Have you contacted the Warren Co. Genelocical Society conserning this? They have the records on microfilm for this orphanage. It should have the parents name. Terry Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bokaygal@aol.com> To: <OHWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 10:09 AM Subject: Re: OHWARREN-D Digest V00 #138 > MaryLou..... > > I just read your Hall/Scoville post with interest. For 20 years I've been > trying to determine the parents of my orphaned great grandmother Bell Hall. > She was born around 1865-1867 which would have made her 13-15 yrs old > --fitting the ages of your Jane's children. Bell was placed in the Warren > County Orphan's Home when she was a young child and after a few years, a > family named Mardis took her from the orphanage to raise her in exchange for > help on their farm. She lived with them until she married my great > grandfather, Charles Hizar, in 1883. Could Jane Hall have put her > children into the Orphanage as a result of not being able to care for them > after she was widowed? Hall is such a common name and difficult to > research so I may be stretching things here, but I would surely appreciate > hearing back from you....maybe we could make some progress. > > Thanks much, > Becky in AZ > > In a message dated 12/30/00 7:01:23 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > OHWARREN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << Jane Hall is the one who married my g > grandfather, Hiram Nelson Scoville in 1852,in Warren county, Ohio. He > died in 1858 and left her with 2 children under the age of 15 according > to the probate record. I would like to know the names and ages of the > children >>