Sophronia Crane, Sangamon County
Sophronia Crane was sent to Sherman, Illinois in 1886. She married in 1897 to Thomas H. Ballarby, a minister, in Sangamon County. They...
Louis Leroy, Orphan Train Rider
Louis Leroy (1887 - 1959) was sent to Illinois in 1897 when he was 10 years old. In 1900 he was living with Calvin and Minnie Quillen on...
William Rosensteel, Orphan Train Rider
William Rosensteel was sent to Illinois in March of 1902 at the age of nine. He lived with the Swingle family in Athens, IL and attended...
1896 Orphan Train Riders in Decatur
On May 29, 1896 the agent for the New York Juvenile Asylum left seven children in the care of seven different residents of Macon County....
