James D. Whitley, Logan & Menard County
James D. Whitley wrote a letter to the Asylum in 1880 when he was an adult, encouraging the children of the Asylum to come West. His...
Annie, Charles & Lena Wander, Boone County and McHenry County
Annie Wander wrote in 1893 that she was called Annie Lobdell, and that the asylum should address mail to her that way. One year later,...
Edward Conlon, Charles and Katie Powell Boone County
Edward Conlon (1868 - 1932) was sent to Illinois in 1877 and he lived with the Loing family near Bonus, Illinois. In 1885 Eliza Loing...
Seth V. Watson, Montgomery County
Seth V. Watson (b. 1859) was an inmate in the New York Juvenile Asylum in 1870 and was sent to Illinois in 1872. In 1880 he was living...
Thomas N. and William A. Mehan, Tazewell County
Thomas and William came to Tazewell County in 1857 on the orphan train. As an adult Thomas told his story in a letter to the asylum as an...
Kate Miller, Orphan Train Rider
Kate Miller (1876 - 1948) was sent to Illinois in 1884 and placed with the Oliver family. When she wrote to the asylum in 1894, there was...
William F., Robert W. and Frederick Tallon, Kankakee, Iroquois & Will County
The Tallon brothers were born in New Jersey and their parents were from Ireland. They were sent to Illinois in 1879 at ages 13, 11 and 9....
George Washington Sterling, Boone Co.
George Washington Sterling (1849 - 1923) was sent to Illinois in 1862 and was placed with the Heath family in Boone Co. He wrote a letter...
William & Joseph Irving
Joseph Cameron Irving (1873 - 1936) was sent to Illinois in 1883, along with a brother, William. Like many boys, William was restless and...
James McCall, Fulton County
James McCall was listed as one of the Asylum boys who served during the Spanish American War. He served with Battery H of the 2nd...
