Martha & Frederick Zenn, Orphan Train Rider
Martha Zenn was placed in Ford County, Illinois in 1873 and was born in 1861 or 1864. Her name appears in the census as an inmate of the...
Daniel Mayor, Ford County
Daniel started life in Illinois in DuBois, Washington County, which is in the southern reaches of Illinois (information from the 1890...
Orphan Train Rider Weddings, 1897
In the 1897 Report, the Asylum announced the weddings of eight girls who had been sent west. Isabella Carr married Joseph Boyer of...
George & Paul Sambuc, Orphan Train Rider
George Sambuc (1870 - ?) wrote in his letter of 1895 from Piper City, IL that although his brother Paul had a successful farm in North...
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,...
