According to RoadsideAmerica.com –
“Little Will” Boular was born September 9, 1869. He lost his hearing when he was four, then his legs when he was 12 (They were run over by a train that he didn’t hear coming). He was best known as “Deafy” (dee-fee), and although he had a pair of prosthetic legs, he refused to wear them.
DUMMR.com 