I've been trying to find out if their was a Soldiers' Home in Franklin or Dearborn Counties, too. I received two suggestions: one, that a person from this area might have gone to Dayton, Ohio, and another suggested Tippecanoe County on the Wabash river, just north of Lafayette, IN. The 1873 newspaper article was in regard to a man who had died in the soldiers' home. There had been articles about this man in a few papers during the months prior to that. Since the editor seemed to assume that readers would know where it was, I thought it might be local. I hate to think of a person, in failing health, traveling so far by 1873 means from northern Dearborn County. If I learn more, I will share the info. Ruth Cox Schlemmer -----Original Message----- From: Joan & Wayne Wilton <panther@snoopy.ccia.st-thomas.on.ca> To: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com <INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 9:22 PM Subject: [INFRANKLI-L] Old Soldiers' Home? >Is there or was there an "old soldiers' home in Franklin Co? If so, where >would one find access to patients records? >