Compton, Lee County, Orphan Train Riders

Compton, Lee County

Paul Kunz (1881-?) -- Placed in Lee County in 1894 -- working as farm laborer on Clayton Bowers farm in Ashton, Lee County in 1910.

Peter Snyder (1881- ?) Placed in Lee County in 1891 -- working in dairy in 1920 and married to Esther Singer. During WWII he was living in Dixon, IL and still working for the dairy.

Annie Schellhaas (1884 - ?) Placed in Lee County in 1898. Annie appears in the census as housekeeper for the Guthries, an elderly couple.

Herman Sanders (1885 - ?) Placed in Lee County in 1898. He was also an employee of the Guthries. He was unmarried when he registered for the draft in WWI and was working as a farm hand for Tillots in Pine Back, Ogle County. He married in 1919 in Ogle County to Mary Leslie. They had one daughter, Leslie Sanders. According to the 1940 census, he had attended college for 4 years and was working as a salesman in 1940. (1940 census)