Henry Rice, Stephenson County
Henry Rice (b. 1868) was sent to Illinois in 1876 at age seven. He was placed with Lewis and Georgianna Moses near Buckeye Center in...
"Local" Orphans
Not all children who were indentured out to farmers were from the East Coast "Orphan trains" -- In the town where I live,...
William E. Quick, Whiteside County
William E. Quick (1877 - 1951) was sent to Illinois in 1888. He lived with the John F. Seavy family near Morrison, Illinois. Mr. Seavy...
Charles Cordis, Christian County
Charles Cordis came to Illinois is 1883 at the age of fourteen. He lived with O. M. Hawkes in Rosamund, Illinois. He was something of a...
John and James Scott, Edgar & Clinton County
James and John Scott were sent to Illinois the same year and we do not know if they were brothers to each other or not. James stated in...
Hedwig and Marianna Schutze, LaSalle County
Hedwig and Marianna Schutze were sent to LaSalle County, Illinois in 1889. These sisters may have been two sisters who arrived in America...
