This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phillips, Doonan, Finningham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nNABAIB/5294.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Dear Ava, Would you know if Abraham Phillips III had a school on his property in Nashville, IL (I heard from a source he had a school and was a school teacher and may have had an orphanage?) and if he had indentured children from the orphan trains. My gggrandmother, Maggie Finningham, was born in New York and came to live with him abt 1859-1860 when she was 12. I noticed on the 1860 Washington Co, Census she was on with another child name Thomas Doonan. I believe he had them listed as servants or the such. I've already tried to contact the Orphan Train website, but they havent been much help. I'm also blood related to the phillips by Abraham's sister Polly. Thanks for your help.