Alfred & Amelia Werner, Rock Island & Peoria County
Alfred Werner was sent to Illinois in 1897, along with a sister Amelia. He was settled in Rock Island county with Curtis Ellis in Milan,...
William Way, Orphan Train Rider
The story of William Way's life was preserved in the Historical Encyclopedia of Livingston County, IL. This is quite the accomplishment...
Elmer Ellsworth Fiero, Orphan Train Rider
Elmer Fiero was sent to the tiny town of Lacon, Illinois in 1904. He was placed with the Littlefield family there, and they apparently...
Annie, Emil, Margaret & Ottilile Schultz, Orphan Train Riders
Annie E. wrote a long letter to the Asylum in 1893. Her letter has an underlying tone of sadness in it. She was not happy in Illinois,...
Hattie and Annie Henning, Orphan Train Rider
Hattie Henning came to Niantic, Macon County, Illinois on the train in 1886. She wrote to the asylum in 1896, after she had married...
Herman Henry Schmidt
Herman was sent to Winchester, IL in 1889 and lived with the J H Taylor family. Herman married in 1907 to Mary Elizabeth Little. In his...
Sarah, Frederick, Robert & Mary Auer, Orphan Train Riders
Sarah Auer (1876 - 1958) wrote two letters to the Asylum and reported her own marriage. She was sent West in 1889 to Winchester, IL. She...
John Hunter, Orphan Train Rider
The pathos of this story is not only in the fact that this man died all alone and friendless, but also in the fact that at the age of 37,...
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...
