About your 3-4 yr old great grandfather Pickering - I have lost children in that area of time in Greene Co. and found them with relatives. One was made a ward of a friend in Beavercreek Twp. even though her mother was remarried and living here. Another time almost everyone in the family was given the stepfathers name by the Census taker and I only found it by viewing the microfilm. Another time I found the younger brother and mother by looking for the older sister. If you call the assistant Archivists in the Records, Chris, here in Greene Co. he can direct you to the two orphanages that were in Xenia at the time. Also the Library has a book with the names listed of children of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home. Good luck, but I would also look at the neighbors. They might have taken in the boy. Linda