and could here conversation that was carried on in an ordinary tone. His hair was black at birth but was interspersed with oddly-shaped gray spots, some of them resembling diminutive human hands and ears. These singular markings never changed, and his black hair never turned gray. Eads had 14 children. The oldest, aged 45, has not a gray hair in his head, his hair being as black as coal, while the youngest, aged 13, is as gray as a man of 70.
The New York Times; New York, New York.
July 22, 1884.
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ONE OF NATURE'S FREAKS.
Ezekiel Eads, who died in Green County, New York, in the spring of 1885, was surely a fit subject for a dime museum, even though he never descended that level. Strictly speaking, Eads was in several respects a most remarkable creature. He was born without ears, not even having apertures where his ears should have been. His deformity, sad as it was, may be said to have been partially alleviated by the curious construction of the inner portion of his head, which enabled him to hear common conversation through his mouth. When addressed he would instantly open his mouth and readily give answers to interrogations put to him in an ordinary tone of voice. But Ezekiel's lack of ears was not his only lack of distinction. He had a heavy crop of black hair spotted with white, the spots themselves being in the exact shape of human ears, feet, hands, etc. When he was quite a small baby it was noticed that his black hair was intersperced with oddly shaped spots of white, which, however, did not take on their distinctive shapes until after he had passed his fifteenth year.
When Mr. Eads died he left one son, aged 45, whose hair was as black as coal, not a single gray hair being discernible, and another son, 13 years of age, whose hair was as gray as that of a man of 70.
Lafayette Advertiser; Lafayette, Louisiana.
November 7, 1891; Page One.
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ATHENS, N.Y., July 21. -
Ezekiel Eads, who died recently in this county, aged 65 years, was born without ears, and had no apertures where his ears should have been. He was able, however, to gather sound through his mouth, and could here conversation that was carried on in an ordinary tone. His hair was black at birth but was interspersed with oddly-shaped gray spots, some of them resembling diminutive human hands and ears. These singular markings never changed, and his black hair never turned gray. Eads had 14 children. The oldest, aged 45, has not a gray hair in his head, his hair being as black as coal, while the youngest, aged 13, is as gray as a man of 70.
The New York Times; New York, New York.
July 22, 1884.
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ONE OF NATURE'S FREAKS.
Ezekiel Eads, who died in Green County, New York, in the spring of 1885, was surely a fit subject for a dime museum, even though he never descended that level. Strictly speaking, Eads was in several respects a most remarkable creature. He was born without ears, not even having apertures where his ears should have been. His deformity, sad as it was, may be said to have been partially alleviated by the curious construction of the inner portion of his head, which enabled him to hear common conversation through his mouth. When addressed he would instantly open his mouth and readily give answers to interrogations put to him in an ordinary tone of voice. But Ezekiel's lack of ears was not his only lack of distinction. He had a heavy crop of black hair spotted with white, the spots themselves being in the exact shape of human ears, feet, hands, etc. When he was quite a small baby it was noticed that his black hair was intersperced with oddly shaped spots of white, which, however, did not take on their distinctive shapes until after he had passed his fifteenth year.
When Mr. Eads died he left one son, aged 45, whose hair was as black as coal, not a single gray hair being discernible, and another son, 13 years of age, whose hair was as gray as that of a man of 70.
Lafayette Advertiser; Lafayette, Louisiana.
November 7, 1891; Page One.
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