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County	Town/township	Orphan Name	Year	Family taking orphan
Allen	Iola	Murray, Lydia	1900	George Seymour
				Lora Seymour
		1971 Death Record		(in 1905 living with
		married (1910-1915)		Irwin Baptist  and
		Ulysses Sylvester Peck
				Attice Baptist)
Brown	Hiawatha	Thomas Bush	05/19/1882	B.M. Dreisback
Brown	Hiawatha	James Clark	05/19/1882	J.M. Dreisback
Brown	Hiawatha	Charles Doylet	05/19/1882	Louis Chase
Brown	Hiawatha	Peter Duffy	05/19/1882	John C. Mechling
Brown	Hiawatha	Dominick Flannagan	05/19/1882	Peter Trompeter
				Anna Trompeter
Brown	Hiawatha	Dennis Ganey	05/19/1882	Simon Smith
Brown	Hiawatha	John Hart	05/19/1882	Morgan Walters
Brown	Hiawatha	William Helbriegel	05/19/1882	C. Walter
Brown	Hiawatha	Joseph Johnson	05/19/1882	Timothy Jones
Brown	Hiawatha	Gustavus Long	05/19/1882
Brown	Hiawatha	John Nathan	05/19/1882	Robert Andrews
Brown	Hiawatha	John R. Thornby	01/20/1882	Judge B.F. Killey
		John bio info
		father  James Thornby
		mother Catherine Thornby
Brown	Hiawatha	Joseph Zeller	01/20/1882	Dr. Robert Patton
				Julia Patton
Cherokee	Baxter Springs	Finn, Thomas	1894	C.D. Arehart
Cherokee	Columbus	Custed, Charles	1894	S.O. Goodrich
Cherokee	Columbus	Davis, Elmer	1894	Reuben W. Hefflin
Cherokee	Columbus	Mangan, Willie	1894	R.L. Risbow
Cherokee	Columbus	Mosher, Scott	1894	Mrs. William Taylor
Cherokee	Columbus	Smith, Thomas	1894	Mayor Wiswell
		VanCura children research
Cherokee	Columbus	VanCura, Anna	1894	Hans Casper Christiansen
Cherokee	Columbus	VanCura, Joseph	1894	Thomas Haines
Cherokee	Columbus	Walker, Harold   (adopted by E. A. Scammon) 1895 Cherokee County KS census  shows Harry 2 yr old born NY 1900 Cherokee County KS census  shows Harold age 7 born NY  1910 Cherokee County KS census  shows Harold age 17, adopted,  born NY   pg 1  last entry  is E.A. Scammon   pg 2  top of page is  Harold	1894	Dr. E. A. Scammon
Cherokee	Neutral	VanCura, Willie	1894	S.W. Alcenz
Cherokee	Tehama	Fertig, John	1894	C.W. Willey
Cherokee	Tehama	Fertig, Joseph	1894	Wm. McMillen
Cherokee	Weir City	Kline, John	1894	Mrs. Nancy Dagger
Clay	Clay Center	Meyer, Louis H.	1887	1st - David Glenn;
				2nd - David Shreffler
Clay	Wakefield	Burns, Frank	1887	?
Cloud	Clyde	Ashdown, Edna	1911	?
		(died Jan 1998, per Lori Halfhide article)
		Edna marriage info to Frank Marco
		Edna residence info 1997
Cloud	Clyde	Ashdown, Mable	1911	Sherman Padgett
		Research info on Edna & Mable
				America Padgett
Cloud	Clyde	Atkins, Nelson	1911	?
Cloud	Clyde	Devore, Hayes	1911	?
		Rutherford
Cloud	Clyde	Mussman, Caroline	1911	?
Cloud	Clyde	Rosseu, Adeline	1911	George Trowbridge
		Trowbridge letter part 1		Sarah Trowbridge
		Trowbridge letter part 2
Cloud	Clyde	Shuckhardt, Annie	1911	Amaziah?Shilo Brown
				(Vivienne Harter)
Cloud	Clyde	Stoll, Hallie (Garwood)	1911	Bardy Garwood
				Linda Garwood
Cloud	Clyde	Weinhold, Alfred	1911	?
Cloud	Clyde	Weinhold Ross, Helen	1911	?
Cloud	Concordia (?)	Gleason, Elida		William Fred/Emma Gleason
		married Harry Stout
Cowley	Arkansas City	Oughterson, Marion Emma (Lutz)	1917	Everett  Bunner
				Rose Lee Bunner
Cowley	Arkansas City	Bullis, Alice (Ayler)	1930	Lived with several families but eventually
		Obituary (names her parents)		staying with Barnes family of  Marion county.
				(wedding shower annoucement to Donald Ayler 1939)
		Her father Charles H. Bullis
		Her mother Orena (Woodbeck) Vroman
Cowley	Arkansas City	Bullis, Elmer	1930	?
Cowley	Arkansas City	Bullis, Leslie Harold	1930	Thomas Bankston
		Parents Charles Bullis and Orena Woodbeck (info from his sister Alice's  obit ... above)
		Twins Leslie and Wesley were
		taken by the Bankston's, their names were changed to Thomas F. Jr  and Lorane   (see 1930 census)
Cowley	Arkansas City	Bullis, Wesley Charles	1930	Thomas Bankston
		Parents Charles Bullis and Orena Woodbeck (info from his sister Alice's  obit ... above)
		Twins Leslie and Wesley were
		taken by the Bankston's, their names were changed to Thomas F. Jr  and Lorane   (see 1930 census)
Crawford	Cherokee	Brown, Clarence	1894	J.W. Goul
Crawford	Cherokee	Brown, Matthew	1894	J.W. Goul
Crawford	Cherokee	Burns, Edward	1894	H.P. Adams
Crawford	Cherokee	Leperdoff, Jacob	1894	Jacob Stebbins
Dickinson	Abilene	Snider, John M.	1918	Orin Snider
		1940 census showing John and wife Margaret (nee Jennings) and son John Jr born 1937/1938 in Wyoming.
		(indexed as Sneider but if you look at the census image you can see that John Sr born in Philadelphia and Margaret born in Kansas... that is them)
		John M. Snider, Jr
		(I believe this is John JR death record.  Born 1937 in Wyoming and his mother's lastname was Jennings.)
				Mary (Lee) Snider
Doniphan	Doniphan	Stiawalt, George	(?)	Mary Hutchins
Doniphan	Caldwell House	Colwell, Frank	1894	Myron C. Barbour of Coffeyville KS (Montgomery county)
		born in Wyoming in 1880 per
		1895 kansas census
		Whoever indexed that census mistook Barbour lastname for Barhune.
Ellis	Hays	Deoger, Gertrude	1910	Phillip Rupp
		(Parsons)
				Elizabeth Rupp
Ellis	Schoenchen	Feit, Jessie aka Teresa Jessie obituary Birth parents Wolf Feit and   Rosie Brietowich Possible Tombstone for mother  (I have not been able to confirm but  the dates match)	1910	Conrad Bieker
				(Teresa Martin)
Harvey	Newton	John Abraham Lingenfelter  (took adopted name Schroeder)	5/13/1919	Johan  Schroeder
		Lingenfelter children arrival picture
		News article about John Lingenfelter
				Maria (Enns) Schroeder
Harvey	Newton	Elizabeth (Lingenfelter) Rice	5/13/1919	William Reiger
				Elizabeth Reiger
Harvey	Newton	Esther (Lingenfelter) Buller	5/13/1919	Jacob Schmidt
				Lizzie (Enns) Schmidt
Harvey	Newton	Hester (Lingenfelter) Claassen	5/13/1919	William Reiger
				Elizabeth Reiger
Harvey	Newton	Tillie (Lingenfelter) Gilchrist	5/13/1919	Soloman Mouttet
				Ella Mouttet
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Dunbar, Samuel	1911	Otto Lantz
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Fichtner, Katie	1911	F.H. Corson
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Frederickson, Fredof	1911	Chas. Winans
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Grant, Eva	1911	James and Mattie Quakenbush
		Father Ulysses Styler Grant
		(born 1868 in New York)
		Mother Clara (nee Craft) Grant
		(born 1869   died 1907)
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Grant, Mildred	1911	Thomas Davis
		Father Ulysses Styler Grant
		(born 1868 in New York)
		Mother Clara (nee Craft) Grant
		(born 1869   died 1907)
		1900 New York Census shows Mildred with U.S. and Clara.
		By 1910 the girls are in the orphanage)
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Loggman, Adelaide	1911	Owen Johnston
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Palmer, Henry G.	1911	Harvey Wood
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Potthoff Keeton, Anna	1911	Louis Kimmel
				Margaret Kimmel
Jefferson	Oskaloosa	Potthoff Kimmel, William	1911	Louis Kimmel
				Margaret Kimmel
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Buggelen, Wm.	1911	A.H. Jurgens
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Deacon, Norman	1911	Jessie Uhl
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Hoyt, Edward	1911	J. Irvin Spence
		Kancoll Story
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Hoyt, William Lambert	1911	H.A. Mowry
		Kancoll Story
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Miller, Marvin	1911	A.J. Jurgens
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Olmstead, Hugh	1911	Thomas Davis
Jefferson	Valley Falls	Vallentine, Fred	1911	Newton Bilger
Jewell	Burr Oak	Lockwood, George	1909	J.E. Renner
Jewell	Burr Oak	Wolfe, Raymond	1909	F.A. Smith
Jewell	Cawker City	Bean, Eddie	1886	H.M. Reynolds
Jewell	Cawker City	Brown, Richard M.	1886	C.H. Hawkins
Jewell	Cawker City	Chadwick Robert	1886	Chas. E. Bishop
Jewell	Cawker City	Chadwick, Mary	1886	Mrs. L.M. Leggett
Jewell	Cawker City	Duval, Robert		Thos. Shaw
Jewell	Cawker City	Fox, George	1886	Mrs. E. Bowman
Jewell	Cawker City	Freeman, James	1886	Chas. D. Brown
Jewell	Cawker City	Gathier, Joseph	1886	Wm. F. Donaldson
Jewell	Cawker City	Howard, Willie	1886	Daniel Shook
Jewell	Cawker City	Martin, Chas.	1886	A. Grimes
Jewell	Cawker City	Pugh, Thomas	1886	Gordon Kerr
Jewell	Cawker City	Smith, Jas. K.P.	1886	W.H. McClaskey
Jewell	Cawker City	Sommers, Chas	1886	Jas. M. Doak
Jewell	Cawker City	Tarbitt/Tarbett, Andrew	1886	J.A. Haseltine
Jewell	Cawker City	VanWoessell, Wm.	1886	Wilson Moore
Jewell	Esbon	Simmons, James	1909	Frank Ward & Mary Mollie (Myers) Ward Frank died 1958 Red Cloud           Nebraska Mary died between 1910-1930
Jewell	Jewell	Crumm, Grace	1909	S.H. Stone
Jewell	Mankato	Cohen, David	1909	John Miller
Jewell	Mankato	Crumm, Ethel (Metz)	1909	G.R. Walker
Jewell	Mankato	Crumm, Udolene	1909	H.E. Walker
Jewell	Mankato	McDonald, Theresa	1909	E.E. Keyes
Jewell	Mankato	Nordmark, Edward	1909	W.L. Gish
Jewell	Mankato	Slover, Ethel	1909	James E. Graves
Jewell	Mankato	Veitenheimer, Julia Agnes  Julia born Aug 1908, was adopted  by David and Caroline Woods who  changed her name to  Joanna Wilhemina Woods.  1910 Jewell county Kansas census  1915 Jewell county Kansas census  They traveled from Jewel county  Kansas to Long Beach Calif. between  1915 and 1920  1920 Los Angeles county census   (Long Beach) 1930 Los Angeles county census   (Long Beach) (Joanna is listed as adopted daughter   born in New York)  Julia (Joanna) married  Raymond Balyeat in 1938.  Julia died 1987 in Tulare Calif  and is buried in San Luis Obispo  county Calif.	1909	David & Caroline Woods
Jewell	Otego	Nordmark, Oliver	1909	F.M. McCammon
Jewell	Randall	Crumm, Clara	1909	John A. Hatfield
Marion	Antelope	S ___(?)___, Mary L.		?
Marion	Antelope	Murphy, Francis Homelin	1921
Marshall	Axtell	Butt, Margaret	1883	Mr. Rundle
Marshall	Axtell	Tyner, Pat	1883	J.L. Allendale
Marshall	Beattie	Weideman, Geo. T.	1883	J.M. Williams
Marshall	Beattie	Weideman, Louis	1883	J.P. Drinen
Marshall	Blue Rapids	Williams, John		Wm. Paul
Marshall	Frankfort	Amond, Louis	1884	Mrs. Isaac Walker
Marshall	Frankfort	Clements, Ada	1884	Ed. Faulkner
Marshall	Frankfort	Clements, Wm.	1884	Ed. Faulkner
Marshall	Frankfort	Cole, Clarence	1884	A.G. Height
Marshall	Frankfort	Cole, Ernst	1884	C.F. Clarck
Marshall	Frankfort	Cole, Herbert	1884	John E. Mires
Marshall	Frankfort	Irving, William	1884	John W. Parrish
Marshall	Frankfort	King, George		W.A. Ceaser
Marshall	Frankfort	Mayberry, James	1883	Isaac Walker
Marshall	Frankfort	Mitchell, William	1884	Geo. C. Brownell
Marshall	Frankfort	Rickter, Werner	1884	Mr. P. Gregg
Marshall	Frankfort	Schwabling, Samuel	1884	Wm. Holtman
Marshall	Frankfort	Steavens, Walter	1884	Dr. Garvin
Marshall	Frankfort	Triano, Francisco	1884	M. Bowers
Marshall	Frankfort	VanWinkle, David	1884	Thomas Gregg
Marshall	Frankfort	VanWinkle, Julia	1884	Martin Walch
Marshall	Frankfort	Westfeet, Harvey	1884	J.G. McConchie
Marshall	Frankfort	Westfeet, Oscar	1884	J.G. McConchie
Marshall	Marysville	Anderson, Fred	1883	William Farrell
Marshall	Marysville	Cantrell, Ella	1883	Mrs. F.V. Shaw
Marshall	Marysville	Crittenden, Harry	1883	Mr. Hedge
Marshall	Marysville	Deary, John	1883	W.G. McKee
Marshall	Marysville	Gargona, Mary	1883	Mrs. Dr. Hatfield
Marshall	Marysville	Jamison, Joe F.	1883	Robert White
Marshall	Marysville	Jones, Wm.	1883	Dr. Edwards
Marshall	Marysville	Lind, Annie	1883	Mrs. Donahue
Marshall	Oketo	Lind, Gustave	1883	Mr. Arnold
Marshall	Vermillion	Scott, Walter	1884	J.V. Kniffen
Miame	Miami	Mosher, Frank	1894	Mrs. Ed Scammon
Miami	Paola	Hamer, Adolph	1880	?
		1895 Miami county census
		showing Adolph & Gertrude
Mitchell	Beloit	Hill, James C.		?
Mitchell	Cawker City	Bailey, Willie	1886	L.A. Rees
Montgomery	Cherryvale	Clymer, Blanche	1916	1st - L.A. Snyder
				2nd - Thomas/Myrtle
				Holman
Montgomery	Cherryvale	Clymer, William	1918	Thomas/Myrtle Holman
Montgomery	Elk City	Conklin, Raymond	1916	Cal M. Harbour
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Beck, Gertrude	1901	Joseph Brungardt
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Bernt, Charles	1901	Johannes Goetz
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Coons, Florence	1901	Anton Pl Brungardt
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Desmonde, Ella	1901	Andreas Riedel
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Gilbert, Mary	1901	Balthasar Brungardt
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Golden, Eva	1901	Anton M. Herman
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Harney, Winifrede	1901	Michael Peters
				(returned to orphanage)
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Hunt, Genofeva	1901	Peter A.M. Dreiling
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Krause, Amelia	1901	Johannes Dreiling
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Lambrecht, Mary	1901	Peter Mermis
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Nelson, Edgar	1901	Johannes Dreiling
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Reynolds, Johanna	1901	Anton Sander
		Rancesca
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Rotmund, Rose	1901	Joseph Helwig
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Sharp, Helen	1901	Balthasar Brungardt
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Smith, Mildred	1901	Johann Braun
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Stone, Mary	1901	Camillus Nenf
Montgomery	Ellis Cty.	Sullivan, Daniel	1901	Balthasar Brungardt
Nemaha	Rock Creek	Crosby, Alice	1909	Henry Plattner
		Marriage record to Raymond Gentry
				Damaris Plattner
Nemaha	Rock Creek	Sorgenfrei, Elsie	1909	Wilbur Davisson
Nemaha	Rock Creek	Sorgenfrei, Johanna	1909	W. H. Poot & Mary Poot
		Sorgenfrei Research Page
Nemaha	Rock Creek	Sorgenfrei, John	1909	Jake Zug
Nemaha		Cope, Claud	1909	Jake Aberle
Nemaha		Cope, Forrest	1909	Lloyd Miller
Nemaha		Cope, Sherman	1909	Edward Strahm
Nemaha		Libecajt, Carrie	1909	Marvin Stewart
Nemaha		Libecajt, George	1909	W. T. Anderson
		Libecajt family research
Nemaha		Van Tassel, Minnie	1909	John Beer
Neosho	Chanute	Baby Mary	1894	Mrs. H.O. Arnold
Neosho	Chanute	Lewis, Fred	1894	Edward A. Kepley
Neosho	Chanute	McNeil, John	1894	W.R. Sanders
Neosho	Chanute	McNeil, Peter	1894	George W. Chappel
Neosho	Earlton	Smith, James	1894	Semi Robinson
neosho	Shaw	Ett, Stephen	1894	James Mefford
neosho	Shaw	Hubertson, George	1894	J.W. Cline
Osage	Osage City	Blackford, Anna Virginia	1910	Charlie/Nellie Howard
		Blackford, Beatrice		John & Ada Miller
Osage	Osage City	Curtis, Elizabeth	1910	?
Osage	Osage City	Silven, Kristine	1910	?
Pawnee	Conkling	___(?)___, Thelma Muriel	1915	Jesse Fox
				Minnie Fox
Pawnee	Conkling	Washburn, Mary	1912-15(?)	Jesse Fox
		Elizabeth
				Minnie Fox
Pawnee	Larned	Burke, Florence Ruth	1915	Charles Posey
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	Bakule, Jenny (Jean)	1908	Mr/Mrs Bakule
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	McCormick, Anthony	1908	John McCormick
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	McNeive, Katie Murry	1908	?
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	Mulligan, Eugenia (nee Cullivan)	1908	Con Cullivan
		(birth record,  Cora Alice Isabelle Mc Vicker)
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	Levi, Laura	06/161904	Caspar Seitz
		(assumed adopted name Seitz)
		Father Abe Stern,
		Mother Rebecca Levi
		msg board entry by her son
		James Kirby
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	Sheridan, Margaret	1908	Bernard Sheridan
Pottawatomie	St. Marys	Strecker, Aurelia Buss	1908	John Buss
Pratt	Pratt City	Eadie, Gilbert	1913	Mr/Mrs Wm. Wright
				(relocated to KS.
		(orphan train info)		after initially
				sent to IA.)
Pratt	Pratt City	Eadie, Walter	1913	Mr/Mrs Wm. Wright
		Reed Children  research
Republic	Belleville	Reed, Clara Pearl	1909	Rev. Harvey Duckett
		(Morgan)
Republic	Belleville	Reed, Howard	1909	Luther Dowell
Republic	Belleville	Reed, James	1909	Joseph and Grizelda Elliott
Republic	Belleville	West, Bill	1910	Elwood West
Republic	Elk Creek	Simmons, Marvin	1909	Clarence & Lydia Greenleaf
Riley	Leonardville	Colwell, Harry	1894	Edward Maxwell
Russell	Gorham	Ivers, Angela	1902	Albert/Eva Weigel
		(changed to adopted name
		Weigel)		(Ellis Cty.)
Saline	Salina	Hollywood, James Newton		moved to KS as a young man
Shawnee	Topeka	Sauvage, Harry P.	1883-85(?)	1st - Rev. __(?)__;
				2nd - Rev. __(?)__
Sumner	Wellington	Stewart, Anita (Sprout)	1917	Fred/Louise Corfield
Washington	Washington	Oberlin, Mary Lanier	1892	Rachel Ogden  wife of Wesley Ogden
		(born 1878 in Germany  immigrated to U.S. in 1880.)
		married Ralph Pearson
		07/29/1896
Wilson	Altoona	Kane, James	1894	R.S. Fish
Wilson	Altoona	Miller, Jacob	1894	R.S. Fish
Wilson	Fredonia	Conklin, Peter	1916	Clyde Taylor
Wilson	Fredonia	Finly, Edna	1916	Mr/Mrs Lawson
				Kikesell
Wilson	Fredonia	Leschander, Helen	1916	Mr/Mrs J.J. Piepmeyer
		Irene		(died shortly after
				arrival on train)
Wilson	Fredonia	Richard, Paul	1916	W.A. Wheeler
Wilson	Fredonia	Smith, Edwin	1916	Frank C. Monroe
Wilson	Fredonia	Smith, Sadie	1916	Carl Charlen
Wilson	Fredonia	Turner, Elsie	1916	T.R. Minton
Wilson	Neodesha	Vaufe, Herbert		J.W. Browning
Woodson	Yates Center	Haerter, Catherine	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	Haerter, Ethel	1917	?
		born to Harry Haerter
		and Ethel ??
		(grandmother was
		Catherine Haerter)
Woodson	Yates Center	Haerter, Harry	1917	?
		born to Harry Haerter
		and Ethel ??
		(grandmother was
		Catherine Haerter)
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Laughlin Marie	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Neill, Bertha	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Neill, Gottfried	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Neill, Hermana	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Neill, Lena	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Neill, Viola	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	O'Neill, William	1917	?
Woodson	Yates Center	Tanske, Anna	1917	?
		(census shows she arrived in 1917)
		(married name Cain)
		died Jan 8, 1995 Phoenix AZ
		her husband Arthur V. Cain
		died 1997 Phoenix AZ
		her son Earl Dean Cain
		her daughter
		Mary Etta (Cain) McFarlen
Woodson	Yates Center	Tanske, Ernest	1917	?
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS.	Weber, Margaret	1921	Elizabeth Bergman
	?	Donlan, Alfred		?
	?	Ernst, Julie		?
	?	Heller, Patricia		?
	?	Krohn, Bertha Elizabeth		?
	?	Slyter, Maude		?
				(around 1910-20,
				Maude was a KS.
				child whose parents
				died, was picked up
				by an orphan train
				going through KS. and
				adopted in Ark.)
	?	Turner, Mary	1916	Jerry Myers

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