Thomas Cochran, Whiteside and Carroll County
Like so many of the OTRs, Thomas was not an orphan, but he came from the New York Juvenile Asylum with a group of 15 children to Fulton,...
Annie Burns, Carroll County
Annie Burns came to Illinois in 1887 at the age of eleven. She was placed with Caroline Mark in Mt. Carroll. Mrs. Marks reported of...
David Rodgers, Orphan Train Rider
David Rodgers (1882 - ?) was sent west in 1893 and placed with the Myron Lee family in Milledgeville, Carroll County. David had...
