- ---------------------------------------------------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 21-Jun-99 14:57 Subject: Re: Orphan Train - ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Reeder <[email protected]> Maggie - I remember sometime ago you did several messages on the orphan trains. Thought you might find this happy ending interesting. _____________________ [email protected] wrote: This item came from the Greenup County, KY list and was posted by Mr. Ed Cooper. I wonder if this "train" had a stop in Clermont Co. - as is evidenced by my reply at the end. -- >From 1854 to 1929 the government ran what was known as "orphan Trains" they sent homeless children mostly from the New York area on trains to the West. The trains had pre determine stops where the local people would come out and "look" them over. Those that weren't chosen went on to the next stop, those that were chosen stayed where some found a much better life with people that loved them while others found a life close to slavery. This is an incredible and amazing part of US history that I have never heard of before. I hope this helps somebody, Ed Cooper Nonfiction Books Fry, Annette R. The Orphan Trains. New York: New Discovery Books, 1994. This was our main print source for information. It's very well-written and has many photographs.) Holt Marilyn Irvin. The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Ed, that is very interesting and thought provoking for me. I have an ancestor (George B. Beacham) that was orphaned in CT. He and his sister were separated and he ended up living with the Thomas Lytle family in Clermont Co. OH at the age of 12. I have always wondered how this came about and why his sister wasn't with him. He searched and found her as an adult working in a hat factory in Danbury, CT. He brought her to Clermont Co. and they are buried near each other now. !^NavFont02F06520007NGHHM546A82