Thomas Cairnes, Moultrie County
Thomas Cairnes (1858 - 1905) was sent west in 1872 at the age of fourteen. five years after he arrived the visiting agent visited the...
George N. Bickner, Montgomery County
George N. Bickner's (1886 - 1963) first stop in Illinois was Montgomery County, where he was taken from the train by William H. Applegate...
Mabel Jordan, Lee County
Mabel Jordan (1879 - ??) was sent to Illinois in April, 1891 and found a home with the George H. Brewer family in Ashton, Lee County,...
Matilda Kimmel, Orphan Train Rider
Matilda Kimmel (1879 - 1967) was sent to Illinois in 1896 where she lived with the J. F. Meyer family in Cabery, IL. She married John H....
James, George and Edward Sterritt, Livingston and Grundy County
The Sterritt brothers, Edward (1880 - 1973), George (1876 - 1948), and James (1874 - 1950) were the sons of George and Margaret/Mary...
