
Jennie D. Dee, McLean County
In 1884 a truly tragic event took place which involved a 12 year old New York orphan. Jennie D. Dee had been entrusted to the Robnett...

William, Frank & Anna Lemme, Christian County
William Bert Lemme (1885 - 1961) was sent to Illinois in 1891 at the age of six and lived with Henry Burke in Christian County. Although...

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...

Anna & Delia Staples
Anna Staples (1887 - 1968) lived with the Bryants in Towanda in 1896, but her obituary indicated that she was raised by the Huffman's in...

Charles B. Dittmar, Orphan Train Rider
Charles B. Dittmar came west in 1891, when he was just nine years old. He was first sent to a family in a little place called Weston,...

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...

William C., Margaret, & Mary Hallock, Orphan Train Riders
William C. Hallock wrote to the asylum in 1895 when he was 35 years old. He was still living on the property of his old guardian with his...