Lizzie Dugan, Cook County
The only place where it is known that Lizzie Dugan lived is Cook County. She is found in the 1880 census, living as a boarder in the home...
John J Sands, Marshall & Peoria County
When John Sands wrote to the Asylum in 1873 he was elated to have learned that Ebenezer Wright was in Normal, Illinois. It was his plan...
Anna & Delia Staples
Anna Staples (1887 - 1968) lived with the Bryants in Towanda in 1896, but her obituary indicated that she was raised by the Huffman's in...
Alexander and William Day, Vermilion County
Alexander and William Day were sent west by the New York Juvenile Asylum in separate companies according to the letter published in the...
Joseph Alexander, Iroquois County
Joseph Alexander (1891 - 1934) was sent west in May of 1898, aged 7 or 8 years old and became the ward of Theodore and Louise Koester, a...
Fred Barron, Jefferson County
In 1884 he was assigned to Adolphus Puckett as his guardian and employer in Spring Garden, IL. Fred was content on the Puckett farm and...
David J. Feely, Woodford County
David J. Feely (1886 - 1958) came to Eureka, Illinois and was place with the Frerichs family in 1899. He remained with the family for at...
Charles B. Dittmar, Orphan Train Rider
Charles B. Dittmar came west in 1891, when he was just nine years old. He was first sent to a family in a little place called Weston,...
George, Louisa & Ada Freeman, Champaign County
George, Louisa (1872 - 1942) and Ada (1876) were all placed in the home of John H. Omey in Dewey in 1888. They were the children of...
The Railroads of the Orphan Train
If you look at the map of orphan train riders, you can see that just about every county in the state was touched by the orphan train...
