Robert G. Burke, Vermilion County
Robert G. Burke (1866 - 1903) was sent to Vermilion county in 1873. He was only seven years old, and had been fully orphaned, unlike the...
Alexander and John Latter, Champaign and Coles County
The Urbana Free Library has a small collection of indentures from 1859 and 1860. One of the riders included in that collection is...
Edward and Mary Seibert, Henry County
Edward and Mary Seibert were sent to Illinois in about 1877, and were living with Henry and Roxana Ferguson of Annawan, Henry County in...
Frederick Thumm, Thomas Hoagland and Harriett Milot, Kankakee County
Frederick Thumm was sent to Illinois in 1875 at age 11. He lived with Mrs. Grimes in Manteno, Kankakee County. After he had been there...
Hugh Carroll, Fayette County
Hugh Carroll was sent to Vandalia in 1860 with the Brown brothers who were so successful in Vandalia. In 1855 Hugh Carroll had been a...
Eliza, Mary and Charles Toland, DeWitt County
Eliza J. Toland (1873 - 1923) and her siblings first appear in the record in the 1880 census, when she was living in New Jersey with her...