———II 1 1 111 I win i 111 i i , ii i Tm a h i m mm MMtWMIHMMMM — — «wa i« m i n ii m i m iii i n. mi l , n wmm . w ajiMana : ■ ' V I ii.n / ■ ■ i ■ *--■ ■ ■ ■ fm ■:■:■■■ -sj-i- it-w^^^^^^^^HHH ■ ■ ■ V. ■ H i I V v (fi D PQ C/3 i— i CC < X J h h- 1 < o w H <^ H PENNSYLVANIA'S Soldiers' Orphan Schools, GIVING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE LATE CIVIL WAR, THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ORPHAN SYSTEM, AND LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS RELATING THERETO; WITH BRIEF SKETCHES AND ENGRAVINGS OF THE SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS, WITH NAMES OF PUPILS SUBJOINED. 'God is pleased with no music below so much as the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows, of supported orphans." — Jeremy Taylor. laV ^ BY JAMES LAUGHER Y PAUL, J CHIEF CLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, HARRISBURG, PENNA. ([llustrattd: bg JfrriUrith f aas. HARRISBURG: LANE S. HART, 18, 20 & 22 South Third St. 1877. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by JAMES LAUGHERY PAUL, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. H_i«i J - PAGAN S SON, ^^1* ELECTROTYPERS, PHILAD'A. fc ^ IT* ?P f^ PENNSYLVANIA'S Soldiers' Orphan Schools. DEPARTMENT OF SOLDIEES' ORPHANS' SCHOOLS Harrisburg, March 15, 1876. '} It affords me no ordinary degree of satisfaction to bear testimony to the accuracy and official character of this volume, prepared by Colonel James L. Paul, Chief Clerk of the Orphan School Department. His abundaat oppor- tunities for obtaining materials, and his known industry and ability, are a suffi- cient guarantee that the work is complete, readable, and reliable. To tell how a great State has expended over five millions of dollars in main- taining and educating over eight thousand children, made fatherless by the casualties of war, is a laudable and grateful undertaking. Such a narrative forms a history of one of the grandest achievements of humanity, and constitutes a most appropriate contribution from our State, with which to crown the centennial year of our national independence. J. P. WlCKERSHAM, Supt. Public Instruction. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, \ Harrisburg, Pa., March 16, 1876. J Col. James L. Paul, Chief Clerk of the Orphan School Department of Pennsylvania, having been intimately associated for years with the direction and control of the orphan schools, and being so well fitted by intelligence and education, has told the story of their origin, progress, and benefits in a manner reflecting great credit upon himself and the Commonwealth. I cheerfully commend his work to the people of Pennsylvania, who have so generously and patriotically sustained the orphan school system. J. F. Hartranft. 't&mty ti\h IjUhtmif TO THE Fatherless Children of my Fallen Comrades, AS' A TOKEN OF ESTEEM FOR THE LIVING AND A TRIBUTE OF REMEMBRANCE do the lead. / M&&\ lHE reason for presenting the history of the sol- diers' orphan -schools of the State to the public at this time, is to enable our own people, as well as those of sister States and foreign nations that may take part in our Centennial Exhibition, to see and comprehend the humanity, policy, and magnitude of the work ; to help deepen the appreciation of the thou- sands of unfortunate children who have enjoyed the benefits of the system by informing them fully as to what the State has done for them. Above all, to educate coming gen- erations to the belief that if men fall on the battle-field or in the discharge of the duties which they owe to the nation, in the defence of Liberty, Justice, and Right, a loving and God-fearing people will take their offspring to themselves as their own, and, so far as can be, fit them physically, mentally, and morally for the stern realities of this world and the enjoyments of that which lies beyond. Comprehending the importance of the work, and with a modest hope of appreciation, the author has spared neither time nor money in the preparation of this volume. He now offers it to the public as a full and complete history of the grand project, from the moment it was suggested to the mind of Andrew G. Curtin, then Governor of the State, by two soldiers' orphans asking for bread at the door of the Executive Mansion, Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 1863, — until the present time ; when, in the zenith of prosperity — thanks to the munificence of the Pennsylvania VU1 PREFACE. Railroad Company and the Legislature of the State — an army of widows and orphans throughout the length and breadth of the Commonwealth raise their voices in testi- mony of the value of the great system, and pour their heartfelt blessings on the heads of those who gave it birth and the great State which has fostered it so tenderly. The author, feeling conscious of his inability, while pressed with other duties connected with its publication, to give the work that literary finish its importance demanded, was fortunate in securing, as an assistant in this respect, the services of Rev. Columbus Cornforth, A. M. This gentle- man's ripe scholarship, fine literary taste, coupled with an experience of ten years in the practical workings of the system as State Inspector and Examiner, rendered his counsel and labors invaluable ; and for his kind offices grateful acknowledgments are tendered. Acknowledgments are here warmly offered to the Prin- cipals of the several Schools and Homes for their ready and prompt cooperation in supplying facts and statistics relating to the institutions over which they preside. The author cannot take leave of the reader without ex- pressing also his obligations to the Electrotype and Stereo- type establishment of J. Fagan & Son, and to the proof- readers, Messrs. Lorrilliere and Magee, whose critical liter- ary judgment and typographic taste in reading and arrange- ment, have been of great service in preparing the book for press. J. L. P. Harrisburg, Pa., April 15, 1876. PART I. CHAPTER I. The Conflict which Terminated in the War that made the Children Fatherless. Pennsylvania's Thank-offering — Slavery in the Colonies — First Continental Congress, 1774 — Carpenters' Hall — Articles of Confederation — Address to the American People — Congress of 1776 — The First Compromise with Slavery — The Expunged Charge against the Repudiated King — Articles of Confederation of 1781 — Constitution Adopted,1789 — Concessions to Slavery — Slavery Excluded from the North-west Territory — Louisiana Purchase, 1803 — Slave Market — Missouri Admitted, 1820 — A Compromise — Texas Packed — War of Conquest with Mexico — Wilmot Proviso — Gold Dis- covered in California, 1848 — Compromise, 1850 — Anti-Slavery Organi- zations — Repeal of the Missouri Compromise — Kansas-Nebraska Act — Civil War Kindled — Republican Party Organized — Buchanan's Presidency — Presidential Contest, I860 — Abraham Lincoln Elected — Southern Con- federacy — Lincoln Inaugurated — Fort Sumter — Civil War Begun — "Bat- tle-Hymn" — Sacrifices of the War — Its Gains 17-28 CHAPTER II. The " War Governor " and " Soldiers' Friend." Andrew G. Cnrtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, During the Civil War — His Responsibility — His Devotion to the Union — His Care for the Sol- diers 29,30 X CONTENTS. CHAPTER III. A Special Providence and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Thanksgiving — Soldiers' Orphans Ask for Food — A Meeting in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia — Governor Curtin Pleads for the Orphans of Sol- diers — Patriotic Meeting in Pittsburgh in July, 1862 — The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Proffers $50,000 31-34 CHAPTER IV. The Rejected Stone. The First Official Document — The First Attempt to Frame a Law to Establish Schools — Dr. Wickersham's Bill — Special Message of the Governor — The Debate — Wells' Substitute — The Original Bill and Substitute Fall — Act of 1864 — The Ingratitude of Legislators 35-43 CHAPTER V. The System Organized. Dr. Burrowes appointed Superintendent — His Fitness — Plan under Act of 1864 — Office Opened, and Books and Blank Forms Originated — Blank Form of Application for Admission — Homes for the Younger Children — Difficul- ties in Finding Institutions for the Older Children — Pioneer Institutions — Committees of Superintendence appointed — The Mothers' Prejudices — Eeligion — Superintendent's First Keport — The Foundation Laid 44-53 CHAPTER VI. The System Imperilled. Message of the Governor — Encouraging Words — Negley's Bill — Proposes to Abolish the Schools, and give the Orphans into the Care of the Officers of the Common Schools — $30 a year — Proposed Amendments — Bill Passes the House — Bill goes to the Senate — Bemarks of Senators Worthington, Wallace, and Clymer — It Passes the Senate with Important Amendments — Committee of Conference — Act of 1865 — $75,000 Appropriated — Demand for more Schools — Results 54-60 CONTENTS. XI CHAPTER VII. The System Saved by the Orphans. Discouragements — Governor's Message — McAfee's Bill — Warm Discussion — Passes the House — Destruction of the System Threatened — Visit of the Children to the Capitol — Dr. Burrowes Explains — Songs and Kecitations — Speech of Governor Curtin — Children and Teachers in Executive Chamber — Children in Court-House — Hospitality of the Citizens — McAfee's Bill Falls 61-76 CHAPTER VIII. Additional Officers Appointed. Amos Bow, Examiner — Wm. L. Bear, Inspector 77, 78 CHAPTER IX. The Officers and Principals in Council. Industrial Feature Discussed 79 CHAPTER X. A Trip to Philadelphia — The Orphans and the Battle- Flags. Schools Participating — Society of the Cincinnati — Flags for Pennsylvania Regiments — Fourth of July, 1866 — Formal Return of the Flags — En- thusiasm — General Meade's Address — Governor Curtin's Reply — The Enviable Lot of the Fatherless 80-89 CHAPTER XL Instructions Issued to the Principals. School-room Duties to have Precedence — Every Pupil to have an Equal Chance — Early Rising Condemned — Rest, Play, Exercise — Corporal Punishment — Distribution of Time — Time; Rise; Eat; School; Worship — Rules for the School-room — Duties of the Principal Teacher — To In- struct; To Send out Classes; Receive Reports from Class Examiner, etc. — Pupils not allowed Text-books out of School Hours — Few Studies — xii CONTENTS. Topical Study — General Beading — Dictionaries, Cyclopedias, etc — Duties of Class Examiner — Number of Pupils, Teachers, and Class-rooms — Pro- gramme — Work Details — Comfort — Labor — Employees — Rules for Order, Neatness, and Work — Wednesday Inspection — Food — Clothing — Inspec- tion of New Pupils, and Care of Sick — Eeligious Instruction and Worship — Sunday Observances — Home Correspondence — Visits of Mothers — Vacations 90-107 CHAPTER XII. The Results at the Close of the Year 1866. More Schools Established — Results Tabulated 108, 109 CHAPTER XIII. The Rejected Stone Becomes the Head of the Corner. The System Recognized by Statutory Law — Law of 1867 — In Sympathy with Established Plan — Dr. Burrowes' Success — His Tenure of Office Ex- pires 110-114 CHAPTER XIV. The Trust in Xew Hands. John White Geary — Extracts from his Annual Messages — Appointments — George Fisher McFarland — Columbus Cornforth — Mrs. E. W. Hutter — John Dickie Shryock — James L. Paul — Edmund R. Sutton 115-121 CHAPTER XV. The System Settled, and its Difficulties. Deficit — Rates Reduced — Schools Crowded — System not Perfected — Colored Soldiers' Orphans — A Circular — More Schools Established — Forms for Reports — Weekly ; Monthly; Annual , 122-130 CHAPTER XVI. Education and Training. Graded Course of Study — Annual Examinations — Industrial Instruction — Religious Training 131-134 CONTENTS. Xlll CHAPTER XVII. Loans and Taxation. Act of 1868 and Supplement — Schools Eeceiving Loans — Exempt from Taxation — The Act — Supplement 135-137 CHAPTER XVIII. The Trust Confided to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Superintendent Wickersham Calls a Meeting of Principals — Inspection Ee- port — Diploma — Course of Study Modified — Change in the Manner of Supplying Clothing — Eates per Annum per Pupil allowed by the State — Cost of Clothing — Manner of Keeping Accounts — Wood-cuts of Orphans — Dress Described '. 138-146 CHAPTER XIX. John Frederick Hartranft. He Commands in more than a Score of Battles — Complimented by the Govern- ment — The Soldiers' Orphans at his First Inaugural — The Institutions Participating — His Words of Encouragement to them — Extracts from his State Papers — His Second Inaugural 147-149 CHAPTER XX. Grand Army of the Republic. Their Sympathy and Services to the Orphans — formal School Training Secured through them — Other Advantages Secured — Kindness and Timely Aid .'. 150-153 CHAPTER XXI. Inside View. Scholastic Training and Systematic Labor — Extract from Inspector Cornforth's Eeport of 1864 — Harmonious Working of the Industrial Departments and the School-room — Programme — Home Comforts and Privileges — Good Health of the Children — Culture and Education — Elevating Influences of the Schools upon Society — Conclusion 154-160 XIV CONTENTS. PART II. SCHOOLS, HOMES, AND ASYLUMS. PAGES Bird's-eye View of Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools^ 163-167 Northern Home for Friendless Children, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Institute 169-18S Paradise School 189-195 McAlisterville School 196-213 QuAKERTOWN SCHOOL 214-219 Mount Joy School 220-238 Emmaus Orphan House 239-241 Dayton School 242-255 Orangeville School 256-264 Harford School '. 265-277 North Sewickley School 278-282 Cassville School 283-299 Soldiers' Orphan Home 300-303 Phillipsburgh School 304-319 Jacksonville School 320-325 Uniontown School - 326-338 St. Paul's Koman Catholic Orphan Asylum 339-340 Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh and Allegheny 341-348 Church Home Association 349, 350 White Hall School 351-365 The Orphans' Home, Germantown 366-369 Andersonburg School 370-375 Pittsburgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless 376-379 Lincoln Institution 380-389 Educational Home 390-395 Titusville School 396-408 Chester Springs School 409-424 The Home for Friendless Children, for the Borough of wllkesbarre and the county of luzerne 425-430 Church Home for Children (Episcopal), Angora, Phila- delphia 431-437 CONTENTS. XV PAGES St. James' Orphan Asylum 438 Bridgewater School 439-446 Bethany Orphans' Home (Womelsdorf) 447-450 Tressler Orphans' Home 451-458 Home for Friendless Children for the City and County of Lancaster 459-465 Mercer School 466-479 Mansfield School 480-492 Industrial School 493, 494 Butler Orphan Home 495-499 St. John's Orphan Asylum 500-502 Catholic Home 503, 504 St. Vincent's College 505-510 Orphans' Home 511 "Children's Home," of York 512-515 St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum 516, 517 Orphans' Farm School 518 Nazareth Hall 518 Pennsylvania Training-school for Feeble-minded Children.. 518, 519 Out-door Belief 520 Kntt$t^tw{& + State Capitol, Harrisburg Frontispiece. James L. Paul Facing page 17 Andrew G. Curtin " " 29 Thomas H. Burrowes " " 44 John W.Geary " " 115 George F. McFarland " " 116 Columbus Cornforth " " 117 Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hutter " " 118 James P. Wickersham " " 138 John F. Hartranft " " 147 Northern Home for Friendless Children " " 169 MagGregor J. Mitcheson " " 171 E. W. Hutter " " 172 Soldiers' Orphan Institute " " 173 John W. Claghorn " " 175 McAlisterville School " " 196 Mount Joy School " " 220 Dayton School * " " 242 Harford School " " 265 Cassville School " " 283 Phillipsburgh School (Front View) " " 304 Phillipsburgh School (South Side) " " 305 Oniontown School " " 326 Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh and Alle- gheny " " 341 White Hall School " " 351 Andersonburg School " " 370 Lincoln Institution " " 380 Gen. George G. Meade " " 382 Educational Home " " 390 Chester Springs School " " 409 Church Home for Children (Episcopal),Angora, Phila- delphia " " 431 Bridgewater School " " 439 Tressler Orphans' Home " " 451 Mercer School " " 466 Mansfield School " " 480 St. Paul's Orphan Home, Butler " " 495 St. Vincent's Abbey and College " " 505 Children's Home, York " " 512 xvi Mz^<2^&& o& r aZtt^kLs PEKTsTSYLV APIA'S SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CHAPTER I. THE CONFLICT WHICH TER3IINATED IN THE WAR THAT MADE THE CHILDREN FATHERLESS. Sss -^||0 say that Pennsylvania stands first among the great sis- terhood of States which compose the American Republic, in the noble work of caring for the children made neces- sitous by the casualties of war, is no empty boast. It would, in fact, be within the limits of truth to affirm that the Key- stone State has done, and is doing, more to succor the offspring of her soldiers who lost life or limb in their country's service, than all the other States combined. Indeed, the annals of the race do not furnish a similar instance where a State has adopted, as her special wards, all the dependent children of her slain and crippled warriors. In this cause she has already given over five millions of dollars as a thank-offering to the valor that saved the nation entire, when a great and wicked rebellion threatened its dismemberment and ruin, and gathered under her protecting and guiding care, from her cities, her hamlets, her valleys, and her mountains, over eight thousand children who represent either the grave or the mangled form of a soldier. And the good work is still going on, and will continue till every child of the class designated shall have passed beyond the years of dependency. But before giving an account of the origin and progress of this great work, a hasty glance at the cause of the tremendous conflict that made the children orphans will be in place. Such a war could not have been provoked except for the passions excited in the defence of slavery. Early in the history of the British colonies in North 2 17 18 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. America, negroes were imported into them and sold as slaves. The accursed system of slave labor was introduced and perpetuated with the sanction of no law but that of common consent. The descendants of the Puritan and the Cavalier alike owned property in man. The number of slaves in the Northern colonies, however, was never large. This was due more to the ruggedness of the soil, and the severity of the climate, than to the purity of their moral code. In the sunny and luxurious South the African found a congenial sky, and her fields, though tilled with unskilled hands, made rich returns. Here the evil took deep root, and spread rapidly. But when the colonists themselves were made to suffer beneath the oppression of their mother country, they resented the wrong, and demanded their rights as British subjects, and began to discourse upon the blessings of liberty, and to discuss the nature of man's ina- lienable rights. The duty of freeing themselves from political bond- age evoked a spirit of liberty which was hostile to personal slavery. This fact is clearly seen in the records of the earliest measures taken by the colonies to form a bond of union for their mutual protection. For this purpose the first Continental or general American Congress met, in 1774, in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, and adopted the famous Articles of Confederation, which condemned, in the strongest terms, the importation of slaves. There were present delegates from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro- lina, and South Carolina. The action of this body was heartily approved by the masses of the people, to whom the word "slave" was becoming odious, save to a few sordid souls. After the lapse of more than a century, we read with peculiar interest the following com- ments upon this Congress, taken from a paper entitled Observations Addressed to the American People, published in Philadelphia, and dated November 4, 1774: "The least deviation from the resolves of Congress will be treason against the present inhabitants of the colonies — against the millions of unborn genera- tions who are to exist hereafter in America — against the only liberty and happiness which remain to mankind — against the last hopes of the wretched in every corner of the world ; in a word, it will be treason against God We are now laying the foundations of American Constitution. Posterity will most probably measure their liberties and happiness by the most careless of our foot- steps. Let no unhallowed hand touch the precious seed of liberty. Let us form the glorious tree in such a manner, and impregnate it with such principles of life, that it will last forever. . . . I almost wish to live to hear the triumphs of the jubilee in the year 1874/ to see the models, pictures, fragments of writings, that Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 19 shall be displayed to revive the memory of the proceedings of the Congress of 1774. If any adventitious circumstances shall give precedency on that day, it shall be to inherit the blood, or even to possess the name, of a member of that glorious assembly." How like a prophecy is the language of the ancient patriot ! Had the American people been true to the spirit of 1774, had they preserved inviolate the Articles of Confederation, and had they heeded the words of warning which issued from the press of that day, and taken no false steps, how different would have been the condition of our country on this Centennial year ! There would have been no sectional hates, no smothered feelings of revenge, and no backward steps to be taken ! The imagination loves to dwell on the glorious possibilities of a people severed from the traditional fetters of society by the broad Atlantic, nurtured amid the wild freedom of the forest, taught the love of liberty in the school of oppression, and enlightened and guided by the holy oracles of Christianity ! The next general Congress of the American people was in 1776. It was this body, as all the world knows, that made the immortal Declaration of Independence, and held as self-evident truths " that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; " and " to secure these, governments are insti- tuted among men." And yet, sad to relate, it is among the doings of this Congress we find the first compromise with slavery. In the original list of offences charged against the repudiated king of Great Britain is the following serious accusation : " He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty, in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemi- sphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This pirat- ical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. Determined to keep a market where men should be bought and sold, he has at length prostituted his negative for suppressing any legislative attempt to prohibit and restrain this execrable commerce." This paragraph, being objected to by the Georgia delegation, was expunged from the document for the sake of unanimity. , What misery this concession may have brought upon "millions of" then " unborn generations " ! The Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1781, contained no recog- nition of slavery. Evidences are numerous that at this time the lead- ing men of the nation, North and South, looked with disfavor upon 20 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. the evil. During, -or immediately after, the war for ' independence, legislative measures were taken in all the States north of Mason and Dixon's line, except Delaware, for the immediate or gradual eman- cipation of the slaves within their borders, and States farther south seemed ready to follow their example. In 1789, the Constitution under which we now live was adopted, the Articles of Confederation proving inadequate to the wants of the Republic. A majority of the convention which framed this instru- ment were, like their compatriots of the Revolutionary era, opposed to slavery ; but at that early day the threat of disunion was made, and another compromise with wrong was deemed necessary. A proposition to prohibit, at once and forever, the importation of slaves into the United States, -was modified, at the instigation of the delegates from North Carolina and Georgia, by a proviso giving Congress the authority to interdict foreign slave-trade after 1808, a term of twenty years. It was declared that with no slave-trade there could be no Union, and the dire ultimatum was too readily accepted. Again slavery was recognized in the Constitution in deciding the basis of representation in Congress, and direct taxation. These were " ap- portioned " among the several States according to their respective numbers, which was determined by adding to the whole number of free population " three-fifths of all other persons." The " other per- sons " alluded to were slaves ; and, consequently, the citizens of the slaveholding States held a greater political influence in the National Legislature than those of the non-slaveholding States. There was also ingrafted into the Constitution a clause making it lawful to pur- sue slaves escaping from one State into another, and drag them back into bondage. Though these unfortunate recognitions of a great wrong were clearly in the Fundamental Law, the words slave and slavery were excluded from it, as it must have appeared to the minds of the framers of the Constitution that both the rhetoric and logic of the Declaration of Independence were a protest against holding any human being in bondage. Nor were these concessions to slavery made without a struggle. The emergency was such as statesmen are seldom called upon to meet. There were such conflicting interests in the Convention that for a long time it was feared its members would fail to come to an agreement. Propositions to adjourn finally had been made. The fair, new nation, which had been conceived by the wisest statesman- ship, and born by the patriotic throes of a whole people, and baptized Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 21 in the blood of the bravest, was about to perish. Those who saw the danger dare not adjourn without accomplishing the object for which they had assembled. A considerate majority yielded to a reckless minority, only when the preservation of the nation seemed to demand the costly sacrifice. One of the first acts of Congress, under the Constitution, was to prohibit the introduction of slavery into what was then designated the North-west Territory — a vast extent of country, from which the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa have been subsequently formed. This measure was proposed by Thomas Jefferson, and received the vote of the entire Southern delegation. At this time the opinion of the South itself regarded slavery as a social, political, and moral evil, forced upon them by England, dif- ficult to be got rid of, but soon to pass away. Slaveholders freely admitted the wrongs of the system, and discussed the subject privately and in public. In 1803, the United States made the Louisiana purchase. For generations this region, whether under French or Spanish rule, had been slave territory. This act opened the vast and fertile Mississippi valley to the cultivation of cotton ; and the invention of the cotton- gin made the growth of this plant exceedingly profitable. Sugar- cane and rice were also lucrative crops. These new industries created a demand for slave labor, and some of the more northern of the Southern States turned their attention to breeding slaves for the Southern market. Virginia and Kentucky became infamous in this barbarous commerce. A counter sentiment began to take place in Southern opinion. Slavery, which once asked but to live, humble and ashamed, ceased to apologize for its existence, and began to pro- claim its moral excellency, and ask for room to expand. The reaction, at first almost imperceptible, became more and more marked and decided, until it gained the ascendency, and changed the policy of the nation in regard to the restriction of slavery. In 1820, Missouri was admitted as a slave State ; but not till after an angry debate, threats from the South to sever the Union, and a compromise, by which slavery was allowed in Missouri, but excluded from all the country west and north of that State. The faith of thoughtful men was even then shaken in the perpetuity of the national compact, and through fear the opponents of the measure conceded what they had the right and the power to deny. The whole country was violently agitated, and sectional antipathies were engendered by the struggle. 22 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. For a season this " Missouri Compromise " seemed to allay hostile feelings. But the emissaries of the slave power were at work seeking to enlarge its domains. Texas, one of the States of the Mexican Re- public, was packed with adventurers from the Southern States. Controlled by their counsels, she seceded from the Mexican Union because that Republic had abolished slavery. A free Republic on our southern boundary was not desired by the slaveholders, and besides they hankered for additional slave territory ; and as Congress now had become the pliant tool of their policy, Texas, before her independence had been acknowledged by Mexico, was annexed to the United States. Nor was this sufficient. The propagandists of slavery looked beyond the Rio Grande with a covetous eye. They provoked Mexico, when she preferred peace, to hostile steps, which were made a pretext for waging a war of conquest which resulted in the acquisition of New Mexico and Upper California — a vast extent of country reaching from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. At this enlargement of area, supposed to be opened to slavery, there was great rejoicing all over the South. The way seemed to be prepared for the controlling power of the Government, at no distant day, to be lodged in the hands of the advocates of slavery. But at the very moment when their wishes seemed about to be consummated, an un- expected difficulty presented itself in the Wilmot Proviso, which threatened to exclude slavery from the newly acquired territory. This measure was twice adopted in the House of Representatives, but defeated in the Senate. The spirit of the North was aroused, and throughout the Free States the indispensable condition of support at the polls was a pledge to stand by the Proviso. The discovery of gold in California, during the very month — July, 1848 — that the treaty with Mexico was signed, brought in a host of hardy adven- turers from the North, who assured that country to free labor. And growing directly out of the questions raised in fixing the status of slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico, was the famous, or infamous, compromise of 1850, one of the provisions of which was the Fugitive Slave Law. The manifest injustice, and the cruelties and barbarities attending the execution of this code, intensified the hatred of slavery in all the Free States, and a powerful counter- reaction set in towards the purer sentiments which prevailed in the earlier days of the Republic, when statesmen and the churches, North and South, were conscientiously opposed to slavery. A few years before, Abolition societies were broken up by mob violence in Boston Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 23 and other Northern cities, and there was not a conspicuous pulpit in the entire land that was not silent in regard to the evil. An un- friendly allusion to slavery, in the farthest North, by a lecturer or preacher, created a commotion. The cotton-mills of the North had joined hands with the cotton plantations of the South, and Cotton was king. Had not an overruling Providence interposed, a petty oligarchy of a few thousand might possibly have imposed the fatal yoke upon all America. But the aggressions of the slave power, always reckless and violent, awoke the slumbering conscience of the North. Anti-slavery organizations multiplied rapidly, and pulpits, long muzzled, began to denounce slavery as a sin. And yet there was a goodly majority at the South, and a still larger one at the North and North-west, in favor of maintaining the Union, and pre- serving cordial and fraternal relations between the different sections of the country. When Congress met in December, 1853, there was an exhibition of a better feeling than had prevailed since the stormy session of 1850. The visible omens were auspicious of a coming year of political calm. But hardly had the preliminaries been arranged for entering upon business, when the grasping slave power again disturbed the peace of the country. Missouri was, as will be remembered, admitted into the Union as a slave State, after an angry debate and threats of secession, by a Compromise, in 1820, which excluded slavery from a vast region in the middle of the Continent, nearly twice as large as the thirteen original States. That part of the Compromise which strengthened slavery having taken full and vigorous effect, it was now attempted to repudiate that portion of the compact which favored the consecration of that vast area to free labor. It was proposed to organize this extensive domain into two territories, to be called re- spectively Nebraska and Kansas, and allow the inhabitants who should migrate and settle there to decide for themselves whether slavery would, or would not, be allowed within their borders. This breach of faith on the part of the slave propagandists kindled the rancor of the North. Public meetings were called by men of all parties to denounce the perfidious plot, and petitions and remon- strances flooded the Senate while the measure was pending in that body. The minions of the slave party were successful in the contest, and the terrible struggle which Congress had invited, for the possession of Kansas, by the friends of freedom and bondage, followed. A 24 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. few days after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, hundreds of Missourians, on the western border, temporarily crossed into the adjoining territory with the intent of taking possession of Kansas in behalf of slavery. On the other hand, associations were formed in the Eastern States to facilitate the migration of their citizens thither with the purpose of making Kansas a Free State. The " Border Ruffians " were determined to drive out the peaceful settlers of the East, and civil war was kindled. A Congressional committee was appointed to investigate the condition of affairs in the disturbed ter- ritory, and the majority reported decidedly in favor of the friends of Freedom. This continual sectional agitation of the country, by the unprincipled aggressions of the slave-owners, resulted in the formation of the Republican party of men of all political creeds, who were opposed to the further extension of slavery. In 1856, the new organization nominated Colonel John C Fremont for the Presidency ; the Democrats nominated James Buchanan ; and the Americans, or Know-Nothing party, nominated Ex-President Millard Fillmore. The contest which ensued was exciting and animated. The Re- publicans carried the six New England States, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Buchanan, though he lacked a majority over both his competitors, was elected by a decided plurality. The beginning of his administration was disturbed by a remarkable ruling of the Chief-Justice of the United States, to the effect that a freed negro slave, Or a descendant of a slave, could never become a citizen of the Republic. This strained and new construction of the Constitution affected almost every man of African descent in the country, and produced much dissatisfaction and universal discussion, and added intensity to party feeling. The country was deeply stirred, during the whole of Buchanan's presidency, by questions relating to slavery. When steps were taken to admit Kansas into the Union as a State, the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery men in that Territory each framed a State Constitution. The Free State men were prevented by violence from voting against the Constitution framed in the interests of slavery ; nevertheless, Presi- dent Buchanan declared it to be legal. At a subsequent election, in which the " Border Ruffians " did not participate, the pro-slavery Constitution was rejected by ten thousand majority. The President, nevertheless, blindly persisted in disregarding this expression of the will of the people, and sent the bogus, pro-slavery Constitution to Congress, and asked that Kansas be received as a slave State. Con- Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 25 gress, however, properly ordered it to be again submitted to, the vote of the people ; and it was a second time rejected by a majority of nearly ten thousand ; and Kansas at length came into the Union as a Free State. It was during Mr. Buchanan's term of office that the slaveholders ventured to claim that the fundamental law of the United States legalized slavery in all her Territories ; and some even went so far as to affirm that it made the odious system lawful in all the States of the Union, and the boast was made that the time was not distant when the taskmaster would call the roll of his slaves beneath the shadow of Bunker Hill. The bold attempt to make that Constitu- tion, from which its framers carefully eliminated the words " slave " and ".slavery," an instrument of bondage throughout the nation, together with the continued offensive operations of the Fugitive Slave Law, greatly incensed the people of the Northern States ; and several of their Legislatures denounced the encroachments in unmeasured terms, and enacted laws to prevent the unjust execution of the black code. In the meantime leading men in the South were maturing measures to re-open the African slave trade. Native Africans were actually landed on the Southern coasts, and gladly received. These backward movements strengthened the friends of freedom in the North, and made many converts to their cause. In the autumn of 1860, another Presidential election occurred. The Democrats, split by the slave question, had two candidates in the field, namely, John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas ; the Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln. Besides these there was a fourth candidate put forward by the self-styled " Constitutional Union" party, which was so nearly a nonentity that it does not deserve mention. The Breckinridge party held that any citizen might lawfully take with him his slaves into any Territory of the United States, and that Congress was bound to protect him in the exercise of that right, regardless of the action of Territorial Legisla- tures. The Douglas party held that the white inhabitants of each Territory had the right to adopt or exclude slavery, and that Con- gress had no power to interfere. The Lincoln, or the Republican, party held that Congress was bound to prohibit or exclude slavery from all the Territories. In the canvass for the Presidency which followed, the issues were sharply defined. There was no ambiguity, deception, or double-dealing by devising, as had too often been the 26 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. case, a platform which meant one thing in the North and another thing in the South. After an exciting campaign, Abraham Lincoln was fairly elected by a constitutional majority. Then there was great commotion all over the South. The North awaited calmly for the return of reason to those who had been van- quished by the ballot. Four months must yet pass under the admin- istration of Mr. Buchanan. Treason, in the meantime, was active. His Minister of War adroitly used the remainder of his power to strip the Government arsenals, located in the North, of their arms, and transfer them to the South ; the little army of regulars were sent to posts remote from Washington ; and the navy was scattered to the four corners of the sea. The first steps of the great rebellion were taken, under the protection of the Government, by the very men who had sworn to defend it. In the South, States began to withdraw from the Union. South Carolina took the lead. On the 4th of Feb- ruary, 1861, the Southern Confederacy was formed by delegates from the seceded States. A rebel Congress chose Jefferson Davis as President of the new " Confederacy." Forts, arsenals, mints, ships, custom-houses, and other Government property were seized, and armies raised to support the usurpation. The Star of the West, a Government steamer, was fired into and driven from Charleston harbor, while in the act of carrying supplies and reinforcements to the loyal Major Robert Anderson and his faithful band, who occupied Fort Sumter. While these deeds were being perpetrated, President Buchanan sat dazed in the Presidential chair, and made no serious effort to check the conspiracy. Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated on the 4th of March, 1861. His predecessor in office escorted him to the White House, and retired into a merciful oblivion ; and the new President began to prepare for the great task which had been imposed upon him. The language of his inaugural address was conciliatory and yet firm. Referring to the people of the South, he said : " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, are the momentous issues of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it." He most distinctly declared it to be his most solemn duty and determination, as President of the United States, to enforce the laws and repossess the stolen forts and arsenals. The people of the North were slow to admit that there would be Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 27 war. The South had so often threatened, and so often been quieted by fresh compromises, that it was difficult to believe that now she meaut anything more than to establish a position for extorting advantageous concessions. Indeed, honorable terms of peace were even now offered, but were rejected by the secessionists. During all the month of March, and on to the middle of April, Mr. Lincoln was strangely silent ; but it was not the silence of inde- cision. He was at a loss to know what the South really meant. The ominous stillness was at last broken, and the purpose of the South declared — the dream of peace broken, and the work of com- promising with slavery ended, by the bursting of a rebel shell over Fort Sumter, April 12th, 1861. This act aroused and united the North, and the uprising of her people was wonderful. Within twenty days almost two hundred thousand men were ready to take the field, and the loyal people had offered nearly forty millions of dollars for the war. This was the beginning of a momentous strug- gle, which continued four sad and weary years. The slave power was not weak or cowardly. It fought to the bitter end, surrendering only when utterly exhausted. The North suffered many defeats, and passed through many seasons of deepest gloom and discouragements. Had it not been for the deep-seated conviction that they were fighting in a righteous cause, they might have despaired. The whole people were humbled, and became thoughtful and grave under the awful circumstances amid which they lived. The following " Battle-Hymn of the Republic " is an embodiment of the popular sentiment of those portentous times : Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord ; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword ; His Truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps ; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps ; I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps ; His Day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel — " As you deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal ; " Let the Hero born of woman crush the serpent with His heel, Since God is marching on. 28 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat; Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ; be jubilant, my feet, — Our God is marching on. In the beauties of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me ; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. The sacrifices of the war were fearful. During its continuance two million seven hundred thousand men bore arms on the side of the North. Of this number ninety-six thousand men were killed in battle or died of wounds in hospitals ; one hundred and eighty thou- sand died of disease in hospitals ; and many more went home wounded or stricken with mortal disease, to die amid the scenes of their child- hood. Sad memories of the war are sacredly cherished in nearly every Northern home. But terrible as was the cost, its gains are great. The curse of slavery, which retarded progress, kindled sectional strife and civil war, and made us a byword among the Christian nations, has been removed. The fatal political heresy of State sovereignty has been branded as treason, and the lie that the Union is a weak bond of incoherent and independent powers discarded, and the great truth that the United States of America is a Nation established by the blood of a hundred battles. And as a hope to the oppressed peoples of the world, the fact has been demonstrated that a free people have the capacity to guide their own destinies in war as well as in peace, and that the dependence of the many upon the few is as unnecessary as it is humiliating. In the light of these grand results, the contest which raged with such destructive fury for four weary, anxious years, appears more truly a holy war than the purest of the Crusades ; for we fought for something greater than Christ's empty tomb, — we fotfght for Justice, for Freedom, for Self-government, for Humanity, for Civilization, for Religion, and for God. ; f^p-i^^t^ CHAPTER II. THE "WAR GOVERNOR" AND "SOLDIERS' FRIEND." T was most fortunate for the great State of Pennsylvania that she had for her chief magistrate, in the mighty strug- gle of our civil war, so faithful, so enlightened, and so patriotic a man as Andrew Gregg Curtin. His State was, of all others, most imperilled, and her moral and physical power in determining the question of war was exceptionally great ; and Gov- ernor Curtin was first called upon to speak officially for the Common- wealth, defining the relations of the State to our sister Border States and to the general government. It was a time when a mistake would have been a crime, and its consequences immeasurable. A sentence of passion, or a departure from the soundest statesmanship or generous comity, might have made the Keystone State responsible in history, and possibly, in fact, for fraternal war. The unity of the Republic was to be preserved, and the respect of the Border States was to be maintained. If the conflict had to come, every consideration of patriotism forbade that Pennsylvania should be responsible for its immediate or remote provocation. It was under these circumstances that Govei-nor Curtin was inaugurated in January, 1861 ; and not only all the States of the North waited for his utterances to guide them, but the South paused in the tide of revolt to await the position of the great central Commonwealth. That he spoke wisely and patriotically is proven by the singular vindication of the position he then assumed, and which was maintained until peace came again through the tempest of battle. He not only witnessed the inaugura- tion of civil war, against which he directed every effort consistent with his devotion to the Union, but he remained in his high trust until the banners he had himself given to his hundreds of thousands 29 30 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. of brave warriors sent to the field, had been brought back with their victories inscribed on them. He saw war come, and accepted its terrible duties and grave responsibilities, and he welcomed peace before his retirement. In all his efforts he was a most judicious, energetic, and patriotic man. Through all the years of fearful strug- gle he kept his post, notwithstanding his great physical suffering, and discharged his responsible duties with honor to himself and honor to his State. Under the inspiration of his leadership, Pennsylvania promptly filled every requisition made upon her by the President for troops, amounting in the aggregate to over three hundred and eighty thousand men. Nor did Governor Curtin consider his duties ended when he had complied with the demands of the parent Government for men to defend the Union. His zeal in hastening soldiers to the field was but the beginning of his efforts, for wherever a Pennsylvania soldier bore the flag, the beneficent laws and agencies of his State, devised and executed by Governor Curtin, followed him. His devotion to the cause of the Government made him known as the " War Gov- ernor;" and his ceaseless care for the soldiers in the field, in the hospital, and when fallen as martyrs in the strife, has crowned him as the "♦Soldiers' Friend." Blessed in his home and household gods, and generous in every sympathy of our better nature, he was ever more than faithful in healing the wounds and solacing the bereave- ments of the widowed and fatherless. When he reviewed the gallant men who had responded to his call, as he was about to leave them in the march for the harvest of death, he pledged himself and his State to care for their wives and little ones if they should give life for country. It was a great pledge — great in its purport and in the grandeur of its fruition ; but it was made by Governor Curtin, and it was most faithfully fulfilled. CHAPTER III. A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE AND THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. N accordance with a custom which had its origin in New England during the early days of her history, and after- wards adopted by most of the States of the American Union, Governor Curtin, in 1863, issued the usual procla- mation appointing the 26th of November as a day of Thanksgiving, and requested the people of Pennsylvania to assemble in their various places of worship and give thanks to God for the mercies and bless- ings of the closing year. On the morning of the day designated for this sacred service, two children called at the executive mansion and asked for bread. The request was not an uncommon one. Scores had, at that same door, asked and received alms, unobserved save by the servants who dealt out the charity. It would seem that it was ordained by Him who calls himself the God of the fatherless, that the Governor himself should meet and speak with these needy ones, to be told by them how their father had been killed in battle, how their mother had since died, and how they had been left utterly friendless and alone. There they stood before him, on that chill November day — the day appointed for public thanksgiving and social joy and feasting — clad in rags, timid, and piteously begging food ! A pitiful sight, indeed, to the chief magistrate, who had been for more than two years calling for troops and hurrying them beyond the State border to the seat of war, with vows of guardianship over their children ! Keenly did that great-hearted man feel the appeal. He attended Thanksgiving service heavily oppressed with the sad reflections which the fate of those two forlorn children of a slain soldier had awakened ; and when again with his family, the deep / 31 32 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. regret burst forth in an agonized expression : " Great God ! is it pos- sible that the people of Pennsylvania can feast this day, while the children of her soldiers who have fallen in this war beg bread from door to door ! " He then narrated to them the affecting scene of the morning, and with deep feeling and much excitement went from one thought to another evolved by the contemplation of the subject, feeling, as it were, his way to the attitude to be taken by the State towards these unfortunates. It was, he said, an unjust, a disgraceful, an unchristian-like thing, that a soldier's child should beg. Some- thing, he determined, should be done to remove such disgrace from the escutcheons of the State. The engrossing duties and cares of his office, peculiarly great at this time, never drove the resolve from his thoughts. "I really believe," he writes, " I am safe in saying that at some period of each day, until accomplished, it crossed my mind." Yet it was difficult to devise a method of bringing the subject before the people, in such a way as to show them a duty, and thus secure legislative action, without arousing a suspicion of vanity and self-glorification. Plan after plan suggested itself only to be rejected. It was while such reflections were revolving in his mind that an eminent religious teacher returned from England, where he had ably endeavored to enlighten public opinion in regard to the nature of the struggle going on in this country, and thus create more generous sentiments towards the North than then prevailed among certain classes of English society. As a recognition of his distinguished services abroad, a public reception, in the interests of the United States Sanitary Commission, was given him in the Academy of Music, in Philadelphia. Governor Curtin was invited to preside ; and recognizing this as his opportunity to bring to the light the thoughts that were crystallizing in his mind, he accepted. On taking the chair, he took .occasion, while eulogizing the good work of the Sanitary Commission in their care of the sick and Avounded, to refer to the " uncared for who were left at home by the gallant fellows who have gone forward." Eloquently he recalled the pledges made them, the abundance enjoyed by the people dwelling in safety at home, " unshared," he said, " by the surviving relatives of the slain, and the families of those who, maimed and wounded, have become helpless Coming, as the claimants upon our patriotism and benevolence usually do, from the humble walks of life, their modest and unpretending wants are hardly recognized amid the Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 33 clamor and excitement of the times, and the soldier's widow turns with natural pride from what might be considered the condition of a mendicant or the recipient of charity. My friends, let us no longer fail in the performance of our solemn duty, but let us make the position of these an honorable one, and not one of degradation. Let the widow and her dependent offspring become, in fact and in truth, the children of the State, and let the mighty people of this great Com- monwealth nurture and maintain them. Let this not be a mere spasmodic effort, but let us now at once lay the foundation of a sys- tematic and continuous work, which will enable the defender of the Constitution to know, as he paces his weary vigils upon the cheerless picket, that living, his family at home is cared for, and that dying, the justice, not the charity, of the country has provided for the help- less survivors." Slowly, in the heat of conflicting thought, an idea had matured that was destined to give happiness and usefulness to many lives, which, but for its inspiration, would be miserably wrecked — the idea of making the children of disabled and deceased soldiers and sailors the honored wards of the State. To accomplish this, large sums of money would be required. Provision must be made for clothing, maintaining, and educating hundreds of children ; and legislative guardians of the public funds are necessarily cautious in exercising their power of granting appropriations. How to move them was the Governor's perplexing problem. But money is cumulative. One dollar attracts another. And a nucleus had already been provided by that God whose providence is so plainly visible in the strange origin and through all the slow process of maturing and perfecting this most wonderful undertaking. After the failure of the campaign on the Peninsula, in 1862, the President of the United States, at the instance of the loyal governors, issued a call for three hundred thousand more men. To arouse the people of Pennsylvania from the depression of that unexpected dis- aster, a public meeting was held in Pittsburgh, on the 10th of July, 1862. Many stirring addresses were made, and the excitement ran high ; but the enthusiasm rose to its highest pitch, when Governor Curtin announced to the eager throng the reception of a telegram from the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, offering fifty thousand dollars for the organization and the equipment of troops. The Governor, however, declined this offer, as he could not accept it on account of the State without legislative sanction, and 3 34 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. was unwilling to undertake its disbursement in his private capacity. And so for a while the matter rested. Subsequently, he entered into correspondence with the President of the Railroad Company in relation to the proffered sum,, in the course of which he suggested the propriety of using it to erect an asylum for disabled soldiers. Consent was readily given, and the Governor, in a brief message to the Legislature, January, 1863, recommended the appropriation of the money for that purpose. The Legislature adjourned, however, without taking action on this com- munication. * Before another year rolled round God had sent those two forlorn children to the Governor's door, or rather to his heart, and the idea of adopting the orphans of soldiers, as the special wards of the State, had matured. Abandoning his original purpose, he now requested the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad to allow the fifty thousand dollars, offered but not accepted, to be paid into the treasury of the State, for the purpose of creating a fund to be used in educating and maintaining destitute soldiers' orphans. That the case might have a warmer advocacy than letter-writing would admit of, he twice sent one of his official staff to Philadelphia to personally urge its adoption. The Company finally consented to permit the money to be used in accordance with the cherished wishes of the Governor, reserving the right to pay it in instalments as it might be needed. The generosity of this concession will be appreciated, when it is considered that making grants for equipping troops in a time of danger was but making provision to guard its own extensive interests ; while giving money to aid helpless children was a most unselfish and purely beneficent act. CHAPTER IV. THE REJECTED STONE. ONFIDENTLY believing that he had now found the best way to redeem the many pledges *made by the State through him, Governor Curtin made use of every avail- able means to perfect his scheme, and allowed no obstacle to impede its speedy success. He consulted with leading men of the State ; he won politicians over to his cause ; he inspired editors with his own grand and noble thoughts, that the press might prepare the way for their reception. The first official recommendation relating to the project was in January, 1864. In his annual message of that year to the Legisla- ture, he commended to its prompt attention the honorable mainte- nance and education of the orphans of soldiers in these words : " I commend to the prompt attention of the Legislature the sub- ject of the relief of poor orphans of our soldiers who have given, or shall give, their lives to the country during this crisis. In my opinion, their maintenance and education should be provided for by the State. Failing other natural friends of ability to provide for them, they should be honorably received and fostered as children of the Commonwealth. The $50,000 heretofore given by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company, referred to in my last message, is still un impropriated, and I recommend that this sum, with such other means as the Legislature may think fit, be applied to this end, in such manner as may be thought most expedient and effective. In anticipation of the adoption of a more perfect system, I recommend that provision be made for securing the admission of such children into existing educational establishments, to be there clothed, nur- tured, and instructed at the public expense. I make this recom- 35 36 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. mendation earnestly, feeling assured that in doing so, I represent the wishes of the patriotic, the benevolent, and the good of the State." This part of the message was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, but received from it no attention whatever. But the Gov- ernor, and those whom he had interested in the good work, would not permit the matter to rest. Professor J. P. Wickersham, then Principal of the State Normal School at Millersville, Lancaster county, was sent for, and to this distinguished educator Governor Curtin imparted at length his ideas, which had been matured by much reflection, in regard to a system of schools for the children of deceased soldiers, and requested him to prepare a bill, to be laid before the Legislature, embodying the necessary provisions for carry- ing into effect the measures proposed. Mr. Wickersham was a man eminently qualified for this work. The sympathies and labors of his life had been in the interests of education. He entered earnestly into the Governor's views, and cheerfully assumed the task assigned him. Possessing fine executive powers and a talent for systematizing, he prepared a bill which the Governor commended as doing " great justice to his head and heart." A few friends of the measure to whom the proposed law was sub- mitted also conceded its merits. As this was the first attempt to frame a law establishing schools for soldiers' orphans, we give it entire : Section 1. Be it enacted, &c. : That as soon as convenient, after the passage of this Act, there shall be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, an officer to be called the " Superintendent of Schools for Orphans," whose duty it shall be to carry into effect the several provisions of this Act, and to make an annual report to the Legislature, which shall contain a full account of his proceedings, the expenses incurred in the past year and the sums required for the ensuing year, the institutions recognized as orphan schools and the number of pupils in each, and all such matters relating to the instruc- tion and training of the orphan children of soldiers as he may deem expedient to communicate, and whose salary shall be $1600 per annum, and necessary travelling expenses ; to be paid quarterly ; said Superintendent of Schools for Orphans to hold his office for three years, commencing on the first Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and his successors to be appointed every third year thereafter; all such officers to be subject to removal by the Governor at any time for misbehavior or misconduct during their respective terms, and the vacancies in anywise occurring to be supplied for the unexpired terms by new appointments : Provided, That in case of removal, the Governor shall at the time communicate his reasons therefor, in writing, to PENNSYLVANIA S SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 37 the Superintendent of Schools for Orphans thus displaced, and also to the Senate, if in session ; and if not, within ten days after their next meeting. Section 2. Any institution now established, or which may hereafter be estab- lished in this Commonwealth, may apply to the Superintendent of Schools for Orphans, to be recognized as a suitable school or home for the instruction and training of the destitute orphan children of soldiers ; and after full opportunity shall have been given for all such institutions as desire to do so to make appli- cation, it shall be his duty without delay to visit the several institutions thus applying, make a careful examination as to their means of imparting physical, industrial, intellectual, and moral instruction and training, and their ability to furnish proper food and clothing, and select, subject to the approval of the Governor, from among them those best adapted in all respects to become schools or homes for the said orphan children of soldiers or sailors. Section 3. That the Superintendent of Schools for Orphans shall, with the approval of the Governor, appoint a committee of both sexes in each county to serve gratuitously, whose duty it shall be to make application to the Super- intendent of Schools for Orphans for the admission of any child into one of the institutions selected as suitable to become schools or homes for the destitute orphan children of soldiers and sailors, who resides in Pennsylvania, and is between the ages of five and fifteen, whose father was killed while in the mili- tary or naval service of the United States, or died of wounds received or disease contracted in that service, and whose circumstances are such as to render him or her dependent upon either public or private charity for support : Provided, That all such applications must be accompanied with a statement, certified to by oath or affirmation, of the name and age of the child, the place of residence and nativity, the extent of destitution, the name of the father, his regiment or vessel on which he served, rank, and the manner of his death. Section 4. The Superintendent of Schools for Orphans shall grant all appli- cations for admittance into the institutions selected as orphan schools or homes that seem to him proper, and assign the children so applying to such one of them as he may consider most convenient or suitable, having regard as far as possible to the religious denominations or faith of their parents. It shall be his further duty to visit each institution so selected at least once in three months, and carefully inspect its arrangements for promoting the health and comfort of its pupils, the methods of instruction pursued, and the kind of food and clothing furnished ; and if any of the schools so selected prove derelict in duty in these or other respects to the orphan children placed under their care, he shall lay the facts before the Governor, and with his approval refuse longer to recognize them in the capacity of orphan schools : Provided, That such a decision shall in all cases be made known to the institu- tion concerned one month before it is carried into effect. Section 5. It shall be the duty of the authorities of all institutions selected as orphan schools or homes to record the names of all persons who may desire to take into their service any orphan child connected with said institutions, and shall have authority to bind such children as apprentices with the consent of the mother, if living ; but all contracts to apprentice or bind out an orphan child must be made at the time of the tri-monthly visit of the Superintendent of Schools for Orphans, and be signed by h im . 38 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. Section 6. All institutions instructing and training the orphan children of soldiers and providing them with food and clothing, as prescribed in the pre- ceding sections, shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the State an amount to be determined by contract between the authorities of said schools respectively and the Superintendent of Schools for Orphans, and approved by the Governor, to be graduated by the respective ages of the children, but in no case to exceed $100 per annum, for each orphan child thus instructed and cared for, to be paid in quarterly instalments upon warrants issued by the Superin- tendent of Schools for Orphans : Provided, That before the payment of any quarterly instalments, the authorities of the institutions to which payment is to be made, shall have made under oath or affirmation a quarterly report stat- ing the number of orphan children of soldiers, admitted according to the pro- visions of this Act, there were in the institute at the commencement of the quarter, the number admitted and discharged during the quarter with the respective dates, and the number then remaining. This bill was read in place, on the 8th of April, by Mr. Kobert L. McClellan, of Chester county, and referred to the Committee on Education. On the 13th of April, just five days after, the Governor sent to the Legislature the following special message in regard to the care and education of the orphan children of soldiers : " I have hereto- fore invited the attention of the Legislature to the subject of main- taining and educating, at the public expense, such orphan children of Pennsylvania volunteers who have died in the public service, as may be destitute of other means of aid. I have since caused inquiries to be made through the school department and otherwise, in regard to the probable number of such orphans. It has been found, however, impossible to obtain reliable information in so short a time ; but, in my opinion, the number to be at present provided for will not exceed one thousand. I submit to the wisdom of the Legislature the propriety of making early provision on the subject, merely suggesting that the orphans, as far as possible, be committed to the care of persons of the same religious denominations as their parents. I would also remind the Legislature that the sum of fifty thousand dollars, donated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, is subject to my order, and could be properly appropriated towards the expenses to be incurred." Objections had been made to the proposed measure, from certain quarters, on account of difficulties which might attend the religious training of the orphans, while, from other sources, opposition arose in view of the great cost involved in its execution. To remove these hindrances and to insure prompt Pennsylvania's soldiees' oephan schools. 39 and favorable action on the bill then under consideration by the educational committee of the House, and to prepare the way for its cordial reception, this communication was sent to the Legislature. Governor Curtin went to the utmost limit of his authority as an executive officer ; he gave to the project the full weight of his per- sonal and official influence, that he might interest the indifferent, silence and win, if possible, those who opposed, and strengthen and encourage the friends of his darling scheme. On the 29th of April the bill came before the House for consider- ation. This bill called forth a warm debate. Mr. William Burgwin, of Venango county, said the proposed Act provided for the disgracing of destitute orphan children and making them serfs. He objected to the expense of establishing a new bureau, and thought the work could be more effectually done by the department of common schools through the medium of its school boards and county superintendents, and moved an amendment embodying his views. Mr. Bryan S. Hill, of Erie, coincided with Mr. Burgwin. Mr. McClellan argued against the amendment. The care of the destitute children made orphans by the calamities of war he considered a work of great importance. There would be doubtless a large number of such children in the State, and unless provisions similar to those proposed were made, they would, in all probability, become the inmates of poor-houses, prisons, and penitentiaries. He stated that the friends of the bill, after carefully considering the subject for several weeks, came to the conclusion that, in order to carry out its object effectually, the work must be confided to an officer specially appointed for that purpose. Mr. George H. Wells, of Susquehanna county, moved to amend by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting the fol- lowing : Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the board of school directors of every township, ward, or borough of this Commonwealth, as soon as may be after the passage of this Act, and at such times hereafter as may be directed by the superintendent of common schools of this Commonwealth, to make a list of all the orphan children of soldiers or sailors, under the age of fifteen years, residing in said township, ward, or borough, whose father was killed while in the military or naval service of the United States, or died of wounds received or disease contracted in that service, and whose circumstances are such as to render him or her dependent in whole or in part upon either public or private charity for support ; that said list shall be accompanied with 40 Pennsylvania's soldieks' oephan schools. a statement, certified to by oath or affirmation, of the name and age of the child, the place of residence and nativity, the extent of destitution, the name of the father, his regiment or vessel in which he served, his rank and the man- ner of his death, and to enter the same at length in a book kept for that purpose ; and also return said certified list to the superintendent of common schools within ninety days after the passage of this Act. Section 2. It shall be the duty of said secretary to find suitable homes for said orphan children in the said township, ward, or borough where said orphan child may reside, or an adjoining ward or township ; and said secretary is hereby authorized to sign, seal, and execute a contract with such suitable person or persons, (subject to the approval of a majority of the board of school directors or a public meeting thereof,) fixing the time for which said orphan child or children shall remain with said person or persons, the amount of money to be paid for food, clothing, and schooling, (said schooling not to be less than five months in each and every year,) and define particularly the duties and obliga- tions of the parties to said contract: Provided, That a majority of the board of school directors shall have power at any public meeting thereof to annul any such contract and declare the same cancelled, if they shall believe it to be to the interest of said orphan child or children to do so. Section 3. The said secretary of the board of school directors (with the approval as aforesaid) shall have authority to bind such orphan child or chil- dren as apprentices, with the consent of the mother, if living : Provided, That no male child shall be so bound until he has arrived at the age of thirteen, nor shall the apprenticeship extend beyond the time when he shall be twenty-one years of age : And provided, also, That no female child be so bound until she has arrived at the age of eleven years, and shall not extend beyond the time when she shall be eighteen years of age. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board of school directors to make out semi-annually a full statement, under oath, of the ex- penses incurred in his township, ward, or borough, for the support and edu- cation of said orphan children ; and when said statement is approved by the president of said board, it shall be forwarded to the superintendent of common schools, whose duty it shall be to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer for the amount found due, and for such additional amount as may be awarded by said board of school directors for the services of said secretary under this Act: Provided, That in no case shall the amount paid exceed the sum of one hundred dollars annually for the support and education of one child. Section 5. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of common schools to furnish the several school boards of this Commonwealth, desiring the same, such forms, blanks, and instructions as may be necessary to carry into effect the several provisions of this Act, and to make report annually to the Legisla- ture, and in the same volume with the common school report, a full account of his proceedings, the expenses incurred in the past year, and the sums required for the ensuing year, the number of destitute orphans of soldiers and sailors of this Commonwealth, their names, ages, and places of residence, and such matters relating to their education and well-being as he may decide expedient to communicate. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 41 Section 6. That the superintendent of common schools shall receive the sum of dollars per annum for the additional duties imposed upon him by this Act, and is authorized to employ such additional clerk-hire as may be necessary. Section 7. That the Governor be authorized and recpiired to cause to be paid into the State treasury the fifty thousand dollars heretofore donated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and any other donations that may be received by him ; and the said sum or sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses to be incurred under the provisions of this Act. Mr. P. Frazer Smith, of Chester county, spoke against the adop- tion of any amendment, and said that the bill before the House embodied a plan which had been recommended by the Governor for carrying out the purposes of the donors of the fifty thousand dol- lars. Mr. Wells, in a lengthy speech, attempted to show the superi- ority of his amendment over the original bill. He said it would be a cruel thing to drag these children from their mothers and friends and give them into the hands of strangers. He believed that his substitute would be less expensive, and would better consult the dictates of humanity and better subserve the well-being of the orphans, than the bill reported by the Chairman of the Educational Committee. Mr. T. H. Purdy, of Northumberland county, advocated Mr. Wells' substitute. Mr. T. J. Barger, of Philadelphia, earnestly advocated the original bill, and thought the division of the children among the district schools of the State would not be more humane, and would be much more expensive, than collecting them into insti- tutions specially provided for them. In his opinion, there could be no cruelty in sending these children to suitable schools selected by a responsible person appointed by the Governor. He did not think it possible, should the responsibility of caring for the orphans be divided among many persons, that the supervision would be so efficient as it would be if an officer be appointed for that special purpose. Mr. Samuel H. Or wig, of Union county, thought that since the Committee on Education had reported the bill favorably after giving it a careful consideration, and since it had been pre- pared by the advice of the Governor and other benevolent and judicious persons, its provisions must be good. Mr. Thos. Cochran, of Philadelphia, thought the Legislature should not adjourn without taking some action on the bill. Mr. G. Dawson Coleman, of Lebanon county, said it would be a disgrace if the Legislature should adjourn 42 Pennsylvania's soldiees' okphan schools. without adopting some measure to provide for the orphan children of soldiers. Neither Mr. Burgwin's nor Mr. Wells' amendments were agreed to. The first and second sections of the original bill, after unim- portant amendments, were agreed to. On the reading of the third section, opposition to the bill developed sufficient strength to show its friends that its defeat was inevitable. Mr. Cochran then read as a substitute, which passed both branches of the Legislature, the following : ACT OF 1864. Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be and is hereby authorized to accept the sum of fifty thousand dollars donated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the education and maintenance of destitute orphan children of deceased soldiers and sailors, and appropriate the same in such manner as he may deem best calculated to accomplish the object designed by said donation ; the accounts of said disbursements to be settled, in the usual manner, by the Auditor General and the Governor, and make report of the same to the next Legislature. This little enactment was the sole result of all the perplexity, thought, and labor on the part of Governor Curtin, of the carefully- prepared bill of Professor Wickersham, and of the lengthy discus- sion in the legislative halls by the people's representatives. It would be gratifying to State pride to allow the Pennsylvania Legislature to share with the Governor and the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company the honor of taking the initiatory steps in founding a system of schools for the children of deceased soldiers; but the records read to the contrary. In that body there were earnest advo- cates of the measure, but the majority were opposed to it. The voice of justice, to say nothing of the calls of mercy and humanity, was silenced by custom. All men, to some extent, are slaves to the past. And when did a people shelter, feed, clothe, and educate the children of those who perish in war ? And yet, viewed in the light of unfettered reason, it is an unaccountable thing that the men who had in their keeping the honor of the State, who enacted her laws and disbursed her revenues, should be so ungrateful to the volun- teers who, a short distance away, were even then holding at bay the invading foe ! Should not the burdens of war, in a Republic, be equally shared, so far as possible, by all her citizens ? A few miles Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 43 to the south of the very capitol where those legislators sat, were thousands of their fellow-citizens, sheltered by army tents or cano- pied only by the blue vault of heaven, exposed to the frosts of an inclement season, liable at any moment to fall a prey to disease or suffer mutilation and death ; hundreds of their comrades in arms had fallen in battle, and their children were left with no father's breast to shield them, no father's fond heart to love and cheer them, and no father's experience to direct and guide them in the devious path of youth. Yesterday, many of that army of citizen soldiery left happy homes, cheered and gladdened with the merry voices of children who fell asleep nestling in their arms ; to-day, they, severed from the endearments of home, are subject to army discipline and come and go at the dictation of another ; at nightfall no children gather around them ; to-morrow their voices may not be heard at roll call, and their children may be left to grow up in ignorance and neglect and, possibly, crime. And yet these legislators coolly decide that the State, saved from invasion and pillage but a few months before by literal bulwarks of the heaped-up slain, cannot assume the expense of educating and respectably maintaining the children of her slaughtered defenders ! By refusing to make ample provision for this class upon whom the calamities of war press so cruelly, the Legislative Assembly of 1864 evaded an evident duty, — a duty, too, that was plainly pointed out and earnestly pressed, — and lost the honor of performing a great deed which would have given it a golden page in the annals of the State. But the short Act which it passed authorized the executive to accept from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company the proffered gift of fifty thousand dollars for the benefit of soldiers' orphans, to be expended as he might " deem best ; " and with it he, disappointed but not discouraged, and hopefully trusting the future to a kind Providence, laid the foundation of a system the glory of which will resound through the ages ! CHAPTER V. THE SYSTEM ORGANIZED. N the 16th of June, 1864, the Governor commissioned Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, L.L.D., Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, and requested him to prepare " a plan for carrying into effect the intentions of the Legislature." The unfortunate children could not have fallen into better hands. In 1835, when thirty years of age, Dr. Burrowes was appointed by Governor Ritner, Secretary of the Commonwealth ; and to him was committed, by virtue of his office, the superintendency of the then newly-created system of common schools, there being at that time no special department of education. His intellectual strength was shown in this herculean labor. The crude school laws received valu- able revision at his suggestion, and the chaotic school system was, by his efforts, reduced to order. By these exertions he was led to see the importance of providing instruction for children of every class, and was, through nearly all the intervening time, connected with the school system of the State, as editor of the Pennsylvania School Journal, and Superintendent of Common Schools ; and was, therefore, when commissioned by Governor Curtin to superintend the new bureau, possessed of that knowledge and experience which enabled him to enter at once upon his duties. On the 27th of June, he pre- sented the plan as requested, and it receiving the executive approval, became the basis of operations, and was as follows : PLAN OF DE. THOS. H. BURROWES, UNDER THE ACT OF 1864. 1. Of the persons entitled to the benefit of the act: These will be children of either sex under the age of fifteen, resident in Pennsylvania at the time of the application, and dependent upon either public or private charity for support, or on the exertions of a mother or other person 44 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 45 destitute of means to afford proper education and maintenance, of fathers who have been killed, or died of wounds received, or of disease contracted in the service of the United States, whether in volunteer or militia regiments of this State, or in the regular army or the naval service of the United States, but who were at the time of entering such service actual bona fide residents of Pennsylvania. 2. Of admission to the benefits of the Act : This will be by application by the mother, if living, or if not by the guardian or next friend, in the form prescribed by the Superintendent of Orphans, setting forth the name, age, place of nativity, and present residence of the child, with the extent of destitution, the name of the father and of his regiment or vessel, his rank and the manner and time of his death, accompanied by an affidavit to the facts set forth, to be presented to the common school directors of the district in which the orphan resides for approval or disapproval, accord- ing to the facts of the case, and if disapproved to be returned, with a statement of the reasons therefor ; but if approved, to be so certified by the president and secretary and transmitted to the superintending committee of the proper county, by whom it shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Orphans, with such suggestions and remarks as shall enable him to make the proper dis- position of the case ; and when approved by him an order to be issued by him for admission to such school as he shall designate ; orphans under six years of • age to be placed in such nearest institution for the more juvenile class as may be proper for, and will admit them on terms to be arranged by the Superin- tendent ; and those above that age to be sent to the more advanced schools hereafter described, but in both cases regard to be had, as far as possible, to the religious denomination or faith of their parents. 3. Of the kind of education and maintenance : The orphans will be clad in a neat, plain, uniform dress, according to sex, and supplied with comfortable lodgings, a sufficiency of wholesome food and proper attendance when sick ; they will be physically developed — the boys by i military drill or gymnastic training, according to age, and the girls by calis- thenic and other suitable exercises; they will be habituated to industry and the use of tools, while at school, by the various household and domestic pur- ■ suits, and mechanical and horticultural employments, suitable to the respective sexes ; they will receive a full course of intellectural culture in the ordinary • branches of a useful English education, having especial reference to fundamental principles and practical results; and they will be carefully trained in moral and religious principles, the latter as nearly approached as may be to the known denominational preference of the parents. 4. Of the schools to be employed under the Act : For the orphans under six years of age, suitable institutions, in any part of r the State, that will receive them on proper terms and afford them fitting train- ' ing and maintenance, will be employed, and they will be placed therein till arrival at the age of six years. For the orphans over six years of age, one school will be selected, when practicable, in each of the twelve normal school districts, of sufficient capacity to accommodate all the orphans of that age in the proper district, and having 46 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. the necessary appliances to impart the physical, industrial, intellectual, and moral training, necessary to render them intelligent citizens and useful members of society ; but if one such institution cannot be secured in each district, a suffi- cient number of a smaller class will be accepted, preferring sucn as will admit the largest number of orphans, and afford the best instruction and accommoda- tions, the compensation in each case to be such as shall have been previously agreed on between the institution and the Superintendent, having reference as well to a reasonable economy as to a just remuneration for the services rendered, and to be paid quarterly, on the rendition of full and sufficient accounts and vouchers ; clothing, books, and medical attendance to be supplied by the State or the several institutions, as the Superintendent shall decide ; and all contracts for the education and maintenance of orphans to terminate for such causes and after such notice as shall be therein specified. 5. Of the control of the orphans in the schools : The details of education and maintenance will be in the hands of the princi- pal of each school, subject to the regulations adopted by the Superintendent and the visitation of the proper superintending committees. Each school will keep a record of all applications for apprentices or employees from among its orphan pupils ; but none shall be bound or otherwise put out to any employment, with- out his or her own application and that of the parent, guardian, or next friend, and the concurrence of the superintending committee of the proper county. All contracts of apprenticeship or for employment to be, as soon as legal authority shall be obtained therefor, between the Superintendent and master or employer, and contain a reservation of power to annul the contract in case of failure on the part of the master or employer to fulfil all the stipulations. And the Superintendent will keep a record of the name, master, trade, term, and residence of each apprentice or employee thus sent from schools. 6. Of the fund now at command under the Act : This is believed to be sufficient to commence this humane, just and patriotic undertaking, but the plan now recommended cannot be kept long enough in operation to produce any useful results, unless sufficient additions be made to it by the public authorities or private liberality, or by agencies similar to that which made the first liberal donation. It is hoped that this will be done, and that the undertaking' will be continued till all our destitute soldiers' orphans shall be placed in a condition to meet the trials of life, on an equal footing with the children of those for whom their fathers died. All accounts of the expenditure of the fund will be settled by the Auditor General, in the usual manner. 7. Of the administration of the trust under the Act : The school directors seem to be the proper board first to receive and scrutinize the application for admission ; representing as they do every part of the district, one member at least will be cognizant of the facts of each case ; and their action can take place at their regular meetings without any additional labor to them- selves, and to the great convenience of the applicants. The superintending committee of each county will consist of three, five, or seven, according to circumstances; be composed of both sexes, and will be appointed with the approval of the Governor. It will receive the application, Pennsylvania's soldiees' orphan schools. 47 and transmit it, with such remarks and explanations as may be useful, to the Superintendent, and will also periodically visit the school in its county or dis- trict containing soldiers' orphans, and make report of its condition and of such matters as may' be promotive of their welfare. The Superintendent will perform the duties in this plan specified, as well as such others as its full and successful operation shall render necessary and proper. Especially he will visit the schools in which the orphans are placed, as often as is consistent with his other duties ; and, as the business of the trust will, except that of visitation, be mainly transacted by written correspondence, no office need, for the present at least, be established at Harrisburg. All com- munications will, therefore, be addressed to him at Lancaster. It will be seen on inspection that several features of the original bill prepared by Professor Wickersham, but defeated in the House, are adopted in this plan, which is based upon broader principles than can be found in the little Act that merely authorized the acceptance and expenditure of a donation from a railroad corporation. This plan, as did the rejected bill, assumes that the destitute children of deceased soldiers and sailors are justly the wards of the State, and should be tenderly nurtured, decently maintained, and well edu- cated ; and that the public guardianship should continue so long as there remains an orphan needing help. The method of procedure having been determined, Dr. Burrowes opened his private office in Lancaster for official use, and selecting Professor James Thompson, of Pittsburgh, a gentleman well qualified for the work, to act as clerk, began the difficult task of organizing the new bureau, for which his previous labors and peculiar abilities so well fitted him. His first business was to originate and prepare the necessary office books and blank forms. The department regis- ters devised by him were, first, a descriptive register, which contains a record, by county, of the orphan's name, date of birth, and place of residence ; name of father, when and where he enlisted, his regi- ment or vessel and rank, also date, place, and manner of his death ; and name, post-office address, and religious denomination of mother or guardian ; and second, a school register, in which are recorded, by county, the orphan's name, when and to what school admitted, to what school transferred, when and how long bound out and to what trade or employment ; name and residence of master ; when the orphan left school and cause of withdrawal, date and cause of death, and general remarks. Of course, only the first-named items can be inserted in this book at the time of making application for admit- tance; the other entries are made as events transpire, and when 48 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. completed, show a complete record of each child while in the care of the State. Dr. Burrowes truly predicted, in 1864, that the size of these registers " is sufficient to contain a record of all the children which this bloody rebellion shall throw upon the care of the State." The form of application framed by him, for admittance into an institution for soldiers' orphans reads, when filled out, as follows : APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION. To Thomas H. Bubrowes, Superintendent of destitute Orphans of deceased Soldiers and Sailors of the State of Pennsylvania : Sir : — I, as Mother of Lucinda Maxwell, do hereby apply for an order for her education and maintenance, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled " an Act authorizing the Governor to accept the donation of the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company," approved the 6th day of May, 1864, and of the "Act to provide for the maintenance of the destitute Orphans of the deceased Soldiers and Sailors of the State," approved March 22d, A. D. 1865 ; and, on condition of the granting of said order, and in consideration of the education and main- tenance of the Orphan above named, according to the plan adopted for carrying said Act into effect, I do hereby resign and transfer to said Superintendent, and to ■ his successors in office, the custody, care, and control of said Orphan, for said purpose, till her arrival at the full age of sixteen years, with the full right to put or bind her out on her arrival at said age, for such employment or trade, to such employer or master, and during such term, as said Superintendent shall then select, with the written assent of said Orphan and of myself. In furtherance whereof, I hereto append the following statement of facts in relation to said Orphan, with my signature and affidavit thereto. Witness present : Lucinda Maxwell, O. L. Carroll, -» Coal Valley P. O., } John O'Neil. J Allegheny county. STATEMENT. The within named Lucinda Maxwell was born on the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-two ; now resides in Independent Common School District, No. 1, Allegheny county, Pa. ; is the daughter of E. Maxwell and Lucinda Maxwell ; is in destitute circumstances, being dependent for sup- port on the labor of her mother, who is unable thereby to afford her proper education and maintenance. The father of this orphan was an actual resident of Allegheny county, in this State, where in the month of September, 1861, he volunteered into the 102d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was killed in the service of the United States, at Fair Oaks, in Virginia, on the 31st day of May, 1862, being then in rank a private. The said father was of the Methodist denomination in religion, and the sub- Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 49 scriber accordingly desires that his orphan shall be trained in the same creed and observances. Lucinda Maxwell, Allegheny County, Pa., ss ; Mother. Personally appeared before me, a Justice of Peace, in and for said county, the above subscribed Lucinda Maxwell, who being duly sworn does say that the facts set forth in the foregoing statement are true, to the best of her knowl- edge and belief. In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and seal this 17th day of November, 1865. James H. Berry, J. P. [seal.] CERTIFICATE BY SCHOOL DIRECTORS. Independent Common School District, No. 1. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is hereby certified, that the foregoing application and statement were duly laid before the Board of Directors of the above-named district, and having been carefully examined, are found to be true and correct, so far as the facts are known to this Board. The orphan therein named is accordingly recom- mended as a proper person for education and maintenance, under the provisions of the laws on the subject. Signed and attested, by order of the Board, this 16th day of November, 1865. Samuel Kuhns, A. D. Foster, Secretary. President. CERTIFICATE OF SUPERINTENDING COMMITTEE. It is hereby certified, that the facts set forth in the foregoing application and statement are true and correct, as far as the same are known to this committee. The orphan therein named is therefore recommended for admission to .a proper school, for the more : Pupils. Felix R. Brunot, Allegheny County, Nov. 22d, 1864. Ghn. of Sup. Com County. The first few months of Dr. Burrowes' superintendency were spent in preparing the books and blanks above named, appointing superintending committees in each county, writing letters, in which he sought to explain the new system, correct erroneous views con- cerning it, and in creating an interest in soldiers' orphans in all sec- tions of the State, and in seeking by letter and visitation proper institutions willing to receive them. Little difficulty was encountered in securing homes for the younger children. According to the original " plan," all under six years of age were to be sent to primary schools ; but upon maturer reflection, 4 50 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. the Superintendent ruled that no child under four years of age could properly be included in the provisions of the Act to educate and maintain soldiers' orphans, and decided that none of that tender age could be accepted, and concluded to place those between the ages of six and ten years at the institutions for the more juvenile class of children. The Northern Home for Friendless Children, of Philadelphia, was the first to aid in the good cause. This institution had, indeed, dur- ing the war opened its doors to destitute children of soldiers who were fighting at the front, and had, in advance of the State, begun to provide gratuitously for the orphans of those who had fallen in their country's service. Its patriotic Board of Managers, as might have been expected, responded cheerfully to the call of Dr. Burrowes for co-operation, and at once generously offered to take the little ones beneath its hospitable roof, and provide suitable care, food, raiment, and instruction for one hundred dollars each per annum. In like manner the Children's Home in Lancaster, the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Pittsburgh, which was established before the orphan fund was created, mainly by the efforts of James P. Barr, Esq., the Pitts- burgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless, and the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Orphan Asylum acceded promptly to the Superin- tendent's request, upon the same terms as those agreed upon by the Northern Home. As there were no other available institutions at that time for these young and helpless children, this timely and liberal action on the part of these homes, was as creditable to them- selves as it was disembarrassing to the new department. But to find institutions for the children between the ages of ten and fifteen years was a very difficult task ; " and a man less hopeful than Dr. Burrowes, one with more calculation and less faith, would not have succeeded in accomplishing it." He had at his command but fifty thousand dollars, and could only cherish the hope that the fund created by a corporation's bounty, would be increased by State appropriations ; and that hope must, to ordinary minds, have been clouded by grave apprehensions, as the bill, which implied a continu- ance of the gratuity by the State, had already been defeated in the Legislature. To erect buildings would consume too much time and require more money than he had at his disposal. Besides, had the necessary funds been assured, it was then thought that such an out- lay, for a demand that would cease to exist at the end of fifteen or twenty years, would be an unwarranted expenditure. Kecourse to PENNSYLVANIA'S SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 51 existing institutions was therefore inevitable. Application was first made to the authorities of several normal schools to admit one hun- dred of these orphans, each, into their model schools. It was thought by Dr. Burro wes that these would be just the kind of pupils for that department. The normal schools, however, declined the offer, — some because they had not sufficient accommodations, and were unwilling to put up additional buildings on so slender an assurance as could then be given, and others because the remuneration offered was not considered adequate. Resort was next had to several boarding-schools in different parts of the State, and at first with only discouraging results. The prices asked for taking care of and instructing the orphans, by the proprie- tors of the schools to which application was made, were higher than the Superintendent deemed proper to give, being over two hundred dollars a year for each pupil, exclusive of clothing. But want of confidence in the permanency of the enterprise was the great hindrance. It was, not without cause, feared that, after the liberal donation of a corporation had been paid out, the State would refuse to make any contributions of her own. The managers and proprietors of existing schools could hardly be expected to be moved by motives so disinterested as patriotic gratitude, and open their doors to most probable financial ruin. This difficulty Dr. Burrowes felt and acknowledged ; and yet he was not disheartened. Still hop- ing, when others would have despaired, he zealously labored on, not in the easy and delightful employment of expending the donation of fifty thousand dollars in alleviating present suffering, but in endeavoring cautiously and wisely to lay a broad and permanent foundation for the education and maintenance of all the needy chil- dren which had been, and which should be, made orphans by the bloody rebellion then in arms against the national government. Imbued with a sense of the righteousness of the cause, and believing it would be ultimately sustained by the people, though their repre- sentatives had once refused to uphold it, he, full of faith and zeal, persevered, using his personal influence and powers of persuasion, till at length others, imbibing the same spirit and belief that the State would finally pay the vast debt due the children of her slain patriots, embarked in the hazardous enterprise. That the full meed of praise may be accorded to the venturesome pioneers in this grand undertaking, the schools which first acceded to the proposition of Dr. Burrowes are here named in the order in 52 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. which engagements for receiving soldiers' orphans were completed : in September, the Paradise School, in Lancaster county, and the McAllisterville School, in Juniata county ; in November, the Mount Joy (then Strasburg) School, in Lancaster county, the Quakertown School, in Bucks county, and the Orangeville School, in Columbia county. These institutions agreed to receive the orphans at one hundred and fifty dollars a year per pupil for instruction, boarding, and everything necessary, except clothing ; the number to be sent to each school to range from fifty to one hundred, and to include chil- dren of both sexes. While these negotiations to secure schools were going on, the superintending committees had been appointed in every county in the State, and furnished with blank forms of application for admis- sion and necessary instructions ; care had also been taken, in the meantime, to keep the public informed in regard to the provisions being made for the necessitous children of deceased soldiers ; and at the earliest period possible, notice of the readiness to receive chil- dren into the schools, and explanations of the mode of procedure and invitations to mothers, guardians, and friends, were published. For a time, it seemed to the Superintendent that his labors had been in vain. All things were ready, and the needy were invited to come and be sheltered, clothed, fed, and instructed, without price. Few, very few, responded to the invitation full of gifts. He piped, but the orphans would not dance. Here was an obstacle unexpected and from a quarter least suspected. What could be done? In this dilemma, Dr. Burrowes resorted to the expediency of visiting various parts of the State to meet applicants and give personal explanations. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie were selected for this purpose, with the intention of making the practice general, if successful. Though ample public notice had been given of these intended visits, and their object fully explained, the attendance of the friends of the soldiers' orphans was so meagre that this mode of procedure was abandoned. But during these interviews with mothers and other relatives of the orphans, he discovered, in part at least, the nature of the diffi- culty. Had the dead Union soldiers and their orphans and the system appointed to bless them, enemies who insinuated falsehoods ? It was whispered that all the talk about generosity towards the chil- dren of deceased soldiers was a scheme to rob the surviving parent of her children, in order to train them up in some peculiar political Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 53 and religious creed ! That mothers would not be permitted to have any intercourse with their children when once they were in the care of the State, and that they would be at the earliest possible moment arbitrarily bound out to strangers, without the parents' knowledge or consent. It is hardly necessary to say that all these objections were utterly groundless. However, in order to remove all fears of injustice being done any denomination of Christians, the Superintendent made definite arrange- ments with the proper clerical authorities to send the children of Koman Catholic parentage to institutions controlled by that church, reserving the right of visitation by State officials and inspection in regard to intellectual training, comfort, and sufficiency of mainte- nance and clothing. With Christians of other names, the method shadowed forth in the " plan " was generally satisfactory, and conse- quently from that source little difficulty was encountered. Each principal was directed to conduct morning and evening worship in accordance with his personal preferences, and, so far as consistent, to commit the children for religious instruction, in Sunday-school and church, to persons belonging to the same denomination as that pro- fessed by their parents. Encountering new and unexpected difficulties on every hand, the work moved slowly on. In December 31, 1864, after a little more than six months' hard labor, the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans made his first report to the Governor. Five schools for the older and four homes for the younger orphans had been engaged ; but in these institutions there were something less than one hundred pupils. Though it would seem almost indispensable, for the continuance of the system, that such progress should be made, before the Legislature should again assemble, as to constitute in itself a proof of the wisdom of the plan adopted, and the most powerful appeal for State aid, the exhibit was anything but encouraging to the superficial observer ; still, there had been laid a foundation broad and deep, which has stood the test of years, and upon which there has been erected a superstructure the beauty and grandeur of which none but a prophet's eye could have foreseen. CHAPTER VI. THE SYSTEM IMPERILLED. HE friends of the system, now in its incipiency, awaited the action of the Legislature of 1865 with more than ordinary interest. One year before, the lower branch of the Assembly rejected the bill framed in accordance with Governor Curtin's instructions by Professor Wickersham, because a majority of its members was opposed, on the grounds of humanity and economy, to taking the children away from their surviving parent and friends and placing them in institutions expensive and often remote from their homes. The Act, however, which was finally approved by that body, authorizing the executive to accept and expend the donation to the soldiers' orphans, contained one significant clause, so brief and unpretending, that possibly it escaped general observation. That clause related to the method of expending the gift, and was this : " In such manner as he may deem best" By virtue of the freedom granted in these apparently unmeaning words, a great achievement was begun, of the glory of which every Pennsylvanian may, to-day, justly be proud. Left to the exercise of his own choice, the Governor, through his appointed agent, Dr. Burrowes, had up to this time been diligently at work planning a vast scheme of bene- faction, based upon the presumption that large appropriations would be annually made from the State treasury, until every necessitous child of the soldiers slain in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, should be gathered into institutions especially appointed for that purpose, and there be maintained and educated till capable of self-support. " Will this grand project, now taking shape, be adopted by the State and carried on to completion ? or will the preparatory work 54 Pennsylvania's soldiers' oephan schools. 55 already done be lost, and the orphans now being gratuitously shel- tered, clothed, fed, and educated, be disbanded, and sent back to their mothers and friends with a niggardly annuity, to grow up, for the most part, amid privations, hardships, and ignorance ? " These were the grave questions which, at this time, the friends of Governor Curtin's generous policy often propounded to themselves without daring to venture an answer. The Governor, in his annual message to the Legislature of 1865, called attention to the report of the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, commending his zeal, fidelity, and efficiency in the dis- charge of his appointed and difficult duties ; and earnestly recom- mended that a liberal appropriation be made for the support of the just and worthy scheme of beneficence which he was laboring to establish. Encouraging words from this source were not unexpected. All anxiety centred upon the action of the Legislature. The out- look was ominous. Mr. Wells, of Susquehanna county, -was again at his post. He it was who, twelve months ago, so persistently opposed, with his substitute (given in full in the fourth chapter of this book), the original bill of Professor Wickershain. He, still desiring to carry out his measures, early in the session, read in place a bill embodying his views as expressed the previous year. This proposed law was not discussed, as Mr. John H. Negley, of Butler county, introduced a similar Act, but containing more to commend it to the favorable consideration of the liberally disposed, since it included in its doubtful provisions, in addition to soldiers' orphans, the brothers and sisters of deceased soldiers. This bill was entitled "a supplement to the common school law of this Commonwealth, relating to the maintenance and education of destitute orphan chil- dren and brothers and sisters of deceased soldiers and sailors." The system proposed by this "supplement" was radically different in scope and object from that contemplated and inaugurated by Governor Curtin. By its provisions, school directors were required " to make arrangements for the maintenance and schooling of the orphans resident within their district, by contracting with suitable parties, with the consent of the mother, relative, or other friend, upon such terms that the services of said children shall either in whole or in part be accepted as an equivalent for the necessary expenses incurred in their maintenance and schooling, and shall make report annually of such contract to the State Superintendent " of Common Schools. The amount to be paid, on account of each child, was, in the original 56 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. bill, not to exceed thirty dollars a year ; but was amended, on motion of Mr. Owen Rice, of Northampton county, as follows : "In all cases where the child or children are entirely dependent upon the labor of a mother or other relative for support, there shall be paid annually for each child under eight years of age thirty dollars. For every other child of the same family, twenty dollars. In all cases where the child or children are entirely dependent upon the labor of a mother or other relative for support, there shall be paid annually, for each child over eight and under ten years of age, provided that the youngest child of the family is over eight years of age, twenty dollars. For every other child of the same family, fifteen dollars. In all cases where the child or children are entirely dependent upon the labor of a mother or other relative for support, there shall be paid annually, for each child over ten years of age, provided the youngest child of the family is ten years of age, fifteen dollars. For every other child of the same family, ten dollars. In cases where a child is sickly, afflicted with some constitutional disorder or permanent physical disability, and the certificate of a physician, legally qualified, declaring that said child is an extraordinary burden upon its parent or other relative, is attached to the application for relief, there shall be paid annually the additional sum of twenty dollars. In all cases not provided for above, and in all cases of temporary sickness, certified as hereinbefore pro- vided for, there shall respectively be paid one-half of the amount above enumerated." Mr. Wells moved to increase the above amounts as follows : " To strike out 'thirty' and insert 'fifty;' to strike out 'twenty' and insert ' thirty ; ' to strike out ' twenty ' and insert ' forty ; ' to strike out ' fifteen ' and insert ' twenty-five ; ' to strike out ' ten ' and insert 'fifteen;' to strike out ' twenty ' and insert 'forty.' " The proposi- tion to increase the annuities received opposition from several mem- bers, among whom was Mr. James R. McAfee, of Westmoreland county, who, in the course of his remarks, said : " The object aimed at in this bill was simply to provide suitable books and clothing, so that these children might have no excuse for not attending our public schools. Those of us who were concerned in getting up this bill, thought that that was as far as the Commonwealth was prepared to go at this time. I hope the amendment of the gentleman from Susquehanna will not be adopted." The amendment was lost, and Mr. Negley's bill passed the House with no opposition. The fate of the bill was eagerly watched in the Senate, where it was sent for concurrence. After due consideration, it was reported from the Senate Committee on Education, with very important Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 57 amendments, which left the whole matter of the soldiers' orphans where it had hitherto been, in the hands of the Governor and Super- intendent Burrowes. Senator Wilmer Worthington, of Chester county, was in full sympathy with the " plan" thus far acted upon ; and, as the report of the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans had unaccountably been retained, in the hands of the printer, he took it upon himself to explain to his fellow-Senators the degree of progress made, the nature of the preparatory work done by Dr. Burrowes, the number of pupils admitted into the different institutions, and to elucidate all points of interest. During his remarks, Dr. Worthington said : " It is for us to say whether we are willing to take these children under our care. Their fathers, their natural guardians and protectors, have gone into the service of the country, and have sacrificed their lives in defence of our free institutions and to save the life of the nation. I am sure I need make no appeal to Senators here, for I know that there is not in this House a man in whom there is not enough of patriotism to induce him to believe and to say that it is our solemn duty to provide for these children, who have been thus left destitute by the casualties of war. I fully appreciate the anxiety of Senators to save all they can to the Commonwealth ; but is the Commonwealth not com- petent, is it not able to provide for these orphan children until they can provide for themselves ? It strikes me that it would be a burning shame upon Penn- sylvania, if she permitted these children to go destitute after the great sacrifices that their fathers have made for our country. They are the legacies left to the Commonwealth by the patriotism of its citizens ; and I deem it to be the solemn duty of the Commonwealth to take these ' legacies ' under its protection, and make that provision for them which will be most likely to accomplish the object which has been presented here They are our children. And let me here call attention to the fact (and it is a source of gratification to me, as I have no doubt it is to every Pennsylvanian), that Pennsylvania has inaugurated this idea. She has been the first among the sisterhood of States to provide for the children of her deceased soldiers." While the bill was pending, Senator William A. Wallace, of Clearfield county, among other things, said : " There was an attempt made in the House bill to reach many children that are not now reached ; but that bill, to my mind, is a lamentable failure on its face ; it is no more than a pauper arrangement, making it a disgrace to the Commonwealth instead of a noble charity. Let us give the control of this fund to the Governor and the Superintendent whom he has appointed, and allow them, in any manner which their experience in the system they are' building up may suggest, to reach these destitute children of the soldiers. Let 58 Pennsylvania's, soldiers' orphan schools. us not embarrass them ; let us not put this enactment in a shape in which we shall waste the public money ; but let us receive their experience and their recommendations as our guide I know that the Governor's heart is in this thing ; and with him and his discretion I am willing to leave it." Senator Hiester Clymer, of Berks county, while advocating the wisdom of the bill, as amended by the Senate Committee, gave utterance to the following sentiment : " There is one reflection, and that is, that an appropriation annually during these few coming years, if it did nothing more, will leave the State a gainer of thousands in the years to come. By educating these children, by making them virtuous and industrious, and giving them the means of earning a livelihood in the future, and withdrawing them from want, the State places them beyond the temptation to commit crime, — she removes them from all its miseries. And we, to-day, fill our schools with our orphan children in order that hereafter we may not fill our almshouses and prisons with paupers and criminals I can only say that by no vote of mine would I in any way interfere with the general scope of the plan. I believe it to be benevolent ; I believe it to be well considered ; I believe that in the end it will be effective." Other Senators, also, spoke earnestly in advocacy of the measure. While none seemed opposed to gathering the orphans into schools, a few thought that provisions, something similar to those of the House bill, should also be made for a numerous class of children whom maternal affection would never relinquish to another's care. At length, however, the opinion prevailed that it would be wise and safe to let the orphan fund and the orphans themselves rest in the custody of the Governor, without any restrictions as to the manner of expenditure or care ; or, in other words, to allow the Superin- tendent of Soldiers' Orphans to go on gathering orphans into the insti- tutions already engaged, and to establish others, as fast as practicable, in those sections of the State not yet provided for. In this view the Senate was a unit, when, on its final passage, every vote in that assemblage was cast in its favor. But the end was not yet. When the bill was sent back to the House, that body would not concur in the Senate amendments. A committee of conference was appointed, composed of Senators Wil- mer Worthington, David Fleming, and Hiester Clymer, and Kepre- sentatives George H. Wells, Harry Hake, and M. S. Quay. With the exception of Mr. Wells, this committee agreed to recommend that the House concur in the amendments made by the Senate ; but Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 59 the report was rejected by a vote of forty-six to forty-two. But as a majority of the representatives was not content that the session should close without making some provision for the orphan children, the House reconsidered its hasty action, and the bill was recommitted to the conference committee, with instructions to reconcile the differ- ences between the two branches of the Legislature, if possible. The committee, Mr. Wells still dissenting, a second time recommended that the House accept the Senate amendments of the bill. This naturally created a great deal of dissatisfaction. A spirited discus- sion ensued. Seeing the determination of the Senate to stand by the Governor, a number of representatives nobly sacrificed their opinions and preferences, fearing, if they longer stood out, no appropriation whatever would be made for the destitute orphans ; and the bill, as amended by the Senate, finally became a law, by a vote of twenty- four against and sixty-four in favor of its passage. It is here given in full : ACT OF 1865. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That there is hereby granted the sum of seventy- five thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, for the education and maintenance, during the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, of the destitute orphan children of the deceased sol- diers and sailors from this State, in the service of the United States, during the existing rebellion, to be drawn on the warrant of the Governor, as it shall be needed, and to be expended and accounted for in the manner directed by said Act. Section 2. That the conveyances and transfers of the custody, care, and con- trol of said orphans, till their arrival at the age of sixteen years, heretofore made, or hereafter to be made, to the State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, by their respective mothers, guardians, or next friends, and upon said orphans, for all the purposes of education and maintenance, till their arrival at said age ; and that if said orphans abscond, or be withdrawn, without his consent, from the custody of the Superintendent, or from the institutions in which he shall place them, they, and all persons withdrawing or harboring them, shall there- upon become liable to the provisions of the Acts of Assembly relating to absconding apprentices. Section 3. That when any of said orphans shall have arrived at the age of sixteen years, or sooner if deemed expedient, said Superintendent shall, at the written request of said orphan, and of his or her mother, guardian, or next friend, put or bind him or her out to such trade or employment, and to such master, mistress, or employer as shall thus be requested, and for such term as shall expire, if a male, at or before the age of twenty-one, and if a female, at or before the age of eighteen years ; in which indenture of apprenticeship there shall be included such covenants for the further education of the orphan a3 60 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. said Superintendent shall prescribe ; and such apprenticeship shall be, in all other respects not herein provided for, subject to the provisions of the Acts of Assembly relating to masters and apprentices. This Act appropriating seventy-five thousand dollars for the edu- cation and maintenance of soldiers' orphans, confirming the plan then going into operation, and adding one year to the term in which the children were to remain in the schools, greatly encouraged the Superintendent. With mind more at ease and hands unfettered, he continued to push forward his great undertaking."; There were yet many untried details. Principals, who had the schools in charge, had everything to learn. Their duties were new, and they had the experience of no one to guide them. To suitably provide and care for, and properly train, so large a number of children, was, to those unaccustomed to such responsibilities, a perplexing task ; and it is not a matter of surprise that complaints in regard to food, clothing and discipline often reached the ears of the Superintendent. Much of his time was now necessarily devoted to putting in order and sys- tematizing the schools already in operation. In the meantime the demand for more schools was becoming urgent. There was now no anxiety in regard to a lack of appli- cants. Requests for admission came pouring in at the rate of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty a month, till the accepted applications, for which no school accommodations had been provided, numbered fully three hundred. Though the action of the last Leg- islature was somewhat encouraging, yet the permanency of the sys- tem had by no means become established. The persistent opposition in the House of Representatives, through which success had been reached, was too well known to remove all distrust; and it was therefore still difficult to find proprietors of suitable institutions will- ing to negotiate with Dr. Burrowes to admit soldiers' orphans on such terms as he could offer. But notwithstanding the many difficulties which beset the infant project, it made commendable progress, and at the close of the year, 1865, a little more than eighteen months from its origin, eight schools for the older, and seventeen homes and asylums for the younger children had been engaged ; and in the former there were in attend- ance, at that time, seven hundred and ninety-seven, and in the latter five hundred and thirty-two pupils, making in all a total of one thousand three hundred and twenty-nine. CHAPTER VII. THE SYSTEM SAVED BY THE ORPHANS. HE schools began the year 1866 amid trials and discour- agements. The price of labor and all the necessities of life were still at war prices. A yard of common muslin then cost seventy-five cents, and other things were propor- tionally dear. New bedding and furniture, and additional school accommodations, had to be provided for the constantly increasing number of pupils. And, worse than all, the funds appropriated for the support of the orphans were exhausted. In December, the Superintendent issued a circular letter to the Principals, informing them that by the 1st of January all the means at his command would be consumed, and that they could receive no more money from the State till the Legislature should make another appropriation ; and, in the meantime, if they continued to keep the orphans, they would do so at their own risk ; still he encouraged them to persevere in the discharge of their duties, believing that the State of Pennsylvania would suffer none to sustain loss who engaged in a work so beneficent and patriotic. "When it is considered that the men who embarked in this enter- prise were possessed of limited means ; that there were, to say nothing of the homes, eight advanced schools, with an average of one hundred pupils each ; that more than three weary months passed before an appropriation was made, and that business men were very reluctant to give credit upon so uncertain a guarantee as future legislative action, some conception can be had of the difficulties which the pioneers in the cause had to meet and overcome. Grave fears were entertained, in more than one instance, that the gathered orphans would be forced to disband for want of food ; but happily 61 62 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. no such calamity befell any of the schools. Yet these adverse cir- cumstaHces demoralized the employees, retarded progress, and les- sened the comforts of the orphans, and gave rise to many complaints which tended to bring the schools into disrepute. On the 2d of January the General Assembly met. The Governor, in his annual message, called the attention of that body to the sacred duty of continuing support to the adopted system of educating and maintaining the orphans of soldiers. Superintendent Burrowes' report was referred to as exhibiting gratifying results, and an appeal was made to the legislators in language as follows : " I have heretofore commended this charity to you, and I deem it unneces- sary to add another word, in asking a continuance of an appropriation which is to provide for and educate the best blood of the State, and support the living legacies which have been bequeathed us by the men who laid down their lives for the country. When we remember that every sort of public and private pledge that the eloquence of man could devise or utter, was given to our sol- diers as they went forward, that if they fell, their orphans should become the children of the State, I cannot for an instant suppose that you will hesitate to continue an appropriation which is to bless their little ones, providing comfort- able homes, instead of leaving them in want and destitution, many of them to fall victims to vice and crime." It was confidently hoped that the House of Representatives would take early steps to relieve the pressing wants of the schools, but the session was rapidly approaching its close and no relief had been granted. On the contrary, the embarrassed condition of the schools seemed to give " aid and comfort " to those unfriendly to the system, then on trial. As has been seen, strenuous efforts had been made in the House of 1864 and that of 1865, to establish an entirely different method of aiding the orphans from that inaugurated. The time appeared favorable for making a third attempt ; and there were not wanting those who were ready to take the lead in the movement. The Legislature was barely organized, when Mr. James E. McAfee, of Westmoreland county, introduced a bill similar to those brought before that body the two previous years. As this was the last endeavor of the kind, it may be interesting to the curious to read the entire document. The proposed law of Mr. McAfee : A supplement to the common school law of this Commonwealth, relating to the maintenance and education of destitute orphan children and brothers and 6isters of deceased soldiers and sailors. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 63 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of the board of school directors of each township, ward, borough, or school district of this Common- wealth, within ninety days, or as soon as practicable, after the passage of this Act, and annually thereafter, as the Superintendent of Common Schools of this Commonwealth may direct, to make out a list of orphan children of soldiers or sailors, or orphaned brothers and sisters of the same, who had been dependent on them for support, under sixteen years of age, residing in said township, ward, borough, or school district, who are in whole or in part dependent on either public or private charity, or upon the earnings of a widowed mother for support, giving the age of each orphan thus left destitute, and the post-office address of the mother or other relative or friend to whose care the said orphan or orphans are committed, and shall transmit the same to the county Superintendent of Common Schools, whose duty it shall be to examine it, and if found to be cor- rect, to endorse it and forward it to the State Superintendent of Common Schools. Section 2. That the State Superintendent shall keep a separate and correct record of said lists thus transmitted to him from each county, in a book provided for that purpose, which shall be open for inspection in the school department at all times to all persons concerned. Section 3. That it shall be the duty of the school directors of every school district in this Commonwealth, as far as in them lieth, to make arrangements for the maintenance and schooling of any or all of the orphans above men- tioned, resident within their district, by contracting with suitable parties, with the consent of the mother, relative, or other friend appearing on behalf of said children, upon such terms that the services of said children shall either in whole or in part be accepted as an equivalent for the necessary expenses incurred in their maintenance and schooling, and shall make report annually of all such contracts to the State Superintendent in the manner now provided for by the general school laws of this Commonwealth. Section 4. That whenever the mother, relative, or other friend of such orphans, or the board of school directors shall desire aid, as contemplated by this Act, he, she, or they shall make declaration, under oath or affirmation, setting forth that the father of the said orphan or orphans or brother, upon whom they had been dependent for support, was killed in battle or died of dis- ease contracted in the military or naval service of the United States, or of this Commonwealth, specifying the company and regiment, or the name of the vessel in which he served, if practicable, and also stating the pecuniary circumstances of the mother or other relative appearing in behalf of such orphans, the age of the children, their physical condition, together with such other facts as may be necessary to form a just opinion of the wants of the same ; the said declaration shall be submitted to the school board of the district in which said orphan shall reside, who shall examine the same, and if it be found to be correct, it shall be endorsed by the president thereof, and forwarded to the county Superintendent, who shall also endorse it if found to be correct, and transmit it to the State Superintendent, who shall examine the same, and if satisfied that it is correct, in form and in fact, he shall draw his warrant on the State treasurer for what- ever amount, in each individual case, he shall deem just and right under the 64 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. facts set forth in the application : Provided, That in no case shall such amount be more than thirty dollars per annum for each orphan. Section 5. That in all cases where such orphans as are contemplated to be benefited by this Act, shall be without parent, relative, or other friend appear- ing in their behalf, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the school board of the school district, who shall also be the proper person to make the declaration provided for in the fourth section of this Act, in lieu of mother, relative, or friend, to find suitable homes for said orphan children in the district in which they may reside, or in any adjoining district; and said secretary is hereby authorized to sign, seal, and execute a contract with such suitable person or persons, subject to the approval of the board of school directors at a public meeting thereof, fixing the time for which said orphan child or children shall remain with said person or persons, the amount of money to be paid for food, clothing, and schooling, said schooling not to be less than four months in each and every year, and define particularly the duties and obligations of the parties to the said contract : Provided, That in every instance the services of the child shall, if possible, be received as an equivalent for its maintenance and support : And 'provided further, That a majority of the board of school directors shall have power, at any regular meeting thereof, to annul any such contract and declare the same cancelled, if they shall believe it to be to the interest of said orphan children to do so. Section 6. That should any applicant for aid, under this Act, refuse or neglect to send said orphans of more than six years of age to school, at least four months in each year, unless sickness or other Providential hindrance should prevent, such applicants shall not be entitled to receive any further aid under this Act, until the end of the school year for which aid is sought ; in such cases the State Superintendent may require an additional statement, under oath or affirmation, by the teacher or teachers, that such orphans have attended school regularly for four months, at least, during the previous school year ; and when the State Superintendent is satisfied that such orphans have attended school as herein above provided, the usual warrant shall be issued by him. Section 7. That the secretary of each school board in this Commonwealth shall be entitled to receive two dollars per day, for each and every day neces- sarily employed in preparing lists of such orphans as are contemplated herein, and for performing such other duties as are imposed upon him by this Act, which compensation shall be paid out of the common school fund of the dis- trict : Provided, however, That he shall be sworn to his account as being correct, and that the time charged for was employed in the performance of said duties. Section 8. That the State Superintendent shall be and he is hereby author- ized to employ an additional clerk in the school department, at a salary not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum, whose duty it shall be to attend to the business connected with the orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors under this Act. Section 9. That the State Superintendent shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, prepare and forward to the secretary of each school board in this Commonwealth, the proper blanks and instructions necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. PENNSYLVANIA'S SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 65 Section 10. That the State Superintendent of Common Schools shall, in his annual report, make a statement of the number of orphans which have been returned to his department, the number aided, and the amount expended under the provisions of this Act. Section 11. That so much of the Act, entitled, An Act authorizing the Gov- ernor to accept the donation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, approved the 6th day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and the same is hereby repealed. The bill was considered at length by the House. No one objected to granting aid to the orphans. There was, however, a difference of opinion as to the merits of the established system and the one here proposed. The plan thus far acted upon was expensive. The num- ber of orphans seeking admittance to the schools exceeded all expec- tation. The amount asked for by Superintendent Burrowes, for the support of the institutions for the ensuing year, was three hundred thousand dollars. This large sum frightened the faint-hearted into the support of the apparently more economical plan of placing the orphans under the supervision of the officers of the common schools. Yet but one member ventured to openly urge parsimonious consider- ations in defense of this expediency. The main plea made in favor of the new measure was that it would reach all the needy orphans in the State, while the system in operation had not, and never would, benefit but a small portion of them. The sincerity of all those who thus argued should not be called in question, though, viewed in the light of subsequent events, one is tempted to do so. Those who were opposed to making a change in the method of providing for the soldiers' orphans, earnestly and ably defended the schools, and exposed the defects and littleness of the pet scheme of the House of Representatives. Mr. John A. Danks, of Allegheny county, said he regarded the " whole bill as infamous." Still it was received with great favor. Fifty-five votes were cast for the bill and only twenty-two against it. This was on the 8th of March. This action of the House threatened the destruction of the system, organized and built up with so much thought and labor ; and offered no relief to the sorely pressed institutions which had continued to provide for the orphans, without remuneration, since the opening of the year. It was a time of painful anxiety to Governor Curtin, who had devised and established this scheme of beneficence, the grandest of 66 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. ■ all time ; and those who had espoused and embarked in the cause were scarcely less concerned. Something must be done. Much of the opposition arose from gross ignorance of the system. Rumors were in the air in regard to the neglected condition of the children at the schools. Invitations had repeatedly been extended to mem- bers of the Legislature to visit them ; but those who most needed enlightenment did not respond. If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain must go to Mohammed. The children from the three nearest schools made a visit to the capitol, that the legis- lators might see them, and judge for themselves of the kind of care and training they were receiving. | On the 16th of March, three hundred and forty-five soldiers' orphans, from the schools at McAllisterville, Mount Joy, and Para- dise, arrived in Harrisburg by the noon trains. The girls and boys were neatly and uniformly clothed — the former in brown hoods, black cloth cloaks, and checked frocks, and the latter in dark blue gold- laced caps, blue roundabouts, and gray pantaloons. Each party had its drum corps. The McAllisterville School, of which Colonel Geo. F. McFarland was Principal, contained eighty-four boys and sixty- two girls ; that of Mount Joy, of which Mr. J. E,. Carothers was Principal, fifty-three boys and thirty-five girls ; and that of Paradise, of which Mr. Seymour Preston was Principal, fifty-five boys and fifty- four girls. They were loudly cheered on arriving at the capitol, where they were taken charge of by the citizens, who entertained them. At four o'clock they appeared before the members of both Houses of the Legislature in the hall of the House, which was crowded with ladies and gentlemen. Governor Curtin and Speaker Fleming, of the Senate, occupied seats on either side of Speaker Kelly, of the House. Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, being introduced, spoke at length, explaining the system of educating and maintaining the orphans. He said the children present only represented one-third of the orphans in the more advanced schools, and about one-fifth of the whole number now in charge of the State ; that it had been noised abroad that these chil- dren had been starved, kept dirty, and without clothing ; and he directed the attention of the audience to the little folks present, and asked them to say whether the 1 „port was true. Not a sick child was left behind ; all were healthy. He then called on the children Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 67 for songs, recitations, and other performances, — Colonel McFarland taking charge of the exercises. " Rally Around the Flag, Boys," was then sung with great spirit, especially by the girls. Master Henry Albert, a pupil of the McAllisterville School, made the opening speech, as follows : Gentlemen: — We appear before you with much backwardness, yet with some degree of pleasure. Indeed, our hearts were made glad when we were told that we would be permitted to visit the capital of our State, and perhaps get to see his Excellency, Governor Curtin, the orphan's friend, the man whom we all love, and also those good men who took such an interest in our welfare and provided means for our education and support. With all our diffidence, we come with grateful hearts, and in the name of all the boys and girls I desire to thank you for what you have done. You have taken us from various parts of the State, and have so arranged it through your Superintendent, Dr. Burrowes, that we have kind teachers to instruct us, and from you we receive our food and the clothes we wear. You have afforded us an opportunity of becoming good men and women and good citizens of a great State. Though we are yet young, be assured we are not ignorant of this great boon, and will ever feel it our duty to act in such a manner as to fulfil the design intended. It is our desire to be useful and good, an honor to the State whose chil- dren we are, and at all times so to live as to give you no cause to regret what you have done and are still doing for us. It is to you, then, by the direction of Providence, that we are indebted for our present pleasing condition, and through you can we look into the future with bright and cheering hopes. My duty is performed when I, in the name of all the orphans, return our sincere thanks to Governor Curtin, and to you, gentlemen, and through you to the good people whom you represent. [Applause.] The girls from Mount Joy then sang the " Dear Old Flag." Mas- ter David Leche, from Paradise, delivered an original address, which was really eloquent. He thanked the citizens of Harrisburg for their kindly entertainment of his fellow-orphans, which they highly appreciated. The boys of Paradise sang " Uncle Sam is rich enough to send us all to School," to the great amusement of the audience. Master Robert Booz, of Bristol, Bucks county, son of a color sergeant killed in the Pennsylvania Reserves, spoke pathetically of the fallen heroes and the care their orphans were now receiving ; and the McAllisterville School sang the " Little Octoroon." 68 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. Master George Jacobs, of the McAllisterville School, recited the " Orphan's Appeal," an original poem, written by Mrs. Nellie Eyster, of Harrisburg. POEM. The lamp was lit, the fire blazed, the long day's work was done, And 'round the table's ample space we gathered every one, — My father, mother, little sister, brother Charles and I, — And just like birds in summer time, the winged hours flew by. We talked and laughed, we read and sang, and lightly I began To tell of all the things I 'd have, when once I was a man ; Then father said, " It is not wrong for wealth or fame to thirst, But ere they come, my boy must have an education first." Soon after that the drums were heard resounding through the street, And almost ere their echoes ceased, brave men had rushed to meet The angry foe, with hearts resolved to do, to dare, to die, If needs be, to preserve unharmed our priceless liberty. 'T was mother's hands that buckled on the knapsack father wore, And mother's tear-stained cheek which told the agony she bore, As thus he closed the burden of our last united prayer, "My service to my country, my children to her care." The light of home was darkened when my father went away; I rarely heard my. mother laugh, nor cared we now for play, Since he who was our main spring of study, work, and mirth, Had left us but his vacant chair beside our lonely hearth. Then came the fearful, crushing news a battle had been fought ; And men exclaimed, " At what a price that victory was wrought ! " But none knew, save the widowed and fatherless that day, The debt posterity incurred, whose fulness none can pay. " Our service is our country's ; our children are its care ; " This was the bond that robbed the field of half its gnawing care. The lips which gave the manly pledge have mouldered into dust I Shall not the land they died to save fulfil the sacred trust ? Oh, Legislators ! Rulers ! Men ! around on every side Stand little ones whose future no tender hand will guide; Who, powerless to help themselves, as orphan children come, And in our martyred fathers' names entreat of you a home. Your public trusts, your lofty work may some day hence be ours ; That we may fill those stations well, oh, educate our powers ! And think not Pennsylvania taxed, if of her wealth is given That which will elevate her sons, and lead them on to Heaven. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 69 We love her institutions, her every inch of soil, And to their preservation we '11 consecrate our toil ; Then risk not that our future is blindly -left to chance, But strive to make us worthy of our grand inheritance. To you, most honored ruler of this mighty Keystone State ; You, whom we love for being good, far more than being great ; You, from whose hands our sires took the standards which they bore ; Whose voice they heard in every fight, "our country's rights restore;" Who cheered them on to victory, who wept for them when slain ; Whose promise to protect us our surety will remain ; The greatest good, the sweetest peace, He seeth fit to send, The Soldiers' Orphans pray their God to grant "the Soldiers' Friend." While delivering the first five stanzas with his face to the audience, the attention and the interest were such as have not often been exceeded ; but when, on commencing the sixth, he turned round and addressed the Governor, the effect was such as to make an impres- sion which no one who watched the scene can ever forget. The Mount Joy girls then sang "TENTING ON THE OLD CAMP GROUND." We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground; Give us a song to cheer Our weary hearts, a song of home, And friends we love so dear. Chorus. Many are the hearts that are weary to-night, Wishing for the war to cease ; Many are the hearts looking for the right To see the dawn of peace. Tenting to-night, tenting to-night, Tenting on the old camp ground. We 've been tenting to-night on the old camp ground, Thinking of the days gone by, Of the lov'd ones at home that gave us the hand, And the tear that said " Good-bye ! " Chorus. We are tired of war on the old camp ground ; Many are dead and gone, 70 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. Of the brave and the true who 've left their homes, Others been wounded long. Chorus. We 've been fighting to-day on the old camp ground, Many are lying near ; Some are dead, and some are dying, Many are in tears. Chorus. Edward and Alice Drinkwater, of the Paradise School, spoke an amusing dialogue on " Life Insurance." The McAllisterville drum corps then played " Yankee Doodle." The following was spoken by Master John "W. Dill, a pupil of McAllisterville School : "OUK FATHEES." Honorable Friends : — We appear among you this evening as father- less ones. Some few of us were orphans before we knew much of a father's care and a father's love. Most of us, however, can well remember the parting grief. We heard the last prayer offered around the family altar by our fathers. We heard the outbursts of crushing sorrow that could not be spoken. We kissed away the tears as they said, " Good-bye, my dear little ones; may God protect you." We saw the quivering lips and trembling hand as they said farewell to mother, and started off to defend our country and yours. We knew not what it all meant, yet we were sor- rowful ; but we have learned that for us it meant orphanage. Most of us knew not how, or where, or when our fathers died, only as we were told months after they were dead. Some were killed in the heat of battle. Some, at the word of command, marched up to the cannon's mouth, and were blown to atoms. Some pined away and died of wounds or sickness in hospitals. Some lingered on the gory field when the battle's shout and the battle's roar had died away, and there breathed out their patriotic souls to the God of battles. Others, alas! starved to death at Libby, or Belle Isle, or Anderson- ville. Oh, how we did beg of our mothers to let us send to them our dinners and suppers, coarse and humble as they were, when she read to us that they were dying for want of food. You know not, dear friends, how we wept when the sad news came that " father is dead ! " Oh, we would not be comforted then. Our mothers knelt by the old family altar, and prayed that the God of the fatherless would take care of us. Then, as if in answer to those prayers, came our Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 71 good Governor as an angel of mercy and provided these schools for us. We can never thank him enough for this kindness. Send us not back to our desolate homes ignorant and dependant as we now are. Our fathers died for you. Will you not educate us as a recom- pense for their lives ? The McAllisterville School sang "ON, ON, ON," sequel to "TKAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP." Oh ! the day it came at last, when the glorious tramp was heard, , And the boys came marching, fifty thousand strong ; And we grasped each other's hands, though we uttered not a word, As the booming of our cannon rolled along. Chorus. On, on, on, tbe boys came marching, Like a grand, majestic sea ; And they dashed away the guards From the heavy iron door, And we stood beneath the starry banner free. Oh ! the feeblest heart grew strong and the most despondent sure, When we heard the thrilling sounds we loved so well; For we knew that want and woe we no longer should endure When the hosts of freedom reached our prison cell. Chorus. Oh ! the war is over now and we 're safe at home again, And the cause we starved and suffered for is won ; But we never can forget, 'mid our woe and 'mid our pain, As the glorious Union boys came marching on. Chorus. This was sung with great spirit, and was greeted with much enthusiasm. Master Horace Fitery, of Paradise School, delivered the following oration on "OUR HEROES." Ladies and Gentlemen:— The heart swells with unwonted emotion when we remember our fathers and brothers, whose constant valor has 72 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. sustained, on the field, the cause of our country, of civilization, and liberty. On the ocean, on the rivers, on the land, on the heights where they thun- dered down from the clouds of Lookout Mountain the defiance of the skies, they have graven with their swords a record imperishable. The muse herself demands the lapse of silent years to soften, by the influences of time, her too keen and poignant realization of the scenes of war — the pathos, the heroism, the fierce joy, the grief of battle. But, during the ages to come, she will brood over their memory. Into the hearts of her consecrated priests she will breathe the inspirations of lofty and undying beauty, sublimity, and truth. By the homely traditions of the fireside, by the headstones in the churchyard, consecrated to those whose forms rest beneath the marble slabs at Gettysburg, or repose far off in rude graves by the Eappahannock, or sleep beneath the sea, embalmed in the memories of succeeding generations of parents and children, the heroic dead will live on in immortal youth. By their names, their char- acter, their service, their fate, their glory, they cannot fail. They never fail who die in a great cause. The Great Proclamation of Liberty will lift the ruler who uttered it [applause], our nation and our age, above all vulgar destiny. [Great applause.] The bell which rang out the Declaration of Independence has found at last a voice articulate to " proclaim liberty throughout all the land — unto all the inhabitants thereof." [Cheering.] It has been heard across oceans, and has modified the sentiments of cabinets and kings. The people of the Old World heard it, and their hearts stop to catch the last whisper of its echoes ; the poor slave heard, and with bounding joy, tem- pered by the mysteries of religion, he worships and adores. The waiting continent has heard it, and already foresees the fulfilled prophecy, when she wills it " redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled" by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation [applause] ; yea, America shall be as a city set upon a hill, whose light may be seen by all the nations of the world. [Prolonged applause.] The Paradise School sang "The Angels' Welcome." Daniel Reeder, of McAllisterville, delivered a poem. Master Captain Frank Fry, of McAllisterville, spoke of the bat- tles of the war. His reference to Governor Curtin was warmly received. Master William Hunter, of the Mount Joy School, delivered the following VALEDICTOEY. Honorable Senators and Eepresentatives : — We feel ourselves deeply indebted to you, as well as to our intelligent Governor and kind- Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 73 hearted Superintendent, for your kindness in permitting us to visit our State capital, and for this pleasant interview, which will be a green spot in our memories through life. We thank you sincerely for your noble generosity in providing us with such comfortable homes, and so favorable opportunities for acquiring a thorough education. We promise to improve our inestimable privileges, and to strive to be what you desire to have us be ; intelligent and good men and women, and thus repay the State for all its care so lavishly bestowed upon us. In parting with you, for this time, we would respectfully invite you to come and visit us at our homes, and see how we do there. We would bid you an affectionate farewell. To you, our most faithful and fatherly Superintendent, we would render our most hearty thanks for your parental care and indefatigable labors on our behalf. We feel that in you we have a guardian that is deeply interested in our present and future happiness. We bid you Godspeed in your noble work of attending to the wants of the helpless soldiers' orphans. We expect to meet and to see you often yet before we leave our schools, and shall always greet you with pleasure. To you, kind Principal, in whom we feel that we have made up for the loss of our own dear fathers ; and to you, affectionate teachers, we cannot properly express our gratitude for what you have done for us. But we shall endeavor to show, by our future conduct, our appreciation of your unwearying efforts on our behalf. We expect to remain under your kind care and instruction for some time to come, through the beneficence of our worthy Legislature, and are glad that we need not say to you, farewell ! The exercises on the part of the children were closed by the Mc- Allisterville School, which sang in a manner so touching as to bring tears to many eyes unused to weeping, "THE ORPHAN'S PRAYER." I love to stay where my father sleeps, And love to gaze on each star as it twinkling peeps Through that bending willow which lonely weeps. Chorus. O'er my father's grave, O'er my father's grave, Through that bending willow O'er my father's grave. 74 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. I love to kneel on the green turf there, Afar from the scenes of my daily care, And breathe to my Saviour my evening prayer. Chorus. I still remember how oft he led, And knelt me by him as with God he plead, That I might be His when the clod was spread. Choeus. SPEECH OF GOVEENOE CUETIN. The Governor being called upon, said : I have been in the habit of addressing the Legislature for several years past, but only in obedience to the directions of the Constitution. I would add a word to what we have heard. I would say much if I thought it were necessary. But there is more in the mute eloquence and sad silence of those children ; more than I can say. I pledged to the brave men who were encamped here and all over the Commonwealth, when they were about to go into the public service, that if they fell on the field of battle, we would take care of their orphan children. [Cheers.] A Voice — "We will." My words we're applauded. Orators and journalists pledged themselves to the work. Just before the battle I said it to thousands, and after the battle, when chaplain and priest and good men poured the words of com- fort and spiritual consolation into the ears of the dying, I said, your chil- dren shall be protected. [Cheers.] I do not desire war. I am opposed to war. I trust our country may never be called upon again to engage in war. We have shed blood enough ; but if war ever should come again, here are the boys to fight our battles. They will say, " My father died for his country, the State pledged itself that his sons and daughters should be maintained at the public expense : that pledge was redeemed. I would be an ingrate to my country and my State if I failed to offer my life at the same shrine with my brave, dead father." [Cheers.] I knew that a State so great, so grand, so noble as old Pennsylvania, would not turn these children out. I know that it will not turn them out now. [Voices — Never, never.] It will not turn them out; the boys to crime and misery, the girls to worse — God forbid it should. One morning, when the people were gathered in their places of worship, in obedience to my call, to give thanks to Almighty God for the victories he had vouch- safed us, two little ragged children appealed to me for alms as I stepped from my doorway. I learned they were children of soldiers who had Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 75 fallen in defence of the country. What was my train of thought then ? I said to myself, is it possible that the people of Pennsylvania, thanking God for victory, can do so when the children of the brave men who brought us the fruits of hard fighting and gained us our victories, are on the streets begging for bread ! [Applause.] This beneficence, gentlemen, is the result. Pennsylvania has something whereof to be proud ; she has taken the lead in this matter. Other great States have followed her. Ohio has such a system. Connecticut is about inaugurating it. It was only to-day we forwarded to her Governor, in obedience to her request, the plan embraced in our laws. Other States will soon follow our example. What a thing to be proud of. All over the Commonwealth, after a great war, the greatest the world has ever seen, exhausting our energies and attacking and crippling our finances, I say we have been able to pay our debts, and at the same time take care of our soldiers' orphans. We boast of the liberality of our people, we boast of extended charities. I know how beautiful they sound and how noble they really are, but no charity of the age and of the past can compare with this. [Applause.] Were it not for these soldiers, my friends, this capital would be in ashes, the whole State would be sacked, burned, and ruined ; death and fire and desolation would have passed over this good old State, and the fair land would have been smitten with them. I am not here to persuade you. These children are not here to affect public opinion ; they are here only that the people may see and judge for themselves. If you are satisfied, then I ask you to continue this beneficent plan. But if you are not satisfied, let these children go. Voices — "Never, never, never." I will not say more; yes, I may as well add something; you may as well know it now. If this Legislature adjourns without doing these little people justice; if it neglects its duties, let me say, gentlemen, I have the power to call you back. [Immense cheering.] Before I leave this, I pray God that the electric spark may fall upon all ; that we may all deter- mine to do justice to the poor orphan children, and that we may thus do ourselves and our great Commonwealth an honor. [Cheers.] After the exercises, the children flocked around the Governor, to whom they were introduced, and who manifested a great interest for them. The boys then adjourned to the Park, where they were engaged in drilling and military tactics until supper-time. They were organized into companies, and drilled by boy officers selected from their own number. The precision and accuracy of movement they displayed surprised many, and was pronounced superior to those of many volunteer organizations. On Saturday morning, March 17th, all the children, with their 76 Pennsylvania's soldiers' oephan schools. teachers, called upon the Governor at the Executive Chamber, and had a most delightful and, to them, memorable interview. There was no speech making or other cold formality; but the soldiers' orphans were received by the " Soldiers' Friend," in a manner which evidently made a deep and right impression upon their young hearts. It was very cheering to them to be told, by such high authority, that their visit was not only a pleasure to himself, the Legislature, and the citizens of Harrisburg, but that their own conduct had been such as to reflect credit upon their heroic fathers and the State. After the termination of this reception, the schools repaired to the Court-House, which was crowded to its utmost capacity, and repeated the exercises of the preceding afternoon, with several other addresses, to the evident satisfaction of the audience. Again Governor Curtin addressed the assemblage, as did also General Harrison Allen, a member of the House of Representatives from Warren county, and Hon. Edward G. Lee, a member of the House from Philadelphia. The remarks of these gentlemen were eloquent and appropriate, and were fully appreciated by those to whom they were so kindly and cheeringly addressed. It would also be as pleasant, as it would be creditable to the schools, to insert here all the addresses of the pupils, but want of space forbids. On the occasion of this visit, the conduct of the citizens of Harris- burg towards the orphans is worthy of honorable record. Had their number been three thousand, instead of three hundred, every one of them would have been cordially welcomed into their homes and kindly entertained. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also, to whom the orphans already owed so much, again showed its generosity by providing for them free and pleasant accommodations to and from the seat of gov- ernment. The simple exhibition of these children, showing their health, cleanliness, manners, and progress towards respectability, secured for the system, in which they had been trained, the confidence of the Legislature, and it was never after called in question. The bill of Mr. McAfee, which would dole out, as to paupers, a slender existence and a meagre schooling to the defenceless children of martyred patriots, was sent to the Senate for concurrence, but there received that treatment which it richly deserved. It was referred to the Committee on Education, and has never since been heard from. Requiescat in pace. CHAPTER VIII. ADDITIONAL OFFICERS APPOINTED. WING to the increased and rapidly increasing labors of the Bureau, it became evident to the Superintendent that the schools could not be efficiently managed without addi- tional assistance. Accordingly, in April, 1866, he, with the consent of the Governor, appointed Amos Row, Esq., of Indiana county, Examiner, and Colonel William L. Bear, of Lancaster county, Inspector. Mr. Row was a teacher of long experience and high standing, and well known to Dr. Burrowes. His duty was to visit all the institu- tions, to supervise and direct the school-room operations, — intro- ducing as^rapidly as possible the peculiar method of instruction pre- scribed by the Superintendent, — and to see that the teachers em- ployed were competent; that school-room accommodations were ample, and that proper books and suitable school furniture were supplied. In addition to this, he was required to annually examine the higher classes in the institutions for the younger pupils, prepara- tory to making promotions or transfers to the advanced schools. The efficiency of the Superintendent's plan was greatly improved by his faithful labors. Colonel Bear had served his country faithfully during the war, entering the service as second lieutenant in 1861, and passing up through the grades of first lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant- colonel, and receiving the compliments of the Secretary of War " for gallant services in the battle of the Wilderness." Besides his honorable war record, he had won a good reputation as a teacher. For ten years he taught in Professor John Beck's Boys' Academy, at Litiz, Lancaster county, and from that veteran learned many valu- 77 78 Pennsylvania's soldiees' orphan schools. able lessons in dealing with youth. His duty as Inspector was to visit regularly all the institutions, and see that the clothes, food, bed- ding, and persons of the children were in proper condition. He also looked after the comfort, cleanliness, and ventilation of the buildings, the state of the grounds and out-houses, and the arrangements for employing and instructing the boys in farming, gardening, and mili- tary drill ; and the girls in sewing and household duties. To him, also, was entrusted the distribution and care of the garments sent to the schools, and of the materials to be there made up. No one could be more conscientious in filling a trust than was Colonel Bear, in looking after the interests of the children, who always hailed his visits with delight. Having been elected Prothonotary of Lancaster county, he closed his duties as Inspector with December, 1866, much to the regret of the orphans and his colaborers. CHAPTER IX. THE OFFICERS AND PRINCIPALS IN COUNCIL. HE first council of Principals was held during the 26th and 27th of April, 1866, at which time representatives of all the advanced schools, except Phillipsburg, were in conference at Lancaster with the State Superintendent, and the newly-appointed Examiner and Inspector. Each of the workers in the new undertaking had learned some lesson which was of use to all the rest. Among the many topics under consideration, the industrial feature of the schools received most attention. Hith- erto, in nearly every school, no regular system of working the chil- dren had been introduced. Pupils were called from the school-room with no regard to their recitations or studies. This want of method was very annoying to teachers, some of whom had introduced a sys- tem of making work details in such a manner that the duties of the school-room would not be interfered with. All saw the advantage of the plan, and introduced it into their several schools. This was the beginning of the now perfected system of making work details, which has so long been practised, with so much success, in all the institutions for soldiers' orphans. The conference, in other respects, was beneficial, greatly promoting uniformity and efficiency in the general plan of operations. 79 CHAPTER X. A TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA. — THE ORPHANS AND THE BATTLE-FLAGS. history of the schools would be complete which did not contain an account of the never-to-be-forgotten visit to Philadelphia, which occurred during the summer of 1866. A list of the institutions and the members who partici- pated in this memorable event are here given Schools. Principals. Girls. Boys. Teach- ers. Ag. Col. Geo. F. McFarland Rev L Cort 67 47 52 56 43 46 37 67 32 14 85 63 68 80 83 53 69 74 52 26 7 6 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 3 159 116 125 142 North Sewickley. 131 103 Prof. Chas. W. Deans Prof. H. D. Walker Eev W G Taylor 111 White Hall 139 88 Prof. D. Denlinger 43 Early in the history of the rebellion, the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania — an hereditary order, founded by the officers of the Revolutionary war — presented to the Governor of the State a sum of money, requesting that it be used to equip volunteers. The amount was not large,— five hundred dollars, — and the subject being brought to the attention of the Legislature, the Executive was author- ized to use it, and whatever additional sums might be required, to procure flags to present to Pennsylvania regiments as they should go forth to the seat of war, with the wise provision that they be given back at the close of the conflict, inscribed with the names of the 80 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 81 battles through which they had been borne, and deposited in the archives of the State. The Fourth of July, 1866, was the day sub- sequently appointed for their formal return. Eleven hundred and fifty-seven orphaus, children of the men who fell beneath the folds of those rent and pierced banners, went to Philadelphia to participate in the imposing ceremony. The railroad authorities of the State granted them free travel to and from the city ; and while there they were gratuitously and kindly cared for at the Soldiers' Home, the Lincoln Institution, the Episcopal Church Home, the Institution for the Blind, and at private families. Great preparations had been made that the event might be appro- priately celebrated. The men who had served in the late war, so triumphantly terminated, flocked by thousands from all parts of the great State, to join in the festivities. An immense procession was formed, composed of Pennsylvania military organizations, United States troops and marines in the vicinity of the city, pupils of mili- tary schools, invalid officers and soldiers of the late war in carriages, fire companies in full uniform, soldiers' orphans, — the boys on foot and the girls comfortably seated in ambulances, singing patriotic songs, and each bearing a miniature "star-spangled banner," — and civil officers of the Commonwealth and invited guests from other States and the general Government. These were formed into seven divisions, each commanded by a distinguished general of the late war, attended by his staff officers, and each division having its proportion of veterans, who again proudly marched to the familiar strains of martial music and beneath the dear, old, tattered regimental colors which they had so often, in the name of God, freedom, and their country, baptized in fire and blood. The array was such as Phila- delphia had never before seen. The streets were thronged with men, women, and children, who vied with each other in patriotic demon- strations, all along the extended route over which the pageant passed. The place appointed for the grand ceremony of the day, namely, the presentation of the flags by General Meade, on behalf of the soldiers, to Governor Curtin, who received them on behalf of the State, was in the shadow of the cradle of American liberty, Independence Square, which had been fitted up and elaborately decorated for the occasion. The column began to move at ten o'clock, at the head of which was the mounted police, spread from curb to curb, clearing the streets with great difficulty. The front of the procession reached the Walnut 6 82 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. street entrance to the Square at ten minutes to eleven o'clock, up to which time the people who filled the amphitheatre of seats were entertained by the singing of the orphan girls and the music of a band, — it having been so arranged that the girls reached the Square before the military. The first to enter the gate was Major-General Winfield S. Han- cock and staff, followed by Major-General George G. Meade and staff, at the sight of whom there burst forth from the assemblage cheer after cheer, whose patriotic fervor carried the listener back to the memorable days of the war. The band struck up " Hail to the Chief," and the people rose, waving handkerchiefs and cheering vocif- erously. The generals bowed their acknowledgments. The Square soon became filled by the color-bearers, with their standards tattered and torn, which excited those who saw them to a still higher pitch of patriotic enthusiasm. The arrival of Governor Curtin, followed by the orphan boys, was the signal for renewed and prolonged cheers, especially from the soldiers, who, at a glance, recognized his familiar face. The platform was soon crowded to excess with citizens dis- tinguished in the late war, with officers of the army and navy, and representatives of the State and National Government. The exercises were opened with the playing by the band of " The Triumphal March," after which General Harry White, the chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, stepped to the front of the plat- form and delivered a well-timed and eloquent address, at the close of which he called on the Rev. Dr. Brainard to lead the vast con- course of people in prayer and thanksgiving to the God of nations. The address to the throne of grace being ended, he next introduced to the assemblage General Meade, who made the following address : Governor Curtin: — At the request of the brave and noble men who on the field of battle represented our beloved State of Pennsylvania, I am here upon this occasion to present to you, sir, the honored Chief Magis- trate of our Commonwealth, these battle-stained banners, which for four years were carried by these noble men, amidst the bullets and cannon roar, and in the face of the enemy. Sir, of all the honors that have been showered upon me for the humble services which it has been in my power to render to my country, none have been so grateful to me, and of none am I so proud, as being on this occasion the representative of these hardy and noble men who stand before you. [Applause.] Sir, in the dark days of 1861, when treason and rebellion lifted their impious hands, and the people of eleven States of this blessed Union, forgetful of the memories Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 83 and associations which had bound us together for three-quarters of a cen- tury, and made us a great and happy people, but blinded by passion, raised their impious arm and threatened the life of this Government ; at that time when you, sir, as now, were the Chief Magistrate of this Commonwealth, it is a matter of historic record that Pennsylvania was the first State to fly to the rescue of our country, and send her sons to the endangered capital of the nation. Sir, in that noble procession which to-day has marched through our streets, at the head of the column were the repre- sentatives of the men, who, at the first alarm, rushed to the rescue of the capital, and from that time to the conclusion of the war Pennsylvania was ever prompt to send her men into the field. More than 380,000 soldiers carried the banners of their country on the battle-field. When it was found what the proportions of this war would reach, you, sir, with a sa- gacity highly creditable and honorable to you, in conjunction with the action of the Legislature, devised a banner which should be presented to the Pennsylvania regiments in the army of the Union. It was no un- worthy or improper State right which you, on this occasion, claimed. It was a legitimate pride in the prowess and deeds of valor in the noble sons of the State, which you were satisfied they would honor and appreciate. These flags were presented by you on many occasions in the presence of these regiments. I have often heard your fervent and eloquent appeals to the soldiers, to their patriotism, and strict attention to their duty. I say that on this occasion, which is due to you and your personal services in inspiring the soldiers of Pennsylvania on the field of battle [applause], the soldiers of Pennsylvania for four years have carried these banners with honor to themselves and to their native State. [Renewed applause.] I will not attempt here to recount the deeds of the soldiers of Pennsylvania. To do so would be to repeat the history of this war, for, with few excep- tions, there is not a battle-field from Gettysburg to Mobile [cheers for Gettysburg and General Meade] that the ground has not been stained by the blood of the soldiers of Pennsylvania ; and, sir, there is not a State, either loyal or insurrectionary, which was the seat of war, which does not at this moment hold within it the honored and sacred remains of the heroes of Pennsylvania. Whilst we as soldiers of Pennsylvania claim no pre- eminence over the soldiers of our sister States, we at the same time cannot acknowledge any ; and I claim, sir, in the name and on behalf of the soldiers of Pennsylvania that, in the illustrious roll of honor, whether it be among the immortal dead or among the distinguished living, that the names of the sons of Pennsylvania officers and soldiers will stand as high as the representatives of any other State. [Applause.] This war is over; peace has returned to bless our happy land. By the concurrent action of the Legislature, it has been determined that you should receive on this day, sacred to the memory of liberty, these battle-stained banners, that have passed through their fiery ordeals. In the name of the soldiers of Pennsylvania, I present to you these banners, which were received from 84 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. the State, and which were borne through the war with honor and credit, and of which we, as soldiers, are justly proud. Receive them, sir, as mementoes of the prowess and deeds of valor of the noble sons of Penn- sylvania. Cherish them for all time to come, and place them in the State capitol, where our posterity for all generations may see them, to know what their forefathers have done in the hour of trial, and where they may stand a warning to all future traitors to shun the fate of those who dare to attempt the life of the nation. [Applause.] I will conclude by praying the Great Giver of all good that He will bless this great country, upon which He has been pleased to send peace once again, that never again may it be necessary for the sons of Pennsylvania to take up arms against those who should be their brothers, to put down insurrection and civil war and treason, but that God will ever bless us, that we may be a united and happy people, so that we shall look back to this day and these colors for the proud associations they carry with them. The Governor in reply said : General and Soldiers of Pennsylvania: — Soon after the com- mencement of the late rebellion, the Cincinnati Society of Pennsylvania presented to the Governor of the State a sum of money, which they asked to be used in the equipment of volunteers. The sum was too small to be of material service in that respect, and the subject having been presented to the Legislature, an act was passed directing the Governor to use the money, and whatever additional sums were necessary, to procure flags to be carried by Pennsylvania regiments during the war ; and with a wise provision that the flags should be returned to the State at the close of their service, withproper inscriptions, to be made archives of the Government. The ceremony of the return of these flags was delayed until all the regi- ments in service from Pennsylvania had been mustered out ; and to-day, surrounded by your fellow-citizens, and in the presence of high officials of the National Government, of Governors and officials of sister States, of distinguished soldiers of other States, and of the army and navy of the United States, and the representatives of the government of this Common- wealth, more than two hundred of these emblems of our country's nation- ality, all of which have waved amid the rapture of strife — all of which have been carried by Pennsylvanians — are returned untarnished. In their azure fields the arms of Pennsylvania have been emblazoned, and her motto, " Virtue, Liberty, and Independence," has been written in letters of fire, with pens of steel, by the gallant men before us and their com- rades, living and dead, upon every battle-field of the war. The record is glorious in memories of the past and in hopes of 4he future. If I consulted my own feelings, I would receive these flags in silence, for this occasion is its own most eloquent orator. My words cannot add to its sublimity. Human lips cannot express such lessons of patriotism, of sac- Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 85 rifice and heroism as these sacred relics sublimely attest. The man is to be pitied who claims to be a citizen of our America, especially of Penn- sylvania, who has witnessed these ceremonies without profound emotion, alike of sorrow and exultation — sorrow for the dead who died for liberty, exultation in recalling the blessings of God, the laws vindicated and en- forced by the suppression and punishment of treason, the Government protected and maintained, until the last armed rebel was beaten down, and the redeemed Republic emerged from the smoke of battle. It might be better to accept the momentous lessons taught by these returned standards without a word. In what adequate language can we address you, soldiers of the Republic, who live to take part in this ceremony ? We have no words to convey the holy sentiment of veneration and of reverence for the heroic dead that wells up from every heart in your presence. To the men who carried the steel, the musket, and the sabre — to the private soldier, to the unknown dead — the demi-gods of the war, we this day seek in vain to express all our gratitude. If there be men more dis- tinguished than others, more entitled to our highest veneration, it is the private soldier of the Republic. If we follow him through all the sufferings and privations of the service, his long, weary marches, his perils on the out-posts, his wounds and sickness, even in the article of death, we trace him back to that sentiment of devotion to his country that led him to separate from home and its ties, and to offer even his life a sacrifice to the Government his fathers gave him and his children. As the official repre- sentative of the Commonwealth, I cannot take back the remnants of the colors she committed to your keeping without attempting to gather into my arms the full measure of her overflowing gratitude, and lay it at your feet. I, therefore, present you with the thanks of your cherished mother, this ancient and goodly Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the great glory you have given to her history. She fully realizes, and while public virtue remains she will never cease to realize, that she could better afford to lose the sources of her natural wealth, her rich fertile valleys, her great cities, her exhaustless minerals, than to lose from her archives a single one of these torn, faded, precious, consecrated flags of battle and its history, and of the brave men who suffered and fought around them. A Common- wealth may exist without cherishing her material wealth, but no Common- wealth can worthily, or should exist, which does not cherish, as the joy of its life, the heroic valor of its children. In the name of Pennsylvania I gave you these standards, fresh and whole, and asked you, in all trials, to maintain your loyalty, and defend them ; and to-day you bring them back to me, torn with rebel shot, sad with the gloom of some reverses., bright with the light of many triumphs, but beyond all, saved by your courage from dishonor, reddened by the blood of your dead brothers, borne over the ridges of a hundred battles, and planted, at last, upon the summits of victory. Surely State never had 86 Pennsylvania's soldiees' oephan schools. nobler children, nor received at their hands more precious gifts. What heroism, excelling the fables of romance ; leading forlorn hopes ; charging into the " imminent deadly breach ; " " riding into the jaws of death till all the world wondered ! " What sufferings of pain and hunger, and out- rage and death; what ardent love of country; what purest love of home; what tender messages to mother, wife, children, and betrothed maiden; what last prayers to God do these old and tattered flags suggest and unfold! The State will guard them reverently and lovingly until, in the fulness of time, some genius will arise to marshal their legends into the attractive order of history, or weave them into the immortal beauty of poetry, and then, at last, will be found fit expression for the part Pennsylvania has acted in the bloody drama. It will then be remembered that our State was represented at Fort Sumter, when traitors first fired upon the flag of the Union, and that the volunteers of our State first reached the National Capital, and were at Appomattox Court-House, where traitors fired their last volley, and in all the terrible intermediate struggles in every rebellious State, in every important battle on land and water, where treason was to be confronted and rebellion to be conquered, the soldiers and sailors of Pennsylvania were to be found confronting the one and conquering the other — that her people never faltered in their fidelity to their distressed Government. It was in due historic fitness, therefore, that the wicked struggle to destroy the Union should culminate upon our soil, its topmost wave be dashed against our capital, and its decisive defeat be suffered here, and accordingly from Gettysburg the rebellion staggered backward to its grave. Alas ! how many other graves it filled before it filled its own. How many brave and familiar faces we miss to-day who helped to bear these colors to the front, and on whose graves are growing the wild flowers of the southern land ! Our words can no longer reach them, nor our gratitude serve them ; but we thank Heaven that those they loved better than life, are with us ; that the widow of the war, and the orphan children of the soldiers, are within the reach of our cherishing care. We must never forget that every soldier of Pennsylvania who died that the nation might live, thereby entitled his widow to be kept from want, and his fatherless children to find a father in the Commonwealth, May the flags which we fold up so tenderly, and with such proud recol- lections, never be unfurled again, at least in such a war; and may all mankind, beholding the surpassing power of this free Government, abandon forever the thought of its destruction. Let us remember, too, that at Get- tysburg the blood of the people of eighteen loyal States — rich, precious blood — mingling together, sank into the soil of Pennsylvania, and by that red covenant are we pledged for all time to Union, to liberty, to nationality, to fraternity, to "peace on earth and good- will towards men of good will." Now that the war is over, we give peace to those who gave us war. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 87 And in the universal freedom, purchased at so large a cost of blood and treasure, we give true justice to all men. Under the benediction of even justice to all, and inviting them to obedience to the law, to industry and virtue, we offer them the glories of the future aud the sacred blessings of freedom for them and their children. We ask them to forget their malice and hate, and the counsels of the insane and wicked men who first led them to strike at the heart of their country, and to return to a participation in the rich rewards in store for this the freest and most powerful nation on the earth. But for you and your comrades, rebellion would have become revolution, and the enemies of freedom and united nationality would have achieved their infamous purposes. Under God we triumphed. The right has been maintained. And to you, in the name of all the people of this great Com- monwealth, I tender thanks — warm, deep, heartfelt thanks! May your lives be spared long to enjoy the Government you saved, to illustrate your country's grandeur, and to enjoy the priceless blessings which must follow from the results of your courage, fidelity, and patriotism. The State of Pennsylvania, during all your services, has not been unmindful of you. You were followed to the battle-fields by the bene- dictions and prayers of the good, and benevolent people carried to you the contributions of the patriotic and generous at home. Never, at any time during the war, did this constant benevolence shrink, and always good, Christian men and women were found willing to endure privation and suffering, to reach you on the field and in the hospital. So far as it was possible, the State always made ample provision for the removal of the bodies of the slain for Christian interment amid their kindred and friends. When it was practicable, the sick and wounded were removed to enjoy the tender watching and care of their friends at home. And as the crowning glory of this great Commonwealth, she has gathered together the helpless and destitute orphans of dead soldiers and adopted them as the children of the Commonwealth. The Legislature of Pennsylvania, moved by justice and Christian charity, for three years have made munifi- cent appropriations of the public money to place within the care of the State the homeless little ones of your dead comrades. They are to be brought tip as the glory and honor of the State, a monument that Penn- sylvania raises to the memory of the slain, more enduring than brass or marble, and in harmony with the Christian teachings of her people. Here are twelve hundred of these children before you to-day, the children of comrades left upon the field of battle, bright jewels in the crown of glory which encircles this great Commonwealth, the strongest evidence of the fidelity and patriotism of her people. Let this work be so now engrafted upon the public policy of the State, that it shall endure until the last orphan of the Pennsylvania soldier shall be trained, nurtured, and educated. This is a hallowed place — this is a hallowed day. Here and now, in 88 Pennsylvania's soldiers' oephan schools. the name of Pennsylvania, I accept these colors fitly, for we are assembled upon the birthday in the birthplace of American liberty. We are forced to contemplate the wondrous march of this people to empire, to colonization, the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Rebellion — its overthrow, and the purification of our Government, and the change of our organic laws by the lesson of dis- cord, and our hopes for the future, following each other in logical sequence ; and the duty and responsibility of this labor for mankind are devolved by the grace of God and the hearts and arms of our soldiers upon the loyal people of this land. In the presence of these mute symbols of living soldiers [pointing to the flags]; of yonder touching memorials of our dead soldiers [pointing to the children] ; in fealty to the blood poured out like water ; in remem- brance to the sorrows yet to be assuaged, and the burdens yet to be borne, the graves yet to be numbered, and the horrors yet to be forgotten ; in loyalty to our State, to our country, to our fellow-men everywhere, and to God, let us rise to the height of our great privileges, and place the Ameri- can Government upon the enduring basis of justice and liberty. This is the great lesson of the war, and the very rock of political truth. " Who- soever falls upon it will be broken, and upon whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder." Then our Government will represent the result of American civilization, and then these old flags will glow with the light of their true meaning, and the valor of the soldiers of the Republic will receive its just reward in rendering a memorable service to mankind ; for then, in the words of our illustrious martyr, we will take care "that the Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." And now, having received these standards, he who addresses you has performed his last official act connected with the military service of the war, and his relations to you, so long, so intimate, and so cordial, are severed. In this, our last official interview, when the ties that bound us so closely for these eventful years just passed, and the relations so intimate, so cor- dial are closing, he would be insensible to the constant fidelity, to the pleasant relations, to the forgiveness of error, to the ready and generous support, to the many, very many evidences of kindness and affection he has received from you and your comrades, if he has failed to express to you his personal obligation and thanks; he recurs with gratification to the fact that he did for the soldier what he could. He regrets that he could not have done more. But he will carry with him to his grave, and leave as a rich legacy to his children, the consciousness that you, at least, believed that he did what he could for his distressed country, and that, after the experience of five eventful years, the soldiers of Pennsylvania deem him worthy of their confidence and respect. And here, on this last occasion of the war, he returns his thanks to the Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 89 great body of the people of Pennsylvania for their kindness and support, and to the thousands of benevolent women and men who were always ready to obey his calls to the succor and relief of their brave and gallant brethren in the field. I have done. Farewell, brave men. May God bless you. There could not have been a more fitting presence at this cere- mony than the boys and girls who were made fatherless by the rebellion. The appropriate and affecting exhibition of these " Chil- *dren of the State" was second only to that of the glorious flags themselves. Strong men smiled on them through their tears, as they thought of the generous care of the State over them, and at the same time saw in their orphaned condition the sad results of war and the dear price of liberty. But who would not have been one of them on that day of triumph, — on that grand natal day of the nation, made doubly glorious by the recent and complete victory over insolent and gigantic treason! How enviable was their lot when they heard the united voices of a grateful people laud the memories of their slain fathers, and thank Almighty God for the valor that saved a great nation ! In the long, long years, when every title of nobility has perished from the earth, will it not be counted more than the blood of royalty, to be able to trace one's lineage back to the martyrs who were slain in the Great Battle of Freedom ! CHAPTER XL INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO THE PRINCIPALS. HE unwearied labors and organizing powers of Superin- tendent Burro wes, and the degree of progress now attained, cannot be better shown than by presenting in full the instructions issued to the Principals during the month of October, 1866. Most of the rules then promulgated had been practically tested in one or more of the schools, while a few of them were measurably untried. That which is particularly noticeable, as being at variance with the prevailing methods, are his views in regard to school-room study and class-room recitations. THE GENERAL RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF DR. BURRO WES FOR THE ADVANCED SCHOOLS. The object of the State in taking charge of the destitute orphans of her dead soldiers is to provide for their education and maintenance. This is to be done in a manner at once worthy of her and useful to them. In carrying out this intention, it is to be kept in view, that, while education and maintenance are both to be provided in proper degree, the one is subordinate to the other ; for inasmuch as the soul is the nobler and more valuable, its wants are to be pre- ferred to those of the body. Neither, however, is to be neglected or stinted. Education, in its full sense, embraces proper habits of body and development of conscience as well as instruction of mind. All are indispensable to the formation of right character. All are, therefore, to be provided for and pro- moted in these schools to the fullest extent of which their officers and teachers are capable. But, inasmuch as in this complicated process there must be a starting-point and a department of instruction to which all the others are to be in a certain sense subsidiary, and inasmuch as the wisdom of the world and the custom of our ancestors have decided the instruction of the mind to be that starting-point in the general education of youth, — I. The regular education of these orphans in the school-room is hereby recognized 90 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 91 as and declared to be that department^ in their general instruction, which is to have precedence in, while it is at the same time to be, as far as practicable, promotive of all their other necessary studies, pursuits, exercises, and employments. It is in nowise and at no time to be curtailed or interfered with, either for profit in employ- ment, for the ease of instructors, under pretext of pleasure or exercise for pupils, or for any other cause, except sickness and those periodical intermissions and vacations which are the right of youth. This rule is to be without exception. And when it is considered that only five hours' work in the school-room, during five of the seven days in the week, are required of the pupil, and that consequently all the rest of the time is left for physical labor and recreation, for eating, rest, and sleep, and for religious instruction, exercises, and worship ; it cannot with truth be asserted that an undue draft is thereby made, either upon the pupil's time, energies, or patience, or that the teacher's labor and professional skill are unduly taxed by devoting eight hours to the school-room. The nature of these schools — in which industrial instruction and employ- ment are to be connected with intellectual, moral, and religious training — ren- ders an additional fundamental principle or rule imperative ; and that is, — II. That every pupil shall have an equal duration and opportunity of school-room instruction with all the others, and that such instruction shall be adapted to his or her intellectual condition and wants. Therefore, neither is any larger pupil to be detained from the school-room for the purposes of labor when the time for attendance has arrived or during such time (except in regular turn to which all shall be subject), nor is any junior pupil to be curtailed in the number or dura- tion of lessons, under pretext of the superior or more pressing wants of the elder. Each is to have the degree of instruction and attention proper for his or her age and state of advancement, and a sufficient force of teachers is to be provided to effect this object. The rights of children in matters of sleep, rest, and play are as well founded in reason as those of mental or moral instruction. They cannot be violated without injury as well as injustice. Therefore : III. Rising before daylight, in a school or institution for children at least, is neither promotive of health, comfort, study, nor economy. The damp air of the morning and the cheerless rooms of the school before either sun or fire has rendered them pleasant, are as unwholesome as they are comfortless and unpropitious to mental effort. The same candle-light wasted in the dark hours of the morning, or rather of the latter part of the night, if properly employed during two or three hours after sunset, will effect much more in the way of study. While the school-room is yet warm in winter or begins to be cool in summer, and while the studies of the day are still fresh in the memory and their accompanying instructions recent, as much may be effected in the evening as in double the time during the dark and probably chill morning hours ; or if miscellaneous reading and voluntary improvement be the work of these hours, as they should mainly be, the body, the mind, and the spirits will all be in better condition for effort in the latter part of the day than at any other time. Accordingly, that kind of early rising, which is really getting up and performing or attempting to perform the first duties of the day in the dark, is to be avoided. 92 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. IV. As rest, play, and exercise are also rights of childhood, so they are to be not only allowed in due quantities, but so regulated as to promote moral and physical improvement. It is, therefore, the duty of instructors to regulate without im- properly restraining the amusements of the pupils, and to see to it that, while cheerfulness and relaxation prevail, nothing detrimental to health or good morals is practised. Soldiers' orphans, like all other children, are subject to evil influences, and will occasionally be guilty of improper conduct. Those influences are, as far as possible, to be corrected and this improper conduct punished. In cases in which no other corrective is found to succeed, corporal punishment is to be administered. But, in order to prevent the abuse of this power, — V. Every instance of corporal punishment, whether it be the application of the rod, confinement to the room, or exclusion from meals, shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, by the Principal of the school, with the name of offender, cause, and kind of punishment, and date. And all corporal punishments shall be inflicted by the Prin- cipal of the school himself, and not by any of the teachers or other employees. General Distribution of Time. In order to methodize all the operations of the schools and obtain due time for sleep, food, care of the person, study, work, worship, and play, the following hours will be observed : 1st. Pupils will rise about five o'clock in April, May, June, July, August, and September ; and about six o'clock in October, November, December, Janu- ary, February, and March, except such details in succession as may be required earlier to attend to special duties, such as making fires, cooking, feeding ani- mals, &c. These hours, however, may be varied, according to the month, within the above limits. 2d. The first thirty minutes after rising shall be devoted to washing the face, neck, teeth, and hands, combing the hair, and arranging the clothing, &c, for inspection ; the next fifteen minutes to inspection of the person and clothing by the proper officer, and the last fifteen minutes of the hour before breakfast to morning worship. 3d. Breakfast shall be on the table and the pupils called to it at six o'clock in the summer half year, and at seven o'clock in the winter ; and the pupils shall be allowed a full half hour for the meal. 4th. The time between breakfast and the opening of school shall be allowed for play the whole year round, except in haytime and harvest, when the pupils shall be permitted to aid in the light and pleasant labors of the season till the regular school hour. 5th. The school shall open with the calling of the roll, at fifteen minutes before eight o'clock in the morning, and continue till fifteen minutes of twelve o'clock, with fifteen minutes of recess at ten o'clock. 6th. Dinner shall be on the table at twelve o'clock, and the pupils shall have a full half hour at table. 7th. The time between dinner and the opening of school shall be for play, except for such pupils as, in their turn, shall be detailed for special duty. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 93 8th. The school shall reopen at one o'clock p. m., and continue till fifteen minutes of five o'clock p. M., with a recess of fifteen minutes at three o'clock. 9th. The first half hour after close of school shall be devoted to military drill by the boys and proper physical exercise by the girls, and the remaining time till supper to play, except by pupils specially detailed for work in their regular turn. 10th. Supper shall be served and pupils called to it at six o'clock, all the year round, and a half hour allowed for the meal. 11th. The half hour between supper and seven o'clock shall be for play. 12th. From seven to eight o'clock in summer, and to nine o'clock in winter, shall be spent in the main study-hall and under the eye of the Proprietor of the school himself, in exercises of vocal music, declamation, reading essays, writing essays and letters, familiar lectures, miscellaneous readings, &c. ; an evening, or part of an evening in each week, as the Principal shall direct, being devoted to each of these, or other similar employments. 13th. After family worship, in the study-hall, the pupils shall retire to their rooms at eight o'clock in summer and nine o'clock in winter, and all lights in bed-rooms shall be extinguished at the end of fifteen minutes from those hours, respectively. SCHOOL-EOOM PRINCIPLES AND RULES. In order to interest and aid pupils in their studies, without supplanting health- ful self-effort, to overcome as far as practicable the obstacles to combining in- dustrial pursuits with intellectual culture, and to secure to each pupil an equal advantage in recitation, the following will be the fundamental rules of instruc- tion in these schools : I. The principal teacher shall not, as a general rule, set a task, or hear a lesson, but shall confine himself to the giving of oral instruction and assistance in the study of the text-books, in the main study-hall. Every student has, on innumerable occasions, felt the want of an intelligent, kind, and learned friend, while struggling with the difficulties of a new study or science, — not of one to tell him everything, but to put him in the way to overcome those difficulties and pass through those dark passages with which every text-book, no matter how good, does more or less abound. Thousands of youth have become disgusted with study, and lost their interest in learning, just for want of such aid. And this aid it is which is indispensable to reconcile the extremes of the ancient mode of instruction, which was all oral, with the mod- ern, which is all text-book, and retain the benefits of both, and with them the interest of the pupil in his work. Accordingly, it will be the duty of the prin- cipal teacher of each of these schools : 1st. To afford to each pupil, in his seat, and while studying his next lesson for recitation, on being requested by signal or otherwise, any needed explanation, suggestion, advice, or aid, as the case may need ; but always so imparted as at the same time to overcome the difficulty, yet to do so in such manner as to cause the pupil to exercise his own faculties as much as possible in the effort. 2d. To send out the classes for recitation to the examining assistants, in the recitation-rooms, in their order, and as far as possible by his oversight and assistance, prepared for successful recitation. 94 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 3d. To have reference, in his instructions, more to the comprehension of the fundamental principles and main facts involved in the lesson, than to mere memorized passages or minute details. 4th. To receive reports daily, or at stated periods, from the examining assist- ants, showing not only the condition of each class, but of each mind and the advancement of each mind in each class, so as to be enabled to adapt his own oral instruction and assistance to the condition and wants of each. 5th. Occasionally, when the state of the study-hall will permit, or when the Principal of the school can take his place therein, to visit the class-rooms during recitation, in order to know how his assistants may be discharging their duties, and to enable him to afford them needed advice and instruction. II. No text- or lesson-books shall be studied except in school, and during school hours ; nor, as a general rule, shall any text-booh be allowed in the hands of a pupil, except in the presence of the teacher. If the value of the teacher's presence while the pupil is studying the lesson be admitted, nothing need be added as to the danger or loss of time and interest in study consequent upon his absence. It is therefore taken to be established that all lessons should be studied in reach of such aid. But, in schools whose object is to combine intellectual with industrial training, and therefore in which as large a portion of time as possible is to be secured for the former, without interference by the latter, the compact confinement of all study within certain hours and at a certain place, becomes imperative. In fact, it is the indefinite mixture of the one with the other, and the leaving of both, to a great extent, to the student's own choice or caprice as to time and place, that have mainly pre- vented the success of most manual-labor institutions. Still, in the use of the text-book, even under all proper restrictions, there are certain conditions to be observed. Among these are : 1st. That few studies shall be pursued at the same time by the same students. One at a time, till well mastered, would probably make the best scholars in each ; but, inasmuch as we are omnivorous in mind as well as stomach, and inasmuch, also, as school-time life is short, three or four may be pursued simul- taneously. What these shall be after the rudimental studies, and their order, must of course be left to the principal teacher of the school, in view of the capacity and state of advancement of each pupil. It is, however, insisted on, that attention be continued, during the pupil's whole continuance in the schools, to spelling — as the first grace of good writing ; to reading — as the best exercise of the voice, and a most pleasant social accomplishment; to writing — as the practical branch by which more successes in life are commenced, than by any other ; and to a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of arithmetic, without which no permanent success in business is often effected. Geography, grammar, &c, have their places, and should come early in the course. But these should precede them and be continued till the end. 2d. That topical study is the best. A branch of the subject should be taken up, as a whole, in each lesson, and be recited and contemplated by itself. If too long for one recitation, it must be divided into two or more ; but when the end is reached in this way, the whole should be reviewed together and regarded as a whole, and also in its relation to the main branch or science. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 95 3d. That the miscellaneous or general reading of the pupil should be, as far as practicable, made to take the same direction as his school-room studies, for the time being. In all these schools there should be libraries ; and in selecting books for evening reading, the pupils can readily be induced to prefer those calculated to throw light upon their school-room labors. 4th. That dictionaries, cyclopedias, digests, and compends be often and liber- ally resorted to, in aid of text-book study. These will often save the teacher labor, afford much light to the pupil, impart to him a habit of reference to authority of great value in after life, and be an aid in the use of text-books, second only in value to that of the living instructor. III. The class examiner shall set the tasks and hear the lessons, but not, as a gen- eral rule, give instruction. There are three acts or processes in the culture of mind: 1st. Study, or self- effort, by the mind itself, to acquire knowledge or development by the use of books and the other appointed inanimate means; 2d. Instruction by the living teacher, in aid of the imperfections and insufficiency of the dead-book ; and, 3d. Examination by a competent person, to ascertain whether the study of the book and the instruction of the teacher have effected the object in view, in reference to the lesson assigned. If this be the orderly and correct process, based on the nature of mind, the means employed, and the end desired, then there is neither time nor necessity for teaching in the class-room. The business of that department is to ascertain and report the progress effected by the joint action of the two other agencies, or processes. And all who have closely watched the proceedings in a recitation- room, in which both instruction and examination are attempted, will probably acknowledge that neither is satisfactorily accomplished. A few pupils at the head of the class probably make good recitations ; but soon a falling off is per- ceived, and long before the end of the class is reached, the allotted time has been consumed in an attempt, on the part of the teacher, to make up by his own instructions, — which are forgotten as soon as uttered, — for the neglect or ignorance of the rest. Now, such recitations are a severe, but useless, tax upon the teacher, at the. same time that they injure the pupil, by using him to this neglect of study and failure in recitation. The true mode is neither to attempt to add to the knowledge of the pupil making a good recitation, nor to patch up by useless, because not remembered, instruction a bad one. Let the exact state of the class be ascertained and reported to the teacher, the master of study ; and, day after day, under the impulse of his aid and supervision, an improvement will be visible. It may, and generally will, happen, in the class-room of a good examiner, acting on this principle, and with classes properly prepared, that time will be left at the end of the recitation for general purposes. Perhaps the best use that can be made of such creditable moments will be to make some remarks explanatory of the general principles involved in the next lesson, or to present some view of the topic of the last, not found in the book. Such aid is legiti- mately within the sphere of the class examiner, and will be of the greatest value to his pupils. Among the special duties of the class examiner, it may be stated that he is: 96 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 1st. To assign short lessons, but to exact perfect recitations. 2d. To avoid leading questions, or such as suggest the answer, in cases where he is compelled, by the nature of the subject, to ask questions. 3d. To require all passages for committal to memory to be literally mem- orized, and not to permit bungling recitals, or the substitution of one word for another, — accurate memorization being of the greatest value in after life, as well as due to the subject of the lesson. 4th. To see that the portions to be comprehended and reproduced, but not memorized, are comprehended fully. 5th. To hold the pupil to propriety of language in rendering the substance of a passage, or lesson. No mispronunciation of words or ungrammatical sen- tences are to be allowed to pass without correction and explanation. This is the best mode, after all, of teaching grammar. 6th. To promptly report, for promotion to a superior class or degradation to an inferior one, every pupil whose progress, or the habitual lack of it, renders the change due to himself or to his classmates. 7th. To send a class-book to the principal teacher with each class when it returns from the recitation-room, in which the examining teacher shall date and note the subject and extent of the next lesson, and shall also enter the names of such pupils as have failed in recitation. Number of Pupils, Teachers, and Class-Kooms. As each of these schools has, or is to have, a maximum of one hundred and fifty pupils, the number of teachers required will be at least four, — that is, one principal teacher, and three assistants, or class examiners. Of these, the Prin- cipal, of course, is to be a teacher of large experience, and of sufficient scholar- ship to afford instruction in all the branches of study pursued in the school. The assistants may have less scope of scholarship, but each must be well quali- fied in the branch or branches committed to his or her class-room. In this corps of teachers— two of whom should be males and two females — one should be capable of giving instruction in military drill and calisthenic exercises, one should be qualified to teach vocal music, and one, if practicable, should be able to instruct in the rudiments, at least, of linear drawing. As a general rule, it is recommended that the Principal or proprietor of the school shall not himself be the principal teacher. His time and attention will be so much occupied by the general supervision of the establishment and pro- viding for its wants, as to render it inconsistent, if not impossible, to act also as the principal teacher. For this position, the better way will be to secure the services of a competent person, who shall devote his whole time to school-room duties and the matters connected therewith. This system will require at least three class-rooms to each school, properly provided with blackboards, &c, it being inconsistent with its nature to have any of the lessons recited in the study -hall. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 97 Programme. — Morning Session. Op'o Exkr's. l8t HALF HOUR, 2d. 3d. 4th. Recess. 5th. 6th. 7th. 15 min. 7.15-8. 30 rain. 8-8.30. 30 min. 8.30-9. 30 min. 9-9.30. 30 min. 9.30-10. 15 min. 10-10.15 30 min. 10.15-10.45. 30 min. 10.45-11.15. 30 min. 11.15-11.45. 1 Division. A. Class, B. Class, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, " Recite, Spell. Read. Study, Spell. Read. Writiug, Exercise. Recite. S. or B. Recite, Mental. Writing, TSxercise. 2 Division. C. Class, D. Class, Reoite, Meat. Arlth. Study, Meat. Arlth. Study, Spell. Recite, Meat. Recite, Spell. Writing, Exercise. Recite, W. Arith. Writiug, Exorcise. Writing, Exercise. Recite, Bead. « Work, Work, Work, Work, Work. Work. 3 Division. E. Class, F. Class, Recite, Read. Study, Read. Study, W. Arith. Recite, Read. Writing, Exercise. Recite, Obj. Less. " Recite, Obj. Less. Study, W. Arith. Studv, Spell". Recite, W. Arith. Recite, Spell. Study, Spell. 4 Division. G. Class, H. Class, Recite, Obj. Less. Study, Read. Study, Read. Recite, Read. Recite, Read. Writing* Exercise. Writing, Exercise. Recite, Count. Less. " Recite, Count. Less. Study, Spell. Study, Spell. Recite, Spell. Recite, Spell. Study, Read. Noon. — Eecess, 75 min. 11.45-1. Programme. — Afternoon Session. Op'g Exee's. 1st HALF HOUB. 2d. 3d. 4th. Recess. 5th. 6th. 7th. 30 min. 1-1.30. 30 min. 1.30-2. 30 min. 2-2.30. 30 min. 2.30-3. 15 min. 3-3.15. 30 min. 3.15-3.45. 30 min. 3.45-4.15. 30 min. 4.15-4.45. 1 Division. A. Class, B. Class, Study, W. .irith. Recite, Meut. Arith. Recite. W. Arith. Studv, W. Arith. Study, Geo. or H. Recite, W. Arith. Recite, Geo. or Hist. Study, Geo. or Hist. " Study, G. or Comp. Recite, G. or Hist. Recite, G. or Comp. Study, G. or Comp. Study, Sp. or Read. Recite, Gram, or C. 2 Division. C. Class, D. Class, Recite, R;ad. Study, Geo. Study, Geo. or H. Recite, Geo. Recite, Geo. or H. Study, W. Arith. Studv, W. Arith. Recite, W. Arith. « Recite, W. Arith. Study, Spell, or C. Study, R. or Comp. Recite, Spell, or C. Recite, Obj.L.orC. Study, Read. 3 Division. E. Class. F. Class, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Study, Meat, or C. Recite, Spell. Recite, Ment. or C. Study, Tables or C. Study, Read. Recite, Tables or C. 4 Division. G. Class, H. Class, Studv, Read. Recite, Obj. Less. Recite, Read. Study, Spell. Studv. W. Arith. Recite, Spell. Recite, W. Arith. Study, Drawing, etc. « Work, Work, Work, Work, Work. Work. 98 Pennsylvania's soldieks' orphan schools. PEOGEAMME OF STUDIES AND DETAILS. In order to enable this programme to be punctually and successfully put into operation, the following rules are to be observed : 1st. That the school be divided into four general divisions, each consisting of two subdivisions or classes, and these, as far as practicable, of an equal number and grade of pupils. 2d. That each pupil be furnished with all necessary books, slates, paper, pen, ink, pencils, &c. 3d. That every pupil be in his or her seat at the opening exercises of the school, and also at the close, unless absent at the close on detail for work, in regular turn. 4th. That a full half hour be devoted to each recitation. On Wednesday afternoon the A, D, and E classes will write compositions during the first half hour after recess ; and the B, C, and F classes will have a similar exercise during the second half hour after recess. These compositions will be examined, and errors marked by the class examiner the succeeding half hours. The principal teacher shall give such aid and instruction, in the prep- aration of these exercises, as will make them pleasant and profitable, instead of irksome. On Friday the A, B, and D classes will receive a lesson on objects, at the time allotted for the recitation of mental arithmetic. The remaining classes will each have a lesson on objects once a week, on Friday, at the periods designated in the programme. On the other days of the week this period of time is to be devoted to orthographical exercises, reviews of previous lessons, etc. This programme of studies provides for eight hours of exercises in the school- room every week-day except Saturday ; but inasmuch as each pupil in the school will be detailed for work, in regular turn, during two of those hours, and have half an hour of intermissions, there will remain only five hours to each pupil for study and instruction, — each recitation being preceded by ample time to prepare the lesson by study, under the supervision and aid which this system contem- plates. It is believed that this provision for intellectual training is quite suf- ficient ; and that with proper care, skill, and faithfulness on the part of the teachers, and industry, patience, and obedience on that of the pupils, the schools may soon be made to show results alike creditable to themselves and honorable' to the State. OEDEE, NEATNESS, AND WORK. General Principles. I. Concurrently with the improvement of the mind and the elevation of the moral nature, the comfort, health, and efficiency of the body, for the purposes of life, are to be attended to and promoted by all proper means. II. Comfort and health being dependent, as far as can be effected by human means, on proper food, clothing, cleanliness, air, exercise, and relaxation, — these are to be secured not only by a sufficiency of each, but their full enjoyment must be promoted by regular inspection and constant supervision. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 99 II L Labor, being essential to. health and happiness, is also to be such a por- tion of the life of these children as, on the one hand, not to interfere with their intellectual or moral development, while, on the other, it shall be of such kinds as shall fit them for those domestic and social duties which all, no matter of what calling or profession, should be able to discharge for themselves. IV. This labor is to be performed so as, at the same time, to be instructive to the pupils and beneficial to the school, and must, therefore, always be executed under proper instruction and supervision. Hence, V. Tbere must be, in each of the schools, a sufficient force of employees to supervise and direct the pupils in all matters of order, neatness, and work. VI. There will be, in addition to the Principal or proprietor of the school and his wife, — from whose kind and intelligent supervision much is expected, — A matron, with a male assistant. A farmer, who shall also be gardener and the master of boys' work. A nurse. Two cooks, one of whom shall bake. Two laundresses. One chambermaid. One eating-room girl. Eules for Order, Neatness, and Work. 1. 4.30 A. m., male attendant arises, makes fires in school-room, recitation- rooms, and in wash-kitchen. 2. 5.45, bell for pupils to rise. Male attendants to awaken the boys. Matrons to awaken the girls. The chambers aired by lowering upper sashes. Male attendant assists the boys in washing. Matron assists the girls in washing. There are to be at least twenty basins for each sex, and the washing is to be done in separate apartments, which shall be comfortable and well supplied with water, towels, combs, wash-rags, soap, and looking-glasses. The towels shall be changed every day. Special details to report immediately after washing to cooking department, eating-room, and farmer for such work as is to be done before inspection. 3. 6.25. Bell for inspection. 6.30. Inspection. No pupils to be excused from inspection, or roll-call, except those actually required in the kitchen or eating-room, or such as may be sick. The Principal, himself, shall inspect and acquaint himself with the condition of each pupil as to cleanliness of face, neck, ears, hands, and head, — proper adjustment and cleanliness of clothing, — the condition of hats, boots, and shoes. Pupils with torn garments, or buttons off, shall be directed to report, immedi- ately after breakfast, to the matron, and have the garments replaced ; and she shall at once place the defective garments in the hands of the seamstress for repairs. Pupils not passing inspection in regard to cleanliness of person, shall be immediately referred to the matron, or to the attendant upon the boys, for correction of the neglect or oversight. 100 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. No pupil shall be punished who fails to reach the standard required to pass inspection, unless the fault is manifestly and perversely his or her own. 4. 7 o'clock in winter ; 6 in the summer. Bell for breakfast. The pupils shall pass in order to the eating-hall from the school-room, or other place of assembly. The Principal and teachers shall eat at the table with the pupils ; and the food for the pupils shall be the same as that for the Principal and teachers. Pupils only to be excused from appearing at table by the Principal ; and all shall remain till the time for eating has expired, when they shall retire in order, as upon entering ; except in special cases, when permission to retire has been granted by the person presiding at the table of the pupils asking to be excused. A reasonable degree of silence shall be maintained while eating. The pupils shall be taught to eat decently and observe rules of politeness at the table. 5. 8 o'clock. School being opened, the regular details are to be sent from the school-room to work, and not before, and any special details announced. At the bell for change of details, the pupils at work shall return to school without awaiting the arrival of the relief. Not less than six girls shall be at any time employed in the sewing-room, and as many more as the force of the school will admit of; but when six will leave a deficiency of female help for the other departments, the aid of boys will be resorted to in such kinds of work as are suitable for them. Details for the dormitories, kitchen, eating-room, etc., shall be so made that pupils shall not be employed more than one week in the same special department. No labor shall be exacted from pupils during the hours set apart for play ; or for evening exercises ; or after the hour for retiring has arrived. 6. 11.45. School dismissed for dinner, which is to be regulated in the same manner as breakfast. 1 p. M. School re-assembled. 4.45. School dismissed for the day. 5.30. Supper, to be regulated as breakfast and dinner. ' 7. 8 o'clock. Pupils retire for the night, passing in order to the dormitories, accompanied by the matron and male attendant, to see that they go in an orderly manner to bed. The matron and attendant shall see that the pupils have a sufficiency of bed- clothing for the season, and notify the Principal of deficiencies, that he may supply them. Two blankets, one comfort, and two sheets shall be provided for every two pupils in the winter, and a sufficiency, including two sheets, at other seasons. The chaff-bag shall be made of strong ticking and well filled with clean chaff, fine-cut straw, or corn husks. The bolsters shall also be made of good ticking and filled with the same material as the bed, or feathers when procurable, and covered with muslin cases. Sheets and bolster cases shall be washed every week. Not more than two pupils shall be allowed to sleep in one bed. Night-stools, covered, shall be near the sleeping apartments and easy of access to every pupil. C Class from 8 to 8.30 D u a 8.30 « 9 G a u 9 a 9.30 F a a 9.30 it 10 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 101 The Principal or teachers, before they retire, shall acquaint themselves with the state of the air in the dormitories, and take all necessary steps to secure a healthful ventilation. Clothes-hooks shall be put in each sleeping apartment, sufficient for all the pupils to hang up their garments. Wednesday Inspection. On Wednesday, after the opening of the school, the boys of each class in turn shall report to the Principal or other competent person for a rigid inspec- tion as to personal cleanness, discovery and treatment of cutaneous diseases and the presence of vermin ; and the half hour of each class devoted to recita- tion on other days shall be employed in this duty. The girls of the same classes shall report in like manner, to the Principal's wife or matron, for the same purpose. This inspection is to be made regularly and rigidly, and in addition to the daily inspection, and to the bathing of all the pupils on Saturday. The follow- ing is recommended as the order and time for this examination of the classes, according to the programme of school exercises: E Class from 10.15 to 10.45 H " " 10.45 " 11.15 A " " 11.15 " 11.45 B " " 1p.m." 1.30 Saturday's Operations. The programme of the morning until after breakfast, the same as on other days. After breakfast the Principal shall announce the following details for the next week : 1. Of girls for making beds and sweeping chambers. 2. Of girls for scrubbing and general housework. 3. Of boys to assist the farmer. 4. Of boys to assist in making fires, &c. For Saturday : 5. Of boys to clean yard and premises. 6. All boys not on other duty, to black or grease their shoes, wash, and bathe. It is expected that all work to be performed on Saturday shall be completed by noon, and every pupil be then clean and neatly clad for dinner. The afternoon of Saturday shall be entirely for play and recreation, except that in fine weather one hour shall be employed by the boys in military and by the girls in systematic physical exercises. FOOD, CLOTHING, AND HEALTH. Food. Wholesome, sufficient, and regular food is all that is needed for childhood. Rich dishes and dainties are prejudicial. Of course an occasional treat of this kind will be greatly enjoyed, would do little harm if partaken of in moderation, and is not forbidden. 102 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. The following, for the present, are the regulations on this subject. It being understood that a sufficiency for all pupils, of at least one of the articles in each of the numbered lists, shall be on the table at the respective meals : Breakfast: 1. Bread. 2. Butter, sauce, or molasses. 3. Coffee, tea, chocolate, or sweet milk, the latter to be warm or cold at the option of the pupil. 4. One or more of the following articles : Fried mush, fried potatoes, with or without onions, fried bread, fried or boiled eggs, gravy, boiled potatoes, with skins, tomato sauce, milk gravy, mackerel or other fish, hash, or any other warm meat preparation. Dinner: 1. Bread. 2. Beef, pork, mutton, veal, poultry, or other meat. 3. One or more of the following articles : Potatoes, cabbage, parsnips, turnips, car- rots, green beans, green corn, green peas, hominy, beans, rice, stewed onions, stewed beets, or any other vegetable stewed or boiled, vegetable or other soup, boiled or baked pot-pie, tomato sauce, green apple sauce, salad. Supper : 1. Bread. 2. Butter or molasses. 3. Coffee, tea, or milk. 4. One or more of the following articles: Cold meat, hash, stewed fruit, potatoes, onions, pone or other corn bread, potato soup. Sunday Dinner to consist of cold meat, bread, cakes, pies, stewed fruit, &c. Fruit to be given at any meal, when in season, and grown on the premises. Clothing. These children are to be plainly but comfortably clad, and their clothes kept in good repair by the seamstresses, assisted by the female pupils. Such of the garments as can shall be made at the schools, by the seamstresses, with the assistance of the girls ; and a reasonable compensation will be allowed to the Proprietor of the school for his trouble and care in the matter, and for the cutting out and labor by the seamstresses. All the articles worn by the girls, except shoes, stockings, cloaks, and head dresses, and all those of the boys except their parade dresses, winter suits, and overcoats, and their shoes, stock- ings, hats, and caps will be made in the schools. The uniform of the boys shall consist of a dark bluejacket, with black braid and gilt eagle button ; dark gray pants, with black braid ; and a blue cloth cap, with a strip of gold lace. The other garments of the boys shall be such as the season requires, but as nearly uniform as may be. The girls shall wear black cloth cloaks and bonnets in winter, with dresses of color similar to each other in the same school ; and garments suitable to the season at other times. There shall be a room sufficiently large, and with conveniences for the orderly keeping of every pupil's wardrobe. Every garment shall be marked with the pupil's name, or proper number, and shall not be given to another until permanently so assigned. The matron shall have charge of and shall make herself acquainted with the number and condition of the articles in each pupil's wardrobe; she shall receive from the laundry the clothes of the pupils ; and shall see that they are put in their proper places, ready for distribution. She shall, with her own hands, distribute the garments to the pupils, when necessarv for a change. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 103 Every pupil shall be furnished with clean undergarments every week. Clothes-hooks shall be provided at a convenient place, to enable the pupils to hang their hats and hoods upon during school hours. No torn garments shall be placed in the wardrobe. Inspection of New Pupils and Care of Sick. No orphan is to be excluded from the school on account of any degree of destitution, or of any disease merely temporary and not in itself dangerous. The opposite course would defeat the very purpose of the institutions, which are for the improvement of the physical condition as well as intellect. Still, due means are to be adopted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease or other unpleasant condition in the school from a new pupil thus afflicted. So in case of sickness of pupils while members of the school, the duty of providing for their wants and cure is even more incumbent thaii that of pro- moting their comfort in health. Accordingly, — 1. Two infirmary rooms shall be set apart in each school, one for the boys and the other for the girls ; and each shall be provided with the furniture and appliances necessary. 2. A nurse shall be employed to take charge of all new pupils and keep them apart from the others, till examined by the physician and pronounced free from all cutaneous and other contagious diseases ; and also to have the care of all sick pupils. 3. It shall be her duty to attend upon all diseased pupils, and administer to them such medicines and remedies as shall be prescribed by the physician, and also to see that their rooms are kept well ventilated and clean and their gar- ments often changed ; and that the inmates have such food as their cases may require. 4. No pupil, either newly arrived or previously in the school, shall be dis- charged from the infirmary till so directed by the physician. EELIGIOUS INSTEUCTION AND WORSHIP. General Principles. I. It is the right of these orphans, as it is of every child separated from home training, to receive, and it is the duty of the teacher to impart, regular instruction in the principles of religion, as an indispensable element in a proper education. And in this State, in which Christianity is a part of the law of the land, — the laws themselves being based upon and conformed to its principles, — the Christian religion is to be made a part of the course of instruction. By this it is not meant merely that these children are to be taught those great principles of morality which are found to conform to the Christian sys- tem, but that the Christian system itself, as found in the Scriptures, is to be taught, accompanied with a knowledge of the origin of that system and due reverence for its Divine Author. II. As there is no religious belief or observance without preference for some one or other of the creeds and forms of worship prevailing amongst the various Christian sects, that creed is to be taught and that form of worship preferred 104 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. for each of these orphans, as far as practicable, which the father himself would have designated were he alive, or which the mother in his stead shall indicate. This principle cannot, from the nature of the case, be fully observed in every instance. For, though the schools have been placed in charge of religious men, and care has been taken to have all the prominent sects represented in the corps of Principals, yet, as the institutions are so scattered over the whole State that in most cases it would remove the child too far from the mother to send it to a school of its own denomination, sectarian religious training must therefore be mainly provided for otherwise. Therefore, — III. The assistance of the Christian clergy, resident in the vicinity, is relied on, in this part of the training of the children of their respective denomina- tions, in the schools. To effect this object, a list of the orphans whose parents were of his church is sent to each clergyman, with a request that, subject to the rules of the school, he will supervise and guide their religious training, and, as far as convenient, have them attend public worship at his church. But, as there are several schools having no churches or clergy of some of the denominations near them, this renders it unavoidable, that, — IV. In all cases in which there is neither clergyman nor church of the parent's denomination near the school, the orphan thus circumstanced shall, for the time, attend the church of the Principal, and be instructed in religious matters with the body of the school ; due respect being always had to the known religious preference of the deceased father, and no attempts made to proselyte his child. No other expedient than this, is generally practicable in such cases. It is true that there may be, in the variety of teachers in a school, some one agreeing with pupils thus removed from church privileges of their own denomination. These, of course, may and ought to take charge of such pupils as catechumens of their own church ; but in the absence of such instruction, this class of pupils is to accompany the Principal. Rules for Religious Worship and Instruction. 1. There shall be morning and evening worship and grace before meat, daily, at the times specified ; the worship to be in the study-hall, and conducted by the Principal or such of the teachers as he shall designate, and to consist, at the least, of the reading of a portion of Scripture, singing, and prayer. 2. All the pupils of the same denomination shall attend Sunday morning, afternoon, or evening worship, as the Principal shall direct, in the church to which their parents belong, if there be one within convenient distance: Pro- vided, that the minister or others furnish them with seats and have an oversight of them while in attendance. But no pupils of these schools are to attend night meetings in any church. 3. Each clergyman, resident in the vicinity of such school, shall have the privilege of visiting and instructing the children of his own denomination therein, as often and at such hours, either on Sunday or a week-day, as shall not materially interfere with their studies and other pursuits, and as shall be agreed to by the Principal : Provided, that if there be two churches of the Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 105 same denomination, the orphans of that denomination shall attend and be instructed by the minister of the nearest, if there be any question. 4. That there shall be a Sunday-school organized in each school ; the teachers of which Sunday-school shall be the teachers of the orphan school and such others from amongst the resident citizens as shall be willing and qualified to assist, with the consent of the Principal. And that in the formation of the classes, if there be teachers of different denominations, they shall be put in charge of classes of their own denominations respectively. 5. That the habit of reading the Scriptures be encouraged, not only by the example of the teachers, but by affording such historical, geographical, and other aids, and by such explanations of the customs and practices alluded to in many of its parts, as shall render its study interesting and the knowledge of it more complete. 6. That the practice of individual prayer by the pupils on retiring to bed at night and arising in the morning is to be encouraged, without being forced. 7. That all the pupils be taught to sing psalms and hymns, and encouraged to join in this delightful portion of public worship on all suitable occasions. 8. That no undue means be resorted to to get up any religious excitement in the schools, or to effect an ill-considered profession of conversion ; this mo- mentous step in the life of each individual being better left to the times and the influences of the Divine Spirit, which will not be withheld from faithful and prayerful instruction. , Sunday Observances. The time of rising, inspection, worship, and breakfast as upon other days. Immediately after breakfast, the pupils shall put on their Sunday dress. At nine o'clock A. m., they will meet for exchange of library books, and each shall be charged with the books issued and be held responsible for their proper care and return. At ten o'clock the school shall be called for Sunday-school exercises. When the pupils go to public worship in the morning, the Sunday-school will be held at half-past one in the afternoon. Sunday-school will open with roll call, singing, reading the Scriptures, and prayer. Addresses and general exercises on Sunday shall be before the whole school. For class instruction, the school shall be divided in four or more divisions. The duration of the exercises should not be less than one and a half hours ; and three-quarters of an hour should be spent in class instruction. Every child who can read with sufficient readiness should be supplied with a copy of the Scriptures, and receive class instruction. All who cannot read with readiness are to receive oral instruction in Biblical truths and have exer- cises in singing, &c. There shall be a sufficient number of hymn-books for the pupils. The school shall be well supplied with maps, charts, cards, and works illus- trating Biblical history and important events. The class instruction should be topical, and the same in all the classes ; and 106 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. it should also be the subject for review and comment during the Sunday even- ing exercises. Correspondence with Home. The manifest design of the State, in the establishment of these schools, is not to destroy the home feeling, but to act as a father to the fatherless. Corres- pondence with the mother and other relatives is therefore a right of each of these orphans; and it is to be as frequent as may be consistent with other duties, and not to be in any way restrained except for abuse. Therefore, — Each pupil is to be permitted to write home at least once a month, if so desired by him or herself. Neither the letters sent nor received are to be sub- ject to examination by the Principal or any other authority in the school, except after ascertained violation of truth by the pupil, in former letters sent, or disturbing sentiments in letters received. In such cases, but no other, the right of unrestricted correspondence shall be forfeited and that of examining letters exercised ; but all such cases shall be reported to the State Superintendent, or one of his officers, at the next visit. Visits of Mothers. Frequent visits of parents to their children, while at boarding-school, are not desirable in any case. These schools are no exemption from the disturbing practice. Therefore, — 1. Mothers are not to visit the schools oftener than once in each quarter of a year, and not to prolong their visits beyond one day, except in cases of sickness, when the visits may be of such frequency and duration as shall be necessary. 2. A mother's room shall be provided in each school, and comfortably fur- nished with two beds, &c. 3. Mothers shall eat at the table with the pupils, and shall not be charged anything for their accommodations, unless their stay be prolonged without such reason as that of sickness, &c. Vacations. There shall be one vacation annually in all the schools of this grade, from the last Friday in July till the end of five weeks from the following Tuesday. During this time all studies and labor shall cease in the schools, except the work necessary to carry on the domestic operations. During, but not to exceed this period, leaves of absence to visit relatives may be granted by the Principal, to such pupils as shall have deserved it, and have a comfortable and proper home to visit. The other minute details in these schools cannot be here specified. They are left to the experience and judgment of the several Principals and their assist- ants, and may be modified as circumstances shall require. But the main features of the system as herein set forth will be insisted on, and any departure, reported either by the examiner or the inspector of the schools, will, if not at once corrected, be held as a sufficient ground for closing the institution in which such violations of rule may occur. Thomas H. Burrowes, Lancaster, Oct. 13, 1866. Supt, Soldiers' Orphans. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 107 The rule requiring the person in charge of the main school-room, or " study-hall," to do all the teaching, and the assistants in the class- rooms to do no teaching, but to confine themselves to examining the pupils in the lessons assigned, and reporting the standing of each pupil to "the teacher," has not been retained. But the programme of studies and work details, the requirements relating to employees and their duties, the domestic arrangements, the industrial manage- ment, and the directions for worship and religious instruction, are, with such modifications as circumstances require and experience has dictated, in force at the present time (1876). Immediately after the announcement of the regulations given above, Examiner Row and Inspector Bear visited the schools in suc- cession, remaining at each a week or more, and taking charge of them in their respective departments, for the purpose of putting the new rules into operation. CHAPTER XII. THE RESULTS AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1866. T was still a difficult and embarrassing duty to secure new schools. Many were unwilling to embark in the under- taking, supposing it liable to suspension ; while others were deterred by the moderate compensation offered, and the high price of living. But, notwithstanding these hindrances, four more schools for advanced pupils were established. Three of them were in the western part of the State, namely, one at Phillipsburg, Beaver county ; one at Uniontown, Fayette county ; and one at Dayton, Armstrong county ; and one in the central part of the State, at White Hall, Cumberland county. For the younger chil- dren, several additional institutions were also opened. Two of these were exclusively for soldiers' orphans, one of which was at Anderson- burg, Perry county, and the other at Jacksonville, Centre county*. The others were charitable institutions, located in the large towns, namely, The Home for Friendless Children, Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county ; the Lincoln Institution, and the Church Home (Episcopal), in Philadelphia. Temporary arrangements were likewise made for the few orphans of colored soldiers, who made application, at the Home for Colored Children, in Maylandville, Philadelphia, and also with Asylums for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and Feeble-Minded Children, for the admission of those whose condition rendered them proper inmates of these several institutions. The whole number of homes, asylums, and schools receiving the younger class of orphans, at the end of the year 1866, are here named, together with their locations, number of boys and girls, and whole number in each institution. 108 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 109 Name. Pittsburgh and Allegheny Orphan Asylum. Home for Friendless Soldiers' Orphans' Home Episcopal Church Home Rochester Orphan Home Zelienople Jacksonville School Emmaus Orphan House Children's Home St. James' Orphan Asylum Home for Friendless Children Loysville Home Andersonburg School Northern Home Bridesburg Orphans' Home Germantown Home Lincoln Institution Church Home (Episcopal) St. John's Orphan Asylum Catholic Home for Girls St. Vincent's Asylum St. Vincent's Home Home for Destitute Colored Children Children's Home Location. Allegheny City Allegheny City Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Beaver co Butler co Centre co Dauphin co Lancaster Lancaster Wilkesbarre ... Perry co Perry co Philadelphia... Berks co Philadelphia... Philadelphia... Philadelphia... Philadelphia... Philadelphia... Philadelphia ... Philadelphia... Philadelphia... York Total. Boys. Girls. 58 18 17 11 1 2 46 16 75 46 66 32 94 35 28 82 29 38 11 19 14 4 1 39 15 39 14 30 52 22 56 22 23 14 19 5 4 2 14 678 457 1135 To- tals. 96 29 36 25 5 3 85 31 114 14 76 118 54 150 57 51 82 14 29 19 13 6 5 23 The subjoined table shows the whole number of schools for the older orphans that were in operation at the close of 1866, with their locations, names of Principals, and number of boys and girls, and total number in each. Name of School. Location. Principal. Boys. Girls. Total. North Sewickley.. White Hall Beaver co T.M.Elder J. H. Mann W.G.Taylor H.D.Walker A. H. Waters G. F. McFarland. J. K. Carothers... 53 31 68 99 83 88 48 101 90 88 80 93 32 15 69 44 74 64 24 77 70 68 38 54 85 46 137 143 Cumberland co... Huntingdon co... Lancaster co Susquehanna co... 157 152 72' 178 160 156 118 147 Total Gran 922 629 1551 d Total 1600 1086 2686 To each advanced school was attached twenty acres of land. CHAPTER XIII. THE REJECTED STONE BECOMES THE HEAD OF THE CORNER. HE time at length had arrived for a recognition of the system by statutory law. It will be remembered that an attempt to accomplish this object was made in 1864, at the instance of Governor Curtin, when the cause of the soldiers' orphans was first urged upon the attention of the Legisla- ture ; but the measure then failed, owing to the heavy drafts it would obviously make on the treasury of the State. To avert the disgrace of establishing a pauper system, the true friends of the orphans, as was shown in a previous chapter, proposed the short Act, authorizing the Governor to accept the donation from the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company and expend it as he might " deem best." This was an adroit flank movement. For the Executive "deemed best" not to dissipate the fund placed in his hands in relieving the present Wants of the needy, but in laying the foundations of a system which might ultimately embrace within its ample provisions all the destitute sol- diers' orphans in the State. In 1865 and 1866 appropriations were made by the Legislature for these children, without specifying the method of expenditure ; and these additional sums were consequently used in developing the generous plan which had been inaugurated with the gift of a " soulless corporation." It would seem that a kind Providence had held in abeyance adverse legislative action, that the system might take root, diffuse its blessing, and gain a place in the affections of the people, and by degrees educate public senti- ment to such a point that the State might safely adopt as her own the grand scheme of beneficence which she had indeed supported, yet hitherto in, a manner disowned. It remained for Senator George Landon, of Bradford county to 110 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. Ill discover the anomaly, and make it known to the grave body of which he was a member. Senators were taken by surprise when told that four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars had been expended for the soldiers' orphans in accordance with no law but the pleasure of the Executive ; and a resolution was immediately adopted, in- structing the Senate Committee on Education to prepare and report a bill providing for the education and maintenance of the soldiers' orphans, and the disbursement of the funds appropriated by the State for that purpose. As a result of this action of the Senate, the State adopted a system of schools which she had rejected three years before. Such were the circumstances under which were enacted, with no opposition from either branch of the Legislature, the LAW OF 1867. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c, That the Governor of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized and required to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, for three years from and after the date of said appointment, to be subject to removal, for cause, as other officers, appointed in like manner, are now, whose office shall be at Har- risburg, whose salary shall be the same as that of the State Superintendent of Common Schools and necessary travelling expenses, and who shall give bonds, with three sureties, to be approved by the Auditor-General, and filed in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties ; the Superintendent shall have power to appoint one clerk, and the Governor one male inspector and examiner and one female assistant, each at a salary not exceeding one hundred dollars per month and necessary travelling expenses, to inspect and examine the soldiers' orphan schools hereinafter provided for: Provided, That said Superintendent shall not, during the period of his superintendency, have any pecuniary interest in any of the said orphans' schools. Section 2. That the State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the trustees, proprietors, or princi- pals of institutions, now employed as soldiers' orphan homes and schools, pos- sessing such good and sufficient accommodations as said Superintendent may approve, and of such other like institutions as may be necessary for the proper care and maintenance and education, at the expense of the State, and until the age of sixteen years, of the destitute orphan children of all such deceased sol- diers and sailors, citizens of Pennsylvania, and soldiers who have served in Pennsylvania regiments, as have died in the service of the United States, in the late war to suppress the rebellion : Provided, That the Superintendent may require the institutions receiving soldiers' orphans over ten years of age, shall have not less than twenty acres of tillable land, and accommodations for not less than one hundred and fifty soldiers' orphans, except the Lincoln Institu- tion, in the city of Philadelphia : And provided further, That said Superintendent 112 Pennsylvania's soldiers 7 orphan schools. of Soldiers' Orphans shall establish at least one such institution for the recep- tion of soldiers' orphans over the age of ten years, within one year after the passage of this Act, in each of the twelve normal school districts, now provided for by law, if, in the opinion of said Superintendent, the Governor concurring, the same shall be required and practicable : And provided further, That in no case the State shall become liable, in any manner, for the cost of erecting, repairing or furnishing any of the institutions employed as soldiers' orphan schools. Section 3. That the State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans is hereby authorized to receive conveyances and transfers of the custody, care, and con- trol, for all the purposes of education and maintenance, till their arrival at the age of sixteen years, of said destitute soldiers' orphans, from their respective mothers, guardians, or next friends ; and all such conveyances and transfers, heretofore made, or that may hereafter be made, to the State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, shall be valid and binding upon said mothers, guardians, and next friends, and also upon said orphans, till their arrival at the age of sixteen years ; and if said orphans abscond or be withdrawn, without his con- sent, from the custody of the Superintendent, or from the institution in which he shall place them, they, and all persons withdrawing or harboring them, shall thereupon become liable to the provisions of the Acts of Assembly relating to absconding apprentices. Section 4. That the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans shall, by and with the advice 'and approval of the Governor, prescribe rules and regulations for the government of institutions becoming soldiers' orphan schools, designate the minimum number and grade of employees necessary, specify the character and' quality of food and clothing that shall be furnished, and which shall be similar, for all institutions of the same grade, in the State, and decide upon a course- of study to be pursued, which course shall embrace, at least, the usual branches of a good common school education, together with instruction in vocal music, military tactics, and calisthenics, and the greatest variety possible of household and domestic pursuits and mechanical and agricultural employments, consistent with the respective sexes and ages of said orphan children and their school-room studies ; he shall visit each soldiers' orphan school at least once each quarter, either in person or by deputy, remaining at least twenty-four hours in each. Section 5. Application for the admission of soldiers' orphans, entitled to the benefits of this Act, into the institutions established for their education and maintenance, shall be made by conveyance and transfers to the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, in accordance with provisions of section third of this Act, executed, under oath, by the mother, if living, and by the guardian or next friend, if the mother be dead or has abandoned said orphans ; but all applica- tions must be approved by the board of school directors, controllers, or super- intending committee of the district, ward, or city in which the mother resides, if she makes the application, or in which the orphans reside in other cases ; and the Superintendent may require such other certificate from a superintend- ing committee, which committee shall be appointed and hold office at the dis- cretion of the Superintendent, and by and with the consent of the Governor, or from such other source as he may deem necessary. Section 6. That said Superintendent be and is hereby authorized and directed Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 113 to procure a school or schools, or home or homes, for the children of the colored soldiers and sailors who fell in the recent rebellion, subject to the same regula- tions and restrictions provided in relation to the education and maintenance of the orphans of our white soldiers and sailors: Provided, That when he may deem it expedient to do so, the said Superintendent may waive the restriction, in regard to number of acres and extent of accommodation, in the case of schools or houses for colored orphans. Section 7. That all contracts made by said Superintendent shall be charac- terized alike by wise economy and a just regard for services rendered; and that no contract shall be made for a longer period than one year, unless with the sanction of the Governor, and in cases in which it is clearly the interest of the State to contract for a longer period ; such period, in no case, however, to exceed five years : Provided, That all the contracts made under this Act may be annulled at any time for failure to fulfil the conditions of such contracts on the part of any contractor, of which failure the Governor and Superintendent shall be the judges ; and that every such contract shall be made upon the condition of the continuance of said soldiers' orphan schools by the Legislature of the State. Section 8. That the said Superintendent may, with the consent of the Gov- ernor, afford partial relief, in kind, not exceeding thirty dollars per annum for each orphan, in cases where, in his judgment, it is proper to suffer the orphans to remain with their surviving parents or relations or guardians, and to receive instructions in the public schools of the Commonwealth. Section 9. That all bills for the maintenance and education of the soldiers' orphans shall be paid quarterly, by warrant drawn directly upon the State Treasurer, signed by the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, who shall file a receipted bill for the same in the Auditor-General's office before issuing the next quarterly warrant, which the State Treasurer is hereby forbidden to pay until such receipted bill is thus filed: Provided, That all amounts appropriated for the purchase of clothing, and the payment of partial relief, salaries, and inci- dental expenses, may be drawn by the State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, upon the warrants of the Governor, and the bills for the same settled semi- annually, at the Auditor-General's office, in the usual manner. Section 10. That the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans shall require monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, according to such form as he shall pre- scribe, from each institution receiving soldiers' orphans at the expense of the State ; and that said Superintendent shall, not later than the first day of Decem- ber, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and annually thereafter, make a detailed report to the Governor of this Commonwealth, of all the soldiers' orphans under his charge, their condition and progress, the numbers of each respective age, from four to sixteen years, and such other information as he may deem expedient, together with the statement of receipts and disbursements, by item, and estimates for ensuing years. Section 11. That when any of said orphans shall have arrived at the age of sixteen, or sooner, if deemed expedient, said Superintendent shall, at the written request of said orphan, and of his or her mother, guardian, or next friend, put or bind him or her out to such trade and employment, and to such master or mistress, or employer, as shall thus be requested, and for such term as shall 114 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. expire, if a male, at or before the age of twenty-one, and if a female, at or before the age of eighteen years ; in which indenture of apprenticeship there shall be included such covenants for the future education of the orphan as said Superintendent may prescribe ; and such apprenticeship shall be in all other respects, not herein provided for, subject to the provisions of the Act of As- sembly relating to masters and apprentices, and the supplements thereto. Section 12. That upon arrival at the age of sixteen years, each of said orphans who shall not desire to be apprenticed to a trade or employment, shall be restored to the mother, guardian, or next friend, with a full outfit of clothes, and a certificate, signed by said Superintendent and the Principal of the proper school, showing his or her moral standing, and literary and industrial attain- ments and qualifications. Section 13. That the year, for all operations under this Act, shall begin on the first Monday of June in each year, and end on the day preceding the first Monday of June of the year next succeeding ; and all appropriations, hereafter made, shall be for the year, as herein determined, and made in like manner, and at the same time, as appropriations are now made for the general expenses of the government. Section 14. That all Acts, and parts of Acts, heretofore passed, and incon- sistent with this Act, be and they are hereby repealed. This law, which is still in force, was mainly prepared by Colonel George F. McFarland, then a clerk in the Department of Common Schools. He was, in the main, in sympathy with the system already established, and familiar with the rules and regulations issued by Superintendent Burrowes for the government of the schools and homes, and, to a great extent, incorporated them into this Act, be- sides adding several wise and practical measures. Its results were beneficial every way. It gave permanency to the project, authority to the State Superintendent, confidence and courage to the Principals, and new life and hope to the grand enterprise. Beset on every hand with difficulties incident to a new and great undertaking, and haunted continually with fears of suspension, Dr. Burrowes for nearly three years persevered when others would have given up in despair ; and, as a result of his faith and indomitable energy, thirty-six schools and homes had been opened to the soldiers' orphans. Into these three thousand defenceless children had been gathered, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars had been appro- priated to their support for the current year, and the system, which he had so sedulously built up, had been adopted by the State and placed upon a solid foundation. The success of the magnificent work was now assured. On the thirtieth day of April, 1867, Dr. Burrowes' tenure of office having expired, his official connection with the soldiers' orphans ceased. ^>t>£^/ CHAPTER XIV. THE TRUST IN NEW HANDS. JOHN" WHITE GEARY. OVERNOR CURTIN was succeeded in office by Major- General John White Geary, a distinguished soldier, both in the Mexican War aud in that of the Rebellion. He, prompted by sentiments of justice and patriotism, entered heartily into the great and noble work of generously providing for the unfortunate children, many of whose fathers had perished while fighting under his heroic leadership. The intelligent sympathy which he cherished towards the important trust can be best learned from his own language, relating to the cause, in his first inaugural address : " And while we would remember ' the soldier who has borne the battle,' we must not forget ' his widow and his orphan children.' Among our most solemn obligations is the maintenance of the indigent widows, and the support and education of the orphan children, of those noble men who fell in defence of the Union. To affirm that we owe a debt of gratitude to those who have been rendered homeless and fatherless, by their parents' patriotic devotion to their country, is a truth to which all mankind will yield a ready assent; and though we cannot call the dead to life, it is a privilege, as well as a duty, to take the orphan by the hand and be to him a protector and a father. " Legislative appropriations have honored the living soldiers and en- tombed the dead. The people, at the ballot-box, have sought out the meritorious veterans, and the noble spectacle is now presented of the youthful survivors of those who fell for their country, cherished and edu- cated at the public expense. Even if I were differently constituted, my official duties would constrain me vigilantly to guard this sacred trust. But having served in the same cause, and been honored by the highest marks of the public favor, I pledge myself to bear in mind the injunctions 115 116 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. and wishes of the people, and, if possible, to increase the efficiency and multiply the benefits of the schools and institutions, already so creditably established, for the benefit of the orphans of our martyred heroes." In accordance with the recent Act, which authorized the Governor to appoint " a Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, an Inspector and Examiner, and a lady Inspector and Examiner," Governor Geary commissioned, in May, 1867, Colonel George F. McFarland, of Ju- niata county, Rev. C. Cornforth, A. M., of McKean county, and Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hutter, of Philadelphia, to fill respectively the positions thereby created. At the same time, Mr. John D. Shryock, of Westmoreland county, was appointed Chief Clerk ; and, subse- quently, James L. Paul, of the same county, his successor ; and, in the following July, Edmond R. Sutton, of Indiana county, Messenger of the Department. To answer the demands of a curious public, we venture to submit a brief personal notice of the several officers to whose hands the orphan system was now entrusted. GEORGE FISHER McFARLAND. Governor Geary very properly selected a wounded soldier, Colonel George F. McFarland, as Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans. In the fall of 1862, Colonel McFarland raised a company, principally from the pupils of his academy, at McAlisterville, Juniata county, which he took to Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg. In the formation of the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, his company was incorporated into that organization, and he became its lieutenant-colonel. He participated in the battles of his regiment till stricken down in the terrible encounter of Gettysburg, in July, 1863, while commanding in the absence of Colonel Allen. He was wounded in both legs, resulting in the loss of his right, and the dis- abling of his left, leg, confining him ever since to crutches. Speaking of the men of his regiment, General Doubleday, who commanded the First Corps, says : " At Gettysburg they won, under the brave McFarland, an imperishable fame. They defended the left front of the First Corps against vastly superior numbers ; covered its retreat against the overwhelming masses of the enemy at the seminary, west of the town ; and enabled me, by their determined resistance, to withdraw the .corps in comparative safety. , This was on the first day. In the crowning charge of the third day of the -"^. <$< Tn^^^Lu^L O^-^/o *CXL^&£ Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 117 battle, the shattered remnants of the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania, with the Twentieth New York State Militia, flung themselves upon the front of the rebel column, and drove it from the shelter of a slashing I can never forget the services ren- dered me by this regiment, directed by the gallantry and genius of McFarland. I believe they saved the First Corps, and were among the chief instruments to save the Army of the Potomac and the country from unimaginable disaster." As a previous preparation for the work of superintending the orphans, Colonel McFarland had been engaged in teaching for many years ; and when the soldiers' orphan schools were devised, he was among the first to give countenance to the project, by promptly open- ing his boarding-school at McAlisterville for the reception of the fatherless children. This institution was recognized by the State authorities as a soldiers' orphan school on the third of November, 1864, from which time till appointed to the State Superintendency, Colonel McFarland had been actively engaged in the work, and was consequently already deeply interested in the success of the system, and familiar with it in all its details. COLUMBUS CORNFORTH. In the unsolicited appointment of Mr. Cornforth to the responsible position of Inspector and Examiner of the Soldiers' Orphan Schools of the State, the peculiar fitness of selecting a wounded soldier to look after the comforts and training of the children of his fallen comrades, was again duly recognized. Immediately after the dis- aster of Bull Run, while the whole loyal North was suffering the agony of its first defeat, and resolving with in'tensest earnestness to crush out the vaunting rebellion, he, yielding to the universal and patriotic impulse, volunteered as a private in the Bucktail Regiment ( 42d Pennsylvania Volunteers), which subsequently " forged itself a name in the fire " of many battles. This regiment was already in the field, fully organized, and in camp near Harper's Ferry. He was dangerously wounded and made prisoner of war on the thirteenth day of December, 1862, in the first battle of Fredericksburg. While suffering from wounds and languishing in Libby Prison, he barely escaped death. While his recovery was still doubtful, he was re- leased on parole, and brought to the Navy School Hospital, at An- napolis. Being permanently disabled in his left arm, he was dis- charged from the United States service on the fifth day of June, 1863. 118 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. Complying with the solicitations of friends in the army, and yielding to a desire to participate in the struggle until the rebellion should end, he again entered the service as Chaplain of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, which post he hon- orably filled till the triumphant termination of the war. While his associations and sufferings in the army prepared him to sympathize with the orphans of his less fortunate comrades in arms, his literary attainments, his practical knowledge of the common school system of the State, and his spotless character, eminently qualified him to supervise their intellectual and moral training. He graduated with honors at Union College, Schenectady, New York, and subsequently received from that institution the honorary degree of Master of Arts. He studied theology at the Rochester Theological Seminary ; and when appointed Inspector and Examiner of the Soldiers' Orphan Schools, he was Superintendent of the Common Schools of McKean county, Pennsylvania. Unpretending in manners, and yet persistent in correcting abuses, the " wards of the State " ever recognize in him a true and tried friend. He still (1876) fills the position, to which he was appointed in 1867. MRS. REV. EDWIN W. HUTTER, D. D. Mrs. Hutter, wife of the late lamented Rev. Dr. Hutter, was a veteran in the cause of humanity when commissioned lady Inspector and Examiner, and was, on account of her noted devotion to friend- less children, urged by Governor Geary to relinquish the pleasures of a home where abundance and happiness abounded, and devote her remarkable energies to the welfare of the soldiers' orphans. Moved by considerations of patriotism and benevolence, she accepted the trust. Mrs. Hutter is a daughter of the late Colonel Jacob Shindel, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and granddaughter of Baron Shindel, who, for many years after his settlement in the Commonwealth, repre- sented his district in the State Senate. Of her it may undoubtedly be said, without disparaging the merits of others : " My daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all." During her married life she has been known by many distinguished citizens of the Commonwealth. She resided in Washington during -^ 7 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 119 the Presidency of Mr. Polk, with whose administration her husband was intimately associated. At the National Capital, her personal attractions placed her in the forefront of society. When, however, her husband exchanged a j>olitical life and the pen of an active par- tisan editor and publisher for that of a Christian pastor, Mrs. Hutter unhesitatingly relinquished the gayeties of a life at Washington, and heartily cooperated with her husband in his new and honored field of labor. While pursuing her active parochial duties, she was unani- mously elected the first President of the Board of Managers of the Northern Home for Friendless Children. Of her invaluable effi- ciency in that office a tithe could not be told. All the children love her, the managers esteem her, and the trustees are proud of her. During the late civil war, Mrs. Hutter more than once went to the "front" to minister to the comfort and relief of the sick and wounded troops. When the Sanitary Fair was projected, she was elected Presi- dent of the ladies' branch of the committee of " Labor, Income, and Revenue," and to her extraordinary ability and zeal are to be largely credited the unapproachable success of that committee. As the Lady Inspector in the Department of Soldiers' Orphans she has been indispensable, and has conscientiously discharged the duties of that onerous position since her appointment in the spring of 1867. She enjoys the distinction of being the only lady in the history of the Commonwealth to whom a governor's commission has been granted. Mrs. Hutter's name is indissolubly linked with this " broadest charity in Christendom." The beautiful valleys and the grand old mountains of the goodly land of Penn have again and again been traversed, as she has gone from school to school, and from asylum to asylum, to visit and secure the comfort of the orphans of our fallen braves. There, too, she ever receives from these orj)haned children a gladsome welcome, for, with childlike instinct, they recognize in her a true friend. That she may be spared for many years to pursue her works of • beneficence and mercy in her native State, is the earnest prayer of all who know her worth. We have the pleasure of presenting to our readers a fine steel engraving of this excellent lady, executed expressly for this work. 120 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. JOHN DICKIE SHRYOCK. . When Mr. Shryock entered the office at Harrisburg, its labors were exceedingly perplexing. Its duties were unfamiliar, not only to him- self, but to every member of the Department. The amount of busi- ness was always large, and often pressing and confused ; and yet he never complained or slighted his work. The books of the office show how faithfully and diligently he labored. His gentlemanly and unas- suming manners, and his frank and pure nature, won the affections and esteem of all associated with him. But his burdens, though self- imposed, were too heavy for his delicate constitution, and too soon he began to show symptoms of failing strength. And, yet, unwill- ing to relinquish his desk, he, deaf to the admonition of friends, remained at his post, when one less "persevering and energetic would have retired. When, at length, he was obliged to succumb to dis- ease, he left the Department, amid the deep regrets and heart-felt sorrow of his fellow-laborers. He died on the eighth of October, 1871, in the twenty-fifth year of his age. JAMES LAUGHERY PAUL was, on the retirement of Mr. Shryock, at the instance of Hon. John Covode, his personal friend, appointed by Governor Geary Chief Clerk of the Department, in November, 1868, which position he yet occupies. His military record is as follows : He enlisted at Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, August 1, 1861, "for three years or during the war," as a private, in Company " A," Sixty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, Colonel (afterwards General) Alexander Hayes command- ing. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Third Army Corps, General Phil. Kearney's Division. He re-enlisted in the field as a veteran volunteer, December 10, 1863, at Brandy Sta- tion, Virginia ; and when the time (August 1, 1864,) for which his regiment enlisted had expired, he was transferred to Company " I," One Hundred and Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volun- teers, and served with it to the' close of the war. While in active service he attained to the rank of second sergeant of his company, and claims no greater honor than that of having faithfully served his country as an enlisted man. Immediately after the surrender of General Lee, he was detailed as a clerk in the War Department, at Washington, by a special order Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 121 of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and served in that capacity until August 24, 1866, when, after having served for an unbroken period of five years and twenty-four days, he was mustered out of the military service, under provisions of an order issued from the office of the Adjutant-General of the Armies of the United States. For gallant and long-continued services in the war for the sup- pression of the late Rebellion, and as a mark of personal regard, Governor Geary, before retiring from the gubernatorial chair, in January, 1873, commissioned him to rank as a brevet lieutenant- colonel, reciting in the commission the names of the following bat- tles in which he participated, viz. : Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Orchards, Seven Days' Battles, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, Auburn Mills, Mine Run, Petersburg, and also the pursuit and capture of the Confederate Army at Appomattox. EDMUND RANDOLPH SUTTON. The appointment of Mr. Sutton as Messenger to the Department proved to be a very fortunate one. The office was then crowded with business ; and he, from the first, discharged the duties of a clerk, in addition to the work properly belonging to his position. This favor was highly appreciated, as the labor of the Department could not be properly performed by one clerk, and there was provision for no more at that time. Mr. Sutton's ability and faithfulness in the task which he had gratuitously assumed was in due time appropriately rewarded. In June, 1871, he was appointed warrant clerk, and has very satisfactorily filled that situation to the present time (1876). He wields a ready pen, writes a bold, legible hand, and is an accu- rate and rapid accountant. In auditing the accounts rendered against, the Department by the several institutions, amounting annu- ally to a little less than a half million of dollars, his services are deemed as almost indispensable. CHAPTER XV. THE SYSTEM SETTLED AND ITS DIFFICULTIES. ^JN Act approved April 9, 1867, providing for the continu- ance of the education and maintenance of soldiers' or- phans, and given in full in the thirteenth chapter, exerted so important an influence upon the future of the system that it deserves more than a passing notice. Previous to its passage, the friends of the needy soldiers' orphans honestly differed as to the best mode of maintaining and educating them, and rival plans were being constantly discussed in the Legislature and pressed for adoption, several times greatly endangering the existence of the system which was being developed. These differences gave the indifferent or hos- tile opportunities to thwart the efforts of its friends, unsettled the minds of mothers and children, injured the credit of the proprietors of schools, who sought to improve their accommodations upon bor- rowed capital, as most of them had to do, and endangered appro- priations. It was generally believed by the best friends of the sys- tem, who knew the views of the leading men in the Legislature, that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to secure additional State aid for the schools, if this state of things continued. Happily, however, the passage of the Act settling the system and providing for its management removed many of these difficulties, and advocates of rival plans gradually settled down into the conviction that the work so well begun would be carried on to completion with- out any material departure from the plan now crystallized into lav/ — a conviction that has been realized quite fully thus far. Hence, the House of Representatives, the most captious in passing the law, voted $450,000 per annum, for seventeen months, for the support of the schools ; and though this was cut down in the Senate to $350,000 122 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 123 per annum, upon a reconsideration of the appropriation bill, on the last working-day of the session, because the total sum appropriated for all purposes had to be reduced $800,000, to bring it within the estimated receipts for the year, there was an implied promise that induced the Superintendent, the Governor concurring, to conduct the schools on the basis of $450,000 per annum. This promise was fully redeemed by the prompt passage of additional appropriations to meet deficits thus created. Nevertheless, there were difficulties to be overcome. Colonel Mc- Farland, in his first annual report says: "Two serious difficulties met me at the outset in the administration of this trust, and con- tributed largely to the want of that complete and immediate success so much desired : 1, an insufficient appropriation, and, 2, want of proper accommodations for the advanced schools, system in their management, and efficiency in the ability and number of the help employed." There was a deficit of $31,069.77 for the month of December, 1866. On the first of December, 1866, there were in school fifteen hundred and forty-six pupils in the advanced, and eleven hundred and thirty -five pupils in the primary schools, and one hundred and twenty-five accepted applications on file. Before the Act of April 9, 1867, had become a law, one hundred and thirty-five advanced, and one hundred and eighty-three primary pupils had been actually ad- mitted, making sixteen hundred and eighty-one pupils, at $150 for education and maintenance, and $25 for clothing each per annum, and thirteen hundred and eighteen pupils in primary schools and homes, at $105 to $125 per annum, including clothing, — a total of twenty-nine hundred and ninety-nine pupils actually in the schools, May 1, 1867, while the accepted applications on file had increased to three hundred and eighty-three. The schools were, therefore, running at the rate of at least $450,- 000 per annum, and the House voted that sum. But the gross sum of the appropriation bill exceeding the estimated receipts nearly $800,000, the Senate reduced the appropriation to $350,000. To keep within this sum would have required the discharge of children actually in school, and a refusal to admit any others, no matter how needy. The situation was embarrassing, and was the subject of much anxious solicitude. The result is thus given by the Superintendent in his report to the Governor : 124 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. " After a full and candid consideration of all the circumstances of the case, and of the evident intention of the Legislature, as expressed in the Act of April 9, 1867, and on former occasions, it was determined, your Excellency concurring, to retain all justly in the schools and homes, to discharge promptly all arriving at the age of sixteen, and to admit only the neediest applicants, always giving the preference to the oldest, but in no event to allow the expenditures to exceed $450,000 per annum, the sum voted by the House. " This course, a medium between that injustice that would have rejected, and a full compliance with the evident intention of the law that would have promptly admitted all proper applicants, seemed the most prudent and judicious." The rate was reduced after June 1, 1867, to $140 per annum each, exclusive of clothing, for advanced pupils, and primary pupils pre- pared for promotion were retained in the homes and primary schools at the reduced rates paid those institutions. By this course, one hun- dred and eighty-one additional needy children were admitted during the seven months closing November 30, 1867, and yet the cost was kept at $435,080.44. The Legislature justified the faith put in it by appropriating (February 25, 1868) $31,069.77 for the month of December, 1866, and $141,561.69 to pay the accrued and accruing deficit up till May 31, 1868. This act of generosity and good faith firmly established the system in public confidence, and forms a record never equalled in the annals of any country. Meanwhile, the pressure for admission continued to increase, and five hundred and forty accepted applications remained on file Decem- ber 1, 1867. The second class of difficulties — the want of proper accommo- dations for the advanced schools, system in their management, and efficiency in the ability and number of the help employed — was scarcely less perplexing, and required much delicate and unpleasant work. The Legislature having passed the law asked for, and appro- priated large sums of money to carry out its provisions, it was felt that the schools and homes must promptly reach a high standard of excellence to justify the action of the Legislature, or go down. Hence, to visit these schools and homes, ascertain their condition and wants, and provide for their improvement, was the most pressing business, and the first official act of the Superintendent was to visit White Hall School, in company with Governor Geary (May 1), who always entered enthusiastically into every plan and movement cal- Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 125 culated to advance the interest of these schools. In company with both inspectors, a visit to all the advanced schools and most of the homes followed as rapidly as possible, and a careful inspection made of everything relating to the schools and their condition. This visit and examination developed the following facts : Most of the institutions were of insufficient capacity for the num- ber of children received, illy adapted to the purpose, and poorly sup- plied with the necessary conveniences and comforts. War prices prevailed, the proprietors were poor, and the system but recently settled — reasons quite sufficient to account for this state of things. The educational departments were unsystematic, each institution having its own course of study and classification. The teachers and employees were willing and industrious, but often necessarily inex- perienced. The public, though full of patriotism and sympathy for the children, but imperfectly understood the system, and hence com- plaints, groundless or otherwise, were generally magnified, and the schools did not receive that public sympathy which they needed and deserved. The number of children applying for admission was large. On account of insufficient appropriations, only the most needy could be admitted. This discrimination gave rise to much dissatisfaction to those who were deferred. // But not least among the difficulties encountered, was the estab- lishment of a school for COLORED SOLDIERS' ORPHANS, for which the Act of April 9, 1867, provided. This was a taek of no ordinary perplexity. The Home at Maylandville had received a few under twelve years of age, the only institution to which these children were admitted. Fortunately the Committee on Colored Soldiers' Orphans, com- posed of ladies and gentlemen who had made the colored race the subject of deep solicitude and anxious effort for more than a quarter of a century, came to the assistance of the Superintendent. After many conferences and much negotiating, a large building near Bridgewater, Bucks county, was purchased by the committee, and opened for the reception of colored soldiers' orphans June 16, 1868. The twenty-two then at Maylandville were transferred to it and others admitted, the number reaching one hundred and twenty-four by the end of the year. The mothers of these colored children were widely scattered over 126 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. the State, and entirely ignorant of the provisions made. The fact that they availed themselves of them was largely due to the self- sacrificing and gratuitous efforts of B. P. Hunt, Esq., the agent of this committee, who travelled over large portions of the Common- wealth to visit these mothers, and convey their children to the school, buying clothing and paying fare when necessary. Below will be found the circular, and the names, of the committee to whose forethought and liberality so many colored people are indebted : OFFICE OF THE COLORED SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' ORPHANS COMMITTEE, 711 Sansom Street. Philadelphia, June 1st, 1868. To the Widows and Orphans of the Colored Soldiers and Sailors of Pennsylvania : The Committee below named now take sincere pleasure in informing you that the State School-Home for our Colored Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans will be open for their reception on Monday, the 15th of June, under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Flint, as Principal and Matron. The Home is in Bucks county, beautifully situated on the Delaware, sixteen miles above Philadelphia, from which it can be easily reached by boat, two miles and a half below Bristol and one mile from Schenck's Station, on the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, and is the place formerly known as " Bris- tol College." It is a large substantial brick building, three and four stories high and two hundred and four feet long, to which is attached a lot of excel- lent land of thirteen and a half acres, extending to the river, and capable of producing all the vegetables which will be needed by the School. The premises cost $14,000, and are now being fitted up and comfortably furnished at an addi- tional expense of $5000. For $3000 of the funds thus applied, the Committee and yourselves are indebted to the Philadelphia Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission; for the remainder, to a few — less than one hundred and fifty — just men and women, mostly of Philadelphia, who contributed it from their own private means. The widows and guardians who have already applied for the admission of orphans, now ninety-nine in number, are directed, under the approval of Col. McFarland, the State Superintendent, to have them in readiness for removal to the School-Home by the 15th instant, and to give notice of such readiness to Robert R. Corson, Secretary of the Committee, 711 Sansom Street, or to B. P. Hunt, 1724 Frankford Road. Those who have not yet applied will please at once forward their addresses, with the names and ages of their children, and the name and address of the pension agent employed by each, to the same per- sons. An agent of the Committee will then call on them at their- homes, to assist in making out papers and to conduct the children of all applicants from their homes to the School-Home, free of expense. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 127 \ Mothers will be permitted to visit the School-Home once a quarter and remain over night. There will be a vacation of five weeks every summer, when the children, who have comfortable homes, will be allowed to visit them. We again announce that the Orphans of all the Colored Soldiers and Sailors of Pennsylvania who lost their lives, either by wounds received, or disease con- tracted in the late Slaveholders' Rebellion, have a right by law to support and education in this Home at tbe expense of the State until sixteen years of age. We entreat you not to neglect this right. In return for the lives which our brave men of color gave up to the country, the State now offers their children the highest boon in her power — free education. Let no selfish motive nor evil counsel deprive them of the precious gift. Louis Wagner, Chairman of the Committee. Robert R. Corson, Secretary. B. P. Hunt, Treasurer. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Edward S. Buckley, J. G. ROSENGARTEN, Philip P. Randolph, Wm. Still, Wm. W. Justice. Thomas Webster, Abraham Barker, E. W. Clark, N. B. Browne, Stephen Colwell, Rev. Phillips Brooks, Aubrey H. Smith, Francis R. Cope, Ebenezer D. Bassett, Benj. Coates, Mrs. Edward Hopper, Mrs. Wm. Hunt, Miss Mary E. Jackson, Samuel S. White, Horace H. Furness, Mrs. Robt. Pettit, Mrs. Thomas Mott, " G. C. Franciscus, " Israel Maule, " P. Williamson, • " David Meconkey, " Persifer F. Smith, " Aubrey H. Smith, " John F. Frazer, Ellis Yarnall, Dr. Jacob F. Holt, Mrs. Richard P. White, Miss S. L. Baldwin, Miss Lucretia Towne, Mrs. Wm. H. Furness, Mr. Isabella James, James A. Wright, Dr. J. K. Eshleman, Rudolph F. Kelker, Geo. Eyster, A. Updegraff, Nath. Ellmaker, Jr. James Black, Joseph S. Travel li, Robt. B. Beath, Wm. Windle, Samuel Evans, Addison May, Samuel Cabeen, Elizabeth Cabeen, Charles W. Pierce, Sarah H. Pierce, Robert Purvis. Had it not been for the efficient services rendered by the above committee, it is more than probable that the State Superintendent would not have succeeded in providing a school for this class of de- serving and unfortunate children. Other schools, also, were established, while others enlarged their accommodations, and some were closed. A watering-place, at Ches- 128 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. ter Springs, Chester county, well located, and possessing capacity for some three hundred pupils, was opened, and the Quakertown and Paradise Schools transferred thither. The schools at North Sewick- ley, Beaver county, Orangeville, Columbia county, and Jacksonville, Centre county, were discontinued, and the children sent to other institutions, while the Mount Joy and White Hall Schools changed hands, and were enlarged and improved. New schools, likewise, were opened at Titusville, Crawford county ; Mercer, Mercer county ; and Mansfield, Tioga county ; and, everywhere, proprietors of schools and managers of homes were urged to make such -improvements and introduce such system as was deemed necessary to do well the work in hand. The system, or rather want of system, of making reports to the Department, as required by law, was also a source of constant annoy- ance, and, hence, forms were prepared and adopted, in October, 1867, as follows : 1. Weekly Report. To be forwarded regularly by the last mail for each week. I. Lists, by name and county, for the week ending with this report, of 1. Admissions to the institution by order. 2. Admissions to the institution by transfer. 3. Discharged from the institution on age, with certificate of character, schol- arship, &c. 4. Discharged by transfer, or order. 5. Deaths, with physician's report of diseases, treatment, length of sickness, &c. 2. Monthly Report. To be forwarded regularly on the last mail day of each month. 1. A tabular statement, without names, as follows : Number remaining in school on the first day of the month, as per last report Number admitted during month by order Number admitted during month by transfer Total number in school and admitted during month. Number transferred from, during month Number discharged on age " " Number discharged by order " " Number died " " Total transfers, discharges, and deaths Number remaining in school. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 129 2. Memoranda. Under this head report the health, progress, and general deportment of pupils during the month, together with the interest taken in the Sunday-school, places of public worship attended, and other items worthy of note. This part of the report can be made as lengthy as desired. 3. Quarterly Eeport. To be forwarded regularly on the last mail day of each quarter, accompanied, if possible, by the duplicate bills and affidavits for education, maintenance, and clothing. 1. A statement in tabular form, as follows: Whole number admitted into school from its commencement till the close of last quarter, ending 186.., on order Whole number admitted into school from its commencement till the close of last quarter, ending 186.., by transfer Total admissions to same date * Number transferred to Number discharged on age Number discharged by order Number died Total transfers, discharges, and deaths Number remaining in school , 186.., Number admitted during quarter, on order Number admitted during quarter, by transfer Total admissions during quarter Whole number in school during quarter *Number transferred during quarter to Number discharged on age during quarter Number discharged by order " " Number died " " Total transfers, discharges, and deaths for quarter Number remaining in school at close of present quarter, , 186.., 2. Eeport of the Educational Department of the institution. (On blanks furnished.) 3. Lists, by name, of (1) admissions, (2) discharges, (3) deaths, and (4) trans- fers, for the quarter ending September 1, 1867. 4. A statement, by name, of all absentees during the quarter, either with or without leave, with length of time absent, cause, &c. * If transfers were made to more than one institution, report the number to each separately. 9 130 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 5. A report of the sanitary condition of the school during the quarter, num- ber of cases treated, &c, made out and officially signed by the physician regu- larly employed at the institution, after a thorough inspection of every pupil, during the last week of the quarter. 6. A list, by name, of all persons employed in the institution during the quarter, with the number of months heretofore employed, and in what capacity. 7. A report of clothing made and issued during the quarter. This report, for which blanks have been furnished, should correspond with the quarterly cloth- ing bills accompanying it, only required from institutions which are furnished clothing by the State. 8. Any other matter calculated to give this Department interesting and valu- able information concerning the school. In this connection, the condition of pupils when they entered the school, their present educational condition and progress, improvements to the buildings being made or in contemplation, pros- pects of crops growing, extent and success of industrial instruction, account of visits made to the school, with their apparent influence upon it, and other simi- lar matters, should be stated as much as possible in detail. Fulness in these particulars will be very acceptable. Advanced schools are expected to report fully under this head, and other institutions so far as applicable to them. 4. Annual Eeport. It is desired that this shall be a summary of all the operations of the year. It should embrace, 1. A statistical statement for the year, similar to that made quarterly. 2. Eeport of the educational progress and standing of the institution, also similar to that made quarterly. 3. Eeport of the Industrial Department, embracing number of garments made, work done, produce raised, food consumed, industry and aptness of chil- dren at work, &c. If made properly and truthfully, this will be an interesting and valuable report. 4. A historial review of the institution during the year, as minute as the Principal or Managers desire. This may include the character and efficiency of teachers and other employees, interesting cases of reform and progress among pupils, suggestions, &c. CHAPTER XYI. EDUCATION AND TRAINING. HE intellectual culture of the children [received a large share of attention. The educational departments proper of these institutions were as yet comparatively in their infancy. No fixed course of study had been adopted, and no stated examinations held to ascertain results. As a conse- quence the schools were ungraded, the pupils advanced irregularly, according to the preferences of individual teachers. To correct these irregularities, the branches of a good practical English educa- tion were divided into eight grades, and each pupil was required to thoroughly master the branches of a grade before being promoted to the next higher. The following is the course which was adopted : GEADED COTJESE OF STUDY. First Grade. — Spelling, primary, first half; reading, First Reader, through ; writing on slates ; oral exercises in numbers. Second Grade. — Spelling, primary, completed ; elementary sounds of letters, commenced ; reading, Second Reader, through ; writing and drawing on slates; mental arithmetic, primary, first half; written arithmetic, four fundamental rules ; geography, oral instruc- tion in local. Third Grade. — Spelling, first half, advanced ; elementary sounds, continued; reading, Third Reader, through; writing in books; .drawing on slates ; mental arithmetic, primary, through ; written arithmetic, primary, through ; geography, oral and use of maps. Fourth Grade. — Spelling, advanced, through ; reading, Third Reader, reviewed; writing in books; drawing; intellectual arith- metic, first half; written arithmetic, first half; geography, primary. 131 132 Pennsylvania's soldiees' oephan schools. Fifth Grade. — Spelling and defining; reading, Fourth Reader, first half; writing; intellectual arithmetic, through ; written arith- metic, through ; drawing ; geography, intermediate ; grammar, primary. Sixth Grade. — Spelling and defining; reading, Fourth Reader, through ; writing ; drawing ; written arithmetic, reviewed ; geogra- phy ; grammar ; United States History ; primary physiology. Seventh Grade. — Spelling and defining; reading, Fifth Reader, first half; book-keeping ; elementary algebra, commenced ; geogra- phy, physical ; grammar, through ; United States History and Con- stitution ; physiology. Eighth Grade. — Etymology; reading, Fifth Reader, through; book-keeping; elementary algebra completed, to quadratic equa- tions ; philosophy, &c. ; and a general review of previous studies. Vocal music, declamation, composition, and other exercises throughout the course. Examinations quarterly and annually. Two quarters allowed to complete the studies of each grade. All promotions at the close of examinations. Educational blanks were prepared, and the results of the annual examinations made out in duplicate, one copy for the school and the other to be retained in the Department, where they can be seen by all interested. ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS. The first public annual examination, under the course of study just given, took place during July, 1869. Hon. Wilmer "Worthing- ton, Francis Wells, Esq., and others assisted the State officers and the principals and teachers, and large numbers of leading men of the State, residing in the vicinity of the several schools, attended. Detailed reports were published in the Philadelphia Bulletin, Press, and other leading journals, and favorably commented upon by the editors. The results were satisfactory in the highest degree, and converted into friends of the system all who attended or read reports of them. No one who witnessed the surprising proficiency already attained by these children, and the thoroughness of the system pro- vided for their education, doubted the wisdom of the plan, while the personal appearance and physical development of the _ children won all hearts. Many of those previously opposed or indifferent became friends, and friends became encouraged and strengthened. The Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 133 children returned home at the vacation that followed so healthy, happy, and well clothed, that mothers and friends were pleased. Complaints diminished, and though discharges on age became more numerous, the applications for admissions rapidly increased, the number on file being over seven hundred for the year following. But still greater results were expected for the second annual exami- nation, the year following. In a circular issued, and very widely reprinted throughout the Commonwealth, the Superintendent said : " These examinations close a school year in which I expected and pre- dicted for these schools the most rapid and satisfactory progress — educa- tional, industrial, and otherwise — it being the third year of my adminis- tration, and the second since the introduction of a carefully prepared and systematic graded course of study. Tlie schools are now thrown entirely upon their own merits, and I most earnestly invite Senators and members of the House of Representatives, to whose liberal appropriations these children owe their present educational opportunities, and those philanthropic men and women whose counsel and encouragement have been so grateful in the midst of anxious cares and exhausting labors, to attend these examina- tions and see how far my expectations and predictions have been realized." The examinations were largely attended, the examining boards containing one or more of the best known educators in the neighbor- hood of the schools. It is believed these and subsequent annual examinations exerted an important influence in favor of the schools. The tabulated results of these examinations were returned to the Department, and formed the means of comparing the relative prog- ress of the several schools, as well as of the children in the same school. INDUSTRIAL INSTRUCTION. In addition to the education and maintenance of these children, the law, incorporating the plan of Dr. Burrowes, contemplated doing as much as possible to furnish industrial instruction, both as a means of lessening the expenses of the institutions, and of teaching the children to be industrious and useful. The baking, washing, cook- ing, house-cleaning, and making and mending of clothing, furnished the girls a wide range of work. The boys cultivated the farm, attended the stock, and did the various kinds of work such institu- tions furnish, learning also the rudiments of a trade, in a few instances, where facilities offered. The wisdom of educating these children industrially being recognized, much attention was given to perfecting measures to secure this important object. 134 Pennsylvania's soldiees' oephan schools. EELIGIOUS TRAINING. The policy of the system was to respect the denominational prefer- ences of the orphans and their friends. Yet religious instruction was not neglected. The children in the schools were taught to regard the Bible as God's revelation to man. From its sacred pages lessons were daily read, and the great truths and moral precepts found there were constantly inculcated. On Sundays the children attended divine service at the churches in the vicinity of the schools, when they were so located as to make it practicable ; while, at the schools that were remote from any church, religious instruction was given in the main school-room, by the Principal or some minister of the gospel. There was a Sunday-school organization in connection with every school. CHAPTER XVII. LOANS AND TAXATION LOANS. HE Act of April 9, 1867, contemplated the distribution of schools so that as nearly as possible there should be one in each normal school district; the object being to have the schools so located that children would not be compelled to go farther than possible from home. There being several sections of the State containing many soldiers' orphans either not provided with schools, or those established needing enlargement, the Superintendent prepared and had passed the following Act, approved March 25, 1868 : Be it enacted, &c, That to assist in the establishing of soldiers' orphan schools in districts now destitute thereof, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of such schools, with the concurrence of the Governor, to advance from the fund provided for such schools to the proprietor or founder of one such school, in any district now unprovided therewith, a sum of money, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as may be required to put the same in operation : Provided, Adequate security shall be given for the proper application thereof, by bond filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth: And provided, That such sum shall be deducted from the money to become due to such school, under the laws of this Commonwealth, in sums not less than five per cent, of the amount advanced, to be taken from each quarterly payment made to said school, or so that such discounts may, during the time contracted for, amount to the sum loaned. Some change to adapt this law to several special cases being neces- sary, the following supplement was passed at the same session : 135 136 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. ACT OF 1868. Be it enacted, &c., That the Act, entitled " An Act to provide means for the establishment of a soldiers' orphan school in each State normal school district of this Commonwealth, now destitute thereof," approved April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, be so construed as to permit the Superintendent, the Governor concurring, to grant the aid it provides to one such institution for advanced and one for primary pupils, in each district, as may have been established hereafter for districts destitute thereof, whether such institutions be located within such district or in an adjoining district convenient of access : Provided, That the money advanced under the provisions of this Act shall be paid out of the money appropriated to soldiers' orphan schools. Under this Act the following schools received loans : Chester Springs, new $5,000 Mercer, new 5,000 Titusville, new 5,000 Harford, enlarged 3,000 Mansfield, enlarged 3,000 $21,000 As soon as fully established, these institutions commenced repaying the loan as provided by the Act. This temporary aid is the only assistance Pennsylvania furnished towards providing buildings for the accommodation of soldiers' orphans, and every dollar has been refunded. EXEMPT FEOM TAXATION. The institutions used as soldiers' orphan schools were all furnished by the proprietors or managers of them at their own expense and risk, and involved most of them heavily in debt. The property being used exclusively for State purposes and under State control, and amounting to more in value than was covered by existing laws, it was deemed but just that while thus used they should not be sub- ject to taxation. Hence the following Act was passed : Be it enacted, &c, That the trustees, owner or owners of any literary or chari- table institutions, now incorporated, erected, endowed, or established, or that may hereafter be incorporated, erected, endowed, or established, by virtue of any law of this Commonwealth, be and they are hereby authorized and em- powered to secure, by purchase, lease, bequest, or otherwise, and to hold, enjoy ? and use lands and buildings, not exceeding in value thirty-five thousand dol- lars, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same ; and the lands and buildings, thus secured and held, shall be exempted from all and every county, Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 137 road, city, borough, poor, and school tax : Provided, That these institutions be designated and employed as soldiers' orphan schools : And provided also, That the State shall never be asked or expected to pay any portion of the cost of said buildings and grounds. Some questions about the scope of this Act having arisen, the following explanatory Act was passed : Be it enacted, &c., That the true intent of the Act granting an increase of capital to certain institutions becoming soldiers' orphan schools, approved April tenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, shall be taken to be that no tax shall be assessed or collected or any property used or entered upon for the purposes mentioned in said Act, after the date of and during said occupancy, the assessed valuation of which shall not exceed the sum mentioned in said Act. CHAPTER XVIII. THE TRUST CONFIDED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Y virtue of the Act of May 27, 1871, the Superintendency of the soldiers' orphans was imposed upon the Superin- tendent of Common Schools, and, consequently, James Pyle "Wickersham, LL.D., on the first day of June, 1871, assumed the additional duties to which he had been appointed. Dr. Wickersham had been a close and interested observer of the system since its inception. He, therefore, with laudable enthusiasm, entered immediately upon the labors of this delicate and important trust. With singleness of purpose, he aimed so to administer its affairs as to secure to the unfortunate children the greatest possible measure of good from the liberal provisions of the State. In this endeavor he was ably assisted by the intelligent and practical aid rendered him by Rev. C. Cornforth and Mrs. E. E. Hutter, who, as Inspectors, were already acquainted with the workings and details of the schools ; and in regard to the clerical work of the Department, he was relieved from the perplexity incident to a new bureau by the assistance of experienced clerks. During the annual vacation following the assumption of the Super- intendency of the orphans, Dr. Wickersham caused orders of ad- mission to be issued to all the children whose applications were on file in the Department, amounting in all to nearly five hundred, some of which had been awaiting action for several years. He also decided that in the future all children making proper application should at once be assigned to suitable institutions. The Legislature of 1871 had also removed the restriction which kept the orphans under eight years of age from the schools. This generous policy of the Super- 138 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 139 intendent and the State, white it silenced complaints of an unjust discrimination, which admitted some and rejected others no less needy and deserving, kept the number of children in the schools from diminishing. During the year ending May 31, 1872, the whole number receiving aid from the system was four thousand three hun- dred and twenty-five ; and there were left in the charge of the State, after all discharges, three thousand five hundred and twenty-seven. In order to learn the wants of these schools, better to become acquainted with those having immediate charge of the children, and to secure uniformity of action, Superintendent Wickersham called a meeting of the Principals, who met in the rooms of the Department, at Harrisburg, on the 7th of September, 1871. After a few explana- tory remarks by the Superintendent, relative to the objects of the meeting, that gentleman was called to the chair, and Prof. W. E. Caveny was chosen secretary. The schools and homes were repre- sented as follows : Phillipsburg, Kev. W. G. Taylor ; White Hall, Maj. J. A. Moore, Dr. Moore, and Prof. C. C. Hughes ; Uniontown, Rev. A. H. Waters ; Cassville, A. L. Guss, Principal ; McAlisterville, J. H. Smith, Prin- cipal ; Mount Joy, Rev. Jesse Kennedy and Mr. Gable ; Harford, H. S. Sweet, Principal ; Mansfield, Prof. F. A. Allen ; Titusville, J. N. Beistle, Principal, and G. S. Berry, Esq. ; Chester Springs, W. E. Caveny, Principal, and C. W. Deans, Esq. ; Bridgewater, James Stitzer, Principal ; Loysville, Rev. P. Willard ; Andersonburg, Hon. M. Motzer ; Soldiers' Orphan Institute, L. Hopkins, Esq., and Mrs. E. E. Hutter ; Lincoln Institution, W. H. Billings, Esq. ; Board of Charities, Dr. W. Worthington, Secretary. Department of Soldiers' Orphans. — J. P. Wickersham, Superin- tendent ; Rev. C. Cornforth and Mrs. E. E. Hutter, Inspectors, and Col. James L. Paul, Chief Clerk. Gen. John F. Hartranft, Auditor-General, and Hon. Thomas Nich- olson, Cashier of the State Treasury, and other gentlemen, were present during the evening session. Messrs. Guss, Taylor, and Deans were appointed a committee to wait on his Excellency, Governor Geary, and ascertain at what time it would suit him to be present and address the convention. The committee subsequently reported that the Governor was too ill to perform what otherwise would have been to him a pleasant duty. He, however, expressed, through the committee, his deep interest in the welfare of the soldiers' orphans in the care of the State. 140 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. The convention proceeded to dispose of the business under the several heads proposed by the Superintendent, as follows : 1. A Course of Study. The discussion was very animated, and participated in by nearly all present. Many valuable facts were stated and suggestions made. 2. Care of Children after Leaving School. The discussion revealed the fact that something had been done in this direction, and much more was promised to be done in the future. The State Superin- tendent promised to use his best efforts to secure the admission, with- out cost, of a limited number of orphans, who may show special talent for teaching, into our State Normal School. 3. Moral and Religious Instruction of the Children. On this topic, the State Superintendent said : " I deem it more important to train the children right than to instruct them well." Dr. Worthington was very earnest in pressing upon those present the primary import- ance of making good men and women of the wards of the State. Gen. Hartranft thought " kindness " was the most effective discipline in this regard. Mr. Nicholson, as an old teacher, concurred in this view. Reference was made by all to the wonderful moral changes wrought upon the children by the training of the schools. 4. Industrial Instruction. It is the intention of the State that the orphan children in her care shall be taught to work. Habits of industry will be as valuable to them in life, it is thought, as knowl- edge. From the reports made from the different schools, a good degree of attention is paid to this matter. In addition to' these general discussions, the convention considered questions concerning the kinds of clothing suitable for the children ; the mode of purchasing their clothing, and the manner of keeping the clothing accounts ; the kind of reports to be made to the De- partment, and other matters of detail. Dr. Worthington, Gen. Hartranft, Mr. Nicholson, the State Super- intendent, Mr. Kennedy, Prof. Allen, and other gentlemen, made concluding remarks upon the noble work Pennsylvania had under- taken to do in providing for the thousands of destitute children orphaned by the war. It was said that if the work cost her millions of dollars, it would save her tens of millions. All the other States of the Union have done less than Pennsylvania in this noblest of all charities. The convention was a decided success. Its last session continued until after midnight, and none seemed weary. PENNSYLVANIA'S SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 141 Desiring to systematize the duties of the Inspectors, and to facili- tate the work of making their reports, the subjoined printed form was prepared during the first year of Dr. Wickersham's Superin- tendency : INSPECTION REPORT. .187 To J. P. WlCKERSHAM, Superintendent Soldiers' Orphan Schools. Sir: — The following is the report of my inspection of the , made 187 Grounds. Extent Condition of grounds and sur- roundings Buildings. Condition as to repair _. ^) Culinary dep't.. Condition as to [ . i Y bcnool-rooms... cleanliness: I ^ ... ) Dormitories Adaptation to the purpose Furniture. General condition of furniture..... Condition of beds and bedding Condition of tables and table fur- niture Condition of school furniture Children. Number of children present.. Condition as to health.. Condition as to cleanliness... Condition as to morals Food. Condition of the food.. Clothing. Condition as to quantity- Condition as to quality ... The School. Number of teachers Character of the teaching Advancement of the pupils Discipline No. of books in li- brary No. of periodicals taken Reading : Industrial Facilities. Number of employees Condition of the indus- ") Boys'.... tries: j Girls'... Moral and Religious Advantages. Moral and religious condition of the institution The Institution as a Whole. Condition of the institution as a whole Improvement since Previous Visit. Degree of progress in improve- ment Miscellaneous Remarks. Inspector S. 0. Schools. 142 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS. 1. Except where positive results are required, the Inspectors will fill up the blanks with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, meaning, respectively, very good, good, tolerably good, middling, rather poor, poor, very poor. 2. The Inspectors are directed to point out, on the spot, to the authorities of the several institutions, what they may think requires amendment, and insist upon the needed changes. 3. Details which cannot be properly expressed in the report should be promptly communicated to the Superintendent, either in person or by letter. Superintendent Wickersham also prepared a neat diploma, to be granted worthy soldiers' orphans on leaving school at the age of sixteen years, of which the following is a copy : n 144 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. The course of study and method of grading presented by Super- intendent McFarland, already given, was somewhat modified by his successor. Perhaps the changes referred to can best be told in Dr. Wickersham's own language : " The branches now taught in the different grades will be continued, with the addition of object lessons in the first four grades, and grammar in the eighth grade. The extent to which each branch shall be studied in the several grades is left to the teachers. Progress will be measured more by the proficiency of the pupils in the several branches, as exhibited to the inspectors and at the examination, than by the number of books or parts of books they have passed over. Due attention should be given to vocal music, the writing of original compositions, and draw- ing." An important change, which was agitated the previous year, was made by the Legislature of 1871, in the manner of supply- ing the advanced schools with clothing. Up to this time the State Superintendent had made the purchases of clothing and clothing materials of all kinds and forwarded them to these institutions. The amount al- lowed to each child was twenty- five dollars. By the provisions of the appropriation bill of 1871, each Principal was re- quired to make these purchases for his own school. With the State Superintendent, however, still rests the duty to prescribe the kind of clothing and the amount furnished. Pupils over ten years of age, and for whom one hundred and fifty dollars per annum are paid, must receive twenty-five dollars' worth of clothing ; and those under ten years, and for whom one hundred and fifteen dollars per annum are paid, must receive nineteen dollars and sixteen cents' worth of clothing. The cost of mending boots and shoes is included in clothing accounts, but all other mending is reckoned among the ordinary expenses of the institutions. JOHN WILHELM. PENNSYLVANIA'S SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 145 At the close of each fiscal year, the Principals of the several schools forward to the Department receipted bills for all purchases of clothing, clothing materials, and for transportation of the same, together with bills for making clothing at the schools and mending boots and shoes. All these must equal the amount required to clothe all the children in each school for the year, which is easily ascertained, as it is just one-sixth of the whole amount paid the school for all purposes. Besides this, each Principal keeps an exact account with each orphan, who is charged with the actual cost of every article of clothing given him or her, and the cost of cob- bling. Yet, as it would be diffi- cult to give each child the exact amount required, a little latitude is granted for the sake of con- venience. But each pupil over ten years of age must receive at least twenty-one dollars' worth of clothing, and each child below ten must receive at least sixteen dollars' worth ; and the average value of clothing must equal the required amounts. The names of the children in each school are entered upon an " issue roll," and the articles of clothing and their cost, and the cost of repair- ing shoes, are placed opposite their several names. This roll shows just what each orphan has received during the year. Both the receipted bills, which show how much has been paid out to clothe the whole school, and the " issue roll," which shows how much has been given each child, are kept on file in the Department. These rules as to clothing do not apply to the homes, to which only one hundred dollars are allowed per annum for each child, if at any time a State appropriation has been granted, and one hundred and fifteen dollars, if no such appropriation has ever been made. 10 STJETTA MARKXEY. 146 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. These institutions must comfortably clothe their children, but are not required to render clothing accounts to the Department. Twenty-five dollars to clothe a child between ten and sixteen years of age, and nineteen dollars and sixteen cents to clothe a child under ten years are not large sums ; and it is a constant study with those who have the schools in charge how to make this amount of money do the most good. Experience has taught that it is poor economy to purchase inferior goods. With the most prudent expenditure and much mending, it is very difficult to make the twenty-five dollars properly clothe the boys in those schools where they have wide scope and free range ; but when less freedom is granted, that amount is an ample allowance. No child is considered properly supplied with clothing who does not have a change of underwear, a work, a school, and a dress suit. Much taste is displayed in dressing the children. We give two wood-cuts copied from photographs taken in 1875. The boy and girl represented here are now pupils at Mount Joy, and may be regarded as fair representatives of the children in the advanced schools. They, of course, have on their best. The boy's pants are of blue Kersey, his jacket and cap are made of dark blue cloth, trimmed with military buttons. The girl's dress is of Scotch plaid ; her hat is becoming, and her shoes are shapely and neat, but they do not pinch her feet. N CHAPTER XIX. JOHN FREDERICK HARTRANFT. N the 21st of January, 1873, Major-General Hartranft was inaugurated Governor of Pennsylvania. In hini the soldiers' orphans found an earnest and devoted friend. At the first call of President Lincoln for troops, he, as Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Montgomery County Militia, hast- ened to Harrisburg, and offered the services of his command to the imperilled Government. From the beginning to the end of the war of the great rebellion, Governor Hartranft was in the military ser- vice, and commanded in more than a score of battles. By his skill and bravery he earned an honorable distinction. As a recognition of his valuable services and conspicuous gallantry, he was, by his Government, breveted major-general on the 25th of March, 1865, while in active service. Many of the fathers of the orphaned chil- dren had bravely fought and nobly perished beneath his own eyes ; and he naturally cherished a deep interest in the welfare of those made dependent and defenceless by a parent's valor; for if the cruelties and horrors of war tend to harden man's nature, no less do its bereavements and sorrows touch the heart and prompt it to deeds of tenderness and mercy. Yielding to a desire enkindled by the sad yet grateful remem- brance of the honored dead, the Governor-elect requested, as a spe- cial favor, that the soldiers' orphans honor his inaugural with their presence. With the permission of their Superintendent, eight hun- dred and nineteen fatherless boys participated in the ceremonies, and from their sad history, yet present favored circumstances and their fine appearance and military bearing, formed an important feature of the occasion. The institutions represented, and the number of boys from each, were as follows: Soldiers' Orphan Institute, one 147 148 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. hundred and twenty-one ; Mount Joy, one hundred ; Cassville, eighty-two ; Lincoln Institution, one hundred and thirty -five ; Bridge- water (colored), fifty ; Chester Springs, ninety ; McAlisterville, eighty ; Loysville, fifty-three ; and White Hall, one hundred and eight. Hardly had the solemn oath to perform with fidelity his duties as Governor been taken, when he quietly withdrew from the company of distinguished statesmen and soldiers, and from the pomp and pageantry attending that hour of his civil triumph, to mingle with, and speak words of encouragement to, the orphaned children who had temporarily sought shelter in the Court-house. It was flattering to them to be the first auditors of the new Governor ; and they were highly gratified to be assured from his own lips that he would, dur- ing his administration of the affairs of the State, do all in his power to promote their happiness and progress in knowledge and virtue. Naturally reticent and undemonstrative, his words were few, but they revealed a depth of fervor and feeling ; and the promises then made the orphans, though called forth by the occasion and conse- quently unpremeditated, were ever after regarded by him sacred as the most solemn vows. Upon successive Legislatures, Governor Hartranft has urged the duty of providing generously for the schools of the adopted " wards of the State." Having himself enjoyed the advantages of excellent schools, and holding advanced views in regard to popular instruction, and wisely believing in compulsory education as a safeguard to society, he, from every consideration of statesmanship, justice, and humanity, is an earnest and consistent advocate of that system which nurtures the necessitous children of fallen soldiers and fits them for virtuous, industrious, and honorable citizenship. In every one of his annual messages to the General Assembly, he has given the soldiers' orphan schools a conspicuous place. The following passages must suffice to show his manner of speaking of this great trust in his official communications : '- The continued favor of the Legislature to the schools wherein the orphans of our soldiers are maintained and taught, is an agreeable proof of the patriotism of our people. What prouder monument could we erect to the Pennsylvanians who fell in battle than to care for and educate their children ? There will be little hope for our institutions, when we cease to be grateful to those who bled or died in their defence. No more responsible charge, and one which does more honor to her head and heart, has been assumed by the Commonwealth, than these schools for the support and instruction of our soldiers' orphans ; and it is Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 149 of the gravest importance that this trust should be administered not only in good faith to the State, but with a special view to the comfort and careful edu- cation of these unfortunate children. "In this connection, let me say a word in regard to a subject that has often engaged my thoughts, and to which I invoke the attention of our law-makers. No part of our system of education has secured so universal commendation as that which is embraced in the circle of instruction of those who were made orphans by the casualties of war. The helpless condition of these little ones touchingly appealed to the hearts of our people, and the response was the establishment of the orphans' schools that are now the pride of our State. But in rescuing these children from destitution, and providing for their education until they have attained the age of sixteen years, have we filled the measure of our duty to them? " Thrown out into the world to do battle with life's trials, at an age peculiarly dangerous to youth, does not common humanity require that the State should maintain its guardianship of these children until their habits are somewhat settled, and they have acquired the ability to earn their own livelihood ? The establishment of industrial schools, where useful trades may be taught, seems to promise the easiest and best solution of this problem." General Hartranft was the second time inaugurated Governor of Pennsylvania on the 18th of January, 1876. It is not necessary to say that in this event the orphans and their numerous friends throughout the Commonwealth greatly rejoiced. Another might be true to them and their interests, but in regard to him there existed not a shadow of doubt. He had committed himself by word and act unequivocal to the good work. And there were other considera- tions, aside from the care of the orphan children, which made his second inaugural an occasion for congratulation. He had, by three years of the most judicious control of the affairs of the State, shown himself to be a true and intelligent friend to her interests, and by his distinguished services in the war to save the nation which was born a hundred years before, demonstrated the fact that he was worthy to be the Centennial Governor of the Keystone State. CHAPTER XX. THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. HEN, in 1864, it was first proposed that the State assume the care and education of all the children whom the war had made necessitous, a decided majority in the House of Representatives, as has been seen, was opposed to the measure. The war had increased the public indebtedness, and the project, though humane and worthy, would, if carried out, require large sums of money during at least the next decade ; and hence legislators hesitated to fasten upon the Commonwealth this addi- tional burden. But the people, who fought the battles and uncom- plainingly bore the expenses of the war, were no less willing to recognize and discharge their obligations to a deserving and numer- ous class of unfortunates of whom its cruelties had robbed of the natural means of support. As the grand scheme of beneficence became known and its objects understood, it gathered strength and made friends. Its advocates were confined to no party creed. The wisest statesmen were its warmest advocates. And yet there have not been wanting those who, during all the years of its history, have seemed to look suspiciously upon the great work and to grudge the means required for its continuance. The disposition to* contract rather than to expand the State's liberality to the orphans has too often manifested itself in the halls of legislation. In resisting the narrowing and belittling of the undertaking, while no set of men can claim the exclusive honor, the soldiers of the late war may justly demand a preeminence. Especially is this true of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization composed of the honorably discharged veterans of the war for the suppression of the rebellion. To perpetuate the remembrances of that struggle, 150 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 151 to keep alive the friendships which were formed amid common hard- ships and dangers, and to cherish a love for the Union of the respec- tive States for which they fought and bled, are some of the objects of its existence. And among other obligations of mercy, the mem- bers of this brotherhood are pledged to extend aid, when necessary, to the unfortunate families of their comrades who were slain aud crippled in battle. Fidelity to their vows, quickened by a remem- brance of the dead and a regard for the living, have placed these banded warriors foremost in the support of that system which pro- vides a home and a school for those whom they are obligated to defend and protect. By their numerical strength, and by their social and political standing, they have been enabled so to shape legislative action as to obtain favorable results. Not only has the Grand Army ever been ready to exert its powerful influence in favor of securing ample appropriations for the support of the schools, but it has also heartily favored every enlargement of the State's liberality to the orphans. It is largely due to its influence that provisions have been made to aid the pupils, after completing their term at the schools, to con- tinue their studies at the normal schools of the State. Members of the order, as well as those who had immediate charge of the children, had repeatedly been pained by seeing earnest and promising students, on arriving at the age of sixteen years, sent away and their student- life suddenly ended, too often never again to be resumed. A few, without any additional preparation, engaged in teaching; some, aided by friends, continued their studies ; but in most instances the case was far otherwise. With a little more assistance, many could be fitted for a career of highest usefulness as teachers. Deeply im- pressed with this fact, the members of the organization deemed it a duty to see that some provision was made for this class of orphans. They accordingly made known their wishes to the Superintendent, who, heartily concurring in their views, asked and obtained of the Legislature of 1872 an appropriation of two thousand dollars to assist a limited number of the most worthy pupils, who had com- pleted their term at the orphan schools, to further pursue their studies at the State normal schools. It is also largely due to the same influence that the normal school fund was subsequently in- creased and made permanent. By an arrangement with the Principals of these institutions, the orphans sent to them are furnished boarding, washing, tuition, and 152 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. the use of text-books for four dollars a week. One dollar of this sum is paid out of the common school fund, in the same manner as to other students who propose to become teachers in the State. Only those pupils are sent to the normal schools, by the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, who have been honorably discharged at the age of sixteen, and show aptitude for teaching. And, in order to render assistance to the greatest number practicable, they are kept at the normal schools but one year, when they give place to other deserving applicants. The pupils to whom additional aid is thus extended acquit themselves, with rare exceptions, very satisfactorily, either graduating with honors, or occupying positions in the highest classes. One hundred and eighty-two orphans have already enjoyed the privilege of a normal school training, the majority of whom are teaching in the public schools, of the State. In 1874, another forward movement was made. All soldiers' orphans born after the 1st day of January, 1866, had, by a previous Act, been excluded, and no children of disabled soldiers, however destitute, had ever enjoyed the benefits of the system. By the Act of May, 1874, one hundred of these hitherto excluded children were admitted into the schools. In 1875, a bill was drafted by Hon. W. H. Graham, member from Allegheny City, which removed the lim- itation, and provided for the admission of all the needy children of both deceased and disabled soldiers, without regard to date of birth. The bill met with opposition in the Legislature ; but Mr. Graham, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and having the matter much at heart, pressed it vigorously, and was warmly supported in securing its passage by Representatives W. W. Brown, of Erie county ; Charles S. Wolf, of Union county; W. Cooper Tally, of Delaware county ; B. C. Christy, of Allegheny county ; George F. Smith, of Chester county ; Samuel A. Losch, of Schuylkill county ; J. R. Bil- lingsly, of Washington county; Geo. H. Ettla and D. P. Rosen- miller, of Lancaster county ; Geo. A. Bakeoven, Harry O'Neill, Wm. J. Roney, Harry M. Quirk, Josephus Yeakel, Jas. J. Monaghan, Chas. R. Gentner, Robert Gillespie, and Joseph R. Souder, of Phila- delphia ; and Senators Daniel Ermentrout, of Berks county ; A. H. Dill, of Union county ; Samuel M. Jackson, of Armstrong county ; J. G. Heilman, of Lebanon county ; Thomas V. Cooper, of Dela- ware county ; Elisha "W. Davis and A. H. Dunkle, of Philadelphia ; E. D. Yutzy, of Somerset county, all members of the veteran organ- ization. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 153 Not only iu this public manner have the members of the order been of service to the orphans, but in many other ways have they rendered them needed help. Often have needy ones been sought out by them and brought into the schools, who, had it not been for the assistance thus extended, would have been suffered to grow up in destitution and neglect. Nor have the veterans permitted their kind offices to cease with the admission of the children into the State insti- tutions. While there, they have watched over the defenceless little ones with a father's solicitude. The State officers, who have ever invited their cooperation, have more than once had occasion to thank these warriors for their kindness and timely aid. And after passing out from under the care of the State, homes and opportunities to *learn trades have often been obtained for them by the agency of this worthy organization. To their fathers' surviving comrades, the de- fenceless children ever look for advice and help, with no fear of being repulsed with a cold or scornful rebuff. To give the names of members of the Grand Army who have been active in their kindness to the orphans, would be an easy task, were it not for the necessity of omitting others equally deserving. With- out disparaging the services of any, we mention, as being conspicuous in the good work of helping the children and aiding the Depart- ment, the following gentlemen, who are highly esteemed, and have filled honorable positions in the fraternity, viz. : General Frank Reeder, General R. B. Beath, Captain W. W. Tyson, Colonel Norman M. Smith. Private Abe Patterson, Captain Crosby Gray, Colonel O. S. Bosbyshell, Major A. Wilson Norris, General James W. Latta, Captain John M. Vanderslice, Colonel S. Irwin Given, Captain A. M. K. Storrie. CHAPTER XXI. INSIDE VIEW. HE soldiers' orphan schools are homes as well as schools. In them the children are given the very best scholastic training in the different branches of learning suited to their ages, and they are also taught to labor systematically and perseveringly at such household and other duties as are usually performed by children in well-regulated and industrious families. The founders of the system anticipated teaching the orphans trades ; but it was found to be infeasible, as is seen by the following extract from Inspector Cornforth's annual report of 1874 : "It should be borne in mind that all the boys in any one school should not be taught the same trade. So absurd is the idea, that a mere statement of the case is sufficient to show its utter impracticability. Among the boys of any school there would be found natural bent for at least half a dozen occupations. To furnish instruction and facilities for giving practical knowledge and skill in even this limited number of pursuits, would involve an outlay which the tem- porary nature of the schools do not warrant. It should also be remembered that boys leave the schools at the age of sixteen, which is the most suitable period of life for them to begin to learn trades. The present method secures a good business education, is especially favorable to physical development, estab- lishes habits of industry, and furnishes an excellent opportunity to become familiar with farming and gardening and the necessary duties of domestic life, which certainly will be of great advantage to them, whatever pursuit they may follow in after life. Most of the girls become proficient in housework and in sewing, both with the needle and sewing-machine, which places them in ad- vance of a majority of the daughters of well-to-do citizens." But, in order to allow every child a part of each day for manual labor, and to afford constant help in the various domestic employ- ments, each school is divided into four divisions, and each division is again divided into as many working classes as there are departments of labor, the several classes being respectively composed of but one 154 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 155 sex, and employed at such labor as is commonly performed by that sex. The working classes are engaged, alternately, in all the differ- ent industrial departments of their respective schools, and each class, while at work, is under the control of a competent person, who super- intends the work, and assists and instructs the children in the per- formance of their duties. The divisions and classes being arranged, the daily routine of an orphan school, excepting Saturdays and Sun- days, is about as follows : At half-past five o'clock in the morning, the cooking class of the first division gets up, and assists the cook in preparing breakfast ; at six, all the children rise, dress, wash, and comb ; at half-past six, breakfast is taken, and is immediately fol- lowed by family worship, after which the children play till the time for study. At eight o'clock school is called, and the second, third, and fourth divisions repair to the school-rooms, while the first di- vision remains out and engages in manual labor ; at ten, there is a recess of fifteen minutes, and the first and second divisions change places, the first going into school, and the second taking its place in the labor department. At eleven forty-five A. m., school is dismissed, and from its close till one o'clock p. m., the children play, except during the time occu- pied by dinner, which is served precisely at noon. School is again called at one o'clock, and the third division engages in manual labor, while the others attend school ; at three o'clock, after a recess of fifteen minutes, the fourth division takes its turn at labor, and works till four forty-five P. M., at which time both labor and study cease for the day. Supper is taken at five o'clock ; family worship is held immediately after supper, and is followed by play till night. The children all stay in the buildings from twilight till bedtime, some of them in the sitting-rooms, and the others in the reading-rooms, engaged in writing letters, in reading, or in study ; at eight o'clock they all assemble in the sitting-rooms, and, after engaging in singing and prayer, retire to bed. It will thus be seen that the second and fourth working divisions are engaged in study and recitation for five and a half hours every day, while the first and third divisions are so engaged but five hours a day. Saturdays are occupied in bathing, play, &c, and Sundays are taken up chiefly in attending church and Sunday-school. The annexed programme of a prominent- school gives a view of its educational department, and also shows what grades compose each working division, and does not materially differ from those of other advanced schools in the State at the present time (1876). 156 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. PROGRAMME OP A SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL IN WHICH FIVE TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYED. Time. Reciting. Studying. Work. Grade. BraDch. Grade. Branch. A. M. 8 to 8.30. 2d Grade. 7th Grade, 3d Grade, (Class A. 1 I " B.J (Class A... 1 " B... (Class A... i " B... Spelling. Algebra. Physical Geog. Reading. Reading. 6th Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, ( Class A... i " B... ( Class A... i " B... (Class A... 1 " B... Reading. Reading. Reading. Arithmetic. Political Geog. Political Geog. a*' g o "B ta 8.30 to 9. 2d Grade, 4th Grade, 3d Grade, 5lh Grade, 6th Grade, ( Class A. } t " B.J ( Class A... < " B.-i ( Class A. i " B. ( Class A. 1 ■•" B.J (Class A... 1 " B... Object Lessons. Reading. Writing. Reading. Reading. 7th Grade, (Class A... 1 " B... Physical Geog. Grammar. 9 to 9.30. 5th Grade, 7th Grade, 4th Grade, ( Class A... i « B... C Class A.. . \ •< B... Class B... Political Geog. Political Geog. Physical Geog. Grammar. Arithmetic. 2d Grade, 3d Grade, 6th Grade, 4th Grade, ( Class A. .. 1 " B... ( Class A... J " B... (Class A... 1 " B... Class A... Reading. Reading. Spelling. Spelling. Arithmetic. Grammar. Political Geog. 9.30 to 10. 2d Grade, 3d Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade, (Class A... i " B... ( Class A. } I " B.J Class A. > ( Class A. J } " B... Reading. Reading. Spelling. Wriring. Grammar. 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 7th Grade, Class B... ( Class A... J " B... ( Class A... 1 •' B... Reading. Arithmetic. Arithmetic. Grammar. Algebra. 10 to 10.15, Recess. 10.15 to 10.45. 3d Grade, 5th Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade, Class B. .. Class A... (Class A... i " B... Class A... Object Lessons. Arithmetic. Political Geog.- Reading. Arithmetic. 1st Grade, 3d Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade, ( Class A... ( " B... Class A... Class B... Class B... ( Class A... 1 '• B... Reading. Reading. Arithmetic. Reading. Physiology. Physiology. Geometry. H o 1 S3 a 03 •a •a a tn 10.45 to 11.15. 1st Grade, 3d Grade, 5th Grade, 8th Grade, (Class A. > i " B. J Class A... Class B... S Class A... i " B... Drawing. Arithmetic. Reading. Philosophy. Geometry. 3d Grade, 5th Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade, Class B... Class A... ( Class A... t ■' B... ( Class A... 1 " B... Political Geog. Reading. Arithmetic. . Political Geog. Drawing. 11.15 to 11.45. 1st Grade, 6th Grade, 3d Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, (Class A. > I " B. J ( Class A. > i " B. J Class B... (Class AO i " B. | (Class A. | i " B.J Reading. Grammar. Physiology. Political Geog. Drawing. 3d Grade, 8th Grade, Class A... (Class A... i " B... Political Geog. Grammar. Botany. 11.45 A. M. to 1 P. M. Noon Intermission. Pennsylvania's soldiers' okphan schools. 157 PROGRAMME OF A SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL IN WHICH FIVE TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYED. 2 to, 2.30. 3 to 3.15, Recess. 8th Grade, { Clas8 £;; 5th Grade, J 01 " 88 £} 4th Grade, Class A... 4th Grade, Class B... 7th Grade, { 01 S M &;: 1st Grade. | Clas3 $"} 2d Grade, { Class £j 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Class A. " B. [ Class A. 1st Grade, { Clas3 & } 2d Grade, { Clas3 & } 7th Grade, 5 c,ass |v- t .u n a~ < Class A. 4th Grade, jug R.h n-~A„ 5 ClaS8 A. 5th Grade, J .* r Grammar. Botany. Heading. Arithmetic Political Geog. Grammar. Algebra. Object Lessons. Arithmetic. Spelling. Grammar. Grammar. Spelling. Reading. History. Object Lessons. 1st Grade, \ C,ass £; 2d Grade, \ Class £; 7th Grade, \ Class £ 4th Grade, Class A. 8th Grade, \ Class |; 5th Grade, \ Class |; 4th Grade, Class A, 1st Grade, j Class £ 2d Grade, J Clas3 £■ 7th Grade, J Class £ Spelling. Spelling. Arithmetic. Arithmetic. Reading. History. Spelling. Algebra. Grammar. Grammar. Grammar. Spelling. Drawing. Drawing. 1 Spelling. Spelling. Physiology. Philosophy. 8th Grade, { C, 5"|"; Geology. Zoology. 3d Grade, 7th Grade, Political Geog. Physiology. Philosophy. Geology. Zoology. 1st Grade, { Class |; 2d Grade, 5 Class a! 3d Grade, Class B. 6th Grade, J Class £ Reading. Reading. Drawing. Arithmetic. Astrono'calGeog Physical Geog. Class A. " B. Class A. 1st Grade 2d Grade, J Cla 3d Grade, Class A 6th Grade, { Cla3s £ Object Lessons. Astrono'calGeog, Physical Geog. 7th Grade, 5 ' Reading. Algebra. Physical Geog. History. History. 3d Grade, Class B 7th Grade, { Cla33 £ 8th Grade, \ Cla8s £ Class A 1st Grade, 6th Grade, B Class A " B Arithmetic. Drawing. History. Oral Ex. in Num. Drawing. 2d Grade, | Class £ 3d Grade, Class A. Spelling. Spelling. Reading. 4.45 p.m. school closes 158 Pennsylvania's soldiees' oephan schools. These institutions aim to give the children they receive the bene- fits of a Christian home, and the advantages of good schools. To reach this high standard is not an easy task. Vigilance and labor alone can accomplish it. Being taught constantly by experience, the earnest laborers in this great work are all the while becoming more efficient. A sure and permanent advancement is clearly discernible. The home comforts and privileges of the adopted children of the State are many and great. The family, unquestionably, is the most fitting place for the nurture and development of childhood and youth. But to a home bereft of its support and scattered, and from which the possibility of family enjoyments and blessings are removed, the State offers, in her soldiers' orphan schools, a happy and beneficent alternative. In these are found kindness, sympathy, and protection. Here are taught the value of industry and the excellence of morality, virtue, and religion. The food furnished the orphans is uniformly good and abundant. The bill of fare for dinner is changed every day in the week. The dormitories and beds are, with hardly an ex- ception, neat and comfortable. The sleeping rooms are sometimes crowded, but great care is taken to ventilate them thoroughly, so that no injurious effects seem to result therefrom. The personal cleanli- ness of the children, as a rule, is commendable. Weekly bathing of the entire person, under ordinary circumstances necessary, is espe- cially demanded where a large number of children are congregated. This fact is universally admitted and acted upon. Daily recreation is an admitted necessity. A physician is employed in every institution. The good health of the children, and their fine and rapid physical development, are everywhere noticeable. This is attributable not only to their home comforts and healthful diet, but also to the whole- some regulations which govern them. Everywhere there is system. Each day is filled up with study, labor, and recreation, mingled in pleasing and healthful proportions. The children also go to bed, rise, and take their meals punctually at the appointed hour, and are bathed on a given day each week. As a result of this regulated variety in the occupations of each day, and observing fixed times for taking rest and food, far less sickness and fewer deaths occur among these children, in proportion to their number, than among any other class, so far as known. Out of a total of over eight thousand children, who have been pupils in these schools, during the twelve-years of their existence, only one hundred and seventy have been removed by death. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 159 The importance of culture, in good breeding, in morals and re- ligion, is recognized. The good example of those under whose care the children are placed is, doubtless, in these things, the most effective educator. Attention is therefore paid to the social, moral, and re- ligious standing of teachers and other employees. Religious books and papers are regarded as indispensable. The superior educational advantages enjoyed by the children in the institutions of the State are acknowledged by all. The school-rooms are generally spacious and comfortable, and many of them are elegantly furnished with modern school furniture, wall maps, globes, &c. Competent and ex- perienced teachers are permanently employed ; the prescribed course of study is well chosen and zealously pursued. Strict attention is given to grading and classification, and good discipline is secured by appeals, in the main, to the reason and judgment, or by depriving the offender of some privilege. The harsher methods of punishment are resorted to only when milder measures have failed. While spe- cial care is taken to have the pupils well grounded in reading, spell- ing, writing, and arithmetic, other branches are not neglected. Geography, map-drawing, grammar, bookkeeping, physiology, and algebra are as thoroughly taught, so far as pursued, as in the best schools of the State. Instruction in vocal music is given in every institution. The annual examinations, at the close of each school year, usually show hard work on the part of both pupils and teachers. Distinguished educators, and men of influence in the locality of the several schools, express not only gratification, but surprise at the pro- ficiency exhibited. A few years of culture, when the mind is in its most receptive and plastic state, often give direction to the whole of after existence. There are reasons to hope that the career of great numbers who were made orphans by the war will be far different and nobler for the help extended them by the State. Even the character of the Common- wealth itself must be elevated, when the influence of the thousands of children she has nurtured is felt upon society. These reflections, infinitely more than the fact that the widow's burdens are lightened and the orphan's wants are supplied, give importance and grandeur to the soldiers' orphan schools of Pennsylvania, and stamp them as the latest and best fruits of a Christian civilization. CONCLUSION. UCH is the record which Pennsylvania gives to the world. The lustre of the annals of heroism, written by the sol- diers of the Commonwealth, has been brightened by the most generous humanity. The history of the Keystone State is grand in war, and the story of her beneficence in peace is no less sublime. Wherever a Pennsylvania soldier was ordered, whether on the sanguinary fields of the Mississippi, in the struggles of the coast, in the unexampled conflicts of the Army of the Poto- mac, or in the sword-hewn pathways from Chickamauga to Atlanta, and thence forward on the " March to the Sea," he had the ever- present assurance that his State cherished his idols as her own ; that in sickness her ministers of mercy would reach him ; that in death his dust would be sought by his Commonwealth and sepulchred with its kindred ; and that his widow should not beg bread, nor his orphans wander in helplessness. And that bright trust has been ful- filled in stainless perfection. Under the guardianship of a patriotic people, the fatherless children of the nation's martyrs have become the " wards of the State." 160 SCHOOLS, HOMES, AND ASYLUMS. 11 161 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools. The Origin, Rise, and Progress. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. During the war for the suppression of the Rebellion, the State equipped and sent to the field over 380.000 men, of whom about 50,000 perished. THE STATE'S GRATITUDE. Justice, humanity and patriotism alike demand, that when a State has deprived the children of their natural guardians, these children should become the wards of the State, hence Our Soldiers' Orphan Schools and Homes. I. ORIGIN. 1. Governor Curtin promised the soldiers that, should they fall in battle, their children should become the wards of the State. 2. The Pennsylvania Eailroad Company donates to the State $50,000. 3. Loyal Association of Pennsylvanians in Washington, D. C, donates $85.00. 4. James W. Lear, of Fox Chase, Philadelphia, donates $3.00, the pro- ceeds of a lecture in a public school-house. 5. Act of 1864 authorized the Governor to accept the above donations. II. STATE AGENT. Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, prominent educator, appointed Agent for the State, to devise a plan for the organization of these schools. III. HIS WORK. Plan for educating and maintaining the soldiers' orphans, under the Aet of 1864. 163 164 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. General View of the Plan Prepared. A. Persons Entitled to the Benefits of the Act. 1. Children of deceased soldiers of Pennsylvania. 2. Children of permanently disabled soldiers of Pennsylvania. 3. Children of deceased soldiers of the United States Army and Navy who were residents of Pennsylvania at the time of enlistment. B. Admission to the Benefits of the Act. 1. Application to State Agent (Superintendent) by the mother or guardian. 2. Application to be approved by school directors of the township in which the orphan resides. 3. Orphans under six years to be sent to Homes (primary schools) ; above that age, to advanced schools, designated by the State Superintendent. 4. Regard as far as possible to religious denomination of the parents. C. Kind of Education and Maintenance. 1. Clothing — uniform dress. 2. To have comfortable lodgings, wholesome food, and medical attendance w r hen required. 3. Intellectual culture — ordinary English education. 4. Physical — 1. Calisthenics, gymnastics, and military exercises. 2. All pupils to have specified hours for work, and trained to habits of in- dustry. 5. Religious and moral instruction. D. Schools Employed under the Act. 1. The State to have no interest in buildings and grounds. 2. Homes, or primary schools, for pupils under six years. 3. Advanced schools, for pupils between the ages of six and fifteen years. E. Control of Orphans in the School. 1. Schools to be under control of Principal, subject to inspections and regulations of the Superintendent. 2. All contracts for apprenticing and orders for discharges to be granted by Superintendent. Pennsylvania's soldiees' oephan schools. 165 F. Opening of Pioneer Schools and Homes. Homes, or Primary Schools. Northern Home, Philadelphia. Orphan Asylum, Pittsburgh. Soldiers' Orphan Home, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh and Allegheny Orphan Asylum, Allegheny City. Home for Friendless, Allegheny City. Children's Home, Lancaster. Advanced Schools Contracted with. 1. Paradise, Lancaster county. 2. McAlisterville, Juniata county. 3. Strasburg (Mt. Joy), Lancaster county. 4. Quakertown, Bucks county. 5. Orangeville, Columbia county. IV. Legislative Act of 1865 approves the plan adopted by the Governor and State Superintendent, provides for the continuance of the system, and fixes the time for discharging orphans at the age of sixteen years. V. NEW SCHOOLS ORGANIZED UNDER THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, AT THE SESSIONS OF 1865, 1866 AND 1867. Andersonburg, Perry co. Bridge water (colored), Bucks co.. Cassville, Huntingdon co. Chester Springs, Chester co. Dayton, Armstrong co. Harford, Susquehanna co. Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia. Mansfield, Tioga co. Mercer, Mercer co. North Sewickley, Beaver co. Phillipsburg, Beaver co. Uniontown, Fayette co. Titusville, Crawford co. White Hall, Cumberland co. Jacksonville, Centre co. Loysville, Perry co. Emmaus Orphan House, Dauphin co. St. Paul's Orphan Home, Butler co. Church Home, Pittsburgh. Children's Home, York. Wilkesbarre Home, Luzerne co. Womelsdorf Home, Berks co. Rochester Orphan Home, Beaver co. St. James' Orph. Asylum, Lancaster. Episcopal Church Home, Philadel- phia. Orphans' Home, Germantown. St. Vincent's College, Westmore- land co. St. Vincent's Home, Philadelphia. St. John's Asylum, Philadelphia. Catholic Home, Philadelphia. Industrial School, Philadelphia. Penna. Training School for Feebl-e Minded Children, Media. Nazareth Hall, Northampton co. 166 Pennsylvania's soldiers' oephan schools. VI. GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM. 1. Pupils in school at the close of the year 1864 110 1865 1,226 1866 2,681 1867 3,180 1868 3,431 " 1869 3,631 " 1870 3,526 " 1871 3,607 " 1872 3,527 " 1873 3,261 " 1874 3,071 " 1875 2,788 VII. GENERAL SUMMARY, February 1st, 1876. 1. Whole number of admissions to schools 8,277 2. Number discharged on order 1,558 3. Number discharged on age , 3,777 4. Number of deaths 170 5,505 Number remaining in school 2,772 2. i a. 3. s s: 4. i a 5. ( it 6. i a 7. l 41 8. ' " 9. I tt 10. i a 12. ( u 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. VIII. COST OF THE SYSTEM. Donations $50,088.06 Legislative appropriation, 1865, regular 75,000.00 1866 " 300,000.00 1867 " 350,000.00 1868, deficit 31,069.77 1868 " 141,561.69 1868, regular..... 400,000.00 1869, deficit 50,000.00 1869, damages— Orangeville... 5,000.00 1869, regular 450,000.00 1870, deficit 44,968.88 1870 " 44,700.00 1870, regular...., 520,000.00 1871, damages— Orangeville... 5,000.00 1871, damages — Jacksonville.. 5,000.00 1871, regular 520,000.00 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 " 480,000.00 " 460,000.00 " 440,000.00 " 400,000.00 " 380,000.00 Grand total $5,152,388.40 Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools. 167 IX. OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT. 1. Superintendents. 1.' Thomas H. Burrowes 1864-1867 2. George F. McFarland 1867-1871 3. James P. Wickersham 1871-1876 2. Inspectors. 1. William L. Bear 1865-1867 2. Amos Kow 1866-1867 3 At f 1867 i Columbus Cornforth 1867-1876 Elizabeth E. Hutter 1867-1876 { 3. Clerks. 1. James Thompson 1864-1867 2. John D. Shryock 1867-1868 3. James L. Paul, Chief Clerk 1868-1876 4. Edmund E.Sutton 1867-1876 168 Northern Home for Friendless Children, and Soldiers* and Sailors' Orphan Institute. 1 im? HE Northern Home was organized April 28, 1853, by a few benevolent ladies, who met in the parlor of John W. Claghorn, Esq., 1009 Arch Street. Thomas Earp, Esq., was elected President of the Board of Trustees ; Thomas S. Mitchell, Esq., Treasurer ; Wm. R. Stockton, Secretary ; and Mac- Gregor J. Mitch eson and James J. Barclay, Esqs., Solicitors. Upon the death of Mr. Mitchell, John W. Claghorn, Esq., was elected Treasurer, and faithfully discharged the duties of the position until his death. The retirement of Mr. Stockton resulted in the election of Mr. Mitcheson as Secretary, which office he filled until elected President of the Board of Trustees, in 1875. Although a Board of Trustees was elected, the administration of the Home has rested principally in the hands of twenty-four lady managers, of whom Mrs. Rev. Edwin W. Hutter, D. D., was chosen first President, and continues to serve in that capacity with great acceptability to all concerned. She was ably assisted by the follow-- ing officers : Vice-Presidents, Mrs. John W. Claghorn (who was one of the founders of the Home, and continued to work with unabated zeal to her death) and Mrs. John Wiegand ; Treasurer, Mrs. R. Hammett ; Recording Secretary, Miss Susan O'Neill ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. George Duffield, Jr. The act of incorporation was approved January 26, 1854. The object of the corporators was, as recited in the preamble, " the laud- able and benevolent purpose of educating and providing for friend- less children." The Managers feeling the need of this form of benevolence, but with no other capital than trust in God and a willingness to work, 169 170 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. instituted a series of floral fairs at the " Chinese Museum," and sub- sequently at Concert Hall, to raise funds ; and succeeded remarkably- well in their efforts. The press of the city assisted in the work, and teemed with friendly notices of the undertaking. A poem, written especially for the occasion by the late Thomas Buchanan Read, was read at the opening of these fairs. Other pens were also employed in like benevolent work, among the ablest of which was that of the late Rev. Dr. Hutter, who for many years was a trustee of the insti- tution. He gave the whole weight of his large personal influence to the project, and wrote with telling effect. To him is largely due the earliest successes of the Northern Home. Although a man of such distinguished literary ability, he became as a little child in his gen- tleness and child-like sympathy in his intercourse with the children of the Northern Home and Soldiers' Orphan Institute. It was beau- tiful to behold them flocking around him, anxious for a part in the " good man's smile," so heavenly in its sweetness. The institution began operations in an humble way, in what was then known as the " Old Soup House," on Buttonwood, below Broad Street. The first year it was made the custodian of forty-seven chil- dren, and since then the number has constantly increased. A large and handsome building was soon erected, at the north-east corner of Twenty-Third and Brown Streets. It was built in the most substantial manner, with large, airy halls extending the whole length of the building, and in every way admirably adapted to the purpose for which it was designed. Subsequently, the Trustees purchased the ground adjoining the site upon which the buildings were erected, thus securing nearly the entire square bounded by Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third and Brown and Parrish Streets. Since the establishment of the Northern Home, it has floated on the full tide of success. Although a home for friendless children, it has never itself been friendless, and scarcely even a child. Like Minerva from the head of Jove, or Adam from the hand of God, it sprang into perfected maturity almost at a bound, quickly attaining to what other institutions reach only, if at all, by slow and painful degrees. At the breaking out of the Rebellion, the Northern Home opened its doors to the children of the brave men who had gone forth in defence of the imperilled Union, even before any of their fathers had fallen in the struggle. Here the children were kept free of expense, with the understanding that, if their fathers fell in battle, they would HI V Mi «, Mfet %»■ ir-i NORTHERN HOME, AND SOLDIERS' ORPHAN INSTITUTE. 171 be permanently cared for ; but, if the soldiers should be so fortunate as to return, the children would be given up to them. Hundreds were kept in this way, for whom the Institute has never received a cent of remuneration. The late Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, the first State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, on receiving his appointment, visited Phila- delphia, and made satisfactory arrangements with the Managers of the Northern Home to receive the younger class of orphans, on account of the State, for one hundred dollars per annum each. This generous example was soon followed by other institutions in various parts of the Commonwealth. During this visit, Dr. Burrowes appointed MacGregor J. Mitche- son Chairman of the Committee of Superintendence for Philadelphia, an honorable and responsible position which he has ever since filled with great efficiency. The committee appointed by Mr. Mitcheson, to cooperate with him in the work of investigating and reporting upon the thousands of applications that have from time to time been made, is as follows : 1st Ward 2d Ward- 3d Ward- en Ward - 5th Ward ■ 6th Ward- 7th Ward - 8th Ward- 9th Ward - 10th Ward- 11th Ward - 12th Ward 13th Ward - 14th Ward- -William E. Lehman. -William Laughlin. -James D. Campbell. -John O'Brien. - Uselma C. Smith. - Daniel K. Grim. - Peter Williamson. -John H. Atwood. -Theodore Earp. -George W.Hall. -Madison R. Harris. - Charles M. Wagner. - Aid. Jos. Plankington. -Jacob Dowler. 15th Ward - 16th Ward - 17th Ward - 18th Ward - 19th Ward- 20th Ward- 21st Ward 21st Ward 22d Ward 23d Ward- 24th Ward- 25th Ward - 25th Ward- 26th Ward - - Henry Davis. - Robert D. Coxe. -Dr. M. C. Kreitzer. - George W. Vaughan. -John Moffett. -John B. Austin. -William B. Stephens. -C. Thompson Jones. - Charles J. Wistar, Jr. -William Ashworth. -Henry C. Townsend. -Barton H. Jenks. - John Savage. - James Evans. After the war had assumed colossal proportions, and when many children had been reduced to orphanage, the Northern Home was the first to erect a building especially for the soldiers' and sailors' orphans. In this work, the late Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll lead the way with a subscription of two thousand dollars. This edifice was put up directly north of the Northern Home, in the year 1862, and was formally dedicated as " The Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Insti- tute," the first in the country, on March 16, 1865. 172 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Dr. Hutter's prayer upon this occasion was so appropriate, we give it entire : PEAYEE OF DEDICATION. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, the sovereign Arbiter of the desti- nies of men and nations ! Thine is the only throne on earth or in heaven before which the free Eepublic of the United States of America bows her- self. If we know our own hearts, it is our delight to do Thee homage as our Monarch and our Judge. Thou holdest the hearts of all men, even the heart of the king, in Thy hand, and Thou dost guide them as Thou dost the rivers of water, whithersoever Thou wilt. We render unto Thee praise that Thou hast inclined the hearts of the benevolent and kind to rear this asylum for the dependent children of the soldiers and sailors who, on the altar of their country, have oifered up their lives. Merciful God, we feel that a dark stigma upon the nation which their valor has preserved, it would be, if a single one of the offspring of these martyred heroes were permitted to grow up in ignorance and neglect, or roam through the streets begging bread. For the pleasing prospect that no such deed of ingratitude shall be suffered to sully the escutcheon of the Eepub- lic, we give Thee unfeigned thanks. We praise Thee that in the midst of wrath Thou hast remembered mercy. We praise Thee, that though by reason of an unprovoked and ungodly rebellion, our land has been drenched in blood, our blessings, meanwhile, have been distinguished alike for magnitude and number. We praise Thee, that though treason and sedition have robbed the land of its wonted peace, they have not been able to rob its loyal inhabitants of their trust in Thee. As our fathers confided in Thee, and were delivered, so do we trust in Thee for safety and deliverance. God of all comfort ! we render unto Thee the homage of unfeigned gratitude, that, after the insult offered by traitor hands to the cherished emblem of our nationality, at Sumter, impelled by a high sense of duty to their country and to Thee, such vast multitudes of men left their peace- ful firesides and endearments of home and repaired to distant fields of strife to confront their enemies and Thine, and of their country's wrongs to become Thine own avengers I We give Thee thanks for the contempt of danger with which Thou didst inspire them — for the martial ardor and unquenchable patriotism which Thou didst enable them to exhibit — for the fortitude and patience, to do and to suffer, which they were enabled to display. These sufferings, alas, as from Thy throne on high Thou hast not been an indifferent spectator, were often wantonly inflicted, and their remembrance causes the cheek of modesty to be suffused with blushes, and the hearts of the meekest to burn with an anger that is not unholy, and which we believe Thou dost not forbid. The spirits of the thousands who, in this fearful struggle, have laid down their lives, are before Thy righteous throne. We give Thee thanks, and cherish it as our richest C /llU4j>^-^ f NORTHERN HOME, AND SOLDIERS' ORPHAN INSTITUTE. 173 consolation, that the dying moments of so many of these martyred heroes were illumined by the light of the Gospel of Thy dear Son. The memory of their heroic deeds, we beseech Thee, enable us to enshrine undecay- ingly in our hearts. In behalf of their widows and orphans, we implore Thy constant guardianship, who art husband to the widow and father to the fatherless. Oh ! be Thou their best friend, and show to them that " earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal." Father of mercies! we praise Thy holy and excellent name, for the ministry of love which this dreadful war has elicited. We give Thee thanks for the Sanitary and Christian Commission, and for the many kin- dred organizations founded all over the land. We give Thee thanks for woman's self-sacrificing toil and patient labor of love. We praise Thee that benevolence has flown, not in isolated rills, but as a mighty river. Who called it forth from the hearts of the people, but He that caused crystal waters to gush from flinty rocks ! Ours was the agency ; the work, God, was Thine. Be pleased to accept, then, our thank-utter- ances, and make them the expression of grateful hearts. Our Father, who art in Heaven ! we would be preserved from pride and phariseeism. We would direct to Thee orisons of humility. We are not righteous, and do not claim to be. But, oh ! whilst we thank Thee that our eyes rest on so many hospitals and asylums and retreats, into which the sick and wounded have been gathered, wilt Thou be angry with us if we thank Thee, also, that by Thy preventive grace, throughout all the coasts of our free America, Thine eye has not rested on any Anderson- ville, nor Salisbury, nor Libby prison, nor Belle Island, nor any such place. We thank Thee that into such counsels we have not come — that from such " habitations of cruelty " Thou hast graciously preserved us and ours. This blessing, like all the rest, we ascribe, O God, alone to Thine unmer- ited favor ! And now, our gracious God, our Divine Benefactor, we dedi- cate this house of mercy to Thee ! We consecrate it to Jesus, the friend of the helpless ! We consecrate it to the cause of suffering humanity, in whose behalf it has been reared ! We consecrate it to our country, for whose rescue from meditated overthrow, the fathers of the children that shall here be gathered, offered up their lives ! Save, Lord, oh save, this orphan home from fire and from flood and from the design of evil men ! Bless, Lord, oh bless, the children that shall be here gathered together, and those whom Thou shalt place over them ! Multiply, oh multiply, such institutions all over the land, and cause Thy reconciled face to shine upon us, as a nation, now and forever ! These blessings, and every other needed blessing, we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, to whom, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, belong present, future, and unceasing praises. Amen! At the opening of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Institute, the Trustees and Managers resolved on a high standard of education, and, 174 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. accordingly, selected such a course of studies and such skilled teach- ers as made the Institute worthy of its name ; and its inmates have been thoroughly instructed in all suitable and useful branches of knowledge. It now stands among the advanced soldiers' orphan schools of the State, and has always been regarded by those in au- thority as a model institution. In addition to the ordinary school, the kindergarten — a new educa- tion, introduced early in 1874, by Miss Rachel S. Walk — charms the smaller children, and the Managers seem actuated by the sentiment of the gifted Froebel, but in a broader sense : " Come, let us live for our children." This is the first orphan establishment in the world in which the kindergarten system has been established. Books, globes, charts, maps, tools, and all the paraphernalia needful for successful teaching, are supplied without stint. The school also has connected with it a large library, and other necessary appliances for efficient work, among which is a beautiful organ. Perhaps the best proof of the value of the education here received will be found in the fact that four of its former pupils are now serv- ing as teachers in the school. Nor are the ornamental branches neglected. Drawing is a source of much delight to many of its pupils. Music on piano and organ is taught by an accomplished lady ; and an early morning visit to the Institute, or at five o'clock on an evening, will enable the ob- server to see the little soldiers on drill, marching to the attractive strains of the Matthew Baird Cornet Band. On New Year's Day of 1875, this band received a handsome set of silver-mounted horns from their friend and patron after whom it is named. One of the noted features of the Institute and Northern Home is their excellent sanitary condition. With scarcely less than four hun- dred inmates, the average mortality of the children is about one-sixth of one per centum. This extraordinary exemption from disease is, without doubt, attributable to their elevated site, it being one of the highest in the city ; their excellent ventilation and cleanliness, the healthful outdoor exercises, and good nursing and medical attendance afforded the children. An additional reason may also be found in the fact that two buildings on Brown Street, nearly opposite the Northern Home, and entirely separate from the main buildings, serve as an infirmary to both the institutions. Besides, all the buildings are supplied with roomy and well-ventilated dormitories, school- C6C&Ji^~ NORTHERN HOME, AND SOLDIERS' ORPHAN INSTITUTE. 175 rooms, gymnasium and play-rooms, a large swimming pool, and other lavatory arrangements of the most complete description, all of which are comfortably heated. Also, a large adjoining plot of ground has been enclosed, laid out in walks and shaded with trees, which serves as a pleasant play-ground for the children. One great source of prosperity is that so few changes have been made in the officers of the different Boards. The venerated Thomas Earp was President of the Board of Trustees from the beginning of the Home up to the time of his death, in 1868. After him, Mr. John Wiegand became President, and continued in the office till May, 1875, when he resigned. MacGregor J. Mitcheson, Esq., for many years Solicitor and Secretary of the Home, was then unanimously elected President of the Board of Trustees, and Mr. Smith Bowen, one of the earliest of the Trustees, Secretary. The much-loved Mr. John W. Claghorn served in the onerous capacity of Treasurer until he was called to his reward above, after devoting seventeen years to the cause. Mr. Claghorn was a man of remarkable ability and memory. He could name nearly every child who had passed through the Home at sight, and could give an account of his or her indenture and whereabouts. This was his favorite charity. He devoted one-third of his time to the promotion of its prosperity. His visits were fre- quent, his manner kind and unassuming, and all the children loved him. Upon his death, his son, James L. Claghorn, Esq., succeeded him as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and his splendid abilities are still freely given to managing the finances of the institutions. After the retirement of Mrs. Hammett, the first Treasurer of the Board of Managers, Miss Louise E. Claghorn was elected Treasurer, which office she fills with signal ability. The 27th of February, 1875, should be marked with a red letter in this history, for on that day the beautiful new chapel, the crown- ing glory of the institutions, was dedicated with appropriate services. His Excellency Governor Hartranft presided. Dr. J. P. Wicker- sham, Bishop Simpson, Rev. Dr. Harper, and a large number of other dignitaries of both church and State, honored the occasion with their presence. The Rev. Dr. Suddards, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, made a suitable dedicatory prayer, and pronounced the bene- diction. Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, pro- nounced the words of dedication. Addresses were delivered by the Governor, Dr. Wickersham, MacGregor J. Mitcheson, Esq., and others. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Stevens, of the Episcopal Church, and 176 PENNA. SOLDIEES' OEPHAN SCHOOLS. the Eev. Dr. Baum, of the Lutheran Church, being unable to attend, sent letters of regret and of congratulation, which were read. The chapel is a beautiful auditorium, easily seating five hundred persons. It is fitted up with neat, yet rich, gas-fixtures ; and fur- nished with oiled-wood, reversible pews. It has stained-glass memo- rial windows, which were furnished by private contributions. Re- ligious and Sunday-school services are conducted in the chapel every Lord's day. Sea Grove, the new bathing-place near Cape May, has lately at- tracted much attention. Alexander Whilldin, Esq., a promoter of this enterprise, has generously donated a site for a seaside resort for the inmates of the Northern Home and the Soldiers' Orphan Insti- tute during the hot months. Thus these institutions go on in their honored course of usefulness to the young, over three thousand five hundred children having passed through their wards during the twenty-two years since the founding of the Northern Home ; and the zeal of the Managers is increasing. New buildings — a bakery and gymnasium — are now being erected, and other improvements are constantly being made. OFFICERS OF NORTHERN HOME. MacGregor J. Mitcheson, President. I Smith Bowen, Secretary. James L. Claghorn, Treasurer. I Theodore Earp, Assistant Secretary. Mr. John Wiegand, " John B. McCreary, " James L. Claghorn, " John M. Ogden, " J. J. Barclay, Board op Trustees. Mr. Theodore Earp, ■-.. " William Bucknell, ' " A. V. Murphy, " William S. Perot, " Smith Bowen, Mr. MacGregor J. Mitcheson, Mr. Charles E. Haven, " Daniel K. Grim, " Matthew Baird. Solicitors. M. J. Mitcheson, Esq., and J. J. Barclay, Esq. OFFICERS OF NORTHERN HOME, AND SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' ORPHAN INSTITUTE. Mrs. E. W. Hutter, President. " J. Wiegand, Vice-President. " E. W.Miller " Mrs. W. J. Chaplain, Rec. Secretary. " C. Yarrow, Cor. Secretary. Miss Louise E. Claghorn, Treasurer. NORTHERN HOME, AND SOLDIERS' ORPHAN INSTITUTE. 177 Board of Managers. Mrs. Caroline Yarrow, " T. Trewendt, " J. B. Heyl, " E. H. Worrell, " K. D. Harper, " J. Lewis, Miss Mary Baugh, Mrs. R. T. Shepherd, Physicians. H. Lehman, M. D., W. M. Welsh, M. D., D. S. Gloninger, M. D. Mrs. E. W. Hutter, " J. Wiegand, " E. W. Miller, " W. J. Chaplain, " T. Hammett, " A. V. Murphy, " S. V. Merrick, " A. Emerick, Miss Susan O'Neill, " Anna E. St. Clair, " L. E. Claghorn, " Anna M. Grove, " Adeline Sager, " Sarah H. McCalla, " Sallie M. Horn, Mrs. Matthew Baird. J. Roberts, M. D., Consulting Physicians. S. Weir Mitchell, M. D., and R. J. Levis, M. D. Dentist. W. Gorgas. NORTHERN HOME. Superintendents, Mr. James W. Walk, Miss M. Maggie Walk. Teachers, Miss Emma Hanna, Miss Elizabeth Felton. SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' INSTITUTE. Principals, Dr. A. Harshberger, Mrs. Dr. Harshberger. Teachers. — Principal of Boys' School, Prof. A. H. Weidman ; Princi- pal of Girls' School, Miss Rachel S. Walk ; Assistants, Prof. A. G. Huber, Mrs. Anna E. Hutchinson, Miss Lizzie S. Ogden, Miss Sara Pierce, Miss Ella A. Bartholomew, Miss Mary A. Shay. Music Teachers. — Piano, Miss Annie B. Kintzle ; Voice, Prof. Edw. Giles; Band, Prof. J. B. Rowbotham. Male Attendant, Capt. Harry F. Spicer. Charge of-Sewing Room, Mrs. Kate Lee. 12 178 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. § B ^5 q ° « H . 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Marts, Samuel McGregor, William Mitclieson, Edward McCoy, William H. McBride, James B. Merrill, Hugh A. McCarroll. George C. Neeld, David R. Nesbit, Edwin Nesbit, Thomas W. Nixon, Elwood E. Neill, James O'Brien, John Orr, John Orr, Walton Orr, William Orr, Robert Patterson, Henry Patterson, John Pugh, Jesse Palsgrove, Henry A. Palsgrove, Walter Pollock, Hamilton T. Pollock, John H. Pettit, William H. Pettit, Adolphus M. Pancoast, James Patterson, John Patton, John L. Prosser, Willard Prosser, Joseph Rudolph, Joseph A. Rudolph, Abram L. Roberts, Fred. M. Roberts, William C. Roberts, Warren G. Ridings, Peter Ridgely, Charles D. Ridgeway, Robert Ridgeway, James Rose, Jacob D. Rose, John M. NORTHERN HOME, AND SOLDIERS' ORPHAN INSTITUTE. 183 *"S *g* •s £ .•2'= D S * O ■* — a. f/j jf§ s'jf@ •£*» 5 ° S o. 2. a a_c _ _ £ £ j a 0.5J o.g g-o-g g 1 ^ aa> a a jj g^ d a di'^^'Mi'J; ^"a j jtiJdatn c. a a a a ciiaaaii c. ^ ■jTOcoaioassaj^ss; "Ion |§ ||£. 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SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. m Teaching in Northern Ho. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. (Attended two sessions 1 at Millersville State ( Normal School. (Employed in a steel- 1 pen factory ® $4.50 ( per week. (Employed In a confec- 1 tionery @ $2.00 per ( week, and found. Teaching in Northern Ho. J Doing housework ® } $2.50 per week. With her mother. Died Aug. 6, 1865. Died Mar. 29, 1865. i Employed in a notion 1 Btore ® $3 per week, 1. and found. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. !3 !3 !a !d s. SlSlSUSS. rt cj o Philadelphia Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Pbiladelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia Philadelphia. Downingtown. Philadelphia Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Chesapeake, Md. Chesapeake, Md. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Rock Dale. Rock Dale. Philadelphia Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Pbiladelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. 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Nov. 12, 1867 Oct. 9, 1867 Sept. 12, 1865 Sept. 19, 1865 Feb. 3, 1867 Oct. 24, 1865 Oct. 24, 1865 Sept. 3, 1875 June 16, 1866 Jan. 25, 1865 Jan. 25, 1865 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 19, 1864 Dec. 13, 1865 Apr. 21, 1865 Oct. 9, 1865 Jan. 22, 1865 Jan. 22, 1865 Feb. 1. 1873 Mar. 21, 1866 May 3, 1866 Mar. 8, 1875 Apr. 23, 1867 May 27, 1867 May 1, 1867 July 1, 1867 Mar. 1, 1871 Dec. 31, 1867 Dec. 31, 1867 Feb. 17, 1868 Feb. 17, 1868 Dec. 24, 1868 Dec. 24, 1868 Feb. 4, 1869 Mar. 23, 1874 Mar. 10, 1865 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 21, 1865 Mar. 21, 1865 Aug. 26, 1865 Mar. 21, 1865 Feb. 1, 1866 Mar. 23, 1865 Mar. 23, 1865 Dec. 5, 1865 June 1, 1865 Jan. 25, 1873 ft . o a H H H « May 17, 1857 June 4, 1860 Feb. 6, 1856 Feb. 19, 1860 Feb. 3, 1863 Sept. 3, 1857 June 11, 1860 Sept. 25, 1864 Apr. 23, 1862 Mar. 15, 1861 Feb. 20, 1859 Aug. 15, 1864 May 28, 1861 June 22, 1859 Dec. 21, 1857 Mar. 1, 1859 Sept. 18, 1858 Dec. 21, 1857 Dec. 6, 1859 Aug. 25, 1863 June 20, 1858 Apr. 4, 1862 Sept. 18, 1865 Aug. 25, 1860 Nov. 30, 1863 Feb. 18, 1857 Aug. 1, 1862 June 13. 1860 111 Dec. 18, 1861 May 1, 1860 Sept. 1, 1861 Nov. 21, 1862 June 19, 1865 Aug. 1, 1869 May 21, 1860 Aug. 1, 1861 Jan. 22, 1855 Aug. 22, 1856 Aug. 9, 1858 Sept. 8, 1851 Aug. 31, 1857 Mar. 1, 1858 May 13, 1862 Apr. 28, 1857 Mar. 10, 1857 Feb. 26, 1861 da S Sftai < V or H P. 5 i ! 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He. pbia.... phia.... rove. phia. lurg. jurg. phia. phia. ton. isburg. phia. 5223 33 3 d oi22 £3333.^33 3 323 o 2 2 3 Philade Camden Camden Schuylk Schuylk Philade Philadel Schuylk Philade Philade Philade Philade Freemai Minersv Philade Philade Davis G Davis G Philadel Strouds Strouds Philade Philade Altoona Haddiiif Freenia Philade X 1 11 S5SJ > "5 tO n i HQ to ►a a o 3 o 3 II 3 3 go Apr. 12, 1866 Aug. 20, 1866 Sept. 17, 1867 Apr. 23, 1868 Dec. 13, 1868 Dec. 13, 1868 June 1, 1872 Jan. 25, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 2, 1867 Apr. 17, 1868 Oct. 13, 1874 Oct. 13, 1874 Apr. 23, 1875 Jan. 10, 1865 Jan. 10, 1865 Jan. 25, 1865 Apr. 20. 1865 Apr. 20, 1865 Apr. 27, 1865 Apr. 23, 1865 Feb. 23, 1866 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Jan. 19, 1871 Feb. 22, 1872 Feb. 22, 1872 Feb. 20, 1872 Feb. 20, 1872 Mar. 4, 1872 June 1, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Dec. 13, 1864 Dec. 18, 1868 Feb. 22, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Mar. 11, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 10, 1865 Sept. 12, 1865 Oct. 2, 1865 Jan. 22, 1874 Sept. 23, 1872 Sept. 23, 1873 Sept. 23. 1873 Apr. 8, 1874 Apr. 8, 1874 May 14, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 13, 1874 Oct. 7, 1874 Feb. 8, 1856 ' July 1, 1859 July 29, 1864 Nov. 5, 1857 Mar. 23. 1860 July 21, 1862 Aug. 25, 1864 Sept. 28, 1863 June 19, 1866 July 29, 1869 Sept. 5, 1869 Nov. 8, 1865 July 18, 1862 Mar. 28, 1861 June 2, 1862 May 12, 1864 Nov. 1, 1870 Oct. 1, 1858 Jan. 1, 1861 Apr. 25, 1858 Sept. 17, 1857 July 16, 1861 Juiie 15, 1859 Mar. 12, 1861 July 14, 1859 Sept. 20, 1859 June 20, 1861 Apr. 2, 1863 July 10, 1858 Apr. 26. 1860 Dec. 2, 1858 Mar. 29, 1861 Oct. 10. 1861 Jan. 7, 1863 Nov. 5. 1860 Nov. 21, 1869 Oct. 21, 1866 Dec. 1, 1853 July 20, 1861 Nov. 29, I860 May 5, 1862 May 31, 1864 Aug. 21, 1863 Mar. 8, 1859 Dec. 19, 1857 Feb. 19, 1861 Nov. 2, 1864 Nov. 7, 1863 Mar. 25, 1863 Sept. 1, 1865 Mav 25, 1864 Sept. 15, 1861 Nov. 14, 1859 Sept. 17, 1861 June 24, 1863 Aug. 15, 1863 1 i * & y a V- a 3 3 if •! 3 5- i. •i - 3 a i - >> 5- a 3 t ] - u 1 1 - 1 _ a. 2 \ \ ~ a. i- a -« ii jc i ■ s 3- j 5 I i I; 1; r i j h I: z 1 I 'J '- :■ i I | i \ p 3 * 5 j !' 1 5* u 3 t, ?'- i" 3 3 .P r 5 9 it 3i = ■: 3. i 3 a 1 MajMM«MMM»a«WJH5J^^aSSSSSSSESSSHSSEES«OPHP,|i,PH^P.«BJKM«»i««SJ««eSM 188 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. p % p 2 | With her grandmother. fAttended Millersville State Normal School < two sessions. Is now an assistant teycher in 1 the girls' department I. of this Institution. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. Died Feb. 4, 1865. With her mother. With her mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 Ja c & ja 2 2 2 2 .d 3 2 &. 3 3 33 -i^sdaa 3 2 3 £ 3 3 2 3 3 2 — 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 H 3 & 3 3 ^ x: !5 £333333 LyonsFarm.N.J. Philadelphia. Philadelphia.... Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Mahanoy City. « O P. < 1 fi ft o H ■4 Q « Q M O o Oh ■g,ti 02 ■< O S3 >.' U* (.' 1.' p. a. c-a H 5 < Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. ft . is P W Jan. 19, 1865 Mar. 18, 1861 Apr. 28, 1857 Aug. 28, 1864 Sept. 1, 1858 Jan. 12, 1853 Jan. 10, 1855 June 11, 1857' Sept. 16, 1861 Nov. 14, 1858 May 5, 1881 Oct. 1, 1859 July 17, 1857 July 13, 1861 Apr. 10, 1860 July 2, 1853 Mar. 10, 1863 Feb. 25, 1860 Jan. 20, 1859 Jan. 25, 1860 June 23, 1862 Sept. 3, 1859 Aug. 1, 1861 Jan. 3, 1862 Mar. 26, 1859 Sept. 2, 1863 Oct. 26, 1862 Oct. 3, 1865 July 26, 1869 May 5, 1858 July 30, 1860 Aug. 11, 1857 July 6, 1861 Jan. 6, 1859 Mar. 5, 1859 July 30, 1861 Sent. 1. 1862 HI Sept. 1, Feb. 17, May 6, 1 Oct. 9, 1 Apr. 16, Dec. 16, Sept. 25 Feb. 16, ft < a H P- P- i-: e •a 3 > T 5 5 > C e 02 a a > ■J. a B ■ d 02 J- 00 3 02 < 02 s 02 02 < 2. 5 1 02 d 1 3 02 X 72 < 02 7- 3 J 02 i 02 i-s C9 3 C3 | K IS - Is ft J3 -3 a 72 1 1 £ ^ ft c c. < 1 1 < is .3 X p i s 1 ? > z < S ft 3 < 3 3 / PARADISE SCHOOL. HIS school was located in Paradise village, Lancaster county, about one mile from Leaman Place, on the Penn- sylvania Railroad. In September, 1864, arrangements were made by Super- intendent Burrowes with Seymour Preston, then Principal of the Paradise Academy, by which that institution became a soldiers' orphan school. It was very difficult at that time to find suitable persons willing to engage in the new enterprise, as its permanency was doubted, and the price of provisions and all house-furnishing ma- terials were high, and the compensation offered was necessarily low. When flour was from eleven to twelve dollars a barrel, beef from twelve to twenty-five cents a pound, butter fifty cents a pound, ordinary bed-ticking ninety cents a yard, muslin from seventy to eighty cents a yard, and labor and everything else proportionately dear, the induce- ment to furnish board, lodging, washing, mending, medical attendance, and, in short, every necessity except clothing, for two dollars and eighty cents a week, was not very great in a worldly point of view. In the latter part of October, preparations were completed to receive thirty orphans, and though orders of admission were promptly issued by the State Superintendent, no children came till the sixth day of December. Opening school with less than a dozen, the num- ber slowly increased. In February, 1865, but twenty were present, and not till May did the thirty children arrive. Mothers seemed reluctant to accept the gratuity of the State. At first there were accommodations for boys only ; but, as families were thus separated, Dr. Burrowes determined that all schools should have conveniences for children of both sexes, and, accordingly, on 189 190 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. the 15th of May, 1865, eight girls were admitted, who had brothers in the school, from Strasburg (afterwards Mt. Joy), and eight boys who had sisters at Strasburg were transferred to that institution. During the spring and summer of 1865 the school steadily increased, and continued'to do so till its close. Previous to the fall of 1865, the school-room was in the academy building, nearly a half mile from the boarding-house, and pupils who were not soldiers' orphans were received. This Dr. Burrowes said must now be changed. The walk in stormy weather was objection- able, particularly for the smaller pupils, and he wanted the orphans in the schools by themselves, that the instruction and training might be adapted to their special wants. A school-room was therefore fitted up in the seminary building, which had, until now, been used as a boarding-house alone. Here there were accommodations for one hundred and fifty pupils, which were all that were then required. But before a year rolled round the school-room and boarding facili- ties were insufficient. Consequently, a large private house, on the opposite side of the street, was secured for school purposes, and the basement of the main building was remodelled and used for a dining- room, and the old dining-room as an additional school-room. One hundred and sixty pupils could now be accommodated. Attached to the school was a farm of about twenty acres of land. The organization of the school now approached completeness, there being three teachers besides the Principal, a physician, a matron, a farm superintendent, a sewing-room instructress, a cook, a baker, a chambermaid, a dining-room girl, besides several other employees. The health of the school was generally very good. Many of the children were, however, troubled with sore eyes, which were a source of much anxiety and trouble. This disease was brought into the school by transfers from Philadelphia institutions. Also, in the autumn of 1866, typhoid fever appeared in a mild form. Not a single death, or a dangerous case of sickness, or even a serious acci- dent, occurred at the school during the four years of its existence. When the school visited Harrisburg, in the winter of 1866, every pupil went along except one, who had measles ; and when the whole school, numbering one hundred and forty-nine, was finally removed, every child was well and able to walk to the railroad station, a dis- tance of nearly half a mile. The whole number of orphans admitted during the continuance of the school was two hundred and eight, — one hundred and twenty- PARADISE SCHOOL. 191 seven boys and eighty-one girls. The greatest number in school at any one time was one hundred and sixty-one, — one hundred and one boys and sixty girls. This was in the fall of 1867, a short time before the school closed. Eleven pupils — seven boys and four girls — were discharged on age, and one was transferred in the winter of 1867. On the second day of January, 1868, twenty-two were transferred to Mount Joy, and on the 29th of February following, the balance, one hundred and twenty-seven, were transferred to Chester Springs, and the Paradise School was at an end. We append a list of the teachers and employees : Superintendent. — Seymour Preston. Physician. — George J. Hoover, M. D. Teachers. — Elias Hollinger, Joseph N. Beistle, Lewis M. Haines, A. D. Eisenhower, Silas A. Will, Eebecca Preston, Mary K. Schreiner, Mary Gorman, Mary S. David. Matrons. — Lydia Weirman, A. D. Elston, Catherine Chambers, Maria Knipe, Harriet Naylor. Male Attendants. — Herbert F. White, Mclntyre, Eamsey, James Backet. Farm Superintendents. — John Gorman, Taylor Nethery. Assistant. — J. Curran. Sewing-Room Superintendent. — Sue Kline. Cooks. — Harriet Ralph, Caroline Viney, Elizabeth Carmany. 192 PENNA. SOLDIERS' OEPHAN SCHOOLS, CO M < M 2033 South street. 2033 South street. 114 Breed street. 428 Buttonwood street. 301 South street. 816 Vine street. 1229 Shackamaxon st. 2310 Gray's Ferry Road. 2310 Gray's Ferry Road. 2031 N. Fifth street. 1015 Hope street. 319 Pine street. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. ►4 Glen Riddle. Glen Riddle. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. Lancaster. Lancaster. Philad'a Allentown. Philad'a Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Philad'a. York cp. York co. SmithviUe. Parkesburg. Strasburg. Strasburg. Strasburg. • Allentown. Allentown. Philad'a Eagle Station. Philad'a Norristown. Lancaster. Lancaster. Norristown. Lebanon co, Philad'a Philad'a Allentown. Doylestown. Doylestown. Philad'a Doe Run. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. West Philad'a. ft a M ■4 a o 02 P ft o ft" ■< Pi H H « O o cs £ en 09. o a to Q "G a 02 .0 O S) 02 Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Strasburg Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Cheater Sp'gs 02 02 02 ODD Chester Sp'ga Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs o " a « 02 Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Dee. 6, 1864 Apr. 1, 1865 Sept. 7, 1867 Sept. 7, 1867 Sept. 4, 1865 June 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 Dec. 6, 1864 Dec. 6, 1854 Sept. 17, 1866 Feb. 6, 1866 June 13, 1866 Nov. 27, 1865 Sept. 13, 1866 Jan. 11, 1866 Jan. 11, 1866 Ian. 11, 1866 Jan. 1, 1865 Feb. 21, 1865 Feb. 21, 1865 July 7, 1866 Jan. 20, 1866 Aug. 28, 1865 Dec. 6, 1864 Dec. 6, 1864 May 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Mar. 6, 1865 Apr. 29, 1867 Sept. 18, 1865 Sept. 3, 1866 May 13, 1865 Sept. 18, 1865 Deo. 7, 1864 May 5, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Nov. 27, 1865 Sept. 27, 1866 Dec. 1, 1865 June 12, 1866 Apr. 27, 1865 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 4, 1865 May 1, 1865 Sept. 13, 1866 ft . o a »- e p w 0° 2 >CC 2 GO °0 GO " GO GO oo 2 GO 00 OO GO '£ ^ GO 00 GO ^ GO o5 * >? '^ ^ " ^- £. ' -~; 00 £ GO ^ GO 'p. 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J*oa -' oaa OSS P OOUUOSOUCMXOS^U aa^a^auooDadoftoi^a^aaaafld^iaa^cia £» ^ ^ £»£ "S. a. g a. a £> £-^ a £* g o g £>£■ g co go •< go ts co o a Q >n »"a Q Q 03 co &< 3J ^ H 3 gq oq oq qq t^ Q ooja oq do go SS IS on oq S HSHOoaroPoQGoKlSO^SCiQQSSG ^WilSK-tlillillflillllllill Kills i SifSjillllJ p^fi jH 13 „-iiisssg^^:-iiisi! 194 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, CO W « M 1922 Pennsylvania av. 260 Oxford street. 1131 Hanover street. 739 N. 24th street. 2033 South street. 1822 Wylie street. 428 Buttonwood street. 1337 South street. Married Mr. Rathery. Post Office Address when at Home. Dauphin co. Cumberland co. Cumberland co. Washington. H. -. - a. ft Hamburg. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. West Chester. Germantown. Germantown. West Chester. Allentown. Lancaster. Lancaster. Allentown. Philad'a Philad'a Lancaster. Philad'a. Smithville. Smithville. Strasburg. Strasburg. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. Lancaster. Lebanon co. Lebanon co. Allentown. Allentown. Allentown. Doe Run. West Philad'a... to H « <( P en s En O H w n « o o | oo 1| <1 to pq > ■"3 ■*! : ^3 a co o w ■< -d May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 Mav 15, 1865 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Oct. 1, 1865 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Jan. 2, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Jan. 2, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 a li j£ & £ Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Jan. 2, 1868 CO « CO 6 H H P3 H 1 Strasburg Strasburg Strasburg Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Quakertown Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs to ja o m oooo Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy H ■ H O a « mm Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Dec. 19, 1864 Mar. 23, 1865 Mar. 23, 1865 June 28, 1866 Sept. 7, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 May 1, 1865 May 8. 1866 Sept. 25, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 25, 1866 June 15, 1865 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 4, 1865 Jan. 1, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Dec. 6, 1864 Dec. 7, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 2, 1S65 May 29, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Mav 15, 1865 Sept. 21, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Oct. 5, 1866 Jan. 11, 1866 May 1, 1865 Oct. 24, 1866 Oct. 24, 1866 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 Sept. 4, 1866 Nov. 27, 1865 Nov. 27, 1865 May 13, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 June 15, 1865 Nov. 27, 1865 Apr. 27, 1865 May 15, 1865 May 8, 1865 OH) H g Nov. 11, 1857 July 13, 1858 Sept. 7, 1856 Sept. 28, 1856 May 28, 1857 Aug. 23, 1853 Feb. 5, 1856 Jan. 15, 1853 July 14, 1855 July 13, 1857 Aug. 30, 1857 July 12, 1853 July 27, 1852 Deo. 16, 1855 Nov. 3, 1854 Apr. 15. 1854 Apr. 4, 1854 Aug. 13, 1856 Nov. 25, 1851 July 18, 1854 Aug. 30, 1856 June 8, 1856 May 6, 1857 Dec. 4, 1854 Aug. 24, 1852 June 29, 1854 Jan. 22, 1854 Nov. 18, 1854 Feb. 25, 1856 Dec. 20, 1856 Nov. 8, 1853 June 20, 1852 Apr. 19, 1854 Feb. 8, 1851 Jan. 25, 1853 Oct. 4, 1857 July 23, 1854 Oct. 3, 1855 Apr. 24, 1851 Jan. 27, 1856 May 9, 1858 Oct. 2, 1856 Oct. 14, 1858 Nov. 14, 1855 Feb. 10, 1857 Mar. 22, 1853 Dec. 7, 1851 CI 5 P P i 3 H 3 H E < or E % "r a = P r I V i 1 Is t C c I E- ) ft - i I > t < > 1 i e i t p - I 'P n & P - L C P 1 I P 1 I- P ; 'i P & 1 I 'P PC 'I - i P I < a £ > I c Ft is j 1 S. 6- 's B X i < > 1 a & - <> PC 5 c s -r a s a S s < ■J 5 > 9 H E O S cj PAEADISE SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 195 Married. 420 Maria street. Married. J Transferred to Chester ( Springs, Feb. 29, 1868. Married. West Fhilad'a. Phllad'a Philada. Reading. Blue Ball. Lancaster. Dowuingtown. Norristowu. Lancaster. Alleutown. Laucaster. Kockville. Phoenixville. AUentown. AUentown. Schaeferstowu. Schaeferstowu. Laucaster. Gordonville, Gordonville. ill Strasburg. Strasburg. Alleutown. AUentown. Delaware co. Delaware co. West Chester. West Chester. Penningtouville. Laucaster. Chester co. Chester co. Alleutown. AUentown. Doylestown. Doylestown. Doylestown. Lebanon. Lancaster. Lancaster. Mortonville. Lancaster. Goshen. Goshen. Hamburg. AUentown. West Chester. West Chester. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Soudersburg. d d X x a, < •■era a s a 3 3 3 3 to > >> 1 93 s a"aa ■O.C £i Safc fc. fata as" ; zva*a> -Z '.£>£,£> Eb ; fc. fc, fc, 3:" 3i a> 4 4 4 fc.fc.fc, Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Sept. 14, 1866 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, IMiH Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Sag Sept. 12, 1866 Jan. 2, 1868 Jan. 2, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Jan. 2, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1H6K Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Feb. 29, 1868 tC £ S) "aa'a r. x x tOM ■7. A o Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs . "o. "o/o, GGMOT n sz S3 sue Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs White Hall Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs 3) '*§ * 3 4) 3 ja o OS 'a 01 zz O Womelsdorf Mount Joy Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs White Hall White Hall Chester Sp'gs 2»M 3 3 MOQ May 8, 1865 Feb. 21, 1867 Jan. 2, 1887 May 8, 1865 Sept. 3, 1886 Jan. 30, 1866 Nov. 6. 1865 Sept. 4, I86S Mav 8, 1865 June 20, 1866 Sept. 2. 1865 June 20, 1866 Sept. 24, 1867 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Oct. 1, 1866 Sept. 7, 1866 May 22, 1866 Nov. 13, 1H65 Nov. 13, 1865 May 16, 1866 Jan. 18, 1867 Deo. 1, 1865 Deo. 1, 1865 Sept. 2, 1865 Sept. 2, 1865 Sept. 4, 1867 June 6, 1866 June 6, 1866 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 May 22, 1865 Nov. 21), 1865 Nov. 20, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Mav 22, 1865 May 22, 1865 May 22, 1865 Sept. 13, 1836 Sept. 18, 1865 Sept. 18, 1865 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 4, 1865 Dec. 8, 1865 Deo. 8, 1865 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 18. 1866 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 May s. 1865 Mav 8, 1865 Sept. 10, 1866 July 23, 1853 July 25, 1853 July 19, 1854 July 12, 1854 Sept. 17, 1856 May 5, 1853 Nov. 7, 1856 Juue 20, 1851 Aug. 15, 1853 Deo. 9, 1854 Dee. 17, 1853 July 25, 1852 Aug. 16, 1856 Oct. 2, 1854 Aug. 31, 1856 Nov. 21, 1850 Mav 11, 1854 May 17, 1857 Feb. 2, 1855 Aug. 21, 1H57 Apr. 18, 1853 June 18, L855 June 10, 1854 May 28, 1856 May 25, 1851 Jan. 22, 1854 July 22, 1854 May 13, 1856 Oct. 15, 1855 Nov. 12, 1856 Mar. 14, 1855 Deo. 22, 1857 Nov. 28, 1851 Apr. 30, 1858 Aug. 9, 1857 Mar. 13, 1854 May 4, 1856 Sept. 7, 1852 Apr. 9, 1851 Feb. 13, 1855 Sept. 20, 1853 July 29, 1851 Mar. 17, 1855 Oct. 21, 1855 Jan. 27, 1854 Nov. 26, 1855 - Aug. 7, 1855 Feb. 6, 1851 Oct. 30, 1852 Feb. 27, 1857 Feb. 9, 1857 Sept. 30, 1K56 Feb. 5, 1856 Mar. 7, 1863 Apr. 26, 1855 May 2, 1855 "t fc. C * -I i \ s < 1 E < & ? X ■ '= s - z B Z= 1 O »1 E II ■2- ,- ;- > — | i H -c z a 2 ■2 ■2 t X z z z ■J z 5 j c a § i a i b 1 ■- 5 fc £ EC & s 1 a 5 < < b z\ i\ zl — t> & < - f 6 I sz a < > s B r a i z > i r T i ■j. [ X o S p X -< > > f j fc r C i- -f I a < ^ ^ ^ fc — X M MCALISTERVILLE SCHOOL. N 1856, a stock company erected a substantial three-story brick building, fifty-four by forty-eight feet, as an academy, at the village of McAlisterville, Juniata county. Two years later, Geo. F. McFarland, then Principal of the Freeburg Academy, bought the building, and converted it into the McAlisterville Academy, enlarging the accommodations, and con- ducting it successfully as an academy and normal school until the fall of 1862. Having then a good normal class composed largely of teachers, he enlisted them into the service of the United States, and took the company to Harrisburg, where it was assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which he became lieutenant-colonel, and one of the teachers, W. L. Owens, captain of the company. Returning after the battle of Gettysburg, in 1863, in which he was badly wounded, Colonel McFarland reopened the academy, and continued it until the following autumn, when Dr. Burrowes, then Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, requested him to convert it into a soldiers' orphan school, which he did, it being duly recognized as such November 3, 1864. From this time forward it received soldiers' orphans upon the order of the Superintendent, the number reaching sixty-one by April 1, 1865, and one hundred and forty-one the following Decem- ber. Being among the first institutions of the kind, its work was at first largely missionary, and needy children were sent to it from widely separated counties, and afterwards transferred when other schools were opened nearer the homes of these children. It passed 196 2 o > r •o - > ► o ro 0) H I W r CO H w < F r W CO o E O r McALISTERVILLE SCHOOL. 197 through the severe struggles iucident to those early days of these schools. Notwithstanding the unprofitable and unpromising state of affairs, many and expensive improvements were made. A kitchen was built and a large range put into it, a cistern constructed, the dining-room enlarged, new desks put into the school-room, the several departments all organized, with superintendents and assistants in each ; sewing-machines procured, and other expenses incurred to increase the accommodation and perfect the home and school facili- ties of the children. These expenses put the institution in debt, which was afterwards further increased by additional buildings, and has since proved troublesome and annoying. This school participated in all the efforts made to educate public opinion to the wisdom and duty of providing for the needy orphans of those who fell in the armies of the Union. At the first vacation, July 27, 1865, the children were accompanied by Dr. Burrowes to Mifflin, where the first concert was held in the court-house. The large audience was deeply interested in the performance, the explana- tion of the system by Dr. Burrowes, and the patriotic speeches that followed. It was one of the three schools that visited Harrisburg, March 16, 1866, and influenced the Legislature to abandon the pauper bill and continue appropriations for the support of the schools. Master Geo. L. Jacobs, now a practising physician of Harrisburg, then a member of this school, delivered the original poetic address to Governor Curtin, composed by Mrs. Eyster, that called out his solemn declaration that the schools should be sup- ported, and that brought tears to every eye and won every heart. The school also participated in the ceremonies incident to the recep- tion of the State battle-flags at Philadelphia, July 4, 1866. On all these occasions the clothing, appearance, discipline, intelligence, and ability of the children won general commendation. The military drill of the boys was specially superior. It becoming apparent that the number of orphans to be provided for was larger than at first anticipated, and that better accommoda- tions must be secured, twenty-two acres of land were purchased, and an additional brick building erected, larger than the original academy building, being sixty-seven by thirty-nine feet, four stories high, and finished attic, and especially adapted to the purpose. The corner- stone was laid, with interesting and appropriate ceremonies, July 23, 1866, Hon. S. P. Bates, LL.D., delivering the address. The completion of this excellent building, with the out-buildings, 198 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. barn, fences, &c, and the planting of a grapery, fruit, and orna- mental trees and shrubbery, &c, rendered the accommodations and comforts here equal to the best in the State. The industrial system, now working well in all the schools, was early introduced and tested here with good results. When the new building was being erected, two kilns of brick were burned and handled by regular details of boys, they displaying much skill. A large amount of work was done by them on this building and on the farm then and since, while brooms, shoes, &c, have been made and mended with satisfactory results. Still better results have been attained in the industrial department with the girls, facilities for their employment under instruction being better. All the clothes have been made here, including the dress suits, from the first, and the sewing department has been uniformly successful in turning out good seamstresses and good operators on the sewing-machine. The industrial plan was productive of the best results in the health, development, discipline, and instruction of the children, and in reducing the expenses of the institution. On the first day of January, 1876, the control of the school passed into the hands of Mr. Jacob Smith, of McAlisterville, who had for many years been steward of the institution. From his well-known business capacity, the most favorable results are confidently expected. All things considered, the McAlisterville Soldiers' Orphan School has a fair record. Its employees have been, in the main, faithful and efficient. The pupils have been well taught. The health and physi- cal development have been remarkable. The rolls of the institution show that seven hundred and six sol- diers' orphans (three hundred and ninety-four boys and three hun- dred and twelve girls) have enjoyed its advantages as a home and school. Among those who left the school at sixteen years of age, a large number were well prepared for life's duties, and are faithfully fulfilling the expectations of friends and statesmen. Some are min- isters, teachers, doctors, lawyers, inventors, merchants, mechanics, and farmers ; while others are filling important and responsible posi- tions with credit to themselves and honor to the State. The State will reap a harvest from their intelligence, industry, and virtue that will very soon pay both principal and interest of the expenditures in their behalf, and leave her richer in her citizenship, besides hav- ing bound them firmly to her defence in time of need by this noble act of justice to the bereaved offspring of those who fell while fight- ing her battles. McALISTERVILLE SCHOOL. 199 Appended are the names of some of the persons officially connected at various times with the school. Prikcipals and Superintendents. Rev. Chas. Witmer, Jesse Kennedy, James Stitzer, Rev. M. L. Shindle, Miss Mary E. Smith, « C. J. Corbett, " Annie M. Keller, " Emily A. Fulton, " R. Alice Gehrett, " Sallie Van Horn, Mr. 0. M. Griesemer, " W. C. B. Miller, " Henry Albert, " Milton E. McLinn, " W. W. Wisegarver, Mrs. E. McWilliams, " C. M. Yeager, Miss Lizzie J. Corbett, " Mag. S. Atchley, Mr. John Miller, Josiah McFarland, Mr. J. Leonard, Mrs. Mackey, Miss Mattie B. Arey, " M. A. Anderson, E. A. Marqeitz, Peter Devery, Wm. E. Caveny, J. H. Smith, J. C. Bell, Chaplains. Rev. A. Copenhaver, Physician. A. J. Fisher, M. D. Teachers. Miss C. B. Stevens, " Joe M. Stevens, i( Sallie J. Jacobs, " L. J. Blair, " Annie M.Milsom, " Fannie E. Heyl, Mr. Samuel M. Shelly, Rev. E. D. Martin, Mr. J. R. Runyan, " J. P. Benford, " Jacob Mann, Matrons. Miss Flora Caveny, Mrs. Bella Rambler, " Maggie A. Stewart. " Mary J. Keller, Male Attendants. Mr. Arthur Boyd, " John Shermer, Seamstresses. Miss Sallie McGarr, Mrs. Jane Caveny, Stewards. Jacob Smith, Gardeners. Lewis Ingram, M. R. Beck, Ira Wentzel. Rev. J. W. Izer. Mr. Lewis A. Haffley, Miss Clara Arey, " C. S. Colby, " Mary L. Nesbitt, " Sue B. Kuhn, Mr. E. B. Young, " Chas. M. Carrow, " Theo. T. Davis, " M. Kratz, " H. S. Kulp, " C. H. Heffley. Mrs. E. P. Wyant, " Fanny M. Smiley, " Kate Brandt, " Jennie Brehman. Capt. John A. Bell, Mr. W. W. R. Smith. Mrs. Kate Dunn, Miss May J. Snyder. Reuben Caveny. Daniel S. Masser. 200 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. 30 f School-teacher. Now in | California. Has in- -! vented patent exten- L eiou car-steps. Clerk. Clerk. Merchant tailor. Laborer. Farmer. Farmer. Iron-worker. Iron-worker. Iron -worker. Railroading. Laborer. Farmer. Working in saw-mill. Working in saw-mill. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Alum Bank. Alum Bank. Newport. Newport. Port Treverton.. Port Treverton. Mauch Chunk... Palmyra. Port Treverton. Williamsport. Williamsport. Mifflin. Hollidaysburg. Hollidaysburg. Port Royal Port Royal. Milesburg. Bloomfield. New Oxford. Selinsgrove. Selinsgrove. Chapman. Chapman. Troxelville. Lewistown. Rock Spring. Philadelphia. New Buffalo. Williamsport... . Williamsport.... Mudcv. Mt. Holly Sp'gs. Philadelphia. Shamokin. Shamokin. N. Bloomfield. Williamsport. Martha Furnace. Penu's Creek. H M «i a o w O o H B ft « « o O Sept. 17, 1872 May 16, 1865 :::::: ■££ : : : : :|| : : : : S..O : : .* ; : :^ • 4 1 3 • a : B . ■«J to -OS W «! O ; 2 OO o§ 2 ; ^ © -* ^ : > £>„• *>' June 16, 1873 Junel, 1869 Feb. 29, 1872 Aug. 11, 1874 Nov. 10, 1875 Aug. 20, 1872 Mar. 20, 1871 May 12, 1873 July 12, 1871 Oct. 23, 1869 Oct. 31, 1869 Apr. 18, 1867 00 -* *-i fe S «!S : Mar. 3, 1870 Mar. 1, 1876 May 31, 1871 Jan. 1J, 1869 '■OaS <-X : >> : O « H eo • ; • | :::::&: l-bo 6 :£? : o . . 3 o o . 3 . ; ; ; ; ; CQ ; ; hj Q £5 ; >-5 ; : i i : : ':&> : GO « W CO « o H B « a s do • ■ 1 1 Mansfield Loysville Cassville Cassville Loysville I " \ \ 1 I'sS I ::::::»: ''.'.'.'.'.'£'. 1 i : : : '■> : w o a « || : : : : <*< : : : : SS I • : : Orangeville Oraugeville Lan. Home Loysville Loysville St. John's Asy. Loysville Orangeville Orangeville Orangeville < : 1-3 : *1 Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Jan. 6, 1865 Feb. 21, 1865 June 2, 1865 Dec. 1, 1865 Dee. 1, 1865 May 31, 1866 Apr. 26, 1869 Juue 1, 1869 June 1, 1868 July 30, 1867 Sept. 8, 1870 Jan. 17, 1871 Jan. 17, 1871 Sept. 3, 1869 Sept. 18, 1866 Mar. 9, 1865 Mar. 9, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Apr. 25, 1870 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept 4, 1865 May 11, 1865 Sept. 11, 1865 Dec. 11, 1865 Jan. 29, 1866 Jan. 29, 1866 Feb. 22, 1866 May 3, 1866 Sept. 10, 1868 Jan. 8, 1867 Jan. 8, 1867 Nov. 23, 1865 Sept. 30, 1867 Sept. 16, 1867 Sept. 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Oct. 2, 1868 Nov. 17, 1874 Aug. 26, 1867 Feb. 4, 1870 Feb. 4, 1870 Sept. 28, 1870 June 3, 1871 Apr. 5. 1873 May 10, 1873 & . B « ft 3 May 26, 1854 May 26, 1854 Nov. 11, 1853 May 10, 1853 Oct. 24, 1851 Nov. 12, 1856 Mar. 7, 1860 June 16, 1857 June 1, 1853 Feb. 8, 1856 Apr. 10, 1859 Mar. 14, 1861 Aug. 11, 1858 Nov. 10, 1859 Oct. 30, 1857 Oct. 13, 1852 Dec. 12, 1858 Aug. 20, 1856 Mar. 20, 1855 May 20, 1852 Nov. 12, 1850 May 12, 1857 July 12, 1855 Oct. 23, 1853 Oct. 31, 1853 Apr. 18, 1851 Aug. 11, 1853 Oct. 30, 1852 Oct. 31, 1855 June 15, 1852 Feb. 6, 1855 Mar. 21, 1858 Apr. 4, 1854 Mar. 27, 1852 Aug. 5, 1855 Mar. 17, 1855 Mar. 3, 1854 Mar. 1, 1860 May 31, 1855 Jan. 2, 1853 May 30, 1854 Nov. 7, 1861 Apr. 6, 1855 Feb. 8, 1855 Feb. 27, 1860 May 13, 1856 Oct. 19, 1861 May IS, 1864 Feb. 19, 1864 < a *— P. P- ■4 B < Allison, Dan'l D. Albert, Hemy Adams, Mathew A. Adams, William J. Arnold, Edwin S. Allen, William B. Acker, Daniel Adierholtz, Benjamin Austin, Harry E. Aumiller, Jacob A. Aumiller, John W. Bell, Darwin A. Bell, Isaac N. Beitle, Joseph Beitle, Jacob Benson, David Benson, John Benson, Mathias Briner, John A. Briner, Joseph H. Briner, James E. Baxter, Westley Baxter, Theodore Blair, John Wesley Batderf, Charles M. Batderf, William H. E W oScm £ «s° a-a'o' MWMP i llN * < .2 c I'll* £3« . d -fl ' -o" -5 MM •3 £3 5 - 1 - ~ 5a 3 3 m'alisterville soldiers' orphan school. 201 BJ 1 § d • 3 ; H 03 wen co e r- r cec/ go .C..O Oo © £- ■J. C-< c 6 & Z3 2 X co-< c 6 4o 05 c:* © *~ — * <=> - >• £■» tj J C b ■-5 CO So. COCO llfc -J t". t»> SI 1 ^ ► ■- c c - $ 1 £ i ? > .1 co co ^ S -i co co t; co C C C -^ y} -5 "- co -n S -5 ~s -s ^ — — p: co x x —. ~. x co ^ ~ — x C V. z. *-a i. a: £ ^ ^ ^ C ^ ^ < co co co to * O ►j ?c aa X. C C hs IS b ■< < CO < z '. - " " ". 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Yellow Springs, Yellow Springs. Bendersville. Bendersville. Port Matilda. . . . Mont Lere. Montours-ville. Williynisport.... Lock Haven. Montoursville. Williamsport. Williamsport. Williamsport Aaronsburg. w O M •X a o O o H H A K w ft M o iZi O a" a o A 02 o ft < OO 1 3. -5 la 3 H O > S5 o § c5 P, 0*50 g o a P >-3 P 1-3 May 29, 1870 Apr. 17, 1873 Nov. 4, 1870 May 11,1875 Oct. 29, 1875 June 24, 1873 to fits H GO p ft GO. 'p ^3 Dec. 1, 1865 Dec. 1, 1865 Dec. 1, 1865 Dec. 1, 1865 Dec. 1, 1865 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18. 1866 Feb. 3, 1873 Kco CO W W fa CQ iZi ■«! Ph H 6 EH H M H H o o bo .Q Cassville Cassville Cassville Cassville Cassville White Hall White Hall is (S O « M dart OOO 11 XX a a ial SfgW a «j ■ =t C-.P OhIJ i-ai-s 2.2 HO Lan. Home Orangeville Orangeville Orangeville Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville 1-3 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Feb. 24, 1870 June 1, 1870 May 1, 1871 May 8, 1874 May 8, 1874 Dec. 2, 1864 Dec. 2. 1864 Apr. 25, 1865 July 3, 1865 Dec. 13, 1865 Mar. 3, 1866 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Jan. 31, 1868 Oct. 7, 1868 Sept. 4, 1869 Sept. 8, 1869 Sept. 22, 1870 Nov. 12, 1870 Nov. 12, 1870 Jan. 12, 1871 Jan. 20, 1871 Jan. 20, 1871 Mar. 2, 1871 Dec. 20, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Oct. 14, 1873 Mav 8. 1874 Sept. 25, 1875 Sept. 9, 1873 Sept. 12, 1865 Sept. 20, 1864 May 30, 1865 Mar. 10, 1865 Mar. 10, 1865 May 15, 1865 Dec. 22. 1865 Dec. 22, 1865 Sept. 5, 1866 Nov. 26, 1866 Nov. 30, 1867 May 30, 1868 OO OiC S u ffl oca h'nC P C.4- p « t 1-3 COC 6, . 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Jan. 11, 1865 Jan. 11, 1865 Jan. 25, 1865 Feb. 28, 1871 Feb. 28, 1871 Feb. 15, 1865 July 5, 1865 July 5, 1865 Nov. 23, 1865 Mar. 28, 1866 Sept. 8, 1866 Sept. 30, 1867 Aug. 26, 1867 Sept. 1, 1867 Nov. 5, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 5, 1867 Sept. 2, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1868 May 8, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Nov. 30, 1868 Junel, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1,1870 Sept. 9, 1870 Sept. 9, 1870 Oct. 6, 1870 Sept. 27, 1870 Sept. 2, 1872 Apr. 10, 1874 Apr. 10, 1874 Apr. 25, 1874 Apr. 25, 1874 May 8, 1874 May 8, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 4, 1875 Oct. 4, 1875 Oct. 7, 1875 Oct. 7, 1875 Apr. 18, 1856 Mar. 25, 1854 Apr. 18, 1851 Feb. 8, 1862 Dec. 22, 1864 July 14, 1853 Feb. 4, 1852 Mar. 4, 1854 Feb. 28, 1854 Jan. 9, 1857 Dec. 28, 1854 Nov. 25, 1859 Feb. 18, 1861 Mar. 3, 1856 Apr. 21, 1853 Oct. 25, 1857 Apr. 1, 1855 Oct. 8, 1881 Jlay 27, 1860 Feb. 27, 1858 Dec. 14, 1856 Apr. 29, 1859 June 9, 1857 Apr. 24, 1860 June 8, 1853 Mar. 2, 1859 Jan. 6, 1862 Oct. 4, 1861 Nov. 15, 1858 Feb. 22, 1860 Oct. 24, 1858 Jan. 15, 1856 Oct. 1, 1858 Aug. 31, 1859 ||| Apr. 25, 1864 Dec. 23, 1864 Sept. 6, 1864 Feb. 7, 1861 May 25, I860 Aug. 4, 1858 Aug. 7, 1860 Feb. 6, 1862 June 18, 1864 Apr. 8, 1860 Feb. 23, 1862 CC-JC V < 5 p p i ■< P = P c C PC c c z - 1> < I I - 5 p 5 I & 5 P p „ C P >-. t ,s P < p f a P p \ : p I P c p a E % 1 X P i T P | I B 1 i-: 1 i £ P 1 1 e P n >- E s c c p < a E a 1 * i cj P Of £ r i c a c p E E % c c i c C. a b £ 1- > p £ a ■a < | a m'alisterville soldiers' orphan school. 205 ~s "i .SSI 1 • • • = - i si a §?s * s sii in 1 1 iiii i I1.IIIH t.t.i^-ssi m= s s slliiiiii I? l.:-;:-;?;--- B z 9 c © CI i-Tstf : 5 ca. 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Mar. 14, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Apr. 14, 1865 Dec. 13, 1865 Dec. 13, 1865 July 13, 1865 July 14, 1865 Oct. 3, 1865 Oct. 3, 1865 Dec. 14, 1865 Dec. 14, 1865 Dec. 14, 1865 Dec. 14, 1865 Dec. 14, 1865 Sept. 4, 1856 Apr. 19, 1867 Apr. 19, 1867 Nov. 4, 1867 Sept. 4, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Dec. 28, 1868 Feb. 11, 1869 May 30, 1868 Mar. 3, 1870 Sept. 22, 1870 Mar. 14, 1865 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 9, 1872 Apr. 21, 1874 May 8, 1874 May 11, 1874 Jan. 5, 1875 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 May 4, 1865 Sept. 17, 1866 May 8, 1874 May 8, 1874 May 8, 1874 May 9, 1874 Sept. 9, 1870 Dec. 9, 1864 Dec. 8, 1864 Dec. 9, 1864 May 27, 1865 Jan. 13, 1865 Apr. 18, 1865 ft . ©a H « ft' 4 Aug. 11, 1854 Nov. 20, 1851 June 3, 1857 Apr. 13, 1855 June 5, 1853 Aug. 5, 1856 July 8, 1851 June 4, 1855 Dec. 4, 1851 Aug. 30,1855 Jan. 27, 1858 Dec. 10, 1852 May 31, 1854 Dec. 18, 1857 Aug. 10, 1856 Apr. 5, 1853 Aug. 28, 1856 July 27, 1853 Aug. 16, 1855 Feb. 25, 1860 Nov. 28, 1853 Feb. 5, 1858 Apr. 15, 1855 June 14, 1862 Mar. 19, 1855 Feb. 20, 1858 Mav 24, 1854 Aug. 11, 1854 Nov. 16, 1862 Julv 23, 1860 Mar. 4, 1861 Jan. 27, 1861 Aug. 8, 1859 May 25, 1863 Nov. 7,1861 Oct. 26, 1864 July 28, 1854 Oct. 19, 1852 Nov. 7, 1858 Nov. 20, 1862 Apr. 30, 1865 June 1, 1864 Jan. 4, 1857 Sept. 10, 1853 Nov. 27, 1857 Jan. 16, 1857 Feb. 22, 1856 Sept. 10, 1854 Aug. 26, 1856 a & < I? 5 a p j 3 j 5 C i 1 fa i c V i * D 1 a a. g a. E 7. < < E i 7. a 7 < k 7* e a 7. c p. 55 E-" I 7. S i 03 < 1 i 72 C E i > i x 1 % b > x 5. b z a -s. a. i a. o or. - DQ | - CO -j. I ■i. 1 >-. ■7. < J. j. - ■i. *> £ a, 6 Q £ K EH 1 < | is c. E X r- -r Is ^ ^ 1 1 E 1 rS 1 a 1 m'alisterville soldiers' orphan school. 207 .p-- £ a oii 3 S 3 fc£ b ^sjss*;** *2 £* ~3 «3 '"J <5 *■ HI? £-5c|f"" sill,!!*! i*,^- -3 ;.-s ■f ^ -° . £ £ £ 3 ^ **• slalE-E-Ha^il. S s fe ZJ J S g | 3 | a i — [22, O • ■■^►s&.oo •© £ 2 £ — £ 5 £ £ £ — z z 5 £ * £ £ » £ '*" — ^ - ~ £ £ £ *" ~ £ — * S z S — £ £ £ £ 1 ¥ 2 £ £ f 2 £ '-2 S 8 - £ ; Q i ; is . m <~ •s i-s 00 © a a f-aco Dec. 15, 1871 June 6, 1870 Jan. 1, 1871 Jan. 15, 1873 Dec. 25, 1868 July 21, 1873 Feb. 8, 1876 s »-3 1 oo»-3!z;S w to « O H * 3 o? oo CO W 03 !z! d « w M >» a OS -Sa 00^ H . to o X « a s rt *5T-3 O bo 3 ;2 ma Orangeville Orangeville Orangeville Loysville Loysville Loysville I"! o > 1-3 »"3 E 3 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 25, 1870 Apr. 25, 1870 Sept. 28, 1870 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Feb. 27, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 18, 1874 Sept. 18, 1874 Sept. 1, 1868 Nov. 17, 1874 June 1, 1875 Mar. 10. 1865 Mar. 14, 1865 Aug. 31, 1865 Aug. 31, 1865 Feb. 17, 1866 Jan. 5, 1867 Jan. 5. 1867 Sept. 6, 1867 Jan. 28 1868 June 1. 1868 Junel, 1868 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 12, 1869 Sept. 13, 1869 Feb. 13, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Apr. 10, 1874 Jan. 19, 1865 Jan. 19, 1865 Jan. 19, 1865 Feb. 1, 1865 Julv 11, 1855 July 11, 1855 Jan. 3. 1871 June 24, 1874 June 24, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 8. 1867 Nov. 11, 1867 Oct. 7, 1870 Feb. 1, 1865 Dec. 22, 1865 Jan. 4, 1870 to . o a to H H M Apr. 6, 1861 Aug. 1. 1862 May 13, 1856 Jan. 15, 1859 Jan. 4, 1861 Dec. 30, 1859 May 31, 1863 Feb. 22, 1864 Jan. 11, 1860 Dec. 6, 1864 Jan. 2, 1860 May 17, 1860 Sept. 8, 1860 June 11, 1870 July 31, 1851 Sept. 19, 1855 July 28, 1854 Feb. 15, 1853 Jan. 18, 1855 Sept. 22, 1854 Oct. 12, 1857 Dec. 15, 1855 June 6, 1854 Jan. 1, 1855 Jan. 15, 1857 Dec. 25, 1852 July 21, 1857 Feb. 8, I860 Apr. 2, 1862 Dec. 23, 1859 July 18, 1860 May 13. 1862 Aug. 2, 1860 Jan. 20, 1856 Aug. 6, 1858 Nov. 11, 1853 Aug. 22, 1856 Jan. 24, 1852 Sept. 5. 1850 June 12, 1860 Nov. 13, 1860 May 15, 1859 Dec. 1, 1861 June 6, 1855 July 10, 1858 Oct. 2, 1860 July 15, 1852 Nov. 28, 1850 July 26, 1861 XI < 5 5 5 1 | J j < > i- 1 E 12 s < < | to p t- i ■to > < * t r- n B C « B <-to ; h | - i to I i. 3 £ e C c a C a T s c to > to k <5 A a 5 c > o. a C | X I 3 to j: to 6 c -< M B 1 1-3 c > ■ - So? ^3 c - 3 Q Q 3 a e4 3 ■3 1-3 -/; H to -3 00 to ■i si Eh s d a a •a m'alisterville soldiers' orphan school. 209 t-tj S a t£ 111 ■ • c § a ' s* to ^)—" ^ £ ■" ~ _: uitfitc a a rt — — — i a a & ?? it** 1005s 1 "?!; K S x x ii^-iSic:£:iT'/.ZZ«;»!>5S- H03 la . - -a)aapaa-aag«M = £i£i2 ££££&£££ i£55ocjo53oS5o5o3SooaoS^ 14 210 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO 21 Married. Died Feb. 20, 1869. C Taught in this school 1 two years. Married ( and died in 1874. Married. ■{ Married John Richa- L baugb, a printer, •j Atteuding Indiana State L Normal School. Died Oct. 17, 1870. Married. J Married John P. Razor, I cabinet-maker. Teaching. ( Married Eli J. Teller, J pump-maker. C Married ; now lives in I Liverpool. J Married ; now lives In \ Liverpool. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Williamsport. Williamsport. Loyalsock. Loyalsock. Lewistown. McVeytown. Watsontown. M'Alisterville. Harrisburg. Lewistown. Altoona. Donally's Mills.. Donally's Mills. Markleville. Johnstown. Donally's Mills.. Johustown. Williamsburg. Williamsport. HoUidaysburg. . . Milroy. HoUidaysburg... Martinsburg. Green Wood. Williamsport.... Williamsport. Eldorado. Huntingdon. Huntingdon. Forrest Hill. Milton. Snow Shoe. Lock Haven. Bedford. Bedford. Danville. MoVevtown. New Buffalo. New Buffalo. Loma. Loma. DO ft as M o S o ft tri «f ft M ft Q M O E5 O Is ;S o : '■ £ >. : : SS : -xi B . .' o ; > • 5 \ Cassville Loysville Cassville Cassville Jacksonville Jacksonville w'> > 5 ;'? Nil ►4>-3>J>-3 Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Oct. 20, 1870 Oct. 20, 1870 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 4, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Nov. 15, 1872 Jan. 15, 1876 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 2, 1865 Apr. 10, 1872 Dec. 4, 1867 June 1, 1870 Mar. 18, 1875 Dec. 2, 1865 Mar. 18, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. — , 1868 May 30, 1868 Mar. 9, 1865 May 4, 1866 May 9, 1865 Feb. 4, 1876 June 1, 1868 Sept. 2, 1869 June 1, 1868 May 30, 1868 Sept. 10, 1870 Apr. 10, 1874 Apr. 10, 1874 Sept. 1, 1869 Feb. 28, 1871 Dec. 28, 1864 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Jan. 24, 1868 Jan. 24, 1868 June 1, 186S Oct. 4, 1865 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 8, 1869 July 11, 1865 Sept. 1, 1869 Feb. 18, 1871 Sept. 18, 1866 Feb. 18, 1871 ft . July 24, 1859 Mar. 28, 1861 Aug. 11, 1859 May 8, 1861 Nov. 28, 1862 Apr. 10, 1865 Sept. 10, 1854 Mar. 9, 1861 Sept. 16, 1858 Oct. 24, 1861 Mar. 13, 1867 May 8, 1852 Apr. 12, 1868 Oct. 18, 1861 Deo. 18, 1856 June 7, 1853 Mar. 30, 1853 Aug. 2, 1850 May 20, 1859 Oct. 3, 1863 July 27, 1856 Oct. 13, I860 Mar. 20, 1856 June 16, 1852 Sept. 11, 1861 Sept. 11, 1864 Dee. 25, 1859 Aug. 23, 1862 Nov. 23, 1859 Deo. 21, 1851 Apr. 10, 1859 Nov. 26, 1858 Feb. 4, 1856 Mar. 10, 1857 Mar. 17, 1853 Mar. 24, 1854 July 19, 1850 Feb. 1, 1861 June 25, 1858 Aug. 7, 1853 Nov. 30, 1856 Sept. 15, 1859 Deo. 14, 1855 Sept. 16, 1861 •i~i\ •£,%&£ 5 f f Q H 4 t B at -- 3 it 2 4 a at 3 i : V i. 1* = It ; 6 iC i . h i 1 !> 1 f d at i 3t at 3, fa it i 3a 3- 2 i 3* i 3 I 5- j M i- h H 1 1 31 St 3 -a SB to &I d a ?Jo jc5o* i3>3 • * OOOCJOOO HI aa 5 o5 "5 o J > J 3 3: = II :| *4 ;J Apr. 10, 1874 Deo. 15, 1865 Deo. 15, 1865 Sept. 1, 1865 Feb. 28, 1871 Mar. 8, 1856 June 25, 1866 Oct. 11, 1866 Oct. 11, 1866 Nov. 30, 1867 Junel, 1868 Junel, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 18, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 June 3, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Jan. 3, 1871 Oct. 14, 1873 Apr. 10, 1874 Apr. 10, 1874 Apr. 25, 1874 Apr. 25, 1874 May 8, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 26, 1S65 May 30, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 21, 1876 Oct. 27, 1875 Oct. 27, 1875 Oct. 27, 1875 June 1, 1868 May 8, 1874 Oct. 4, 1875 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 22, 1868 May 6, 1872 June 1, 1872 Dec. 31, 1864 Dec. 19, 1864 Dec. 19, 1864 Deo. 19, 1864 July 17, 1865 Deo. 11, 1865 Nov. 15, 1869 Jan. 3, 1871 Nov. 24. 1871 Deo. 7, 1864 Sept. 1, 1868 Jan. 19, 1865 Feb. 14, 1865 Mar. 5, 1860 Oct. 9, 1856 Sept. 22, 1854 May 31, 1852 June 13, 1860 July 22, 1851 Sept. 9, 1853 July 13, 1856 Sept. 2, 1858 June 3, 1859 May 2, 1855 Feb. 15. 1857 June 2, 1860 Dec. 16, 1855 June 28, 1857 Sept. 3, 1858 Mar. 28, 1857 Feb. 5, 1860 Feb. 15, 1860 Mar. 30, 1860 Nov. 10, 1861 Jan. 21, 1860 Dec. 17, 1860 Nov. 14, 1858 Deo. 9, 1862 Mav 20, 1862 Apr. 26, 1863 Deo. 15, 1859 June 8, 1856 May 4, 1854 Sept. 7, 1861 Nov. 11, 1863 Apr. 13, 1865 Aug. 12, 1862 Mar. 10, 1865 Sept. 16, 1865 Mar. 30, 1855 Feb. 28, 1863 June 12, 1864 July 15, 1856 Nov. 7. 1857 Sept. 12, 1862 Aug. 10, 1865 Oct. 19, 1856 Feb. 26, 1853 Aug. 28, 1851 Oct. 13, 1854 Feb. 22, 1855 Oct. 16, 1852 Apr. 3, 1859 Feb. 6, 1859 Dec. 3, 1859 Sepi. 19, 1856 Apr. 22, 1860 Apr. 12, 1853 June 10, 1851 c -a 5 t > > i i > o a O '-■ * a X 5 1 i a >-5 a S - a S > a\ 1 a; c i :- a = '.a >1 1 a, as K :a 5 a 1 a 1 > < > a > 5 < < a - a -a X a" 'a 7, 5 =" a S a a a 55 s -a ■a a 5 a a £ i a a i a B aj X > hi > - i. 5 - a 5 5 a 7i < "< a: c 1 i: £ fa < ft, d.£f ||| 212 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. S '£5 H § H "" H ta H Ph £< S is . . . i t s S fffffe , aag> as fe a 5 -I £ SsJSco P as 8 . w o §11^ m S3 Q £ h W CO Qj W EC Ss OM 5 flfig°K 6,SSQQQQOOOZS-«!aiOCiRfiOQ'<-!;-<^tT<'itfi««cnS9iSSSKai o a © 3 >/£ m H * A S Sg,3 -.s^ £2^ § s a c£a -|s s g g" I i gS Sfll fe-2 s -a 5 . »-|f| 1| || && u ll ^« "\ sb 2 « 5 f <°v2 a a |* 1.» S ° s 4 1 i K - H - ^' 5 . K -~- § i til ll llll lllllllllllllillllliflllilllllfllll 11 111 PSMWMPS«BHtfMKWpHWWB20QOOaiMMOQOOCOMaoOmaoCmMSSMIHa2IZ!3MM£MODOTeH&. a ; : : :" 1 : : © =:::»:: >'.'.'. ^ '. '. 1 i 1 :'| : : " : : i 15 : : ■J. : : : : » : : : : : ; s : • • • • • a ■ : : : : : S, E.-g : ■ '■ [ '■ ;JJ< ] Jacksonville Jacksonville hoysville Cassville Cassville Orangeville Cassville Cassville Cassville Dec. 3, 1864 Dec. 3, 1864 Dec. 3, 1864 Jan. 13, 1865 Jan. 13, 1865 Mar. 9, 1865 May 27, 1H65 May 27, 1865 Nov. 24, 1865 Dec. 20, 1865 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Oct. 12, L869 Jan. 14, 1870 Feb. 21, 1871 Feb. 21, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 May 8, 1874 May 11, 1874 May 30, 1868 May 8, 1874 Sept. 18, 1874 Sept. 18, 1874 Sept. 25, 1875 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 11. 1874 Dec. 4, 1873 Jan. 1, 1874 Jan. 1, 1874 Mar. 4, 1856 Apr. 12, 1852 Mar. 4, 1854 Nov. 11, 1853 Jan. 29, 1857 Dec. 17, 1853 Aug. 28. 1854 May 4, 1852 Sept. 23, 1853 Jan. 10, 1852 June 27, 1861 Dec. 8, 1858 June 2, 1857 June 7, 1860 Jan. 23, 1H62 Oct. 11, 1860 June 16, 1859 Nov. 24, 1861 Mar. 4, 1860 Dec. 8, 1853 Mar. 5, 1862 July 29, I860 Aug. 20, 1863 Aug. 31, 1861 Feb. 17, 1862 Jan. 17, 1862 Feb. 16, 1863 July 30, 1860 Nov. 6, 1862 Weller, Ellen E. Weller, Mary M. Weller. Sarah A. West, Margaret A. West. Ella K. Wehn, Amanda Walls, Mary E. Walls, Hannah A. Wise, Susauua Walker, Maria L. Walls, Sarah R. Walls, Elizabeth J. 6 - - i '■'■ i 1 • s - ■-. '. z - - : \ • - ■■r i • > a '4 a > 2 1 QUAKEETOWN SCHOOL. ,,MONG the schools selected by Superintendent Burrowes was the one at Quakertown, Bucks county. The buildings were erected for, and were many years used as, a boarding- school. This place was originally settled by the Friends or Quakers, and hence its name. It is now a thriving borough. It is situated on a fertile plateau, about five miles in diameter, and has a continuous border of boulders, from two to three miles wide, com- pletely encircling it. This singular formation has been a fruitful source of geological discussions. In early times the wild deer resorted here in large numbers, to drink of the waters of a salt spring not far from the school. Rev. Lucian Cort was the first proprietor and principal of the orphan school. On the first day of January, 1865, ten orphans had been ordered to it by the State Superintendent. The first children were admitted on the eighteenth of the same month. They continued to come in slowly. In the November following, one hundred and six orders for admission had been granted, but only fifty-eight had reported ; in January, 1866, one hundred and twenty-five orders of admission had been issued, and only sixty-nine had been admitted. The State had paid Mr. Cort, for keeping the orphans to December 1, 1866, seventeen thousand nine hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty-two cents ; and for making clothing and mending shoes, eight hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-four cents. The attendance on the first day of April, 1867, was one hundred and forty-one. The management of the school not being satisfactory to the State authorities, Mr. Cort was succeeded, after conducting the school about two years, by Messrs. Fell and Marple, and remained under 214 QUAKEETOWN SCHOOL, 215 their control something over one year, when all the orphans were transferred to the soldiers' orphan school at Chester Springs, Chester county. During the year the Quakertown School was in the charge of these gentlemen, its conveniences and comforts were increased, and the pupils made commendable progress in their studies. Physicians. A. M. Dickie, M. D., John Haney, M. D. Teachers. Mr. John Campbell, Mr. John Smith, Mr. George Weiss, Miss Sallie Aaron. Mrs. Goheen, Matrons. Mrs. Hellinger. Assistant Matron and Seamstresses. Hannah Hellyer, dec'd, Joanna Watson, Mrs. Hishbaugh, Elthea Hill, Mary Cambell, Mrs. Wills, Lucy Ann Bornden. 216 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. KEMAEKS. ft ■a s a .O bo Ii 3 d >-5 ;^0 ft « O ft A 03 H Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 bbbb 3 3 co-iM to bb ti 3 3 3 -4 <5 > ^ ,c> ^ bb+s £•& t> {•? ti j? & 3 a ^ o m,j bb p p^ fl'pj^fl'odd oddd t®j£ 5 5 ■ 1 i 1 ! 1 1 4 > 4 C 1 < c I t E- c PC r P PC pi E .a _ £ s '.t S 1 PC s £ < s < 1 pi < 1 c c 1 '— ■t c i s s K 1 1 e £ C j > cj 1 a ii i I ■- _s ~ - j - ■ - =^p fill -SHE PP | K a r X S is z < j 1 a 1 S O i£ 5S a c 5 1 3 M QUAKERTOWN ORPHAN SCHOOL. 217 • x:!5!5J3 xijajaji .a '.a £ '.a a aa SjaAAAAAAAja S S^aaaaaa h a a a ei^ «S:Sja^aj3jaja & a a a J ,J a a a a_- _• a a a a S a a- aaaaaaaaae S a. a a a a a a 5 ss 5 F a> a— a a a a a a *C T? -d *3 £ ^""^""aa^X""^^"^ a a B'c'O.C'O'O'C'O'O'CCatS K BQ^0QQ'OtiVSV43*B c ^ u "^ "^ "a -a T? *3 J3jaja!a ss ri .3 .3 .3 '.a a — — iS'a o a d .- .a ^: «.a^:^.3 — !a!a!a.a o oi:!cj:^!cz-i:i^l3 = i! cj£ crialcria fc,* > to to a tc to \\ £ - 1 ti < o -* O ~5 £ £ i >. & B zl to ti a a <-< vim Aug. 31, 1868 Oct. 29, 1866 Oct. 29, 1866 Aug. 31, 1H68 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 3 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 ti ti ti to 3 3 3 3 <<< ■< < ti' tc 3 3 << a"5 a a ti to ti to 3 3 3 3 ti to to a a -a .a tflGG Chester Sp'gs Bridesburg Bridesburg Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs to D, 10 u a O Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Lincoln Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs tea "o-S 1 1 5 'a. 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IS, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 Nov. 24, 1865 Nov. 24, 1865 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 3, 1867 Dec. 1, 1867 Jan. 26, 1865 Jau. 12, 1866 Jan. 12, 1866 Sept. 13, 1S66 Sept. 13, 1866 May 10, 1866 Jau. 31, 1865 Apr. 20, 1865 Feb. 1, 1865 Jan. 20, 1865 Jan. 31, 1865 Jan. 30, 1866 Jan. 30, 1866 Oct. 9, 1865 Oot. 9, 1865 Nov. 27, 1M65 Nov. 30, 1865 Jan. 15, 1866 Feb. 24, 1866 June 11, 1866 Nov. 8, 1866 Jan. 21, 1867 Mar. 11, 1868 Sept. 6, 1867 Sept. 6, 1867 Sept. 12, 1867 Sept. 12, 1867 Feb. 17, 1866 Jan. 25, 1865 Sept. 11, 1865 Sept. 11, 1865 Jan. 26, 1865 Oct. 2, 1866 Feb. 27, 1867 Jan. 18, 1865 Apr. 3, 1865 Jan. 18, 1865 Jan. 18, 1865 Aug. 27, 1866 Sept. 28, 1865 Sept. 12, 1866 Jan. 19, 1865 Mav8, 1865 Sept. 28, 1865 Sept. 28, 1865 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1865 Mar. 1, 1866 Mar. 14, 1866 Nov. 25, 1851 Sept. 2. 1866 Aug. 16, 1857 Apr. 11, 1855 Oct, 1, 1X54 Dec. 7, 1856 Nov. — , 1852 Apr. 18, 1852 Sept. 12, 1852 Jan. 3, 1855 Jan. 6, 1856 Feb. 7, 1854 Mar. 5, 1854 Oct. 16, 1854 Dec. 20, 1855 Apr. 17, 1853 May 26, 1855 May 12, 1853 Oct. 18, 1856 Oct. 24, 1854 July 4. 1854 July 15, 1852 Jau. — , 1855 Oct. 20, 1855 July 13, 1856 Oct. 16, 1853 May 6, 1856 Sept. 3, 1852 Sept. 22, V857 Sept. 27, 1856 Oct. 20, 1853 Jan. 23, 1856 Jan. 16, 1856 Mar. 18, 1858 Dec. 3. 1853 Julv 18, 1854 Feb. 29, 1852 Sept. 27, 1853 Oct. 13, 1851 Apr, — , 1854 Jan. 26, 1854 May 22, 1851 July 10, 1854 Sept. 6, 1859 Aug. 7, 1857 Mar. 11, 1854 Mar. 1, 1852 Nov. 17, 1856 Nov. 19, 1850 Mar. 17, 1852 Mar. 4, 1854 Aug. — , 1856 Nov. 3, 1854 July 28, 1856 Jan. 15. 1855 Sept. 15, 1855 j ► t. I - e '.■-_ i - j - c 1 f -.- 5 'J - - s a '- „ 6 X • _ E i '- i i- y. i z a - V 1 - i ~ P i '- j j - - t 1 •3 5 - 1 ■- L ; * e J j ! i z S 'C i 1 I 1 j - t x i i- a c 6 U c ! i I ■- ' i 9 n i i p _ - I & s J p i. t P 1 a 1 E- ■J C -I ■I — i- 1 - 7 p c X 5 X 218 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 03 a «q sS 111 Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. . Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Wrightstown. Nazareth. Philadelphia. Phoenix ville. Pottsville. Pottsville. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Bushkill. Hamilton. Hamilton. Snyderville. St. Clair. Pleasant Valley. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Easton. Philadelphia. Stroudsburg. Stroudsburg. Canadensis. Mohr's Store. Reading. cq W C5 s 9 o ft O w EH A M S a « o o ti 3 •5* ft to 3 1 •"1 CO -« th 3 < ft m o 1 1 o D. -< B • B3 • its ; ft M O H ft « bbbo ti tb 3 3 3 >-> bo bit 3 3 ei 3 bi bo£ ti 3 3 a, 3 hi 3 < bo t-» 3"3 til>, Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Aug. 30, 1866 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Aug. 31, 1868 Sept. i, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 bb 3 CO M . H © H H H a is "a "a. en 33 mm an V i 1 a jj mm _bojso mm an oo CO o to M 3 bo "O.O..S "ft CQ&Q-^CQ o So S OOCCO "a GO o bo "ft po (Eg J3*C opq bofl "ftfr coS |g ocS Harford Harford Harford Orangeville Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Harford Harford Harford bo ft m ■a o a « S P4 bo bo £ X3 bO 3 M 3 6 ad S3. a Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Oct. 11, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Sept. 10, 1867 Sept. 10, 1867 Jan. 28, 1865 Jan. 31, 1865 Jan. 31, 1865 Jan. 26, 1865 Sept. 11, 1865 Sept. 22, 1865 Apr. 11, 1866 Jan. 28, 1865 Sept. 12, 1865 Nov. 13, 1865 Nov. 13, 1865 Deo. 2, 1865 Dec. 11, 1865 Feb. 2, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 16, 1867 Sept. 13, 1866 Dec. 3, 1865 Jan. 26, 1865 Jan. 18, 1866 Mar. 7, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Feb. 6, 1865 Feb. 6, 1865 Jan. 26, 1865 Jan. 26, 1865 Jan. 18, 1865 July 18, 1865 June 1, 1865 June 3, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 Apr. 2, 1866 June 15, 1866 Jan. 2, 1867 Mar. 4, 1866 May 14, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Oct. 2, 1865 May 29, 1866 oa Feb. 9, 1857 Nov. 28, 1857 Jan. 5, 1856 Jan. 12, 1853 Nov. 3, 1857 Aug. 3, 1852 May 17, 1857 Sept. 27, 1851 Feb. 5, 1856 Oct. 29, 1850 Jan. 15, 1853 Oct. 29, 1856 July 18, 1853 Nov. 11, 1851 July 8, 1856 July 27, 1854 Sept. 6, 1855 Oct. 14, 1855 July 3, 1855 Mar. 10, 1853 Mar. 23, 1857 Sept. 21, 1854 Jan. 6, 1856 Oct. 13, 1853 Mar. 15, 1853 Sept. 23, 1852 Mar. 12, 1851 July 1, 1856 Dec. 26, 1856 Feb. 21, 1853 Mar. 1, 1856 Jan. 31, 1858 Apr. 10, 1851 Nov. 6, 1857 Dec. 6, 1854 Mar. 26, 1856 Oct. 21, 1851 Nov. 25, 1855 July 7, 1856 Apr. 16, 1854 Sept. 7, 1855 June 29, 1857 Apr. 22, 1855 Jan. 15, 1857 June 25, 1855 Dec. 30, 1851 July 26, 1856 a 5 5 j 2 H 3 4 c II a I i H | i i a 5 t 5 c 5 i "I E- s C j 1 \ 1 e ! - - 1 B : -z 1 s 1 i 1 j a ' c i ' 1 s j PS X - pi | O 2 < 3 < s o c h 5 5 o s Z U- C X T O 5S o f 3 ■» £■ a a QUAKERTOWN ORPHAN SCHOOL, 219 jo a 3 S 3S35 5 33 i ~ ~ — J=. 3 'C "5 ■$ *t5 5 ^3 "5 ^ BncoPna.aa&-/:a-<:<;2;Q> ; 30QS->cc>-5>-jO>-aDCHOC^sfe;fc.-5^O^Cai-<:Sa; oooBaMMS5M3>3aaasBaa)iI«M«S(SxaoaQSxQQboS^&^ MOUNT JOY SCHOOL. HIS institution had its origin at Strasburg, Lancaster county, under the principalship of Professor J. R,. Car- others. It was opened on the 20th of December, 1864. But the accommodations being inadequate, the academy- buildings at Mount Joy were purchased of Professor E. L. Moore, A. M., and the orphans, being sixty-four in number, taken thither. This transfer took place during the annual vacation of 1865, the vacation beginning July 28th and ending September 4th. The change of place not only secured better conveniences to the school, but was an advantage to it in other respects. Its location was now a desirable one, Mount Joy being a beautiful village, noted for the number of its excellent citizens, and possessing good railroad facilities, situated as it is on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twelve miles west of Lancaster and twenty-five east of Harrisburg. The edifice now occupied presents an inviting appearance, and has a beautiful yard in front laid out in walks and shaded with trees. The number of pupils increasing, additions were made to the buildings. But the State authorities not being satisfied with the management of Mr. Carothers, prevailed on Professor Jesse Kennedy, then Principal of the McAlisterville Soldiers' Orphan School, to purchase the property at Mount Joy and become Principal of that school. He took pos- session on the first day of December, 1867. At that time there were one hundred and twenty-nine pupils. Professor Kennedy was widely and favorably known, having ably represented Cumberland and Perry counties in the State Legislature in 1862, besides filling other important positions of public trust. His administration of the affairs of the institution was also very 220 M CO CO - w C Z H o *! o O o r o a r 2 MOUNT JOY SCHOOL. 221 efficient. Orphans were attracted to the school and the number began to increase, and continued to do so till there were in attend- ance nearly three hundred pupils. Immediately there were improve- ments which required a large expenditure of money. Important additions were made to the buildings. A large cooking-range, of the most approved pattern, was procured, and a first-class furnace was placed in the basement of the main structure. Nothing was neglected that could increase the comfort and happiness of the chil- dren. The institution, under Mr. Kennedy's supervision, rapidly rose to a position second to none, and has since ranked among the best in the State. While the discipline of the school, under its present Principal, has been strict, it has been secured in such a way as to cultivate a home feeling among the children. Severe measures have been resorted to only in rare and extreme cases, and after other methods have failed. Those receiving correction have been made to feel that their reforma- tion and well-being are the sole ends of punishment. Kindness has ever been the controlling influence. Children have been trained and not " broken." By firm and kind treatment real nobleness of char- acter has been developed. The children, as a whole, have been and are, while at the school, willing, industrious, cheerful, frank, manly, and ambitious to excel. The " well done " of Principal and teachers has carried with it an inspiration, and has been a constant stimulus to well doing. Visitors have always been welcomed and encouraged to mingle at pleasure with the inmates of the school. No suspicion of tyranny has at any time been created by closing its doors to any who have sought admittance. That labor is honorable and idleness a disgrace has been taught both by precept and example. Instruction has been imparted in all possible kinds of employments. The children have also been taught the importance of good man- ners, whether in the school-room, at their work, at the table, or on the play-ground. Tidiness in dress and person has at all times been required. The corps of teachers has, from the beginning of Mr. Kennedy's connection with the school, been full and competent, a number of them being college and normal school graduates, and standing high in their profession. The moral and religious training of the orphans has been regarded 222 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, of first importance and received much attention. Vice has been made to appear odious and its practice degrading, while moral purity- has been represented as lovable and elevated and the road to true success. Many of the orphans, while under the influence of the school, have been led to profess faith in Christ. As a result of this wholesome discipline, right training, and thorough instruction, a large proportion of the children, after leaving school, do well. Quite a number have begun to teach with no further preparation ; others, aided by friends or the State, have con- tinued their studies at normal schools, and are now either preparing for, or are, teaching. With fewer exceptions than- could be expected, have the children been so grounded in right principles that they have, after being thrown out into the world and exposed to temptations, been true to the lessons imparted at school, and receive that respect, in the com- munities where they reside, which is due industry, honesty, and virtue. The Mount Joy School stands high in the affections of the orphans and their mothers, and enjoys the esteem and good-will of the intel- ligent community in which it is located. It has done and is doing a noble work, of which the State is justly proud. Subjoined are the names of some of the persons officially connected with the school from the date of its organization to the present time : Superintendent and Proprietor. Jesse Kennedy. Physicians to Institution. J. L. Siegler, M. D., C. W. Moore, M. D. Mr. Thomas Euth, " John C. Martin, " Israel M. Gable, " George Deitrich, " George G. Kunkle, " G. N. Alexander, " Clinton C.Hughes, " Geo. W. Geiger, " Samuel Smeigh, " Middleton Smith, " Israel L. Witmyer, Teachers. Mr. John Hinkle, " Joseph E. Irving, " Edward J. Moore, " EichardHoll, " James E. Ewing, Miss M. Snowberger, " E. Eichardson, " T. Buckingham, " M.I. Shields, " P. E. Buttles, " Julia Moore, Miss E. Hollinger, " M. Tollinger, " Sallie E. Culp, " Liberty Stewart, " Eachel Hudson, " Lou M. Shields, " Mary Martin, " Cora Hull, " Lillie Moore, " M. E. Buckwalter, " Ella Kline. MOUNT JOY SCHOOL. 223 Employees. John 0. Moore, Steward. Ehrman Huber, Supt. of Boys. Jacob Keorper, ) William Scholing, I Bakers - Chas. Willis and Henry Mellinger, Farmers. Miss Mary Wood, Matron. Miss Lizzie Smiley, ~) " Kate Smiley, > Assistant Matrons. Mrs. Kate Hamaker, J Miss Annie Hippie, ") Mrs. Kate Hamaker, V Seamstresses. Miss Mary Curran, J Mrs. Maggie Huber, Culinary Department. Miss Josie Hunter, ) „ „ _. . « Annie Hull, } Supt. of Dimng-room. Mrs. Sarah Shroeder, | _ , « Adelaide Hamaker, l Laundresses - 224 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CD M M s Cigar manufacturer. Blacksmith. In a planing-mill. Home with mother. Boatmau. Coachsmith. Clerk. Died , 1874. Car shops, P. R. R. Co. Brakeman.P.&E.E.E.Co. Clerk. Mason. Farmer. Iron-works. Shoemaker. Printer. Home with mother. Boatman. Home with mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. U p is -. . tic jKZ i O 3 3- §|"|J Philadelphia.... Philadelphia Lebanon. West Chester. West Chester. Salisbury. Salisbury. Salisbury. Lebanou. Womelsdorf. Reading. Lancaster. Lancaster. Newport. Hamburg. Marietta. Danville Lancaster. Greene. Marietta. Lancaster. New Holland. Waterside. Wallaceton. Wallace ton. East Ridge. Six Mile Run. Huntingdon. H « TO P o w H ■«! P M W M O o a 5 1 © as SB oo' H no ^ & o a <1 6. H «| O a fci C t*> 3 si rt flO no OEl, -* ti < m & M O W Am H 1 0Q fei ti 3 3 GO « CO M H 6 H w M W 3 3 "ao. 03 CO II DO m a H O K P3 P go ajpnj 1 w Lan. Home Lan. Home Lan. Home Paradise Lan. Home Paradise Paradise Wilkesbarre Lan. Home Emmaus Emmaus Lan. Home Andersonburg I w all ,,» S cl ^ OOD Date op Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Oct. 11, 1865 June 16, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Jan. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 22, 1869 Sept. 26, 1870 Sept. 19, 1871 Dec. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 June 16, 1866 May 16, 1865 May 12, 1865 Sept. 21, 1865 Dec. 15, 1865 Oct. 10, 1866 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Dec. 27, 1867 Sept. 1, 1873 Dec. 27, 1867 Dec. 27, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 26, 1870 May 9, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Oct. 30, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 24, 1873 Sept. 24, 1873 Sept. 29, 1873 Oct. 27. 1873 V •/ ~ '/" '/ '7 '7 >.> "™ ft . OM P^ June 9, 1854 July 13, 1855 Dec. 21, 1856 Oct. 31, 1854 Jan. 2, 1858 Dec. 29, 1859 May 12, 1859 Mar. 17, 1860 July 9, 1860 June 18, 1860 Dec. 15, 1857 July 13, 1856 Aug. 18, 1853 Mar. 7, 1855 May 18, 1854 June 3, 1855 Sept. 30, 1856 Aug. 24, 1858 Oct. 23, 1856 Aug. 23, 1854 July 17, 1861 Oct. 20, 1857 Dec. 18, 1855 Dec. 11, 1857 Oct. 18, 1859 Aug. 25, 1861 Aug. 2, 1861 Sept. 17, 1862 Feb. 6, 1861 Feb. 12, J859 Dec. 18, 1856 Oct. 20, 1858 Sept. 11, 1861 June 30, 1860 Oct. 14, 1859 Feb. 28, 1859 May 20, 1862 May 6, 1862 June 9, 1859 Aug. 9, 1861 Mar. 20, 1864 Jan. 1, 1864 Nov. 15, 1860 Julv 30, 1859 May 22, 1863 Mar. 25, 1860 May 17, 1860 Mav 21, 1861 Aug. 16, 1858 a t- P P 5 3 4 pi [ i c ■t- p t < E 3 7 < ■j < j 1 < i 1 - 1 -« i < < j - < - e i- "1 E < l 1 ft •J 1 5 - - PC B [ PC pi pi 1 2: IS i p p t = i- 'c PE P i PS c £ 1- E- 1 J p: | i PC 1 c i ■2 f t £ PC < PC PC £ PC | E 1 p: | 'i p \ I a" a J - >s ti < i MOUNT JOY SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 225 '5 2« a - ■ P2 *■"» 3 a •§ .• fe .a SBH, J fcuMO* O sis! .a b ri d S»k-"2* x » 2 S 5 '5 -" -" 2 <» 2 ^ « x 2 2 ^1 x ^i -" 2 *£ co ^ -^ 55 ~ ^ ~ 5 /T V-'-V^-_^ — -^x>~ — — ^--" — -"^-i-^cc .* nAKenflnnJKuuuuuuuuuuuoQsuuoeuuuuoQasaocasaaQaasax^uKssH 15 226 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Q < Cabinet-maker. Tarmer. Shoemaker, lome with mother, ^lumber and gas-fitter, lome with mother. brickmaker. doulder. Joulder. Shoemaker. Jaker. jaborer. boatman. boatman. Laborer, ^umbering. pi si c 1 6- ai c ft? 3 c Cigar-maker. Laborer. Brickmaker. Clerk. Stonecutter. Errand boy. Post Office Address when at Home. Middletown Fredericksburg Lancaster c Port Clinton .... Port Clinton Lancaster. 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Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Jan. 13, 1874 Jan. 13, 1874 Feb. 16, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 19, 1865 Sept. 19, 1865 Mar. 5, 1866 Mar. 5, 1866 Apr. 27, 1866 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Dec. 27, 1867 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 26, 1870 Mar. 23, 1871 Apr. 15, 1872 Jan. 20, 1871 Apr. 25, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 30, 1873 May 8, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 6, 1874 Apr. 12, 1875 Sept. 22, 1875 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 11, 1865 Apr. 20, 1867 Sept. IS, 1866 Dec. 27, 1867 Dec. 27, 1867 Dec. 27, 1867 Jan. 17. 1871 Sept. 26, 1870 Sept. 20, 1871 Oct. 5, 1870 Feb. 16, 1871 Mar. 14, 1871 June 6, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 ft . o y H Oh i? June 9, 1862 Apr. 27, 1860 Jan. 21, 1862 May 2, 1860 Mar. 6, 1862 Sept. 1, 1858 Nov. 26, 1858 Dec. 31, 1858 .00 5 h h c c q A Q A H H 3 4 s i t 'i 6 j it i ;: j { [ {_ is \. \i i 5 1 - it> i i j j °S i - ,6 It i '■•■- 3 a .a.a a d ;P = 3 i& - -r it is ii i * : « : s : O CO 00 o ill so-* " t — Si.-! 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Home Orangeville § a a s s ac s ac n c a a a CJ rt 03 C8 5 5 Sept. 19, 1871 Oct. 2. 1*74 Apr. 14. 1875 Nov. 16, 1875 May 3, 1865 May 10, 1865 July 7, 1865 Apr. 18, 1865 May15, 1865 Oct. 19, 1865 Dec. 14, 1865 D.-c. 11. 1865 Sept. 15, 18(19 June 18, 1X66 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 9, 1867 Dec. 11, 1867 Sept. 9, 1H67 Juue 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1867 Dec. 5, 1868 Dec. 5, 1868 May 30, 1868 June 22, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Nov. 10, 1869 Jan. 17, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 15, 1870 Sept. 15, 1870 Jan. 21, 1871 Apr. 27, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Dec. 7, 1872 Jan. 6, 1873 Jan. 15, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 JuneS, 1874 Sept. 1, 1X74 Sept. 7. 1874 Sept. 1. 1874 Mar. 15, 1875 Apr. 19. 1875 Sept. 3, 1X75 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 May 5, 1865 Dec. 10, 1860 Jan. 11, 1860 Feb. 27, 1864 Aug. 12, I860 Mar. 19, 1853 Feb. 10, 1855 Apr. 11, 1851 Apr. 17, 1854 May 30, 1854 Oct. 13, 1856 Jan. 3, 1855 Apr. 15, 1857 Feb, 12, 1856 Oct. 2, 1855 Julv 21, 1852 Junea, 1x55 Aug. 15, 1854 Nov. 3, 1858 Dec. 13, 1S58 July 19, 1854 Oct. 11, 1856 May 29, 1855 Feb. 22, 1855 Dec. 13, 1857 Oct. 22, 1859 Nov. 27, 1859 Feb. 23, 1857 July 27, 1858 July 30, 1860 Oct. 26, 1858 Deo. 13, 1860 Deo. 9, 1860 Dec. 7, 1859 July 24, 1858 Aug. 21, 1860 Jan. 15, 1860 Mar. 10, 1859 Mav 10, 1859 Feb. 12, 1856 May 10, 1859 Dee. 24, 1860 July 3, 1865 Aug. 28, 1862 Apr. 17, 1862 Oct. 8 1864 Sent. 30, 1864 Sept. 15. 1863 Apr. 1, 1868 Feb. 14, 1859 Jan. 4, 1867 May 2, 1864 Dec. 7, 1864 Mar. 6, 1x61 Aug. 2, 1866 Nov. 29, 1X69 May 9, 1853 I i 1 i 5 3 C i < _ = - ; I 3 tt i a i ■J \ i - X 1 > a | i '-- t-'- . . £ c S 2 1 i Cv 7- C C 2 C S. -.>.- r SSS3 z i i. - a i > - ; : = I P i °3 I i I l 5 1 ► i p. i i * c i _1 i a i a 1 i i a i 1 - i c a - : 3 ; i ? a { / a i i i a t = 3 5 I i i ] 3 1 '3 \ 3 6 1 •i x i \ 3 1 3 3 3 \ .1 a - B i i 2 B 3 C [ c - ' 228 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS M Oh Readmitted Jan., 1869. Clerk. Car shops. Tinsmith. Home with mother. Boatman. Coal mines. Clerk. Clerk. Going to school Farmer. Telegraph operator. Readmitted Mar. 17, 1875. Coal mines. Printer. Brickmaker. Married. Brickmaker. Boatman. Married. Tailor. Laborer. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. c >! IS MA Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Coffee Run. Dillsburg. Phoenixville. AUentown. Allcntown. AUentown. Bloomsburg. Altoona. Altoona. Osceola. Pottsville Kreidersville. >>b •- . a $ s £ a a c = SJ ijr. •O ^3 t3 aj T3 i l|||fl Williamsburg. Williamsburg. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Harrisburg. t/5 H 3 w H o s o a < « w p pi. O 15 O f 03 o O 65 i f-i . -« ^ •«! 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H O a 05 l "?'~!'3 S oo 2=3 KCOOh^ < ■S3 '■3 be D. CO Si o to to to 3 5 5 .3.0,0 KM o efl rt S a) d53d Ph P-. P-( Ph 1 a 6 ai Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 10, 1874 Apr. 20, 1867 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13. 1866 Jan. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Nov. 29, 1873 June 2, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Jan. 2, 1874 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 Dec. 6. 1865 Jan. 15, 1866 Apr. 27, 1866 Apr. 27, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Nov. 18, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 3CQO^" Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 16, 1872 Mav 8, 1874 Mar. 24, 1865 May 10, 1865 May 10, 1865 May 10, 1865 May 23, 1865 May 11, 1865 Mav 12, 1865 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 May 15, 1865 Oct. 24, 1865 Oct. 24, 1865 Mar. 21, 1866 Mar. 21, 1866 Apr. 3. 1866 May 21, 1866 Sept. 5, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Nov. 13, 1859 Dec. 5, 1852 Oct. 1, 1856 Mar. 6, 1858 Nov. 3, 1852 Dec. 7. 1858 July 21, 1862 Feb. 27, 1861 July 30, 1862 May 15, 1860 Feb. 22, 1855 Dec. 27, 1855 Feb. 9, 1856 Nov. 3, 1851 July 9, 1854 Feb. 1, 1857 Nov. 12, 1857 July 27, 1861 Mar. 28, 1860 Mar. 9, 1856 Dec. 22, 1862 Aug. 22, 1860 Aug. 22, 1860 May 15, 1862 Apr. 11, 1864 Jan. 7, 1861 Mar. 30, 1862 Sept. 27, 1863 Aug. 24, 1865 June 5, 1861 Aug. 15, 1854 July 4, 1853 Nov. 22, 1854 May 20, 1857 Apr. 19, 1852 May 20, 1856 Oct. 24, 1851 Oct. 20, 1855 Nov. 11, 1857 Apr. 19, 1857 July 3, 1858 Mar. 2, 1854 Aug. 5, 1855 Sept. 14, 1856 Aug. 31, 1853 Jan. 6, 1853 Dec. 24, 1855 Julv 27, 1855 Dec. 27, 1854 a u a P i l H ) 4 is 2 >• i ft C I < - it t « i * < t s I > j < C < tl E E IS | | a. ■c P I C 1 ft < i. i '■i a 1 a- i a I s X ■3 I 2 * o != (J 1 - s < c e 5 a i i ~= p. > ■ > E ; i i ■^ S ■/ s i: •s a gg*P 33-S §.§! a ■7. 1 = : ■7. = 5. > a c a c f GC i a a * i i 1 CO MOUNT JOY SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 231 c Teaching. 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DO IK CO a 3 3 K x: □ a 66 coco zx~~xxf ill i SI 4 «1 II OJ-J rt 3 — Ix £5 dSga iss a JOCK 6 a o" CO O CO s fc Sept. 13. 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 9, 1867 Sept. 11, 1867 Dec. 1, 1867 Dec. 1, 1867 Jan. 1, 1868 Jan. 1. 1868 Sept. 1, 1858 Dec. 5, 1868 Jan. 5, 1869 Mar. 1 , 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 June 1, lh69 Oct. 19, 1870 Jan. 25, 1871 June 24, 1872 May 8, 1874 Apr. 25, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 19. 1871 Oct, 5, 1871 Mar. 16, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Feb. 6, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1873 Feb. 23, 1874 Sept. 1. 1874 Feb. 20. 1875 Feb. 20, 1875 Mar. 20, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 27, 1875 Dec. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 15. 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 19, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 27, 1875 Sept. 13, 1866 Apr. 23, 1875 Oct. 16. 1865 Sept. 2, 1867 July 29, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Oct. 15, 1866 Sept. 13. 1866 Sept. 9, 1867 Jan. 1, 1868 Jan. 5, 1870 Oct. 26. 1853 Nov. 17, 1856 Apr. 28. 1866 Sept. 8, 1858 Nov. 6. 1857 Aug. 14, 1857 Aug. 12, 1855 Dec. 5, 1852 Juue 4, 1859 Juue 6, 1859 Dec. 25, 1854 July 13, 1854 Oct. 28, 1857 Aug. 23, 1855 Apr. 21, 1854 Aug. 4, 1856 Sept. 10, 1860 Mar. 1, 1865 Feb. 23, 1861 Oct. 8, 1861 Sept. 15, 1858 Dec. 8, 1861 Jan. 8, 1862 Sept. 1 1 , 1863 Sept. 23. 1862 Mar. 16, 1860 Feb. 26, 1862 Nov. 1, 1862 July 3, 1860 Sept. 22, 1861 Mar. 11, 1862 Nov. 15, 1866 Apr. 28, 1860 June 14, 1862 May a, 1862 July 16, 1867 Mar. 11, 1864 Dec. 11, 1859 Sept. 19, 1858 Oct. 15, 1854 Nov. 3, 1861 June 15, 1861 Mar. 5, 1857 Oct 8. 1862 Apr. 28, 1865 Aug. 11, 1855 Apr. 29, 1860 Mav 11, 1853 Mar. 21, 1857 Oct. 15, 1853 Feb. 27, 1858 Dec. 25, 1854 Feb. 22, 1857 May 16, 1857 July 18, 1854 Mar. 11, I860 x x a a 7 - E \ : 7 7 I 7 - - 7 7 1 ! 5 B 7 a E i X 7 * - 7 B >- ': "5 P C X 7 *- x ■J C j >& Z. 7 1 5 c I = i \ 5 7 7 a 7 c i 7 a D r c 7 X r C a c '.c t 7 c i E 7 c 7 C 1 X 7 E "J 7 7 c 1 • = s c i 1 7 1 B 7 1 .-= t- s 1 X '& - E- < s % £ * >• t- c t 6" C 7 5 X 1 i c 1 1- 1 i p l t B i 232 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M a •< a Home with mother. Engineer. Home with mother. Farming. Home with mother. C Baggage Agent, P. & R. 1 R. R. Co. Tel. opr., ticket & exp.agt. Readmitted Oct. 1, 1875. Cotton-mills. Teaching. Home with mother. With siBter. Housework. Teaching. Married. Atten'g S.N.S.,Blooms'g. Cotton-mills. With sister. With aunt. Atten'g S.N.S., Blooma'g. Home with mother. With grandmother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. c < sljE Marietta. Centre Co. Clearfield Co. Clearfield Co. Falmouth. Falmouth. Reading. Shickshinny Mifflin Myerstown. Lancaster. Wrightsville. Wrightsville. Lebanon. Middletown. Lancaster. Lancaster. Darby. l'hiladelphia. Marietta. Catawissa Philadelphia West Fairview . . Mahanoy. Mahanoy. i w w o ft o H H •«! ft M H n « o o © 1 © d < o 3 la <^ C 1 to j5 : o m 55 S O OQ Feb. 25, 1874 Jan. 11, 1872 Apr. 15, 1870 Oct. 29, 1875 Dec. 24, 1871 Feb. 2, 1875 Oct. 6, 1874 Aug. 20, 1874 Jan. 20, 1874 Oct. 16, 1873 O S Ok C/3 GO GO. • ; C.C. co en 1 CO « H fa to < 6 H H M H a ^<< : : ssa ■ • tea £ I d H . H o H £ £fa O OOO ; ; K : *h 1 w K 3> So to If • _ cj (3 : §•£•£ Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 20, 1869 June 1, 1868 Oct. 31, 1870 Sept. 23, 1870 Nov. 27, 1871 Oct. 8, 1872 S'Tt. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 May 8, 1874 May 8, 1874 May 8, 1874 Apr. 19, 1875 Apr. 19, 1875 Apr. 14, 1875 Sept. 8, 1871 Dec. 1, 1871 Nov. 27, 1874 Jan. 30, 1866 Apr. 25, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Jan. 1, 1868 June 8, 1865 June 8, 1865 Sept. 3, 1865 June 16, 1866 Sept. 1, 1873 May 3, 1875 Sept. 22, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 28, 1865 May 16, 1865 Dec. 15, 1865 June 11, 1866 Dee. 1, 1867 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Dec. 30, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 23, 1871 Oct. 16, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 ft . ok ft« Jan. 1, 1861 June 5, 1856 Oct. 14, 1860 Sept. 15, 1859 Feb. 8, 1861 Oct. 20, 1865 Mar. 4, 1861 Apr. 1, 1861 Nov. 9, 1864 Jan. 19, 1860 Mar. 20, 1862 Jan. 22, 1864 Sept. 7, 1868 Aug. 25, 1864 Nov. 14, 1862 Feb. 18, 1857 June 16, 1862 Sept. 23, 1861 Sept. 6, 1854 Mar. 29, 1863 Nov. 25, 1859 May 6, 1857 Feb. 28, 1855 Dec. 24, 1853 Oct. 10, 1850 Feb. 11, 1851 Feb. 18, 1862 Sept. 21, 1861 Dec. 20, 1860 Mar. 12, 1863 Mar. 29, 1866 Aug. 24, 1852 Sept. 11, 1854 Sept. 10, 1856 May 18, 1857 Feb. 25, 1858 Jan. 11, 1856 Apr. 15, 1854 Oct. 29, 1859 Deo. 24, 1855 Feb. 2, 1859 Oct. 6, 1858 Aug. 20, 1858 Jan. 20, 1858 Oct. 16, 1857 Sept. 16. 1862 Oct. 1, 1860 a a t— < Pi E> Ph Walton, John M. Warner, Ulysses S. Waitknecht, James B. White, John Wilhelm, John Wellier, Jacob Whitenight, AmzlJ. Wittel, John H. Weaver, Reuben Walker, Alva Walker, Abraham L. Walker, Andrew G. Welty, John Welty, George M. Wetherel, Charles C. Yocum, Lewis W. Yocum, Howard Young, William H. Zimmerman, Albert J. Zimmerman, Joseph B. ght.MaryMagdelena jbt, Rebecca H. ;ht, Caroline W. Afflebach, Hettie A. Albright, Susanna E. Allen, Amanda E. Aderholt, Sallie A. Appleton, Mary E. Appleton, Annie L. Bonsall, Clara V. Baird, Charlotte Betz, Sarah L. Brooks, Martha A. Buzzard, Mary L. Breach, Agnes Breach, Louisa Breach. Amanda Bush. Mary M. Barford, Emma Brown, Annie Bird, Sarah L. Bechtel, Catherine K. Brenner, Harriet K. Beaver, Amelia 3 ; 3 : i : i* i- MOUNT JOY SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 233 Home with mother. Mantuamaker. Home with mother. Married. House-work. Atteii'gS.N.S.,Blooms'g. Home with mother. Died, 1872. Married. Home with mother. ( Teaching. Graduated at I ShippensburgS. N.S. ( Dining-room assistant, I Mount Joy S. O. 8. ( Discharged on oge, un- < der provisions of an act I approved May 27, 1870. Died. 1875. Married. Married. Printer. Home with mother. Married. Home with mother. Atten'gS.N.S..Millersv'le Milliner. Teaching. Married. Married, Married. Home with mother. ■i 1 Jonestown. Jouestown. Jonestown. Marietta. Mount Joy. Marietta. New Holland. Lebanon. Lebanon. Six Mile Run.... Saxton. Philadelphia I I Wilkesbarre Uuion Corner. Uuion Corner.-.. Catawissa. Middletown. Lime Valley- Danville. Danville. Lime Valley. Middletown. Pottsville. Strasburg. Strasburg. York. Philadelphia McEwensville. Rloomsburg. Dnnville. Kreidersville. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. - i - Mercersburg. Philadelphia. B 1 o a a its •O CO -a q aa 5 a ©" -*■ £ © ?D toe so go § 3 C. Sept. 1. 1872 Apr. 2. 1874 Mar. 25, 1871 Nov. 7, 1868 Dec. 16, 1870 til — 3 V 111 tS5=0 6 •A 5 tl -a x - K C £ u _• an oiCu on OH Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 3, 1872 Feb. 14, 1873 Fell. 14. 1873 Feb. 14, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1878 Sept. 24, 1873 Oct. 27, 1873 Mar. 24, 1874 Mar. 24, 1S74 May 8, 1874 May 4, 1875 Sept. 13, 1866 June 27. 1867 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 20, 1869 Oct. 14, 1869 Jan. 13, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 12, 1870 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1. 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Jan. 18, 1875 June 8, 1875 Apr. 20, 1869 Dec. 20, 1864 Dec. 20, 1864 Apr. 15. 1865 Apr. 15, 1865 Sept. 3, 1867 July 1, 1865 Mar. 30, 1866 Sept. 13. 1866 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 2, 1875 Jan. 18, 1865 Jan. 18. 1865 Sept. 3, 1865 Feb. 1. 1869 Sept. 3. 1*65 Oct. 26, 1865 Sept. 12, 1865 Sept. 12, 1865 May 12, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 June 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 10, 1859 June 26, 1858 Nov. 22, 1861 Dec. 9, 1863 Apr. 22, 1865 July 10, 1860 Deo. 20, 1861 July 1, 1865 Aug. 9, 1861 Feb. 11, 1861 Apr. 19, 1863 Dec. 25, 1858 Mar. 23, 1866 Nov. 30, 1853 Apr. 7, 1857 Oct. 5, 1853 Apr. 11, 1856 Oct. 26, 1858 Dec. 29, 1856 May 22, 1859 Jan. 8, 1860 June 16, 1858 Dec. 5, 1862 Nov. 30, 1862 Mar. 22, 1857 Apr. 21, 1865 Feb. 24, 1867 Dec. 7, 1863 Feb. 20, 1861 July 12, 1861 July 27, 1854 Apr. 19, 1854 Feb. 8, 1851 Feb. 1, 1858 Sept. 7, 1855 Mar. 2, 1854 Dec. 19, 1852 Jan. 2. 1851 Jan. 1, 1857 June 18. 1864 Apr. 19, 1854 Mar. 31, 1863 Apr. 16. 1864 Nov. 4, 1861 June 21. 1856 Sept. 8, 1853 Sept. 1. 1856 Apr. 2, 1858 Mar. 25, 1855 Nov. 7. 1852 Dec. 16, 1854 Aug. 3, 1856 May 30. 1856 Sept. 27. 1855 A ug. 6, 1853 Oct. 2, 1859 ! i i < S cc * 1 f > - i .; % z 5 - ■s PI 2: - - --> P c £ X T P < t £ £ '■* c i- - i t- i i \ c I • £ 6 C - c 1 £ i £ e £ £ £ E C 1 B c & i» c £ e e 1 c i n - 2 j 5 •* I s ei P - - - s' c e | ! | a i J i j i Kb tl > : a E V- " = ■_ Si i I 234 PENJSTA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. DO M 51 House-work. Iu school. Died April 11, 1869. With aunt. Married. House-work. Seamstress. Teaching. House- work. House-work. Died Aug. 27, 1868. Married. Cotton •mills. Married. At home with mother. House- work. Married. Married. House- work. House-work. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. a c = a •5^ "S g 1 1 1 Wennersville. Philadelphia. Wennersville... Danville. Danville. Safe Harbor. Cherryviile. Marietta. Clearfield co. Lancaster. Rawlinsburg. Harrisburg. New Kingston. New Kingston. Allentown. Salisbury. Danville. Lancaster. Reading. York. Safe Harbor. Blue Ball. Wakefield Muncy. Mount Joy. Lehigh co. Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia... . Middletown. Lancaster. Coffee Run. m w « •4 a o 03 5 fa © s H ■< ft « fa M o o £ o ft »; 02 .no & o faQ 3 £ SiSla o 1-J °"2 <02 fa « O H H Si ft « H ft 02 to I &G. ft 020201 ►-S02 00 « OQ « d H H PS w B "3 H XI is "3 a '3 aaa '2 3 2 is^is SB •3 « fa£ Kg fa o » M a 3 OO k'a o -5 SB fa 1 a CO o odd oaoioi Date of Admission on Order OR BV Transfer. Apr. 13, 1872 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Feb. 20, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Mar. 23, 1871 Mar. 11, 1S72 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 30, 1873 Mar. 9, 1874 May 28, 1874 May 8, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 6, 1874 Oct. 11, 1865 Apr. 26, 1866 Apr. 26, 1866 Jan. 1, 1868 Sept. 1. 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Oct. 7, 1871 Apr. 22, 1874 Apr. 22, 1874 Feb. 22, 1865 May 10, 1865 June 12, 1865 June 21, 1865 Oct. 12. 1865 Apr. 18, 1865 June 18, 1866 Sept. 9, 1857 Sept. 1, 1868 Feb. 9, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1S06 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 22, 1866 Mav 20, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 fa . o a H OS Mar. 9, 1864 Aug. 12, 1856 Oct. 13, 1867 Oct. 14, 1854 Mav 9, 1857 Feb. 15, 1858 Dec. 30, 1855 Dec. 15, 1861 Aug. 11, 1858 July 13, 1857 Apr. 28, 1864 Oot. 4, 1862 July 24, 1861 Nov. 17, 1859 Nov. 8, 1865 Oct. 6, 1862 Jan. 16, 1861 Sept. 27, 1861 Jan. 8, 1852 Feb. 8, 1854 Apr. 12, 1856 Mar. 22, 1853 Nov. 26, 1858 Nov. 27, 1857 , 1860 Apr. 2, 1862 Mar. 27, 1861 Dec. 23, 1858 Jan. 7, 1857 Oct. 16, 1850 Sept. 17, 1856 Sept. 11, 1852 July 9, 1852 Oct. 21, 1851 Aug. 12, 1853 Sept. 11, 1852 Mav 5, 1853 Jan. 5, 1862 Feb. 5, 1863 Mar. 1, 1863 Jan. 1, 1867 Aug. 10, 1858 Sept. 18, 1851 Jan. 22, 1855 Aug. 22, 1856 Jan. 26, 1859 Feb. 12, 1860 Oct. 8, 186. Jan. 13, 1867 ft < E> f- p. fa" p. fa < a ft c E fa B fa S fa e oi fa «■ es j fa fa fa < fa h 5 X J: B fa < fa « fa B S3 fa < S fa > i ■n >-. X 5 ■« < | 6 z a o T. z X o 5 5 a 'J o X X a & K X pi B 4 ej fa = 1-5 6 E 5 S ■1 a &.' 3 E fa E a £ a < -; •4 M cdxj ^' ■- II a a ■< 03 fa 3 MOUNT JOY SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 235 Married. Married. Married. C Attending S. N. S., 1 Bloomsburg. Married. Married. Married. Home with mother. Home with mother. Married. Died, 1872. Died, 1873. Deceased. Married. Married. Teaching. In the West with uncle. Married. Home with mother. Seamstress. Home with mother. With uncle. In school. Going to school. .Attending S. N. S., 1 Shippensburg. C Attending S. N. S., t Shippensburg. i o.asai i . 5 >.z J; E3 z , a. J5 -r >3 J?2 O-O'e KwPhCOC. a 3 a boas Manheint. Philadelphia.... Centralia. Columbia, Saxton. Philadelphia. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Chester Springs. Danville Strashurg. Strasburg. Mount Joy. Landisville. Mapleton. Landisville. Strasburg. Danville. Danville. 6 Nov. 11, 1871 Dec. 4, 1865 May 2, 1868 June 18, 1871 Apr. 18, 1869 J OQ a«io a a « a«=fc. *-* o = "jo, a«j c-a CO i-a OO JO X t" 3 = 3 a 1 a S9 > v. CO CO COM CO co coco ■ 3 3 a*3 *a 3g22 t^aia'-a a a a WK33 2 22 '.a '.3 la £5* Is 3 -5 1,5 Orangeville Orangeville Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Wilkesbarre Cassville 3 M | < to 3) "a'o, CO 73 •C XI "1 -a 6 ci aj>3 J2 May 11, 1865 Mav 11, 1865 May 11, 1865 Mav 5. 1865 Jan. 17, 1865 May 4, 1865 Oct. 23, 1865 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 May 8, 1874 July 31, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 19, 1866 Jan. 25, 1871 Jan. 13, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 May 7, 1875 Oct. 26, 1855 Feb. 4, 1866 Oct. 12, 1865 May 2, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Feb. 26, 1872 June 8, 1875 Sept. 13. 1875 May 26, 1865 Sept. 16, 1865 Sept. 16, 1865 Mar. 29, 1866 Mar. 29, 1866 Mar. 29, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Mar. 12, 1868 Jan. 15, 1869 8ept. 1, 1868 Sept. 26, 1865 Oct. 20. 1869 Jan. 3. 1865 Jan. 3, 1865 Dec. 7, 1869 Dec. 7, 1M19 Sept. 1, 1873 Nov. 10 1873 Feb. 17, 1874 May 8, 1874 June 22, 1874 June 22, 1874 Dec. 15, 1874 Nov. 11, 1874 Apr. 27, 1875 Apr. 27, 1875 S'Jl00)h«l»l«lOia-i»3l<4b"3S?.lS' : i"!^£O^«'i i: J S 2 £ 1 £ £ c 1 b r A i c 01 - > ■C - C - * > z - 7 - el ? r E 7 > ■2 s '- : - 5 * - 1 i X t V X 5 i. 1 u = a i E 1 6 s a ? £ s 3 3 5 3 5 5 ; ^ 5 _ < • B n a > j a 236 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. d p I p 3 Mantuamaker, Kutztown. Home with mother. Home with mother. Married. Married. Married. Married. Home with mother. Home with mother. With sister. Teaching. 5 Graduate of Bloomsburg t State Normal School. Home with mother. Married. Home with mother. Married. Married. Tailoress. Home with mother. Home with mother. Married. Receiving out-door relief. Deceased. Mantuamaker. In school. Married. Post Office Address WHEN at Home. .£.£ g "| g,i aaeaop ■- ;;; • "a • "Ca .; °||l^-S'|||||g||l2|-ll||'||l|feit|||l^^| 1 :|||| "£5£*£o a ^Sat§§u3uS£t:ag'ES'oSfcsc^-|o's : i'§l'2iJt:t:aa aaop=«mS-«jJ!aa55a«i2;»K.j&j6aoKPHiJis^j«M«ai >, >"KXJij w W « < a o to ft h o H H «! ft « w p M O o Vf :■ .a : O P. c3 : a ; Jan. 31, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Jan. 8, 1874 May 19, 1870 Nov. 6, 1870 H . >x 1 • *s3 CO 02 on K W [in CO « d H « a •ia. • 111 B > a Is « a H O B « a : * : a 1 o : ■ >'> £ =0 too, zo'i a d © '• ; tOfcO 1 ^ r JOO :6 ; S S s ;CQ ;f^0.P. 3 s 3 3 a 1 a a a a a : ea a aa : '■ \ \\ : :x '■ '. a ■ "J Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 26, 1875 Apr. 26, 1875 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Apr. 20, 1867 Sept. 1, 1868 Feb. 9, 1865 Feb. 9, 1865 Apr. 6, 1867 Sept. 15, 1868 Sept. 15, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Nov. 29, 1873 Supt. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 June 11, 1866 June 11, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 May 7, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 May 8, 1874 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Dec. 29, 1864 Dec. 10, 1864 Mar. 24, 1865 Mav 10, 1865 May 23, 1865 Sept. 9, 1865 Apr. 3, 1866 Apr. 3,1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Nov. 6,1867 Jan. 1, 1868 Jan. 1, 1868 Jan. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 June 1, 1869 Dec. 28, 1869 Dec. 28, 1869 Jan. 2, 1871 Sept. 1.1871 o a 3* Feb. 12, 1863 Nov. 26, 1861 Nov. 7, 1864 Mar. 26, 1860 Apr. 3, 1867 June 10, 1855 May 18, 1859 Nov. 28, 1857 Dec. 23, 1857 July 30, 1856 Oct. 14, 1856 Nov. 20, 1854 June 7, 18fil Feb. 1, 1864 Dec. 3, 1864 Nov. 1, 1864 Nov. 23, 1856 Mar. 2, 1851 Dec. 11, 1858 May 17, 1863 Feb. 13, 1857 July 17, 1864 July 30, 1863 Mar. 14, 1859 July 21, 1854 Nov. 19, 1856 Oct. 25, 1852 Mar. 15, 1856 Feb. 13, 1853 Aug. 1, 1850 Aug. 2, 1855 June 12, 1853 Apr. 19, 1855 June 11, 1855 June 10, 1852 Apr. 5, 1857 Oct. 21, 1855 Jan. 27, 1854 Aug. 9, 1857 May 20, 1860 Jan. 8, 1858 Dec. 28, 1853 Mar. 16, 1860 Jan. 21, 1860 Mar. 13, 1856 May 20, 1860 Sept. 29, 1858 Dec. 20, 1862 May 12, 1862 < CO h- Ph P Ph CO a ■J. a < a ■i Ti < 2 X b- 3 Zi a c i 6 < M O a a ri ^ a = J. St 1 a . ea B a '3 = 655 s u 1 C 2 OK < — co a- 1 B3t tn «0 ■4 :-a~ - . 3 J3 0Q e < £ a < ma X0Q s b tc K 1 ■ ' s sf sfa tntotzjix Seiders, Amelia Seiders, Annetta Seiders, Sarah Shroy, Emma Shellenberger, B. E. A. Spangler, Emma C. Simmers. Marv A. d rt d OS gag '!■§"! -a - III tn co co MOUNT JOY SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 237 a 5*5 "5 ^ '.* * ■» «!5 -£» . I«a E$ J* tSKSISE- S< tt<; E-S S S S 3 • !? .Jr 3QO 3 "S "3 -c ~J : ►jS^ssSSSooSj no x MQxB&c&££SssppbHeSis|i!iiJ««;s«s3!>2S 7, 6 J: J J; ,5 ct a S £ £ « x v- ?: o. * 5* 3 3T a 3 -5 S GO *s CO -S -< d rt a ^S.JOSS III ~ — X Q o 2;.co oo co cc z & 6, ^s S 3 aa men >-> m go S S i ft £ * '<3 i[ns.3afes,S&,0<;a;[f.6.Z^I »'« « « Sj3j a' « fe 6 ** °r£ ca d *?'J? * .-gig sajw ||- fsslHli'S'sJlioa -g .5 -"- S ~ | | | -2 ■=_ -J .2 2 g" | "g ,| 5 1 J £ I § 2" £ £ 1 S S z 1 1 5 1 •- •- 5 i i ££ 238 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, 02 Housework. Atten'g S.N.S.,Millers'le. At home with mother. Milliner. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Jt3 ti : =s Sis? •" 5 i ft 2m • • »h : : | gSSS w CD M ■4 W o to 5 & o H H -4 P « » M O O , S* H S 1-5. 02 " •< CO -M ' « to fc « o a P M H Sept. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Deo. 24, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 May 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 S8S S S Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Apr. 22, 1869 .Apr. 7, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 1 Mar. 1, 1869 Apr. 24, 1871 Sept. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1871 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Mar. 1, 1869 « H fa < d H « a Northern H. Northern H. Mount Joy Mount Joy P.T.forF.M.C. White Hall White Hall White Hall White Hall Lancaster H. Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy White Hall White Hall 3 3 II 1-5 1? 3 3 Lancaster H. Lancaster H. White Hall York Home York Home Mount Joy Lancaster H. Mount Joy Northern H. Mount Joy Lancaster H. Mount Joy White Hall W o a « III MMM w 11 M ►Jh5 >*> Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 5, 1866 Sept. 5, 1866 Dec. 8, 1865 Apr. 25, 1868 Sept. 28, 1865 Sept. 28, 1865 Oct. 7, 1865 May 19, 1868 Jan. 31, 1868 Sept. 14, 1868 May 6, 1865 May 6, 1865 Deo. 10, 1867 Jan. 18, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 Mar. 23, 1868 Mar. 23, 1868 Apr. 27, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 19, 1865 May 7, 1866 Mar. 21, 1868 Oct. 20, 1865 Sept. 26, 1865 Feb. 28, 1866 Apr. 15, 1867 June 23, 1868 Feb. 27, 1866 Apr. 7, 1866 Sept. 7, 1868. Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 23, 1870 Apr. 10, 1868 Apr. 6, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Dec. 4, 1865 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 June 4, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 5, 1866 Nov. 24, 1866 Dee. 1, 1868 Sept. 16, 1865 Jan. 31, 1868 fc . o a H « Apr. 25, 1858 July 4, 1861 Dec. 18, 1856 Feb. 12, 1859 Oct. 1, 1852 June 26, 1857 May 1 , 1859 July 26, 1860 Jan. 20, 1859 Julv 24, 1864 Oct. 11, 1857 July 23, 1855 Nov. 17, 1862 Jan. 10, 1859 Sept. 1, 1858 Mar. 20, 1861 Mar. 26, 1862 Dec. 24, 1860 Feb. 6, 1859 Jan. 19, 1861 Dec. 22, 1851 June 18, 1857 Jan. 13, 1857 July 13, 1854 Apr. 13, 1858 Aug. 23, 1855 Oct. 28, 1857 July 24, 1864 Feb. 11, 1856 Oct. 31, 1860 Feb. 1, 1862 Feb. 18, 1860 July 14, 1863 Mar. 2, 1862 Aug. 12, 1860 Oct. 1, 1861 Jan. 9, 1855 June 14, 1859 Aug. 26, 1861 Sept. 1, 1860 , Mar. 29, 1863 Mar. 23, 1860 Oct. 16, 1857 Feb. 18, 1862 May 22, 1859 Oct. 12, 1861 ft < tr »— p- 5 V i c t I a | s 5 E a. C ■3 -z c 5 t. a 3 c rz f t P jz >C X E S E a ZZ h 1 X "i C 3 X \ ■J, 3 1 > s 1 1* | !5 H i-s > 7. Cm > 03 a — HI h n 09 a a -r if. | '■/. c w V a B K a fi E ■» fc | a g Jo 2JPm a a ~ - > a c 3 1 3 s <1 a < CO 09 a 1 1 a IMMAUS OEPHAN HOUSE 241 to •° -° ^ a a a a ia fl&o to ho so m bo . -5 aaa m tnoosa 5u>> ►> ^^ £»£■ )S |>? •? 3XT-5 S g a a 2233 2 2 o o '•« 3 1 o £,3a a fe^aa llaa^a aaa^>>a aao 3 3 a bja >->a>a m aa»-<^fcife«]73Q<5-5ccciapzto^<; !zo <) Qoa^iSa^Q^aafe^fe^a^oT^ lilt- H 35 - "1 f S »" = " """"I s S" §" g g'f « 6 % 16 DAYTON SCHOOL. HIS institution is located in the town of Dayton, a village containing about four hundred inhabitants, and occupying a beautiful site in the extreme north-east part of the county of Armstrong. The town is in f he midst of a thrifty agricultural community, and the people of both town and county are noted for their morality, intelligence, and devotion to the cause of education. When it was first known, in the summer of 186 that an orphan school was needed somewhere in this or the adjoining counties, it was very generally conceded that Dayton was the proper place for its establishment. Her citizens, having been apprised of this fact, promptly took the subject under consideration, and after holding one or two .meetings, and determining to engage in the enterprise,, deputed Rev. D. K. Duff to confer, in reference to the matter, with Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, then Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans^ Dr. Burrowes, having been advised of the movement here, visited the place, and, after making a verbal agreement with some of the leading men for the opening of a school, selected the site on which the buildings now stand. A company was then formed with a capi- tal of $15,000, and was composed of twenty-two members; namely, Revs. D. K. Duff and T. M. Elder, Drs. William Hosack and J. R. Crouch, and Messrs. Robert Marshall, Wesley Pontius, William R. Hamilton, William Marshall, T. P. Ormond, Thomas H. Marshall, Smith ISTeal, William Morrow, W. J. Burns, J. W. Marshall, Samuel Good, J. H. Rupp, William Hindman, John Beck, Jacob Beck, John Craig, David Lawson, and David Byers. Buildings were rented until more suitable accommodations could be procured. 242 D ► *! H z (J) o X o r DAYTON SCHOOL. • 243 During the fall of 1866 the company bought thirty-five acres of land, and immediately proceeded to the erection of buildings. Three two-story houses were built, as may be seen by reference to the engraving preceding this sketch. The first house, 72x24 feet in size, was ready for use in the early part of the spring of 1867 ; the second, 72x36 feet, was built during the summer and fall of the same year ; and the third, 86x40 feet, was ready to be occupied by the 1st of September, 1868. These houses were all substantial frame structures, well suited to their purpose, and, together, capable of accommodating about two hundred and twenty-five children. In December, 1873, two of these houses, the first and the last built, and nearly all their contents, were destroyed by fire ; but were replaced within six months by two others, one of which — the smaller — was eight feet wider than the one it replaced ; while both were better and more convenient than the former ones. Kev. T. M. Elder was chosen Principal, and conducted the school from its commencement till his resignation, which took effect on the first day of September, 1871. The school opened, November 1, 1866, with sixty scholars, forty of whom were transfers from Phil- lipsburg and North Sewickley State Orphan Schools. Up to the date of Rev. Elder's resignation, the whole number of children admitted into the school was three hundred and three. Of these, two had died ; one had been transferred to another school ; seven had been discharged by order of the Superintendent; ninety had been dis- charged by reason of age ; and two hundred and three were still members of the school, but six of them had been absent for some time. The average number of children in attendance for this period of time was one hundred and fifty-seven. The health of the children was remarkably good, there being very few serious cases of sickness, and no diseases except those incident to childhood, — such as measles, whooping-cough, etc. The measles went through the school in the spring of 1868, and directly or indirectly caused the two deaths above referred to. Rev. J. E. Dodds was chosen Principal, and entered upon the duties of his position, September 1, 1871. By the next October, the number of orphans had increased to two hundred and forty- seven, — a greater number than could be properly taken care of with the accommodations then provided ; but Mr. Dodds was in no way blamable for this over-crowding of the school, the orders having been issued, and the arrangements made for the admission of the addi- 244 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. tioual number of children, before he took charge. Nor is the former Principal responsible ; it was an oversight consequent on the change of Principals. Through discharges, transfers, or otherwise, the number gradually decreased, till, on the fifth day of January, 1872, there were but one hundred and ninety scholars present. At this date Rev. Dodds resigned, and Professor Hugh McCandless, the present Principal, was chosen to take his place. From this time to the present the health of the school has been good, there having been but one death, and very little sickness of any kind, considering the large number in attendance. The average number of pupils during the last four years was two hundred and six. The whole number of orphans received into the school from its commencement to the present time was four hundred and ninety-nine. Of these, three died ; twenty-four were transferred to other schools ; thirty- eight were discharged by order of the Superintendent ; two hundred and twenty-nine were discharged by reason of age — leaving now two hundred and five still in school. From the opening of the school to the present it has prospered far beyond the expectation of its sup- porters, and has been steadily increasing in efficiency and in favor with the people. None now openly oppose the system, and all have encouraged and heartily supported the present Principal in his man- agement of the school. The children who have gone out from the school show, by their course in society, that the training received here is at least as good a preparation for the duties of life as that obtained elsewhere. The following persons have been officially employed in this school at various times since its organization, viz. : Principal Teachers. Mr. J. P. Barbor, I Mr. W. McKirahan, I Mr. M. L. Thounhurst. " G. W. Innes, I " A. T. Ormond, ' Miss T. E. Lindsay, " H. A. Boyle, " M. W. McConnell, " E. G. Guthrie, " M. E. McCandless, " Emma Johnston, " M. E. McCreery, Mrs. M. A. Lockhart, Mr. John Book, Assistant Teachers. Miss Jennie Gibson, " W. A. Palmer,' " S. R. Meanor, " M. Black, " Ray Upperman, " M. A. Walker, " M. M. McCreery, Mr. H. A. Teats, " J. B. Powers, Miss Martha Marshall, " Jennie Marshall, " P.Marshall, " M. Simpson, " Jennie Wasson, " Emma Smith, " Lizzie Kepple, Mr. J. R. Wylie, Miss Susie Frantz. DAYTON SCHOOL. 245 Mr. M. M. Elder, " J.W.Kelly, " E. Morrow, Superintendents of Boys. Mr. W. F. Byers, Mr. John Black, Miss M. Marshall, " H. Eupp, " Mattie White, " Maggie English, " Florida Goodhart, " Mattie Fitzgerald, " Mattie Moreland, Mrs. S. J. Stroup, " Susan Myers, " A. Lawson, " John Armstrong, " W. P. Oberlin, Employees. Miss Lizzie McElhany, " Hattie Sloan, " Lizzie Stewart, " M. M. Morrow, " N.S.Morrow, " M.Dili, Mrs. Jennie Lawton, " E. McCutcheon, " A. Thounhurst, " J. McElwee, C. Everhart. Miss Mary McConnell, " Lydia Richards, " Susan Olinger, " Lizzie Walker, " Jennie Martin, Mrs. H. Gourley, " M. A. Weamer, " Jane Work, Miss M. Oliver. 246 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. m M 1 Farming. With his mother. Farming. Walnut street. Works at blacksmithing. C Attending Edinboro' \ State Normal School. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Red B'k Furn'ce. Gilpin. Gilpin. Gilpin. Gilpin. Craigville. Craigville. Smitten. Scotch Hill. Brookviile. Marcbaud. • . • a .* . i „• : . . . . : ■ .j? ■.!•... ! . ti o«i' .HJd .= •.•= = = = SP3 g g ? 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Oct. 22, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 2, 1873 Oct. 31, 1866 Nov. 17, 1866 Dec. 7, 1866 Dec. 7, 1866 May 17, 1867 Aug. 27, 1868 Sept. 17, 1868 Sept. 30, 1868 May 1, 1869 Sept. 2, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Jan. 11, 1872 Sept. 2, 1873 Sept. 2, 1873 Sept. 2. 1873 Sept. 16, 1873 Sept. 16, 1873 Sept. 2, 1873 Nov. 6, 1873 Apr. 4, 1874 Sept. 12, 1874 Apr. 21, 1875 Aug. 12, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 May 21, 1867 May 21, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 May 22, 1867 May 28, 1869 May 28, 1869 ft . us Apr. 1, 1859 Deo. 6, 1858 June 6, 1860 Nov. 3, 1861 Nov. 3, 1862 Jan. 11, 1859 May 21, 1861 Nov. 1, 1862 Mar. 12, 1853 May 21, 1856 Feb. 12, 1853 Mar. 27, 1857 Dec. 25, 1855 Mar. 12, 1855 Oct. 8, 1858 July 21, 1858 July 29, 1859 Apr. 20, 1857 Jan. 1, 1862 Jan. 8, 1858 Mar. 8, 1859 May 10, 1862 Mar. 19, 1858 July 11, 1861 Feb. 14, 1863 July 11, 1862 July 14, 1859 Nov. 19, 1861 Nov. 27, 1858 Feb. 22, 1861 Nov. 29, 1861 Nov. 15, 1860 May 21, 1863 Nov. 19, 1860 Nov. 14, 1862 May 28, 1865 Aug. 14, 1858 Feb. 9, 1863 July 23, 1866 Oct. 21, 1864 Aug. 26, 1853 Mar. 22, 1855 June 22, 1852 Mar. 28, 1856 Apr. 23, 1858 July 10, 1860 Mar. 3, 1854 May 9, 1856 Jan. 15, 1859 s (- P t P 5 q Q ■4 3 S EC < JPS 1 ^ a ! a ! Si || r t ! : - : - - i J -0 ■" - It i £ i i I h [ "J i ■ 1 £ P P ; - P _ *] P PI a £ g * i pp ft *m si-"! mmcsft Bush, Philip Burford, Samuel A. Bail, George W. Burns, James Burnham, Harry J. Burket, John E. Byers, John S. Burnham, David S. Barbour, Franklin Brown, Joseph H. A. Brown, James F. Burns, George G. Briggs, Frank Cowan, James P. Carl, Henry L. Carl, Jasper A. Carl, Isaac Newton Carl, Lindsey E. Curry, Edward C. a < a > 5 DAYTON SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 247 Farming. Farming. Farming. Farming. Died Jan. 80, 1874. a! 'S "-'"a a S • * * tJi .2 a a a J3 -*-• ^ ■ §>»,>» 2a»2«v"S|il ^^ & l.-^l§g==Illl^^^i-a3oaSS| a -5S|| > ^'E>fe.d > tl !> =.S l ; fc|| |f?3*f 53-illf |fl = '£i 2 2 iSag|=Sf |[j&l gil-lslls 3 6|?J = 1 |I1|.§ = Q.O. : • • ; -CO ** ' 6 ***}? > '. ', '. a '. '. ^ • ■ &■> ■ • J? • i eg S s •"5^ ■1 ■ • 3 • '• .2* : : !o : : *< hhoo : : < June 23, 1870 Feb. 2, 1875 Mar. 14, 1873 Dec. 13, 1871 g> O 3 Oft to ft K O « ft P3 ft CO o5 Ph W Ph cc Ph H d H ft- w to 8. 3 ft H . SI O W K S3 H < © ft" © . 1 . . i i g«lAa S ::: :_&.... a a . & ,**3n , ,3 • o' o' £ >, - ■ ,5 V.s S«ggg«5iS^^fefcfefe55a||g|g|°g|yg5||^5iaSj55"||g|gf^jfeS'S-g2i^g to 9 < p 3. -<1 o a "5 n. CO t£ gs Dec. 8, 1874 Nov. 4, 1868 Apr. 12, 1872 Aug. 13, 1870 Oct. 28, 1873 Nov. 12, 1872 Sept. 16, 1871 Jan. 14, 1875 1 & § s s II? ■it »-3^hhK 3 00 s Deo. 29, 1872 Aug. 2, 1868 Jan. 31, 1871 June 7, 1868 Aug. 6, 1870 HI DO '3 D q ■< CO 3 .c 3. !S Ph o as 3 < 6 ■i •S3 a; do = rhillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Sept. 2, 1869 Jan. 25, 1873 Sept. 1, 1870 June 21, 1871 June 21, 1871 Mar. 31, 1871 Oct. 25, 1871 Sept. 25, 1873 May 12, 1874 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Sept. 4, 1868 Sept. 4, 1868 Apr. 15, 1867 Sept. 8, 1871 June 4, 1867 Deo. 2, 1867 Dec. 2, 1867 Sept. 18, 1873 Sept. IS, 1873 Apr. 27, 1868 Apr. 27, 1868 Apr. 1, 1869 Apr. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Deo. 3, 1874 Sept. 27, 1875 Oct. 20, 1870 Sept. 2, 1*72 Sept. 2, 1*72 Sept. 2, 1872 Apr. 19, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Jan. 5. 1875 Oct. 11, 1S75 Nov. 21, 1866 May 5, 1868 Sept. 16, 1873 Dec. 15, 1866 Sept. 5, 1870 Sept. 5, 1870 Feb. 12, 1875 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 May 1, 1867 July 30, 1867 Sept. 14, 1869 Sept. 28, 1869 Feb. 29, 1856 Mar. 12, 1860 Jan. 21, 1855 July 28, 1859 Aug. 5, 1H61 Aug. 21, 1861 Sept. 27, 1858 Nov. 9, 1863 Dec. 8, 1858 Nov. 4, 1852 Apr. 12, 1K56 Aug. 13, 1854 Oct. 28, 1857 Nov. 12, 1856 Sept. 16, 1855 Jan. U. L859 June 26, I860 Mar. 9, 1855 Sept. 21, 1862 June 7, 1852 July 21, 1858 Apr. 7, 1856 Sept. 10. 1858 Jan. 6. I860 July 19, 1855 Nov. 18, 1858 Mar. 10, 1855 Oct. 9, 1857 Mar. 27, 1860 Apr. 18, 1862 Sept. 30, 1865 June 28, 1861 Aug. 17, 1864 June 6, 1863 Jan. 5, 1865 May 15, 1865 Julv 18, 1860 Dec". 5, 1860 Oct. 11, 1860 Jan. 8, 1853 Feb. 14, 1861 Oct. 28, 1859 May 10, 1853 Mar. 27, 1858 Dec. 10, 1860 Sept. 23, 1860 Dec. 29, 1856 Aug. 2, 1852 Jan. 31, 1855 June 7, 1852 Aug. 6, 1854 Jan. 22. 1855 June 13, 1855 Oct. 31, 1857 Dec. 21,1854 Aug. 20, 1859 - I * > r j S I 9 s - pr > 3 2 - ■e 5 5 i: = < i a i S E - B i H 9 3 - 6 i -z "3 r >- ; 1 | c I ■2 t - 2 - - ■2 5 > > ■2 T 3 — t * 2) - = r 1 \ X E- 2 3 r 1 > u s 5 3 c c c C = 7 h 3 ►5 S 3 -3 a r I J: -3 •3 it 1 -3 >5 - 3 -3 C 3 E- Et 3 Oh pi Hi = 3: Ch 1 S r E 3 3 Ph 250 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. p: With his mother. Farming. Farming. With his mother. J Attended Edinboro' St'e I Normal School 1 term. J Attending school at ( Glade Run, Pa. Died Mar. 12, 1868. Farming. Farming. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Jill Black Liek Sta'n. Black Lick Sta'n. Corsica. Brookville. Knoxdale. Brady's Bend... Whitesburg. Kittanning. Manorville. Kittanning. Putneyville. Brookville. Putneyville. Curllsville. Curllsville. Strattonville. Willet. Willet. Brookville. Hellen Furnace. Callensburg. , Callensburg. Callensburg. Plumville. Plumville Plumville. Chambersville. Chambersville. Chambersville. Brookville. Frostburg. Punxsutawney. Richardsville. Burnside. Burnside. Purchase Line. Purchase Line. Dayton. Porterfleld. CO w O « a o CO 5 ft o H H ■< Q 8 a « o o "&0.0 cc id 1; if 3. :■- u 5 = i ;p n 3 3 [i ! 3 Hp i ■_-j p C 3 !■ IP jp I jP - h ! id 1 \ Is jo i" '• 2 i i i -U U I 1 1 j 20 i |, :i | j .a 10 :ft JO j .a ! >c 7 p. '._ It J ■J C 'J & " j- 1 ■J a Jil P i i .a ■i 1 30 ! ft i- s a i e j 20 d j 20 js .0 a g S i J3 g « £ j= a:B^ igigb o3a5a - | r J a CO CO DAYTON SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 251 ( Re-admitted to this I School Sept. 16, 1875. With her mother. With her mother. At domestic service. With her mother With her mother. Married to Chris. Smith. (Attending Indiana St'e i Normal School. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. Kuoxdale. Putneyville. Putueyville. Echo. Rimersburg. Corsica. Corsica. Wall Rose. Shoffner'sCor's. Leechburg. Oliveburg. Olivet. Brady's Bend. Fisher. Horton. Plumville. Brookville. Brookville. Brookville. Elderton. Elderton. Kittanning. Tannery. Rochester Mills. Elizabeth. Foster's Mills. New Bethlehem. Kittanning. Punxsutawuey. Punxsutawney. Red B'k Furn'ce. Red B'k Furn'ce. Gilpin Smitten Scotch Hill Brookville. Rural Valley. Brookville. Reynoldsvilld. Dayton. Brookville. New Bethlehem. Putneyville. Frostburg. Marchand. Adams. Brady's Bend. c-7 a CO 5SS «< a t- ° OO OO ^"M &o a. £2° 3 < s i-s Mar. 28, 1875 Sept. 30, 1869 May 2, 1873 Nov. 3, 1872 Feb. 18, 1872 Feb. 2, 1870 Mar. 6, 1871 Dec. 14, 1870 Nov. 26, 1869 June 12, 1875 OS > y. at 3 S a. 3 &i > < d < 6 ■< tl: 3 e §• 3 bo d J? z~ 3 Ph < 6 < 3 •> << 66 <■< Si a d do •83^3 d Pn Oct. 20, 1870 Dec. 21, 1870 Apr. 6, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 12, 1872 May 21, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 16. 1873 Oct. 28, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Dec. 2, 1874 Mar. 26, 1875 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 10, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 31, 1866 Sept. 30, 1867 Oct. 5, 1870 June 19, 1868 Sept. 3, 1868 Sept. 3, 1868 Oct. 24, 1870 Apr. 21, 1871 Jau. 14, 1873 Sept. 16, 1873 Apr. 4, 1874 Dec. 10, 1S74 Julv 20, 1869 Sep't. 2, 1869 Sept. 2, 1869 Oct. 22,1868 Oct. 22, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 2, 1873 Oct. 31, 1866 Nov. 17, 1866 Dec. 7, 1866 July 20, 1867 Apr. 9. 1868 Oct. 2, 1868 Dec. 2, 1868 Jan. 14, 1869 Jan. 29, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1 , 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 2, 1873 Apr. 4, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Apr. 2, 1860 Feb. 20, 1859 Sept. 7, 1862 Dec. 12, 1860 Nov. 9, 1863 June 13, 1862 Mar. 27, 1859 Apr. 26, 1862 Dec. 25, 1860 Oct. 27. 1861 Dec. 12, 1864 Jan. 16, 1860 Feb. 27, 1862 Apr. 12, 1855 Mar. 24, 1861 Apr. 8, 1856 Oct. 6, 1854 Apr. 24, 1856 July 3, 1860 Nov. 14, 1857 Apr. 29. 1854 May 29, 1858 Aug. 16, 1858 Apr. 11, 1862 Mav 25. 1859 Feb. 17, 1860 Feb. 25, 1861 Dec. 25, 1861 June 3, 1858 Sept. 11, 1861 Mar. 28, 1859 Sept. 30, 1853 May 2, 1857 Nov. 3, 1856 May 4, 1860 Feb. 18, 1856 Feb. 2, 1854 Mar. 6, 1855 Deo. 14, 1854 Nov. 26, 1853 June 12, 1859 June 16, 1858 Nov. 5. 1859 Mar. 16, 1861 Dec. 10, 1860 July 2, 1861 Oct, 6, 1860 Oct. 7, 1859 Mar. 12, 1859 July 18, 1860 Oct. 1, 1860 Mar. 2, 1864 Feb. 17, 1862 Jan. 21, 1862 G i " •— p : | ; - * C _ ; 11 p" >' \ a ii i i jc p it : • ;: II I i; -- t [- 5c i *: j > ii t "'• i % 3 i -■- : ; a "4 > '■■- j - - '4 i ! - [1 ] j- I* s ' s 1 ] 5 ! •d c. - \ - a : i \ i 4 •< - i.~ •- : - - P 1 .1 P 1 s e f J PC 1 P o i i i p ! ; p p .7 P 'o S P 1 P •5 - 1 ' ^ a C 1 a , 252 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. CO M g w Sft 3 . a- billed by a deserter, when about to arrest him, near ClearDeld, Pa. Now attending In- diana State Normal c E * J; i a 3 s? II ai- E |E I 5 Post Office Address when at Home. |i ,5 . .« • • •*; ■- • Si | : : : : Sr-^s?&> do • • a%j3 =3§«ji : g ^ 3 «?»»§ . . g i mm oil :g>£ggS5. _§§ S3 fc frs « mBW pa as " w § " s s s « ^3:33 3 j .: :33S§tfS- Sss .= .a >:«;»! CO W C5 « o s ft o H H ■4 ft a M O |Zi O ■^ ft «t rt 3 O. o ^33daftoft3oo^P33 0)3 « 3 -*"* OS* " c ^ p k : w ft M O H Si « CO 6 H •ft « H a ft O H « fco fli 3 — -° . ^ XI odd Ph &h A^ 1 d fcofco 3 3 PhPh ^3 M 3 3 S S3 ft 1 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. SOOScQ^3coaScocoOOSi-5'?3cQinOOmcotnOOOOO!<5^>^a!SSOOK'5oQ ft . o a a* » 3 3 S S » =§ 2 53 2 ^" " 2 3 3 ™ "S rf _2 22g2222Ss2 ^_2 S2SS22SS .-<_§§ 2 <§ 2 ~ «> » 5 h P P j 5 3 ■< ■< 3 H . 1 i- 1 E = C .1 t- '-: c r t \ £ j c s 1 T c -J c 1 c ' t > i ! .! ! z z s r. ' i r .-= < c < c - 1 IS 1 -i: 1 < •j 6. C 1 i « - 1 i i 5 i x & j > 6 * c j a < | < 1 DAYTON SOLDIERS* ORPHAN SCHOOL. 253 §55 2S zZ%: goi ^ « g-S's- 15 . . 5 5 ca.2 aj »ii« i Oa30tB->)-<)-<10>-50 o <*__<_. ■*!->; ajj'aj Jaa^j S"g ti P 1 ^^ ' £S.c.S o.a.art jj £■£"£.£ a. £•£ t~aa£|L:i£.g.£o.S.a g, £-5 = a Sao g g 2„-nS3; soa^a<^M<' : iOS3tc- --» S I 3 3 3 jC^W^.^Im g g 254 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. a i- t P | ! With her mother. With her mother. J Attended MiUersville S. 1 N. S. one year. Attending private school. With her mother. With her mother. Learning milliner trade. With her mother. J Living with a private I family. C Living with a private I family. Adopt'd by Rev. Marshall. With her mother. 5 Attending Indiana S. 1 N. School. j Married to Peter Van ( Houter. With her mother. C Attended Edinboro' S. t N. S. one year. Married to Geo. Johnston. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Si= P£ '£ .=■ X .M O c e"*c 2,1 3 - 1 1 t Clarion. Manorville. Brookville. Indiana. Stewart's Run. Brookville Hellen. Dayton, Dayton. Leatherwood.... Leatherwood Leatberwood. Leatherwood. Kittanning. Plumville. Clarion. Clarion. New Bethlehem. New Bethlehem. New Bethlehem. Brookville. Brookville. Knoxdale. Greenville. Rural Valley. Putneyville. Monticello. Foster's Mills. Curllsville. Strattonville.... Freeport. Freeport. Freeport* ft ft a o S o ft H -<1 ft ft H P M O O O !a o O H . <1 CO -ft ft «! cs a <1>H o ■fro. 3 ,£>.£> O 3 3 a q go. C1K d aft> 1-soo.a j3 ti) a> 3 feix)<;(a u ft < |z K t— d c ! ■« c s ti E - - u. - a r m < 3 •= t s 3 1 j: 1 5 1 is jr E s b4 C e j r r 1- i* is IS E la a E ft a = ft - E CJ ja ft — — a s c D a a ■« (I B" a E2 d a: ft R M a s B ft 1 O E < 1 6 X O a > - > c 1 c X s S pq I ft a a m DAYTOJST soldiers' orphan school. 255 s .s is p -s « I 01 £ H ^fa'a rig a i! .1 I |S i*SS & ^ o o o ^^ * ~ a s S3 & 5 r- ~ ;•" g . .O^ ft B •fl'd^SSvO I •s s* 5±-?-£s5 K S5- 6. aa> £ WM«fcOoaoooaoo^s:K'?K3x2Sp9M«oEPHJSl^SlafefeBc3Be53:£.pjEmUBH >,i- ■?■■'.•? 5 — ' o.°"o 3 3 5 S"~ i & && aa. a && e, a. ti ?•?■?■'- =rrr= = = r, r If a ^ o ^i « o. ij S 1 "' - ~'i — -'<^-s- ° °"^ ST" " " o.^ o °" 3^ &' a. d ij ° - ~ ° " rt "■ -° " .III .^ss'f ?-£d ISslI 1 1 3 S> e. SJs to « . = 03 •5ri Q *li •"_£ »°s s s'si u*ic| e = P» S2 - if s - 1 " = °° "^ » ° » - - -6". - B5 £ fe 1 1 is-s^-gol'i 8* - 1 1 1 1 1 s ~3 5 i 5 ^.Z- a ft g g £ I a a = § § « « -g, a a i-g-§-S'ilIIillIl.§llllliBlarJls2l5l55r = =°|?o.a OEANGEVILLE SCHOOL. UST below the far-famed Wyoming Valley, the mountain which forms its western boundary is suddenly parted, and, through the opening gorge, flows into the Susquehanna the Nanticoke Creek. Thence south-south-west runS the mountain thirty miles further, broken only by Shickshinny Creek, and forms the western wall of the North Susquehanna Valley. Here its path is crossed by Fishing Creek, and its termination is so abrupt as to have suggested its name, " Knob Mountain." Quietly nestled in a recess at the base of this knob, and shielded by it from both northern and western blasts, is the village in which, January 2, 1865, was started one of the first of the soldiers' orphan schools of Pennsylvania. Five years before had the citizens of Orangeville completed the beautiful structure that crowns the hill, which, from below the knob, overlooks the village, and during this time had their school been in successful operation ; first, as an academy one year under Professor J. A. Shank ; then, four years as a normal school under Professor H. D. Walker. During the year 1865, its name and purpose re- mained unchanged, and the orphans who were received into it became members of its preparatory and model classes. In 1866, its name was changed, and for the next two years it was known as the Orange- ville Soldiers' Orphan School. • Its history commenced January 2, 1865, and closed May 31, 1868. The year 1865 was one of trial and labor to the Principal, — a large proportion of the orphans admitted coming from homes of great destitution. Mothers who were able to support their 256 ORANGEVILLE SCHOOL. 257 children were unwilling to send them to the orphan schools, which were, at that early period of their history, falsely regarded by them as charitable institutions. To clothe and otherwise prepare these children so that they might be presentable in the school-room, and to reform their habits, unfold their minds, and cultivate their hearts was no play-day task. During this year, also, there was no home into which the orphans could be gathered. Boarding-houses had to be extemporized. A hotel was hired and filled. The citizens opened their doors, aud received the homeless ones into their families. Not less than a half score of soldiers' widows hired rooms in the village, and were per- mitted to board their own children, and in some instances the chil- dren of others. But this irregularity was not long permitted to con- tinue. In September of said year, Superintendent Burrowes, while on a visit to the school, announced that, at the earliest possible day, a home must be provided sufficiently large to accommodate all the orphans. After his return to Lancaster, he wrote more definitely, insisting that the necessary buildings should be erected at once, and made ready for occupancy as soon as April, 1866. Accordingly, in October, the foundations were laid of what was subsequently known as the " Orphans' Home ;" and in April follow- ing, the buildings were finished, furnished, and occupied. Of these buildings — planned, built, and furnished by Professor Walker — Dr. Burrowes and his Inspector, Colonel W. L. Bear, made a careful and minute examination in May ; at the close of which, the Superin- tendent, in the presence of the Inspector and others, said : " I have visited the orphan schools of Pennsylvania, and of many other States, but I have never been in a ' home ' which, in my opinion, combines so many comforts and advantages as this." The year from April, 1866, to April, 1867, was one of renewed activity and marked success. Prominent among the objects of aim in the education of the orphan wards of the State was the formation of proper habits; such as cleanliness, order, industry, obedience, and truthfulness. It was the constant effort of Professor Walker to inspire his pupils with noble thoughts and purposes, and to make them feel that, while striving to do right and to be good, God was by their side to aid them and make them happy ; and that by doing wrong, they would degrade themselves, sin against God, and could never be truly prosperous or happy. The organization of the school was as perfect as, in the nature of 17 258 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. the case and the limited period of its existence, was possible. A complete course of study was arranged, and a succession of classes formed, beginning with the elements of knowledge, and rising to the highest point reached by the foremost pupils. The school year was divided into sessions, and the amount of study to be accomplished in each, definitely fixed. Each orphan, on enter- ing the school, was carefully examined, and placed in the class whose studies he was fitted to pursue. The curriculum of study embraced all the branches needed to prepare the student for the pursuits of business, or the duties of the teacher. The teaching was thorough, systematic, and practical ; and pupils were promoted from class to class on the ground of scholarship, and not of age or time. In November, 1866, Dr. Burrowes again visited the school in com- pany with his Inspectors, Messrs. Bear and Row ; and, after a two days' examination of the school and home, of the sleeping-rooms and beds, the working departments and the clothing, and of the persons and sanitary condition of the orphans, pronounced the school as being in all respects, and without any disparity of others, " the best soldiers' orphan school in the State ; " and this result of their visit was reported by the local press, and in the Pennsylvania School Jour- nal. Before the time for another inspection, Dr. Burrowes retired from the Superintendency, and was succeeded by Colonel George F. McFarland. During the years 1867 and 1868, the Orangeville School was visited almost from week to week by teachers, physicians, lawyers, and ministers of the gospel ; and their testimony as to its superior sanitary condition, the perfection of its arrangements, both in the literary and working departments, and the good order and high scholarship of its members, was unequivocal and uniform. Such is a brief sketch of the Orangeville Soldiers' Orphan School. Its history closed with the removal of the orphans, May 31, 1868 : and among the unfoldings of the "final judgment" will be a com- plete revelation of its influences and results. The teachers and employees who served during its existence were as follows, viz. : Principal and Proprietor. Prof. H. D. Walker, A. M. Physicians. Jacob Schuyler, M. D., J. B. Case, M. D., 0. A. McGargell, M. D. ORANGEVILLE SCHOOL. 259 First Assistant Teachers. Prof. C. W. Walker, Mr. C. C. Hughes, " M. E. Walker, Miss Kate Patterson, " Effie Vance, " S. E. Patterson, Miss M. S. Eves, " L.E.Walker. Teachers of Music and Drawing. Miss M. E. Kogers, Miss E. F. Browning, Miss N. C. Turner. Mrs. C. Walker, Matrons. Mrs. L. Blake, Miss P. Snyxler. Seamstresses. Miss P. Snyder, Miss E. A. Hampton. Farmers. Mr. Wm. Patterson, Mr. H. B. Walker. Gardener. Mr. S. B. Appleman. Carpenters. Mr. Benjamin Wertman, Mr. A. B. Herring. 260 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS, go M « •O P a mS Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. a 6 »1 Williamsport. Laddsburg. Laddsburg. Lewisburg. West Point, N.Y. Lewisburg. lola. lola. Bowman's Creek. Williamsport. Rausch's Gap. Rausch's Gap. Sereno. Sereno. Sereno. Danville. Danville. Danville. Lock Haven. Sunbury. Sunbury. Drums. Bloomsb Muncy. Eaton. Eaton. Orangev White H Berwick Shickshi Montour Montour Factoryv West Au West Au West Au Sunbury Hazleton Hazleton Madisom St. Clair Fairfield Fairfield Williams Dalton. Harveyv Orangev Orangev CO « « a u ft 6. O H H •«) ft H a p M O o s a : ; o : fe> ; a jj < aa H . -"i GO -P3 a* O a 1 : : o ■ • P fe PS O a SB ft M H May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 1, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Mar. 15, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 Mar. 15, 1866 Mar. 15, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 1, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 1, 1866 ill ; p i Feb. 1 , 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 1 o' a Jan. 31, 1866 Feb. 16, 1866 May 30, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 a aa CO W CO < W H 6 H » M a n M'AllisterviUe M'AllisterviUe M'AlUsterville Harford Wilkesbarre White Hall Harford Harford M'AlUsterville M'AllisterviUe Harford Harford Harford Harford Harford Harford Harford White Hall White Hall White Hall M'AllisterviUe Harford •I s 1 "> =,3wwa a Wilkesbarre Harford Mansfield M'AllisterviUe M'AllisterviUe Harford Harford < a A3 aa a . a o B PS Date of Admission on Oedee OE BY Transfer. May 26, 1866 Mar. 7, 1865 May 30, 1866 Mar. 7, 1865 Mar. 7, 1865 Mar. 11, 1865 Nov. 15, 1866 Sept. 3, 1867 Dec. 15, 1865 Feb. 18, 1865 Feb. 18, 1865 Aug. 31, 1865 July 18, 1865 July 18, 1865 July 18, 1865 Jan. 23, 1866 Nov. 28, 1865 Nov. 28, 1865 Dec. 5, 1865 July 17, 1866 Feb. 20, 1866 Feb. 20, 1866 July 25, 1867 Mar. 31, 1865 Nov. 20, 1865 May 29, 1865 May 29, 1865 Jan. 5, 1865 Jan. 5, 1865 Dec. 23, 1867 Dec. 23, 1867 June 10, 1865 Nov. 21, 1866 May 28, 1866 Feb. 16, 1865 Feb. 16, 1865 Mar. 7, 1865 Dec. 18, 1865 Jan. 9, 1867 Jan. 9, 1867 Feb. 20, 1865 Feb. 20, 1865 Feb. 20, 1865 Aug. 18, 1866 Sept. 21, 1865 Sept. 21, 1865 May 4, 1865 Jan. 18, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 a . o a a ^ P « ^' ^^so?ooa5B-<' r H 30 c jj i - r jp \ . 30 .6 '<- 30 5 -.- i : 30 !- 30 fc i 6 [ il 30 P i"j \i ■ - 3C '6 » 'z t i in 1 '■■> iJ . _ i c c 55 c j 3 ' ! s 1 _p c 'I i £ it .6 • a, o „ a St 8.PP >o5c josn i 'it t C -a x ; .- - 1 I P t £ I B E I I - 1 c i ■" J [ | B i ] '► B 1 E B 1 B '5 B a % .p. 5 OEANGEVILLE OEPHAN SCHOOL. 261 fe -i-s • ■ -s as >> >>o t-» >. >» alfalfa g>a a. a. t- -- ir- III ^-T© o ^^-o _*■© ^ aagi g».a -a* £*ja >> a aaaaa I"* as 3 £ £ £ £ 1 3 •3-<< ^SB g § 2 g biq 3 ■- £ ■* tasi'-sS's Si §3 § ■=■= j £•§ a'S'o.rt'a «t« i ! i -< ^i a a --» ^ ■fcfc^EilifcSESS^^fc^SB^K^; €6-gig = S'S«Sg- «'a.£^a.gl= 3 S&g^^|^«'5a.|'^«I^I^ti=*^fei|agS'-|'S.Sg-S-S'S'- ; ""1SS .sSaSS^goSiDcsS.SEfSratSol^o ft"* — a , So ^a . l5H»i?sfe B !>, , t» ^^ a a SSSSBSKSBBS c=t=Etc a^aaa w o W M „ m H fi m 5 !© « 5 M «1=> H ^rt^^rtrtfcH^^ffi^rt^cQffi&SS^":^ o a S^oaO-5B t .1 bfelS ^2|s.«d , »l^ = 1 1 » I s 5 g g 5 b - ^.S i a 3 a o 1°. a a a S B & ».- Mta5i2£^£>P=JsbS;s(5ii!S;s£££ a^p * - . ^a i ^^-*SS |||a I */££** j 1 1 £^ ORANGEVILLE ORPHAN SCHOOL. 263 '"Died Jan. 20, 1868, aged lOyears, 5 mouths and 10 days. She had been in the school but a few weeks, when a second attack of diph- theria, a disease from which she had pre- viously suffered at her home, proved fatal. She, too, was happy. The Saviour was pre- cious to her both before and during her sick- ness. In both these cases, the mother was with her child from the illness, and the best care and medical at- tendance were pro- vided." [Extract from _ Prof. Walker's report.] Sterlingville. Tuukh^unock. Tunkhaunock. Tunkbannock. Orangeville. Orangeville. Mifflinville. > 2 « m 0. a. 0, mm p. a, a. c. o.^i £ £ ii = — — , £ c— g a a. 0. t . M a> a g >i giil|i5si laicals S. t -|'|'i|£ > -g|*-ga 1 f Jf -g§ 1 a£^ u -j2|| S -4 — * « .22 3 .-—■■- '> o> '> 'P a: a: a i<^2'>c c o c a a-5^«jSK?J5?o33f^^S3fej3SBS55S5«tSfeS^P^Oa;KZ^S|s^KCcs?:|s O.O.O. y3 s-i i S : : a ii! a a l-a 1 ea a < | o 5. May 30, 1868 Feb. 16, 1866 Feb. 16, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 16, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 June 21, 1868 Feb. 1, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1808 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 1, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Apr. 22, 1868 May 30, 1868 Sept. 5, 1867 Sept. 5, 1867 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Mav 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 • s-» : :^5 May 30, 1868 Sept. 1, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 May 30, 1868 11 aTcT t». >> II "g H 3 1 Mount Joy Harford Harford Mansfield White Hall Mount Joy Harford Mansfield Mansfield Mansfield M'AUisterville Wilkesbarre Wilkesbarre White Hall M'AUisterville M'AUisterville M'AUisterville White Hall M'AUisterville M'AUisterville Harford M'AUisterville White Hall Harford White HaU Wilkesbarre Wilkesbarre Mount Joy White HaU Mansfield Mount Joy Mount Joy < a : :SS White Hall Harford Wilkesbarre Wilkesbarre White HaU J3 J3 '. '. t. : : -2 Jan. 25, 1865 Jan. 21, 1865 Jan. 21, 1865 Apr. 8, 1865 Deo. 1, 1865 May 29. 1865 Sept. 22, 1866 Nov. 7, 1867 Apr. 21, 1865 June 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 Nov. 21, 1866 May 28, 1866 Feb. 16, 1865 Mar. 7, 1865 Dec. 18, 1K65 Deo. 18, 1865 Deo. 18, 1865 Jan. 6, 1865 May 7, 1865 Mar. 7, 1865 Nov. 13, 1866 Nov. 30, 1865 Nov. 30, 1865 Sept. 8, 1865 June 15, 1865 Oct. 7, 1865 Mar. 13, 1866 July 5, 1865 Jan. 4, 1867 Nov. 28, 1865 Sept. 17, 1866 Feb. 25, 1865 Feb. 55, 1865 Feb. 25, 1865 Apr. 5, 1H65 Apr. 4, 1865 Apr. 23, 1866 June 13, 1866 Sept. 2, 1867 Dec. 3, 1866 Dec. 3, 1866 Sept. 4, 1K66 Sept. 5, 1865 Sept. 5, 1865 Jan. 10, 1866 Mar. 4, 1865 Mar. 4, 1865 Jan. 10, 1865 Jan. 21, 1865 Jan. 3, 1865 Jan. 8, 1865 Nov. 28, 1865 Feb. 15, 1865 Feb. 15, 1865 May 10, 1865 Jan. 17, 1855 Dec. 29, 1850 Oct. 31, 1856 Mar. 2, 1859 Dec. 26. 1850 Apr. 10, 1856 Oct. 5, 1853 Aug. 10, 1857 June 18, 1854 July 30. 1854 Sept. 12, 1856 Oct. 4, 1855 Julv 20, 1856 Aug. 6. 1854 Apr. 9, 1853. Oct. 2, 1852 Deo. 24, 1854 Oct. 27, 1856 Sept. 22, 1856 Dec. 30, 1855 Feb. 15, 1858 Oct. 26, 1854 May 12, 1853 Feb. 21, 1855 Oct. 29, 1855 Jan. 5, 1854 Deo. 5, 1852 Mar. 25, 1856 Aug. 24, 1851 May 29, 1854 Sept. 13, 1854 Jan. 13, 1857 Aug. 15, 1855 June 10, 1857 June 10, 1857 Sept. 7, 1854 July 22, 1857 Mar. 20, 1856 July 27, 1856 Mar. 8. 1857 June 16, 1852 Mar. 20, 1856 June 7, 1853 Mar. 8, 1852 Mar. 24, 1854 June 29, 1855 Feb. 2, 1851 July 1, 1851 June 6, 1858 Apr. 13, 1854 Sept. 13, 1857 Jan. 30, 1859 Julv 7, 1855 June 18, 1H51 May 2, 1855 Feb. 15, 1857 C a ■» -; i C - t a 6 9 £ a a 1 C a C > c ~z 5 = a B a ■ 'i s a & '=■ * -r 1 a I s b < ■X i. B '- « r B S > jz a i B S ! S B t s 1 a t a > a a tt a H s -5 B h c a = g s 4 c a > B / S 5 < s 1 5 a tit ^ M ggaH -" 90 PS p fgg% 5 jj« baa Its: _-— >- -J j J B 5 1 al a | B S a "5 it S B = a E -< a a 264 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, to M P3 Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Mount Pleasant. Montg'y Station. Saladasburg. Berwick. Berwick. Saladasburg. Saladasburg. Northumberland Northumberland Lewisburg. Lewisburg. Liberty. Danville. West Pike. Ringtown. Salona. Russel Hill. Russel Hill. Willlamsport. Nicholson. Cambria. Montoursville. Lewisburg. Bloomsburg. Danville. Gaines. Gaines. Iola. Sereno. Huntsville. Philad'a. Chulasky. to W o M tS a to s ft O w H «u A K H « O ft o Eh . •< to : : : i-a >"5 to ft K O K y to May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 June 1, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 1, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 Feb. 4, 1869 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 May 30, 1868 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 May 30, 1868 Si E *7>ft 03 W H CO 6 H H M H a M'AUisterville M'AUisterville Mansfield Mount Joy Mount Joy Mansfield Mansfield Mount Joy Mount Joy White Hall White Hall Mansfield Mansfleld Harford M'AUisterville Harford Wilkesbarre Harford Harford M'AUisterville M'AUisterville Mount Joy Mount Joy Mansfield Mansfield Mount Joy 3© g, Eai J H • MS ft O a « • ; • j Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. May 28, 1865 Feb. 15, 1866 Jan. 15, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 May 13, 1865 Sept. 19, 1806 Mar. 4, 1865 Mar. 4, 1865 July 11, 1866 Jan. 3, 1867 Jan. 2, 1867 Jan. 9, 1865 May 2, 1866 Mar. 25, 1868 Apr. 1, 1865 May 30, 1865 May 30, 1865 Mar. 21, 1866 Nov. 21, 1866 Apr. 17, 1865 May 8, 1866 May 14, 1866 May 17, 1865 May 10, 1865 Jan. 9, 1867 Jan. 9, 1867 Jan. 23, 1866 Dec. 16, 1865 Feb. 19, 1867 Mar. 20, 1865 Apr. 15, 1865 ft . ©a Eh « May 4, 1854 May 30, 1855 Dec. 19, 1855 Nov. 20, 1854 Oct. 16, 1856 May 22, 1856 Apr. 21, 1858 July 21, 1854 Nov. 19, 1856 Dec. 12, 1865 Apr. 2, 1854 June 20, 185G July 28, 1851 Sept. 11, 1854 Oct. 3, 1855 Mar. 31, 1853 May 3, 1855 Apr. 17, 1858 Mar. 22, 1854 Feb. 11, 1853 Oct. 1, 1855 July 20, 1853 July 6, 1857 Apr. 18, 1855 Dec. 7, 1856 Jan. 4, 1853 June 15, 1856 Aug. 9, 1853 Jan. 26, 1852 Dec. 8, 1853 Apr. 10, 1856 Nov. 26, 1859 < Sz 5c -E "» ■g.3 c" EiEce it : a a o ' ? r- r- a ■A a — 6 < 1 £ m 3 H ft 3 1 02 a Jl J >-s 5 i. ■s a a EG = .0 w ' as.w|; - o = V ' MIMCOCO? • ■< 13 g rt ^ o - ill! J o o s a^a g 2 ? rt ■ Eh[>I>^ >> a 5 a < r < o (S S3 a a 2 p g. 3 «» 8 O O X o w Q o < x o 2 a o h A w .5 o ft HARFORD SCHOOL. HIS institution is located at Harford, Susquehanna county, six miles from Montrose Station, on the Delaware, Lacka- wanna, and Western Railroad. Its location is an elevated one, being on a spur of the Blue Ridge. The water and air are pure, and the climate cool and healthy. The " Harford University " was formerly located here. This was a select classical school, established in 1817, and for many years con- ducted by Professor Lyman Richardson. These buildings and an adjoining farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres were, in the autumn of 1865, purchased by Professor Chas. W. Deans, on the recommendation of the then Superintendent of Soldiers'' Orphans, Hou. Thos. H. Burrowes, for a soldiers' orphan school. The old buildings were repaired and remodelled and additional ones erected. The school was opened on the 7th of November, 1865, Mr. Deans being Principal, which position he retained until March, 1868, when Professor Henry S. Sweet took charge, and has remained in control ever since, with the exception of the year 1873, during which Dr. H. N. Pennepacker had supervision of the institution. Eighteen children were in attendance at the opening of the school, but enough were admitted to raise the number to one hundred before the year closed. Additions were frequent, and the school constantly increased until the year 1871, when the maximum number was reached, there being then one hundred and seventy-four in attend- ance. Since that time the school has slowly decreased. There are at present one hundred and sixty-three on the roll. During the first year the school was fully organized. Competent persons were procured to superintend the various industrial de- partments. Lessons were given to the girls in the various domestic duties, as well as in the use of the needle and sewing-machine ; and the boys were taught how to do " chores " and to work on the farm. 265 266 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. Habits of industry were thus formed, and that degree of skill acquired, which has enabled many of the orphans, on leaving school at sixteen years of age, to secure good positions. The system of making work-details being observed, no child has been robbed of his or her opportunities for study. A full and experienced corps of teachers have been employed, and the school properly graded according to the proficiency of the pupils. All the common and higher English branches have been thoroughly taught, and occasionally lessons in the ancient languages have been imparted. Especial attention has been given to those desiring to become teach- ers, and many are offered schools immediately after leaving the orphan school, and have proved themselves competent. Five, accept- ing the gratuity of the State, have received a normal school training ; and permission has been granted by the State Superintendent to several others who will soon accept of the privilege so generously provided. Quite a number have remained at the school after becom- ing sixteen, being supported by friends or by their own labor, while others have continued their studies at other institutions than the normal schools. Vocal music has not been neglected, there being daily practice, and weekly instruction in the art of reading music. Lessons are also given, to those who desire it, in instrumental music. Drill in military tactics has, for a number of years, been required daily when the weather was favorable — company movements being understood by the boys. Religious observances and instruction have formed an interesting feature of the school since its origin. The pupils have, at all periods of its history, been required to repair to the main school-room at eight o'clock in the morning and at seven in the evening for devo- tional exercises, which have often been interspersed with short lec- tures on manners and morals. Religious services have been con- ducted at the school alternately by ministers of the various religious denominations residing in the vicinity. On Sundays, all the pupils have regularly attended Sunday-school, which is conducted by the Principal, assisted by the teachers and various employees. From 1871 to 1874 the boarding department was conducted sepa- rately by Mr. Chas. S. Hallstead. This was transferred, at the latter date, to Mr. A. J. Seamans, who still boards the school. The sanitary condition of the school has always been excellent. During the year 1871, however, typhoid fever prevailing in the vicinity, the orphans did not escape the epidemic. Five cases proved fatal. Besides these there has been one sudden death, one from HARFORD SCHOOL. 267 erysipelas, one from diphtheria, and two from dropsy. No serious accident has ever befallen any of the pupils. The school has passed through the ordinary diseases of childhood without any fatal results. A physician has at all times been employed. A hospital is connected with the institution under the charge of an excellent nurse, but it has been vacant the greater part of the time. We give herewith a list of persons officially connected with the school since its organization. Teachers. Mrs. Hellen Follett, Miss Sarah Beebe, " M. I. Gillitte, " Addie Carpenter, " Anna Eastman, Mr. Kobert McAlpiu, Miss H. A. Williams, " Alice Welsh, " Kate Gould, " Esther M. Orvis, " E. P. Gamble, Mrs. Emma Redfield, Mr. Chas. E. Harris, " Payson Brewster, " Silas Bolles, " Frederick Miller, " Myron Kasson. Mrs. S. Sterling, '•' Emma Redfield, Miss Ida Crandall, " Lizzie Beebe, Mrs. Sarah Stevens, " Adeline Brewster, Mrs. Welsh, Matrons. Mrs. Mary Crandall, " Hellen Stroupe, Assistant Matrons. Miss Alpha Reynolds, " Jennie Morgan, *' JLillie Tiffany, Seamstresses. Miss Sarah Gelatt, " Mary Brainard, Nurses. Miss Snowden, Sarah Tewksbury, | Mrs. M. A. Wilber, Mrs. H. S. Sweet, Miss G. Williams. Miss Isadore Carpenter, " Alice Tucker. Miss Laura Pierson, Mrs. Corey E. Burgess. Mrs. Sarah Rehrig, " L. A. Miller. Superintendent of Boys. Mr. Henry Deans, " S. C. Halsted, Mr. Geo. Johnson, Mr. William Sweet, Stewards. Mr. Charles S. Hallstead, Farmers. Mr. Theran Palmer, " Jasper Lewis, Mr. William Jones. Mr. A. J. Seamans. Mr. Horace Sweet, " Henry A. Brainard. Mr. Lyman Ward, Teamsters. Mr. John Gavitt, Mr. Ed°;ar Farrar. 268 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M M H Miner. Miner. At school at Harford. Farming. Farming Engineer. Died Feb. 28, 1871. Farming. Farming. * Farming. Deceased. Killed on D.L. &W.R.R. Died Dec. 21, 1870. Works in shops of R.R.Co. With his mother. Teamster. At school at Harford. Farming. Blacksmith. Brake'n, D. L. & W. R.R. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Stroudsburg .... Stroudsburg .... Falls. Falls. Wilkesbarre. Dorrance. HoUexterville... Nelson. Nelson. Factoryville." Nelson. £>& c Shickshinny. Hazleton. * Thomson. Thomson. Honesdale. Eaton. Honesdale. Meshoppen. Dixon. Scottsville. Hawley. Hawley. "White Mills. White Mills. White Mills. Montrose. CD H a a < g 1/3 5 & o H H > ■3 ee CO & • o 8" 3 o Aug. 19, 1872 July 12, 1868 Feb. 2, 1875 May 15, 1873 fa 0S5 O w -< Mar. 14, 1871 Feb. 20, 1875 July 9, 1873 May 12, 1870 Feb. 26, 1873 ^ ': o ■ Jan. 27, 1871 Oct. 18, 1871 Dec. 31, 1869 July 28, 1872 May 27, 1871 c/5 o a fid O S CO W M © « H ri 5 2 H . MS H O W « 5* P M 0% ^ i 0-° £ III OO * : * : f : r =5 Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 20, 1867 Apr. 25, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Jan. 14, 1873 Jan. 14, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Jan. 17, 1873 Sept. 15, 1866 Feb. 8, 1867 Feb. 2, 1866, Sept. 20, 1866 Feb. 10, 1866 Feb. 10, 1866 Sept. 15, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Nov. 20, 1865 Mar. 10, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Jan. 1, 1868 Oct. 6, 1869 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Oct. 30, 1868 Oct. 6, 1869 Oct. 6, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1. 1872 Sept. 8, 1871 Jan. 9, 1871 June 21, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 May 31, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Nov. 1, 1875 Nov. 1, 1875 Nov. 1, 1875 Nov. 7, 1865 Nov. 10, 1865 Dec. 10, 1865 Feb. 22, 1866 Feb. 22, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 & . o M Kg to^j . © -^ £3 x) r— -+*n™*p^ra ?1 ?n c * 12 .+ © n ,n ,^ ,n !W '.9 'n .'n ,r - i * '° ~- r . - lC ' ■" '~ ■""">- i- >~ >^ 'n -* r- -r n £ £ ,rj f- i '^ i ~ i. l_ '" ' — L ' r ' * — L V — '" — L ' f i. i. '/ ' X. i- — X x " ~ ^ i, y ~ ^ ^ '^ x x X x x x °° ^^fcg? s - r . m . : • • • • '• i : * ! '. u M i ' ' ' ■ ; ■ : ; a'a»'» o* • g 1 • i ■3 £ s § ^ » : — & . : S = * * 8 a jd o : • • • . 2 o e a a u; -a . > "? a -o ^ a ■- „ "> « -g J il|ilip|Billi2'a|-i'3Blgi.c?|iaIa| ; 3g|^sl maaoo»o»«»»«aoSaa8.«S°««=*3o«>.Ciro« jjfefeS3isKfcaoooop;feMa:a:CK!nKc-fc.fc.E-tscfeaip:6,?csM ■n 1 > o S5 t-Om ° si a Jan. 27, 1869 Nov. 9, 1869 Sept. 28, 1868 Jan. 8, 1873 Mar. 13, 1869 Oct. 12, 1871 Apr. 29, 1874 Oct. 17, 1873 Apr. 9, 1873 so w 5-gai a^a Si? 6. 95 July 8, 1871 Dec. 26, 1870 Feb. 26, 1872 Feb. 22, 1872 Aug. 23, 1870 Sept. 9, 1871 — a, Oct. 26, 1867 Dec. 1, 1869 Aug. 20, 1872 Nov. 9, 1872 Sept. 14, 1869 s ea o B s sa S -co .b HI "a, to .a a a * 5o ; ill ; MM : ca d •oo > Sa 5 O Feb. 19, 1866 Sept. 1. 1866 Sept. 15, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Nov. 11, 1869 June 1, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1867 Nov. 29, 1865 Jan. 18, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 May 12, 1866 May 12, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Sept. 26. 1868 Jan. 9, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 June 10, 1868 Jan. 1, 1868 Sept. 11, 1867 Sept. 11, 1867 Nov. 26, 1865 Feb. 16, 1866 Feb. 24, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 6, 1869 Nov. 7, 1865 Nov. 7, 1865 Nov. 7, 1865 Mar. 9, 1866 Apr. 27, 1871 Oct. 24, 1873 Mar. 22, 1867 Nov. 28, 1855 Nov. 28, 1855 Sept. 15, 1866 Apr. 10, 1867 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Nov. 20, 1871 Dec. 29, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 14, 1870 Sept. 15, 1875 Jan. 15, 1866 May 12, 1866 Feb. 20, 1866 Sept. 2, 1866 Nov. 21, 1866 Nov. 14, 1868 o^jjja jS^a2 : '-'*°aSo.S-°'? > '3 jaSSsS S?-^ g b ~- g' -° •= ° ^ ^ g £ g' g »• g a S g 5° S "• "' ■-5 ■< a a ■? ■< a »3 ot a 4 4 i. w ■? a © < © < tK fc :! < z a" 4 a © &. a •? z. ss 4 4 •? a & & * < & z < ss z & o a o a < js & <-* is : c C s= si c C s c &. C < * ! 9 c a t -S 5 Z r .7 c : C 1 % P & b C B 5 IS c ? ig r P ■«!K 3e E - a = at E c J 1 a S f — s - zr £ £ D S J-' E -= 5 E e - q a 5 oe 5 Sb.'fe = 1 l: > r ^ ?! CO E I 5 & | •r i 7. 5 •e - 2 5 Pi i 5 S e a, K X = > a I -r 63 270 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 1 a CO CD 1.11 d 55 < >> ""' w £i$ hi fc ■ o fe » 1 ■g M ti . , MtOMfi, ti bi M • « to fc • - w « .2 **" t» n .5 .2 « 'S *3 o o 2 2 s eS SB a* as a B5fe53g.= a c3 Ej «a 1 a S g gg© a e a 6=EH&.5feQH E-ukSHHIB&i WW Ob fe. fcfe<<;<:S fefcfe >^> m ;goMOo5os«jbEJs;£jBJ«ocst,EMmafiNfKfeficcosicccscccBt H ^ <: >-3 ^ "5^ O O > Apr. 25, 1869 Oct. 10, 1873 Jan. 7, 1873 May 10, 1875 Feb. 14, 1874 Jan. 22, 1871 a« 11% 3 J2 J2 =3 1-5 ^ ,£, >-5 CO) U <$ A ti ri 0J oJ 3 oo p 22 en aa 5 oil Ji ^ i: — — — ill I Womelsdorf Womelsdorf Womelsdorf Womelsdorf Wilkesbarre Mount Joy So f .0,0 PI a Oct. 8, 1872 Oct. 8, 1872 Feb. 7, 1876 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 13, 1872 June 10, 1875 Sept. 13, 1875 Sept. 14, 1875 Jan. 4, 1876 June 11, 1866 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 16, 1871 June 15, 1870 Oct. 7, 1873 Nov. 23, 1865 Sept. 20, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 12, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Mar. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 12, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 15, 1875 Sept. 15, 1875 May 12, 1865 Nov. 7, 1868 Nov. 7, 1868 Nov. 7, 1868 Nov. 7, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 27, 1871 Nov. 24, 1875 June 13, 1865 Nov. 13, 1865 Nov. 29, 1865 Apr. 19, 1866 Feb. 3, 186B May 18, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 Sept. 14, 1868 Sept. 1, 1S69 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Oct. 7, 1869 Sept. 14, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 d~j3K i-.© v^h ,-»«._ ?*, oo o ^* o> cr *"* -* irt ao •»* -* « ©52-*. irt m £t ■- , — oo,, - >~" 7 ?2 j ~ ~ '~- '" !^ 5 - - j ^ ~2 'p ~ \^ — cc tl ~i ■*''?■"■ ,r - ^ '- R "/ '^ "£ '£ ?fcd •» 5j a § JJ £ > >£?& {3 gS ft ■•» d g>J= o j»5 jia'S^ — — j?S d *| & fc? jj ;; a fc «» a « - £ g -d g> = -• m -; o ti McCown, Whitehead H. McCown, William H. McCafferty, Harrison H. Merrill, John W. Merrill, George R. Myers, James McCland, Stephen D. Miller, Albert O. McCafferty, Nathan P. Nash, Irwin Novitaky, Oscar J, Nelson, George Orta, James Ogden, Frank E. S lard, William G. Job D. ns, Fred. pa, Frank D. pa, Henry raon, Jackaon C. rson, Jr., David ;r. Steward A. :r, Job pa, William A. pa, Alexander )lds, John M. veil, William H. veil, Jeremiah veil, John veil, Samuel Idiffer, Lewis E. Idiffer, Chas. A. son, George H. ns, William E. ns, Frank E. rt, Charles M. land, Fred. O. n, George H. , William C. , Elisha i, William J. d, James M. , Frank , Henry , Daniel , James M. r, Eugene D. r, Charles E. William G. louse, Fletcher m, Joseph m, William V. 'u'Z fe '.£ J3 « rt rt rt J= !c »' q c a c £ .H o 2 w £ ^X2*Z.Z*~~X~~*-X~ XX2ZX XX rf.v.'S 5 Si KKCT Q ^ *5 'g '3 *S '5 a" □ ' c rt o o 272 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. REMARKS. Died April 1st, 1875. Telegraph operator. Firem'n on D.L.& W.R.R. Parmer. ■> Attended MansBeld S. 1 Nor. School one year. Farmer. doTy. Farming. Engineer on D. & H.R.R. Miner. Killed in coal-mines. Teacher. Miner. Farmer. Brakeman. an CO., N. Y. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. a i : ■ • : :£ 6 6 > : . . 'omm : :::::: ; . 3 • • • . '7gg . MM . 3 a S £ ■ ■ ;S :oas £ '• i at '• '•- So 6u m s , slddi§ , s i illa(j-lii-&lliwlii - -•!■■. . i l!llll-||lllli □5 H O PS o m A ft O w B <4 ft PS H PS o & o I I:::::: :* oo i i i i '. So ** i '• » : '. '. '. '. ** - : : >■§.::::: g>g : : m : : : : :^° i : a B . o h o £ 6 '. ©" • • • • ■ • • " £•::::::: Aug. 10, 1870 Peb. 11, 1874 Nov. 15, 1871 Oot. 1, 1874 OO is • ** a. . o Hi£4 CO ft PS o a fl PS o a 1 a, m CO w m d H s PS w a :2s 1 i * Itata '• ■ ■' ' : : > : • ■ • oj rt rt : : ; 43 .o J3 rf Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Dec. 1, 1868 Oct. 10, 1870 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 10, 1873 Mar. 10, 1873 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 May 1, 1871 • May 1, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 10, 1873 Mar. 17, 1874 Mar. 16, 1875 Mar. 16, 1875 Mar. 1, 1875 Nov. 22, 1873 Nov. 14, 1865 Mar. 1, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Mar. 24, 1866 Sept. 9, 1875 Sept. 20, 1866 Oct. 16, 1869 June 1, 1871 Junel, 1871 Apr. 25, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 June 2, 1875 Nov. 29, 1866 Nov. 29, 1866 Mar. 24, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Peb. 19, 1866 June 16, 1866 Nov. 27, 1867 Sept. 10, 1867 Feb. 27, 1868 Sept. 6, 1869 Oct. 7, 1869 Feb. 23, 1870 Apr. 24, 1874 Sept. 8, 1874 Sept. 16, 1873 May 4, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Peb. 26, 1866 & • o a H B fl« < 5: a. 1: a" i 53 i 1 - i — 3 hB lU 3 : -~ :|| : -/. j. Stansbury, E. Truck Smith, Charles E. Smith, Miles Scott, John Stark, Charles O. Stearns, George W. Sturgis, William H. Stewart, William P. Stewart, Stanley N. Stevens, Curtis E. Swank, James A. Sayer, Mathias H. Sayer, Arthur B. Swarts, Ed. E. Shumway, Elmer Taylor, James E. Townsend, Alvah Townsend, Pirman Tewksbury, Anson L. Tinsman, Eddie Tewksbury, Albert Tiffany, Philip R. Thomas, Charles S. n 111 J3.3.3 BBB 111 B&P S-SP^ g PS^S,; js-a h 2 u't. 3 c ac el fi •r m . 3 SS g sc a b rf 3 M O 3 > u CZC - . a «a >> B S 3 3 I HARFOED SOLDIERS* ORPHAN SCHOOL. 273 Blacksmith. Teamster. Farmer. Clerk. Farming. Teamster. Farming. Farming. Farming. Killed on D.L. &W.R.E. Farming. Farming. Farmiug. Merchant. Agent for a tobacco Arm. Died March 5, 1870. an co., N.Y. Farming. Farming. Laborer. Drowned. an co., N.Y. With her mother. With her mother. Married Chaa. Knapp. Married Chaa. V. Taver. At domestic service. Married Seth Stone. Married Geo. Cragel. I c \ SQC ] ■J.Z = ■; Z 1 §22 a IfsJ. gggaj I \ Bowman's Cr'k. Bowman's Cr'k. Starucca. Wilkesbarre Pottsville. Wilkesbarre .... Hazleton Callicoon, Sulliv Pittston. Herrickville. Honesdale. Honesdale. Callicoon, Sulliv Hopbottom. East Spring Hill. Wyalusing. Palmersville.... Honesdale. Russell. Falls. Ararat. Ararat. HoUexterville. Harford Bingb'pton.N.Y. Binghpton.N.Y. Burlington. Burlington. Great Bend Damascus. Hunlock'sCreek. Q m Feb. 10, 1873 Feb. 2, 1868 Jan. 14,1871 Dec. 2, 1872 Aug. 22, 1868 Dec. 28, 1871 Apr. 13, 1S72 Apr. 13, 1872 Oct. 26, 1867 Sept. 13, 1869 July 17, 1871 Sept. 9, 1873 Sept. 25, 1868 June 20, 1872 © 3 Sept. 1, 1871 July 28, 1875 Jan. 18, 1871 Apr. 30, 1874 June 9, 1874 July 25, 1875 ©"©" tea <"5 isg- Oct. 13, 1868 July 23, 1867 Nov. 26, 1870 Aug. 8, 1872 Aug. 22, 1868 © to sea O'O- eco8 ■n I < ~ a 6 ■n 22 a a SB 2 aa o5p= ho to oo GO 5 J2 £1 "> '> '> hr tX)M c a a jig * ©OO J3 1 Feb. 19, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 Jan. 18, 1866 Jau. 18, 1866 May 22, 1866 May 22, 1866 May 22, 1866 May 22, 1866 Jau. 15, 1866 Sept. 8. 1871 Sept. 24, 1866 Sept. 24, 1866 Sept. 1, \*H Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Dec. 24, 1866 Mar. 9, 1870 Mar. 9, 1870 Sept. 11, 1867 Sept. 1, 1867 Sept. 21, 1867 June 1, 1868 Mar. 30, 1868 Sept. 22, 1868 Sept. 22, 1868 Oct. 19, 1868 Oct. 7, 1868 Oct. 18, 1H69 Mar. 1, 1871 Aug. 14, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Mar. 27, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 7, 1868 Jan. 16, 1871 June 11, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 8, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Mar. 1, 1871 Mar. 1, 1874 Sept. 3, 1K75 Sept. 3, 1875 Feb. 8, 1867 Feb. 2, 1866 Feb. 2, 1866 Feb'. 2, 1866 Apr. 7, 1866 Apr. 7, 1866 Nov. 22, 1865 Jan. 8, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Feb. 10, 1851 Feb. 2, 1852 Jan. 14, 1855 Deo. 2, 1856 Aug. 22, 1852 Dec. 28. 1855 Apr. 13, 1856 Apr. 13, 1856 Oct. 26, 1851 Nov. 8, 1861 Jau. 1, 1853 Dec. 24, 1855 Mar. 31, 1862 Sept. 13, 1853 July 17, 1855 Sept. 9, 1857 Sept. 25, 1852 Juue 20, 1856 Nov. 25, 1861 Aug. 15, 1854 June 4, 1856 Mar. 30, 1857 June 25, 1854 Apr. 10, 1856 Aug. 10, 1856 July 28, 1859 Jan. 18, 1855 Apr. 30, 1858 June 9, 1858 July 25, 1859 Apr. 19, 1863 Jan. 22, 1861 Jan. 1, 1862 May 11, 1864 Mav 28, 1861 Aug. 10, 1860 June 30, 1860 Mar. 2, 1861 July 3, 1854 Dec. 24, 1852 Sept. 20, 1859 May 5, 1862 Oct. 4, 1862 Oct. 11, 1864 Apr. 28, 1862 Oct. 13, 1852 July 23, 1851 Nov. 26, 1854 Aug. 8. 1856 Aug. 22, 1852 May 8, 1855 Mar. 26, 1854 Oct. 27. 1852 Dec. 9, 1857 - c ft > z - B J '£ z - ft ft" b SE b •I j b. ft° Z ft z p ft % B b ft ■- a r i '- ft fc ! i X ft 1 ( ft 1 i - ft a "- z k < ft ft i - ft c i Z \ % 6 C - ft ft P i A z\ 7 •p i a c p C ft t i ft -> ft u p i i ft" ft 1 P s > i z ft ■f 1 1 c — - < * ■« t i 6 > < b. s > - fc \ s ■f b. ; & = < -i P "r ■E B 18 274 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. 03 M < With her mother. Married Wm. Freese. -I Attending Bloomsburg L S. N. S. Married Lee Tiffany. Married A. Conklin. Died Aug. — , 1873. At domestic service. Married Chas. Sharp. Dressmaker. Married. With her mother. ■! Attending Bloomsburg I S. N. S. Married Seth Brown. Married Chas. Snover. Married Mr. Ely. Marr'd Theo. Richardson. ■i Attending Bloomsburg I S. N. S. Post Office Address when at Home. '-9 ^ '.3 a U m .2 ■ ■ .^ 2 s • • ' ' ■ -m.^ • ■ • • 5 » . . i . ;=g u . ■" ."« :j;a =5o-g ■ ■ • £ g 1 ?? . 'ol-f §§ w &I °1 1 fe u.S.S SJ^a a a IcoJ jlf ^a C~ | gS = = i'|| _ |'|||S 1 K « n o in R o H H K W a M O Z o id a ►3 H . -4 CO H < o Apr. 19, 1873 Feb. 9, 1871 Feb. 9, 1869 June 17, 1867 3 3 ►"9 Aug. 22, 1867 Mar. 19, 1872 Apr. 11, 1869 Apr. 22, 1867 Apr. 24, 1872 Nov. 18, 1868 Jan. 17, 1871 Apr. 8, 1872 o O " r* 0"22^3 >^ CO i-5 "^i? s ^ ill4< co C W is W fa d H H cs H a H . W O a « to to toa> OOOfS — — IS «) m P A = = fe | S £ 3 3 OOOT O a 5 ta a O Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1 , 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Jan. 1, 1867 June 4, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 May 31, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Nov. 10, 1865 Dec. 10, 1865 Feb. 19, 1866 Jan. 12, 1866 Sept. 15, 1866 Sept. 3, 1867 Sept. 3, 1867 Jan. 27, 1871 June 1, 1870 Dee. 1, 1870 June 29, 1871 Dec. 1, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 8, 1875 Jan. 4, 1876 Feb. 16, 1866 Feb. 16, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Dec. 21, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Feb. 13, 1866 Feb. 21, 1871 Apr. 27, 1871 Mar. 16, 1875 Mar. 16, 1875 Nov. 28, 1865 Sept. 15, 1866 Sept. 15, 1866 June 1, 1868 Dec. 29, 1871 June 19, 1872 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 May 12, 1866 Feb. 2, 1866 OB R w D 5 P P i J. H 3 4 - X s 5 tt B h. 1 p- - > <- a C * r c I t < L s 5 -x x c £ Bi D C < ^ £ _ .z p 5 P P p | - 1 P IS < > < a 5 6 [> fc. 1 S > E 6 ■4 m > a c OO a. -r w w HARFORD SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 275 Married George Gordon. With her mother. Died April 14, 1875. Married. Mar'd Mr. Hendershot. With her mother. Married Chas. Ashley. At domestic service. -{ Attending Bloomsburg I S. N. S. With her mother. At domestic service, Married A. C. Douglass. At domestio service. With her mother. Married. Married Elbert Gelatt. Married Edward Dolph. At domestio service. -J Attended Mansfield 8. v. N. S. one year. Atteu'dManslieldS.N.S. Married Peter Shay. With her mother. At domestic service. { Attending Bloomsburg | S. N. S. £ - - Carbondale. Carbondale. Dundaff. Beaver Brook. Wilkesbarre. Beaver Brook. SS = -r.tfji i - - a ~ -. = j P S 1 'zf : Pi Wyalusing. Forkston. Forkston. Hunlock's Creek. Scranton. Scranton. Tunkhannook. Berwick. New Milford. Olvphant. Scott. Scott. E. Spring Hill. - r ^ V £ 'f isii] «2 « ( ■- 7 '1 - z s gS = = 3 pfl^£a 2 3 1-5 so 3 2 * — > p. a Zt»>-3 ao ess! oj as 2 *j3 Z> a GOB. July 14, 1870 May 26, 1868 Dec. 14, 1870 Dec. 21, 1867 Dec. 5. 1868 Sept. 28, 1871 9 "feat 13 J6 c S ea q 1 J2 M % i si* to toS 5 M 'i Feb. 2. 1866 Feb. 20, 1871 Nov. 22, 1*69 Jan. 9, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 May 7, 1873 Sept. 1, IN73 Jan. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1873 Nov. 1, 1875 Sept. 3, 1M75 Sept. 3, 1S66 Oct. 9, 1867 June 1, 1868 Oct. 7, 1869 Sept. 13, 1867 Oct. 10, 1869 Sept. 21, 1868 Nov. 10, 1865 Jan. 2, 1872 Sept. 20, 1875 Nov. 21, 1875 Nov. 24, 1875 Sept. 20, 1865 Nov. 13, 1865 Nov. 16. 1865 Nov. 9, 1X65 Nov. 27, 1865 May 22, 1866 Jan. 15, 1R67 June 25, 1866 June 25, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Sept. 14, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 16, 1871 June 10, 1875 Juue 10, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 1, 1875 Sept. 13. 1875 Oct. 7, 1873 Nov. 23, 1865 Mav 5. 1866 Sept. 23, 1863 Mav 5, 1866 Sept. 1, 1874 Nov. 7. 1865 Jan. 16, 1871 Oct. 14, 1871 Jan. 16, 1871 Sept. 20. 1866 Junel, 1870 Junel, 1870 Nov. 29, 1854 Sept. 8, 1855 June 24, 1858 Mar. 20, 1861 Apr. 16, 1863 Dec. 12, 1859 Oct. 24, 1859 Aug. 13, 1862 Dec. 19, 1862 May 25. 1861 Apr. 2, 1862 Dec. 27, 1859 Apr. 1, 1854 Aug. 3, 1853 Jan. 13, 1857 Mar. 4, 1861 Jan. 8, 1854 Mar. 20, 1857 Jan. 21, 1860 May 19, 1856 Sept. 2, 1862 Dec. 16, I860 Nov. 4, 1861 Dec. 17, 1863 Sept. 13, 1857 Feb. 27, 1852 Sept. 8, 1856 July 14, 1854 May 26, 1852 Dec. 14, 1854 Deo. 21, 1851 Dec. 5, 1852 Sept. 28. 1855 Apr. 13, 1854 June 29, 1855 Mar. 22, 1861 June 26, 1861 Sept. 24, 1868 Jan. 27, 1871 Oct. 13, I860 Aug. 3, 1864 Feb. 4, 1867 Apr. 20, 1862 Dec. 23, 1862 Oct. 30. 1855 Apr. 16, 1853 June 11, 1860 Apr. 23, 1856 June 29, 1866 Dec. 15, 1852 July 13, 1857 Feb. 21. 1857 Apr. 4, 1859 Mav 29. 1S57 Apr. 14, 1859 Aug. 12, 1860 < z\ c JZ c 5 I jz i z '- : IB > z = * = s ■4 \ a « | 3 a X a i £ ■T 9 < -- a I B c E h i - JZ 4 c 6. z ■2 - i .z -2 X i > » b B. 5 T 6 1 1 6. * K i El 1 6 s 2 O SI r 9 ^5 'i > « o X 1 - i 5 i- £ £ Pi J: 5 E a. ■f - i 3. E pi >. E s t 276 PEN¥A. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 02 w Married Chas. Lindslev. Died Dec. 2, 1870. Mar'd Spencer Spauldlng Housekeeper. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. Died Dec. 30, 1870. Married Charles Ives. Died Jan. 22, 18G7. Re-admitted Junel, 1875. C Attended Bloomsburg { S. N. S. one year. With her mother. With her mother. i 1 a i a j ; i : 5 a a i i a U c ■ X "7 X X ■i \ e ;& t i < a 4 - e ■- > 'I > > a 3 1 HARFORD SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 277 09 esf a JjSjoJS S &M£ .w . "? '^ "H ~ /. s r. t. r. Jcci^isa:: •/. tn s a Ss ts OSib^Zia-iZTZZSilSiSO^^O •<- « ..St; fe S fe i w _ _- s S f S ■-" £ a a s ^ f £ 5 fe K a ' £ "w 25 •£ u "o 5 ^ £ -^ "o !- !5 M " "~~ ^ ^ a aT aT NORTH SEWICKLEY SCHOOL. HORTLY after the appointment of Dr. Burrowes as State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphan Schools, he made earnest efforts to find a competent person to establish and take charge of a school for this class of children in the western part of the State ; but he failed for some time, because of the doubt and uncertainty of appropriations being continued, and because the work to be done, for the orphans was double what was done in boarding-schools, and the compensation about one-half as much. He was directed to Rev. Henry Webber, Principal of the North Sewickley Academy, a man of most humane and sympathetic heart, but in declining health ; after pressing the case upon him, Mr. Webber consented to take a limited number, until other arrange- ments could be made. Accordingly, on May 5, 1865, he received his first soldier's orphan, and the number steadily increased, until one hundred and eleven were in attendance. But Mr. Webber felt his accommodations were not adequate to so large a number. He did for them the best he could under the circumstances; and he deserves the highest credit for the interest and venture he took at this early period of the work, and the great tax it laid upon his declining health, which was before taxed as much as it could well bear. He, feeling, by fourteen months' experience, the responsibility and labor to be too great for him, concluded to sell his interest, and did so to Mr. James Jackson. Mr. Jackson took charge August, 1866, and continued four months, when, finding the duties and difficulties so great and numerous, he sold the property to Rev. J. H. Mann. 278 NOETH SEWICKLEY SCHOOL. 279 Mr. Mann took charge December 1, 1866, having forty orphans, which number increased to sixty. Being an experienced teacher, he endeavored to push the work forward successfully ; but he found the difficulties to be encountered very many. He was materially assisted by E. M. Alexander, Esq., of New Brighton, who showed the most substautial sympathy in this great work. After trying the experiment for six months, Mr. Mann declined to continue longer in the business. He found that the school was sinking about one hundred and fifty dollars per month, and the buildings not being adequate for a larger school, he resigned the principalship, and the school closed June 1, 1867, by the transfer of the children to Phillipsburg and Union- town. The persons employed at various times during the existence of this school were as follows : Teachers. Mr. R. E. Brown, Mr. M. J. Ingram, Miss Kate McBeth, Miss Olivia J. Smith, Miss M. E. Porter. Physician. Dr. Witherow. Matrons. Mrs. Elezan Cole, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Hattie B. Mann. Seamstresses. Miss Koozer, Mrs. Bell Robinson. 280 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M M < l*Jf Post Office Address WHEN at Home. ■£* ** ^ * *■"> d d ** ©■Sli^llNsIiilllidliJI i jI||eff lS tllllI? S i«l»33 • i'jIi &s5jM£$5gg™WWM2SMlS i | , g2gg ; 3g^|a.c.-gS 1 9SS22'§go s 'a'S»ggggS ^^nQ^SooHHfaaafe£S^Wfa^5ESSiSKSMaB«^BS3E£S££^3^SKSSwcB QQ ' fa « H o DO fa o fa ■•J ft K H M o O n . ■0) Ml fa S- a a a a n-S'-^ fa o a « Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 23, 1865 Sept. 13, 1865 Nov. 26, 1865 Nov. 26, 1865 June 2, 1867 Sept. 13, 1865 Dec. 6, 1865 Nov. 28, 1865 Deo. 26, 1866 Dec. 26, 1866 Feb. 9, 1867 Apr. 27, 1865 Apr. 27, 1865 May 18, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 May 1, 1866 Sept. 22, 1866 May 25, 1865 May 18, 1865 June 8, 1865 Jan. 23, 1867 May 25, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 May 12, 1865 Apr. 12, 1867 May 25, 1865 May 4. 1865 Jan. 28, 1866 Jan. 28, 1K66 Feb. 18, 1867 Apr. 27, 1865 May 12, 1865 Aug. 28, 1865 Aug. 28, 1865 June 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 Sept. 22, 1865 Dec. 20, 1866 Deo. 20, 1866 Jan. 30, 1867 May 12, 1865 Mav 4, 1865 May 4, 1865 May 25, 1865 May 25, 1865 June 23, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 1 fa . fa H Sept. 27, 1853 Mar. 22, 1854 Sept. 10, 1851 Deo. 11, 1854 June 29, 1855 Sept. 26, 1853 July 17, 1854 Nov. 9, 1852 May 24, 1855 Aug. 26, 1856 May 23, 1853 June 15, 1853 Nov. 11, 1850 Oct. 1, 1849 Sept. 20, 1851 Nov. 9, 1855 Mar. 14, 1857 Aug. 22, 1852 May 27, 1851 July 12, 1857 May 30, 1850 Jan. 23, 1852 Sept. 3, 1856 Mar. 11, 1858 Feb. 10, 1856 July 20, 1857 Nov. 15, 1852 Apr. 1, 1855 June 30, 1852 May 26, 1856 July 6, 1857 July 1, 1856 Feb. 20, 1855 Deo. 18, 1851 Oct. 3, 1853 Sept. 6, 1856 Oct. 2, 1851 Oct. 1, 1853 Sept. 14, 1857 July 5, 1855 Oct. 4, 1851 Aug. 3, 1851 May 19, 1851 Apr. 2, 1856 Mav 16, 1853 Apr. 22. 1856 July 16, 1851 Nov. 8, 1851 July 17, 1853 I 1 r \ c h 1 I 4 i 3 -l U 3 j < & So 5 ?a : s.2 n Applegate, Howard V. Baker, Joseph F. P. Bommer, John Beaty, James W. Berlin, Leander B. Byers, Madison E. Cook, Joseph B. Cook, William L. t Cole, Daniel A. . t ooof 1 z [ '■ i. h Q \s 4F i \ \- a : 3e ■i i ' t \ D Ft 33 5 ;': is -.- it | I I - . 1 ' 3 T 5„ iS 3 Ih 3 i -C i 1- : \i r \ ih 6 | h . h r i- f 1 ir i 3 : . 5 ^ il h i' b c 4 :c b 5 3 i I NOETH SEWICKLEY ORPHAN SCHOOL. 281 s i a ■ z 'e — 2 : £ — on no •5 . : « j » .5 « 55 5'upppppefi«HO 282 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. j I p 1 3 ( Discharged at request \ of mother. (Discharged at request I of mother. (Discharged at request i of mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Wurtemburg. Wurtemburg. Wurtemburg. Industry. Brownsville. Rock Point. Temperancev'le. Delmont. Pittsburgh. Utica. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Allegheny City. Allegheny City. Clarion. New Brighton. New Castle. Plumer. Ssegertown. Saegertown. Rochester. Sharpsburg. Sharpsburg. Rochester. Rochester. Rochester. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh.. Rock Point. Rock Point. Rock Point. Porterfield. Allegheny City. Beaver. Beaver. Salina. H M ■< a D DQ fl ft o H H -3 1 CD o O « H -«! June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Juue 1, 1867 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 June 1, 1867 Oct. 10, 1866 June 1, 1867 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Juue 1. 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 o" © Aug. 28, 1865 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 ooo OOO < ;oo • "3 DO M w fa 02 & «! H 6 H a « W W Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Uniontown Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Dayton Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg bo s 1 Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg M bofco - -r — - -i. 60 hO j J) to bD • : 3 3 • £> £> : i0 1. « a H O K « Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Dec. 12, 1866 Dec. 12, 1866 Dec. 12, 1866 May 25, 1865 May 4, 1865 Feb. 18, 1867 Apr, 11, 1867 May 12, 1865 May 10, 1866 Dec. 20, 1866 June 15, 1865 June 15, 1865 iMav 4, 1865 May 4, 1865 Juue 8, 1865 Sept. 10, 1865 Nov. 18, 1865 May 1 , 1866 Dec. 18. 1866 Dec. 18, 1866 Sept. 10, 1865 Sept. 26, 1865 Sept. 10, 1865 Sept. 10, 1865 July 12, 1865 Apr. 10, 1865 Apr. 10, 1865 May 4. 1865 June 8, 1865 Feb. 23, 1866 Feb. 23, 1866 Feb. 23, 1866 June 1, 1866 June 1, 1866 June 1, 1866 June 1, 1865 June 1, 1865 May 12, 1865 June 1, 1865 June 1 , 1865 Sept. 19, 1865 Sept. 22, 1866 Mar. 26, 1853 Feb. 22, 1855 Mar. 30, 1857 Sept. 7, 1854 May 8, 1858 Feb. 28, 1855 Dec. 4, 1853 July 10, 1850 June 2, 1853 June 13, 1853 Sept. 20, 1853 Feb. 28, 1855 June 20. 1855 May 28, 1853 July 11, 1855 May 21, 1853 Aug. 15, 1855 Mar. 18, 1853 Jan. 13, 1854 Jan. 20, 1857 May 22, 1853 Aug. 23, 1854 July 12, 1850 Sept. 21, 1852 June 2, 1853 June 11, 1851 June 19, 1855 Dec. 5. 1852 Feb. 28, 1850 July 10, 1853 Feb. 26, 1856 Mar. 1, 1855 Feb. 26, 1852 Apr. 15, 1856 Aug. 26. 1854 Oct. 8, 1856 Apr. 30, 1850 Nov. 19, 1852 Aug. 13, 1853 Aug. 6, 1854 Oct. 6, 1850 Apr. 8, 1853 !7 < V If (- p. ) < n: Z a c > c S T X < 5 % 1- z > 14 e ] X z- > ! iJ s c > ri £ £ X -s > | a a > a £ a e is E > < S Z © I ■- I Z .a Z Z a < z z 5 2 S z 3 " lit 3 4 ^ S OS a Z £ Mi xsia a > . >> P-i w < m a gs Ph CASSVILLE SCHOOL. ASSVILLE is a small country town in Huntingdon county, of about four hundred inhabitants, located at the foot of Sideling Hill Mountain. The water is of the very best quality. Coal is mined within two miles of the town. The region is elevated, and the climate cool and healthy. The scenery, from the village and from the neighboring elevations, is charming and attractive. Cassville is ten miles from Mapleton, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and fourteen from Mill Creek, with which it is connected by a tri-weekly mail-coach. Cole Station, on the E. B. P. R. R., is within three miles of the village. The town contains three churches, two potteries, and the usual number of stores and shops found at a country town. The buildings used for the orphan school were erected first by an association, and quite a flourishing seminary was at one time in operation. They are situated on the hill-side facing the town, and consist of two brick buildings — one a school-house sixty-two by thirty-two feet, two stories high, with cupola and a fine bell ; and the other a boarding-house eighty-two by thirty-two feet, four stories high, to which was added, after its conversion into an orphan school, a frame addition, extending the building fifty feet. This property, including about four acres of land, was purchased by Prof. A. L. Guss, in Sep- tember, 1865, for $2,250, and converted into an orphan school. The erection of additional buildings and improvements cost over $5,000. The farm cost $3,000, and the lots and adjoining grounds $1,000. The school was opened on November 6, 1865, and closed April 283 284 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. 10, 1874, after having been in operation nearly eight and one-half years. Pupils were admitted by orders from the State Superin- tendent and by transfers from other schools as follows ■ Males. Females. Total. Admitted on orders 174 149 323 Admitted by transfers 99 62 161 Grand total 273 211 484 The children were discharged as follows : Males. Females. Total. Discharged on age (at 16 years) 116 99 215 Discharged on order 48 29 77 Discharged by transfer 18 12 30 Died while in school 2 5 7 Discharged at the close of school 89 66 135 Grand total 273 211 484 The school was organized when the system of orphan schools was yet in its infancy, and no one, except those who passed through labors and privations incident to the early history of these schools, can form an adequate idea of what should be in justice accorded to them. The sudden bringing together of one hundred and twenty- five undisciplined children, a corps of inexperienced employees, buildings illy adapted to the enterprise, and with nothing yet sys- tematized, surely were obstacles serious enough to discourage any one; but Avhen it came to waiting five, six, and even twenty -two months for pay, it taxed the ingenuity and faith to its utmost ca- pacity. For the purposes of an orphan school, the buildings were made com- modious and well adapted. No other school in the State had better accommodations. The front yard was cleared of rocks, and five hun- dred dollars were expended in ornamental trees, vines, shrubbery, and flowers. An adjoining grove furnished shade and additional play- grounds. Extensive board-walks helped to keep clean buildings; while water, conveyed in iron pipes from the mountain-side, fur- nished ample washing and bathing facilities on every floor. In short, it had everything that a judicious Principal could provide to make it a happy home. The farm belonging to the school was located a half mile distant, CASSVILLE SCHOOL. 285 and consisted of seventy-five acres. On this, Mr. J. H. Rindlaub lived, and managed the farming and trucking, which was so well done as to add much to the variety at the table, and to economize the expenses. Several lots in the village were also used for cultivating vegetables. This department was smoothly and successfully man- aged, and furnished ample exercise for the boys on their details. The system of work-details was, in the spring of 1866, put in operation, and always strictly adhered to. All pupils were conscientiously allowed their six hours of school exercises each day. At about the same time a clothing-room was set apart, and boxes were arranged and numbered for each pupil's clothing. Large rooms for washing and bathing were fitted up for each sex, and one for general use of employees, and the school-room provided with two hundred patent desks. Five recitation-rooms were fitted up contiguous to the main study-hall ; also play-rooms for both sexes. The first Christmas was celebrated by a grand dinner, gotten up by A. P. Fields, M. £)., the attending physician, aided by the citizens of Cassville and vicinity, a flattering account of which was pub- lished in the Huntingdon Globe. In January, 1866, Kobert McDivitt, Esq., then County Superin- tendent, was at the school, and was so well pleased with what he saw, that he wrote a lengthy and highly complimentary account of his visit, which appeared in the Huntingdon Journal. On the fourth of July, 1866, the school participated, with similar institutions, in the ceremonies of the return of the regimental bat- tle-flags, at Independence Square, Philadelphia, and presented a fine appearance. Every one of the one hundred and fifty-seven pupils in attendence accompanied the excursion, thus showing a remarka- ble condition of health. At the close of the term in July, 1866, the school gave a concert in Huntingdon, where they were enthusiastically received and freely entertained, and the school praised by all persons who saw it. At the close of the term in July, 1867, the school gave a concert in Altoona, and the next evening in Hollidaysburg. One hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-five cents were realized at the former, and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-five cents at the latter place, and invested in books for the children's Sunday-school. Again, in May, 1869, the school visited Johnstown, and gave three enter, tainments, which netted nearly five hundred dollars, all of which was expended for a flag, drums, an organ, books, and other articles. 286 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. Free transportation was provided by the railroad company, and the orphans entertained gratuitously on all these occasions. In November, 1869, the sixth was duly observed as the Anniver- sary of the opening of the school. Prof. M. L. Stoever, LL.D., of Gettysburg, was present, and delivered his excellent lecture on " Aaron Burr," and another on " Advice to the Young." After the literary exercises, the children were treated to a grand dinner. In 1870, the anniversary was observed by a jubilee dinner, a concert of vocal and instrumental music, essays, speeches, &c, by the orphans ; and Rev. Morris Officer, formerly a missionary in Western Africa, delivered a lecture. The spring of 1871 was made memorable in the history of the school by the sickness of Mrs. Guss, the Principal's wife. She was stricken with apoplexy and paralysis while in the midst of her labors. She had always been the active Matron of the house, and with her own hands led off in the work. To her industry, good management, and untiring exertions, the school owed much of its prosperity. From this affliction she never fully recovered, and it may be truly said she sacrificed her health in her labors for the orphans. Another grand jubilee was held on the sixth of November, 1871, when over sixty of the " sixteeners " (a term originated by Lydia Pay, a pupil at Cassville) were present, and a host of invited guests. Dr. J. G. Butler, of Washington, D. C, for many years Chaplain of the National House of Representatives, was present and lectured ; also Prof. Henry Houck, A. M., the popular and efficient State Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, honored the occasion with his presence, and delivered an able address. At this reunion, the " sixteeners " quietly raised one hundred and twenty-five dollars, with which they purchased a beautiful gold watch, and presented the same to their Principal, Prof. A. L. Guss. Another anniversary was held in November, 1873, of a similar character to the one two years previous. It was largely attended by " sixteeners," who participated in the exercises, a full account of which was reported for the Huntingdon Globe. The speeches of the pupils show their feelings and their attachment to the school. The annual examinations, year after year, showed the school to be one of the most efficient in the State. Indeed, it is related that Rev. O. H. Miller, now State Librarian, who conducted the examination in July, 1871, after hearing a couple of the female pupils read, was so surprised and pleased that he exclaimed : "I would give five CASSVILLE SCHOOL. 287 hundred dollars, if my daughters could read like those two girls." As an illustration of the efficiency of the school educationally, we would say that one of its pupils entered the Freshman class of Pennsylvania College in one year after leaving the orphan school, and that another graduated at the Shippensburg State Normal School in one year after leaving Cassville. The official reports show that Cassville always had at least one more teacher for the number of pupils than any other school, besides employing a music teacher to instruct the children without charge, which was not done in other schools, except Titusville and the Soldiers' Orphan Insti- tute. In December, 1872, Prof. Guss purchased the Globe, and removed to Huntingdon, where he has continued to publish that paper. After this date, the active control of the school was in the hands of Harper W. Snyder, Esq., and subsequently J. L. Kendlehart, Esq., who was Principal when the school closed. Thus we have traced the school, through its history, from No- vember, 1865, to the fall of 1873, and shown, from the testimony of the outside world and the records of the Department, that it had been well managed. But now an unfortunate moment came. Prof. Guss allowed himself to become a candidate for Congress, which led to the publication of scandalous charges, in order to defeat his chances of success. He succeeded, however, in receiving the nom- ination in Huntingdon county, but was defeated in the district conference. Following this there were complicated and protracted litigations, the result of which is well stated in Superintendent Wick- ersham's annual report of 1874 : " Partisan and personal bitterness still kept alive the charges, greatly to the injury of the school; and, unwilling that this state of things should con- tinue, not wishing to subject the State to an annoying claim, which I knew would be made, for heavy damages, by removing the school without having something more substantial than bad rumors upon which to base my action, and, unable to induce any one of the complaining citizens to bring the matter before the courts, that judicial investigation might reveal the facts in the case, I decided to place the whole question in the hands of the Legislature. The committee to whom the matter was intrusted, after a prolonged and expensive investigation, reported in three divisions : The majority believing that the conduct of Mr. Guss was of ' an improper character,' and recommending the removal of the school ; the first minority coinciding with the majority, so far as the recommendation for the removal of the school was concerned, and the second minority holding that no jury could convict the accused on the 288 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. testimony presented 'of any of the specifications contained in the charges' against him, and recommending that the school be continued, on the condi- tion that the Proprietor wholly disconnect himself from it. The Legislature took no action upon these reports, except to refer them to the Superintendent of Orphan Schools for such action as he might deem best. Accepting the recommendation of the majority report as binding upon him, the Cassville School was closed, and the children quietly placed in other institutions, selected in most cases by their friends." It may be remarked that the determination of " the guilt or inno- cence" of Prof. Guss, which was the object the Superintendent had in view when asking for an investigation, was never attained. The majority took the position that the rumors, whether true or false, were alike injurious to the school ; that " when Prof. Guss became a candidate for political honors, he should have relinquished the con- trol of the school ;" and, finally, they say, " the question of his guilt or innocence is remitted to the courts for investigation " — a method of treating the difficulty which the Superintendent could not induce the complaining parties to adopt, and to which Prof. Guss had him- self frequently challenged them. The minority report says : "The improper conduct charged by the enemies of the Cassville Soldiers' Orphan School is said to have occurred between 1868 and 1872," and that the "witnesses were contradicted or impeached to such an extent, that we believe no jury could convict Prof. Guss of any of the specifications contained in the charges upon their testimony." Referring to reasons given by the majority, they say : " These reasons for the removal of the school are untenable in the light of the testimony taken at Cassville, where scores of witnesses from the immediate neighborhood testified, with but two exceptions from that entire region, that the. rumors* were not believed," and, in fact, in many cases, were not heard of prior to the investigation ; " and that they believed the school was well managed and prosperous ; " and, further, they recommend that "the good name and welfare of these unfortunate orphans demand that the school should remain where it now is." Justice to the noble band of boys and girls who were pupils at this institution impels us, before closing this sketch, to say that, in all human probability, had not their Principal become a candidate for political preferment, their school would have escaped the calum- nies heaped upon it, and continued in successful operation until the present time. CASSVILLE SCHOOL. 289 The following are some of the names of the persons officially con- nected with the institution while it was in operation. Mr. Samuel W. Heaton, " A. H. Weidrnan, " W.L.Owen, " E. C. Stewart, Prof. A. Lenk, Mr. Lewis A. Hamey, Miss Mary A. Doyle, " A. L. Simington, " Idella C. Green, " Julia A. Gault, Teachers. Mr. Jas. M. Wilson, " Wm. Lytle, " J. C. Clarkson, " D. H. Shultz, " M. M. Horton, Miss C. A. Phillips, " E. W. Stein, " Mattie Collins, " Maggie L. Hart, " Hattie A. Wayne, " Ada Love, Physicians. Mr. Josiah H. Glenn, " A. B. Taylor, " Geo. Sj Eea, " Jas. G. Corbin, " Wm. C. Eeem, Miss S. Belle Clarkson, " Emma J. Hall, " Lizzie L. Cooper, " E. Alice Gehrett, " Mary A. Hawker. A. P. Fields, M. D., Isaac Guss, M. D., W. A. Hinchman, M. D., A. J. Hamilton, M. D. Male Attendants. Capt. Harry F. Spicer, Capt. Geo. W. Guss, Mr. John H. Clark, Mr. Zane B. Taylor. Sick Nurse. Mrs. E. C. McManama. Sewing Superintendents. Mrs. Mary C. McCauley, Miss Mattie B. Arey, Miss Mattie S Gehrett. Farmers. Mr. Michael Brannan, Mr. A. J. Henderson. Teamsters. Mr. Chas. Marshall, Mr. Silas Prough, Mr. A. J. Forshey. Butchers. Mr. B. Fink, Mr. T. T. Houck. 19 290 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, 03 M Married. Laborer. Farming for his mother. 5 Working in R.R. shops t @ $1.00 per day. U. S. Cav., Camp Laffly, Ind. Ter. ■1 In a book agency. Good I wages. Going to school. Going to school. Laborer. 5 Married. Marble-cutter { and dealer. 5 Learning marble-cut- l ting with brother. J Working at $13.00 per I month. Working at $1.50 $ day. 'Drowned July 5, 1873, aged 13 yrs. 7 mo.18 dys. Buried at Smith's Mills. Now farming (§j $20 ^ month. Intends learn- ing carpenter trade. ' Married to Miss Linnie Houck. In charge of a 6 J Mail-carrier at $10.30 I per month. Can. Learn'g tinn'g trade Machinist. J Attending Select School I at Cassville. Farming. Lumbering. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. \ < I E < I < < an . Six Mile Run. Petersburg. wallaceton. Wallaceton. Smith's Mills... Smith's Mills. Smith's Mills... Lamar. Lamar. Plattville. Smith's Mills... Lumber City. Fivnkstown. Barre Forge. Frankstown. McConnellstown. Filmore. Wyoming, 111 ... Beech Creek. Beech Creek. Wilmore. Thorold,Ontario, Wilmore. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Pittsburgh. Glen Hope. Wilmore. Altoona. Williamsport.... 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E = > c Is i > B ■f i •- 1 1 -- > >1 S 8z — t « c zj B IS < > zz ■« E ■< S life SooSe - to 1 298 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. v»; is to i -s j= ~ ■- u ^ ~ ■- ■- •- (3).S u ^ •- «v &■£ a « * .2 .S 03 .2 .2 .2 _•« -g= * Sg o is S is Is® 1 * S°' s ®£'*i3 ^-,-Si=oS Z& I:J}ll^iliiillllIl iii|!.2:iiiiiii n 7jiss 3 O GO W OO^3C^SQ02QEfcZZo2fa3ZZ^fc^C^^fe"«>-5"Q | -5 , -52;'-s'-3 | -=03- 1 1 ^ S g S5 - -- a ssboq ?g22£2; ffiWMS'iM^^Qt/nn^CaJh^yj^SMZ^Gcy.^ZKKSSS^^^^ «3 O 2 O = «'- 3 S 5"°' Q.O.O O jH - § S"S *~"° °"~ 3 ° =•- bi "" "' ^ '5 — 02 iT «r- I 2 ■< a fe sf » » » 3 S § * &• g 8 8 8 8 S ! 3S5 03 » s s" I MMoattOQE- ME-f^H^O^^fe^^t^fSEsiis^^^^iS^SSbpsV^ SOLDIERS' ORPHAN HOME. HE Soldiers' Orphan Home in Pittsburgh was incorpo- rated in April, 1864, and organized in May of the same year by the election of the following officers, viz. : President, Chas. Knapp. Vice-President, James P. Barr. Treasurer, George W. Cass. Secretary, James M. Gallagher. The Board of Managers was composed of the following gentle- men, viz. : Chas. Knapp, C. W. Bicketson, Win. H. McGee, John D. Scully, Thos. A. Scott, Geo. W. Cass, Joshua Rhodes, James McCabe, Wm. H. Smith, James P. Barr, R. J. Grace. The Home was opened on the 1st of December, 1864, in a large building on the corner of Pride and Bluff Streets, at an annual rental of eight hundred dollars, under charge of Miss Mary Stafford as Matron, which position she filled with great satisfaction for six years, devoting her earnest efforts in behalf of soldiers' orphans without compensation. The Home opened with about twenty-five children, which number increased to seventy, entirely supported by private subscription, as the State had at that time made no provision for this class. About twelve thousand five hundred dollars had been subscribed by the following gentlemen, viz. : 300 soldiers' orphan home, 301 Thps. A. Scott, Wm. J. Kountz, Chas. Knapp, Geo. W. Cass, John H. Shoenberger, Joshua Rhodes, Isaac Jones, Samuel McKee, Wm. H. Smith, Thomas Moore, John Moorhead, John Dunlap, Andrew Carnegie, Daniel McMeal, James P. Barr, C. W. Eicketson, W. H. Williams, D. H. Stewart, N. J. Bigley, Wm. H. McGee, B. F. Jones, James McCabe, H. H. Collins, Hostetter & Smith, Robert Finney, John Savage. The Home was founded without any encouragement as to the permanent establishment of a general system for the care of soldiers' orphans, and was the first chartered institution distinctively for the purpose in the Uuited States. Children may have been cared for in existing institutions, but there was not, so far as was known, any separate home maintained either by State or individual effort. This fact was thought sufficient to entitle it to a share in the bequest of the late Horatio Ward, of London, who left one hundred thousand dollars to be distributed to asylums or homes established prior to 1865, but Pennsylvania was left out of the awatd. When this State provided for the education and maintenance of soldiers' orphans, the Home was included among the State institu- tions. Yet at no time did the compensation allowed pay the ex- penses, which obliged the Managers to distribute the children among other schools, a few yet remaining in the Industrial School in Phila- delphia. The Home was frequently complimented for its efficiency by Messrs. Burrowes and McFarland while State Superintendents of Soldiers' Orphans, and by Mrs. Hutter, who made frequent mention of the institution in her reports. 302 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. m M < Died Feb. 15, 1870. Married. Deceased. J Married to William I Glassmeyer, Esq. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. . . iiea : . : . . . XI cj* ^ 3 JZ J3 Vi & j; - x= .3 .3 XI .3 ^J ^ fl-^£X3 X3 -C 3233322,3,Ssso3333333;-5 J 533333j: 3: £>."'£xt.3gg^^2-~--^X'-°-3X>X!.oX'3x:3.3.3.3.3X}ra p . .° X E^K£Eao^t.SKjE£ESEESowiBSSESS&iawEt New Castle. New Castle. New Castle. Loretto. Bellefonte. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Birmingham. . .. Birmingham. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. w M © in P m fifi a Q E-l . •<5 03 O 3 9 a m O W H % H so «j Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Jan. 8, 1867 i-z ooo OS rt >-!l-J 00 000 000 S.Q.O. p. a3 Ph 02 6 B H K H a © •S3 pi St. Vincent's St. Vincent's St. John's O A St. Paul's O A St. Paul's O A St. Paul's O A St. Paul's O A St. Vincent's m OOO "5 "3 3 « a o p.p> mm 00 mm smsz mmm =333 XI XI XI mmm 3 3 3 XI m 3 XI 02 3 «a H O a « > a Sot ^3 a a Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 19, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 11, 1S69 Nov. 20, 1865 July 28, 1865 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 26, 1865 Sept. 26, 1865 Oct. 10, 1865 Oct. 10, 1865 Oct. 21, 1867 Sept. 14, 1S69 Sept. 5, 1865 Sept. 5, 1865 Sept. 25, 1865 Jan. 12, 1865 July 16, 1866 July 16, 1866 Nov. 25, 1866 Nov. 17, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 20, 1865 Sept. 20, 1865 Sept. 20, 1865 Sept. — , 1866 June 1, 1867 Nov. 20, 1869 Nov. 25, 1866 Nov. 25, 1866 July 28, 1865 July 28, 1865 Aug. 17, 1866 Aug. 17, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Oct. 21, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Nov. 20, 1865 Nov. 20, 1865 Nov. 20, 1865 July 28, 1865 Oct. 10, 1865 Oct. 10, 1865 Sept. 26, 1865 Sept. 26, 1865 Sept. 26, 1805 o x B « P 3 May 12, 1862 Apr. 12, 1861 July 11, 1858 Feb. 7, 1859 Feb. 1, 1861 Sept. 5, 1859 Apr. 8, 1856 Sept. 10, 1855 Mar. 9, 1857 Nov. 26, 1859 Apr. 18, 1862 Feb. 15, 1862 Nov. 7, 1855 Jan. 12, 1856 Oct. 19, 1858 June 5, 1855 Nov. 6, 1861 Sept. 6, 1858 July 2, 1859 Nov. 1, 1856 Aug. 22, 1862 Apr. 22, 1856 Jan. 10, 1860 Jan. 14, 1854 Aug. 6, 1855 May 19, 1860 Sept. 22, 1857 Mar. 15, 1860 Oct. 20. 1857 Apr. 2, 1856 Aug. 4, 1856 Jan. 15, 1854 Oct. 29, 1858 May 5, 1856 Feb. 24. 1861 Jan. 27. 1854 Aug. 22, 1856 Feb. 27, 1855 Apr. 26, 1856 Feb. 1, 1858 Oct. 3, 1856 Feb. 27, 1856 Jan. 24, 1854 June 15, 1851 Aug. 3, 1853 Oct. 1, 1857 5 P 4 c 3 i t | - J -_ E ■- \ ■E h r_ '- i 1 -'- 0. 1 Z 1 - ■ i - | i i c P E c i \ I z I p 1 DC -J .X ■z p j a 'x c p -a d E i P X i ■Z E- E 'i 'I P i i 5 E : i~ X •J 1- i; > P < 1 y E- < c s 1 E- [ > 0. r x > ^0 c L E 1 >- 1 PS c 1 J a < 'x 1 is < - a 'I s e [ Is 4 O | •5 ■< SOLDIERS' ORPHAN HOME, PITTSBURGH. 303 ►a 2 & .2 a .CCC .3 .O s* be to to to toa — « 3 a = «! , .ceo js a» a fl d : ■/ '. 'f ■' / r w « « » " t, S " 2 S — ts 3>=;^3 3?;j=r--w-S^^^ # ^ t ea ( 7i c. o, torn a o o o a. Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 o © © © a. a. a. c — ( < < , Q.O. << Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr. 15, 1870 Apr- 15, 1870 -5 3 -a Indus'l School Indus'l School St. Paul's O A St. Paul's O A St. Paul's A St. Paul's A St. Paul's A ludus'l School Indus'l School ludus'l School Indus'l School ludus'l School Indus'l School ludus'l School Indus'l School Indus'l School Indus'l School St. Paul's O H St. Paul's O H - I = r-gi? utCaM^^^x.-^Mj:^. £ 2.^' - -J 6 J -S SB.- i2 a aio ■< cos g }_ *"" ^* .a -o ^- .c*-r;rij--rt :3 Tr3rt,3-^^^ t *~ c ^t-' PHILLIPSBTOGH SCHOOL. HIS institution was purchased December, 1865, exclusively for a soldiers' orphan school, and was organized as such in March, 1866, under the principalship of Rev. W. G. Taylor, D.D., under whose able supervision it has re- mained till the present time. Phillipsburgh, where the school is located, is across the Ohio River from Rochester, which latter place is a town of considerable business importance on the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway. A steam-ferry plies between the two places. The post-office is Water-cure. The original buildings were used for a Water-cure, and afterwards for a Pleasure resort, for a number of years. The time was when this place had considerable notoriety in and about Pittsburgh. When Dr. Taylor took possession, he at once began to repair and remodel the house, that it might be made suitable for a soldiers' orphan school. A lessee occupied a part of the property till the 1st of April, which retarded the work, and was a source of great inconvenience. But as occasion required and opportunity offered, very important addi- tions were made. In 1870 a new dwelling was erected and furnished, and dedicated February 18, 1872. This building is large, well arranged, and every part well adapted to the use designed. This was followed by another structure, containing a large, well-lighted school-room, a large sitting-room for boys, and a neat and handsomely furnished chapel, which was followed by two bath-rooms and wash- rooms for boys and girls, a work-shop, a farm-house, and a store- house, all of which were completed in 1873. A farm of forty-one acres was purchased soon after the school opened. In 1870 the farm and garden lands were increased to one hundred acres, and in 1873 these were again increased to two hundred and ten acres, with fine 304 PHILLIPSBUEGH SCHOOL. 305 orchards of two hundred and fifty fruit-trees, three barns, and stables for ten horses and twenty cows, and four farm dwellings. The cost of this property, together with the furnishing and equipping of the school buildings, Dr. Taylor estimates at $48,000. The first orphan was admitted into this school March 3, 1866. During the following spring and summer the number of pupils reached eighty-three. The school was largely increased by transfers from North Sewickley and the Homes in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, in the following October, making the number one hundred and eighty-eight. But this number was soon greatly reduced by transfers to Titusville, where a new school had been opened, and the children whose mothers resided in the north-western part of the State were naturally sent there. Quite a number of transfers were also made to Dayton and Uniontown schools, which had been opened since this school was established. These transfers left the school much reduced in numbers, in which condition it remained for some time, its average being for several years about one hundred and forty. This small number greatly diminished the income of the school, and had not Dr. Taylor given his undivided attention to its management, and had he not been ably assisted by his estimable wife, two daughters, and son, the finances of the institution would have been taxed to the ut- most capacity. On the 4th of July, 1866, Phillipsburgh joined with other soldiers' orphan schools in the excursion to Philadelphia, to witness the formal return of the battle-flags, borne in the late war, to the State authorities. Of this interesting occasion, Dr. Taylor, reports : " We took our ninety scholars there and back without a single act of known disobedience. The boys were entertained at the Soldiers' Home, and slept in a large room with four hundred boys, most of whom felt the excitement of the surroundings ; but these boys marched in according to orders ; in silence took off their shoes, jackets, and caps, and lay down quietly and in the most perfect order, to the astonishment of many lookers on. The girls were handsomely en- tertained at the Episcopal Church Home. The boys and girls par- ticipated in the pleasure of seeing the battle-flags under which their fathers had fought." When his school first opened, Dr. Taylor found it exceedingly difficult to get a full corps of trained teachers qualified for, and adapted to, and interested in the work. The duties to be performed in a soldiers' orphan school are unlike those of any other school, and 20 306 PENNA. SOLDIERS* ORPHAN SCHOOLS. special gifts and experience are required for this specialty. Hence it is not strange that at first he failed to secure those who gave entire satisfaction. But, not easily discouraged, Dr. Taylor acted upon the motto, " Try, try again," till at length he obtained, and for the last five years has had, an able and successful corps of teachers. The annual examinations have repeatedly demonstrated to many visitors the remarkable degree of progress made by the orphans. Those who attended Normal Schools after leaving Phillipsburgh, have acquitted themselves with credit, and are now, with few exceptions, successful teachers. In regard to the educational standing of this school, Dr. Taylor makes the following statement: "We have four extra grades, and some orphans have finished twelve grades with high standing. We have teachers for both vocal and instrumental music, and a department of art. For the last four years the average progress per annum has been a grade and a half, and the average standing ninety-three on examination." Special pains are taken to train the children morally and religiously. Two services are held every Sabbath in the chapel, and daily morn- ing and evening family worship is observed. There are also stated times for reading the Bible and religious books and papers ; daily instruction in regard to duty is imparted, and much attention is given to the correction of bad and the formation of good habits. The children are taught that success in any undertaking cannot be had without labor; and that labor in any lawful calling is honorable, while idleness is degrading and disgraceful. Great care is therefore taken to teach the orphans all kinds of work possible. The girls learn in classes to do chamber-work, to cook, bake, wash, iron, besides being instructed in the sewing-room by a competent teacher; the boys are instructed in the work of the farm and garden, learn how to take care of stock, do the out-door work about the institution, and the use of tools. The physical laws of health are explained, and their observance enforced. " Every child," Dr. Taylor says, " discharged at sixteen years of age, has been in perfect health." A large majority of the pupils leaving at sixteen years of age are doing well, and are an honor to their fathers, a credit to the school, and industrious and useful citizens of the great State that so nobly nurtured them while in the plastic years of youth. The following is a list of persons who have been officially connected with the school since its organization, viz. : PHILLIPSBURGH SCHOOL. 307 Principal. Rev. W. G. Taylor, D. D. Assistant Principal. Mrs. C. T. Taylor. Physicians. D. McKinney, M. D., D. S. Marquis, M. D. Teachers. Mr. A. G. Thome, " D. McAllister, " J.S.Steele, Miss Lizzie Dever, " Lizzie Rollings, Mr. R. F. Thompson, " J. N. Biers, Miss M. M. Taylor, " Loretta Reynolds, " E. S. Taylor, Prof. S. M. Piersol, " J. M. Phillis, Miss M. M. Chambers, " C. E. Taylor, " M. E. Kroesen. Superintendents of Boys. Mr. J. Neel, I Mr. P. Aulshouse, I Mr. Wm. P. Badders, " P. Bromwell, I " Henry Turner, | " E. H. Crandall. Matrons. Miss N. W. Thompson, Miss Minnie Cole. Miss Mary Chambers, " Ella Mann, Sewing Superintendents. Mr. J. Braun, tailor, I Miss M. McLaren, Mrs. L. L. Brown, | Mrs. M. J. McGinniss. Superintendents of Kitchen. Mrs. M. J. Hoyt, I Miss Eunice Brown, I Mrs. L. Turner, Miss S. Fenstermacher, | " Julia Eckles, " A. M. English. Laundry. Nurse. Miss Christiana Frank, Mrs. C. Lloyd. Mrs. Mary Eckles. Superintendents of Children. Miss Rachel Wilson, Miss Sue Work, Miss Ada Grandy. General Care-taker. Mr. James W. Taylor. Farmers and Gardeners. Mr. Benjamin Strite, I Mr. John Hughes, I Mr. A. Yount, " Jas. Smith, | " Wm. Kaler, " Joseph Garrett Shoemakers. Butcher. Mr. C. Pfancuch, Mr. A. Blott. Mr. C. Erbeck. 308 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. a P \ % \ •< Married. Carpenter, I earning $58.50 $ mo. Cigar-maker. Telegraphing. (Farming; wages, one- { third of the crop. Farming, @ $20 $ mo. Married. Farming. Telegraphing, $60 $ mo. 5 Carriage-maker, $65 $ I month. Engineer, $60 f) mo. Learning a trade. Farming. Marble-cuttlng,$22 ^ mo. Learning a trade. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. i. rf gf ew Salem, ew Castle, ew Castle, llegheny City., ew Bedford, ew Wilmingt'n. rrsville. (A - c * d § ° i ° 2 i onesta. onesta. legheny City. . ttsburgh. arlansburg. irubgrass. rownsdale. ew Castle. anorville. auorville. anorville. ew Castle, ew Castle. . Versailles. . Versailles. ti) tuo ^ 3 3 M ^MOf5»S5-<^550w-J3a3 2 lis •3 6 -i a! N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley ^■3 >. . . Mercer E. C. Home E. C. Home P.&A.O. Asy. P.&A.O. Asy. Cassville P.&A.O. Asy. P.&A.O. Asy. Titiisville Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 3, 1866 May 8, 1866 May 16, 1866 Aug. 3, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 June 1, 1867 Oct. 30, 1866 June 1, 1867 May 14, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 1, 1871 June 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 May 21, 1866 May 30, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Nov. 21, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Dec. 1, 1868 June 5. 1869 June 25, 1869 Nov. 26, 1869 Jan. 25, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 14, 1870 Sept. 14, 1870 Nov. 22, 1870 Nov. 22, 1870 Dec. 30, 1870 Jan. 31, 1871 June 24, 1871 June 24, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 14, 1871 Sept. 14, 1871 Nov. 13, 1872 June 15, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 May 7, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 o g July 15, 1851 Apr. 27, 1855 Mar. 4, 1851 Oct. 7, 1853 Apr. 15, 1856 Sept. 27, 1853 Sept. 26, 1853 Jan. 29, 1855 Jan. 6, 1854 Jan. 22, 1861 Mar. 28, 1858 Sept. 15, 1862 Aug. 2, 1867 Sept. 18, 1856 Mar. 12, 1853 Sept. 22, 1857 July 20, 1856 Sept. 26, 1853 Nov. 9, 1852 May 24, 1855 Aug. 26, 1856 Feb. 19, 1855 May 5, 1859 Nov. 19, 1859 Apr. 29, 1863 July 8, 1860 June 12, 1859 May 14, 1859 June 3, 1860 Nov. 18, 1855 Apr. 14, 1859 Aug. 12, 1861 Sept. 11, 1859 Aug. 19, 1859 July 22, 1861 Mar. 27, 1857 July 14, 1859 Nov. 19, 1861 Oct. 10, 1860 Apr. 17, 1863 May 2, 1860 Feb. 7, 1860 Aug. 8, 1861 Nov. 16. 1860 Jan. 4, 1859 Apr. 20, 1858 May 12, 1862 Dec. 29, 1864 Aug. 24, 1859 (i < iz 5 i- h a p 5 J 3 3 H 3 4 X c I < ■i ■z z B J < .1 << c < 1 i < >- 1 < J tl £ £ J < j I | c ► I p 0. 1 c P [ "£ >^ P X s ■j | c p £ « j IX K c J: s 1 p: c c 5 e ■ < c = \ PC 1 C i | = B «3 = QPh^ 3 3 = ESS = B 1- 3 X a C B c ■i B si 03 CC 1 < PC I ■33 to - PHILLIPSBURGH SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 309 a a Ilia 1 - .3 ■ a ®>oo.5 « S Sa-s|»;;i.3f|* . £. •Swuo s i* fe g'S -S- Wii^j £* 5 jji2 | a °- 5 is*?* fcse .j6522sg'isi3i|ilil?3*3fegtii ,s ili Hill ilills ttZ_b 1. :««ga «|s^ & «ft , gg| , 8ftlpS £'■£!••£ —-i'S 1 -?! k ■ e5 ^ 1* aJIsl » «"«£»« • 1 (-• c« g b ^ .j.**!? ^a a&'a5s- =3- a BBS^4ga. i« g a i| s §« j ags a 6 * i|j as 2W^Ss8 •^ ta g — a, ma k " o«a ca,s°n ■ • • -*?«»-"«*;-. 5! s« g\^ SS^a^s?*™ g- loi« |'= o BSIgsg S.gt* I §5 §5 a I = g S|*lS".£*i I fe - = £ §= Si §<"b4 s J £ g | S= S 8 a 4 £•§„.-,.- ..-,£ BBBBBBOOISO&OODOOOCufoOOOOOOOOUOUBBOOOOOOQOQCQOOeOfifiHISSSa 310 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M < H P5 Died Jan. 22, 1872. Attending school. Brickmaker. Died in '73. Farming. Farming. Farming. Wagon-maker; $60$ mo. (Lime business; $50 $) ( month. Farming. Married. Farming. J Apprenticed to tln- t smithing. J Railroading, @ $50 $ I month. Married. Farming. Wagon-maker; $50$ mo. Post Office Address when at Home. 35 •SJS = S sit ocoSscoa Rochester. Harthagjg Orrsville. Harmonsburg. Coultersville. Monroeville. Homewood. Johnstown. Johnstown. Big Bend. Pittsburgh. Industry. Industry. Industry. Rock Point. Balm. Balm. Petersburg. Tarentum. Liverpool. Altoona. Blairsville. Blairsville. Orrsville. Orrsville. Orrsville. Smith's Ferry. Braddoek's Fiel's Braddoek's Fiel's Shippenville. H « a o OQ ft u o w EH <1 ft « H P M O o 1 a 72 o Q go on < «< -< ao.a EH . 1 ►3 ■<■"! o t> O.J3 w b « O H £ S S K fi « OOoQ BO d CO P3 W EH d H « w a 3 3 ti, ehSo £.3 3 fiSe 5 « a w o a « CO CMS*' a 02 CO SsSa ooS P.&A.O.Asy. P.&A.O. Asy. N. Sewickley N. Sewickley P.&A.O. Asy. P.&A.O. Asy. a p P '? '> '> 3 3 3 3 EH •5 a Date of Admission on Order or BY Transfer. Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Nov. 22, 1870 Nov. 22, 1870 Nov. 22, 1871 Nov. 22, 1871 Jan. 7, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Mar. 6, 1866 Mar. 27, 1866 Apr. 13, 1866 Apr. 13, 1866 Apr. 13, 1866 May 16, 1866 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 May 7, 1874 May 7, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 Apr. 1, 1875 May 4, 1866 May 4, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 June 1, 1867 Sept. 15, 1869 Sept. 15, 1869 Nov. 3, 1869 Dec. 28, 1869 Dec. 28, 1869 Jan. 20. 1870 Oct. 27, 1870 Jan. 24, 1871 Jan. 24, 1871 Jan. 24, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 26, 1871 Nov. 23, 1871 Nov. 23, 1871 Nov. 23, 1871 Jan. 11, 1873 Mar. 29, 1873 June 1, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 Apr. 10, 1867 Sept. 1, 1868 Date of Birth. Soso<;i|<^iS-<-«;-«;oo>?fcOHfe'?-5S'4oc[KS5°'i?izias | 6 i \ 7 | c j € 3 | % a 6 | E- u c •g a i c t a t '1 X a- < > a 6. E P a 1 = B a m E- c a w* aaa 5 s a a H •: I a | I a B a a 1 E a i | a 1 •- a a 1 E- E h a 3 a PHILLIPSBURGH SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 311 Farming, ® $20 ft mo. Glass-works, ® $36 ft mo. Dairying, ® $12 ft mo. On river, @ $60 ft mo. 5 Blacksniithing, @ $80 t ft month. Iron-cutter, $16 ft mo. J Learning trade, @ $20 i ft month. Learning a trade. ( On a farm in Beaver I co., Pa. Painter. C Married. Mining, ® I $60 ft month. J Married. Telegraphing, ) <>< $60 ft month. Mining, $5U $1 month. Cutlery works, $30 ft mo. Tinner, $50 ft month. Printing, $60 ft month. Practising law. Practising law. < Legonier. Legonier. Brady's Bend. Indiana. Brady's Bend. Allegheny. Callensburg. Callensburg. Reidsburg. Reidsburg. Castle Shannon. Buchanan. Buchanan. Natrona. Natrona. Penu Station. Holt Indiana. Pittsburgh. Martin's Ferry., Slipper; Rock. Glade Mills. Utica. Utica. Martin's Ferry.. Martin's Ferry. Pittsburgh Big Run. Anderson'sMills. Anderson's Mills. Brownsville. Brownsville. Karnes City. Hookstown. Pittsburgh Wtlkinsburg. F.akin Coal Valley. Allegheny. New Brighton... Pittsburgh. Beaver Falls. Beaver Falls Shenango. Falston. New Castle. Pluramer. Apr. 18, 1873 Apr. 18, 1873 Dec. 27, 1875 Apr. 18, 1873 May 26, 1868 is 3 3 q ; ►a £ d a - d 3 Eg o • 3 o =" •CtcS — a o a o > : : a : > >> © • >3 • c 5 E 10 55-s : ;ooo"o ■ jooco < a a Q a a 5 • • a a a a ; > 3 a i_ =. U o a 3 C O) S a \ \ < 6 ■i ■>, 66 •3 .S3 111* • ? * a • CO 03 .2 |S5ZP N. Sewickley N. Sewickley E. C. Home N. Sewickley Uuioutown Unioutown E. C. Home PS >. t-. x < < < 666 ->■-<< ill a,'z'z N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley Sept. 15, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Oct. 11, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 8. 1871 Sept. IS, 1866 Mar. 27, 1866 May 1, 1866 Mav 1, 1866 May 1, 1866 May 1, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Feb. 19, 1868 Feb. 19, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 13, 1873 Nov. 6, 1874 Mar. 9, 1868 Oct. 29, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30. 1866 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 25, 1867 June 1, 1867 Junel, 1867 Sept. 8, 1871 June 1, 1867 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Dec. 1, 1871 Feb. 6, 1872 Dec. 1, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 Apr. 5, 1866 Mar. 6, 1866 Mar. 6, 1866 May 24, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 4, 1866 Sept. 4, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Sept. 12. 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Dec. 1. 1866 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Junel, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 2, 1857 Mar. 6, 1855 Aug. 24, 1863 Nov. 22, 1857 Sept. 29, 1862 Nov. 17, 18:58 Oct. 12, 1853 June 15, 1855 May 12, 1852 Mliy 5, 1856 Oct. 24, 1856 Dec. 29, 1854 July 1, 1856 May 7, 1854 Feb. 4, 1855 Oct. 11, 1H60 Feb. 1 , 1863 July 13, I860 Mar. 30, 1853 Sept. 27. 1858 Oct. 2, 1854 Sept. 6, 1856 May 17, 1856 Mar. 9, 1856 Oct. 1, 1853 July 5, 1855 Apr. 13. 1857 Sept. 14. 1857 Dec. 30. 1858 Apr. 8. 1861 Dec. 10. 1858 Oct. 13. 1860 Sept. 23, 1856 June 10, 1860 Aug. 7, 1862 Apr. 14, 1854 June 12, 1850 Apr. 27. 1855 Aug. 20, 1857 Nov. 30, 18.53 Mar. 30, 1853 June 1, 1855 Nov. 26, 1856 Aug. 29, 1859 Jan. 8, 1857 June 19, 1856 Feb. 13, 1857 Nov. 13, 1851 May 21, 1855 Mav 9, 1856 Mar. 21. 1857 Apr. 22. 1853 Dec. 18, 1857 May 18. 1853 Nov. 8. 1851 July 17, 1856 -E < I 1 -5 £T 2 S = ;: 3 * £ E lit of C ^ -.3 w3u £ < '1 E < 3 - 3 E £ £ £ £ ■x = £ i. ■2. < g % - .-3 - r -> »'= E 3 3 1 ■f. 3 fa >-. _: £ E 3 Q s £ i -: O £ .£ = 5 3 S 3 £ 5 £ S t s 5 1 1 -= i llll d 1 ^ EH 3 3 1 7 Eei H 3 £ 5 s d a 312 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO Conductor, $55 $ mo. J Learning to be a ma- } chinist, $25 $1 month. Marble-cutter,$33 per mo. C Learning to be a'ma- 1 chinist, $22 per mo. Farming. Working, $33 $ month. C Learning to be a ma- ; obinist, $25 %< month. On river. Teaming, $45 $ month. Learning trade, $20 $1 mo. In store, $30 f) month. Farming, auqua co., N. Y. Post Office Address when at Home. Saegertown. Allegheny. Hillsboro'. New Brighton. West Lebanon. Beaver Falls.... Mill Wood. Mill Wood. New Brighton. Bolivar. Glade Mills. Allegheny. West Lebanon. Allegheny. Allegheny. West Elizabeth . West Elizabeth. Linesville. Temperanceville. Temperauceville. Brady's Bend. New Castle. Allegheny. Allegheny. Phillips' Mills. Phillips' Mills. Plumville. Leatherwood. Leatherwood. Lamertine. Wolf Creek. Sharpsburg. New Castle. Wolf Creek. Washington. Washington. Sarversville. Sherman, Chant Pittsville. 03 w « a o S En O « ■4 ft H H B M O O ; ■ i : : : a ■ • • • • -r^o" • • : : : o a : : : : l ^ : : i 3 : : * ;>-3 ; ; ; 5. : : < ; ; '• .o H . O < '• ■ -H~ ■' © Jan. 12, 1872 Jan. 10, 1875 Feb. 9, 1876 Aug. 10, 1874 Feb. 18, 1874 ' I CO • ■ ;o : H | Jl§ ; : l lo : ■ • ;b ■ :* : t» ^1 fl O H el p « il : Im : : ifi : : Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 CO « fa CO o H H M H a : : s : : : * : : : & : • * 3 | • Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton 5 • jna ■ « M xnai 55 fc i if : : :» : : :° : : :M : : 'M : i :.S^| | : : i \ 6 -i 6 . 1 : :< £<; : : i- 5 ?™^ : :m : o : a, : oq Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. June I, 1867 June 1, 1867 Dec. 1, 1868 Jan. 4, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Feb. 16 1870 Dec. 7, 1870 Oct. 17, 1870 Dec. 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Dec. 29, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 Nov. 15, 1872 hept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Mar. 1, 1874 Nov. 26, 1874 Apr. 1, 1875 Apr. 1, 1875 Sept. 5, 1866 Sept. 5, 1866 June 1, 1867 Dec. 7, 1870 Dec. 7, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 30, 1866 Sept. 15, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Mar. 5, 1866 Mar. 5, 1866 Mar. 7, 1866 Mar. 7, 1866 Mar. 7, 1866 May 24, 1866 May 25, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 24, 1866 Jan. 11, 1867 June 1, 1867 Aug. 26, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Jan. 2, 1871 Jan. 2, 1871 Dec. 1, 1874 Deo. 1, 1874 & . o a S".-'2~ t -i3>o» ^S COS — § o o £"= o m ~ -* !-o„_,nira„ £ r- to co _, — SgSgSgm£§g"gs™3S"oo - ° ,< '°°»°Sli5 1 ' < iz 5c P- 3 fe i .d a* B<'^ : -»ir MS % aaas McCurdy, William B. McDaniels, David J. McMasters, James A. Meekins, D. Aquilla McMasters, Archibald McCune, Casmar A. Marquis, Ed. M. McMasters, Joseph McCune, Harry R. Maynard, George Morris, Andrew K. McCurdv, Harrv B. Nolder, William Nichols, Franklin Nesbit, James O. Nesbit, George B. McC. >-5 56bc la a Phillips, Svlvester T. Phillips, Aivin C. Peters, Jacob Porter, George W. ■S 3~ Q & 6 ! a S ■Si hit 1,(1 r II 3® 11 PHILLIPSBURGH SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 313 &5 fc* S 2 >*"^ « ^ - ^ . cs Jf "'■ '- o 5 •a i oooooo accc&P s * SS a ■-.- &-, cart M CO CO Ha CO ZZiBfclZ C t*. X >►, t-, SC-- ~ jj^cococn cuoizz'z ?ggss£Kr:|«s «=<£,«>* C3C-:urjKi(/.a r .KCKiCCC.Sa;!C^CK(!iaoa60iiO' & 6 H U P? P F P P p P P 314 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M w J Admitted from Table I Rock, Nebraska. J Admitted from Table } Rock, Nebraska. Farming, $12 $) month. Married. At home. f Had one year at Edin- < boro' State Normal. ( Now teaching. Clerk in P.O., $10?) mo. Married J. F. Early. Married Frank Baight. Housework, $8 $ month. Teaching, $30 f) month. Dressmaking, $18

> a § § (-.1-. S3 ft'ft 00 02 S5S5 ft ft COCO •5 d ft Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. ;nS3 Nov. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 12, 1872 Dec. 1, 1874 Apr. 12, 1872 Mar. 19, 1874 May 7, 1874 May 7, 1874 Jan. 2, 1867 Oct. 11, 1869 Oct. 10, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 30, 1866 Juue 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1873 May 14, 1869 Oct. 1, 1870 Oct. 1, 1871 Nov. 4, 1872 Apr. 5, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 Apr. 5, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 May 21, 1866 May 21, 1866 Mav 21, 1866 Mav 30, 1866 May 30, 1866 May 30, 1866 May 30, 1866 Sept. 4, 1866 Feb. 3, 1868 Feb. 15, 1870 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Sept. 21, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 June 5, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 14, 1870 Sept. 13, 1870 Nov. 22, 1870 a. a,c Date of Birth. Oct. 20, 1860 Nov. 15, 1859 Oct. 13, 1859 Mar. 25, 1862 Aug. 6, 1860 Jan. 17, 1862 Feb. 26, 1862 June 7, 1863 Nov. 19, 1860 Oct. 3, 1861 Feb. 16, 1860 Nov. 16, 1862 Jau. 31, 1858 Feb. 1, 1860 Aug. 8, 1857 Mav 27, 1859 Apr. 11, 1866 Jan. 20, 1852 June 17, 1851 Dec. 20, 1861 Oct. 5, 1858 Dec. 15, 1859 Mar. 10, 1862 Feb. 14, 1862 Aug. 20, 1855 Jan. 9, 1854 Feb. 10, 1854 Feb. 17, 1852 Feb. 21, 1851 Mar. 20, 1853 Aug. 28, 1854 May 16, 1851 Feb. 18, 1856 Apr. 27, 1853 Nov. 10, 1854 June 5, 1857 Jan. 27, 1859 Aug. 22, 1861 Dec. 26, 1855 Oct. 28, 1854 Mar. 26, 1853 Sept. 30, 1858 Jan. 30, 1857 May 27, 1861 Oct. 26, 1861 June 28, 1861 Oct. 19, 1860 1 < it H o. 1= p. a % X is ft > X > is a I"! J* a is | > O 5 1 a % c a i a. a \ % •> 2 a 1 I* X >-> c |S ft n c > X t 09 a a .a a* a a i — 3 s << a X 5 < < el E | < a "5 a K ft pa >>> 3 3 aca i'i a a as 5 5. ^ a =: 3J£(5 a X 5 B a < d X 3 d >> PS hi a 5 6 3 PHILLIPSBURGH SOLDIEES' OEPHAN SCHOOL. 315 a 2 - S: : K sJ V <".S -n a .... IB . ^ia g W a> ~ - X a rt —. S ■: u m ^, » s s S 5 «-<■ IS* **2 ■2* aO-^ssaas — se~p= j 3„-» S3 so; ^3 is 2 H- M~ »S-S-te= ! 22-££ qq.~ " ■-.Z-V.Y. ill ,00 00 S S Ec EC CC GO KIM z'z'z'z c-.c-,c^>,k s 's 'E jc e ZZZz'z ri ** '- , _: _r - -^^".^-j— - -^ ^ ^ ^j — <-i ^h ^- l; _3 w ^ - ~ 23 « -zi^ta^ic^ - -^ - ' h _ _ jo m m -* -* r: zr, ^l. -* — * hw«i3Qaaaffit/ia:^T^oooczzhi-s^^fc i MK' : }Z^ms<:cca^bOCccoo f n-)Kff:K^aT^' : i, t; c;.o >j o , "V- -1 - - -!;^^-.2c£ - w - :.5 -S3 . - - . - . .-g | ,.-£•<» 3,2,2 => a - a -£ 5 siir'* 01 **! "*. S§3 3 J n S = S ?■»» IjjSassL-jjjjS'SjSSIcoS 3 £ > o°°!t»ci9S S^ "! 5 •^'-•^'-.2 316 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M < 8 With her aunt. Doing housework. Married R. P. Duunim. Tailoring, $40 $ month. J Learning tailoring, $12 \ $ month. Married. Housework, $8 $ month. ga co., Ohio. With her mother. f Had one term at S. N. S. < Since married Lewis ( Amon. Married. Housework, $8 $ month. t Attending Edinboro' S. \ N. S. Attending S. N. S. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Springdale. Philadelphia Plum. Blanket Hill.... Sprenkle's Mills. New Brighton. Gallitzen. Gallitzen. Pittsburgh. Kossuth. ~. '. s : : ; ; » » » : tij.o. .... i : ■ :. .fefei. ; S^J3J3 = t3t313 . P . ,n£s3A O v \%® • **> J qj a . m -?> . w x: x: i> SagsaSfcS&rSggaass . . ,? s £ ,5 s '■ *3>Moos5{i a £ g^o .g g E Z o > » « pq o jo a jd £ £f> g -g O g . « p 5 ™ « r> -e a x> E 3 «^feEEHEKaE>?E5EKSEQda3£z3MPHE*MMMiae;EEKj to H CS W ■4 a o CO Q o a H o : Date of Transfers fi o"o" T-5 © o © O 02 W H CO S3 >_ coco a & O H O a « § a o H 3 5? 3 02 S5 i 01 ■i, " » 2 2 coco ■4 ■18 h '■ Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Dec. 30, 1869 Oct. 1, 1870 Dec. 1, 1874 Oct. 20, 1869 Sept. 10, 1870 Nov. 22, 1871 Feb. 21, 1873 Sept. 18, 1875 Sept. 18, 1875 June 1, 1867 Mar. 6, 1866 Mar. 16, 1866 June 1, 1867 Mar. 16, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 June 1, 1867 Aug. 31, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 May 7, 1874 May 7, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 Mar. 27, 1875 Apr. 1, 1875 Apr. 1, 1875 Apr. 1, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 8, 1866 Jan. 20, 1870 Oct. 30, 1866 June 1, 1867 Jan. 20, 1875 Sept. 15, 1869 Nov. 3, 1869 Mar. 1, 1870 Oct. 5, 1870 May 3, 1871 Mar. 29, 1873 Mar. 18, 1875 June 1, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 out Hg ft m June 11, 1862 Sept. 27, 1851 Nov. 1, 1863 Oct. 15, 1854 Sept. 11, 1856 Oct. 24, 1862 Sept. 18, 1859 Nov. 18, 1860 Jan. 2, 1863 Mar. 26. 1853 July 19, 1854 Mar. 17, 1855 May 30, 1857 Mar. 6, 1858 May 12, 1853 Feb. 22, 1855 Dec. 7, 1857 Nov. 23, 1859 Oct. 12, 1857 May 9, 1860 Mar. 10, 1864 Feb. 12, 1862 Sept. 16, 1858 Aug. 31, 1860 Aug. 31, 1860 Feb. 14, 1862 Mar. 3, 1860 July 9, 1865 Jan. 9, 1869 Jan. 12, 1873 July 14, 1861 Aug. 30, 1863 July 4, 1855 July 14, 1861 Sept. 4, 1854 Feb. 28, 1855 Aug. 9, 1858 Feb. 22, 1858 Aug. 5, 1854 Feb. 4. 1862 Dec. 6, I860 June 11, 1859 Apr. 8, 1860 Apr. 13, 1869 May 14, 1866 July 10, 1862 Apr. 30, 1864 Dec. 13, 1858 June 25, 1857 5 c a j - ) H |5 X V t 'i & i i ■- , ■ ! ■J \ fc - 5 - \ 5- < & | i a > i 1 - i- '6 i 'r a < | i •- 'e < e C Pi 1 a ( 5 s c i I c 1 c c r 1 =: •< X X ■« < t ft 1 fc X ft ft 1 1 ft ii ft a > 1 ft X 'i X X c ft X -/ 3 (8 XJ XI ►J PHILLIPSBURGH SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 317 J Married Mr. Cooper. i Resides ia W. Va. Living with her sister. Married F. Shoren. With her mother. Married. Liv'g with grandmother. ( Cutlery works, $25 $ i mouth. With her mother. Married. < Cutlery works, $22 $ < month. ( Attended Edinboro' S. < N. S. Now teaching ( @ $35 $ mo. ■1 Attended Nor. S. one I. year. Now teaching. -J A'tteuded Nor. S. ooe I. year. Now teactiing. Housework, $8 $ month. With her mother. ■e-o as.. am § %\ « oi js s: t Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Allegheny. z - i^ 5^ Allegheny. Allegheny. Utica. Brownsville. Fisher. Allegheny. Allegheny. New Brighton... Hickory. Allegheny. Allegheny. Baltimore, Md. Pittsburgh. New Brighton. New Castle. Plumer. Saegertown. Saegertown. New Brighton.. Allegheny. Hillsboro"'. Jefferson. Glade Mills , Coal Valley. Kittanning. Reaver Falls. .Kittanning. Rouseville. Hope Church. Johnstown. Allegheny. < 00 3> | ri •0)0! 11 3 3 o. tc a £ > SB 3 & a a 3 "3 = 0) 3 3 -5 a£ > o O a i Dec. 7, 1871 Feb. 21, 1872 Nov. 9, 1876 Mar. 23, 1872 z a * : g o 020 o -j) > - ? ■ a : '3 ; 3 a '> "> 'S 3 3 3 3 5 a Casaville Cassville Ho. for F'dless Ho. for F'dless Ho.forFdlesa << 66 3 tnco • ■ < :6 P.& A.O.Asy. N. Sewickley N. Sewickley P.& A.O.Asy. N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley P.& A.O.Asy. p.. d -5 E. C. Home Cassville Cassville P.& A.O.Asy. Sept. 1, 1870 Oct. 11, 1870 May 7, 1874 May 7, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 15, 1869 Oct. 13, 1873 May 7, 1874 Deo. 1, 1874 Oct. 29, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 June 1, 1867 Dec. 1, 1871 Sept. 1 , 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Dec. 1, 1874 Apr. 5, 1866 Mar. 6, 1866 May 24, 1866 Sept. 5, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Sept. 12, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 5, 1866 Oct. 30. 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30. 1836 Apr. 19, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Sept. 1. 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Mar. 31, 1870 Dec. 1. 1870 Sept. 21, 1870 Oct. 4, 1870 Sept. 27, 1870 Oct. 30, 1871 Deo. 29, 1870 Feb. 6, 1871 Oct. 30, 1871 Feb. 17, 1872 May 5, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 May 7, 1874 May 7, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 20, 1855 Sept. 19, 1861 Oct. 28, 1860 Sept. 27, 1862 May 5, 1856 Sept. 24, 1862 June 15, 1860 Feb. 19, 1857 Apr. 16. 1856 Aug. 1, 1859 Feb. 25, 1858 June 6, 1860 Juue 24, 1861 Dec. 28, 1856 June 2, 1853 Juue 13, 1853 May 23, 1858 Apr. 19, 1860 Mar. 13, 1862 Dec. 25, 1859 Feb. 24. 1852 Oct. 5, 1853 May 8, 1856 Feb. 1, 1851 Feb. 14, 1859 Jau. 4, 1856 Oct. 19, 1854 May 31, 1857 May 28, 1853 June 20, 1855 Mar. 5, 1856 Sept. 20, 1853 Feb. 28, 1855 May 21, 1853 Aug. 10, 1856 Aug. 15, 1855 Mar. 18, 1853 Jan. 13, 1854 Jau. 20, 1857 July 8. 1858 Nov. 10, 1854 Sept. 3, 1859 Mar. 2, 1861 Dec. 7, 1855 Apr. 5, 1858 Feb. 21, 1856 Nov. 9. 1860 Mar. 23, 1856 Jan. 12. 1861 Aug. 23, 1862 Feb. 17, 1864 Nov. 27, 1858 Jan. 26, 1861 Dee. 30, 1858 June 17, 1861 Aug. 20, 1862 c o -5 < 1 p ►a S 3 a 3 < s £ •? c 3 a -= •2 S -= X a' < 3 5 a =2 1 3 s > i | 9 -3 ■i iJ Jz iJ -3 j a 3 = i a a 3 1 3 3 rt < .3 5_- sa 1 •3 c 3 s 3 1 S3 1 -3 1 J 3 a a i a 3 s a a 3 a d a a 2 a l> i a 6 3 Z a s a H 3 - a s ■- - 7, a a < a a < a 3 >- > a 3 a a a a a y. i a a a 318 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. fe a s § s§ •S u3 W >» 2 2 £> 2 fcS 2"° a '5'0 S ■fl ^5 .2 c " p sp ft a p 2 -.2 S - tc2 ^!m ETiaS H U K ^ W m « as 15 a osSgg 2 2-S "sic aS "§.0.0.0 «» •"=> -° -° ■= .2 Mtt-S § £ M °-§ B« ja ^3 -C js rt x: j H Z 2 >-3 fi en «S O 5* BBS -as do '£ ft ft Jtnoj ft 'ft ? ft 'ft cow 3tom ZZPz'z 22« Cm'ixz'z En 3 « « O 2 H u W « O m * H m 3 B co R.9 & r W aioKKOHjtiMaiCaiSHOOOOOOOfitoiBiiiaii/ionooooooooaKrtOOOO^h^aiiSs O 5] !fsoj<>■?. £• l^'E IS-oaS, 5-" =441 '1 1 1 •! f 4"5iS 5 i | »•« '-■5 2 5- a, S «■§ ° ° - - -1-1 S »»-«• - * o ^2 ^.o *S °22BS5C2S3 w.- o D 3 3 3 u JACKSONVILLE SCHOOL. N the spring of 1866, the property known as the Fairview Seminary, at Jacksonville, Centre county, was bought by Rev. D. G. Klein, with a view of opening a school for soldiers' orphans, under the auspices of the State. Super- intendent Burrowes visited the place on the tenth of May, inspected the buildings, and gave directions as to changes and additions to be made, in order to render the accommodations sufficient for one hun- dred and fifty pupils. The verbal agreement then entered into between Mr. Klein and Dr. Burrowes was in substance this : The buildings were to be put in readiness, and orders of admission were to be issued to orphans on the first of June of the same year. The children were to be under ten years of age, and were to be main- tained, educated, and clothed for $150 each per annum. Immediate steps were taken to provide the stipulated conveniences. Early in June the orphans began to arrive, and were received and cared for, though everything was as yet in an unfinished state. After a number had been admitted, the Superintendent advanced funds to enable Mr. Klein to go forward with the necessary improve- ments. The school filled up slowly, only about fifty having been admitted before vacation of that year. After vacation, there was a gradual increase in the number of pupils until the close of the first year, when there were one hundred and seven on the roll of the school. But now a new order of things was inaugurated. The Legislature reduced the allowance from $150 to $125 per annum, a new Superintendent was appointed, and a somewhat different management required. The reduction in the rates was at that time peculiarly hard, as flour then cost $15 per 320 JACKSONVILLE SCHOOL. 321 barrel, arid other provisions, wages, and lumber were at the same ex- travagant figures. What to do was a serious question. Some $5,000 had been put into the improvements and furniture, and if the school should now close, this would be nearly all lost. In the emergency, the new Superintendent, Colonel McFarland, was consulted, and he advised the Principal, Mr. Klein, to go on with his improvements, so as to be able to admit one hundred and fifty pupils. In consequence of this advice, and hoping a larger school would pay its way, an additional expense of several thousand dollars was incurred. By the 1st of September, 1867, the number of pupils had slowly gone up to one hundred and nineteen. But now there was a transfer, which reduced the number to ninety-two. During the year 1868 the average number in actual attendance was but a little rising one hundred, and the following year the number reached but one hun- dred and thirteen. In 1870 a further reduction of rates was made, giving to schools admitting orphans under ten years of age but $115 for each child, per annum, for education, maintenance, and school- ing. The school had not hitherto paid expenses, and Mr. Klein, being burdened with an ever-increasing debt, was compelled to resign, and the children were taken to other schools on the 3d of January, 1871. During the existence of the school there were admitted ninety-four boys and eighty girls, making a total of one hundred and seventy- four. We regret we are not able to give the names of the faithful teachers and employees connected with this school, no list having been furnished us. 21 &> 322 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. w W < w Centre oo. J Died Feb. 19, 1869, of ( Labea Mesenteric. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. English Centre. English Centre. Moshannon. Hegarty X E'ds. Shaver's Creek. Montoursville. Osceola. Flemington. Flemington. Huntingdon. Port Matilda. Beech Creek. Beech Creek. Lumber City. Phillipsburg. Smith's Mills. Frankstown. Frankstown. Liberty Townp., Lewistown. Sinking Valley. Sinkiug Valley. Harrisburg. Milesburg. Williamsport. Mill Creek. Mill Creek. Danville. Moshannon. Mill Hall. Mill Hall. Pleasant Gap. Pleasant Gap.... Bellefonte. Bellefonte. Howard. Williamsport. Williamsport. Medara. Montoursville. Aaronsburg. Altoona. Birmingham. Birmingham. Pine Grove Mills. Bellefonte. Bellefonte. Williamsport. Fount Hill. t» H « ■« H o EC 5 o a H •4 ft < m o >> 2 « B P « O o to O a Jan. 31, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Sept. 1, 1867 Sept, 1, 1867 Jan. 3, 1871 Feb. 13, 1871 Feb. 13, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 17, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Feb. 21, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 5, 1871 Jan. 5, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1869 Jan. 3, 1871 Jan. 3, 1871 Feb. 13. 1871 Aug. 28, 1867 Jan. 20, 1871 Jan. 20, 1871 Feb. 13, 1871 Feb. 13, 1871 Feb. 13, 1871 Feb. 21, 1871 Sept. 24, 1870 Sept. 24, 1870 Feb. 21, 1871 Sept. 1. 1869 Feb. 28, 1871 Feb. 21, 1871 Feb. 21, 1871 Feb. 21, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 Jan. 23, 1871 Jan. 23, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 CO « m H 6 H a M H K 2S tc -.a c a Cassville Cassville M'AlIisterville Cassville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville Cassville Cassville Cassville Cassville M'AlIisterville Cassville Cassville Cassville Cassville M'AlIisterville Loysville Loysville White Hall M'AlIisterville White Hall Cassville Cassville M'AlIisterville Cassville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville Cassville Cassville Cassville Cassville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville Cassville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville Cassville Cassville Cassville Cassville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville M'AlIisterville a . k a a o S BJ 5. Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Jan. 16, 1867 Jan. 16. 1867 Oct. 12, 1866 Juue 18, 1866 June 28, 1866 Sept. 30, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 June 4, 1866 June 4, 1866 Aug. 30, 1866 Sept. 24, 1866 Feb. 21, 1867 Feb. 21, 1867 Sept. 20, 1869 Aug. 19, 1869 Nov. 16, 1870 Sept. 7, 1870 Sept. 7, 1870 June 5, 1866 Jan. 26, 1867 Feb. 1, 1868 Feb. 1, 1868 Feb. 4, 1870 June 5, 1866 Dec. 6, 1866 Aug. 27, 1867 Sept. 1, 1870 Feb. 8, 1870 June 25, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Aug. 15, 1866 Nov. 9, 1868 Nov. 9, 1868 June 4, 1866 June 4, 1866 Nov. 7, 1866 July 9, 1866 July 9, 1866 Jan. 8,-1867 Jan. 29, 1867 Dec. 30, 1869 Sept. 2, 1870 Sept. 7, 1870 Sept. 7, 1870 June 12, 1866 Sept. 5, 1866 Sept. 5, 1866 Dec. 5, 1866 Jan. 22, 1867 63 H 222g28;2&2£2£22£222222S£!g2&£8;§g2<2£§22i2§£2££22g&2g f f8^-2~2'Sj>2"§£22252;iS'!^ no W p CM Arrowsmith, Wm. D. Arrowsmith, Joseph T. Beightol, James Beyer, Thomas M. Barclay, George W. Boyd, Charles Bressler, Joseph Callahan, Harry A. Callahan, Wm. C. Clark, William Cowler, Jesse N. Confer, William Confer, Cline Q. •4 |tr k M2 bert, James Hass, William H. vidseizer, Henry M. vis, Joseph vis, Jonathan M. inkwater, Sam. H. G. Iton, Harry iday, George rmer, John H. rmer, James H. mnegan, John T. ult, Samuel ow, Wm. C. M. ow, Alva S. oss, Henry oss, George ndershott, Wm. W. ndershott, David H. ins, William B. 11, Robert J. 11, Daniel S. nderson, Sam. M. nt, John S. 11, Daniel R. K. ghes, William H. over, Daniel S. over, John S. ya, Charles N. A. vs, William S. ys, John R. > >'> '> '> > >"?>'£ £ *> fec;® a , 4 , s30a) ( C ^2^a3©«aJ«©'DaJ«^2eJei3JoJ 4)ai -'^2^fe ofl j2«>o»«»«iffl« 2 H £ ">"> > * > > *v. ^ S ir > Y'~ * * * 2 — ■ « — 2 ir ~ '■* > - a ■ £ fc * ■ £ > "> > > > > > v SS^Doc66o 5 fc,a>5>j>,i,BlS«l&,0!l5il6.l20S SSSt.'-sO'-sOT 1 s •1 j - i i 1 ■- i 2 : ; ■= - - s c i - '- -. .- ,6 *- '. - H * 1 ■1 - 1 c i c I 5 c t C c t - i - i ! c 6 c & a - 1 i P * i P C P - a 1 | - P 1/ u S 1 1 l 'J i -j. 5 b J i J e I - c c | - i j < < a | i ^ > a > c i 1 P > i ] a 6 & z - c I c 324 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. ;'a3 ...3 I >' z -d " ~ ~ .2 .2 •! 1313 3 a S-° ijiiai^ofl^iiHSS&cijj^gg^feaijfe^MMjjiSsSiSKKaK^^sSBMMoStBtas P K aa.a.oaa.p.aG. P.,a -o g q ■^ S >_ o ""• asa b 2 a> a3aja)33(i)pooo&P.Ori rtdu 33s ocl 3aojiJ3' t> o J3 jjj M c ^a !UI ",* ^ ••■»»> X ^ -^ v5 a St -0 «Kb J3 . ,*?<« ■ « K ""> a a a fri 3SJ 1 « 6 Si - ? S ° * I £ £ 1 s'lflll §~|-8 s II I "1? S35? 2 22 a 1 So ? S " &&■£"§& JACKSONVILLE ORPHAN SCHOOL 325 .OB«- c 1 a.oa, = „ r ; - i ^-^38**3 ai % fe ~ •/. x ?. x ■}. r. < : ^a.c.3 e *^ *^ a a o ScGCOT-jOOt-sQ g -J >»x: ^ £; a* a* fl s a a D - D " a "^ ° a, a 1 - -^ g-Saa «H Ct S« S = =SEe H« - =9E , § Es* a a2S3afIs2i£aB = ««S 2, £, S «• 5 UNIONTOWN SCHOOL. N the 7th of May, 1866, the Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, ex-Superintendent of Common Schools, and to whom the labor and responsibility of organizing a system of soldiers' orphan schools had been entrusted, wrote Rev. A. H. Waters, who had just retired from the school superintendency of Butler county, earnestly requesting him to look out a suitable location and building for a soldiers' orphan school somewhere in the western counties of the State not already furnished with a school. After considerable inquiry and search without success, the efforts were about to be abandoned, when, by a providential circumstance, it became necessary for him to visit Fayette county in the discharge of another duty. Whilst there, his attention was called to the Madison College buildings, then used only for a small day-school, and owned by the Hon. Andrew Stewart. Having found Mr. Stewart very desirous to have the property used for the purpose, and Dr. Bur- rowes warmly approving of the location, the buildings were secured, and arrangements made for the opening of the school. On the 19th of September, 1866, the first scholar was admitted, and in a few days large accessions were made on order and by transfers from other schools. The first year of the school's history was attended with many difficulties and discouragements. The want of adaptation in the buildings, and the great uncertainty of the continuance of the system, made it hazardous to incur any great expense in the erection of additional buildings. After a year of struggle, the system was made permanent, and by the erection of new buildings, and changes in the old, the school was placed upon a solid footing and started on a career of gratifying prosperity. Credit is due to Mr. Stewart for his devotion to the interests of the school. This was shown by his wil- lingness to contribute to the necessary changes, and his generous contribution of $600 annually — being one-half of the annual lease — as rewards to meritorious pupils. After nearly eight years of very encouraging success, and when, 326 ti § w G % >— < H in a x o o r c » o c 3 << 9 UNIONTOWN SCHOOL. 327 from the nature of the case, this, as well as all the other schools, must soou commence its decline, for various reasons it was thought advisable to change its location. After giving the matter due con- sideration, and with the consent of the State Superintendent, it was determined to move to Dunbar's Camp, four miles and a half east of Uniontown, on the Laurel Hill range of the Allegheny Mountains. . This point was selected on account of location, being indeed " beautiful for situation," commanding one of the finest natural scenes to be found in the country; and also, because it was suffi- ciently removed from the influences of a large town. Accordingly, in the fall of 1874, work was begun, and in April, 1875, large and convenient buildings were so far completed as to enable the school to move into them. The 8th of April was a memorable day in the history of the school, as on that day it was transferred from the old home in Uniontown to the new one on Dunbar's Camp. With wonderful exemption from the accidents of ordinary removals, in a day the transfer was made to the mountain home. After two years of experience in the new home, the most sanguine expectations have been more than realized. The change has been demonstrated to be a wise one. The children are healthier, have more freedom, and are happier. They breathe the pure air of an altitude of two thousand five hundred feet, and drink the pure mountain water. It is claimed that there is no finer location for a school in the State ; and it is hoped that when this school shall have finished its noble work, an educa- tional institution may still be continued in this charming spot. This is historic ground. Although a reference here to the inci- dents making it such would seem out of place, yet the general in- terest and importance will be a sufficient apology. Here one of the most interesting incidents in the life of Washington occurred. In 1754, when only twenty-two years of age, he crossed these moun- tains — then a howling wilderness — with three small companies, and met at this place a party of French soldiers, under the com- mand of M. de Jumonville. An action occurred, in which Jumonville and ten of his men were killed and twenty were taken prisoners. The grave of Jumonville is near the school, and is visited by many persons. The following year General Braddock arrived from England, with a large force of well-trained men, for the purpose of taking posses- sion of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburgh now stands, and of driving back the French and Indians. Washington was invited to become his aid-de-camp ; no doubt, UXIONTOWN SCHOOL. 327 from the nature of the case, this, as well as all the other schools, must soon commence its decline, for various reasons it was thought advisable to change its location. After giving the matter due con- sideration, and with the consent of the State Superintendent, it was determined to move to Dunbar's Camp, four miles and a half east of Uniontown, on the Laurel Hill range of the Allegheny Mountains. . This point was selected on account of location, being indeed " beautiful for situation," commanding one of the finest natural scenes to be found in the country; and also, because it was suffi- ciently removed from the influences of a large town. Accordingly, in the fall of 1874, work was begun, aud in April, 1875, large and convenient buildings were so far completed as to enable the school to move into them. The 8th of April was a memorable day in the history of the school, as on that day it was transferred from the old home in Uniontown to the new one on Dunbar's Camp. With wonderful exemption from the accidents of ordinary removals, in a day the transfer was made to the mountain home. After two years of experience in the new home, the most sanguine expectations have been more than realized. The change has been demonstrated to be a wise one. The children are healthier, have more freedom, and are happier. They breathe the pure air of an altitude of two thousand five hundred feet, and drink the pure mountain water. It is claimed that there is no finer location for a school in the State ; and it is hoped that when this school shall have finished its noble work, an educa- tional institution may still be continued in this charming spot. This is historic ground. Although a reference here to the inci- dents making it such would seem out of place, yet the general in- terest and importance will be a sufficient apology. Here one of the most interesting incidents in the life of Washington occurred. In 1754, when only twenty-two years of age, he crossed these moun- tains — then a howling wilderness — with three small companies, and met at this place a party of French soldiers, under the com- mand of M. de Jumonville. An action occurred, in which Jumonville and ten of his men were killed and twenty were taken prisoners. The grave of Jumonville is near the school, and is visited by many persons. The following year General Braddock arrived from England, with a large force of well-trained men, for the purpose of taking posses- sion of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburgh now stands, and of driving back the French and Indians. Washington was invited to become his aid-de-camp ; no doubt, 328 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. chiefly because he had already twice crossed these wilds and pene- trated the boundaries occupied by the French. To transport Braddock's army, with its cumbersome baggage-wagons and heavy artillery, across a wild, rocky, and uninhabited mountainous region, heavily timbered, proved almost a herculean undertaking, and the army advanced with slow progress, as they were obliged to cut their way through the dense forest. General Braddock found that he was not manoeuvring an army upon the broad and open fields of Europe, and the season was fast passing around. Though his haughty spirit rebelled against it, he was compelled to seek the advice of Washing- ton, who suggested an immediate division of the army in order that he might proceed rapidly with a body of chosen men and light equipage, whilst the remainder, with the heavy artillery and baggage- wagons, should follow with slow marches. This suggestion was adopted. Braddock and Washington pushed forward, whilst Col- onel Dunbar followed. On the 9th of July, when the advance force was within a few miles of the fort, marching in high expecta- tion of its early possession, suddenly, like a clap of thunder in a clear sky, a deadly fire poured upon them from an unseen enemy, and a terrible carnage ensued. In vain Braddock sought to rally his men. The brave and well-trained men could not be rallied to face a shower of bullets from a hidden foe. At this critical juncture, with the wildest confusion among the troops, Washington suggested to Brad- dock to change the mode of warfare and fight the enemy in its own way. This wise and timely suggestion was indignantly rejected, and the fearful carnage continued. On every side brave officers and men fell fast as autumn leaves, to gratify the haughty spirit of Braddock. At this juncture Braddock himself fell, mortally wounded, and the advice of Washington was now gladly sought. To save the shattered remnant of the army, he advised an immediate retreat. The com- mand having been committed to him, the retreat was conducted with such masterly skill as to foreshadow him as the future great leader of the American armies. With the shattered remains of this proud army, Washington reached this point, and found Dunbar's forces utterly panic-stricken. The heavy wagons were burned and large quantities of shells were exploded. Although one hundred and twenty years have passed since that event, and wagon-loads of shells, etc., have been sold as old metal, the labor of a little digging is still rewarded by the discovery of relics of various kinds. Braddock was borne on the retreat to a point near the present location of this school, where he died. Here his remains still rest. UNIONTOWN SCHOOL. 329 A legend exists that on the retreat of Dunbar from this encamp- ment a cannon was filled with gold and buried. Bona fide requests have been made of the Principal of the school for the privilege of digging in search of the hidden treasures ; but if that cannon and gold ever were buried here, there is no doubt that they were unearthed again not long after the burial. We give a list of the persons officially connected with this school from the date of its organization to the present time, viz. : Eev. D. L. Both, Maj. F. I. Thomas, Mr. Andrew Hook, Miss Mary Tyler, " Alice Oliphant, " Marg't Harbaugh, " Fannie Dougan, Teachers. Mr. Michael Baker, Rev. J. P. Benford, Mr. Hiram Faust, Miss Olivia Smith, " Clara Taylor, " Susan Bugan, Hon. W. H. Sanner, Prof. J. F. Diveley, Mr. J. F. Anthony, Miss Mary Smith, " Ellie Livengood, " Jennie Bogers, Mr. John A. Waters. Mrs. H. C. Waters, " E. Hill, Matrons. Mrs. Lucy Starr, " M. J. Shott, Miss Ann Littlewood. Miss Debora Bichards, " Louisa Bichards, Mrs. Caroline Beabout, " Susan Collier, Mr. Wm. Davis, " John K. Whaley, " John Bhodes, Miss M. Dershinger, " Ellen Flood, Mrs. Ann Adams, Miss Annie Brumhead, Mrs. Mary Johnston, John Fuller, M. D. Employees. Mrs. Bebecca Patton, Miss Nannie Hart, Mr. A. C. Hunt, " John Ingles, " Evans McClure, Mrs. Martha Shannon, Miss Amanda Gulp, Mrs. Mary Beistel, " D. Tompkins, Miss Jennie Clark, Miss Carrie Murphy, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. A. M. Malick, Mr. D. E. Davis, " Wm. Murphy, " H. C. Brown, " Albert Henry, Mrs. M. Huttenhower, Miss Amelia Martin, Mrs. Ann Core, Miss Mary Clark, " Fannie Arnsburg, Mr. E. Brownfield. Physicians. W. H. Sturgeon, M. D.,| F. C. Bobinson, M. D. Jas. B. Ewing, M. D., I 330 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, to M w Blacksmith by trade. In Regular army. Printer. Carriage-maker. Farming. Printer. Brakeman. Farming. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. j a < a a g a * Uniontown. Pleasautville. California. Brownsville .,,, Brownsville. Uniontown Uniontown. MouongahelaCy. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Washington. Beallsvilie. Monongahela Cy. Washington. Washington. Uniontown. Uniontown. Uniontown. Donegal. Uniontown. Brownsville. Indian Creek. Indian Creek. Iudian Creek. Uniontown. Uniontown. Uniontown. Washington. Washington. Callensburg. Hulton. Allegheny. Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant. Allegheny. Uniontown. Uniontown. Uniontown. North Strabane. O « M o p fa O P M K OS o o ;co '. ° in 6 3 ^GG ri 3 >> 1 B . -PS C5 « o ajfiZ as 'P -- >'■ OGh : s Juue 8, 1872 Oct. 7, 1874 July 17, 1870 Mar. 22, 1868 July 4, 1871 May 23, 1869 Jan. 20, 1872 Apr. 13, 1870 Oct. 22, 1873 Apr. 2, 1873 ^ il D J3 fa 1 "O Date of Transfers. to P3 W fa to < Ph o H H K ■S OS g W O s « 'E'S com a"! !=> S-i Oh Oh '. bo ^^ • = -< OJ ••-.a 02 : ShPhZ CD la >> «? ci ■i 0h ■< : d : •< : ■a : Ph* : o : Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Jan. 14, 1867 Jan. 14, 1867 Oct. 2, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Apr. 7, 1875 Sept. 19, 1866 Oct. 12, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Nov. 26, 1866 Nov. 26, 1866 June 11, 1869 June 15, 1867 Oct. 3, 1867 Oct. 3, 1867 Oct. 7, 1867 Dec. 7, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 15, 1869 Oct. 25, 1869 Apr. 10, 1871 May 2, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 2, 1871 Sept. 20, 1871 Sept. 9, 1872 Sept. 9, 1872 Sept. 9, 1872 Nov. 27, 1872 Nov. 27, 1872 Dec. 18, 1872 June 2, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 5, 1874 Mar. 17, 1875 Mar. 17, 1875 Apr. 4, 1874 Apr. 4, 1874 Mar. 18, 1875 May 18, 1875 May 18, 1875 May 18, 1875 ■ Jan. 20, 1869 ©a p Sept. 10, 1851 Dec. 11, 1854 Nov. 23, 1853 Mar. 23, 1856 Oct. 7, 1853 Feb. 5. 1859 July 3, 1861 June 4, 1868 Oct. 13, 1853 Apr. 1, 1855 June 8, 1856 Oct. 7, 1858 July 17, 1854 Mar. 22, 1852 July 4, 1855 July 20, 1855 May 23, 1853 Jan. 20. 1856 Apr. 13, 1854 Oct. 22, 1857 Apr. 2, 1856 Mar. 4, 1859 Aug. 22, 1860 Nov. 1, 1858 Mar. 15, 1859 Dec. 22, 1864 Nov. 7, 1857 July 6, 1860 Sept. 11, 1861 July 22, 1861 Dec. 14, 1860 Mar. 20, 1858 July 13, 1860 Feb. 16, 1863 Feb. 6. 1857 Aug. 25, 1860 July 11, 1862 Aug. 14, 1861 Feb. 13, 1859 Nov. 29, 1861 Aug. 17, 1860 Aug. 10, 1863 June 27, 1860 Aug. 4, 1862 Dec. 27, 1866 July 26, 1860 Mar. 31, 1863 May 26. 1866 Deo. 12, 1858 W < to H M Oh B Pi 3 B O < 1 St J t i H a < hi | Ax o — §i pap 9h ■r. O pq ■z V M pq 3 £ £ ■4 a m X 3 5 a < £ hi £ s 3 Eh i: Si 1 Dh r. po £ f si fa Ph 5P £ I £ 3« 3 '"■O fill »• g *> Ills mccnM td £ II g 2 £ j UNIONTOWN SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 331 a a. O W. Alexander. McKeesport. Fredericktown. Somerset. Somerset. Farmington. Farmington. W. Alexander. Monongahela Cy. MonougahelaCy. Farmington. Fredericktown. Pike Run. Pike Run. Tryonville. Monongahela Cy. Venango. Uniontown. Uniontown. Allegheny. Buchanan. Dunbar Dunbar. Dunbar. Monroe. Monroe. Monroe. Monroe. New Alexandria. New Alexandria. Connellsville. Conuellsville. Saegertown. Saegertown. Masontown. Uniontown. Washington. Washington. Pittsburgh. Wavnesburg. Wheeling, W.Va. Wheeling, W.Va. Cribbs. E. Bethlehem. Monongahela Cy. Monongahela Cy. California. Bakersville. Bakersville. Sharpsburg. Pittsburgh. Yohoghany. Unioutown. Belle Vernon. Allegheny. I'erryopolia. 1 3 to 3 a s. a. DO | a S.S. toco < 3 a a. i-3 tn of2 ; -i o.e3 : a. Z. --0 Nov. 7. 1871 Feb. 17, 1873 Oct. 10, 1874 Mar. 25, 1867 July 17, 1870 Oct. 22, 1872 May 1, 1874 Dec. 26, 1867 Oct. 29, 1874 Oct. 8, 1870 Sept. 12, 1870 June 8, 1872 Jan. 23, 1868 May 22, 1868 Aug. 3, 1872 SO a 00 a) « : jr. ^ t- . -O'O ; T<;a ; ? go < 6 H I.099 •- < < -« Oh 0- 3- Cu Phillipsburg Phillipsburg P.&A.O. Asy. P.&A.O. Asy. 0.3 .<0 CZ to z ■3 q ■i Jan. 20, 1869 Oct. 3, 1866 Nov. 14, 1866 Mar. 13, 18117 Mar. 13, 1867 July 2, 1868 Julv 2, 1868 Sep't. 1. 1868 Nov. 20, 1868 May 29, 1869 Sept. 5, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Dec. 8, 1874 Apr. 27, 1874 Dec. 18, 1874 Apr. 14, 1873 Apr. 14, 1873 July 8, 1875 Dec. 29, 1875 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Nov. 12, 1866 Nov. 12, 1866 Nov. 12, 1866 Nov. 12, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Sept. 20, 1870 Sept. 20, 1870 Dec. 1, 1870 Dec. 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 7, 1869 May 2. 1867 Sept. 4, 1867 June 1, 1867 Sept. 28, 1867 Sept. 5. 1870 Sept. 5, 1870 June 2, 1M75 Oct. 8, 1867 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 6. 1870 Nov. 11, 1873 Oct. 20, 1874 June 1, 1867 July 8. 1875 Jan. 1, 1876 Dec. 3, 1866 Oct. 26, 1867 Jan. 24, 1867 Sept. 18, 1868 -•a aSg'^D £.g g § > a..o S.£o.| ;*ajij x~t i?S a. ^ u o'd > Su°'° ° -?- ~'S sT" = ia-il?<2 a « ° ^^T«o<:s4 Z E = s C i z _ S I c b 1 : 5 = - - - Z C c! e c i i E- c - * C pi i L i c - - 1 1 1 y P = i t ,1 ( s D i PC j < •7 c p _ -i r PC E -- c B = I* I 3 c I ■1 i < fa G i 5 1 > t 5 = i % 5- C s = 1 6 El 1 — < 5 E « 6s ! 1 tj a = = E a 332 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO a J Saddle- and harness- ( maker by trade. (Receiving out-door re- lief, under provisions of Sect. 8, Act of 1867. Rev. D.Harbison, trus- tee. ( Readmitted by trans- 1 ferfrom Phillipsburg, I Dec. 29, 1875. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. - 2 : . . | > Ai -si ■ ■ ■§ •• ii ►.§ 1..§':|1:.. ..§.&.. H. >>.o » a SaS?'S°S««SSSS5SfSifo„aa„£flp,?^„S5 p ;5oaS'?*«j' J !!«^€--2 £gm.2g,3.2 22 C pac.^.2.2^.gaa= = = 'KJ;g = £g~^S5.2.S--|- s Sg§oa-S.g^22t;2 p^*Ht3aiS!3ESSoflS^&i3P^fiQQ03B5&^^uoS&Eo5fiS5op&BKS«K&SonmgiC w W C5 PS a o CO A ft o w a 03 H n 05 O !zi O ft ft o •^ >^ • o ' ft ;00 H . •^ co H o ft CO 3 CO t-> >?Q -<0 CO o w ft M H coaico ; 00 « CO d H H M H H bo bo bo * 3 3 3* £>£>£! . !c !S !S : 0- O-iO-i ; « . « o « OS CO III coco . . . .3 a,0( KK .3.3 DO 'E * * 2 cococo^ si«!5 0^ 6 04 CO ja j- ja »tbb0 0Mi,ft< c o r td pa to - ooco Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. May 9, 1867 June 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 13, 1870 Dec. 15, 1874 Apr. 27, 1875 Sept. 3, 1869 Oct. 3, 1866 Jan. 29, 1867 Mav 16, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Sept. 2, 1868 Sept. 15, 1868 June 10, 1867 June 10, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 May 22, 1871 Jan. 10, 1873 May 14, 1872 Apr. 12, 1871 Mar. 16, 1872 Apr. 7, 1873 Sept. 30, 1871 Sept. 16, 1873 Nov. 12, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 26, 1866 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 9, 1867 May 11, 1871 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Dec. 4, 1871 Nov. 13, 1871 Nov. 2, 1874 Oct. 13, 1875 Oct. 13, 1875 Oct. 10, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Dec. 21, 1866 June 1, 1867 Sept. 3, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1 , 1869 Sept. 21, 1870 O B ~ 2 22 I^-IS 2 2 -. -Il-ll" _S <§ -£-2 I s 2 " s -.2 2 2 ~ ~ g ~J - -_ g | » ~~3 3 "2 2 '51«in>?l»|ic<*HB's<1»3g0t3«*>:inSi<085aiSS0>ifl^0Sfl<|i!i > < iz 5 1 4 3 H 3 4 a i a i •j £ i "0 3 si 1 - j Tx P c 6 i P C ' b a - 5 a p a a t & p EC c "E = 5 i i I & c a a E a i ! a 7 E ! i- i a _ = a | a a a •5 a a >- £ 1 | a 1 c G | > < '■2 | 5 f I E 5 f s a |S -= > X X j a 3 i •< t- St IE Qco •f UNIONTOWN SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 333 Moulder. Printer. Blacksmith. Clerk. C Draughtsman and pho- l tographer. MoClellantown. Uniontown. Greensburg. Greeusburg. Smithfleld. Washington. Washington. West Newton. Brownsville. Brownsville. Elm. Broad Ford. Broad Ford. Sharpsburg. Sharpsburg. Shaler. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Smithfleld. Washington. Pile Falls. Stewartsville. Ml. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant. Culmersville. West Newton ... California. Pile Falls. Hillsboro'. Pittsburgh. Allegheny. Allegheny. Madison. Carmichaela. Foxburg. Irwin's Station. Irwin's Station. Irwin's Station. Connellsville. Connellsville.... Broad Ford. Washington. Good Intent. Washington. Pittsburgh. Fredericktown. Fredericktown. West Finley. West Finley. Fountain Mills. Fountain Mills. New Richmond. New Richmond. © '. a '• 2g a ■si S.O. mm H. : ■* : n OQQO p July 12, 1873 May 19, 1867 Apr. 2. 1872 Deo. 23, 1867 June 12, 1866 Apr. 22, 1871 Jan. 31, 1870 «Deo. 23, 1872 ■UN •-J02Q o-? o <* o n > a 84 a O a 0Q a mm 55 2; tcbo 3 3 '.£ ".3 0.ft< H. ofFr.,P'gh N. Sewickley N. Sewickley N. Sewickley St.Paul's O.A. < 6 ■4 4 qoqq -^ -* <; <; p - -3 g •; s "S £ : "5 : a : <: : « : ^ : a u 3 ~ £ > g £■§ 3 3 0 , -.- Jo - i : . |.| if t ,' I ' ll °l ] 3« <5 334 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. M Farmer. Farmer. W. Vir. W. Vir. Post Office Address when at Home. Connellsville.... Connellsville.... Webster. Searight. Pittsburgh, Hillside. Porterfield. Forterfleld. Brownsville. Up. Middletown Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Spriugfleld. Springfield. Allegheny. Allegheny. Pittsburgh. Springfield. Springfield. Brownsville. Masontown. Uniontown. Uniontown. Myersdale. Pittsburgh. Independence, Independence, Allegheny. Allegheny. Titusville. Cribbs. Cribbs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Allegheny City, Elm. Allegheny. Dorceyville. Dorceyville. Connellsville. Leechburg. Leechburg. Allegheny City Waynesburg. Waynesburg. Waynesburg. N. Washington. N. Washington. Uniontown. CO w K •X H o CO 5 ft O a H •«! ft K H « o o (J. sa i-a >, coQ oo ana H . «I CO -PS ft ■ ft do 3 3 >> < 6 < ft Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Jan. 11, 1867 Jan. 11, 1867 Oct. 19, 1870 Oct. 2, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 HI Dec. 14, 1866 Dec. 16, 1867 Dec. 16, 1867 Jau. 10, 1867 Jan. 10, 1867 June 1, 1867 June 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 6, 1870 Sept. 6, 1870 Nov. 14, 1866 Aug. 9, 1870 June 1, 1870 June 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 26, 1871 Mar. 18, 1873 Mar. 18, 1873 Apr. 3, 1874 Apr. 3, 1874 Jan. 15, 1875 Apr. 26, 1875 Apr. 26, 1875 Oct. 6, 1875 Oct. 9, 1875 Dec. 1, 1875 Nov. 29, 1867 May 28, 1868 Aug. 8, 1870 Aug. 8, 1870 Feb. 5, 1875 Feb. 21, 1876 Feb. 21, 1876 Dec. 1, 1875 Nov. 29, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Nov. 21, 1866 Nov. 21, 1866 Jan. 25, 1867 ooc ft . H * 3 ° c 'nr° May 25, 1852 July 8, 1854 Jan. 8, 1852 Apr. 30, 1855 Nov. 28, 1854 Sept. 29, 1856 June 22, 1856 Aug. 13, 1852 Oct. 2, 1852 Feb. 28, 1855 Feb. 2, 1860 Apr. 24, 1861 Feb. 5, 1860 Sept. 30, 1854 Aug. 24, 1857 Sept. 30, 1857 Jan. 10, 1859 May 31, 1861 Sept. 22, 1857 Jan. 22, 1864 Jan. 22, 1864 July 6, 1861 Jan. 5, 1863 June 22, 1862 Feb. 7, 1862 July 14, 1863 Mar. 24. 1861 Sept. 4, 1861 Sept. 12, 1861 July 16, 1855 Apr. 24, 1858 Mar. 26, 1860 Apr. 23, 1863 June 1, 1861 Feb. 8, 1866 Sept. 15, 1867 Jan. 30, 1873 June 11, 1854 Sept. 26, 1859 Oct. 12, 1861 Jan. 5, 1853 Sept. 30, 1855 Aug. 17, 1851 5 •< is 5 P P 5 3 H 3 4 i 5 a E s s e ti i 10 ! k V = J a > i in B o E V "z a 1 X F- 'j "l J 1 = > a c •f 1 ia & a : ■; 'J 'I - i a <- - a I c a C u t i I i 5 J a I 1 s. c 1 a -E < c c a j a j c/ i 3 '- >- 1 1/ 1 fc c7 c i- c 3 H | | c E J tt - c S > £ c si B 1 ft 1 a •"3 UNIONTOWN SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 335 Died Oct. 17, 1869. Readmitted Sept. 3, 1875. ( Seamstress. Lives with I her mother. Lives with ber mother. Died Nov. 11,1872. J Expects to take a course I at Sagamore S. N. S. Broad Ford. Broad Ford. Florence. Burrell. Burrell. Tarentum. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Dawson. Dawson. ConnellsvUle. ... Webster. Webster. West Elizabeth. Falls City. Falls City. Irwin's Station. Pittsburgh. Pennsville. Waynesburg. Pile Falls. Pile Falls. Bloody Run. St. Petersburg. Pleasantville. Buena Vista. Brownsville. Brownsville. Dunbar. Greensburg. Uniontowu. Brownsville. Donegal. Unioutown. California. California. Callensburg. MonongahelaCy. Allegheny. Allegheny. W. Alexandria. Fredericktown. Somerset. Somerset. California. MonongahelaCy. MonongahelaCy. Townville. Venango. ess i sis i a : : :<= a a co a ►3 o 1 C 5 > q to 3 < S ; ; •?< J3 EJ3 a. a. coco ;S May 18. 1869 Oct. 11, 1869 Feb. 28, 1871 June 6, 1873 Feb. 12, 1875 a ■* '. s 1 bo '. 5 ■ O, *. 0, ; ':*"* : i :66 : : :<< : ■ : i *7 it U \ l-» a . E i 3 S B ? °§"'S b" " — "° ! MM.; « > a o SSi - o o ^ ■" ■- o C « 3 . ■ b ' \i * * * c •>>•> ! N ■« a 1 C C 1 ; i < B t V < 1 t 1 i 'Z P s p p 1 J c i = p i "t p p c a P pi S p p t- p -/ P 11 np p 1 p i i P P b 1 I c 1 .jb i c i C s e j e ! c fe C C c! - 1 | b ' 336 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. REMARKS. Co., Kentucky, co. .Kentucky. f Attended Sagamore < State Normal School C one year. f Attended Sagamore < State Normal School ( one year. ler CO., Ohio. C Butler co. , Ohio. Had < one year at Millers* I ville S. N. S. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. o libl-l f i?« ■iff i -?-?iif III! 1 c d i la tiiiiiiP Ia|llM||i§llfll,|lll#ill|^llS||fefeS||ll|llli mo 2| JSi3a3aa!:.2.2 j; J? ooo , 3 , 3«°- ! -" : ..Sp«« , ;3.25c3°oSt tnpS^^wpacqEoocH^&^oS'- : \ Jacob's Creek. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Bakerstown. Bakerstown. Up. Middletown. Up. Middletown. CO W it o to fl O w H «( ft M a « O O a. 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Asy. a. oo <5 r: M V 01 ^ — £ J3 > > a. 3 33 .-.« -a Oct. 11, 1867 Oct. 15, 1866 Deo. 21, 1866 Aug. 24, 1870 Nov. 8, 1870 Jan. 4. 1871 Sept. 27, 1871 Sept. 27, 1871 Sept. 20, 1866 Sept. 12, 1870 Dec. 8, 1866 May 10, 1867 Sept. 21, 1870 Mav 10, 1867 Sept. 4, 1873 Jan. 14, 1867 May 22, 1867 Oct. 2, 1866 Aug. 26, 1869 Apr. 29, 1872 June 24, 1871 Feb. 18, 1873 Feb. 18, 1873 Sept. 11, 1873 Nov. 28, 1874 Oct. 9, 1875 Feb. 11, 1867 , Nov. 7, 1867 May 31, 1869 Sept. 2, 1872 Oct. 9, 1873 Oct. 9, 1873 Jan. 5, 1875 Oct. 3, 1867 June 2, 1872 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 7, 1874 Oct. 7, 1874 Deo. 23, 1874 Oct. 3, 1866 Dec. 14. 1866 Dec. 14, 1866 Jan. 22. 1873 Apr. 25, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 10, 1871 Oct. 10, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 May 10, 1875 Jan. 15, 1875 Oct. 29. 1866 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 1. 1H75 Nov. 29, 1867 July 11, 1854 July 9, 1857 Feb. 24, 1858 Jan. 25, 1857 Jan. 15, 1860 Oct. 18, 1857 May 27, 1861 Dec. 31, 1862 Dec. 6, 1857 Aug. 23, 1861 June 9, 1856 Mar. 25, 1856 Jan. 5, 1859 Sept. 26, 1857 Sept. 3, 1859 July 20, 1858 June 21, 1858 Oct. 5, 1853 July 30, 1857 Apr. 6, 1862 June 5, 1860 Apr. 19, 1861 Aug. 27, 1863 Apr. 19. 1859 June 23, 1862 Deo. 13, 1860 Mar. 10, 1856 Oct. 26, 1858 Feb. 12, 1858 Apr. 19, 1863 Jan. 14, 1860 Aug. 28, 1863 Jan. 23, 1860 Oct. 30, 1857 Sept. 15, 1860 Apr. 10, 1863 Sept. 16, 1860 Mar. 30, 1863 Jan. 18, 1859 Mar. 14, 1858 Apr. 17, 1853 Nov. 25, 1857 Apr. 20, 1860 Nov. 17, 1854 Sept. 15, 1860 May 15, 1862 Dec. 24, 1861 Oct. 8, 1859 Apr. 15, 1865 Aug. 16, 1866 Jan. 17, 1861 May 20, 1859 Oct. 8. 1856 May 31, 1863 Feb. 12. 1864 May 13, 1853 -a B b ~: IS * ■x ■91 E - X - ■< < -a J 1 a 5= i * g J i =5 > s 5 hi X > S c b, y 3 u 5 S E X E 1 c > X 2 3 C « i •i < Cf 0, 9. <- S T > c E «< E 3 5 c c E E it c b a > 1 7. -> a 71 a | c c X > X | X X c < b" X 3 X X X 7 X XX - X 1 a 1 I & 22 338 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, CO M •4 W 5 Attended Sagamore I S. N. S. one year. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Elm. Elm. Pile Falls. Uniontown. Uniontown. Leechburg. Allegheny. Allegheny. N. Washington. Broad Ford. Webster. Webster. Waynesburg. Pile Falls. CO K o CO 5 ft O H H "4 Pi K W « o o : : *" § g-g- ■ : !<3 • : : -8 EX . : : : : : : s :::■«]::: : iitiiiqi;;: . .a . . .«n . . . . : :S :::■«::: : : :*< : : :fc : : : : Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Oct. 20, 1873 Nov. 23, 1869 Apr. 23, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Feb. 21, 1876 Oct. 9, 1875 Oct. 9, 1875 May 18, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1874 Sept. 8, 1874 May 20, 1873 Nov. 8, 1870 ft . O £ <3« Feb. 2, 1858 Sept. 4, 1860 Apr. 19, 1863 Nov. 25, 1858 May 8, 1860 Jan. 25, 1865 Mar. 23, 1869 May 14, 1867 Dee. 25, 1868 Oct. 5, 1860 Nov. 16, 1861 Feb. 10, 1864 Jan. 26, 1867 Jan. 17, 1862 Dec. 29, 1857 cc i < CO M Hi P Ph E Tannehill, Mary A. Tannehill, Matilda Thorp, Mary M. Tibbs, Emma Uperaft, Mary M. Vance, Agnes Vance, Amelia Wolford, Cappie Wilson, Annie R. Waddington, Martha A. Waddington, Emma J. Voders, Mary E. Zebley, Mary A. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. HIS orphanage is located on Tannehill Street, in the city of Pittsburgh. It was among the pioneer institutions of the kind in the western part of the State. It was incor- porated in 1840. The St. Paul's Male Orphan Asylum, formerly located in Birmingham, and the St. Paul's Female Orphan Asylum, formerly situated on Webster Street, were merged into this institution, and their inmates transferred thither. The site of this Asylum is most commanding, affording a fine view of the city, its surroundings, the romantic valleys of the Mononga- hela, the Allegheny, and the Ohio rivers. The building now occupied is indeed a grand structure. The corner-stone was laid on the 10th of June, 1866. It is of a cruci- form shape, having a front on Tannehill Street of two hundred feet, with a depth of fifty feet, and a rear extension of eighty feet. The lower story is constructed of freestone, and the other three of brick faced with stone. A spacious hall runs longitudinally through the building on each story. The third and fourth stories are used for dormitories. The total cost was at least one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Trusting to its own resources, this orphanage received many sol- diers' orphans before the State had made provision for them. In 1866, there were seventy-six of this class under its care. Subse- quently all the applications for admission that could be made out were forwarded to the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, and the institution reimbursed. The whole number of soldiers' orphans ad- mitted into this Asylum, whose expenses have been borne by the State, is twenty-seven. The household and school are under the direct supervision of the Sisters of Mercy, to whose humble and unwearied labors many orphans are deeply indebted. 339 340 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, H in J „• & S H _ H to 3 3 fcohoM ..Srto^i ■° « S^5*^'?' Q 'S a -0 ^ ^ OO.a _ I gXl^^^^id^ia^ |5 maimaimm t>a „£„,5,-S S O 3 « iiiiiii 6666060" cc cq cq m ffl ai od III aaa 666 DQCOCQ aaa|aaaaaaaaag BaaaffiaaiEKaaaaa 66666666666666 O 2 W tn w H to _> H ui 3g©g5 00000000000000 * z w X o w Q z < X £ D CO (/) h H »— i 0, fr, p w < X Oh K o h «! h w W h O (X p. Protestant Orphan Asylnm of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. HIS institution was founded in the year 1832. An in- formal meeting of the ladies of the two cities was held at the residence of the Rev. Joseph Stockton, and, after con- sideration and discussion, it was decided that " it is expe- dient to attempt the formation of an asylum for orphans in this vi- cinity ; " and it was also resolved to hold a public meeting for that purpose. This meeting was held April 17, 1832, in the First Pres- byterian Church, Pittsburgh. It was presided over by General Wil- liam Robinson, Jr. A draft of a constitution was adopted, and a committee of gentlemen appointed to procure an act of incorporation. The first Managers were the following ladies, five of whom still sur- vive, and two of whom are still Managers, Mrs. Denny having been the President ever since its foundation : First Directress, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Denny. Second Directress, Mrs. Martha Page. Secretary, Mrs. Anna Halsey. Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Robinson. Mrs. Eliz'h P. Halsey, " Eliza Lothrop, " Margaret George, " Mary Wilkins, Managers. Miss Mary Page, " Marian Cowan, Mrs. Margaret Bruce, " Eliz'h Tiernan, Mrs. Susan K. Wade, " Hannah Higby, Miss Mary Herron, " Mary A. S. Baird. Committees of gentlemen and ladies went through the cities col- lecting donations, and, on the 27th of June, a house was rented, a 341 342 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. matron provided, and the Asylum was opened with two orphan chil- dren as inmates. In August, 1836, General Robinson presented a lot, on Webster Street, Allegheny, to the Asylum ; and after many difficulties were encountered and obstacles overcome, a new house was occupied in the spring of 1838. Here the family of orphans remained until, during the war, they became so numerous that they were obliged to seek larger accommodations. Mr. Charles Brewer, who died in 1860, left a bequest of fifteen thousand dollars for a new house, and also a share in his residuary estate, which proved to be very valuable. Mr. William Holmes, of Pittsburgh, attended to the investment of this legacy, and added to it his own large subscription and that of his friends, so that the building, whose erection he superintended, was free of debt when occupied in November, 1866. The Asylum building, located in Allegheny City, is of brick, two stories and a half high, with good basement ; it is one hundred and fifty-five feet long by fifty-five feet wide, and stands in a lot two hundred and fifty by two hundred and eighty-six feet, bounded on three sides by Ridge, Grant, and Lincoln Avenues. Its cost, including furniture and grading of grounds, was about sixty-four thousand dollars. About three hundred persons can be accommodated in it. The largest number has been two hundred and sixty, including officers and employees. Since the State undertook the support of the soldiers' orphans, this' Asylum has had under its charge about two hundred and sixty of these children, at one time one hundred and fifty being inmates. The Asylum is supported by the income derived from investments and by contributions. It has received but four thousand dollars from the State, except the money paid for the support of soldiers' orphans. There are now under its care one hundred and ninety children, about two thousand two hundred having been sheltered by it since its first organization. The following is a list of Managers, officers, and employees : BOAED OF MANAGERS. President. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Denny, 114 Penn Avenue. Vice-President. Mrs. Mary Wilkins, 1 Fourth Avenue. ASYLUM OF PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY. 343 Treasurer. Mrs. H. B. Logan, 52 Wood Street. Secretary. Mrs. Lois J. Campbell, 75 Wood Street. Mrs. Mary J. Hays, " Harvey Childs, " Letitia Holmes, " W. Van Kirk, Miss H. S. Lothrop, " Amelia Verner, Mrs. Mary A. Murray, " Eliz'h McKnight, " Samuel Lowrie, " Mary H. Brunot, Miss M. H. Smith, Mrs. A. C. Kay, Matron. Mrs. E. McKelvey. Assistant Matron. Miss E. P. Hervey. Principal Teacher. Miss M. Wallace. Primary Teacher. Miss M. McKelvey. Superintendent of Nursery. Mrs. Walsh. Hospital Nurse. Miss M. McMarlen. Physician. Oliver Laird Miller, M. D. Miss Jane Holmes, " E. P. Albree, Mrs. James Speer, Miss S. Garrison, Mrs. Mullins. 344 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M M w B C p. < -a 5 r Son of Col. Butler, killed by a deserter, when about to arrest him, near Clearfield, Pa. » Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. ^Ks£««K^^B«SS^ii,ffi2sEEss^ffi^jjS«sp£ooo-sasa!Oa2a)a!a}tBa)a!teKa! COCO CO CO O Q. P. P-P.^ P. v a o cj P. P. P. P. P. O O O O 02 HI CD 02 OT OO 03 M W fa 03 iZi &BE-ftftOE-Oftftftftftftp£> hobo tx £ B P Oo fi g.S'P'g.&o rt'o '.c C3 !c o o Q to bo p p .oo P.P. 5S ftft H . go a « 1 a © 03 o o p. & ftZ Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. ^bbtiudt-'^a^^^^dd d 1 rt , -^ lfcJ s p.p,c, ^^^ p.d £s ^S'p-p. 1 - ^ b u * £ O.O.P d p > a ^£?-".o 0^< C m £ •? -« < (5 ■? - jj : - it ■ ■ - je X 3 » 3 i i y j-. 3 : •- j c -.- \ ! -3 i :•_ 3 * * - i 6 ' B ; I - : -J - : i H a; 3 X 3 a i i j i i * C i '8 i j c ■ - P ; • t i P i So \% 1 I \ i i i 346 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, 03 M 05 C See brother's name for I remarks. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Ebensburg. Wolf Creek. Putneyville. Putneyville. Pittsburgh. Dickens' Point. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Salem. Salem. Brownsville. Brownsville. Allegheny. Willett. Putneyville. Water Cure. Allegheny. Allegheny. Allegheny. Allegheny. East Liberty. Beaver. Industry. Industry. East Liberty. East Liberty. Worth in gton. Beaver Falls. Punxsutawney. Punxsutawney. Braddock's-f'ds. Stanton. Waynesburg. E. Bethlehem. Uniontown. Putneyville. Brockwayville... Madison. Brookville. Manorville. W. Middlesex. Allegheny. Brookville. Whitesburg. Madison. o3 B a K ■4 H o R fa o, B H ■4 fl « a « o o o. f > H ■X m B < a w o >-> CO fa M o b R « H Sept. 4, 1871 Aug. 26, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept, 22, 1869 Oct. 12, 1870 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Oot. 12, 1870 Oot. 12, 1870 Otn mm Aug. 8, 1870 Aug. 8, 1870 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 15,1869 Oct. 1, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Oct. 12, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. l f 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1874 Jan. 8, 1869 Oct. 11, 1866 Oct. 1, 1866 Dec. 17, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1 , 1873 03 « H H 6 H B « B Caaville Phillipsburg Dayton Dayton Phillipsburg Phillipsburg McAlisterville Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Dayton Dayton 5= c= Uniontown Uniontown Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Uniontown Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Uniontown Uniontown Dayton Phillipsburg Dayton Dayton Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Uniontown Uniontown Dayton Titusville Dayton Dayton Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Dayton Dayton Dayton B . B S B O a« 11 mm S5 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. & III June 6, 1866 Dec. 24, 1866 Dec. 2, 1867 June 1, 1869 June 1, 1869 May 30, 1865 May 30, 1865 Jan. 6, 1866 Feb. 17, 1866 Feb. 17, 1866 May 16, 1866 Nov. 18, 1866 Aug. 29, 1867 Mar. 7, 1868 May 1 , 1868 May 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1867 Feb. 20, 1867 June 6, 1865 Sept. 13, 1865 Sept. 13, 1865 Oct. 30, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 May 27, 1867 Sept. 13, 1869 Nov. 2, 1866 Nov. 2, 1866 July 3, 1865 May 30, 1866 May 27, 1867 Oct. 30, 1866 May 22, 1867 July 29, 1867 Oct. 29, 1867 Dec. 2, 1867 Sept. 15, 1868 May 11, 1865 Oct. 5, 1865 Nov. 16, 1866 July 17, 1867 Mar. 25, 1868 June 1, 1872 oo: fa . May 22, 1863 Mar. 27, 1858 Apr. 17, 1857 May 25, 1861 Feb. 2, 1857 Mar. 20, 1858 Feb. 2, 1858 Sept. 19, 1861 Jan. 25, 1860 Dec. 16, 1858 Apr. 2, 1860 Dec. 5, 1858 Dec. 11, 1855 Feb. 2, 1860 Sept. 12, 1861 Oct. 15, 1858 Dec. 12, 1861 July 3, 1858 Apr. 23, 1863 Mar. 26, 1860 June 5, 1864 Jan. 5. 1863 Sept. 26, 1859 Nov. 15, 1859 Aug. 19, 1855 Aug. 19, 1855 Feb. 13, 1860 Mar. 16, 1858 Aug. 16, 1858 Jan. 17, 1862 Mar. 28, 1859 Sept. 11, 1861 Sept. 8, 1858 Sept. 30, 1858 Oct. 25, 1862 July 20, 1860 Mar. 13, 1860 July 18, 1860 May 12, 1859 Jan. 21, 1862 Mar. 16, 1861 Aug. 30, 1857 Feb. 10, 1855 Mar. 8, 1856 Sept. 15, 1862 Aug. 11, 1861 June 29, 1864 I I E h P Q 3 Q 4 In c I c i ?. - It It - ='. \ it i- - \\ i: 5; 5 of 1 4 It : '- u 3p :- -' j > 20 id \ 20 --- it l f go i i QQ ! i i IE - : ^ z P IE J '-. T - 1 i „ 5. \ 3 - h I HE - h Sis is a -P h i- -- jo h i 'i la 1 i s | '■V 5 = [ ! E - i >- 1 i \ ft -- i i i ■- i c 1 i i t ■ s i it C D ASYLUM OF PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY. 347 Died Nov. 20, 1870. Returned to her mother. Reported married. f At Sagamore, S. N. S. 1 Brightandgood.foudof ( learning. a New Brighton. New Brighton. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Allegheny. Lawrenceburg. Allegheny City. Balm. Claiinn C,a Pittsburgh. Connellsville. Temperanceville. Clayville. Clayville. Allegheny. Pittsburgh. Notiona. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. E. Bethlehem. Brookville. Brookville. Allegheny, Allegheny. Allegheny. Allegheny. Clarion. Coal Valley. Irish Ripple. New Brighton. Clarion. West Newton. Brownsville. Sharon. Hickory. New Bedford. New Bedford. New Bedford. New Bedford. Humcr. Homer. Allegheny. Allegheny. Allegheny. New Castle. Rochester. Rochester. Rochester. New Castle. L«_'titherwood. >> ~ '/- i -O - a £$■ 3 0) J= o a a - « ~" ©*cT a&b gl a aa *-> *-} o a Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 15, 1869 a GO a, to QQ0Q0Q Oct. 4, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Nov. 7, 1870 Sept. 13, 1870 Sept. 13, 1870 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Aug. 8, 1870 Feb. 15, 1870 Oct. 2, 1866 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1869 Oct. 2, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Oct. 2. 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 a Q Phillipsburg Unioutowu Phillipsburg Uniontown Phillipsburg & a Ml 3 .3 § §.£■ aoo, Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Uuiontown Dayton Dayton to £ Si a Pn 3 OPh Phillipsburg Dayton Uniontown Uniontown Mercer Phillipsburg Uniontown Mercer Mercer Mercer ta wj tc to 3 = 33 £ ^ -T X! '— — — — Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Phillipsburg April 17, 1866 Mar. 5, 1866 Nov. 18, 1866 Sept. 11, 1866 Sept. 11, I860 Feb. 8, 1865 July 12, 1865 Dec. 17, 1866 Feb. 26, 1867 Dec. 17, 1866 Dec. 12, 1866 Aug. 3, 1867 Aug. 3, 1867 Nov. 15, 1869 Oct. 1, 1867 Dec. 21, 1866 Dec. 15, 1868 Dec. 15, 1868 Apr. 27, 1865 Sept. 17, 1866 Apr. 22, 1867 June 8, 1865 May 10, 1866 Dec. 28, 1866 Sept. 5, 1867 Sept. 5, 1867 Sept. 5, 1867 Jan. 25, 1865 Jan. 25, 1865 May 3, 1865 May 3, 1865 June 7, 1865 Jan. 25, 1866 Aug. 24, 1866 Feb. 19, 1867 Oct. 29, 1866 Nov. 18, 1866 Feb. 19, 1867 Apr. 13, 1867 Sept. 6, 1865 Mar. 5, 1868 Mar. 5, 1868 May — , 1868 June 1, 1869 Nov. 10, 1868 Nov. 10, 1868 Oct. 21, 1869 Feb. 18, 1873 May 7, 1873 Sept. 9, 1865 Sept. 4, 1866 July 6, 1865 Sept. 12, 1865 July 6, 1865 Sefit. 9, 1865 Mar. 6, 1866 Apr. 11, 1859 July — , 1859 Nov. 4, 1860 Jan. 9, 1856 July 10, 1858 June 27, 1857 Dec. 7, 1857 May 6, 1861 Nov. 23, 1859 Nov. — , 1858 Feb. 25, 1858 July 16, 1858 Oct. 18, 1862 Dec. 12, 1862 Dec. 24, 1860 Oct. 23, 1859 Mar. 7, 1863 Mar. 7, 1863 Aug. 1, 1859 Apr. 8, 1858 Feb. 5, 1858 Apr. 19, 1860 Mar. 13, 1862 Jan. 15, 1861 Feb. 25, 1858 Sept. 15, 1860 May 3, 1863 Mar. 5, 1856 Dec. 24, 1860 Apr. 1, 1859 Dec. 13, 1860 Apr. 1, 1859 Apr. 5, 1858 Feb. 20, 1860 July 8, 1858 Jan. 18, 1862 Aug. 23, 1861 Jan. 5, 1859 May 27, 1860 May 30, 1857 Apr. 19, 1859 Feb. 14, 1*63 Dec. 7, 1861 Nov. 5, 1864 Oct. 19, 1858 Dec. 27, 1860 Aug. 20, 1860 Mar. 28, 1865 June 10, 1861 Dec. 16, 1858 Jan. 12, 1858 Feb. 7, 1861 Apr. 14, 1857 Dec. 18, 1858 Mar. 14, 1857 Jan. 25, 1857 < P p i >r -J > c ! i 6 S £ < - i P 7 J i '- i c i *- 1 i i i - i - 'j | c s, c - c 1 C t 6 i i 1 .1 P ,1 i - - - i - ►. i j P -j : - i 1 i p i X \ 7 5 - 5 t > P % I \ : S P | P c P t > ■fr 1 - .x •t i - 1 < - .1- n 1 e r P - j p i. * £ a 348 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. r H « 7 < £«J|a< j u o sS S S O n< &.(=<-«! M co l* |i« i l [i S :: h - 31- i I- 'i IC : 5C • : 'ft "■ \l = \ 1 p - if ! * i ■: JC. p : t- ■i t - I < - 5 3 i r i - a U .1 > V "■- 1 B ! ! 7 - c 1 & ^ "r. = co ~. ■a si : o 00 *1 J « J ^ s © x - S So O X o w J J M w h s •V-*- WHITE HALL SCHOOL. ]HIS school is pleasantly located at Camp Hill, Cumberland county, near the White Hill station, on the Cumberland Valley Railway, three miles west of Harrisburg. The original building was formerly used as an academy^ of which Professor David Denlinger was, for many years, Principal ; but upon the organization of the soldiers' orphan system, he, obtain- ing a contract from the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, closed his academy, and in May, 1866, opened a school for the children of deceased soldiers. The building was old, small, and inconvenient, and unsuitable for a school of this kind. As a natural result, typhoid fever prevailed to an alarming extent in the fall of 1867, and quite a number of deaths occurred. Professor Denlinger being unwilling to make the necessary improvements, and preferring another sphere of activity to his present occupation, sold the property to Messrs. Frederic E. Dum and Major J. A. Moore, who took posses- sion on the 1st of November, 1867. Major Moore assumed the principalship of the school, while Mr. Dum acted as steward. Under the new management, a favorable change was speedily brought about. The house was renovated, stagnant water was removed from the cellar, and the domitories and their furniture went through a process of purification. System took the place of confusion, and the children presented "an improved and cheerful aspect. ' During the summer vacation of 1868, a new building was put up, and the accommoda- tions otherwise enlarged, and many conveniences added. The school, which, under its former head, had never been large, now began to increase, and, as the wants of the school required, improvements were from time to time made. With increased efficiency, the insti- tution gained a place in the confidence of the public. 351 352 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Mr. Dum remained with the school until the 12th of March, 1870, when he sold his interest to Mr. Amos Smith and Mr. John Dum. Major Moore, on the 1st of March, 1875, resigned his position as Principal, after having served in that capacity for seven and a half years. Mr. John Dum and Mr. Amos Smith now became, and are still, the Proprietors of the school — the former discharging the duties of Principal, and the latter those of a steward. White Hall has justly gained an enviable reputation for its superior educational facilities. Its teachers have been noted for their effi- ciency, their fidelity, and remarkable success. A large proportion of the orphans who have been trained here, have gone forth from its walls well grounded in all the studies of a good English education. There are connected with the buildings separate yards for boys and girls during play-hours. Also, a small farm, upon which sufficient vegetables are raised to meet the demands of the school. At its beginning, this school was made up chiefly by transfers from other schools, principally from McAlisterville and Cassville ; and up to January 1, 1876, there have been three hundred and fifty-five ad- mitted on order, and two hundred and seventy-nine by transfer, making a total of six hundred and thirty-four. The persons officially employed during the entire period of the school's existence are as follows : Principal Teachers. A. W. Nichols, M.D., Prof. C. C. Hughes, Prof. W. Scott Alexander, Prof. A. G. Owen, Prof. Z. B. Taylor. Capt. J. B. Landis, " J. G. Vale, Prof. M. G. Marple, Mr. S. P. Stambaugh, Miss Sarah Lamb, " Maggie Buckwater, " Alice Conrad, " Mary A. Hughes, Assistant Teachers. Mr. Wm. Ross, " Christian B. Engle, " John C. Nesbit, Miss Leonard, " Maggie Garrison, " Mary Hippie, " Lillie G. Moore, " Ella M. Heller, Mr. A. B. Martin, " J. Gable, " C.Snyder, Miss Game Stambaugh, " Fannie Hess, " Jennie Russell, " E. S. Waggoner, " Emma R. Lefever. Superintendents of Boys. Capt. John A. Bell, Mr. Edw. M. Newman, " M. A. Butterfield, Mr. A. B. Martin, " E. S. Walker, " J. R. Runyan, Mr. John 0. Smith, Capt. E. L. Reber, Mr. Wm. H. Kacy. WHITE HALL SCHOOL. 353 Matrons. Mrs. Mary Rupp, Mrs. Mary Stephenson, Mrs. Mary A. Drinkwater, Mrs. Rebecca Grabill, Mrs. S. A. Rea. Assistant Matrons. Miss Maggie Atchley, Miss Jennie Gates, Miss Carrie Barnes, Mrs. E. Michael, Mrs. Sallie M. Auker. Seamstresses. Mrs. Mary Miles, Mrs. Mary A. Beaverson, Mrs. B. Grabill, Mrs. Maggie Mutch, Mrs. Agnes Umberger. Dining-Room Attendants. Mrs. E. Mohler, " Sarah Leggett, Miss Sallie Bretz, " Annie French, " Emma Overdeer, Mrs. Margaret Myers, " Mary Howecker, Mrs. Jane Orwine, " Ann Leslie, Miss Jennie Gates, " Annie Kline, '• Jennie Ray, Miss Mary Hoover. Laundresses. Mrs. Elizabeth Noel, Miss Katie Dean, Baker. Mr. Lucius C. Wox. Mrs. Annie Swartz, Miss Lizzie Hoover, " Amanda Hoover, " Emily Simpson, " Jennie Loy, Mrs. Barbara Rice, Miss Hettie Keiffer. Mr. Joseph Woods, Mr. Amos Hurst, Farmers. Mr. John Wolf, Mr. Philip Daily, Mr. Christian Bowman. Mr. Edwin Noel, Watchmen. Mr. Amos Hurst, Mr. J. Sowers. Mr. Joseph Howecker, Physicians. A. W. Nichols, M. D., J. D. Bowman, M. D., C. W. Moore, M. D., John Cresswell, M. D. 23 354 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. REMARKS. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Farming. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Learning carpen'r trade. Laborer. Laborer. Cabinet-maker. Laborer. In machine shops. Machinist. Clerk in grocery. Learning tinner trade. Telegraph operator. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Died Nov. 23, 1867. Moulder. Laborer. Died Dec. 2, 1867. a. a ■a 5 Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. c pc I < PC E < E < Shippensburg... Shippeusburg. Mercersburg .... Millerstown. Alum Bank. Clearfield. Lock Haven. Solodaysburg. Solodaysburg. Shippensburg... Shippensburg... New Oxford Sunbury Pleasantville.... Pleasantville Pleasantville. Millersburg. Spring Meadow. Greencastle. Lock Haven. Harrisburg. Mercersburg. Falling Springs. FallingSprings. Falling Springs. Willianisport. Granite Hill. Granite Hill. Harrisburg. York. •3 £ * rf 3 : kb ; H e « a o m 5 o H H « H P M O O oo 3. a. CBCO c a « T-aQ ©i-» 15 o u fcb P. 3 1 -* c O o o B . -PS H •« CB H O 3 Apr. 24, 1867 Dec. 31, 1874 Aug. 11, 1869 May 1, 1871 Apr. 27, 1869 Jan. 17, 1871 Feb. 17, 1869 3 ►■a ED X 3 i-s 72 ■ t- as o « CO° P3 CO « d H « a « a H O a « OO A a < 4 > O B ►J 5 a a York York Loysville York Paradise Paradise Loysville Loysville Lancaster Ho. Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 9, 1866 July 3, 1866 July 3, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 2, 1867 Mav 10, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 May 5, 1874 Mar. 25, 1874 Mar. 25, 1874 Sept. 20. 1873 June 19, 1866 June 19, 1866 June 20, 1866 Sept. 18. 1866 Jan. 1, 1867 July 3, 1866 Sept. 13, 1867 Sept. 17, 1866 Oct. 23, 1866 Sept. 16. 1867 May 7, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Feb. 7, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Aug. 25, 1868 June 16, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 May 1, 1873 Oct. 2, 1871 Sept. 3, 1866 Setit. 1. 1868 III Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3. 1875 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Dec. 1, 1867 Apr. 13, 1868 cococr ft . o a . Jan. 5, 1857 May 26, 1854 Aug. 6, 1851 Nov. 5. 1856 June 12, 1854 Dec. 17, 1853 Sept. 26, 1869 Julv 19, 1861 Feb. 17, 1863 Sept. 16, 1861 June 19, 1860 Oct. 22, 1864 July 20, 1858 Jan. 14, 1854 Apr. 24, 1851 Dec. 31, 1858 Aug. 11. 1853 May 2, 1855 Apr. 27, 1853 Jan. 17, 1855 Feb. 17, 1853 July 31, 1854 Apr. 8, 1858 Apr. 24. 1858 Feb. 13. 1861 July 25, 1857 Jan. 23, 1862 May 16, 1857 Mar. 7, 1856 Feb. 28, 1859 Apr. 27, 1862 Mar. 12, 1859 Nov. 19, 1861 Sept. 3, 1854 Sept. 15, 1859 Mar. 10, 1863 Aug. 2, 1865 Dec. 20, 1868 Feb. 2, 1868 Aug. 4, 1863 Apr. 23, 1862 Nov. 24, 1862 May 20. 1862 July 14, 1855 Mar. 24, 1858 Feb. 7, 1857 June 23, 1856 Sept. 6, 1856 May 19, 1856 b 5 P P 2 5 2 H & E 5 c < 1 X E- T j < E £ is I - : ■« •j a < E- i S P a Q i 5 t p b i \ g - c a c p o. ; a t a 1 1 a i a 5 .c ' - a 5 'i P & > i >- a '= c a \ I a c e i a a c PS < P c fc- E- 3 E PC * < c ( PC c PC p c B B PC E- PC c p a O a £ E- 5 > > X 1 P E ai B >~ rj E- | 3 o OOO WHITE HALL SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 355 a s . v. ■; Cabinet- Clerking Laborer. Laborer. Brakesm Tinsmitt At home r Employ < cotton right L chiner C Contim / his ow Died at I £2 a a E £ 1 b] 03 fcfc a | ville. ersburg. ersburg. port. Eg u -o 9 3 5 7 _r ^ _. - 5 1 ra, N. Y. ra, N. Y. ra, N. Y. isburg .. isburg.. isburg. isburg... ttsburg. amsport. ttsburg.. og Hope, amsport. fonte. ville. onl 2 a a 2 » » £ S S E ? a aaoaa^^jjaaaaaaag-aal;-!; a a a a a a a eg g g a a a ^ £• a aag aS g aag o t ^—.gg J; a a a. . os in o *r >ft so 00>1'5"J'5«T<|>5V -<=> - - "^ -*■ o » £; ^> ci = -- -.cm -cS~*~S sSfcESi-;B-<'-!<0-=t»OQSS , -5<aOo .^•ots . -a s s s ! £w o 1 1 *"*-*-J J g 1 1 1 1 f s -| 55 1 c M - $ 8 - DUOSeUDUUSUUOOCSCUOQOQOQeaAOaaOaBfiCSCQaBaHHeKHHIilHhhblaftbft 356 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. CO M At home. At home. Laborer on R. R. Laborer. Learning barber trade. C Working in cotton mill I © $7.50 per week. School teacher. Printer. CDied of typhoid pneu. 1 monia, Feb. 13, 1875. Printer. Miller. In tobacco store. Laborer. Engineer on R.R. Died Dec. 17, 1867. Clerk. Farming. Miner. Still going to school. At home. At home. Post Office Address WHEN at Home. wville. irmanstown. chanicsburg. irrisburg. xton. xton. lliamsport. • * &D fci M M ^ -3333 * d ,3 ,3 .3 J2 £ 2 t?ja ja .3 ja •- 1 rlisle. rlisle. irrisburg. irrisburg. llersburg. Ilersburg. llersburg. irrisburg. dford. enksville. enksville. '. '■'■■£ a a a a : : > : : .5 fe t i > ooc'C ^0)SKiBco^OOESS«BaattodlilffiKS«3«B5KcocqwoooPPttfC>>WjaP^oa?'- KtUMt i WHITE HALL SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 357 At home. Learning sadd'.er's trade. Laborer. Gone west. Learning printer's trade. Laborer. Carpenter. Laborer. Farming. Farming. Learning tinner's trade. Laborer. Miner. Still going to school. Farming. Farming. Farming. Learn'g blacksm'h trade. *5 it d § = 03 " Shady Grove. Sunbury. Sunbury. Forest Hill. York. Allentown. Dauphin. York. Ray's Hill. Gratz. Williamsport. Williamsport. York Bedford. Ray's Hill, l.eiirlersville. llarrisburg. llarrisburg. White House. Montgom'y Sta'n Montgom'y Sta'n Montgom'y Sta'n > a d | tnw ||g s 1 !! 1 " 1| |eb «,« il is i %iis •a ■X a >> ; .~ •g •'5 & d ! " : • • O CO (J 3 a 1 -i < ►» 1 g" |«- s [4 -0 a °" Otn • B 11 aa MM > so Z % X -J O • -5 : a : 9 : 1 ; I • • a • ! ■*> : : ^ I : ■ ti' : a . a WW 3*3 3*°*^ O Sept. 1, 1870 Feb. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Mar. 21, 1871 Aug. 11, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Mar. 3, 1873 Mar. 5, 1873 May 5, 1873 Sept. 24, 1873 Jan. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 June 9, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 2, 1872 Apr. 13, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 June 11, 1866 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 2, 1867 Jan. 21, 1868 June 1, 1868 Nov. 7, 1866 Oct. 30, 1866 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 7, 1872 Sept. 24, 1875 May 26, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 15, 1871 June 1, 1868 Apr. 12, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 June 14, 1866 July 3, 1K66 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 May 18, 1872 Dec. 5, 1870 July 3. 1866 Jan. 16, 1871 Oct. 6, 1871 Nov. 3, 1860 May 26, 1862 Oct. 5, 1863 June 30, 1862 July 7, 1859 Feb. 25, 1861 Dec. 18, 1859 Jan. 8, 1860 May 6. 1864 Nov. 18, 1863 Sept. 24, 1861 Sept. 24 1861 Aug. 7, 1864 June 4, 1862 Jan. 10, 1866 Jan. 24, 1864 Mar. 3, 1866 Sept. 3, 1867 Jan. 20, 1862 Mar. 10, 1856 July 2, 1860 July 9, 1862 Apr. 12, 1855 June 6, 1861 May 18, 1856 Dec. 17, 1861 Oct. 30, 1858 Aug. 1, 1857 Dec. 4, 1854 Dec. 20, 1853 Jan. 3, 1851 Apr. 17, 1860 Oct. 6, 1861 Sept. 2, 1853 Sept. 11, 185S Jan. 22, 1861 May 20, 1858 Nov. 20, 1859 Jan. 3, 1857 Feb. 16. 1859 Apr. 5, 1854 Nov. 4, 1863 July 22, 1867 Feb. 14, 1869 Nov. 4, 1861 Mar. 6, 1863 Mar. 27, 1855 Mar. 26, 1856 May 24, 1858 M:iv 22, 1860 Aug. 15, 1863 Oct. 5, 18,"i9 Sept. 18, 1852 Aug. 19, 1860 Jan. 16, 1863 Feb. 24, 1862 1 U 5 E I. wt i a i j 3 z 1 5 _- 1 =- i j li 3j 3. i' l- CI t -.2 it ) \ | it i i- 5: at It ;i ; a a I i a: 5' is St 3 '-■ 3 - it i i i -5- Q - 1 "5" 1 c = it i I- ii .E a -.* il ii : - - it n ii '._ it St i ! a ; ja - *"> IM Ml* Ifcl as* 5iS 6 j^ i: - £ Ft 1 3 > i : it - ! - : : - - ! - ■ i 1 jj -1 IC 1 B c -C il 358 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL! m M g w 3 Farming. Farming. Farming. Laborer. Laborer. Died March 20th, 1873. 5 Employed in R.R. shops } (3) $35 per month. J Clerking in a store @ { $16 per mouth. Laborer. Farming. Died Dec. 16, 1867. Farming. Laborer. J Clerking ® $300 per I year. Died Nov. 22d, 1872. Gone to Wisconsin. Gone to Wisconsin. Farming. Post Office Address When at Home. Mechanicsburg. Mechanicsburg.. Mechanicsburg. Moorsburg. Forks. Harrisburg. Carlisle. Coffee Run. Coffee Run. Enterline. Harrisburg. Alum Bank. Bedford Bedford Harrisburg Mercersburg. Harrisburg. Gettysburg. Gettysburg. York. Salina City, Kan. Sunbury. Danville. Louden. Louden. St. Clair. St. Clair. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Pottsgrove. Lewisburg. West End West End. Buffalo Mills. Williamsport.... Williamsport.... Danville. Spring Meadow. Spring Meadow. 02 H O PS M o CO ft o H H ■4 ft H H R 05 O K O • * 5 > 1 02 ; © : 3 1 j i * i i ° ■•••>, : : : : o3 : : : :S :« : : o ;CC < CO .K IS «) O K &S O i-s : • o H«! : [a ^ : Ms i a ;fe : s : I ■o :-* : 1 ;s ! o : : 1 : 3 ;12 1 :< CO h M O M ii ft BJ H co M W fa CO M H d H w M H W « 3 w o a as wag £ fe rf 2 -2 xi 3 3^ 3ij^ a a 5 : • !>. • ;S ; Lancaster Ho. Laucaster Ho. Loysville M'Allisterville M'Allisterville i icjB jo :a : i •I ■ ■ ;iJ : : • • • • bOM ; ; : : : : oi oj : : : : : :°° : I Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 3, 1872 Sept. 12, 1871 Sept. 12, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Nov. 20, 1873 Sept: 1, 1874 Sept. 21, 1874 Mar. 27, 1875 Mar. 27, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 June 8, 1871 July 3, 1866 Jan. 2, 1872 Jan. 2, 1872 Jan. 2. 1872 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 17, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 15, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 2, 1867 June 2, 1867 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 17, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Sept. 1,1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 June 8, 1871 Oct. 6, 1871 Mar. 11, 1872 May 4, 1872 May 4, 1872 Juue 21, 1872 Sept. 8, 1872 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Oct. 17, 1872 Apr. 14, 1873 Apr. 14, 1873 Mar. 2, 1874 o K H •"1 ft a H as Feb. 14, 1861 Jan. 3, 1859 Mar. 16, 1864 Feb. 15, 1859 Oct. 5, 1857 May 2, 1860 Oct. 4, 1865 Mar. 13, 1860 Jan. 3, 1860 June 7, 1866 July 18, 1869 Nov. 27, 1859 Mar. 21, 1858 Apr. 16, 1851 Dec. 20, 1858 Feb. 10, 1860 Feb. 14, 1861 Dec. 11, 1856 Aug. 26, 1852 Dec. 8, 1858 Oct. 19, 1860 Apr. 18, 1856 Nov. 7, 1858 Mar. 28, 1854 May 13, 1861 Sept. 3. 1852 Sept. 12, 1857 Feb. 16, 1856 Dec. 11, 1858 June 24, 1861 July 16, 1859 Mar. 24, 1855 Dec. 2, 1857 May 11, 1860 Nov. 11, 1857 Aug. 30, 1862 Mar. 21, 1858 Apr. 28, 1863 Oct. 29, 1861 Dec. 17, 1858 May 23, 1860 Mar. 8, 1860 Nov. 13, 1858 May 14, 1856 May 14, 1854 June 9, 1862 Aug. 29, 1859 Sept. 6, 1863 Nov. 17, 1859 CO Lemon, William E. Lemou, Leo. L. Lemon, Joseph M. Light, Solomon C. Light, Ross O. Long, John Lesher, Albert N. Lewis, William Line, Albert A. Lowery, James H. Lowery, John T. Lutz, James B. McKuight, George Marshall, Ceylen W. Marshall, Silas E. Marshall, Charles W. Marshall. William H. Michael, George D. McConnelly, William A. Michael, Henry M. Michael, Jacob T. Musser, Jacob F. Musser, Charles S. Musser, John W. Musser, Harry Myers, William C. Myers, Anson B. McConnell, George W. Her, Frederick Her, John Jacob Her, John L. ller, Jacob >rgan, David R. ■s-1 ga s slss? jser, John A. )ser, Hillery ill, Samuel ill, John les, James E. M. les, John A. Hard, John H. ckle, Jesse B. S5 as ass 3SSSSS SSS WHITE HALL SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 359 Farming. At home. Gone to Kansas. Gone to Kansas. Laborer. Laborer. Farming. Farming. Married. ( Attending school at } home. C At Bloonisburg S. N. S. } one term. Cigar-maker. Died Oct. 9th, 1874. Employed in nail fact'y. Emplnyed in nail fact'y. Forger. Nailer. ( At Millersvllle S. N. S. } one term. Teacher. Carpenter. El 3 - ( Wo ■f.f. Newport. Spring Meadow. Harrisburg. Etters. Danville. Clearfield. Two Taverns — Two Taverns Cessna Station. Cessna Station. Bedford. Shamokin. Arndtzville. Arndtzville. Hughes. Houstonville Houstonville Houstonville. : 5: ::::&*:»: lllllli 1 il|||l{|li c iiiUilllliU 7. 1 1 D. to D. EO >> a r. ■ a oSa .0 a*> : AS a, 1 HI 3 ■ May 20, 1873 Oct. 20, 1871 Nov. 11, 1873 Sept. 7, 1872 July 3, 1874 Nov. 22, 1870 as <-* 00 0. 10 c ! M sz O a 'i* '> "> ~ 006s 0m>- • as s»a 3 3 * £ JOOO Cassville Cassville Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy >> a j j Apr. 27. 1871 May 1, 1874 May 1, 1874 May 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Apr. 2ft, 1875 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3. 1875 Sept. 10, 1875 Oct. 1 , 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3. 1875 June 25, 1866 Apr. 24, 1874 Oct. 9, 1874 Oct. 9. 1874 Apr. 18, 1871 May 26, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Apr. 20, 1869 Apr. 20, 1869 Apr. 20 1869 June 1, 1868 Apr. 7, 1873 Apr. 7, 1873 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Mar. 1, 1871 Mar. 6, 1871 Mar. 4, 1872 Sept. 18, 1866 May 18, 1874 June 1, 1868 Sept. 17, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Junel, 1868 Mar. 30, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Apr. 20, 1875 Sept. 14, 1866 .Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 1 1 c 5 ! i ■ i s - i u i i i 5 •- IS ji = [i 3 - - S _ - i i 1 1 i If i ; 6 :• -p - : 3 5' i y" : 'J - •i il ■ >■: i; S( U u tl 3 1- il i = - a r - ic i» i i ' 1 ; 2 • :■'- r i: e r'. ;- ii i 'u x :'- ii 3 -. - '- ~ . - i 1" 5- II ^ i j " z I* 1 - -= -9 - > il t 3 - 5i 3 at q 5 = 6 \ 00 5 ;p 5" ! ii ii v- i v - 5 < r i 360 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 03 M W Ph Tinsmith. Laborer. Laborer. Printer. At home. Clerk in grocery. Clerk in book-store. Laborer. Laborer. Farming. Cigar-maker. Laborer. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. i > J" > Harrisburg. Chickies. Chickies. Newberry. West Fairview. Kerb's Station. Greencastle. Greencastle. Carlisle. Carlisle. Carlisle. Carlisle. Kreb's Station. Benton. Mechanicsburg. Mechanicsburg. Mechanicsburg.. Mercersburg. Northumberl'nd. McConnellsburg. Carlisle. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Saxton. Chambersburg. West Fairview. Lewisburg. Bedford. N. Oxford. Mt. Holly Spr'gs. Williamsport. Alum Bank. Danville. Danville. Danville. York. Dauphin.. Dauphin. Buck Valley. W e pj a o fi o w H H>J ft K W « O K O Pi > si O < o 1 "*, CO O W s a. < 1 3 >-3 o a 55 02 3 3 1-5 03 rt CO o 3 -3^S5o2cocQHiGGa2CQcGo2co2H% , -afto203coa3coo: en (M co a* ft . oa H « fi W Aug. 5, 1855 Sept. 14, 1856 Aug. 31, 1853 Apr. 24, 1857 Dec. 28, 1856 Apr. 4, 1859 Jan. 25, 1860 Mar. 10, 1862 Mar. 8, 1857 Feb. 26, 1859 Juue 8, 1859 Jan. 1, 1860 Oct. 26, 1859 June 16, 1863 Jan. 12, 1865 Dec. 11, 1858 May 7, 1861 Julv 14, 1863 Aug. 4, 1866 Oct. 11, 1861 Nov. 15, 1858 Sew. 3, 1859 July 7, 1861 June 19, 1857 Feb. 10, 1862 July 8, 1857 Jan. 28, 1858 July 22, 1864 Aug. 15, 1858 Jan. 20, 1856 Mar. 19, 1855 Feb. 18, 1860 Feb. 1, 1862 July 23, 1863 May 6, 1861 June 1, 1863 May 13, 1863 July 11, 1861 June 18, 1862 Oct. 3, 1862 Sept. 4, 1864 Feb. 10, 1854 Mar. 20, 1862 Sept. 15, 1858 June 20 1860 Nov. 6, 1860 Mar. 7, 1862 Aug. 7. 1863 Aug. 20, 1859 < & K ! ) CO Q B JZ 01 a. ■2 i co 5= B a. p X e J. = i < CO < I -J '1 a 1 OS < i ZZ CO co o: c JZ a Z 5 t co co co co j co T XI. 5. a cc o co a r V. r o '1 03 i z. £ 4 — E S j: i-: = oa CO ci CO K IS r. CO 03 is 3 ; ■" H 3 c & 1 . a Eh S . -w „-SE5 ^ ° ° £* E^EhEhEh WHITE HALL SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 361 Gone to Iowa. Printer. Died in 1874. Farming. Clerk, and doing well. Huckstering. Working in cotton mill. Printer. Telegraph operator. Farming. J Messenger to Y. M. C. '( A. Rooms, Harrisburg. Farming. At home. At home. At home. At home. At home. At home. At home. At home. At home. Married. At home. At home. Married. Married. At home. Lives with aunt. C Attending Shippena- < burg S. N. S. Seamstress. Died June 24th, 1872. 3 rf 3 caXA > ] Williamsport Hanover. Altoona. Milesburg. Orange* ille. Northumherla'd. Harrisburg Harrisburg. Newport. Newport. Siddonsburg. Siddonsburg. Tamaqua. Dalmatia. Dalmatia. Mechauicsburg. Mercersburg Mercersburg .... Wrightsville Wrightsville Wrightsville Wrightsville Millerstown* Alum Bank. Watsontown. Llewellyn. Danville Dry Run Dry Run New Oxford New Oxford Fuller's Station. Millersburg. Mechanicsburg.. Mechanicsburg. Linglestown. Linglestown .... i fa > > - - >• > % p. ■4 p, V. o ti u 3 rt «53 C ft it -i ?> life* a < 1- i •° a RZ Oct. 8, 1872 Jan. 4, 1875 Dec. 24. 1869 Feb. 22, 1871 Nov. 26, 1873 o Jan. 24, 1873 Mar. 17, 1871 Apr. 7, 1869 Nov. 7, 1867 Feb. 14, 1874 Apr. 24, 1871 ■ u 3 A a •a a ■4 E 5 > III III* '> a Lancaster Ho. Mount Joy Mount Joy York Home York Home bo 3 a 3 c'Si. ►300 5 a "II • « Sept. 1,1873 Juue 15, 1874 Sept. 25, 1866 June 11, 1866 Sept. 3. 1866 Sept. 15, 1H66 Sept. 3, 1867 Nov. 6, 1866 Sept. 8, 1871 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 June 1, 1869 June 1, 1869 Feb. 16. 1872 Feb. 16. 1872 Aug. 25, 1868 June 1, 1868 May 26. 1868 Feb. 16, 1872 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 10. 1866 Sept. 10, 1866 Oct. 5, 1866 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 May I, 1869 Sept. 12, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 15, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 May 10, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Apr. 8. 1874 Nov. 25, 1873 June 16, 1871 July 3, 1866 June 1, 1868 Sept. 3, 1866 Nov. 1, 1867 Sept. 17. 1866 Sept. 10, 1867 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 8. 1871 Oct. 24, 18H6 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 15, 1866 Deo. 1, 1868 Jan. 9, 1867 Jan. 9, 1867 Oct. 4, 1871 May 15. 1862 Sept. 10, 1868 Apr. 9, 1856 Dec. 20, 1856 Sept. 16, 1855 Feb. 13. 1858 Feb. 3, 1856 Ma; 11, 1853 Nov. 3, 1861 June 14. 1859 Oct. 17, 1860 Dec. 18. 1857 Oct. 6. 1855 Apr. 21, 1857 Feb. 2, 1861 Feb. 23, 1854 Mar. 13, 1853 Mar. 9, 1858 Apr. 24, 1863 Apr. 5, 1864 June 24, 1866 Nov. 1, 1854 Nov. 19, 1855 Dec. 27, 1851 Nov. 12, 1857 June 7, 1862 Mar. 16, 1864 Jan. 24, 1861 Oct. 8, 1856 Jan. 4, 1859 Dec. 24, 1853 Feb. 22, 1855 Nov. 26, 1857 Sept. 12, 1859 June 7. 1866 Feb. 28, 1863 Oct. 10, 1862 Jan. 28, 1864 Apr. 6, 1858 Oct. 14, 1855 Aug. 16, 1855 Oct. 22, 1852 Jan. 24, 1857 Mar. 12, 1855 Apr. 7. 1853 Nov. 7, 1851 Feb. 14, 1858 Apr. 24, 1855 Jan. 22, 1860 Nov. 14, 1857 Julv6. 1859 Sept. 17, 1855 Apr. 20, 1857 Mar. 9, 1860 - it , : J. -•- r ■i i - : i ■ i '■I 5c i h i a st t si 3 st st a 3 sj 3 - s| -'- st st 1 -V i 3> : c [c 3l h ^ . i it t i" - 5t i l« li : - II it 5 \ i i 1 c 3 t. 2 £ 3 -< C a I i t 1 > Jt < e : i < 5 t P 2 - 5 pc * •j a « £ * PP i- P * i p 5 p 5 p i p' B P P P - 1 j P ■s E p C £ ■j 1 1 P 362 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools, to M M a Pi Lives with aunt. At home. Married. At home. f Teaching @ $43.00 per \ month. Adopted by J. Z. Paul. At home. C Waiter in E.E. dining- \ rooms. At home. Married. Attending S. Nor. School. At home. At home. Married. Married to Scott Young. Married. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. i «» : : : : : : : : « : : : : d '■ :;s .a J-'-iJ '■'■'■ a : '■ '■ . '■ QjJ J ll||.l?li|lllisil|iii : :iliglil!ililli.!ll!!!!*|ll|i © o £ on k» c &< a a a. 5 3 3 o 5 oa « z a a a >• » o < S 2 £ j o j a a j j 3 a a a « « « w « ^ & Is z Es ft « a o p ft o ft" H •4 P « o o 03 o ; O | * ! i ! 1 ©::::: : : : : ** ...la : : : :< B . -PS ft «* ft ^2 O 1 ft 3 a O • d a - rf 3 o4 ; ;s ' ■ • i • ■ « : :* I :'S : : :" : i • * s '. ■* o o ft M O ft ■IB P« H 02 « W fa «! Ph 1 6 H ft « h Q.Q. : cnoo ■ 00 • ft O a « oo ; >a ° =a > s £■'■3 3E* Iff >, J a 1 - 1 : 3 1 " 3 m 3 3 ' sill a : a § ? s a : bSSbb : js :a i j 1 ; bo • S ; • ; jo ;5 • • • 3 3 ZZ O -zz ~z p 3 III l4o Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Aug. 25, 1868 Aug. 25, 1868 Aug. 25, 1868 June 1, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 June 20, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 16, 1867 Dec. 1, 1868 Oct. 3, 1870 Mav 22, 1873 Oot. 22, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 May 23, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Apr. 12, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Feb. 15, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Jan. 1, 1872 Sept. 20, 1872 June 1, 1868 Sept. 22, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Jan. 1, 1872 Dec. 21, 1874 Sept. 14, 1866 Nov. 22, 1873 Sept. 28, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 19, 1866 Sept. 19, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 June I, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Jan. 13, 1871 ft . OS p 4 * SO ; E^fc^OiB^fcTZO^rtfi^SOOPjnhOObSBS^T^ioOEzCcO'jHSSaoOOaii? G 6 C g A Q 4 3 4 P % z Z ;p H 3 rt ;3 Z z Z -Z 3pq zi' ft rap p 3; 5P it. J d I- 31 I = 5p i 3 1 : _ a- 55 < 1* 1 k k ^p ;- \i a". J5 d = 1 - - •XI a = i at 3C 3" i 5P i ,p • 5p 3 JOS = -- So aiJj Duck, Emma R. Dunn, Eliza Derstiue, Clara Diener, Catherine H. L. Deuce, Maria R. Edmiston. Fannie R. Eastwood, Rebecca A. English, Clara E. English, Lucy A. Foor, Margaret E. Foor, Mary E. ftp a" * -I !& « >» is so a & m a & to < a a r. g < is £> -J >"5 '"S Sept. 8, 1871 Aug. 7, 1875 Mar. 20, 1873 July 3, 1875 o a 3 May 3, 1875 June 10, 1873 Aug. 15, 1870 Sept. 13, 1870 June 17, 1874 Apr. 3, 1875 < o , n 3 > S3 a a fc s a a &a Emmaus Emmaus Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Lancaster Ho. E a 3 = | a 3 York Home York Home York Home Wilkesbarre Wilkesbarre Orangeville Orangeville S S a g = a a (», Sept. 9, 1872 Sept. 8, 1871 June 6, 1872 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 14, 1S66 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 18B6 Dec. 1, 1867 Mar. 1, 1869 Mav 22, 1875 May 25, 1866 Sept. 1 , 18B9 July 3, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. IX, 1KK6 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 2, 1872 Oct. 11, 1870 Sept. 4, 1867 Sept. 24, 1873 Sept. 15, 1866 Feb. 16, 1871 Mar. 30, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 May 3, 1869 May 3, 1869 Dec. 23, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Nov. 8. 1870 June 1, 1868 Oct. 18, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Jan. 1, 1873 Feb. 18, 1873 Dec. 22, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 July 20, 1868 July 20, 1868 June 1. 1868 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1 , 1869 Sept. 13, 1869 Sept. 13, 1869 June 26, 18B6 July 29, 1866 Sept. 2, 1867 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Nov. 3, 1866 Oct. 8, 18B7 Feb. 13, 1864 Nov. 22, 18B1 Mar. 10, 1862 Dec. 6, 1858 Dec. 12, 1856 Jan. 8, 1852 Feb. 8, 1854 Sept. 12, 1856 July 5, 1857 Dec. 29, 1860 July 27, 1867 Sept. 9, 1856 Apr. 30, 18B1 Aug. 22, 1855 Sept. 11, 1852 Feb. 19, 1852 Oct. 3, 1855 Sept. 8, 1862 June 16, 1859 July 5, 1857 Jan. 2, 1864 Sept. 8, 1855 Aug. 7, 1859 Mar. 20, 1857 July 3, 1869 Dec. 16, 1856 Oct. 16, 1858 Sept. 11, 1860 Aug. 12, 1860 Dec, 7, 1858 Jan. 5, 1854 Apr. 8, 1864 Nov. 5, 1861 Jan. 21, 1863 June 7, 1859 Feb. 5, 1862 Jan. 26, 1862 Jan. 16, 1860 Aug. 20, 1862 May 3, 1859 June 10, 1857 Aug. 15, 1855 Sept. 13, 1854 June 17, 1858 Apr. 3, 1859 Nov. 17, 1856 Apr. 15, 1853 Jan. 28, 1855 Nov. 27, 1854 Oct. 28, 1859 May 19, 1864 Nov. 18, 1852 Aug. 20, 1855 Dec. 24, 1851 June 16. 1S55 Apr. 24, 1858 c s 1 I -J \ u 6 :- - f ■ i ■j 1 i ; 5 ■I -: c I 3 i t 3 >> it t ■i [j it s ► i i i ' i -') i - i ) ! i 6 i i e i t ■J 1 i * 7 ! i a < : a - s J - a I ] i \ Z i Z : 5 i i 6 . 1 i I .- B 7 i i 1 > i > - s s a 5 t t ' '' is S iS - s ;■ - - i > ■ ■,.'■ ih 364 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. w M < At home. At borne. At home. Died Nov. 7th, 1867. C Attending Shippensb'g J S. N. S. Married. Married to Chas. P. Kelly. CDied a pupil at Ship- l pensburg S. N. S. At home. At home. ( Teaching city school @. 1 $400 per year. Working in shoe factory. Married to Jacob Fitting. At borne. At home. Removed to Wisconsin. Married to A. Raymond. Married. Died Dec. 25th. 1865. C Atteuding Millcrsville i S. N. S. At home. " Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. a : nS E a 3 S. 1 Mercersburg Mooresburg. Coffee Run. Coffee Run. Forks. Alum Bank. Sunbury Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Doylesburg. St. Clair Harrisburg. Lewishurg. Buffalo Mills. Newport. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Mercersburg. Harrisburg. Mercersburg. Cessna Station. Harrisburg. Hughes. New Oxford Houstoutown. Lisburn. Saxton. Douuellv's Mills. Donnelly's Mills. Donnelly's Mills. w S « B O n O H H P « « O o °' rH .. Q-O oo © < til go IBS 5 -< H . -4 to 3 -4 1 © >-5 do 3 ca '• DO aoo ■3 :i i-3 ;D0 a 5 ft « O « H ;cO o'S" i-5* :oo to H 03 M d H : d O OS O " O ^ m *° 3 p 3 15a bo a 5 w ►J I ■3 ;OH J Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 17, 1867 June 1, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 May 28, 1866 June 14, 1866 July 3, 1866 July 3, 1866 Apr. 3, 1873 Sept. 22, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 8, 1866 Sept. 2, 1872 Mar. 18, 1875 Mar. 18, 1875 Dec. 1, 1874 July 3, 1866 Jan. 30, 1866 Sept. 17, 186S Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 6. 1872 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 4, 1867 Sept. 4, 1867 Sept. 1, 1870 June 8, 1871 Mar. 11, 1872 Sept. 8, 1872 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 June 8, 1871 Mar. 28, 1871 Jan. 6, 1874 Mar. 28, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Apr. 4, 1861 Sept. 18. 1866 Apr. 20, 1869 Jan. 1, 1874 May 18, 1874 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18. 1866 Mar. 8, 1872 Apr. 14, 1872 ft . O [jj Mar. 14, 1857 July 22, 1857 Sept. 10, 1870 Feb. 26, 1855 Sept. 10, 1857 May 24, 1854 Mar. 7, 1856 Jan. 25, 1865 Dec. 14, 1853 July 1, 1854 Apr. 8, 1857 Jan. 20, 1862 Aug. 28, 1864 Sept. 23, 1872 Jau. 19, 1869 May 13, 1852 Jan. 10, 1856 July 7, 1855 Sept. 26, 1855 Nov. 29, 1864 June 13, 1853 Jan. 22, 1858 Oct. 1, 1855 Mar. 14, 1857 Aug. 27, 1858 Sept. 1, 1856 June 2. 1861 Dec. 16, 1862 Sept. 7, 1862 June 6, 1858 Aug. 16, 1867 June 10, 1854 May 28, 1856 June 2, 1861 May 17, 1860 Feb. 15, 1865 May 17, 1860 Aug. 27, 1864 Dec. 16, 1859 Sept. 11, 1857 Oct. 14, 1861 Oct. 16, 1852 July 21, 1859 Dec. 13, 1863 Sept. 22. 1859 Aug. 30. 1855 Jan. 9, 1856 Dec. 14, 1860 Mar. 28, 1859 P 5 P P 3 5 2 5 4 3 ■4 G I "i ■- Z- 6 'Z c 1 i i i p. '1 of | a i ft a t 'i a I * c _ I '- ■a > Z as _0 5 ! < «5 •§§g b c £ g S3 a D0>-s J= 3* aP 3 3-^ S2< a t Iz t lz K 1 S q c "5 i£ - 3 2C c & 1 p. O P, "I p ■< fc"fe >-3 s WHITE HALL SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 365 C Married Mr. Hague, a < graduate of Lewisburg ( College. At home. Married to Geo. Hocker. Died after leaving school. Married. Mantua- maker. Mantua-maker. Married to Mr. Shank. At home. ( Attending Bloomsburg I S. N. S. At home. Removed to Iowa. Removed to Iowa. At home. At home. Married to John Mason. Working in cotton-mill. Married. Married. At home. At home. Died Dec. 13, 1868. ~ ■* 11 a.- Hi £sSa: Sob Harrisburg. West Fairview.. Newberry. Salona. West Fairview.. Lewisburg. Harrisburg. Mercersburg. tlrecncastle. Carlisle. Saxton. NewviUe. Saxton. Saxton. Harrisburg. Danville. York York. York. s - Philadelphia... . Linglcstown. Carlisle. Carlisle. Benvenue. Duncannon. Duncannon. Siddensburg. Siddensburg. Dalmatia. a, 0;:B; : > o © S 4 £ > > o o O £ iO ■« avau x ° a o SO Feb. 13, 1869 Mar. 31, 1869 Aug. 15, 1870 June 12, 186!) June 11, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 9, 1874 July 6, 1873 Apr. 27, 1875 to.! is.: '. '. t •CD ; ;0Q ; • ;>- Nov. 8, 1874 June 25, 1869 Apr. 26, 1871 Mar. 7, 1869 Jan. 10, 1868 Aug. 14. 1873 ■"5 : : : :© : : : ! la, : : : t ; | • • :2 i i i : : : :& : : : : : I :S : : • 1 I "-a : : : : : : : 3 : : : : : : -a : : : : : Ed Mount Joy Emmaus Mouut Joy M'Allistervilie Mount Joy Mount Joy Loysville Lancaster Ho. M'Allistervilie Jacksonville ::::§§:: : : : :°° : : York Home York Home Paradise Paradise M'Allistervilie d 3 3 H a a K > ,3 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1S68 Sept. 1, 1869 Apr. 30, 1872 Mar. 30, 1873 May 14, 1873 Apr. 16, 1868 Sept. 14, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 14, 1866 Apr. 13, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Dec. 1, 1867 June 1. 1868 Sept. 25, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Oct. 17, 1870 Mar. 22, 1871 Sept. 18, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Apr. 18, 1873 May 22, 1874 May 8, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 21, 1871 May 23, 1866 Jan. 2, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 7, 1874 Sept. 16, 1867 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Jin. 1. 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1 , 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 3, 1867 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Aug. 14, 1866 Sept. 10, 1866 Sept. 8, 1871 Apr. 2, 1854 Dec. 12, 1855 Apr. 7, 1859 Dec. 4. 1859 Oct. 30, 1SH2 Apr. 13, 1863 Mar. 12, 1856 Oct. 25, 1852 Mar. 13, 1861 Feb. 13. 1853 Julv 21, 1861 Mar. 31, 1853 Aug. 15, 1854 June 12, 1853 June 11, 1855 Sept. 1, 1856 Sept. 9, 1858 July 6, 1857 Feb. 12, 1861 Apr. 27, 1859 June 28, 1861 Mar. 17, 1860 Sept. 1, 1861 Sept. 15, 1859 Apr. 14, 1861 Mar. 10, 1864 Sept. 9, 1859 July 23, 1861 Dec. 2, 1868 May 21, 1861 June 17, 1852 June 11. 1859 Nov. 8, 1858 Mar. 4, 1863 May 29, 1861 June 25, 1853 Apr. 26, 1855 Mar. 7, 1853 Jan. 10, 1852 Aug. 14, 1857 Oct. 24, 1857 Jan. 6, 1857 Aug. 27, 1859 Jan. 27, 1864 Jan. 8, 1863 Feb. 25, 1858 Oct. 4, 1853 May 17, 1864 Dec. 22, 1867 Aug. 19, 1853 Aug. 3. 1852 June 10, 1860 a p ■ X Z a . c > j - ! a i a ] -.' j a a S s I -J -: ■j Smith, Amanda Smith, Maggie J. Smith, Mary C. Smith, Frances H. Shepler, Alice A. Simpson, Emily Sheffler, Ellen Suydam. Bella H. Suydam, Margaret D. Steele, Clara E. Steel, Anna C. Sewalt, Ida C. Shatzer, Emma C. Shatto, Laura A. Syling, Anna R. Swartz, Nannie B. Shedron, Emma S. Shedron, Sarah A. Smith, Josephine M. Turner, E. Catherine Trott, Christina Test, Ida J. Test, Mary A. Trumbower, Nora Welsh, Carrie H. Wyant, Sarah E. Wvant, Agnes c i C - is - i > i - i i z 1- "c c < •- X t -/ - i THE ORPHANS' HOME, GERMANTOWN. HE original house was furnished and occupied March 12, 1859, although the Home was not chartered until June 4, 1860. The first child was received on March 18, six days after the formal opening of the house : and from that small beginning the family gradually increased, until the original quarters were found too small to accommodate all the applicants. Within six months from the commencement, it was found necessary to purchase a neighboring property of seven acres, with increased accommodations, where the institution has been located ever since. In December, 1860, Rev. J. Schladermundt was elected Superin- tendent of the Home, and continued until Easter, 1863. In the month of November, 1874, Rev. Schladermundt died at the Emi- grantenhaus, New York. He was succeeded as house-father by Rev. Charles Witrner, who continued in charge until March, 1864, a term of one year, and was in turn succeeded by Rev. C. Rondthaler, who, after but one month's services, was superseded by Rev. Henry Wendt, on November 1, 1864. On November 8, 1867, Mr. John K. Heyl was chosen Superin- tendent, and continued to serve very efficiently until September, 1868, when he resigned the position. For the sake of economy, and because of the impossibility of pro- curing a suitable male Superintendent, the Home was for several years under the charge of the Matron, previous to the transfer of the institution and property to the Ministerium of Pennsylvania. The Trustees appointed by Synod, met for the first time on July 1, 1872. On August 24, 1872, Rev. G. F. Gardner was elected Super- intendent ; but it was not until January 6, 1873, that he was duly installed in office, and has ever since continued to do most faithful service, and the institution is now in a high degree of prosperity under his management. 366 THE orphans' home, germantown. 367 On April 29, 1862, the corner-stone of a new building was laid, and was completed September 18, 1863, and put into immediate use as a school-house, and subsequently as a printing-office and factory. The rapid increase of inmates made necessary the erection of a larger main building, the corner-stone of which was laid July 24, 1865, and completed at a cost of about twenty-five thousand dollars ; the means of paying which was provided mainly by a fair, held Oc- tober 31, 1869, at Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, and was so liber- ally patronized that twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars of the above expenses were realized during the space of two weeks. Of the original corporators of the institution, but one — Lewis L. Houpt — has continued in connection with it until the present time, having served the Home as Secretary from the beginning of its his- tory, January 4, 1860, a period of more than sixteen years. The Presidents of the Board of Trustees have been as follows : 1. Lewis Bremer, elected June 4, 1860, and died March 6, 1866. 2. He was succeeded by William L. Schaeffer, who resigned in July, 1867. 3. Frederick Staake, who was elected Trustee in March, 1863, and President in July, 1867. He continued in office until October 5, 1868, when he resigned. He departed this life on Oct. 31, 1874. 4. Paul P. Keller succeeded Mr. Staake, in October, 1868, and continued to preside over the institution until the property was trans- ferred to the Synod, and a new Board of Trustees appointed by it, in June, 1872. 5. Daniel M. Fox, elected Trustee in June, 1872, and chosen President of the Board at its first meeting. He still remains at the head of the institution. There have been but two Treasurers since the organization of the Home, viz. : George Ash mead, who served until the Home became the property of Synod, in 1872, at which time John C. File was elected Treasurer of the new Board, and has ever since given effi- cient service in that capacity. Mr. Ashmead continued to be a warm friend of the Home up to the time of his death, February 3, 1875. Up to the present time, 361 children have been admitted into the Home, of whom 111 were soldiers' orphans, of which class only four now remain. Superintendent and House-Father, Rev. G. F. Gardner. Matron, Mrs. G. F. Gardner. Teacher, Prof. T. W. Bennett. 368 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS, CO M -3 S W O 3 3 ■a a 'Supposed to have been killed by the ears on the Phil'a. & Trenton RR., near Morrisville, . Pa., July 12, 1868. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. rt d rt a a a 2*.- 2 .2.2.2.- .2 .2 .2 . 3 a « « a a « a' ^xixix:x! w , >x:x:xl a *x:x:x:c'a r 3x:x:x!Xl^x: - •* -^ £ w oj oj ~ ^ £ -5 •£ -5 -^ -5 3aJii^ffl C flJaJa;al'aJ'aJfl3i^£ffl'3'Jii aJ - "3 * . p MMMg-j^^ ^ ■ c c " o £ ^3 'J ~v % % sS!c5ScdK J !H'^S^^n^S"ajaj^jS^!n!H k aJ Srt^dci e:! aja-a>^^a!^^^iS^^o!a x: .£ .c XI BP-P^PnPHOPa,PHPH> CO fc OS O (B ft PS H (B 00 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 15, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Apr. J, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Oct. 19, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 13, 1866 g 1 P.O. Nov. 15, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Apr. 15, 1868 Apr. 15, 1868 P.J3P. : aiSt« • co « CO <1 M EH 6 H H PS H a £ 3 a. a Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Paradise Lincoln Quakertown Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Quakertown fe a. D, gcooi • il M m 3X1-3 croo Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Paradise Paradise Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs Chester Sp'gs s"a a " o " o = 5 3-S "&'a : jOiia . a x: ja : Pnoo : w . bs a W o S PS 3 © 3 Of - >- 1 ■ a B :©> 3 M a Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Oct. 5, 1866 July 5, 1865 Oct. 14, 1865 Sept. 28, 1865 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 12, 1865 Nov. 15, 1866 July 11, 1866 Oct. 5, 1865 Oct. 5, 1865 May 29, 1866 Mar. 31, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 July 24, 1865 Nov. 22, 1865 Nov. 22, 1865 Sept. 26, 1866 July 24, 1865 Mar. 29, 1867 July 24, 1865 Aug. 2, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Apr. 1, 1867 June 28, 1865 July 17, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 July 24, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Dec. 11, 1865 Apr. 21. 1866 July 17, 1866 July 17, 1866 Oct. 6, 1866 Jan. 28, 1865 Sept. 19, 1865 Sept. 19, 1865 July 24, 1865 ■Nov. 27, 1865 Jan. 24, 1866 July 17, 1865 July 5, 1865 July 5, 1865 July 31, 1866 Sept. 28, 1865 ft . OB cum r- r-§ N ooooi 7- N o) M oo -*«ro 5 P P 3 J -4 •4 f 'I j I £ i £ .X -- C ft | - i £ i 'A i i i i '£ tl ! i i a j a > J a a ! a 1 c * I u .i £ i s c > x B ? |5 i i i- s C % J p i fc i c a i a Q a p a I a tr | a i or •- 5 ■a t a it. s > c G O XI M ORPHANS* HOME, GERMANTOWN, 369 a a a a a . a a a odd «' 3 a£ ■a » J >, (! S 3 2 3 d - .2 £ £ 2 „• 5 5 5 -5 ■§ •£ '£ fcw<(sg!ii<£a.PLioa5oacOL,OL,!de©WBsisa<&.woLi&« ■< co i-j E E E oa a O 0"M UOO^O ? o co m go <£ en E Co oouo ^&6 > >' ^ ^ ^ a. > wa^d a *- u * fa iMn. *- « a ^ > m £5 ^> ^°ao ■-- x 5>.o":P I ^ *** ^ x ^"S ^'r-TS 40 ' 2 ^tjC T^^QO!5^E^ao4,« S a" -ScoE 3 S g - c „-o ""- ojS~ S 3 S<-= w tuB! Hi! fulfills lll|||||-g'|||a& 24 ANDERSONBURG SCHOOL. HIS school is located in the far-famed Sherman's Valley, Perry county, seventeen miles west of New Bloomfield, the county-seat, and twenty miles west of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, at Newport. A daily mail and passenger coach (except Sunday) passes this point. The valley here is about six miles in width, being within ten miles of the upper or west end, and is beautifully surrounded by mountains — the Conococheaque Mountains sweeping round on the north-west, and Bowers' Mountain on the south-east. Some time in the autumn of 1865, at the suggestion of Hon. A. B. Anderson, Judge M. Motzer communicated with Dr. Burrowes, who was then the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, relative to opening a soldiers' orphan school at Andersonburg, in the large brick building then belonging to Mr. Anderson, and which was at that time used as an academy. Receiving the necessary encourage- ment from Superintendent Burrowes, Judge Motzer rented and moved to the building in the spring of 1866. In July following, Dr. Burrowes visited Andersonburg, and, after seeing the place and surrounding mountains, he manifested himself highly pleased, saying : " This is a beautiful location for a school ; one of the best I have yet selected. This must certainly be a very healthful locality." The first pupils were received on the 18th and 20th of September, 1866. The school was, organized on the 16th of October following, with Professor Wm. H. Hall as principal teacher, and a few months after Miss Laura J. Milligan was employed as assistant teacher. At the close of the second year the children had increased to one hundred and seventeen ; the house above mentioned was then found to be too small to accommodate the school, and another building, 370 ANDERSONBURG SCHOOL. 371 thirty-five by fifty feet, three stories high, was erected. A fine study- hall or school-room, thirty-five by forty-three feet, was finished in this new edifice, well lighted, and supplied with modern furniture. The school-room is on the second floor ; on the third floor are two class-rooms, besides a number of sleeping-rooms. On the 1st of December, 1872, Professor Hall became joint pro- prietor of the school, but still acted as principal teacher, and Mr. B. K. Hall and Miss Milligan were the assistants. On the 1st of September, 1874, Judge Motzer withdrew from the school on account of the bad health of himself and wife, and Pro- fessor Hall became sole Proprietor and Principal, with Mr. J. R. Runyan as principal teacher, and Miss M. Coyle assistant. Up to the present time one hundred and seventy children have been ad- mitted into the school. Judge Motzer was connected with the school between eight and nine years. The degree of health enjoyed by the children during this time was remarkable, but four deaths having occurred. It is worthy of record that no complaints have at any time reached the Department at Harrisburg, from mothers, guardians, or children, relative to the management of this school. Many of the children who left this institution in its early history are now useful members of society. Many, who were honorably discharged, have returned on visits, and said it seemed like coming home. We give a list of employees, February 29, 1876 : Teachers. Prof. W. S. Hulslander, Prof. B. F. Hollenbaugh. Matron. Mrs. Lizzie S. Hall. Assistant Matron. Mrs. E. E. Sheaffer. Seamstresses. Miss Nancy Clouser, Miss Ellen Toorny. Employees. Miss Maggie Stahl, Mrs. Maggie McGuire, Mrs. Mary Eowe, Mr. David H. Johns. Physician. G. W. Mitchell, M. D. 372 PENKA. SOLDIEES 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS, go M 1 Clerking in a store. With his mother. Attending public school. Farming. With his mother. Farming. Ee-admitted Sept. 3, 1875. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Hollidaysburg, Hollidaysburg. Hollidaysburg. Buck Valley. Altoona. Huntingdon. Newport. • • wi ^ • • • -° -^ *^— ..titita) . ti~ :r ^ £3 ' a . wb *b 3 a ■ • . ! s a ^2, s^^^sst^^ pa -111111 = •^lil1^#ii="^'^i§ l^lll*"* . .it g «S.s J.I.I S c~Sss | g-„ft j; £ fc« "-" 2oo * t Ifls j £.2 .2.2 § a-~.2 8 5 S g § |j § S 2 g 5 a = * 5 5 & a a s jHS'E ~ * E = - p g o «3 o 1 ■* ** * "" ° § § 5 1? 3 n s n k b £ 'a ■? k S . : «• i :£>« c - .3 . . 3 -5ft^ 2^ is • i • j j • j ■ : : i?oi^::::::i::: i ift i \° i i i o5 ft « O W Pm H 02 t : '. : : : i ; & ! : : * : : : : : i : i : M : : : : : ', '. '. i i ' itSS ::::::: a S. :::::: '■_&& CD « W CO !zi « d H M ft H "5 ^ a-? 3g ::::::::«::::. i i i i i i i i i^ i i i i : i i i i i ! iaw • ••••• -22 i : i i i i i^^ H . MS w o a « j£pt( : I :< : : : : : |>: : i ,i : : i : :< Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Oct. 20, 1866 Oct. 20, 1866 May 4, 1867 Sept. 17, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Jan. 14, 1867 Nov. 14, 1866 Oct. 25, 1866 Oct. 25, 1866 Apr. 16, 1867 Nov. 6, 1866 Apr. 27, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 30, 1871 Nov. 14, 1866 June 9, 1870 Mar. 24, 1867 Oct. 10, 1866 Nov. 13, 1866 Nov. 13, 1856 Apr. 1, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Nov. 12, 1866 Oct. 17, 1866 Oct. 19, 1866 Oct. 19. 1866 Oct. 5, 1866 Sept. 13, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 2. 1870 Feb. 23, '870 Nov. 4, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Mar. 1, 1867 Mar. 1, 1867 Oct. 25, 1875 June 15, 1868 June 15, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 31, 1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Dec. 23, 1866 Feb. 4, 1867 Feb. 4, 1867 Jan. 19, 1867 Jan. 19, 1867 Dec. 26, 1866 Deo. 26, 1866 ft . 3S f s'od 2 ■-' «« * 3 "- 8 ,n '°"ef o>" "2" ( - " S*~ «?S — to t-"S 2„— "■n's'3 g ooS S2* 01 "?;" °""> "a?-* " c P ? c ► 1 i a Q 3 j. 1. 3 a - i ic i it 3 3P [e ?_ - ; 31 I 3i j i 5p i a 31 3 k. a 3C 3f K 5C <• t IP ;p < :- I'- ll ! Foose, Edward M. Foose, William H. Graham, Charles H. Gibson, Elmer Grove, John W. Gillum, Joseph E. Gensler, William C. Hartley, James A. Harrison, William J. Hippie, Emory T. Hippie, William R. Himes, John Hart, Barnard Hart, Levi N. Heckert, Benjamin F. Heckert, Daniel Harper, William E. Jacobs, Willis H. Jacobs, John H. Jacobs. George H. Kinsloe, Thomas W. Kinsloe, Samuel B. Kephart, James C. Kephart, John S. Kephart, William B. Kinsel, John T. Kinsel, William M. ■ Lindsev, Emment N. Lindsey, Tolbert T. ANDERSONBURG SOLDIERS* ORPHAN SCHOOL. 373 p I • a a a II a3 1? d 2 a 1 a I Buck Valley. Martinsburg. Gettysburg. Gettysburg. Gettysburg. Doylesburg. New Paris. New Paris. New Paris. Centre. Petersburg. •vTilmore. 1'lainHeld m» Hi'aAA^ £&° .s • • o£sl- K = 3 . . .== • a Ill gee b&biilalll isg »||s wwg s^o-3 1 ill! II?? is? I £te<>* - 5 w P K. 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E a t - 6 Jk i. b 1 E 1 6 1 — B 5 1- 1 i J 1 s E i < T n. Bl S is- 5 = ! a 1 V c : 374 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. GO ■ M S w S Died Aug. 18, 1867, With her mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. (isibcbbti ; si . ^i^i^s^^QJ mho.", .fab ■~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . .■.•■• .- - • ~ 1 a s" ^ i_---~--~ai_i>«a>a>ty f flff If t| I|||I ifli? «? I |l||«§|| ill s all ||||^|| 1 1 1 ll tBaawB^Ba^533amH5^^««rt, : is • o o ■ • • ■ • : ao. : : : : i ;ggm • '• \ \ I B . .PS H <1 o ftft U1U1 i 02 i . . : : . . 3 . : : : : : :< : : :S • :o ft O SI H -4 A w 6i W !Zi « EH ■IX ft CQ O.O.S. : Q.O, I I I I CQGG | • ■ ; GO P3 W CO «! M H d H w M a 73 o" : B*= ! si ; B IS 737375 : BBB : '£'£'£ ■ tsts^ : ou * ■ • : « a w q a °< : : ?»>» : : ; ■ • '£'> ; ; ; : : :?? • : : : : :SS ; ; ; Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. May 4, 1867 May 4, 1867 , May 4, 1867 Oct. 31, 1872 Oct. 31, 1872 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 12, 1867 Nov. 14, 1866 Sept. 2, 1867 Sept. 2, 1872 Nov. 5, 1866 Jau. 19, 1871 Mar. 24, 1867 Sept. 7, 1869 June 9, 1870 Nov. 13, 1866 Oct. 10, 1866 June 1, 1872 Oct. 16, 1866 Oct. 16, 1866 Jan. 30, 1867 Apr. 1, 1875 Feb. 18, 1867 Mav 28, 1869 Oct. 5, 1866 Aug. 28, 1867 Mar. 28, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Feb. 23, 1870 Nov. 4, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 July 7, 1868 July 7, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 1, 1869 Dec. 23, 1866 ' Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 11, 1868 Sept. 20, 1866 Sept. 20, 1866 Oct. 18, 1867 Oct. 18, 1867 Oct. 18, 1867 Nov. 20, 1867 Nov. 20, 1867 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 9, 1867 ft . o w a* Sept. 15, 1858 Sept. 15, 1858 Aug. — , 1862 Apr. 21, 1865 Apr. 21, 1865 Sept. 10, 1860 Oct. 28, 1863 Oct. 6, 1858 Nov. 2, 1862 Aug. 30, 1862 Mar. 21, 1861 Nov. 16, 1862 July 13, 1859 May 5, 1861 Feb. 14, 1861 Oct. 23, 1862 Oct. 31, 1858 Feb. 2, 1863 May 24, 1860 May 16, 1858 May 19, 1862 Feb. 13, 1868 Deo. 15, 1861 Mar. 16, 1860 June 20, 1859 Mar. 2, 1861 June 27, 1861 Nov. 23, 1861 Oct. 26, 1862 Feb. 2, 1862 May 15, 1860 Sept. 2, 1867 June 28, 1861 Nov. 26, 1859 Oct. 24, 1861 Mar. 19, 1864 Aug. 5, 1864 Aug. 14, 1857 Mar. 22, 1864 June 25, 1861 Dec. 18, 1857 Aug. 4, 1860 Mar. 29, 1859 Mar. 25, 1860 May 5, 1862 Oct. 18, 1859 Mar. 28, 1861 June 20, 1864 Jan. 30, 1860 s h Q 3 H H -1 U i- 5 i - \i i 1- ca = \" | y ;| 3 1 1 c in < j as 1 | 1-5. If T l- i i 1 3 ! i? •0 i ■ f ! - S 1 Ig J? Jo CD "H H Jin Soap Harrison, Nettie J. Hippie, Adaline Hippie, Marion Himes, Margaret Hart, Sarah Hart, Alargaret Ingram, Susan R. Ingram, Mary A. Jacoba, Jane A. Jacobs, Sarah E. Kinsloe, Annie M. Kephart, Lucy J. Kephart, Sarah E. Lytle, Barbara Lytle, Emma » Long, Mary J. Long, Susan J. Long, Sarah E. Miller, Mary p CQ a S 'd 3 ANDEESONBUEG SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 375 With her mother. With her sister. With her mother, son co., Ohio. Died Mar. 21, 1873. ( Attending Millersville ( State Normal School. X t W. Philadelphia. W.Philadelphia. Smith's Mills. Smith's Mills. Tyrone. Wilmore. Wilmore. Glen Hope. Glen Hope. Petersburg. Shermansdale. Plainfleld. Altoona. Altoona. Kbensburg. N. Bloomfleld. Spring Run. Spring Run. Ray's Hill. Ray's Hill. Dry Run. Dry Run. Dry Run. Rebecca Furn'ce. Franklin, Harri Petersburg. Deliville. Summerhill. Altoona. Altoona. Spring Run. ti A % Sua CD 2 "^ o 0Q< ccccw 30 a. a. tBtO d j 1= F'F 1 < H s «1 Sept. 11, 1872 Dec. 18, 1866 Deo. 18, 1866 Sept. 4, 1867 Mar. 23, 1869 Oct. 25, 1866 Dec. 20, 1867 Dec. 20, 1867 Sept. 25, 1868 Sept. 25, 1866 Oct. 19, 1866 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 Oct. 20, 1866 Mar. 12, 1867 Sept. 2, 1867 Sept. 4, 1873 Sept. 7, 1869 Nov. 22, 1871 Dec. 20, 1866 Dec. 20, 1866 Apr. 29, 1875 Apr. 29, 1875 Apr. 29, 1875 Jan. 23, 1867 Feb. 7, 1868 Sept. 23, 1866 Sept. 26, 1866 Jan. 14, 1867 Feb. 4, 1867 Jan. 8, 1868 Mar. 14, 1870 June 8, 1868 Sept. 7, 1869 £: -~ rf ^*cf -3; m ?l «3r«o'o'- - -..."£:*:" — ?T ~tZn 99 g U S d u P, g g g cp A O ^ A*S 3 O O *3 C* B. O 13 Q* S3 9 Q 4 O 9 O 3 a. C 1 f > =5 < 1 s i a 1 J 1 s 5 i s s .i > 1 - 5 c e is - i: 9 e - 1 T '2 .= r - « \ = i j E j 4 s B PC 1 * j \ .= 1 % < - j I* PC « is a i fs r - s 1 Pittsburgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless. N the winter of 1861, a few ladies connected with the Pitts- burgh and Allegheny Relie Society, impressed with a desire to alleviate, in some measure, the distress with which they were daily brought in contact, in the shape of beggar and homeless children, met and organized the Pittsburgh and Alle- gheny Home for the Friendless. A charter was obtained in Febru- ary, 1862, and the institution commenced its operations with three children. The highest number under their charge at any one time, including the soldiers' orphans, was one hundred and five. The object of the institution, as set forth in its constitution, " is to afford a home, food, clothing, and schooling for such children as may be neglected or deserted by their friends or guardians ; for girls under thirteen, and for boys under eight ; also, females of good moral char- acter, destitute of friends, funds or home, shall be boarded and em- ployed until suitable places can be provided for them." The institution is under the direction of a president, vice-presi- dent, secretary, and treasurer, and twenty managers, all ladies. We take great pleasure in here recording their names. Among their number will be found some of the most devoted and intelligent Christian ladies of the two cities which gave name and character to the enterprise : Presided, Mrs. Henry P. Swartz. Vice-President, Mrs. Robert McKnight. Secretary, Mrs. John B. Herron. Treasurer, Mrs. Mary D. Agnew. 376 pittsb'g and alleg. home for friendless. 377 Mrs. E. Breading, " Win. H. Evving, " Joseph King, " David M. Long, " Samuel McKee, " Henry Phipps, Board of Managers. Mrs. Josephine N. Dale, " Richard Hays, " James Laughlin, " Belle Foster, " M. J. Kennedy, " R. D. Thompson, Mrs. Breading Dalzell, " W.H.Kirkpatrick, " Wm. P. Logan, " Wm. MeCreery, " G. Follansbee, Miss Mary McKee, Miss Mary Nimick, Miss Jane M. Smith. The Home now owns and occupies two large buildings on Wash- ington Street, Allegheny, purchased by the liberality of citizens of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. Although one hundred and five was the greatest number at any time in the institution, yet it has, since its organization, sheltered many hundred children and placed them in good homes, in many cases by adoption. The employees, during the time the soldiers' orphans were in the Home, were : Matrons, Miss L. J. Blair and Mrs. E. J. Neal ; As- sistant Matrons, Miss M. Shull and Mrs. M. Myers. After many years of devoted and faithful service, Mrs. Neal, the much-loved Matron, was, on December 13, 1875, removed from the scene of her earthly toil to her final reward, deeply mourned by the inmates of the institution and a large circle of relatives and friends. During this time, a number of the soldiers' orphans, under her excellent influ- ence, became members of the church, and, so far as known, adorn their profession, and will, in after-life, be ever grateful to the State whose fostering care of them in youth has been rewarded by making so many good and useful citizens. 378 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M < ( Working in rolling-mill ( in Pittsburgh. At home with his mother. Working at dressmaking. Is reported married. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. g 1 3 S~ « S Callensburg. Marchand. Marchand. Allegheny City. Reynoldsville. Reynoldsville. Orrsville. Orrsville. Sewickleyville. Punxsutawney. Punxsutawney. Johnstown. Pitisburgh. Whitestown. Whitestown. Kittanning. Kittanning. Carmichaels. Sarversville. Lamertine. Wall Rose. Butler. Butler. Warsaw. Evansburg. Elizabeth. Elizabeth. Tionesta. Tionesta. Callensburg. Sheakleyville. Ebenezer. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. H « n o IB ft ft o W ft K H » o o an Q a . 3 • H . «J Ol H < o « o fc. 73 ft « o w ft M H 02 ►s Sept. 16, 1873 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 16, 1873 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 12, 1871 Sept. 12, 1871 CuD. ■rrf. Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 16, 1873 Sept. 16, 1873 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 16, 1873 June 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 16, 1873 ^^ js Kmmm Mar. 24, 1874 June 27, 1868 June 27, 1868 Mar. 24, 1874 Feb. 17, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 CO « CO « 6 H H H H HI .a 3 Dayton PhiUipsburg PhiUipsburg Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton a a qo PhiUipsburg St.Paul'sO.H. St.Paul'sO.H. Dayton Dayton Uniontown Dayton Uniontown" Dayton Dayton J3 t£ bo fto,S k|.&| coScmO Uniontown Titusville Titusville Uniontown Mercer bombot 3 3 3 = .0.3.0 X ) .a >> a. 2.^(1 XX zz B 1 Ci. o.rZ Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1866 Oct. 16, 1866 Nov. 12, 1866 Nov. 12, 1866 May 22, 1867 Nov. 30, 1866 Nov. 30, 1866 Dec. 7, 1869 May 22, 1867 May 22, 1867 July 25, 1866 July 25, 1866 Feb. 18, 1865 Nov. 1, 1866 Nov. 1, 1866 Nov. 19, 1867 Apr. 18, 1864 Apr. 1, 1866 Apr. 1, 1866 Oct. 28, 1867 Oct. 28, 1867 June 1, 1867 Apr. 28, 1868 May 16, 1866 Sept. 29, 1866 Mar. 29, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1867 Sept. 7, 1866 May 3, 1866 Mar. 5, 1867 May 16, 1866 May 16, 1866 Oct. 16, 1866 Oct. 16, 1866 Nov. 1, 1866 Aug. 28, 1866 Oct. 16, 1866 Apr. 18, 1864 Aug. 30, 1866 Aug. 30, 1866 July 1, 1867 Nov. 12, 1866 ft . OS Jan. 14, 1858 Apr.- 23, 1858 Aug. 15, 1860 Oct. 4, 1861 Mar. 5, 1861 Dec. 25, 1861 July 26, 1858 Nov. 29, 1861 Nov. 19, 1861 July 14, 1859 Feb. 22, 1861 July 10, 1860 Apr. 23, 1858 Aug. 7, 1859 Feb. 25, 1861 Jan. 25, 1857 May 1, 1860 Dec. 18, 1861 May 8, 1861 Feb. 18, 1855 July 20, 1860 Apr. 4, 1858 Sept. 10, 1858 Jan. 6, 1860 June 30, 1862 Oct. 28, 1859 Mar. 5, 1858 June 5, 1858 Dec. 25, 1860 Apr. 6, 1859 Dec. 27, 1857 Mar. 15, 1860 June 15, 1860 Oct. 13, 1859 Feb. 17, 1860 July 14, 1857 Apr. 15, 1859 Feb. 8, 1857 Feb. 26, 1859 May 30, 1859 June 13, 1860 May 10, 1860 Dec. 13, 1858 June 15, 1860 Sept. 24, 1862 May 5, 1858 Mar. 8, 1862 9 & 5 h P P 2 3 3 A H ■( 3 1 i 1 t> ft c d "i •5 - u z i i c i & i I { J ! : i z i y ] ,i t a \ \ ■I i s \ 6 B id -b ft 4 3"c I I it- 1 t | 5 E- * 1 or K -c c a * II ■J. -J < 'I P. 1 k I I c i - 1 1 I i < * a | > C r 1- P p- t i -- c= hi 1 g pittsb'h and alleg. home for friendless. 379 ^-a b u ~z ^ ^ ■f.-r. — - bi- ased a a II S5ZM on C O LINCOLN INSTITUTION. NE of the greatest difficulties evident in all asylums for children is, that they are obliged to be sent away and lost sight of at the age of twelve years, just at that period when their characters are beginning to form, and the influences surrounding them are likely to be permanent. Boys and girls of this class, after twelve years of age, should be learning some kind of work that will eventually enable them to gain an honest living. This matter was the cause of much thought on the part of some wealthy and charitably-disposed ladies in the city of Philadelphia, and one of their number, for a long time, had in her mind the establishing of a home for boys from twelve to twenty-one years of age. The undertaking being a novel one, it was difficult to organize, when, fortunately, in the fall of 1866, the Superintendent of Sol- diers' Orphans of the State wrote to the managers of the "Church Home," asking if they could provide for at least one hundred boys. Owing to their limited accommodations, they could only receive ten. This was the desired opportunity for starting an adjunct institution so long hoped for, and a few of the ladies above referred to seized upon it. Their zeal was augmented by patriotism ; when the chil- dren of their brave defenders were all cared for, and would outgrow the necessity of such care, here would be a home for boys to be transferred to, when ready and old enough to go to work. In Jan- uary, 1866, a meeting to organize was called, and met in the parlors of Miss Mary McHenry, 1902 Chestnut Street, where the first meeting of the " Church Home " was held, just ten years previous. A Board of Managers and Counsellors was appointed, 380 LINCOLN INSTITUTION. 808 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia. LINCOLN INSTITUTION. 381 and they adjourned to meet at the " Church Home " the next week. Meanwhile a constitution was framed, and submitted at that meeting and adopted, and a charter finally granted by the Legislature. Miss Mary McHenry, Mrs. W. G. Boulton, Mrs. William Ellis, Mrs. G. T. Lewis, Mrs. C. J. Stille, Mrs. A. D. Jessup, and other Managers of the " Church Home," assisted with other ladies, gave the project their earnest support, devoted to it much time and energy, and were supported by General George G. Meade, William G. Boulton, Francis Wells, and other gentlemen. In nine weeks from its inception, the house -No. 308 South Eleventh Street (a cut of which is herewith given), which it now occupies, was purchased, and the sum of $25,000 raised. The building, with alterations, cost $25,000, $6,000 of which were left as a mortgage on it. It was publicly dedicated on the 17th day of April, 1866 ; General (now President) Grant came from Washington to be present. Two boys entered the day of its dedication. In January, 1867, it contained seventy-five boys, the next year eighty-eight, the next ninety-two, the next one hundred and nineteen, and the next one hundred and twenty, which is all the building will accommodate. The house not being constructed for such a purpose, and the demands for admission being so great, it soon became necessary to enlarge it. In 1868 an effort was put forth, and large additions to the back buildings were made, costing fourteen thousand one hun- dred and forty dollars and forty-four cents, all of which was promptly paid. The mortgage of six thousand dollars yet remained on the property; but in 1869, through the untiring exertions of Mr. and Mrs. William Lippincott, Miss McHenry, and Miss Lardner, an appropriation of ten thousand dollars was made by the Legislature, the bill passing both Houses without one dissenting vote ; and thus the Institution was freed from debt, and another important addition made to the school-room and front portion of the building. Since the inception of the project, just ten years ago, two hundred and sixty-seven boys have been the recipients of its benefits ; of this number, one hundred and ninety-six were the children of deceased soldiers, and the following sums of money have been collected, viz. : By private subscriptions $127,435.88 From the Department of Soldiers' Orphan Schools 104,902.58 Special legislative appropriation 10,000.00 From wages and board of inmates 69,257.15 Making a total of. $311,595.61 382 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN" SCHOOLS. The plan of this Institution is different from that of any one in this or any other country. When a boy arrives at twelve years of age, if he passes a creditable examination in his studies, he is secured a situation where the work is light, and as soon as he is old enough, he is, if possible, placed at some trade or found a permanent situa- tion. All they earn until sixteen years of age goes towards their support in the Institution ; after sixteen they pay three dollars per week, for which they are boarded, lodged, washed, and mended ; medical attendance and medicines are also provided ; they have sim- ply to provide their clothes. They can remain in the Institution until twenty-one years of age. Boys from twelve to sixteen are obliged to attend the night-school, where the instruction is mostly oral and made as attractive as possible. All the inmates are required to adhere to the rules, which are very simple. During the ten years of its existence there have been but five deaths in the Institution, and for the past four years there have been no deaths and scarcely any serious sickness, a fact that speaks well for its management. The important positions occupied by the pupils of this Institution are such that it is necessary that all of them should be personally known to some of the Managers, that they may be able to give them a recommendation for honesty, industry, &c. This they could not do with boys whose previous training was unknown to them. The character that the pupils of the Lincoln Institution has attained in Philadelphia is very high ; so they are determined that their future inmates shall have the same advantages of discipline and instruction as their present ones. With commendable foresight, the Managers are looking forward to the time when there will be no soldiers' orphans to be cared for, and have, as will be seen on page 390, established a home for other friendless boys from six to twelve years of age. Through the lib- erality of a few friends, this building was erected; and although, from necessity, it is under a different organization, the " Lincoln In- stitution " will always have a representation in its board of manage- ment, by which means the two can work in harmonious partnership. This Institution is deeply indebted to Major-General George G. Meade. He was its first President. To him, first of all, was com- municated the thought of its erection. It found in him a helper and a friend. Seizing upon the suggestion, he gave to it his warmest support. By his personal labor, and by the weight of his character, he procured large sums of money, and awakened the interest of the ( First President of the Lincoln Institution.) LINCOLN INSTITUTION. 383 community. He aided to push the charter through the Legislature, and to secure the approval of the Governor. Present at the inau- gural meeting, he was the first to sign the charter, and by his energy and aid contributed mainly to bringing about the remarkable result, that in nine weeks from the conception of the idea the money was raised, the house was bought, and the work begun. In the midst of his many duties, he always found time to counsel and advise. From first to last, by night and by day, in season and out of season, his devotion was unfailing; and the eye that had witnessed the self- sacrifice of the fathers never faltered in its watchfulness for the wel- fare of the children. At all meetings, at Thanksgiving and at Christmas, his tall form was to be seen ; and he is still missed and mourned for by his associates there as elsewhere. The following is the list of officers and teachers for the year 1876 : BOAED OF COUNCIL. President. J. B. Moorhead. Vice-President. J. Vaughan Merrick. Secretary. Samuel Bell. Treasurer. Morton McMichael, Jr. Members. Ex-officio, Rt.Rev.W.B.Stevens,D.D., Joseph G. Rosengarten, " Rev. R. Newton, D.D., John Welsh, Rev. Wm. Rudder, D.D., R. F. Wood, " Rev. T. S. Davies, D.D., John E. Cope, Rev. E. A. Hoffman, D.D., Franklin A. Dick, " Rev. H. G. Morton, D.D., William H. Merrick, Rev. G. C. Currie, D.D., , Charles W. Trotter, " Rev. Wm. McVickar, Joseph H. Trotter, Lemuel Coffin, Edward Browning, George C. Carson, A. Haller Gross, A. H. Franciscus, Charles F. Hulse, 384 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. Alexander Brown, O. C. Bosbyshell, John P. Brock, Thomas C. Price, Henry C. Gibson, Gordon Monges, B. G. Godfrey, Charles Carver, Henry C. Townsend, Charles Henry Hart, Anthony J. Drexel, Charles Williams. BOARD OF MANAGERS. Directresses. Miss Mary McHenry, Mrs. Geo. R. Justice, Mrs. J. Dundas Lippincott. Secretary. Mrs. Harry G. Clay. Corresponding Secretary. Miss E. C. McVickar. Treasurer. Mrs. Geo. W. Ball. Members. Miss E. W. Key, Mrs. Edward Lowber, " Anna Frazer, Miss L. T. Merrick, " Mary H. Trotter, " F. M. Paul, Mrs. J. Barlow Moorhead, Mrs. Alfred English, " J. R. Fry, " Henry C. Gibson, " E. L. Reakirt, Miss S. Fisher, " J. L. Redner, " Clara Roberts, Miss Mary C. Coxe, Mrs. Charles Henry Hart, " Israel, " Nalbro Frazier, Mrs. Robert Pettit, " George deB. Keim, Miss Emily Stocker, " William Thomson, " H. F. Randolph, " Charles F. Lennig. Honorary Members. Mrs. John Frazer, Mrs. William Lippincott, Mrs. R. T. Jones. Visiting Physicians. January, February, March : Wm. G. Porter, Jr., M. D. April, May, June : De Forrest Willard, M. D., July, August, September : Chas. Cadwalader, M. D. October, November, December: W. Scott Wolford. LINCOLN INSTITUTION. 385 Surgeon. Harrison Allen, M. D. Consulting Physician. S. Weir Mitchell, M. D. Solicitor. Lewis Wain Smith, Esq. Superintendent. Mr. E. F. Pearson. Assistant Superintendent. Mr. John Pearson. Matron. Mrs. M. N. Weatherly. Assistant Matron. Mrs. E. F. Pearson. Teacher. Mr. Lemuel McMichael. Assistant Teacher. 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S o a 3 S'a-ols t/j ! ft* % feS.2® r/3 H en m oj tq a oSflwg 3 15 le la 1c 15 rf 15 3 la 15 3 15 13 13 ~ 3 3 15 IS la '-a 13 IS la la la 15 ■* ^ 15 la IS 13 13 IS IS 15 3 15 la 131a o o'la o'5 1c ,A|l.A<|lihhhh|lHhpp0^caGQ[nO£ca3S>^ a a a • ; °666 '■ '• ©...!; ScOCCM ; ; : S 3 3 : : iod© • • ; CQ 02 CG ; • 50 Sept. 3, 1875 Not. 2, 1869 Feb, 23, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Dec. 9, 1873 Sept. 1, 1866 Mar. 18, 1875 Mar. 18, 1875 Sept. 23, 1875 Oct. 1, 1869 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1869 Not. 17, 1866 Not. 17, 1866 July 13, 1866 May 7, 1866 Mar. 14, 1867 Feb. 15, 1870 May 23, 1867 May 23, 1866 May 23, 1866 July 17, 1866 Apr. 29, 1867 Deo. 22, 1866 Sept. 10, 1866 Aug. 5, 1873 Dec. 22, 1866 Sept. 9, 187* Sept. 10. 1866 May 7, 1866 Sept. 3, 1875 May 1, 1872 MaT 7, 1866 Sept. 3, 1875 May 1, 1872 May 1, 1872 Sept. 20, 1875 May 3, 1866 Dec. 31, 1866 May 15, 1866 May 15, 1866 Mar. 8, 1865 Sept. 11, 185* Jan. 2, 1860 May 11. 1860 Apr. 16, 186* July 18, 1865 Mar. 26, 1860 Dec. 1. 1858 May 15, 1870 Nov. 29, 1866 Sept. 7, 1865 Aug. 25, 1857 Deo. 24, 186* June 25, 1866 Jan. 21, 1869 Sept. 11, 1855 Apr. 30. 1856 May 31. 1859 Oct. 9, 1859 Dec. 25, 1852 Mar. 28, 1852 Mar. 31, 1862 Mar. 19, 1857 Feb. 3. 1859 Nov. 20, 1861 Aug. 29, 1856 May 18. 1857 July 27, 1858 Apr. 4, 1854 July 4, 1863 Mar. 7, 1860 Mar. 28, 1867 Aug. 13, 1856 Sept. 7, 1857 Oct. 9, 1865 Aug. 12, 1862 May 12, 1860 June 9, 1867 Aug. 12. 1862 Aug. 9, 1860 Aug. 6, 1864 Apr. 23, 1860 May 6, 1861 Apr. 14, 1859 Apr. 14, 1861 | 1 'J J i 'j e 1 '■- ' c E t *l 1 <<: 2 M 3 & D (D C 1 n (t 0> > » H 3 i—, (1 O 2 it 3 ► ? r p ^ I 4 3 s 3 0) w 1) 3 1 a d ■a tr EDUCATIONAL HOME. 391 cular was then issued, and in a short time pledges for about thirty- five thousand dollars were secured, which the Trustees felt authorized them at once to proceed with the work. The picture, as given, affords a very good idea of the style of the structure. The stone selected is of a gray color, from the Leiperville quarries ; there is a cellar under the entire building, and a loft in the Mansard roof, thus securing the best ventilation. It is heated throughout with steam, and the partitions and walls are all brick up to the second floor, as a preventive against vermin and also fire. On the first floor, on one side of the hall, is a play-room, main stairway, wash- and bath- rooms ; on the other side a dining-room, off which is the matron's dining-room, pantry for washing dishes, bread, grocery, and other closets ; a large kitchen, with dining-room for servants off it ; the ironing-room contains drying closet, with laundry back of the kitchen, and bakery on one side. On the second floor, on one side, are the managers' and committee rooms, clothes- and sewing-rooms ; on the third floor are the dormitories, where there are ample accom- modations for one hundred and fifty children. On June 8, the Building Committee and several of the Managers, with the contractors, staked off the ground, and the first spadeful of earth was removed by Miss McHenry with a small shovel procured for the purpose. On the 15th day of June, at 4 p. m., the corner-stone was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, by General Meade. Bishop Stevens conducted the religious services, and addresses were made by Rev. J. A. Crowell, D. D., and Rev. W. F. Paddock, D. D. The music was under the charge of Mr. Pearce, the pupils of the Lincoln In- stitution forming the choir. After the ceremonies were concluded, the boys of the Lincoln were reviewed by General Meade, and went through the military evolutions with the precision of veterans. It is proper to again bear testimony to the active sympathy shown this new enterprise by General Meade. Although his official duties called him elsewhere, he remained in the city to aid in the laying of this corner-stone, and looked forward with much interest and solicitude to the completion of the work, giving it his warmest sanc- tion and support. The silver trowel used by General Meade on this occasion was presented to Miss McHenry, and will ever remain a valued trophy of this occasion. The building being completed, and the money secured for its pay- 392 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. ment, Saturday, the eighth of November, 1873, was chosen for its formal dedication to the purpose for which it was originated. The building was beautifully decorated throughout with flowers, evergreens, and a full display of national colors, calling forth the admiration of all present. The ceremonies were conducted by Bishop Stevens and the Rev. Dr. Rudder. Bishop Howe, as one of the Trustees, presented the title-deeds of the ground to the Man- agers, in accordance with the conditions of said deed, which specifies that if, before the expiration of five years, a suitable building is erected and paid for, the ground becomes the property of the cor- porators. The President of the Board of Council received the deed, and the Hon. Charles Gibbons responded in a fitting and appropri- ate manner. Miss Mary Gibson, the benefactress of the institution, much to the satisfaction of all interested, was present ; and there were also present, by invitation, the children of the " Burd Orphan Asylum of St. Stephen's Church," and the pupils of the " Church, Home for Children." On December 1, 1873, the first children were received. Since then two hundred and eleven have been admitted, sixty-one of whom were sons of soldiers yet living, seventy-six soldiers' orphans, and the other seventy-four were destitute children. There are now one hundred and fifty on the roll. The money receipts from November 13, 1871, when collections were commenced, to December 31, 1875, were as follows : Voluntary subscriptions , $165,697.61 Lincoln Institution for board of boys., 11,751.64 Special legislative appropriation 10,000.00 $187,449.25 The following is the list of officers and teachers for the year 1876: BOAED OF COUNCIL. President. William H. Merrick. Secretary. Franklin A. Dick. Treasurer. G. Theodore Roberts. EDUCATIONAL HOME, 393 Honorary Member. Rt. Rev. Wm. B. Stevens, D. D. Ex-officio Members. J. B. Moorhead, J. Vaughan Merrick, Samuel Bell. Members to serve for Three Years. Henry C. Townsend, William Harmer, J. B. Moorhead, Solomon Shepherd, William H. Merrick, Henry Lewis, Joseph Jeanes. William Henry Lex, Franklin A Dick, Walter Allison, Members to serve for Two Years. Peter Williamson, Lewis Wain Smith, A. H. Franciscus, Clarence H. Clark, I. V. Williamson, B. A. Knight, G. Theodore Roberts, F. S. Hoffman, George Bullock, Rt. Rev. M. A. DeW. Howe. Members to serve for One Year. Charles Gibbons, A. J. Drexel, Benjamin G. Godfrey, Henry C. Gibson, James S. Whitney, William Lippincott, James N. Stone. Jos. G. Rosengarten, William B. Jenks, Richard S. Howell, BOARD OF MANAGERS. Directresses. Miss Mary McHenry, Mrs. Franklin A. Dick, Miss Laura T. Merrick. Secretary. Miss Mary F. Lex. Treasurer. Mrs. G. T. Roberts. Honorary Members. Miss A. Frazer, Miss R. T. Jones. Ex-officio Members. Miss Mary Gibson, Miss M. H. Trotter, Miss McHenry, Mrs. George R. Justice, Mrs. H. G. Clay, Miss E. C. McVickar, Mrs. James Dundas Lippincott. 394 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Members to serve for Three Years. Mrs. J. D. Lippincott, " F. S. Hoffman, Miss Mary C. Coxe, " Mary F. Lex, Mrs. F. A. Dick, Miss L. T. Merrick, Mrs. J. M. Bacon, " R. S. Howell, Mrs. C. H. Clark, " Charles S. Wurts, Miss M. E. Cope. Members to serve for Two Years. Miss McHenry, " F. A. Roberts, Mrs. Robert Pettit, Miss E. W. Key, Mrs. G. T. Roberts, Miss Rosalie Hoopes, " James G. Hardie. Miss A. Cadwalader, Mrs. J. B. Allen, Members to serve for One Year. Miss H. F. Randolph, " Susan Israel, " E. C. Roberts, Mrs. Edward Lowber, " H. C. Gibson, Miss Foster, Mrs. Evan Randolph. Mrs. Wm. Lippincott, Miss A. B. Coxe, Mrs. S. R. Morgan, Visiting Physicians for 1876. February, March, April: Dr. M. B. Musser. May, June, July : Dr. S. R. Skillern. August, September, October: Dr. H. Perry. November, December, January : Dr. S. S. Stryker. Surgeon. Dr. F. F. Maury. Consulting Physician. Dr. R. M. Girvin. Dentist. Mr. Charles E. Diehl. Solicitor. Charles Carver, Esq. Superintendent. Mr. Chauncey Towne. Matron. Mrs. R. G. Singleton. EDUCATIONAL HOME. 395 Assistant Superintendent and Lay-reader. Mr. Charles Henry Schultz. Assistant Matron. Miss Kate Welsh. Teacher. Mrs. Pine. Assistant Teacher. Miss Drumgold. Infant Class Teacher. Miss N. Wright. TITUSVILLE SCHOOL. HREE years had elapsed since Pennsylvania had estab- lished and opened, for her soldiers' orphans, institutions which were designed to afford home culture and home comforts, as well as opportunities for acquiring the rudi- ments of an English education. These institutions thus far had been confined to the southern and eastern sections of the State. The Act of 1867 provided that one school, at least, might be located in each of the twelve normal school districts. With the new Act, further regulating the management and organization of these schools, came a new administration full of vigor, and apparently desirous to extend their benefits to the greatest possible number. The counties of the north-western section of the State that had contributed so liberally of men and means for the late war, were now asking that the orphans of their deceased soldiers be provided for. In compliance with this demand, the Superintendent, during the summer and fall of 1867, visited this section of the State, to hear and receive propositions relative to the opening of a new school. Among the places visited was Titusville ; and here, in this metropolis of the "great oil region," he received a hearty welcome from a thor- oughly earnest, enterprising, and intelligent people. Suitable build- ings were offered, and a meeting of the citizens was called and held during his visit, and so pleased was he with the sentiments there expressed, and with the patriotism and magnanimity of the people, that he at once decided that at Titusville should be located the soldiers' orphan school of the "advanced grade" for the twelfth normal school district, composed of the counties of Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, and Venango. 396 TITUSVILLE SCHOOL. 397 Gurdon S. Berry, Esq., accepted the proffered trust, and refitted and equipped buildings which had been erected a few years pre- vious for hotel purposes, but the decline of the "oil trade" rendered them unprofitable. They were large and well adapted to the pur- pose, and supplied with modern conveniences for heating, cooking, and bathing. Early in December, 1867, the buildings, with ample accommodations for three hundred, were open for the reception of pupils. The sympathies and energies of the proprietor were thoroughly \ enlisted in the work he had undertaken, and relying upon the fulfil- ment of promises made by State officials, that the school should at once receive the "maximum" number authorized to be admitted to institutions of the " advanced grade," all appointments and arrange- ments were made for the reception and entertainment of a full school. But the promises of this "full school" vanished like bub- bles in the air. Hoping for the promised number was patient hope long deferred. Weeks and months come and go, and lengthen into weary years, and that " maximum " is not reached. The close of the first quarter, ending February 28, 1868, about seventy-five pupils were enrolled. The close of the first year, ending November 30, 1868, one hundred and fifty-three pupils were in school. The second year, ending November 30, 1869, showed an average attendance of one hundred and fifty -two pupils. We give these facts, without further comment, in illustration of the above statement. In the organization of the school, the design was to make it first- class in all its appointments, and it was at all times under the imme- diate and direct supervision of an experienced and practical teacher. The advantage and wisdom of such a course was fully exemplified in the results obtained during the brief existence of the institution. The Titusville School opened several years later than many others of the same grade ; but the records of official examinations show, though youngest of the " advanced schools," it occupied a front rank in scholarship, discipline, and completeness of organization. The Principal being thoroughly acquainted with the management of the soldiers' orphan schools from actual service therein, comprehending the wants of the schools and the design of the State, lost no time in experimenting on ideal vagaries. In the supervision of the school the teacher had his special work, and was not required to labor out- side of school hours, to the deprivation of proper recreation and 398 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. relaxation to such an extent as to unfit him for his school-room duties. It is proper here, as a matter of justice, to name some of those who gave efficient aid in the several departments of the institution, and whose names will recall many pleasant reminiscences and bring to memory scenes and incidents of other days. Among the teachers we recall the names of Miss Sarah P. Kidder, Miss Mary E. Bradley, Miss Rebie Coates, Miss Ellen S. Preston, Miss Florence J. Mattison, Miss Victoria Mattison, Misses Etta and Emma McCrillis, Mr. Sam- uel Grumbine, Mr. Gurdon G. Sill, Mr. E. J. Hayes, Mr. Wm. D. Weaver, Mr. J. R. Spiegel, Mr. A. G. Owen, Mr. B. D. Rowlee, Mr. J. P. Benford, and Mr. A. C. Schoolman (blind), teacher of music. In the household department the names of Mrs. C. M. Yeager, Mrs. Shutt, Mrs. C. M. Heath, Mrs. Shepardsou, Mrs. Mary Reed, Mrs. Schott, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Eakin, Miss Jane McCutchen, Mrs. Toby, and Mrs. Jane Demming, are familiar to hundreds of soldiers' or- phans. In the boys' department, the names of Geo. H. Sill and Capt. H. F. Spicer were familiar as household words. The names of some are probably omitted. If so, the orphan children will quickly supply them as they scan these pages, and, although not recorded here, their little acts of kindness, we trust, may have given them a place in their hearts. The instruction afforded in this school was of a superior character from the date of its organization, as its recorded list of experienced teachers for the whole time shows. The teachers employed were, as a general thing, graduates of a college or normal school, or those who had acquired a professional standing in their vocation. During the school year closing May 31, 1873, the cost of instruction was $3,000, besides board, rooms, fuel, lights, and washing for teachers employed. In the early years of the institution, promises of large increase in numbers were relied on to justify such expenses as cited above, and it was deemed necessary to make them in order to place the school on a high grade of merit and usefulness, and it was diffi- cult to reduce such expenses without lowering the tone of instruction and disappointing prospects of promising pupils. This is but one of the many instances which serve to illustrate the manner in which the private interests of the Proprietor were subor- dinated to the growing wants of the school. The whole number of pupils admitted to the Titusville School from the time it opened, in 1867, until its close, in September, 1873, TITUSVIL.LE SCHOOL. 399 was four hundred and forty-one. Of this number two hundred and 'fifty-three were boys and one hundred and eighty-eight were girls. From the opening of the school until the spring of 1872, it was under the direct supervision of Prof. Joseph N. Beistle as Principal. In the spring of 1872, Mr. Berry, the Proprietor, relinquished the practice of law and assumed direct charge as Principal, which duties he performed until the autumn of 1874, when a portion of the build- ings was destroyed by fire, and the school suspended operations. Owing to this fact, it is not possible to give an engraving of the buildings and grounds. 400 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. cc M f Attended Edinboro ■T Normal School one ses- ( sion. !Son of Col. Butler, killed by a deserter, when about to arrest him, near Clearfield, Pa. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. North Liberty... Lancaster. Saegertown. Norwich. Tionesta. Tionesta. 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Shippensville. Meadville. Meadville. Titusville. Bradford. Meadville. Bradford. Bradford. Steuben. Gay's Mills. Turner Creek. Turner Creek. Wayne. Wayne. Meadville. Meadville. Utica. Utica. Ridgeway. Brockwayville. Centreville. Centreville. Ridgeway. Titusville. Anderson's Mills Anderson's Mills Meadville. Pleasantville. Pleasantville. Tryonville. Tryonville. Warsaw. Tryonville. De Golier. Plumer. 5: c5 ft C5 K a o m s ft O H H •« 9 M W « o o © ils £,£aa O I DO ^ H . "«3 TO .05 ft «j ft ^ to o 3 cToo S a p. OS«l rt s 1 bD » si •-3 •"3 2~°" - - c >. ik > ft o H H JD : p.aa : Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. 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Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 12, 1874 May 25, 1868 Juue 29, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 29, 1869 Sept. 21, 1869 Sept. 21, 1869 June 27, 1871 Feb. 1, 1870 Apr. 29, 1870 Sept. 1, 1872 Apr. 4, 1873 Apr. 4, 1873 May 1, 1873 May 6, 1873 Nov. 18, 1873 Apr. 14, 1874 Apr. 14, 1874 Mar. 4, 1868 Dec. 27, 1867 Dec. 27, 1867 Feb. 12, 1868 Mar. 28, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Nov. 19, 1868 Feb. 1, 1870 June 8, 1870 Nov. 6, 1871 Nov. 6, 1871 Nov. 1, 1872 Jan. 2, 1874 Jan. 2, 1874 Mar. 30, 1874 Dec. 27, 1867 Apr. 29, 1870 Oct. 18, 1870 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 1, 1873 Dec. 28, 1867 Deo. 28, 1867 Sept. 7, 1868 June 27, 1868 June 27, 1868 ;3pq Feb. 1, 1859 Aug. 26, 1862 June 20, 1864 July 23, 1860 Feb. 13, 1866 Oct. 31, 1856 Dec. 21, 1857 June 12, 1862 Mar. 5, 1857 Jan. 26, 1856 Oct. 20, 1855 Nov. 25, 1859 July 22, 1860 Oct. 2, 1857 Oct. 19, 1864 Nov. 8, 1858 June 28, 1860 Apr. 15, 1864 Aug. 30, 1860 Oct. 9, 1859 Mar. 17, I860 Jan. 16, 1862 Deo. 6, 1857 Sept. 15, 1855 Feb. 3, 1858 Aug. 14, 1856 Apr. 28, 1857 June 15, 1860 Apr. 8, 1858 Aug. 29, 1862 Nov. 10, 1860 Mar. 24, 1862 Sept. 7, 1863 Dec. 25, 1861 Nov. 1, 1858 June 7, 1863 June 8, 1861 May 18, 1860 Feb. 1, 1859 Feb. 9, 1861 Apr. 6, 1863 June 1, 1861 Dec. 11, 1852 Oct. 18, 1855 Oct. 22, 1858 Feb. 8, 1857 Feb. 26, 1859 9 & 5 h P P 2 5 3 3 H 3 ■4 E- ! 5 d - 5 J f 5 a c i- c a > i i 5 c X c ! j E- * c < 1 i e c 1 X b. [ £ e S. 5 c e i ° 1 E- 6 E 1 e ■ j E t i 1 E- 6 E s i & 5 c '1 & i c 1 E- ft ; c E- ft i- I I E- | t j 1 I 6 < Is [ c 1 E C P iz « J c i- | p | i i 1 E> I \ ~ i p ? j S 1 1 \ 6. s ! < j < c I < p i p p 1^ SI TITUSVILLE ORPHAN SCHOOL. 405 SI £> Oil - ti3 3"CH1- U^ai j;o tijrf a a « Soo5iJ©HiHWoS55>-^!S55& l aiBiBi><|3fc>Paio o PraSoooo * s a s s £ £ 3 3 * 3 §5 g « £oKom C P u a ss OOOO^c^^«CO, ft %B O ■gft0.5o a ft3.SSS & H a ?' C ' D -S. aaa S-§gg j: ' SceS D ' a a S "S aD OOoS30 K -? ft Beg g-o-SSSS^so s ~ 5. 5 1 =' tt — ' 3 Ca - r; g j:; p°-°Saa°' '^' a °'g8uSs*ft«S'»3 > o«8So "502 Q O fe ^ S H O ►» ■< S5 *a < ►■j -* 3 >? 0] >? ■< »a >? &> C fc 4 4 fc. C S 53 *a fa *-s 53 "oOC^S^ECfc-tZliOOZ ta MM « BB«MBB««OOOUOOOOOUOOOUOQQQQanflaB Q flBfiflanHHWKMKfchfefc 406 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS, s' 1 C Attending Edinboro \ State Normal School. f Attended Edinboro < State Normal School ( one year. J Attending Edinboro < State Normal School. Died May 3, 1869". C Attended Millersville < State Normal School C one year. Died Nov. 10, 1872. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. ■aH2 5oi££ Z Clarion. Futneyville. Big Bend. Big Bend. Big Bend Tidioute. Petrol'm Centre. Tiouesta. Orrsville. Marieuville. Kossuth. Harmony. Shippensville. Steuben. Oil Creek. Guy's Mills. Oil Creek. Oil Creek. Rouseville. Oil Creek. ,Wayne. TJtica. Pleasantville. Utica. Ridgeway. Titusville. Brockwayville. Brockwayville. Edinboro. Edinboro. Warsaw. De Golier. Plumer. Saegertown. Saegertown. Waterson 's Fer'y Harrisville. Elkland. H o 03 «i s p O H H Q ■< Pi m 0.0 S'a £ 02 P 3 3 S^I-3 6, M o a ^ ■«! H «Q -* T* ^* -n <©<£? rH a - 5 -■ i 5 ■< e "5 * a IS i r c a \ ■3 S a i s a c Is 5 c * | ■5 z t a c i X J i X - ( a X X < X I -a is > X 1 X < 3 X S a X 1 « B 73 1 5 1 a 5 1 B -5 a 5 5 i 5 5 SI > > 1-3 a = S3 .2 - " - : so 5 j si •/. hJ .t a 5 51-i OS -; - -.'a 3S ■« a 3 a 3 TITUSVILLE ORPHAN SCHOOL, 407 t Attending Edinboro I State Normal School. (Accidentally shot by 1 her brother, Oct. 25, ( 1873. ( Attended Edinboro < State Normal School ( one year. J Attending Edinboro ( State Normal School. Died Apr. 8, 1870. (Attended Edinboro •2 State Normal School ( one year. J Attending Edinboro I State Normal School. F.lkland. Concord Station. Kosston. Cherry Creek. Stewart's Run. Covell's Station. Cranberry. Hellen. Ceutreville. Centreville. Union Mills. Spartansburg. Conneautville. Rimersburg. Corry. Union. Bradford. Bradford. Warren Cranberry. Cranberry. Cranberry. Conneautville. Sugar Grove. Cooperstown. Cooperstown. Cooperstown. Farmer's Valley. Saegertown. Cooperstown. Cooperstown. Titusville. CowansviUe. Hellen Hellen. Middlesex. Middlesex. Youngsville. Youngsville. Titusville. Rimersburg. Youngsville. Youngsville. Hellen. Warren. Spartansburg. Spartausburg... Plum. Tryonville. 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SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. cri M • Died Nov. 13, 1872. Post Office Address when at Home. Titusville. Cochranton. ' Chandler's Vail. Steamburgh. Irvine. Brady's Bend. Blooming Vail. Oil Creek. Titusville. Evansburg. Six Points. Limestone. Limestone. Titusville. Titusville. Waterford. Waterford. Youngsville. Youngsville. Emlenton. to H ci 3 o A o H H ? g> . .j o. o, o. F 5 o.o ^ . . a» g = g caaao-g &•£ 0.0,5 * g >,JJ •SI'S 5.0 a 3 3 »»5;i.i5;3 aa agSt- ii.;-™ U "S «lo£'S'3oo fe 'S'S^~'3£2Sti3 b^^jS «TjuS o.S'o o^tj'o DO -£wo Q :S' 7: '* J * J .2 2 - . a " 3 3' j * 3 -2' d ' c 'S' T 3 ^-u "a ci 'o *o .£ .« .£ ,§ -a W « O CO M ft ft o w 1 H - i - p I < P ■- I ip 1 t P 1 p' 3P i" ip IP ip ! t [i p ip ip 1 5? r. IP 5t> it if- i .a IP B \ ?P & \ IP \ p c IP & i5 iz p 5 i i a p i 1 P - P P E E 1 i c a a i | I 1 «= • aCJ r be 5 1 ; -1 *l *< ,s s ~ P a CJ CHESTER SPRINGS SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 415 Readmitted Sept. 3, 1875. Farming. 5 Serving milk @ $15.00 I per month. Stone-cutter. 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Inst. : : i is r ; ; : j= • ■ ; -C : ! : t c ; : ; ;fc OhPhOh a a ts ts 3 3 II CO Mar. 1, 1868 Feb. 29, 186S Jan. 10, 1874 Apr. 15, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 25, 1869 Sept. 25, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 16, 1874 Sept. 15, 1874 Apr. 19, 1875 Apr. 19, 1875 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 23, 1868 Apr. 7, 1868 Apr. 7, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1S69 Mar. 1. 1869 Feb. 9, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 18, 1873 Dee. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Oct. 9, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 June 1. 1870 Sept. 19, 1874 Sept. 19, 1874 June 1, 1870 Oct. 10, 1870 Mar. 6, 1873 Mar. 24, 1873 May 26, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 7, 1875 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Nov. 17, 1868 Feb. 4, 1869 Oct. 9, 1868 Oct. 9, 1868 ilKtOT'f lTSX^c^'/ '"■ Q V '7 S: '-7 Y ~ ^ C" x -+ '.£ ' r - £ ■; ■"■ "- ' ~ V '" '"■ >-•'-'"'—' "; ~ f ~y ~ '~ C ~ T- >'" 'f- '>'■ £ 'v * '-2 X .ft -C cc ^ X f. f J£ /- — ~ i, '. y '/ ^ P { - ) f ' ' -^ 7 r ' ' ' x ?_ — ' ' t- X '/' J ■' - _ - 7 ^ r - j ' _^ X ^ * — ^ O.2rt33a)3a3cjrtrf3o:^o— rt^o* c - : u .6 3 - : : -> i ■ 6 ! "■- f i - If ^ - - .1= 3p :- 5. :'- i j i- h - 4l E 1 !i <6 lb 1 i 9 J( ■_■- - i = - l« i 3 t j >i i t. i i - t C c i i -gill fill 653o J= J= ^ ja" c soooi: li \ ■j \ i i a °^ taSa B i i ts a i 416 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. REMARKS. Farming. J Salesman in a notion I house in Philadelphia. Carpenter. Clerking in a drug store. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. isville. isville. q Riddle. n Riddle. q Riddle. adelphia. adelphia. adelphia. adelphia. adelphia. risburg. vningtown. vningtown. isville. isville. isville. adelphia adelphia. adelphia. tlehem. adelphia. .. . adelphia. ding. ley. ley. n Tree. ntown. ntown. ■ Britain. ia. ristown. adelphia adelphia. adelphia. adelphia. enixville. eh Chunk. areth. eraakerville. emakerville. emakerville. adelphia. adelphia. ch Chunk. adelphia. adelphia. ngton Forge. erick Stat'n. QOQSofifcfcfcfc^tSOQQQOfcPufcPQBHkWHHCS^^fcSfcPnEsLifc InEfcGGWGQpHflHSCkPLHGQj H O w < w o TO p o H H « 8 H Pi o O 3 >"3 CO o o o a a. CO -8 "^1-5 O !N c a 1-3 >■= o be 3 < as N o OSI5 CO o < c June 20, 1874 July 5, 1871 Dec. 26, 1870 Dec. 5, 1868 July 31, 1870 Jan. 15, 1873 Sept. 5, 1868 Aug. i, 1875 a>£2£2° XXX.V. Jan. 21, 1874 July 10, 1873 Jan. 24, 1870 Aug. 7, 1871 June 16, 1869 GO O W ei H to CO CO 02 02 d H w a H a a a 3 W 3 3 13 H O S 8 Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise House of Kef. Paradise Paradise Quakertown S. 0. Inst. Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Paradise Paradise Quakertown Lincoln Paradise Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Germantown , Germantown Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 6, 1868 Apr. 6, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 June 15, 1869 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 9, 1868 Mar. 9, 1868 Nov. 3, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 June 15, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 8, 1872 Apr. 18, 1873 Apr. 18, 1873 May 24, 1875 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 June 1, 1872 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 5, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1 , 1868 Apr. 15, 1868 Apr. 15, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 & . OS) -5i-jClQh,-,i/! & H 5 ! [ 1 < ) < 1* >- c 1 P. | X 1 1 i X <- 1 i x £ a C £ P "i a T ■7 *- i a 1 i X X E -£: Iz PC c i- 1 1 6 « c a X E a ft > X ! E- a is s a X X | i 11 ! 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DO a 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 COO d 32 a 3 3 -;3 fc= 5 a « Otj ^ "■2 a i !*.§ O O Hi Germantown Germantown Germantown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown 3 3 Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Paradise Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Nov. 1, 1869 Nov. 1, 1869 Nov. 1, 1869 Nov. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Jan. 15, 1874 Sept. 14, 1875 Sept. 14, 1875 Sept. 14, 1875 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Apr. 6, 1874 Apr. 6, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Feb. 29, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Nov. 15, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 13, 1870 Sept. 19, 1870 Mar. 13, 1870 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 29, 1868 Feb. 18, 1870 Jan. 2, 1871 Sept. 28, 1855 Mar. 27, 1857 Jan. 12, 1859 Sept. 21, 1863 Juue 11, 1859 Oct. 17, 1864 Sept. 18, 1859 Aug. 18, 1860 Sept. 16, 1860 Feb. 16. 1863 Sept. 13, 1*64 Deo. 6, 1860 Jau. 3. 1855 May 10, 1859 Feb. 28, 1861 Aug. 30, 1860 Sept. 12, 1862 Aug. 25. 1861 Sept. 13, 1869 Sept. 10, 1871 Aug. 17. 1864 July 11, 1866 Mar. 8, 1866 July 15, 1854 June 28, 1859 Deo. 23, \KM June 23, 1860 Jan. 14, 1857 Jan. 16, 1856 Jan. 23, 1856 Oct. 20, 1853 July 13, 1856 May 6, 1856 Juue 1, 1857 June 1, 1861 May 12, 1858 Sept. 22, 1857 Sept. 17, 1853 July 18, 1855 Oct. 20, 1855 Oct. 16, 1853 Dec. 3, 1853 Aug. 18, 1857 July 4, 1854 Sept. 26, 1856 Dec. 20, 1855 Oct. 16, 1854 Mar. 11, 1854 Dec. 12, 1857 Oct. 12, 1855 Oct. 19, 1852 Oct. 14, 1854 May 5, 1857 Dec. 29, 1854 July 11, 1863 July 11, 1861 fc P c h «c 2 A a T 2 o 3 3 K ■" 3 2 c a = — > 2 > 2 fc 3 i 2 o: § »-a 2 z 3 i 5 3 2 2 2 ! 'i I .3 fc 3 EC £ O 3 a c 3 3 > S3 > - — = 3 = 'jS 3 r 3 -- - - Ss | fl = a ] B X E _ h a JB w 5 3 :- 1 -3 v » 3 a J 3 3 3 3 < a £ _3 'Z 3 "- 2 fc 3 ■3 3 _ 3 3 1 5 1 3 3: 3 b' ^ ^ 3 27 418 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO W W w 5 Teaching school @ c $40.00 per month. Working in coal-mines. Coach-paintJr. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Hamburg. Hamburg. Hamburg. Mauch Chunk. West Chester. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Mahoney. Mahoney. Harrisburg. Chester Springs. West Chester.... Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Fleetwood. Norristown. Allentowu. Hughes. Hughes. Hughes. West Chester. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. West Chester. Middleport. Philadelphia. PenningtouviUe. PenningtouviUe. Centreville. Port Clinton. Newtown. Bethlehem. Reading. Reading. Bethlehem. Bethlehem. Morrisville. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Pottsville. Hilltown. Minersville. Auburn. Auburn. 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Hermitage Strasburg. Harrisburg. Pottsville. Pottsville. Manayunk. Reading Weatherly. West Chester.... Crooked Hill. Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel. AUentown. Lebanon. Cornwall. AUentown. AUentown. Philadelphia. Pottstown. Philadelphia. AUentown. fffl ^jtt S 3 rf « a c a.o-,->;-«i ■* in "EL 03 oSoJ St»sa C £ O. p. << Jan. 22, 1871 June 22, 1870 Nov. 15, 1870 July 1, 1871 Nov. 15, 1870 si < July 14, 1873 Nov. 8, 1869 Jan. 31, 1874 Apr. 16, 1870 Mar. 1, 1872 >> 3 S o Mar. 9, 1875 July 26, 1872 Oct. 10, 1873 Dec. 3, 1874 Mar. 11, 1874 3 " & ri Feb. 10, 1873 July 29, 1869 Sept. 18, 1873 Nov. 3, 1875 Nov. 14, 1871 3 •-3 -i. 0Q 3 d 03 Paradise Paradise Paradise Quakertown Quakertown Germantown Germantown Hi Paradise Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown Quakertown 3 y Paradise Paradise White Hall White Hall oSSS 3-i.fl 3 CJ QJ flj Paradise Paradise S. O. Inst. 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  • :fc<00>i06,S^ i: 3 > = b C 3 X •< | - J: z = < K i e5 a. 7 -> b < PC s < s 1 1 2 -< 01 > o! ■J h _ B X t ^ = XX - X 5 X 1 y E < 3 424 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, a U t P 5 i Tailoress. Married. 5 Attending Millersville J S. N. School. Teaching school. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Goshorn. Philadelphia Port Carbon. Port Carbon. Norristown. Kimbleville. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Allentown. West Chester.... West Chester. Hamburg. Philadelphia. West Chester. Hamburg. Philadelphia. Tremont. London Grove. Phoenixville. Strasburg. Allentown. Allentown. CO C5 « t o «) ft h o H H "H ft K H a « o O n o ~ ^ CO o Oct. 30, 1858 Nov. 26, 1871 Feb. 3, 1875 Sept. 17, 1872 Oct. 26, 1874 .a ® ""IcN p„Q.a 1 Q CO ft « • O W H £ fi 65 CO CO « 6 w M a « a « o ■5 -3 .•5 o g to a, Paradise Paradise Paradise Womelsdorf Quaker town _ a f£c«5 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Feb. 29, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Oct. 10, 1870 Oct. 10, 1870 May 24, 1873 Oot. 28, 1874 Oct. 18, 1874 Jan. 26, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, J868 Jan. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Junel, 1871 Feb. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 2, 1875 Mar. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. 1, 1869 Date of Birth. Oct. 30, 1852 Nov. 26, 1855 Feb. 3, 1859 Sept. 17, 1856 Oct. 26, 1858 Nov. 6, 1861 Oct. 6, 1864 Oct. 25, 1866 July 26, 1869 Feb. 9, 1858 June 13, 1860 Sept. 30, 1856 Feb. 5, 1856 Feb. 27, 1857 Dec. 25, 1859 Mar. 19, 1853 Feb. 23, 1860 Jan. 25, 1861 Oct. 12, 1858 Dee. 7, 1857 Apr. 28, 1865 July 10, 1861 May 2, 1855 May 22, 1856 Apr. 16, 1861 a a i- ! } ) H t < * i- > < > \ ■I i- b- > ,| E- 2 t E- E - s .- E ■- | 1 ( { if Gi i - c ■ "a IN I The Home for Friendless Children, for the Borough of Wilkesbarre and the County of Luzerne. HIS institution is located in the city of Wilkesbarre. It was organized in 1862. The number of destitute children, at this time, was greatly increased by the exigencies of the civil war, then raging, which called many fathers from their homes, to engage in the defence of their country. Moved by a sympathy, which was quickened by patriotism, a number of worthy ladies of Wilkesbarre, of whom Miss Mary Bowman, a noble Christian lady, was the leading spirit, met in March, 1862, to devise a plan of relief. This meeting was not fruitless. It was there deter- mined that a Home should be opened for needy children. By the kindness of a benevolent gentleman, the free use of a small house on South Street was granted the ladies to be used for this purpose. " With a fund of twenty-five dollars, and six little waifs," a begin- ning was made, amid many doubtings and misgivings, yet with prayers and faith. It soon became apparent that a s larger and more commodious building was needed. During the years of 1863 and 1864, the energies of the ladies were successfully put forth for the accomplishment of this object. A building lot was secured on Franklin Street. It contains one and a half acres of land, lacking three rods square. One part of it, 100 by 198 feet, together with an alley of ten feet leading from Franklin Street to the back end of the lot, was given by the owners of the land to the institution, besides a liberal contribution in money. The remainder of the lot cost $2,332.00. 425 426 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Upon this site a substantial building, three stories high, and 50 by 100 feet, was erected in 1865. It is supplied with water from the city works, — the water beiug taken to the second story, and warmed by two furnaces. Its kitchen, pantry, and dining-rooms are conveniently arranged and well furnished. Its sewing-room, clothes-rooms, dormitories, and school-rooms are well adapted to the purposes for which they are used. The building affords accommoda- tions for about eighty children, besides the necessary number of attendants. By the act of incorporation, the affairs of the institution are con- ducted by a board of trustees, consisting of sixteen gentlemen, and a board of managers of twenty-four ladies. The Home is supported by donations from benevolent individuals. The State, however, has at different times made appropriations for its aid, amounting in all to $13,000. Five thousand dollars were granted it by the Legislature of 1871, on condition that " the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas for the counties adjoining "Luzerne County, shall be authorized to commit and send to said Home for Friendless Children those friendless children who may come within the jurisdiction of said courts, or be subject to their order and dispo- sition." This grant was accepted upon the condition named, and the benefits of the institution were thus extented to friendless children of Columbia, Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. The lady managers have been for a number of years laboring to raise an endowment sufficient to support the institution. This fund now, 1875, amounts to $16,656.75. In August, 1865, Dr. Burrowes, the State Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, addressed a letter to the managers of the Home, requesting them to take fifty or sixty orphans, under his care, into their institution. These were to be young children, who were to be transferred to schools where better educational advantages could be had as they arrived at the age of ten years. The sum to be paid for the education, maintenance, and clothing was fixed at $100 per annum for each child. Already there was in the institution quite a number of soldiers' orphans, as the patriotic managers had, from the first, shown great readiness to receive destitute children whose fathers had fallen in the defence of their country. For the support of these orphans, the managers were, hitherto, wholly dependent upon the contributions of the benevolent. By accepting Dr. Burrowes' THE HOME FOR FRIENDLESS CHILDREN. 427 proposition, they would receive $100 yearly from the State, not only for those sent, but also for the soldiers' orphans already in the Home. Under these circumstances, the managers complied with the request of the Superintendent, though the amount they were to receive, according to their report of May, 1866, was " wholly inadequate to pay the necessary expenses." The first soldiers' orphans were re- ceived on account of the State in February, 1866. From time to time, soldiers' orphans of the more juvenile class continued to be sent to the institution, by the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, while, in the meantime, numbers were transferred to institutions of a higher grade as they arrived at the suitable age for promotion. The Home continued to assist in the good work till 1873, when, in September of this year, all the soldiers' orphans in the institution were, by order of the State Superintendent, transferred to schools for the more advanced pupils. The whole number of soldiers' orphans received in the Home, and supported by the State, is ninety-two. The largest number at any one time in the Home was eighty-one. It is but an act of justice to here record the names of several noble men who greatly assisted the ladies in the difficult work of establish- ing the Home, and sustaining it by their open-handed liberality. Judge William S. Ross, Mr. W. C. Gildersleeve, Mr. George M. Hollenback, and V. L. Maxwell, Esq., each gave $1,000. Judge I. N. Conyngham, A. T. McClintock, Esq., and several others whose names are not at command, donated $500 each. The Board of Trustees, in 1873, was as follows : Mr. Nathaniel Rutter, 11 J. C. Phelps, " J. W. Hollenback, " W. L. Conyngham, " W. W. Lathrope, Mr. J. P. Williamson, " C. M. Conyngham, " R. J. Flick, " A. T. McClintock, " C. E. Wright, " T. Burnett, Mr. A. Ricketts, Dr. E. R. Mayer, Mr. L. D. Shoemaker, " W. W. Loomis, " Joseph Lippincott. The Board of Managers, in 1873, was as follows Mrs. J. C. Phelps, " F. V. Rockafellow, " F. W. Hunt, " A. R. Brundage, " Joseph Lippincott, " F. B. Hodge, " Charles Parrish, " S. D. Lewis, Mrs. C. E. Wright, " W. S. Ross, " W. F. Dennis, Miss Eliza R. Covell, " Laura G. Brower, Mrs. F.J. Leavenworth, " V. L. Maxwell, " Lord Butler, Mrs. Jesse Thomas, " T. F. Atherton, " W.C. Gildersleeve, " Ziba Bennett, " J. Lawrence Day, " Matthew Wood, " R. H. Williamson, Miss Hetty Wright. 428 PENNA. 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Aug. 12, 1868 Jan. 31, 1866 Jan. 31. 1866 Oct. 18, 1866 Sept. 12, 1867 Feb. 2, 1866 Aug. 4, 1866 Feb. 2, 1866 Jan. 31, 1866 Oct. 17, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Nov. 25, 1869 May 14, 1868 Jan. 21, 1866 Jan. 21, 1866 Feb. 2, 1866 Feb. 2, 1866 June 6, 1866 Feb. 2, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 Apr. 25, 1866 May 22, 1866 Apr. 7, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 14, 1866 Apr. 17, 1868 Sept. 10, 1868 Mar. 10, 1870 Sept. 2, 1867 Apr. 17, 1866 June 21, 1866 Date of Birth. Feb. 5. 1863 June 10, 1857 May 3, 1859 Mar. 4, 1861 Jan. 21, I860 Jan. 20. 1862 Sept. 29, 1858 Jan. 30, 1859 Sept. 13, 1857 Jan. 21, 1859 Mar. 22, 1861 Aug. 3, 1862 June 7, 1861 May 29, 1857 May 30, 1859 June 18, 1856 Oct. 31, 1858 Nov. 5, 1857 Apr. 17, 1858 Dec. 14, 1861 July 19, 1860 Alay 5, 1859 Feb. 13, 1858 July 10, 1861 July 16, 1859 Oct. 26, 1860 Dec. 20, 1859 June 31, 1859 Mar. 9. 1861 Mar. 31, 1857 Aug. 20, I860 July 12, 1858 June 4, 1857 I S H P P \ i ■i H 3 i E- t i - ej J ;E. * ■p •i i i i. i * • i i - i i £ c ! S a a c £ '2 : i- >■ a. S 5 - 5 £ t a. B '& 'I or El e \ < 1 I i- s 1 or 0. P2 ■= EC ] t ir i 1 e > < ! I I =■ I -- - *%'■ ' ', " - : - — —III w PC D J o 5 1 w £ ^ OS O o hrl 03 S< o Pd D o Church Home for Children (Episcopal), Angora, Philadelphia. EVERAL homes for destitute children had already taken their places among the charitable institutions in Philadel- phia, when the Church Home was established ; but all were under the charge of managers belonging to the vari- ous religious denominations, and the children were brought up with- out any distinctive religious training. In 1856, it became evident to a number of persons connected with St. Mark's Parish that the time had arrived for the Episcopal Church to take her decided part in training children to be useful citizens and members of her own com- munion. A meeting was held in January. Four ladies were present, and it was decided (the Rev. Dr. Wilmer, of St. Mark's, offering to aid them as far as practicable) to take a house and begin the work. Mr. S. Wilmer Cannell offered to become security for the rent of a house, and a small one was taken at No. 1706 Sansom Street ; and by the second of February the house was opened — furnished, in part, by con- tributions in material, and with money given for that purpose. Prior to this, however, a Board of Council and a Board of Managers had been chosen from the St. Mark's, St. Luke's, and the Epiphany Churches. All with equal energy pressed on this work, by soliciting aid and interesting others in the labor of love ; and their hearts were made glad by the entrance within its walls of the little ones they so longed to protect. The originators of this charity were as follows : 431 432 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Pierce Butler, George L. Harrison, J. W. Kester, Mrs. N. Hopkins, Miss R. Henop, Mrs. J.M.Hollingshead, " G. T. Lewis, " Alfred J. Austin, " J. Anderson, Miss Agnes Boyd, Mrs. J. W. Kester, " G. H. Boker, Boaed of Council. John Welsh, Thomas Allibone, . Edward H. Rowley, DlEECTRESSES. Miss M. Allinson, Seceetaey. Miss H. H. Patterson. Teeasueee. Miss M. S. Cannell. Managers. Mrs. Henry Austie, " Susan Collet, " A. G. Gaw, Miss Sarah Lewis, " N. W. Fisher, " Mary A. Gaul, " Emily Wells, Mrs. Moreton Stille, Edward S. Buckley, John R. Wilmer, Rev. W. S. Hinds. Mrs. F. R. Starr. Miss Hockley, Mrs. H. S. Biddle, Miss C. W. Paul, " Mary McHenry, " Lenauze, Mrs. C. J. Stille, Miss Margaretta Lewis, Mrs. John Clayton. Much praise is due these loving hearts and energetic workers, who planted, as it were, the acorn which has become the sturdy oak. St. Mark's received the little family, soon numbering twenty-four, into her parish school, where they were in regular attendance until July, when Mr. James C. Vogdes offered a house in West Philadelphia for two months, thus securing to the children the pure air of the country during the heat of the summer. In 1857, it became evident that the work must be enlarged, and the modest little house was left for a larger and more convenient one, at No. 1609 Pine Street. During this year the number of inmates increased to thirty, and a lady was secured to teach the younger chil- dren in the house. During this year, also, a fine lot at Twenty- Second and Pine Streets was secured, and on October 10, 1857, the corner-stone of a new building was laid by Bishop Potter. In 1858, the children were again moved to a home especially pre- pared for them. Thus, this work, begun in faith, had, in less than three years, become a church charity, fixed in the hearts of her people for all time. CHURCH HOME FOR CHILDREN. 433 The three churches that had begun the work had already been joined by others, and the subscription list was enlarged by patrons from all parts of the city. With increased accommodations, the children multiplied, and soon the family numbered forty-eight. In 1862, the building was entirely freed from debt. A small ground rent, all that remained of indebtedness, was paid off. At no time have the expenses been allowed to exceed the income, and with every year's additions the funds required to supply the needs of the insti- tution have never failed. Thus quietly did the charity live on, the number of inmates yearly increasing. In 1864, there was received from the State a very limited number of soldiers' orphans. The building, pretty well filled already, only allowed the Managers to offer the State authorities vacancies as they should occur. The necessity for a home for the orphan boys of our brave soldiers caused the organization of that excellent charity, the Lincoln Insti- tution ; and, as soon as it was opened, the male soldiers' orphans were transferred to it, making room for an additional number of girls. In 1867, additions were made to the buildings, by which the Man- agers were enabled to increase the number of children to fifty-eight, seventeen of whom were soldiers' orphans. Feeling the necessity of enlarging the charity, the Managers were called upon by the Bishop to make another trial of faith. In September, 1869, a committee waited on him at his rooms, and, after consultation, it was decided that the time for a more extended work had arrived. One of the Managers, knowing that certain property had been set apart for a charitable purpose, whenever the time should come for its use, ap- proached the owner, and the result was a gift, by Mrs. Ann G. Thomas, of eleven acres of ground, near Angora Station, West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, to which was soon added two acres, the site upon which the beautiful new Home now stands. The corner-stone was laid October 29, 1870, the architect being Mr. T. W. Richards. It was ready for occupancy in November, 1872 ; but, by the advice of the physicians, the children were not moved into the building until May, 1873, on the fifteenth of which month the Home was dedicated to the Father of the fatherless with appropriate services. 28 434 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. Hardly had the Managers started in the new building, when it became apparent that a chapel was needed to make the. work com- plete; and it was decided that they should proceed to erect one. The architect was asked for a plan, which he furnished gratuitously ; and as soon as the ladies had purchased from Mrs. Thomas a lot immediately adjoining the Home, he was kind enough to contract for its building ; thus securing, by his judicious management, a beautiful stone church, complete, with the exception of bell-gable, for $10,000. The chapel was consecrated May 15, 1875. After the lapse of a little over twenty years, of the original Board of Managers, six remain to reap the fruit of years of hope, to see a beautiful home building of serpentine stone in the midst of grand old trees, with ample grounds, capable of sheltering within its walls one hundred and fifty children, who are carefully trained and instructed by teachers and matron, and, above all, taught how to work. Thus those who began this work have lived to see this result : two beautiful structures, entirely free from debt, with a family of one hundred and twelve children, and room for more. The noble Christian ladies interested in this work have had many warm and generous friends to hold up their hands, and they hope to do a great deal in the future for the orphan and the destitute. The new charity, not far from the Church Home — the Educational Home for Boys — relieves it, in a measure, from the care of boys, and it is gradually withdrawing from this part of its work, and devotes itself almost exclusively to the training of girls, only taking a boy when it is felt that he should not be separated from his sister. As time passes, soldiers' oi'phans leave to go out into the world, and, it is hoped, to be useful in their several stations. The children love the Home which they have left, and, on the occasion of the dedication of the Home, and the consecration of the chapel, many of the former inmates were among those who rejoiced in these services. From time to time, legacies have been bestowed, and the Sanitary Commission has not been forgetful of the orphans. Rarely a child is received temporarily. As the chief object of the managers is training, they require those placing children in the Home to give them up until they are eighteen years old, in order to pre- pare them not only to earn their living, but to guard against any temptation to which they may be exposed. CHURCH HOME FOR CHILDREN. 435 PRESENT MANAGEMENT. BOARD OF COUNCIL. President. The Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D. D. Secretary. George T. Lewis. William P. Cresson, Lemuel Coffin, Francis A. Lewis, R. C. McMurtrie, Israel W. Morris, Thomas Neilson, Members. Charles J. Stille, William G. Thomas, W. G. Boulton, D. H. Flickwir, George W. Childs, John Welsh, J. H. Dulles, Jr., William P. Pepper, John S. Newbold, E. S. Buckley, Rev. J. W. Robins, D. D. George T. Bispham. BOARD OF MANAGERS. Directresses. Mrs. G. T. Lewis, Mrs. C. J. Stille, Miss M. S. Lewis. Secretary. Miss Meredith. Treasurer. Mrs. John Harrison. Members. Mrs. J. W. Robins, " F. A. Lewis, " Robt. H. Hare, " J. W. Sagers, Miss M. Lennig, " C. W. Paul, Solicitor. George T. Bispham. Chaplain. Rev. James W. Robins, D. D. Assistant. Mr. Louis S. Osborne. Mrs. S. W. Mitchell, " I. T. Jones, " C.R.King, " E. Perot, " G. C. Morris, Mrs. W. B. Stevens, Miss V. R. Bowers, Mrs. I. W. Morris, " John Fallon, Miss E. S. Stanley. 436 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, W 53 s m Ph as if c a Post Office Address when at Home. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Williamstown. West Chester. Media. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Chester. Philadelphia. Valley Forge. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Pottsville. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Germania. Lebanon. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Media. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Media. Philadelphia.... Cabinet. Lancaster. Lancaster. Media. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. H O M o in 5 & o H H «f ft M 'H R M O O > 6.Q fa -« O 'A <>* O 03 Sa a 1 s i-si-s 3-g n CO fe « O 'A H Si H May 8, 1866 Feb. 10, 1873 May 14, 1866 May 14, 1866 May 8, 1866 May 8, 1866 May 8, 1866 =o=o oPs? S3 go « go Ph H 6 H w M W a 13 Lincoln Chester Sp'gs Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln 33 33 H . S O a « a -r S5 "km » 111 aa aaa j j j W i Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Mar. 12, 1869 Feb. 21, 1866 Oct. 19, 1866 Jan. 19, 1866 Nov. 16, 1869 Jan. 12, 1866 Jan. 12, 1866 Mar. 1, 1866 Jan. 11, 1866 Feb. 27, 1866 Sept. 16, 1869 Jan. 11, 1866 Jan. 11, 1866 Nov. 21, 1867 Nov. 15, 1867 Jan. 18, 1866 Mar. 12, 1869 Nov. 5, 1869 Mar. 10, 1870 Sept. 1, 1872 July 13, 1866 July 13, 1866 Nov. 21, 1867 Mar. 1, 1870 Dec. 1, 1869 Mar. 8, 1867 Oct. 24, 1874 Apr. 26, 1866 Apr. 26, 1866 June 26, 1869 Oct. 7, 1870 Nov. 15, 1867 Dec. 20, 1868 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 28, 1870 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Aug. 9, 1867 Jan. 11, 1866 May 16, 1866 July 13, 1866 Sept. 16, 1869 Sept. 9, 1870 Aug. 9, 1867 June 12, 1866 Date of Birth. Aug. — , 1864 June 29, 1860 Apr. 4, 1862 Jan. 4, 1859 Apr. 3, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Apr. 3, 1860 June 29, 1860 Nov. 25, 1861 July 26, 1858 Apr. 14, 1861 Apr. 14, 1861 Apr. 14, 1859 Nov. 27, 1858 Mar. 1, 1860 Jan. 21, 1858 Dec. 1, 1863 Oct. 18, 1864 Sept. 7, 1857 Feb. 28, 1858 Apr. 30, 1860 June 30, 1856 Jan. 23, 1855 Sept. 21, 1860 Feb. 20, 1864 Dec. 21, 1856 July 27, 1865 Mar. 8, 1857 June 12, 1860 May 4, 1864 Feb. 28, 1861 Mar. 24, 1855 May 29, 1860 Jan. 27, 1856 Jan. 27, 1856 July 6, 1862 Apr. 16, 1863- Aug. 25, 1859 Feb. 16, 1858 July 21, 1856 Mar. 8, 1860 Dec. 28, 1857 Apr. 23, 1858 Sept. 27, 1857 Apr. 28, 1857 Oct. 15, 1852 July 5, 1859 a u < V 5 P P 2 3 H 3 ; H 4 < i p = i c 1 5 f 5 » i 1 & c H E I 1 5 5 - i- i- •j S i E i- X >- a 1 < - i Z 1 X X X n C p: - | > | < >t> J i- t» I & i IS > > 1 e j > < 3 a ^ £ - 1 E fc- IT tl ■£ s >- c < c IT i- < sl oj d a d M CHURCH HOME FOR CHILDREN (EPISC), PHIL A. 437 •O T3 T3 TJ T3 C-, 0, Z~ — — SSiw.t:^^- S^SO- XJ < o 1 aaiT-5 1-5 s 1 x> p to O « ft a 1 CD « W (in CO « d H H 03 8 p s « a H o S 03 -5 > ■S.WS.'S. rt ri rt rf Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. July 8, 1868 July 8, 1868 Aug. 3, 1868 Aug. 5. 1868 June 30, 1868 July 7. 1868 June 30, 1868 June 30, 1868 July 7, 1868 Apr. 14, 1870 Oct. 19, 1869 Feb. 16, 1871 Mar. 16, 1872 May 20, 1873 Feb. 16, 1871 May 20, 1873 Jan. 29, 1875 June 18, 1868 June 18, 1868 June 18, 1868 June 18, 1868 June 18, 1868 July 2, 1868 July 2, 1868 Aug. 21, 1868 Apr. 22, 1870 Apr. 25, 1870 Sept. 25, 1868 Sept. 25, 1868 Oct. 9, 1868 Sept. 23, 1868 Dec. 6, 1869 Sept. 23, 1868 Deo. 6, 1869 Nov. 19, 1868 Jan. 6, 1869 Feb. 16, 1870 Oct. 11, 1871 Dec. 3, 1869 Deo. 3, 1869 Dec. 3, 1869 Dec. 3, 1869 July 11, 1868 July 11, 1868 July 11, 1868 Jan. 2, 1871 Oct. 19, 1868 Oct. 19, 1868 Nov. 23, 1868 o a ft rt Feb. 15, 1854 Mar. 3, 1858 Oct. 17, 1855 Deo. 18, 1856 Aug. 5, 1863 Jan. 16, 1857 May 12, 1859 June 10, 1862 Nov. 30, 1858 Jan. 18, 1861 Mar. 17, 1865 Feb. 28, 1859 Apr. 27, 1860 July 22, 1861 Feb. 28, 1859 July 9, 1864 Feb. 7, 1864 Apr. 25, 1856 Nov. 7, 1860 Oct. 12, 1855 May 18, 1861 Oct. 12, 1864 Mar. 8, 1858 Mar. 19, 1860 Apr. 20, 1856 June 20, 1859 Jan. 22, 1863 Sept. 30, 1857 Mar. 12, 1859 Apr. 28, 1857 Sept. 20, 1854 July 11, 1859 Jan. 21, 1859 Deo. 28, 1860 Apr. 11, 1856 July 20, 1856 Mar. 2, 1860 Mar. 28, 1859 Mar. 20, 1862 Nov. 22, 1859 May 15, 1857 Aug. 1, 1855 July 13, 1859 Oct. 10, 1854 Nov. 29, 1861 Nov. 29, 1862 Feb. 15, 1859 Oct. 17, 1862 Dec. 11, 1856 5 5 E 5 i 3 H 3 4 > I a ,1 i I c < < 5 X I i 9 \ c \ 'r X c i X - 1 1 a I I x c X i * a < - E % i - i i I - "x a \ - c E | t > a c I a | C c X e if -4 c E a > a > c X P 1 s C c a a B E G IS c c c a c G i i G a I x; C e •a S s 1 BEIDGEWATEE (cOL'd) SOLDIEES' ORPH. SCHOOL,. 443 Porter In hotel. With mother. Laborer. Died Feb. 3, 1872. At service with a doctor. Drowned June 1, 1873. Deceased. ( Has graduated from -J Hampton, Va., Normal ( School. Died June 14, 1871. Farming. Painter by trade. Died Apr. 10, 1873. Drowned July 5. 1869. DiedMav 1, 1869. Brickmaker. With his mother. Died March 17, 1871. C Married to Miss F.lvira -J Rothwell. F.mplovedas ( a barber® $7 $ week. Coachman. With his mother. < Waiter in private fara- ( ily at $3.00 per week. ( Continues at this school I at private expense. (Attending Hampton, I Va., Normal School. ( Continues his studies at ( this school. ( Died March 3, 1872, of \ internal hemorrhage. J Attending Hampton, ( Va., Normal School. Barber by trade At home with his mother. J With his mother. Works \ days' work. Farming, nt $16 per mo. Living with grandfather. rCopvist in a law office, i No.' 374 west 32d St., 1 New York, @$6$wk. Hotel porter. c cc 3 a t * r a = l III \ ill KO.C a ■g Columbia. Columbia. West Chester. Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia.... Harrisburg Port Royal. Philadelphia Philadelphia. West Chester. West Chester . . . West Chester ... West Chester ... Philadelphia Wilkesbarre. York York. Cap. Coatesville. Beech Haven. West Chester. West Chester. Trenton, N. J.... Trenton, N. J. West Chester.... Chester. Kennet Square. Kennet Square.. Philadelphia. West Chester Chambersburg. XI a X3 to to c a m §,£§, £ o 1 1 3 3 >"3 "-3 1 > > - a ■•/. x >> 1 © > & X o O E. < ?-, ■< □ a a a XX -5 ■5 91 Nov. 3, 1869 Nov. 3, 1869 Mar. 26, 1870 Dec. 17, 1869 June 18, 1H6S June 18, 1868 July 25, 1868 Oct. 1, 1868 Sept. 12, 1871 Oct. 1, 1868 Sept. 17, 1875 Oct. 1, 1868 Oct. 9, 1868 June 6, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 June 18, 1868 June 18, 1868 Sept. 25, 1868 Sept. 16, 1868 Sept. 16, 1868 Sept. 18, 1869 June 25, 1868 June 25, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 July 8, 1868 May 10, 1871 Sept. 1, 1875 June 23, 1868 June 23, 1868 June 23, 1868 June 23, 1868 Mar. 25, 1870 Apr. 4, 1870 Apr. 4, 1870 Sept. 2, 1872 June 18, 1868 Oct. 14, 1869 Oct. 14, 1869 Mar. 1, 1871 Nov. 30, 1868 July 7, 1H75 July 7, 1875 Sept. 21, 1868 Sept. 21, 1868 Nov. 15, 1869 Aug. 10, 1868 Feb. 5, 1869 Feb. 5, 1X69 July 2, 1868 July 2, 1868 Dec. 3, 1869 Mav 25, 1869 June 18, 1868 Dec. 17, 1869 June 18, 1868 Sept. 23, 1869 Mar. 4, 1854 Nov. 4, 1863 Mar. 4, 1856 Apr. 30, 1864 July 5, 1852 July 5, 1856 Juue 2, 1857 Jan. 31, 1859 Aug. 18, 1863 Mar. 4, 1857 Apr. 1, 1860 June 8, 1863 Nov. 19, 1857 Nov. 17, 1857 Aug. 10, 1863 Sept. 5, 1854 July 15, 1860 Oct. 26, 1863 Nov. 20, 1856 Jan. 22, 1864 Mar. 15, 1855 Feb. 7, 1863 Dec. 31, 1860 Feb. 15, 1861 May 3, 1855 Jan. 7, 1861 Mar. 10, 1864 Apr. 20, 1856 June 13, 1859 June 1, 1862 Nov. 9, 1854 Feb. 18, 1860 Mar. 18, 1859 Feb. 17, 1865 Jan. 17, 1859 May 10, 1853 Mar. 16, 1859 May 1, 1863 Aug. 8, 1861 May 15, 1863 June 27, 1K66 Sept. 1, 1863 Jan. 1, 1857 Dec. 24, 1860 Oct. 15, 1854 July 4, 1857 Sept. 25, 1859 Apr. 26, 1858 Mar. 5, 1860 Dec. 28, 1857 Apr. 1, 1859 Feb. 14, 1861 Mar. 25, 1858 Dec. 18, 1863 Aug. 15, 1856 Jan. 4, 1865 t c E i c - L P " l >< - ' i 3 a X it ! ■= t - 3 p. . 1 & ! £ i 5 id Z is i c -. b > i 1 i t - - it 1 i »1 1 3^ [j - I> c J !( : . '- ■- .7 ' 1 i - »P - i : it. ■ 'i 3- a'- 6 < ■ l» c - ; . a [, IS - c Z i I c ] '•- i '-■ i i - - i '- : 6 1 [' i t 1 (I * ■t: 1 ^ ^ c I (2 i P j t P 'n i . •-; P | - a a 1 £ C 1 i a z e 444 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. c .2 & |a;g|ScSg ^ <•' «■< S.co c ' J 5Q li £tX~£3S5 """I * S 3 g S rw i-i cd W O .S.2.2002S2 .2.2 .'^^^2i^oou .23 .3! ~ — — ~ 'OT3'a,c3.a www fO T3 .— ■— — i j &p:StB'-s'-300'-5tcaiCajQa!> ; s3"s & * o rt 3 o a rt ] raaassagSa .-»S^SSSo=CS£fe-=fe-3S^ooP>>>So> BRIDGE WATER (COL'd) SO LDI E RS ' OEPH. SCHOOL. 445 Died Aug. 27, 1872. Died Jan. 20, 1869. At service. With her grandmother. (Married to Mr. Benja. 1 min Smith, aud lives ( in her own home. Out at service. Out at service. Deceased. Re-admittedSept. 3,1875. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. Died March 24, 1874. With her mother. f Admitted to Normal De- ] partment of this Inst'n, 1 Sept. 3,1875, by order of I. State Superintendent. J Teaching school in I West Chester. Doing housework. Died Sept. 11, 1874. C Attending Hampton, I Va., Normal School. With her mother. With her mother. Out at service. Living with her aunt. With her mother. Died April 24, 1872. Died June 5, 1871. Died Dec. 30, 1872. Doing housework. With her mother. Deceased. Married to Samuel Davis. West Chester. Templeton. Templeton. Sprankle's Mills. Philadelphia. Colemanville. Colemanville.... Philadelphia.... Indiana 5«Tj ll^Se gl || SjgiooSog! .ill! |l||^?'= Montrose. Bellefonte. West Chester.... West Chester.... West Chester Chester. Kennet Square.. Kennet Square. l > QOcgZ > > > O) S si aas P. < o o ccoa Sept. 26, 1875 June 30, 1874 Sept. 17, 1874 Oct. 3, 1872 Dec. 6, 1875 3 • ; i O c a oo'o" T-3 t Jan. 21, 1870 Oct. 11, 1871 Oct. 11, 1871 Oct. 11, 1871 Feb. 2, 1874 Sept. 12, 1868 Sept. 12, 1868 Aug. 8, 1868 Jan. 6, 1869 Oct. 10, 1874 Oct. 9, 1868 Oct. 9, 1868 Nov. 25, 1869 Nov. 25, 1869 Sept. 27, 1871 Sept. 27, 1871 Oct. 1, 1868 Aug. 8. 1868 Apr. 25, 1870 Apr. 25, 1870 Sept. 16,1868 Sept. 2, 1872 June 25, 1868 July 10, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Apr. 19, 1875 Sept. 1, 1875 July 3, 1868 June 23, 1868 June 23, 186S July 3, 1868 Mar. 25. 1870 Apr. 4, 1870 Apr. 7, 1870 Apr. 7, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 SeDt. 2, 1872 June 18, 1873 Sept. 3. IS75 June 23, 1868 June 23, 1868 June 23, 1868 Nov. 9, 1869 Dec. 2, 1869 Mar. 4, 1870 June 15, 1871 Sept. 30, 1871 Nov. 30, 1868 Deo. 4, 1869 Dec. 3, 1869 Aug. 10, 1868 Aug. 10, 1868 Sept. 8,1868 Sept. 8, 1868 Nov. 3, 1868 Nov. 3, 1868 Deo. — , 1859 Feb. 22, 1861 Jan. 4, 1863 May 6. 1857 Dec. 12, 1865 Mar. 14, 1864 Oct. 28. 1861 Mar. 9, 1856 Apr. 9, 1857 Sept. 15, 1863 Sept. 4, 1854 Oct. 11, 1859 Dec. 20, 1859 Oct. 16, 1861 Dec. 25, 1860 Jau. 31, 1862 Dec. 16, 1860 Feb. 10, 1862 Sept. 26, 1859 June 30, 1858 Sept. 17, 1858 June 24, 1862 Oct. 3, 1856 Dec. 6, 1859 June 22, 1859 Feb. 9, 1864 June 2, 1862 May 4, 1864 Sept. 7, 1857 Oct. 22, 1860 Sept. 7, 1861 Aug. 28, 1864 Aug. 31, 1861 Mar. 26, 1856 Apr. 14, 1858 Feb. 16, 1860 Oct. 12, 1860 Deo. 25, 1864 Sept. 7, 1866 Oct. 22, 1855 Jan. 9, 1858 May 22, 1856 Nov. 20, 1854 Oct. 26, 1857 Mar. 13. 1860 Feb. 6, 1861 July 25. 1863 July 7, 1860 July 27, 1856 Oct. 3, 1863 Apr. 2, 1861 May 15, 1859 Mar. 8, 1855 Oct. 7, 1862 Jan. 28, 1857 June 30, 1859 f P C i 5 \ i 1 > i i -V 5* i - - I - 1 i ■I :; _-: PC 3 -'. : i 3- 1 I 3' z = - r i '. 1 3! - c jj \ i i- h i- i b J 1 " 1" '• ^ lllej " C O ^ = Jl-S-J Ji- 1-3 -"1 oP5~S - . [ < < i r < j 3 p c 3 « - T 5 c I Z - > £ £ > 1 8 Si X b c i - i i p j 6 s i f s ! £ 0! i p 1 •> 1 I s 1 a. 446 PENISTA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, «S i« §3^5 'SIS *>g • a g'S.a" E ,™2' a .a a «® o .2 3 •■? 3 nco °° '3 ir ■a to •s ■g is a SSsoSja£o§£aa « a H O HI « w£g«S ft ft a « oa s^cosa^ftp !HS>3^fla' w*> h; ^g'S.aSg^aggaggS'-a-g- s |. s " b ^tOrtMt.n < |«ia=iSoa™33™£o.2tia kaH^*55 --'?-i a ai!5g™' J >=323«a 5£= a a »aa g g J g .-.-»j „-/.««1a>< * a .HoQa ss ..-5.s5g.aa a - a -a a S o a g >.->: 5 3 tf*f jf ■§ ■ssaaaa-x=»s=='-gil=^3 w BETHANY ORPHANS' HOME (WOMELSDORE) . HIS institution is under the control of the Reformed Church. It was incorporated by the Legislature in 1865. Formerly, it was located at Bridesburg, Philadelphia, and known as " The Shepherd of the Lambs." In 1867, it was removed to Berks county, near Womelsdorf, where it is now situated. The building stands at the foot of South Mountain, in the edge of timber which covers that eminence. It is one hundred and twenty by thirty feet, three stories high, exclusive of basement, and is made of brick. It is comparatively new, and was designed for a summer resort when built. There is a very large spring of most excellent water but a few feet off. The building and twenty-nine acres of land cost thirty-three thousand dollars. In 1873, the Board bought an additional tract of land of sixty acres, making a farm of eighty-seven acres, which is now under good cultivation, and affords employment and comforts to the inmates. The State, in 1871, appropriated three thousand dollars to this Home. All other contributions have been derived from private sources. No particular religious belief is required to entitle children to admittance ; but all are taught the doctrines and required to observe the forms of the Reformed Church. On the 11th of January, 1865, the first soldiers' orphans were received and provided for at the expense of the State. The whole number of this class admitted is about one hundred and twenty-five, twenty of whom are still at the Home. The rest have been dis- charged on arriving at sixteen years of age, or transferred to the State schools for soldiers' orphans. Rev. Emanuel Boehringer was the first Superintendent. He was succeeded by Rev. John Gantenbine. In 1866, Rev. D. Y. Heisler was called to the office, and was succeeded, on the 12th of October, 1868, by the present incumbent, Rev. D. B. Albright. 447 448 PENISTA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M M .s a !i || Post Office Address when at Home. S . • •* >. • • . Hamburg. Hamburg. Bernville. Bernville. Bald Mount. Harriaburg. Norristown. Lebanon. Philadelphia. Marietta. Port Clinton. Stroudsburg. Stroudsburg. Tobyhanna. Stroudsburg. Bridesburg. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Curlsville. a e M 3 n o A ft O BJ H ■4 Pi H W H O o O 03 o o >?o 03 H . •<1 CO W «t C5 W <$* O BTO a a as § P. ^j8 •S a C8 Hi d 5 co & S3 o w ft M rt COS .O P.O. mm Q.Q, a. CO CO CO 5 odl4 Sept. 28, 1874 Nov. 5. 1868 Nov. 5, 1868 Nov. 5, 1868 Nov. 5, 1868 2co>-3 «2 d H H l>> >■= 3 1 6D6D mm II a ja DO i-a a a P 3 .J -J !^ a p"3 do a 03 cdB d 03 "o/o, >, >, 0303 o o Slop aa o o OOSS a, CO JS P3 ri cd a c&g& lis III 1 : ^ § ■ ci rt : a d 1 a •i a 0? Date op Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Jan. 20, 1868 Jan. 14, 1868 Apr. 29, 1872 Sept. 7, 1871 May 9, 1865 Nov. 2, 1867 May 9, 1865 June 19, 1865 Sept. 1, 1870 Oct. 11, 1870 May 14, 1866 Sept. 5, 1867 June 10, 1865 Oct. 20, 1863 Oct. 20, 1863 Jan. 11, 1865 Aug. 17, 1866 Aug. 17, 1866 Apr. 24, 1866 Sept. 15, 1873 Feb. 10, 1868 Oct. 24, 1867 Oct. 24, 1867 Mar. 13, 1865 Mar. 13, 1865 Mar. 5, 1867 Mar. 5, 1867 Mar. 9, 1872 Sept. 2, 1867 Sept. 2, 1867 Mar. 9, 1866 Sept. 7, 1865 Feb. 12, 1868 Feb. 12, 1868 Mar. 3, 1869 Feb. 7, 1865 June 11, 1866 Sept. 6, 1869 Mar. 2, 1868 July 20, 1866 July 20, 1866 Apr. 28, 1868 July 24, 1865 Oct. 26, 1867 Apr. 28, 1868 *i ^ ti 00 .1 i-: ft; 1 03 £ it '•2 cc CO i H C C k2 a, ft < Is i -2 | E 1"! 6 a Is < ft C c e J i K E cr i < a | J3 i-s XJ CO WOMELSDORF ORPHANS* HOME. 449 aa, ucn a ■> 2 3?^ 2 2"' ;s -S^>;ct- ii^j: J ^-^^^■-■"■-■- ^ o 2 .o -o -^ ■=> .5 .5 -g 2 "H rf -J: — . B 3 a J £ a x * -.H" 1 - -^2 ^ j ^ u-2p o"0 3a !=£-£* !=='.= £'.3 2 '.3 323 3 333 ■- -.5 5 5 3 3 a 5?!3 5-'-' o^^ajacc'i;? JjiT^SsrS :Sxiicc*e ^rt^Ks^izW -2: 1 K- s|a| ^§-al!s£lIst1 K f ■■ :» = ; 3 •- o> a .2 •£ o " •gag .a.d E £ - -£'£« « hSBJ 3 3*3933 § 9^^-=5aJ g ? I g 33 rtrlf I g°3 g g -adfe t .5 fe * |.| g §|Jf,g giiill g g g s 1 1 1 s g|| H^.g I 111 ilttli??! 1 1 lllllllli S tKMOQCBSaH^^isis^ispfcp^^tStS^ p«5swit&;«»555aaSi2^jaaaa(S£MSSSMMOT^e! 29 450 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, REMARKS. ("Discharged on age un- | der provisions of an ■i Act approved May 27, Post Office Address when at Home. Mauch Chunk. Uuion Deposit. Reading. Reading. Philadelphia. Easton. Nazareth. o5 H as M < w D CO s o H H «1 ft « : : : w : : : o : : : « : : : O : : : fc ■ : : O : : : On Age, at 16 Years. June 16, 1869 June 18, 1875 July 28, 1871 • ~, o .* £: ; 'cc ^co^ '. • o si C TZ ' cc : : : ft « : : :• oh ; : : = h| : : : r S» : : : < 4 • • • ft« : : : H : : : c 2 : i : : I H CO 6 '■'•'■ H : : : m : : i c os : : : H ... g : : : pS : : .:< c : : : : : 3 • • • ■ • H . : : : MS : : : wo : : : ^ i : : Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Aug. 8, 1865 Sept. 17, 1870 Sept. 17, 1870 Jan. 11, 1865 Jan. 11, 1865 Mar. 10, 1865 May 9, 1865 May 9, 1865 Date of Birth. June 16, 1853 June 18, 1859 Deo. 10, 1854 Dec. 25, 1859 Dec. 2, 1856 Aug. 4, 1854 Apr. 4, 1858 Sept. 25, 1857 Apr. 16, 1860 I ! il «s H o fc h "Wagner, Sarah A. Wisner, Mittie P. Wisner, Mary R. Weidman, Sarah A. Younkin, Amanda C. Tounkin, Sarah A. 0. 6 d 6 CO o Z .S o a Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Hollidaysburg. Mifflin. Port Royal. Mifflintown. New Buffalo. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Neff's Mills. Chambersburg. Patterson. Elliottsburg. EUiottsburg. Elliottsburg. Huntingdon. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Port Matilda. Johnstown. Williamsport. Perryville. Belleville. Belleville. Newport. Bellefcnte. Sinking Valley. Sinking Valley. Williamsport. Harrisburg. Duncanuon. Duncannon. Allentown. N. Columbia. Liverpool. Winfleld. Williamsport. Reading. Lewistown. Shade Gap. Shade Gap. Shade Gap. East Salem. East Salem. Allen. Allen. Lewistown. Belleville. Huntingdon. Dnncannon. ft a o CO 5 ft O H H ■< Q ft ft M O |Zi O ft < 09 ft •«! ffl H O p. CO ft •< ft K O ft" ft to ■^ .4 H Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 ax Aug. 30, 1866 Sept. 3, 1867 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 OQCO CO CO CO CO Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 C.O, coco CO H •CO 6 H ft M ft a Cassville M'Allisterville M'Allisterville M'Allisterville M'Allisterville "3 M 3 White Hall Audersonburg White Hall Jacksonville White Hall White Hall Jacksonville Cassville White Hall Mg '? '> > ft S S !< Cassville Cassville Cassville M'Allisterville M'Allisterville Mount Joy Mount Joy ft . H O w « u u v "^ i «4 7, ? Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. July 1, 1865 July 1,1865 July 1, 1865 Aug. 5, 1865 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1867' Oct. 8, 1869 Oct. 3, 1872 Sept. 3, 1875 May 29, 1865 May 29, 1865 May 29, 1865 July 1, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Oct. 4, 1865 Nov. 24, 1865 Feb. 1, 1866 Jan. 29, 1869 Mar. 25, 1869 Mar. 25, 1869 July 5, 1865 July 1, 1865 Jan. 5, 1871 Jan. 5, 1871 June 10, 1873 Sept. 5, 1865 Sept. 5, 1865 Jan. 14, 1869 Jan. 14, 1869 Sept. 4, 1865 Dec. 22, 1865 Sept. 5, 1866 Mar. 19, 1868 Jan. 14, 1874 Jan. 20, 1874 May 8, 1865 July 1, 1865 July 1, 1865 Sept. 4, 1866 July 1, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Jan. 19, 1866 Jau. 19, 1866 May 22, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 July 25, 1865 May 22, 1866 ft . o a Kg Dec. 12, 1858 Oct. 30, 1857 May 20, 1855 Nov. 10, 1859 Mar. 1, 1860 Oct. 11, 1859 Nov. 24, 1862 Dec. 25, 1860 Apr. 17, 1862 Aug. 27, 1866 Feb. 17, 1857 July 11, 1859 Apr. 24, 1858 Sept. 30, 1858 Apr. 7, 1859 June 25, 1856 Apr. 27, 1859 Jan. 12, 1858 Jan. 5, 1857 Jan. 28, 1863 Feb. 1,-1861 July 20, 1862 Aug. 14, 1857 July 11, 1858 Jan. 19, 1861 Feb. 5, 1863 June — , 1863 Sept. 4, 1859 Oct. 10, 1860 Feb. 22, 1859 Dec. 6, 1860 Aug. 26, 1856 Apr. 1, 1857 Sept. 25, 1858 Nov. 29, 1863 May 19, 1859 Sept. 10, 1863 Aug. 14, 1858 Aug. 18, 1858 Sept. 23, 1856 Oct. 8, 1860 Oct. 30, 1858 Nov. 23, 1860 Jan. 19, 1861 Feb. 6, 1859 Apr. 19, 1861 July 10, 1863 Jan. 28, 1857 Apr. 14, 1859 f f c (■ f n H u 5. 3, 3. f c i: U \ It > \ i: i | 3p if E b X | \ 35 Vf i-C 1 \ ( 3, i 3c 3c 1 3 3 ;-c .f 3._ 3- i j -■j B I if j if 3P j i 5f if I if > if i : t c j j if > i - = f C fc f | c 1 c? E I I f i p. ! C 1 p> J •2 i If a i 1 : a = - - c 1 ft >> i 3. 3 TRESSLER ORPHANS* HOME. 455 ■a sk^i , to tnj --a * 3-- • fc te > 3 W> W 3 i a & . -Q 03 ,n cjd^ — — - 9 "l|lll|a»l? iJ=CQ o p a 2 < s j a a s s a & £ j k « i & 5 5 a '5 5 a i S S o ^3 a a a o 3 J? o o b= S s S S p o S (s » S w a Ml S S 5 « fi S o b eg ajjait W5HC«accoQ |S22 S 2 3 3 aooa • aa1*2 8 8 8 u a< <•< : ; aaa ?-s'as & ^ S '£ ^ 5 '£ ¥ 3- '5 ^> -* ^ 3 '-P ■- -^ '° ^ 3 ;-< =n 5 -. © 3 : S ° io i j * £ i J i j j - » i ^ j i J 2 i i? 2 ¥ ? i 'J [23SSS2S (CiiBi^aalo •?•?, < ■? m -s ■< >* do 4 z a x i. a o o ■< t. 'a 3 3 3 s l§ 1 1 3 3-5 § 1 1 1 3 g I § || g§| = S a s a - 5"3 SSalooo- Vk 5*3? s S~l * * 3 s s " a ' Ks5aaa2awaaKss«^M5w«5«ww£j^jj353jjaaaaaaaaaaaaai5az«o • § £ III B , i! a *V.1S I «-5 ig|g|l^3« 2 s fit ji j* ^ .« a- -*» 5 456 PENNA. soldiers' orphan schools. CO M 53' g H P5 Expects to read law. Died Oct. 7, 1865. J Teaching school at $40 ( per month, j Employed at glass- I works at $30 per mo. Living with step-father. (Learning cabinet-mak- J ing in Northumber- ( land. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Lauretta. Liverpool. Liverpool. Spruce Hill. N. Bloomfleld.... N. Bloomfleld. N. Bloomfleld.... Harrisburg. Newville. Newville. Mechauicsburg. Mechauicsburg. Fallen Timber. Fallen Timber. Burnside. Northumberl'd.. Northumberl'd. Shermansdale. Sbermansdale. Shermansdale... Allentown. Mechanicsburg. Modoc City. Milheim. Somerset. Somerset. Somerset. Danville. Lebanon. Catasauqua. Catasauqua. Perryville. Perryville. Allentown. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Beech Creek. Belleville. Belleville. Belleville. Selinsgrove. Hanover. Shade Gap. Cocolamus. Allentown. W « W w ft o H H *■ : W ■< o : jo o ;J? '. '. tH 1 1° •1-5 • • O H 0.0.0, : : GO 03 02 ■ ■ Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 i : : p. a& I '. '. '. mcocq • • • \>- Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1866 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. — , 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 18, 1866 : :°c , 03 H Ph CO < 6 H w M / W a |km : : -< 13 '3 • • e^p* : : Emmaus White Hall White Hall White Hall White Hall Cassville Cassville '. ' i ii.»i i i i is s££ • • • -f Emmaus Chester Sp'gs Paradise M'Allisterville M'AUisterville Paradise Emmaus Emmaus Jacksonville lex!" ■^ -an H o S « -3 • a : W fcJO j M ' ■ '• • 5 ; ■ I i i? ; : ^a Date of Admission on Order or BY Transfer. July 1, 1865 Jan. 26, 1866 Jan. 26, 1866 Jan. 5, 1865 July 1, 1865 July 1, 1865 July 1, 1865 Nov. 1, 1865 Oct. 17, 1865 Oct. 17, 1865 Nov. 1, 1865 Mar. 6, 1866 Dec. 1, 1865 Dec. 1, 1865 Dec. 11, 1865 Feb. 1, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 May 4, 1866 May 6, 1867 May 6, 1867 May 6, 1867 June 15, 1865 Sept. 1, 1867 Jau. 4, 1871 June 9, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 May 2, 1865 Oct. 1, 1867 Sept. 4, 1865 May 24, 1865 Sept. 14, 1865 Sept. 5, 1866 Sept. 4, 1865 Nov. 1, 1865 Nov. 1, 1865 Jan. 6, 1866 Feb. 1, 1866 Feb. 27, 1866 Feb. 27, 1866 Mar. 30, 1866 Jan. 6, 1868 May 3, 1871 Nov. 1, 1870 Julv 1, 1865 Sep't. 4, 1865 o a July 27, 1858 Apr. 12, 1857 Mar. 7, 1859 Sept. 22, 1861 Dec. 29, 1859 Mar. 12, 1861 Nov. 27, 1858 Feb. 18, 1860 Mar. 14, 1858 Nov. 5, 1860 Sept. 3, 1859 July 7, 1861 Dec. 19, 1857 Oct. 21, 1860 Oct. 24, 1859 Oct. 10, 1858 Sept. 5, 1856 July 3, 1858 July 11, 1860 July 11, 1860 Oct. 7, 1858 Nov. 13, 1857 June 19, 1857 Oct. 18, 1861 Aug. 25, 1863 Jan. 22, 1862 Apr. 15, 1865 Mar. 6, 1868 Sept. 19, 1858 Oct. 1, 1861 Sept. 19, 1858 Aug. 30, 1857 Aug. 25, 1860 Mar. 25, 1862 Dec. 16, 1855 June 14, 1859 Apr. 26, 1861 Mar. 30, 1859 July 13, 1857 Mar. 3, 1856 Apr. 2, 1857 Aug. 8, 1861 May 10, 1861 Nov. 3, 1861 Aug. 31, 1861 Nov. 20, 1857 Aug. 30, 1856 c c | ! Q H 4 u 3 H c ( 1 -1 a.' S S nil •si! a.. 8-=' : g < ~ ^ .- a -gJ \ii - a n cocci = c§' 3 1 2 3'^ So 5 a = — — S3 \*°£ s ■§•?<■§ o. to ill ski :' J ' - at 5 J [ ! s •&•&'&■ 2C0WGQC0 Taylor. John H. Wise, Edwin Wise, Alexander Wallace, James F. Wallace, George McC. '4 it _ I - -. Mil Wilmer, William J. Wise, Charles Wiser, Daniel W. Weller, John i 1 1 i i 1 TRESSLER ORPHANS HOME. 457 With guardian. C Learning millinery ( trade at Milton. CO X 3 3 • - O © -° -° Je o o - a a saasz HoUidaysburg. Patterson. Willianisport. EUiottsburg. Mill Creek. Mill Creek. Port Matilda. Johnstown. Grier's Point. Mill Creek. Mill Creek. Grier's Point. Pcrrysville. Spruce Creek. Carlisle. AUentown. Milesburg. Phillipsburg. Altoona. New Millport. New Millport. Duncannon. Winfield. Sherniansdale. Milesburg. Huntingdon. Duncannon. Lewistown. Ebensburg. AUentown. AUentown. HoUidaysburg. HoUidaysburg. Dillsburg. Shippensburg. Sbippcusburg. Flemington. Warrensville. Snowshoe. Snowshoe. AUentown. New Buffalo. New Buffalo. Allegh'y Fiirn'ce. Allegh'y Kuru'ce. Alum Bank. Mapleton. Mapleton. Mnuut Union. Milroy. a. 00 >-5 aaa a. a -/. Dec. 1, 1868 Oct. 12, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 aa. mm Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 9, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 O mmmm ■f. Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 &a.o.a, mmmm '> '> — — i|w« 3 a ■a a < White Hall A ndersouburg CassviUe CassviUe Jacksonville CassviUe M'Allisterville CassviUe ' CassviUe M'Allisterville ■5 § a<4 CassviUe CassviUe CassviUe M'AllisterviUe M'Allisterville M'Allisterville CassviUe Andersonburg M'AllisterviUe SB t£— ~ "a. a/> r" Km 5; S SSsa II?? M'Allisterville M'AllisterviUe Chester Sp'gs M'AllisterviUe M'Allisterville CassviUe CassviUe lis? > a a o © Sept. 17, 1865 Sept. 17, 1865 May 9, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Oct. 8, 1869 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 3, 1875 July 19, 1S65 May 29, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Oct. 4, 1865 Nov. 24, 1865 Jan. 13, 1866 Mar. 27, 1866 Mar. 27, 1866 Sept. 4, 1866 Jan. 29, 1869 May 2, 1866 Apr. 25, 1875 June 1, 1865 July 1, 1865 Jan. 5, 1871 Apr. 19, 1866 Feb. 10, 1866 Nov. 14, 1866 Aug. 30, 1866 Mar. 19, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 July 1, 1865 Dec. 6, 1865 May 22, 1866 May 6, 1867 Sept. 1, 1870 Nov. 2, 1867 June 20, 1865 July 1, 1865 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 20, 1865 June 19, 1866 Jan. 12, 1871 Sept. 30, 1872 Jan. 5, 1871 Jan. 5, 1871 May 23, 1865 May 23, 1865 June 20, 1865 Jan. 10. 1866 Jan. 10, 1866 June 30, 1866 June 30, 1866 Sept. 21, 1866 June 12, 1865 Jan. 12, 1S65 May 31, 1865 Nov. 1, 1865 O < -50 B<2^SCZ5<' : ;3Z-<0 • i i i i- > c 7 ! c 7, i - > =■ | ■2 r- | i r c * c '■J - i = ■z c > 1 j= — ■x ~z - it £ - t ^= z s <9 •re £5 < — h 1 ►1 - M s 1 I = X 1 1 s r ■2 X J: > ■2 2. PC 6 r J 7 3 C - J « '- > * B -5 i e! -r e 4 B 1 B E 'b 3 458 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 03 M Learning a trade. Married Wm. Bird. ( Living with Rev. G. F. 1 Steliing. ( Expects to attend State I Normal School. Died Nov. 5, 1874. C Attending Millersville ( State Normal School. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Si si Hartleton. Milroy. Blue Ball. Mapleton. Johnstown. Milroy. Millersburg. Wormleysburg. Wormleysburg. Loysville. Salladyburgh. Mifflin. Beech Greek. Donnelly's Mills. Laurelton. Green Park. Allentown. Spruce Hill. Spruce Creek. Spruce Creek. Milesburg. Harrisburg. Burnside. Bloomfield. Huntingdon. Huntingdon. Beech Creek. Beech Creek. E. Freedom. Lebanon. Lebanon. Perrysville. Allentown. Harrisburg. Selinsgrove. M'Culloughsville Philadelphia.... t5 H n o 5 o H 5 « o * ^ s H . -< cfl th 5 °" 1 iT 5" a 33 ft « o a P M EH CO 02 m mm Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Oct. 11, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 i Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 13, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 Q.Q. mm Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 1, 1868 CO « fa 02 S d H H P4 H M bo 5 O < Q Orangeville M'Allisterville Jacksonville White Hall M'Allisterville S3 00 O Cassville Cassville Jacksonville White Hall Cassville 00 Oassville Rmmaus Mount Joy M'Allisterville Paradise 3 a < a « o B « a < a a Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. -*2 2"2~^ =* ""to" m" - 0,-3,-* ?3 53-- - jcJS ■* ,n J3 S3 -^rt S S " " S3' S3' ° „-„-- ■* - -"2" " ^rjj 0.0.0 bSSo kS.^uu jiij olg-S jao--al> gijjjo aaJjaoJD £ o-o-g OfepH>^aicoo<)^aiOO<^Si-5"g ,-g -^-g J-aS 0,-gS 5 S „-£ ft a 1 ! ) PC IS IS S c — < B < i T f is > c c - C c I c - c C < I E- < I % i. X 1 c 1 IS > — > ex ll 1 - c £ at 5 - 32 - x - 3. X X X < i-a 1 C ! E- P £ re GQ c 1 i 1 B t> 1 i-s Home for Friendless Children for the City and County of Lancaster. K the year 1860, the idea was conceived of founding an institution in which the poor, neglected children of the city of Lancaster could be cared for. The plan was car- ried into effect, and for a number of years accomplished much good, by way. of relieving the sufferings of many destitute and very needy children. In 1860, the ladies engaged in this noble work determined to extend their charities to the suffering little ones in the county, and, in order to make it a home for the needy and homeless ones in after years, applied to the Legislature for a charter, which was obtained March 1, 1860, giving it the title of " Home for Friendless Children for the City and County of Lancaster." By the act of incorporation, the Managers are authorized to take under their guardianship all vagrant children whose parents cannot, or whose vices render them unfit to, take care of them. They are also authorized to biud them out as apprentices to some useful trade or employment. It is free from all sectarian influence, the Managers being of all religious denominations. They strive, by training the 459 460 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. children for useful, respectable citizens, to lessen the number who crowd our prisons and almshouses, and drain the public treasury. There have been times when the prospects were very discouraging, but, through a kind Providence, the wants of the little ones have always been supplied. The building — No. 47 South Queen Street — originally occupied was purchased when the Home was considered an experiment ; bu,t this time having passed, it was determined, in 1867, to erect a suitable building for a permanent Home. The Man- agers were at that time as follows : MANAGERS. President. Mrs. S. M. Kramph. Vice-President. Mrs. Thos. E. Franklin. Secretary. Mrs. James Black. Treasurer. Mrs. John S. Gable. Committee on Admission and Dismission. Mrs. S. A. Cox, Mrs. Chas. M. Howell, Mrs. Geo. M. Kline, Mrs. Christian Widmyer. Committee on Education. Mrs. John S. Gable, Mrs. Christian Eine, Mrs. Wm. Baker, Miss Isidore Black. Mrs. Dr. Messersmith, " O. J. Dickey, Miss Harriet Gaelbach, " Elizabeth White. Household Committee. Mrs. Geo. D. Sprecher, " Elizabeth Reed, " M. Ehler, Purchasing Committee. Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. John H. Pearsol, Mrs. Horace Rathvon, Mrs. Charles A. Heinitsh, Mrs. Christian Gast. HOME FOR FRIENDLESS CHILDREN. 461 These ladies, accordingly, made an appeal to the humane and charitable people of the city and county, which was liberally re- sponded to, and by -which they were enabled to purchase ground situated on Ann Street, about half a square from East King Street, on which they erected a fine, substantial edifice, built of brick, fifty- five feet front by ninety feet deep, and four stories in height, in- cluding basement and Mansard roof. There are six acres of land attached to the new Home building, which stands back one hundred and fifteen feet from the street ; the grounds surrounding it (occupying about one-third of the whole) are laid out in winding drives and walks, and planted with ornamental trees and shrubs. The remainder is devoted to the cultivation of fruits and vege- tables. Private donations, to the amount of seven hundred dollars, were expended in laying out and improving these grounds, and, in a few years, they will present a very beautiful appearance. The title of the property is vested in the Board of Trustees of the Home for Friendless Children for the city and county of Lancaster. The new building was erected at a cost of thirty-three thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars, and there is now an incum- brance upon it of nearly five thousand dollars. This, it is to be hoped, the liberal spirit of the community will not allow to remain long unpaid, so that the institution may be able to accomplish its charitable mission unembarrassed by financial burdens resting upon the building. This institution was among the first which received soldiers' or- phans on account of the State. It was opened for this purpose December 5, 1864. The number was very small at first, but at the close of 1865 forty children of deceased soldiers were in attendance. At the end of 1866, the number had increased to one hundred and fourteen, and by January, 1867, to one hundred and thirty. From this time the number began gradually to decrease, both by trans- fer and by discharge on arriving at sixteen years of age. The ar- rangement with this and other homes being temporary, preference has been shown to the schools established by the State exclusively for soldiers' orphans. Miss M. L. Moore and Miss E. H. Martin deserve special mention for their protracted and successful services as teachers, as also does Miss Eleanor Spense for her continued efficiency as matron ; and Miss R. Holbrook has, as assistant teacher, given much satisfaction. 462 PEJSTJSTA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. GO* M Died Oct. 21, 1867. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Harrisburg. Palmyra. Palmyra. Mifflin. Lancaster. Lancaster. East Donegal. West Chester. West Chester. Salisbury. Salisbury. Mercersburg. Millersburg. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Turbethville. Mill Creek. Penningtonville. Penningtonville. Mercersburg. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. lola. West Chester. Mercersburg. Mercersburg. Lancaster. Lebanon. Knoxville. Lancaster. Lancaster. Buckram. Enterline. Snyder co. Snyder co. New Kingston. Harrisburg. Reading. Salisbury. Lancaster. Chatham. Mohrstown. Mohrstown. Mohrstown. York. Oak Hill. Lancaster. M s as 5 o ■< ft K H P M O O a t/5 Si « O W Si Pm Sept. 1, 1868 Nov. 30, 1867 Sept. 26, 1870 Aug. 25, 1865 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Sept. 3, 1873 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1871 Nov. 30, 1867 Sept. 4, 1865 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 17, 1873 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1871 Dec. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Nov. 30, 1867 Sept. 26, 1870 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 4, 1865 Sent. 1, 1869 mm Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 15, 1869 Aug. 11, 1871 Sept. I, 1871 Nov. 30, 1867 GO P3 H Pm CO H d H « H Mount Joy M'Allisterville Mount Joy Loysville Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy White Hall White Hall Mount Joy Mount Joy White Hall Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy White Hall White Hall Emmaus Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs White Hall White Hall Mount Joy White Hall Mount Joy Mount Joy Paradise Chester Sp'gs 1-5 1-5 a s II Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy M'Allisterville White Hall Mount Joy Mount Joy as SK a || l;S Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 4, 1866 Oct. 11, 1866 Oct. 11, 1866 Feb. 14, 1865 May 9, 1865 May 9, 1865 Apr. 12, 1866 Apr. 10, 1866 Apr. 10, 1866 Mav 18, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Sept. 19, 1866 Feb. 14, 1867 Feb. 15, 1872 Nov. 12, 1864 Nov. 12, 1864 July 24, 1866 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 16, 1865 Oct. 16, 1865 Sept. 10, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Dec. 5, 1865 Mar. 7, 1865 Sept. 4, 1867 Feb. 3, 1866 May 12, 1866 Sept. 25, 1865 Sept. 27, 1866 Oct. 25, 1866 Jan. 7, 1865 Jan. 7, 1865 May 13, 1865 May 25, 1865 Nov. 21, 1865 Apr. 25, 1866 Apr. 26, 1866 Apr. 27, 1866 May 21, 1866 July 26, 1866 Nov. 25, 1867 Junel, 1S75 Feb. 24, 1865 May 7, 1866 Mav 7, 1866 May 7, 1866 May 2, 1866 June 7, 1866 June 18, 1866 & . ©a Jan. 2, 1858 Feb. 8, 1857 May 12, 1859 Nov. 10, 1859 Oct. 20, 1858 Dec. 1, 1860 Oct. 14, 1859 Aug. 24, 1858 Sept. 30, 1856 Oct. 23, 1856 July 17. 1861 Sept. 15, 1859 Jan. 23, 1862 Feb. 15, 1864 Nov. 27, 1858 Jan. 15, 1857 Sept. 6, 1856 May 16, 1864 Mar. 12, 1858 Oct. 23, 1859 Apr. 18, 1860 July 24, 1864 Jan. 10, 1859 Apr. 6, 1859 July 11, 1861 Oct. 2, 1858 June 30, 1861 Jan. 18, 1859 May 8, 1857 Nov. 27, 1857 , 1858 , 1857 Nov. 15, 1858 Mar. 28, 1861 Nov. 26, 1858 Feb. 10, 1857 Jan. 11, 1859 Nov. 20, 1859 Jan. 1, 1861 Sept. 1, 1858 Sept. 10, 1860 July 4, 1868 Nov. 27, 1859 May 10, 1859 May 10, 1859 Feb. 19, 1856 July 7, 1859 Mar. 10, 1859 Dec. 13, 1857 I < & h- P- : — - s < | < i < C \ £ > ti £ d ■4 £ O -5 1 a > 6 a 1 rr u '5 a B 3 a 3 X O Q ►3 > X & 1 — £ a £0 a a — E a < J — -. D c 2 5 '-c 5 3 1 c a 5 i 2 d ft a -a 5 -a CM b X X 3 3 m X w t K X E X a s d CHILDREN'S HOME, LANCASTER. 463 Died Dec. 8, 1869. Died Mar. 9, 1868. Readmitted. township. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Bart. Bart. Shepherdstown. Shepherdstown. Shepherdstown. Spring Garden.. Enterline. Mount Joy. Bainbridge. Bainbridge. Lancaster. Bainbridge. Bainbridge. Bainbridge. Manheim. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lebanon. Lebanon. Harrisburg. Danville. Danville. Dewart. Sunbury. Reading. Reading. Dewart. Alleutown. Salisbury. Salisbury. Lebanon. Harrisburg. Gordonvilie. Harrisburg. Wakefield. Martic. West Chester. Penningtonville. Lancaster. Wakefield. Wakefleld. Lancaster. Marietta. Linglestown. Linglestown. Mount Joy. Kutztcwn. Harrisburg. Carlisle. Washington. Mauve, Manor CO >> 7, * >. So? Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1869 Not. 30, 1867 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Apr. 21, 1867 Sept. 4, 1865 Sept. 4, 1865 Dec. 22, 1870 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 1, 1869 Sept. 9, 1870 Sept. 9, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. .30, 1867 Sept. 26, 1867 Sept. 19, 1871 Sept. 19, 1871 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 GGO Sept. 28, 1867 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1868 Nov. 30, 1867 Deo. 1, 1868 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 Oct. 1. 1868 Jan. 23, 1871 Sept. 14, 1866 Sept. 14, 1856 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 18.71 Sept. 1, 1871 Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy White Hall White Hull Mount J"y Mount Jqy Mount Joy St. John's O. A. Paradise Paradise Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy White Hall M'Allisterville M'Allisterville M'Allisterville White Hall Mouut Joy Mount Joy M'Allisterville Paradise Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Jot White Hall IB 1 ^ si Paradise Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy M'Allisterville White Hall White Hall Mount Joy White Hall White Hall White Hall Mount Joy Mount Joy M 3 % June 18, 1866 Feb. 2, 1869 Sept. 20, 1866 May 11, 1865 May 11, 1865 Sept. 23, 1866 Aug. 30, 1866 Mar. 20, 1867 Sept. 6, 1865 June 22, 1866 Oct. 23, 1866 Jan. 26, 1869 Jan. 20, 1869 Oct. 14, 1867 Dec. 5, 1864 Dec. 5, 1864 Dec. 5, 1864 Mar. 15, 1865 Jan. 7, 1865 Jan. 7, 1865 Sept. 7, 1865 Sept. 7, 1866 Apr. 19, 1866 Apr. 19, 1866 Apr. 19, 1866 July 17, 1866 jg g 3 "i -.p* s «r i ^ Nov. 17, 1866 Nov. 17, 1866 Sept. 3, 1866 Mav 30, 1867 Sept. 13, 1867 Sept. 13, 1867 Oct. 14, 1867 Dec. 1, 1869 Sept. 13, 1867 May 10, 1865 May 21, 1866 Jan. 2, 1867 May 9, 1865 Aug. 30, 1865 Aug. 30, 1865 Nov. 23, 1865 Jan. 20, 1866 •Apr. 2, 1866 Apr, 2, 1866 Apr. 24, 1866 Apr. 30, 1866 May 9, 1866 May 3, 1866 June 28, 1866 Dec. 1, 1870 3 3 3 a Oct. 22, 1859 July 30, 1860 Nov. 3, 1858 Oct. 6, 1857 June 5, 1859 Aug. 29, 1858 Deo. 17, 1861 Sept. 9, 1862 Mar. 1, 1858 Not. 27, 1859 Dec. 1, 1858 Not. 10, 1861 July 10, 1864 Oct. 22, 1859 Mar. 16. 1855 Not. 9, 1857 Not. 4, 1859 Jan. 4, 1861 July — , 1857 , 1855 Sept. 5, 1858 Not. 15, 1856 Dec. 8, 1858 Aug. 31, 1859 Sept. 14, 1861 May 27, 1860 Dec. 11, 1858 Mar. 10, 1860 June 20, 1857 Oct. 25, 1857 May 5, 1857 Dec. 19, 1859 Dec. 11,1861 Aug. 3, 1860 Aug. 30, 1862 Jan. 7, 1863 Not. 11, 1858 Oct. 19, 1860 Not. 4, 1860 Jan. 7, 1863 , 1860 May 11, 1858 Dec. 6, 1859 June 4, 1859 Aug. 14, 1857 June 6, 1859 Not. 6, 1857 Feb. 5, 1858 Mar. 8, 1857 Feb. 26, 1859 Sept. 10, I860 Apr. 24, 1857 Dec. 28, 1856 Dec. 11, 1858 Sept. 15, 1858 Deo. 8, 1861 Hahn, John F. Harnish, Jacob Horner, Ananias Knight, William T. Knight, James S. Koomes, Samuel L. Kline, William K. Koomes, McClellan J. Layhla, Samuel Lentz, James B. Lenox, Joseph C. Logan, McClellan O. Logan, John R. aham aTid Frederick John H. 1, Henry M. , George T. , William R. liar, William E. William H. John Leaman mar, Edward C. , George E. William R. Isaac D. Franklin 0. ey, James C. re, George re, Joseph 1, Jacob *L. vs, William 0. re, George rt, Amos Hanman William T. t, Charles Samuel E. William F. ■k. John ienry r, Samuel J. r, Elias A. :lmilch, Geo. W. er, George W. , James P. Francis E. ridge, Jacob ridge, Henry D. 'i S > SSaiaiiaESiisa2iiHSHS«S'SSSZZli : « : p.o. : •P ; H -X C5 H ■xJfH ** O 7. o a Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 24, 1871 Nov. 30, 1867 •?« COZi • coco ; 02° fi W 02 < 6 H H « a White Hall White Hall White Hall Mount Joy Mount Joy 60 "a 2> § XI. M OB "5 3 o'o • 3 3 • mm : 'x\'x] ■ tfr : White Hall White Hall Chester Sp'gs Paradise Paradise" Mount Joy White Hall M'AUisterville Mount Joy w o a « 3 3 OS d aa aa a a Mount Joy Kiumaus Cassville Emmaus Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 4, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 1, 1869 Oct. 3, 1867 Mar. 30, 1865 Dec. 6, 1866 May 16, 1873 July 2, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Deo. 15, 1864 Sept. 10, 1866 Feb. 22, 1867 Feb. 15, 1865 June 5, 1865 Jan. 10, 1865 Jan. 10, 1865 Apr. 19, 1866 Apr. 12, 1866 May 18, 1866 Sept. 10, 1866 Feb. 14, 1867 Dec. 14, 1866 Aug. 12, 1867 Mar. 1, 1869 Jan. 2, 1871 Feb. 15, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 2, 1866 June 12, 1866 Nov. 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 1, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Sept. 4, 1867 Deo. 6, 1864 Dec. 6, 1864 Dec. 6, 1864 June 1, 1872 Oct. 26, 1858 May 17, 1867 Jan. 7, 1865 Nov. 21, 1865 Apr. 27, 1866 May 21, 1866 July 26, 1866 Nov. 25, 1867 June 1, 1875 oa EH g May 7, 1861 Feb. 1, 1862 Feb. 18, 1860 Oct. 8, 1861 Dec. 11, 1857 Jan. 2, 1859 Aug. 9, 1865 May 18, 1860 Sept. 1, 1860 May 6, 1857 Jan. 4, 1859 Dec. 20, 1860 Mar. 3, 1859 Apr. 21, 1858 Aug. 20, 1858 Apr. 4, 1860 Oct. 14, 1855 July 10, 1860 Feb. 25, 1858 Feb. 13, 1861 June 22, 1860 Sept. 20, 1861 May 18. 1857 Feb. 18, 1862 Nov. 3, 1861 Feb. 15, 1864 Mar. 19, 1861 Aug. 6, 1859 May 24, 1860 Nov. 15, 1861 Mar. 28. 1863 July 6, 1858 Nov. 27, 1859 Mar. 11, 1858 Jan. 27, 1856 May 9, 1858 July 16, 1860 Dec. 25, 1864 Apr. 3, 1858 Sept. 24, 1861 1, 1860 July 5, 1857 July 22, 1857 Apr. 27, 1859 Deo. 12, 1860 Apr. 2, 1862 July 27, 1865 5 h h P 1 2 i 2 H H 3 H CI - ( : 1. .5 .1 'I :' i 50 * I |j Jt 6 - - c :■! IB - \ : .j 'I i 4 - > > i : * j k .'■> Is I* 3 < i ! j i 1 I 1 i . -0 s i J i i - i i i "3 a ~ i MP ■A d „d a - 3^a"3"£ «03t Conly, Sarah Crook, Sarah J. Curry, Laura Curry, Alice 'Darr, Mary J. Derstine, Clara Entriken, Catherine Fitery, Margaret H. Fitery, Sarah M. L. Fritz, Catherine Freeland, Gertrude H. Freeland, Cora C. Gross, Martha .fel M » g't oiSsj 1 § o ■£ OOO! 1 1 ! 3 o CHILDREN'S HOME, LANCASTER, 465 © 00 06" T3 s a a m a * O =J a j Willow Dale. Shepherdstown. Willow Dale. Shepherdstown. Spring Garden. Lancaster. Mount Joy, Harrisburg. Middleburg. Mercersburg. Lancaster. Carlisle. Lancaster. Kutztown. West Chester. Lancaster. Lancaster. Lancaster. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Marietta. Marietta. Marietta. Bainbridge. Thorndale. > a 3 O OS a -5 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 29, 1865 Sept. 29, 1865 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 1, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 23, 1871 Apr. 21, 1868 Sept. 4, 1866 Sept. 14, 1866 Nov. 30, 1867 Mar. 20, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Nov. 30, 1867 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1871 Deo. 1, 1868 Sept. 24, 1865 Apr. 6, 1868 Apr. 6, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Dec. 1, 1868 Nov. 30, 1867 Nov. 30, 1867 to Ed Chester Sp'gs St. Jas. 0. A. St. Jas. 0. A. Chester Sp'gs White Hall Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Catholic Ho. Mount Jov White Ha'll M'Allisterville White Hall Mount Joy White Hall Chester Sp'gs Mount Joy Mount Joy Paradise Emmaus Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy Mount Joy "a a g» •"5 1 < 9 1 a a Nov. 22, 1867 July 8, 1865 July 8, 1865 May 11, 1805 Sept. 3, 1866 Juue 7, 1866 Sept. 23, 1866 May 18, 1866 Oct. 14, 1867 Sept. 7, 1865 Mar. 29, 1866 June 20, 1866 Oct. 2, 1866 Mar. 27, 1865 Mar. 8, 1866 Apr. 1, 1866 Apr. 30, 1866 May 18, 1866 May 12, 1866 July 16, 1866 Mar. 20, 1865 Sept. 17, 1866 Sept. 17, 1866 Nov. 5, 1866 Juue 13, 1866 June 13 1866 Aug. 21, 1866 Deo. 6, 1866 Deo. 6, 1866 Mar. 1, 1869 Mar. 7, 1866 Jan. 2, 1861 Feb. 16, 1858 Aug. 25, 1859 Sept. 2, 1861 Oct. 27, 1858 June 7, 1862 Dec. 21, 1860 Nov. 4, 18* Oct. 22, 1857 Jan. 29, 1857 Jan. 22, 1858 June 3, 1859 May 17, 1860 Feb. 11, 1860 Apr. 3, 1858 Apr. 1, 1862 Sept. 9, 1858 Nov. 6, 1859 May 12, 1862 Nov. 1, 1858 Aug. 7, 1856 Feb. 25, 1858 Aug. 12, 1860 Sept. 30, 1859 Sept. 10, 1858 July 5, 1856 Sept. 8, 1857 Juue 3, 1861 Dec. 3, 1857 July 12, 1862 July 22, 1857 ■5 1 J i i - i * B " j 5 I u •- s r t 1 ;- It. c _ ! - I - ; '.; !; 1! 1 1 Jb '.a a - .a 1 L "-* :- .a : : : 11 I 10 ' - a i IS -- - t 6 ' 1 - i \ 1 i - ! -_ 1- l i . 1 T i ■- - > 1 \ u > £ ' 30 MERCER SCHOOL. HE Mercer Soldiers' Orphan School was established Jan- uary 1, 1868, in the eastern part of the borough of Mercer, county-seat of Mercer county. The situation is a beautiful one, and as well adapted to this purpose as any that could have been selected. A spring of soft, pure, cold water gushes from the base of Bald Hill, on the east ; the west is fringed by a winding stream, the excess of waters from numerous springs. A beautiful natural grove ornaments the property and affords an excellent and delightful play-ground for the children. Nature's sweet and varied songsters, in season, inhabit this grove, and appear intent on giving culture and refinement to the nation's orphaned children. To the natural beauties of this place, the hand of Art has added its attractions. Maple-trees surround the buildings of the institu- tion, and a line of the same bounds the property. Fountains have been constructed on the ornamental grounds, the water being sup- plied by the spring above mentioned. This spring supplies water for all the seven buildings of the school ; the water being conveyed in pipes to whatever point it is needed. The buildings mentioned are commodious, attractive, airy, and ample for the accommodation of over three hundred children, in school-rooms, chapel, play-rooms, laundry and wash-rooms, dining-room, and dormitories. The farm connected with the institution is productive, and cultivated to great advantage, through the labor-system of the school. Messrs. George Reznor and J. G. White were the first Proprietors — the former having charge of the business, and the latter of the educational department. Mr. Reznor retired at the end of the first year, and Mr. White con- 466 m x o M 3 03 O X o r W MERCER SCHOOL. 467 tinued as Proprietor and Principal until March 1, 1874, when Messrs. G. W. Wright, R. R. Wright, S. F. Thompson, and John I. Gordon became Proprietors, and still continue such. Of the first hundred children admitted to the school, few were over eight, and a number under four years of age. This was called one of the juvenile schools of the system ; but, in 1871, it was discovered that the division of families, occasioned by placing those under ten and those over ten years of age in different institutions, often widely separated, was very unsatisfactory to mothers and guardians, and primary schools are no longer known. It was an arduous task to care for so many little ones during the first two years, and this was especially so to those who had direct charge. Mrs. Jane Findley, of Erie City, was the first matron employed. This lady was the widow of a distinguished minister, and was possessed of excellent culture and fine executive ability, and brought to bear, in the discharge of her duties, the best qualities of head and heart. Her name is still cherished by the children whom she cared for so efficiently, and by her co-laborers whom she so greatly assisted by her knowledge, prudence, and sagacity. Mrs. Findley was obliged, on account of failing health, to resign her posi- tion in the year 1870. She was succeeded by Mrs. Wm. F. Dickson, a woman of remarkable talents and culture, and who made promise of great usefulness in this position ; but she was obliged to leave her place on account of the ill health of her husband, Rev. Wm. F. Dickson, who acted as Principal for a few months in the year 1870. Mrs. Mary C. Galbraith was the next matron of the school, and held the position for over four years. She was one who had no supe- riors — intelligent, prudent, systematic ; and although the machinery by which her different departments were conducted was complicated, everything was harmonious. She was a model of order, ever busy in superintending the work of the girls, correcting bad habits, giving good advice, teaching cleanliness and neatness, and by her uniform bearing affording a living example of a true lady and Christian mother. The present matron is Miss Jennie Martin, a young lady of large experience in connection with this system of schools, having filled responsible positions at Dayton Soldiers' Orphan School ; and notwithstanding her youth, she performs her work in a most satis- factory manner. The above-mentioned matrons have had for their lieutenants, Miss Lizzie Foust, Miss Dougan, Miss Maria Beggs, now deceased, Miss Maggie White, Mrs. Martha Fowls, and Mrs. Eliza- 468 penna. soldiers' orphan schools. beth Johnston, who still remains, and is the mother of three of the children of the school. These persons performed well their part during their respective terms. The educational department has been one of peculiar interest, and a brief history of it may not be improper, as it is here the founda- tion is laid for the great superstructure of practical manhood and womanhood. Teachers, as a general rule, have been retained for a long time, some being still with the school who began their services here with its origin in 1868. Mr. J. G. White, the former Proprietor, was first Principal, but other duties required him to fill his place with another who could devote his time to the educational department. Rev. Wm. F. Dick- son, a man of high intellectual attainments and a teacher of large and long experience, was employed. After a few months of earnest and faithful labor, he was obliged to resign on account of ill health. He was succeeded by Miss Sarah Pew, who remained two years. Under her instruction the school made rapid and thorough progress, and her excellent discipline soon brought incongruous and disorderly elements under the rule of almost perfect law and order. Prof. Wm. Bogle succeeded her, and is still the Principal. Mr. Bogle has displayed a peculiar fitness for this place. He is a man of thorough scientific and classical education, of large experience, and of the highest type of moral character. How well, not how much, is his motto. It is earnestly hoped that Mr. Bogle may remain at his post until this system of schools expires by legal limi- tation. The assistant teachers have been as follows : Miss Mary E. White, Miss Josephine C. Smith, Miss Annie Williamson, Miss Bell Orr, Miss Elmira Marsteller, Miss Amelia Leech, Miss Sadie Leech, Miss Russell, Miss Hattie Pettit, Miss Allie Bogle, and Mrs. Wm. Bogle, wife of the present Principal. Space will not allow a detailed history of the services of each of these teachers ; but we must say that all have done well, and to them the school is indebted, to a very great degree, for the most enviable reputation it has achieved. Mrs. Bogle has no superior as a juvenile teacher, and deserves the especial thanks of the proprietors and patrons of the school, while the others mentioned deserve to be ranked as our best educators. Schools of this character cannot be conducted without an army of other assistants, such as seamstresses, washwomen and laundresses, cooks and bakers, farmers, and general managers. Mrs. Armstrong, Miss Nannie Beggs, Miss Maggie Blair, Misses Reed, Miss Black, MERCER SCHOOL. 469 Miss Carmichael, Mrs. Crawford, J. B. Nickum, and a few others whose names we fail to recollect, all did good service, and added greatly to the morale, good order, and efficiency of the school. Messrs. Chas. H. White and John Black have been the local man- agers or male attendants, Mr. Black being the present incumbent. These gentlemen have both shown that they were fully able to dis- charge their arduous duties in a satisfactory manner. S. F. Stewart, Timothy Thomas, D. A. Eberle, and Warren Crooks have each acted as assistants to the above-named gentlemen. The department for manufacturing and repairing shoes has been conducted by H. C. White and Mr. Ross, the latter-named gentle- man still continuing to peg-away. 470 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M < W Working in a rolling mill. Farmiug. Harness-maker. Attend'g Edinboro S.N.S. Farming, Photographer. Farming. Coal-miner. Learning wagon making. Employed in a hotel. Farming for his mother. Attending school. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Pittsburgh Espyville New Castle Greenville Prentissvale Prentissvale Wirtemburg Worthington Worthington Reimersburg Reimersburg Mercer North's Mills Curllsville Callensburg Sandy Lake Clark Eau Claire Scrubgrass Perrine Perrine Wheatland Summerhill Middleboro Millbrook Clark Clark Norrisville Princeton Meadville Hendersonville.. Hendersonville Hendersonville Oil City Slippery Rock... Slippery Rock Franklin Nickleville Nickleville Portersville Nickleville Spring Creek »5 H a « o ft o H H «1 ft K H M O o ^ <1 CO q H o CO. to 3 < >"5 biti « 5. - 3 ■ £ o 01 CO « W CO o H H « a to 3 O « . w o 8 « B s On 2 H I a 3 Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Sept. 12, 1870 Sept. 12, 1870 Nov. 11, 1872 Sept. 15, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 8, 1868 Mar. 5, 1868 Juue, 1, 1868 Apr. 1, 1868 Apr. 1, 1868 Apr. 9, 1868 Apr. 9, 1868 June 10, 1868 Apr. 14, 1869 Nov. 13, 1869 Dec. 1, 1869 Dec. 1, 1869 Feb. 15, 1871 Feb. 5, 1872 June 2, 1873 Oct. 13, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 15, 1874 Apr. 12, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 9, 1868 Feb. 11, 1868 Apr. 3, Ita Apr. 3, 1868 Apr. 3, 1868 Mar. 24, 1868 July 1, 1868 July 1, 1868 Sept. 12,1870 Jan. 31, 1872 Jan. 31, 1872 May 20, 1872 Sept. 6, 1872 Sept. 22, 1873 Jan. 30, 1874 Nov. 2, 1874 Oct. 18, 1874 o a ft^ June 25, 1859 Apr. 30, 1857 Feb. 1, 1860 Aug, 3, 1868 Mar. 30, 1868 June 16, 1866 Sept. 7, 1860 May 2, 1860 May 26, 1860 May 14, 1862 Oct. 15, 1861 June 6, 1863 Jan. 10, 1855 Sept. 3, 1858 Apr. 5, 1854 Nov. 2, 1862 Sept. 17, 1862 April 15, 1856 Jan. 17, 1861 June 17, 1858 July 23, 1862 Dec. 2, 1862 Apr. 29, 1863. Apr. 3, 1866 Dec. 14, 1867 Nov. 7, 1867 Dec. 10, 1862 Jan. 29, 1871 Sept. 24, 1869 Sept. 2, 1867 Aug. 24, 1869 Mar. 28, 1869 Jan. 7, 1862 Apr. 29, 1861 Aug. 13, 1857 Aug. 21, 1859 Nov. 6, 1861 Feb. 15, 1862 Dee. 7, 1856 Jan. 26, 1861 Feb. 2, 1862 Apr. 1, 1860 Sept. 18, 1862 July 24, 1861 Feb. 2, 1858 Aug. 16, 1858 July 10, 1862 Aug. 9, 1860 Jan. 25, 1859 t r s f c 5 H M c » 1 fc i 'I - < 3 I < 1 - I ] 2 6 ' \ >- i 5 6 | 1 a i u i ) J - i a >- \ tt j a 1 t 1 6 D i - i P j 1 •J - 6 1 6 if? c fe ^ t .: a i E c L e "i c 2 c i- 5 J & _ 1 cZ tt c c c c c C ! j >. a a d O MERCER SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 471 Clerking in a store. C Employed in an organ I factory. Farming. Farming. Farming. Farming for his mother. Farming for his mother. ■( Working at a furnace I. @ $1.35 per day. Working in a brick-yard. ( Attending Edinboro S. J N. S. Farming. Farming. Teamster. Titusville Parker's Land'g Parker's Land'g Hydetown Fredonia Fredonia Dixonburg New Castle New Castle Water Cure Callensburg Centretown Bradford Wheatland New Lebanon Union City Pi«Ko5J«fc,Ii,a3OJJ-SS(i,fc5oS/CZi=5zZBBl£H-:: = ; : i i^o ; -A £^ : S' '-° i° • « ' ' a.^-° : : : : : ijo t ■ • ■ • • ■ fto j : : : : : :'j : ; ; ; ; ; ;Ph ; ">">">'> • \ [ • • [ • PBBB 1 : ■ ■ i i ■ Titusville Titusville Titusville Titusville ; 3 = = 3 ; ; ; ; : iS Oct. 13, 1874 Oct. 8, 1874 Oct. 8, 1874 Oct, 6. 1874 Apr. 22, 1875 Apr. 22, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 30, 1876 Mar. 30, 1876 Mar. 1, 1868 June 4, 1869 Mar. 1, 1870 Nov. 14, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 19, 1873 Apr. 20, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 8, 1874 Oct. 7, 1874 Oct. 7, 1874 Apr. 20, 1868 Apr. 20, 1868 Feb. 6. 1873 Feb. 6, 1873 Mar. 31, 1874 Jan. 10, 1868 Dec. 29, 1870 Julv 11, 1872 July 11, 1872 June 19, 1872 Nov. 2, 1874 Oct. 5, 1874 Oct. 5, 1874 Oct. 5, 1874 Deo. 14, 1874 May 24, 1875 Sept. 17, 1875 Jan. 23, 1868 Jan. 10, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Jan. 10, 1K68 Jan. 29, 18B8 Jan. 29, 18B8 June 23. 1868 Jan. 1, 1869 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Oct. 11, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Feb. 17, 1868 Feb. 17, 1868 Mar. 27, 1868 May, 15, 1868 Jan. 25, 1869 Jan. 25, 1869 June 3, 1868 July 17, 1859 Dec. 23, 1860 Mar. 13, 1862 Apr. 17, 1862 June 3, I860 Jan. IB, 1861 July 11. 1866 Aug. 25, 1862 Aug. 22, 1861 July 15, 1862 Dec. 4, I860 June 8, 1856 Sept. 9, 1861 Aug. 7. 1858 Mar. 29, 1863 Oct. 16, 1864 June 13, 1866 July 11, 1861 May 14, 1859 Jan. 20, 1864 Feb. 5, 1859 Sept. 4, 1861 Sept. 3, 1859 Dec. 7, 1861 Dec. 27, 1865 Jan. 11, I860 Feb. 16, 1858 Oct. 1. 1858 Jan. 13, 1861 Aug, 14, 1859 Apr. 28, 1865 Feb. 12, 1859 Nov. 1, 1860 Aug. 29, 1863 Aug. 16, 1862 Sep. 22, 1869 Apr. 18, 1861 July 30, 1860 Oct. 5, 1859 July 20, 1862 Julv 14, 1859 Jan. 20, 1858 Apr. 13, 1859 Oct. 7, 1856 Apr. 21, 1864 Mav 15, 1858 Mar. 20, 1861 Feb. 22, 1859 Aug. 11, I860 Mar. 20, 1862 May 11, 1H58 Dec. 13, 1861 Aug. 12. 1858 Apr. 7, 1855 Sept. 23, 1858 Jan. 6, 1858 s i a = r i i 3C Crain, John B. Collums, Myram S. Collums, Charles Crate, John Cartwrigbt, Cyrus Cartwright, David Degarmo, Joseph J. nale. John F. Davis, James Donaldson, Jesse M. Dick, Willis W. Drake, Ellet G. Duncan, Charles W. Dilley, Orie L. Darrow, Willis 0. §•=!* SO J ill T ~ ' ■ 2: t _ ii HI j = a i i Farrell, James Af. Fridley, Aaron B. Frey, George W. Fisher, Marcus W. Glatzan, Rudolph W. ■4 a few Hits S5tB | 6 dec cost = 11 3 1 •-- Guist, Samuel W. Y. Hardy, Oliver P. Hardy, Henrv B. Hanna, David B. Hankey, John H. Holmes, George 1* = | 3>-» 5 472 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. e, Ashtabula co., Ohio, e, Ashtabula co M Ohio. f Re-admitted by trans- < fer from Titusville, (. Oct. 12, 1874. Carpenter. Working in a factory. In a large clothing store. Work'g in a cheese fac'y. Post Office Address WHEN at Home. Oil City. Clark. New Castle. New Castle. Porterfield. Erie. Titusville. Titusville. Meadville. Meadville. New Hamburg. Meadville. Seneca. Seneca. Richmond Centr Richmond Centr Mercer. Sutton'sCorners. Sutton'sCorners. Wolf Creek. Agnew's Mills. Rimersburg. Wolf Creek. Meadville. Meadville. Fredonia. ' New Brighton... Tryonville. Tryonville. New Castle. New Castle. Franklin. Franklin. Kerr's Store. Kerr's Store. Phillipsburg. New Castle. Edenburg. Cleveland Karns City. Wolf Creek. Elk Creek. New Hamburg. Mercer. Mercer. Mercer. w W O M a CO « o w H S3 « a H O n m 3 3 3 3 S3 S3 5 S3 *> 5 S3 3 3 S3 13 3 3 S3 S3 CM Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 12, 1871 Nov. 8, 1871 Feb. 18, 1873 Feb. 18, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Nov. 4, 1873 Oct. 2, 1874 Oct. 2, 1874 _ Dec. 14. 1874 Dec. 14, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 15, 1875 Oct. 15, 1875 Jan. 27, 1876 Jan. 27, 1876 Jan. 9, 1868 June 30, 1869 Apr. 17, 1868 Apr. 17, 1868 July 7, 1868 Jan. 8, 1868 June 11, 1869 June 23, 1869 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 6, 1874 Oct. 6, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 31, 1871 Oct. 1, 1874 Dec. 16, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 11, 1868 Jan. 11, 1868 Jan. 11, 1868 Jan. 11, 1868 Mar. 9, 1868 Apr. 11, 1868 Mar. 1, 1870 June 22, 1870 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 29, 1873 Dec. 23, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1,1874 Sept. 1, 1874 y 7, 1862 r. 4, 1863 )t. 23, 1861 j. 13, 1863 it. 16, 1865 lis ox May 15, 1862 Dec. 5, 1866 Mar. 10, 1863 Aug. 17, 1860 Nov. 24, 1862 Jan. 26, 1863 May 25, 1865 July 20, 1861 Aug. 3, 1863 Mar. 25, 1860 July 1, 1862 Jan. 22, 1857 July 12, 1859 Sept. 17, 1862 Aug. 2. 1861 June 14, 1864 Sept. 27, 1860 June 29, 1863 Mar. 30, 1870 Feb. 25, 1859 Dec. 19, 1860 May 19, 1864 Apr. 23, 1864 Nov. 30, 1868 Nov. 10, 1861 Oct. 1, 1863 June 26. 1860 Nov. 6, 1863 Oct. 30, 1861 Apr. 28, 1862 Mar. 14, 1861 July 15, 1859 Aug. 20, 1857 Aug. 28, 1864 Jan. 26, 1859 May 3, 1865 May 26, 1868 Feb. 26, 1860 July 16, 1864 June 9, 1866 | g|25031i.03< '%%l 5 i- P P i a 3 H H | p |3 | 5 Z z & c i l = 'i \ 3 PC ~c 3 C \ I i a i i c 5 pi | z I \ i t I 3 3 1 | 3 { 'i 3 C I i 3 E 3 I i | \ i- 5 E I a 5 3 I I i- z I a 'i 5 '= ^ c t < < it. 1- * I tr p. J is < < 3 ,6 * 5 PC c c > I a PS < p. B | a > 5 c > | MERCER SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 473 Carpenter. Clerk in his uncle's store. Died Jan. 2, 1871. auqua co., N. Y. Farming, $10 $ month. Farming. Farming. t Re-admitted by trans- 1 fer from Titusville, / Oct. 8. 1874. f Re-adniitted by trans- 1 fer from Titusville, ( Oct. 8, 1874. Teamster. Mercer. Morccr. New Castle. Titusville. Titusville. Concord. Wolf Creek. Wolf Cn-i-k. New Castle. New Lebanon. New Castle. i Z i Corry. Allegheny City. Titusville. Millbrook. Waterloo. North Liberty. Leesburg. Jamestown. Sherman, Chaut New Castle. Jamestown. Royalton. New Richmond. KaBt Brook. Fredouia. Lcesburg. Girard. Cochrantown. Princeton. Tamarac. Wolf Creek. Harrisville. Mercer. Mercer. Kossuth. Kossuth. Harrisville. Sharpsville. Sheakleyville. Memphis. Memphis. WestGreenwood. Titusville. Titusville. Coultersville. S O. CO > i. d o.'S & CO s ES S > a ►a »> .0.0 fefe ►j O "ao 1 OQ E. in > 3 a 2 3 2 t 6 a = a >> 3 3 PS s a a Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 8, 1875 Sept. 5, 1874 Oct. 7, 1874 Oct. 7, 1874 Oct. 6, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 30, 1875 Jau. 20, 1876 May 9, 1868 May 9. 1868 Jau. 25, 1869 Apr. 7, 1869 Oct. 26, 1874 Apr. 17, 1871 Sept. 14, 1871 Apr. 2, 1869 Mar. 24, 1870 Oct. 25, 1870 Oct. 25, 1870 June 7, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 15, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Nov. 18, 1875 Jan. 10, 1868 Apr. 10, 1871 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 21, 1872 Mav 20, is; 3 Oct. 1, 1874 Oct. 1. 1874 Apr. 5, 1876 Jan. 11, 1868 Jan. 11, 1868 June 1, 1868 May 5, 1868 May 5, 1868 Dec. 1, 1869 Sept. 2, 1868 Sept. 2, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 May 28, 1874 Mav 28, 1874 Oct. 5, 1874 Oct. 2, 1874 Oct. 2, 1874 Apr. 3, 1875 Mar. 5. 1868 Juue 12, 1870 Jan. 8, 1861 May 16, 1862 Nov. 3, 1859 May 5, 1861 Mav 23, 1861 July 21, 1862 Dec. 22, 1862 Dec. 20, 1865 Aug. 12, 1865 Jan. 15, 1855 Apr. 11, 1857 July 11, 1860 Feb. 27, 1862 Nov. 6, 1859 May 24, 1861 Sept. 26, 1860 Oct. 13, 1861 Apr. 22, 1861 Mar. 22, 1860 . June 20, 1862 Feb. 2, 1861 Mar. 27, 1858 Dec. 11, 1859 Sept. 2, 1864 Apr. 12, 1867 Feb. 14, 1862 Jan. 3, 1863 Jan. 15, 1861 Mar. 16, 1860 Juue 24, 1864 Nov. 24, 1859 Dec. 1, 1864 Jan. 26, 1859 Jan. 22, 1861 Mar. 21, 1863 May 13, 1859 Apr. 19, 1861 Feb. 1, 1859 Feb. 22, 1860 Nov. 18, 1861 Aug. 26, 1862 Jan. 14, 1860 May 22, 1863 July 30, 1858 Aug. 18, 1859 Nov. 23, 1862 July 3, 1867 Jan. 11, 1861 Jan. 5, 1865 June 14, 1863 Mar. 8, 1860 Oct. 23, 1.861 Nov. 7, 1860 < c t. X t £ i 6. i a c -/ -i C i '- G ■z - \ % 5 1 DC t i 0. i a Is = i - » Z a c - j ■i i - '1 I C ■I - I - 1 '- %■ \ P H B z \ : ft a 7 Z i i t P p a i p i p & p - • - - i P 7 1 < p p c . ^ p pi "a - s if > i c i y i. 7 c 1 [ 1 > ! 7 P a 7 '( e t 1 7 C- e r »■ t - 7 tl I 1- j 7 5 7 s ? S c 7 5 ■ 474 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. w M Attending public school. tion. " [Emlenton. Clerk In drug store In Keeps a news depot. Farming. Learn'g coach-painting. Died June 1, 1871. Farming. In a printing-office. < Clerk in Recorder's of- L fice, Mercer. 5 Clerk in Prothonotary's I office, Mercer. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Coultersville. New Castle. Volant. Nickleville. Nickleville. Nickleville. Centre Road Sta Mercer. Oil Creek. Irwin. Chandler'sVal'y. Titusville. Titusville. West Freedom.. Parker City. Barkeyville. New Vernon. Limestone. Limestone. Mercer. Harrisville. Harrisville. Reidsburg. Prospect. New Lebanon.. . Erie. Meadville. Wesley. "Wesley. New Castle. Rose Point. "Wesley. Lottsville. Six Points. Greenville. Prentiss Vale. Enon Valley. Enon Valley. OT « M ■4 § to 5 ft o H EH •4 ft M H Hi o o m oo H . *q to ~M H ■«! <)>H O 3 >, a > © bo 3 ■< 3 -1 o"o" ^ 3 a 3 — "-Hr-T =3 " o !0 o « ft M M w 6 Eh w M H a te=6H eh Titusville Titusville Titusville Titusville Titusville >-3 Date of Admission, on Order OR BY Transfer. Apr. 3, 1875 Apr. 19, 1869 June 10, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 June 15, 1870 Oct. 5, 1874 Nov. 2, 1874 Oct. 16, 1874 Oct. 12, 1874 Oct. 11, 1874 Jan. 15, 1868 Mar. 7, 1868 Mar. 7, 1868 Mar. 25, 1869 Mar. 25, 1869 Sept. 27, 1874 Jan. 18, 1868 Jan. 18, 1868 Jan. 20, 1868 Feb. 22, 1868 Mar. 10, 1868 Mar. 10, 1868 Apr. 1, 1868 June 29, 1868 July 1, 1868 July 1, 1868 Sept. 7, 1868 Mav 25, 1869 Mar. 3, 1869 June 3, 1869 Feb. 24, 1870 Feb. 24, 1870 Oct. 25, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 21, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 June 4, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Dec. 18, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 1, 1875 Apr. 1, 1875 i 1 o a p. Aug. 21, 1862 Juue 23, 1859 Feb. 17, 1864 May 20, 1870 Sept. 8, 1866 Nov. 30, 1870 June 26, 1873 July 23, I860 Feb. 10, 1862 Juue 28, 1860 Nov. 25, 1859 Oct. 19, 1864 Aug. 30, I860 Apr. 15, 1864 Aug. 13, 1858 Jan. 28, 1858 July 9, 1861 May 8, 1855 May 13, 1864 Dec. 21, 1866 Oct. 14, 1861 Feb. 3, 1863 June 3, 1856 Oct. 17, 1861 Mar. 10, 1857 June 30, 1859 Mav 14, 1862 June 16, 1857 Dec. 1, 1858 Dec. 1, 1861 Apr. 29, 1859 July 18, 1858 July 22, 1861 Aug. 8, 1856 Apr. 6. 1858 July 25, 1861 Aug. 14, 1859 Dec. 1, 1858 Jan. 4, 1863 Nov. 14, 1864 Jan. 31, 1862 Aug. 9, 1863 Feb. 9, 1865 Oct. 7, 1859 Jan. 18, 1862 Oct. 12, 1863 5 t- h P P < 3 3 ■i c ft a t 1 a ft £ z i | ~i u a ' | 5 .ft ■- I i ■i I | E I 'r \ j P j I 1 ft I c '* > -- >] >- ji > i- i > JZ > I I 1 I .! i ! ■~ z p Sz z z i is - J- P 'i p & B P C it P z. z _ - P - c 1 I z "1 P 1- i % c C 1= 1 a. 1 E < > rr E (5 « E TO i C 6, C B > MERCER SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 475 BE £ a K 5 < > a < B — P - < i 5 pi - 5 B 1 P B & i B 5 P ■a < £ S il jip X « 7 P B = a b a PC £' < a < a B a. - }.- \ a £C OS B y 1 C B £ > 1 £ c b £ £ B 5 a c B C B a — <- B > a a C < r. O — •-a C * > — £ £ £ al B £ c £ £ £ B a £ B a £ S a P £ £ < £ B £ £ B £ L W 476 PENNA. SOLDIERS 7 ORPHAN SCHOOLS. u U ft ft qua Co., N. Y. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. ( Teaching school. Ex- 1 pects to take a course I at S. N.S. C Teaching school. Ex- -; pects to take a course ( at S. N.S. With her mother. Lives with her uncle. Dressmaker. With her mother. With her mother. With her mother, •! Expects totakeacourse L at Edinboro'. •i Expects totakeacourse :.!. at Edinboro'. J. Re-admitted by trans- (. fer from Titusville, Oct. 12, 1 874. Post Office Address when at Home. St, Petersburg. Alum Rock. Sheakleyville. Clymer, Chautau Mercer. Mercer. Clark 1 Reidsburg. Fertigs. Conneautville. Port Allegheny. Wrights. Fredonia. Wheatland Wheatland. New Lebanon. Fredonia. Linesville. East Brook. North's Mills. North's Mills. . . . Harrisville. Sharon. Adamsville. Porterfleid. Porterfield. Minneapolis. Porterfield. Erie. Worth. Worth East Springfield. Mercer. Jamestown. Jamestown. Wolf Creek. Oil Creek. H SB M •4 w V w ft fa o H H ft K W Q nj O o O <* CO H ■«! O « O fa W<3cCfa i-s ■< ■< Mar. 11, 18T3 Feb. 23, 1873 Apr. 24, 1871 Dec. 3, 1873 Sept. 14, 1875 o : O to fa H O H si d i-s 03 P4 W fa 03 « EH d H H « W H is 1 B 19 . RE w o a m "> > > =3 3 3 BBS B Date of Admission on Oedee OE BY Transfer. Sept. 3, 1875 May 12, 1869 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 18, 1874 Nov. 18, 1874 Dec. 16, 1874 Apr. 21, 1869 Apr. 21, 1869 Apr. 21, 1869 Dec. 29, 1870 Jan. 10, 1868 May 23, 1874 Nov. 2, 1874 Sept. 17. 1875 Dec. 4, 1875 Jan. 23, 1868 Oct. '8, 1874 Oct. 1, 1870 Dec. 1, 1870 Nov, 26, 1872 Oct. 24, 1874 Mar. 8, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 .Mar. 11, 1868 Jan. 25, 1869 Feb. 17, 1868 Jan. 25, 1869 Apr. 2, 1869 Apr. 2, 1869 Apr. 2, 1869 June 3, 1869 Apr. 13, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 24, 1871 Oct. 24, 1871 Sept. 2, 1872 Nov. 4, 1873 Oct. 14, 1874 Oct. 20, 1874 Apr. 26, 1875 Nov. 25, 1875 Jan. 9, 1868 Jan. 9, 1868 June 30, 1869 Mar. 10, 1874 Nov. 18, 1875 Nov. 26, 1872 Oct. 6, 1874 fa . OM ft^ OccQcofe^co b u .1 1 1 i> it i I J 1 i i I c & , z n x ■* = a > = 1 a X .5 1 & I j is j S ■j s -< B! 1 b. i c < It 1 r t tr 1 < EC 1 ■ j i -E 1 EC o 5 t 1"! 'c D E < *1 > fa X t2 a 3 MERCER SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 477 mbull Co., Ohio. Died Apr. 9, 1869. Re-admitted Sept. 1, '73. ( Teaching. Attended 1 Edinboro' S. N.S. one C year. C Attending Ediuboro' S. i N.S. ( Attending Ediuboro' S. i N.S. With her mother. With her mother. auquaco.,N. Y. Moved West. Moved West. Oil Creek. Oil Creek. Sharpsville. Albion. New Brighton. New Brighton. Orangeville, Tru New Castle. Saudy Lake. Franklin. Prentiss Vale... Prentiss Vale... New Castle. New Castle. , Sharon. Sharon. Sharon. Sharon. Sharon. Karns City. Karns Citv. Wolf Creek. Homer City. Harthegig. Mercer. New Castle. New Bedford. New Bedrord. New Bedford. Concord. Sharpsville. Sharpsville. Pulaski. Pulaski. Cranberrv. New Castle. New Castle. Corry. Corry. Allegheny City. Mercer. Mercer. Wolf Creek, , , Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek. North Liberty... Sherman, Chaut i: y a *<% d .§1 = 3 mess : :® : a o 03 ; :© I : : : : 5 ; ;S Mar. 27, 1876 May 30, 1873 Mar. 2, 1872 May 5, 1874 Aug. 27, 1876 • ;_£» : : : : ►a :1a Ztn to 3 1 si 3 '> a e a : J3 J2 .* : d a '• :" 3 ' n ; P.& A.O.Asy. Phillipsburg Phillipsburg : : : : : jj.^.w : : • : i : •"<'"!-< u • : : : I : !qio3 • • : : : : : «i < < S : : : : : : :j8^^3 : : : : : : le^^p \ '■ Oct. 6, 1874 Oct. 6, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Apr. 11, 1876 Oct. 31, 1871 Mar. 22; 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 19, 1875 Jan. 11, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 15, 1869 Apr. 15, 1869 Mar. 3, 1870 Jan. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1870 Feb. 20, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 2, 1872 Sept. 29, 1873 Mar. 25, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 5, 1874 Nov. 18, 1874 Sept. 29, 1874 Nov. 17, 1874 Oct. 20, 1874 Apr. 9, 1875 Apr. 9, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Jan. 20, 1876 Jan. 25, 1869 May 3, 1869 Sept. 2, 1872 Jan. 7. 1871 Apr. 12, 1875 Apr. 12, 1875 May 5, 1868 Mav 5, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 Apr. 2. 1869 Sept. 20, 1870 June 7, 1871 Oct. 31, 1872 Oct. 31 , 1872 Sept. 26, 1874 Oct. 8, 1874 Oct. 5, 1874 Oct. 5, 1874 Sept. 17, 1860 Apr. 26, 1864 July 17, 1861 Jau. 15, 1862 Oct. 3, 1860 May 1, 1865 Apr. 9, 1861 Aug. 10, 1866 Nov. 17, 1863 Oct. 20, 1860 Apr. 26, 1861 Feb. 6, 1863 Mar. 2, 1860 Jan. 15, 1864 Mar. 27, 1860 May 30, 1857 Mar. 2, 1856 May 5, 1858 Aug. 27, 1860 Apr. 2, 1863 Feb. 17, 1864 July 20, 1865 Oct. 26, 1862 Jan. 27, 1862 July 18, 1860 Jan. 16, 1862 Oct. 16, 1865 Dec. 7, 1861 Feb. 14, 1863 Nov. 5, 1864 Apr. 28, 1861 June 30, 1866 Mav 20, 1869 Nov. 21, 1864 June 6, 1868 Oct. 17, 1863 A pr. 29, 1865 Oct. 23, 1866 Apr. 17, 1862 Mar. 11, 1864 Oct. 5, 1864 July 27, 1859 Mar. 25, 1863 Oct. 10, 1864 Nov. 14, 1858 Mar. 28, 1860 Sept. 28, 1864 Nov. 1, 1856 Sept. 22, 1855 May 7, 1863 Aug. 16, 1858 Apr. 9, 1860 Jan. 2, 1862 May 4, 1862 Aug. 26, 1860 May 22, 1862 6 1 rj c 5 3£ h>4 Lock, Elizabeth L. Leonard, Lydia A. Lotz, Lillie L. Luce, Mary E. la H - = aaa d _, -i t- McCaslin, Tryphenia E. Moses, Elizabeth Moses, Mary Moses, Annie Moses, Isabel McGee, Joauna McGee, Lois lola Miller, Lizzie M. Milliken, Annie L. McCann, Elizabeth Minner, Eliza J. McGittlgen, Mary Malarkey, Lavina A* Malarkey, Martha A. - a o a « a> a rt >-a m a a" c 111 ass r. C a 1 -_ | s 3 3 B i i 7. J: I 6 i '= z % -a E S < S § ^ h > 5 - I H - : — 1 478 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. CO M rt M Attending school. C Attended Edinboro' S. 1 N. S. one year. Since £ married. Married. Living with her uncle. [N. S. one year. Attended Edinboro' S. Married Chas. Simcox. Married Thos. Wilson. Married. J Attended Edinboro' S. } N. S. one year. With her mother. ( Re-admitted by transfer 1 from Titusville,' Oct. ( 8, 1874. With her brothers. Marr'd Harvey Campbell. With her mother. Attending school. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. "i s «3(C am; iSSE OJOa coco = ■0"S's 'o o t lis oott a 3 3 §|| t sgsj New Castle. New Castle . , New Castle Rimersburg. Modoc. Hanisville. Annandale. Smithport. Sheakleyville. Steuben Sheakleyville. Sheakleyville. Plum. West Greenwood. Nickleville. Spartansburg. Wolf Creek Cooperstown. Cooperstown. ' New Castle. Mercer. Franklin. Oil Creek. Chandler's Val'y Titusville. Barkeyville. Barkeyville. New Vernon. New Vernon. Sa CO H C5 « 3 03 fi ft o H H -5 H . ■< CO ft" - ft S f m i CO — 1 ft > v. < — a a i- C - c b c7 V a a. E 0" I 5 < pq B > cr 1 cr E it < 1 c a E £ K E a 'E 5 -a > E« EH < 1 > > c ►a K 1 5 a rt a rt 5 Is ERCER SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL,. 479 [H. S. Attending Edlnboro' S. 1 Attended Edinboro' S. N. S. one year. Since L married. 3 ! 5 s - s 1 Wesley. New Castle. Linesville. Ruse Point. Rose Point. New Castle. Lottsville. Lottsville. Lottsville. Six Points. Prentiss Vale. Mercer. Idercer. • (fi »ft J£ £ ►■a Apr. 1, 1868 June 29, 1868 Sept. 7, 1868 Feb. 24, 1870 Sept. 11, 1870 Sept. 2, 1872 Oct. 21, 1*72 Oot. 21, 1872 Apr. 8, 1875 June 4, 1875 June 4, 1875 June 4. 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 4, 1860 May 9, 1859 July 25, 1855 Oct. 18, 1859 Oct. 11, 1861 Feb. 23, 1863 Jan. 11, 1861 July 23, 1865 Apr. 25, 1862 Jan. 30, 1864 Aug. 3, 1866 Jan. 3. 1869 Mar. 18, 1862 Feb. 1. 1861 Mar. 2. 1864 Sept. 28, 1866 | i I f — Z 1- * * ! 2. V <- I < •P - - i 1 i > p i \ 'i i i i > > c i MANSFIELD SCHOOL. HIS institution, located at Mansfield, Tioga county, had its origin in a desire to establish a model school for the State Normal School of the Fifth District. Its proprietor, Prof. F. A. Allen, who was, at its commencement, Prin- cipal of the Normal School, finding it impossible to make a satisfac- tory model school out of the pupils in the town, determined to pro- cure, if possible, a limited number of soldiers' orphans for whose .education and maintenance the State had made provision. To this end, he made application to the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans for twenty-five boys and twenty-five girls ; and, on the 1st of Oc- tober, 1867, the school was opened. At the close of the year, the number in attendance was sixty-three. The educational department was at once organized as a model school, and placed under the charge of normal graduates, and this, at the same time, constituted the school of practice for the seniors of the Normal School, they, in turn, teaching quite a number of classes. The difficulties to be met and overcome were not unlike those ex- perienced at other schools, and it is not a matter of surprise that considerable time elapsed before the heterogeneous material could be moulded into one harmonious whole. Not only were the pupils strangers to each other and to those in whose care they were, but teachers, and those employed in the domestic and industrial depart- ments, were unfamiliar with their new duties, and had to learn by the slow process of experience. During the first year, it was diffi- cult to obtain suitable help, especially for the work out of the school- room, and frequent changes were necessarily made before this could 480 MANSFIELD SCHOOL. 481 be accomplished. To properly adjust the various departments, so that they could run without friction, was not an easy task.// No one connected with the institution had had any practical knowl- edge of the workings of a school of the kind, and, notwithstanding the rules and regulations furnished by the State authorities, it re- quired time and patience before a satisfactory organization could be perfected.?! At length, however, perfect system was established, under the judicious care and persistent efforts of those who had the matter in hand ; and to Mrs. S. M. Etz, a soldier's widow, is especial credit due for her valuable pioneer services in giving shape and character to the institution while yet in its infancy. ^^^ The building at first occupied had been used as a store, ancl^ though remodelled, was poorly adapted to the purposes of a home and school. This was no small hindrance to immediate success*^,- The children, fortunately, did not realize their inconveniences, and were contented and happy. Very soon after the opening of the school, it was found impracticable to limit the number of pupils to fifty, as was originally designed, and other and larger buildings were pur- chased and erected, as the demands of the school enlarged, till there were accommodations for over two hundred pupils. In 1869, when Prof. Allen resigned the Principalship of the Nor- mal School, the orphan school was changed from a school of practice to a school of observation, — the results being far from satisfactory, while the orphans were experimented upon by fledgling seniors. At this time the school, educationally, was recast and divided into grades, each having a permanent teacher. In 1870, five grades, or divisions, of the school were made, each occupying separate rooms, under a special teacher, and a method of teaching adopted upon the plan of what Prof. Allen calls " a new departure in education." This consists in classifying all the studies under three heads, viz. : lan- guage, mathematics, and physical science. In regard to this pet scheme of his, Prof. Allen, in one of his annual reports to the State Department, says : " Our school consists of five grades ; these constitute separate and dis- tinct departments, and are under the immediate supervision and instruc- tion of one teacher in each. The number of pupils in each grade is about forty. Three distinct departments of study are daily pursued in each grade, viz. : language, mathematics, and science. Believing, as we do, that the elements of these departments of study may be taught successfully to the youngest child permitted to enter our schools, we select from each such 31 482 PENNA. SOLDIEES' ORTIIAN SCHOOLS. branches as seem best to meet the wants of our children, and such as we deem best calculated to develop harmoniously the faculties of body, mind, and heart. Physiology, botany, and local geography in science — the ele- ments of geometry and processes in arithmetic and its tables in mathe- matics — the constant correction of improprieties in speech, and the no less constant work of teaching how to tell what they know in good English, together with the training of each child to write, so that all his school requests are in writing, and in the department of language we find not only highly useful, but practicable. Our teaching, in the main, is given without books. The subject of study, when taken up, is first taken into the mind and heart of the teacher, who seldom fails to give to it a life and freshness that appetizes the class, thus creating a desire for more. After each class recitation, pupils are required to reproduce in writing the lesson before the class. It will be readily seen that this process secures a closer attention during recitation, greater accuracy in language, and clearness in thinking. It makes our teachers more studious in prepara- tion, for without this daily exercise the teaching must be a failure. They must, of necessity, be far more accurate in statement and definition. But the limited space of this report will not allow of further details touching this ' new departure.' " A more complete account of the educational work of this school than can be given in this brief sketch may be found in the Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, November 6, 1875, page 83. The " new departure " is a feature of the school of which Prof. Allen is proud, and earnestly and persistently advocates ; and he, being a successful teacher and a veteran in the cause of educa- tion, is certainly entitled to a candid hearing, and his utterances are worthy pf the thoughtful attention of educators of youth. Two brass bands have been organized at this school, a set of in- struments costing two hundred and eighty-five dollars purchased, and the boys frequently discourse excellent music, to the evident delight of the inmates of the institution and the surrounding villages. It is to the credit of this school that, from its origin, it has been in harmony with the rules issued from the State Department, — that teachers and other employees should, in the dining-room, occupy the heads of tables, eat the same kind of food as the children, and in- struct them in the proper use of the knife and fork, and other pro- prieties. In the summer of 1872, a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, a short distance out of town, was purchased, in order to afford em- ployment and instruction to the boys. Here they work the allotted MANSFIELD SCHOOL, 483 two hours daily, under the eye of a kind-hearted, intelligent, and practical farmer, and receive that assistance and direction that a father is wont to bestow upon his own sons. The girls are carefully taught to do all kinds of housework and plain sewing. As an act of justice, we would state, before concluding, that Prof. V. R. Pratt, a Normal graduate, took charge of this school as Prin- cipal at the beginning of the second year, and continues to serve in that capacity. During the past few years, he has had the entire control and management, as much so as though he were proprietor. He possesses fine qualifications as a teacher, and is a kind-hearted, genial gentleman. Miss Myra Horton, " F. M. Wright, " Flora Brewster, Teachers. Miss Stella Young, " Minnie Reynolds, " Joseph'e Stewart, Miss Nettie Hunt. Miss Lizzie Haines, Mr. Burt W. Baker, Miss Eachel La Bue, Matron. Miss A. M. Simpson. Mrs. Phebe Utley, " Sophia Hall, " Frances Cook, Miss Lettie Shellman, Employees. Mrs. Maiy Catlin, i Mrs. A. L. White, " Ann Burnham, " Rhoda Vawegen, " H. Freeborn, " Frances Fling, " Charlotte Ingham, I " Rhoda Bixby. 484 PENNA. SOLDIEES ORPHAN SCHOOLS. With his mother. Erie news-boy. county, N. T. With his mother. C Continuing his studies < at this school at pri- C vate expense. Farming. Farming. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. Post Office Address when at Home. Athens. Englishtown. Guglishtown. Towanda. Williamsport. Troy. Troy. Troy. Mansfield. Troy. Liberty Corners. Liberty Corners. iuoxville. hlaminond Creek Hloruellsv'e.N.Y. Wellsborough. Wellsborough. [jiaines. E. Gauton. Tioga. Corning. Wellsborough. Troy. Elkland. Bath, Steuben ftoulette. ^ogan House. Canton. Dswayo. Mansfield. Vlansfield. Vfansfield. Smith field. Smithfield. Towanda. Knoxville. Athens. d H C9 05 a V w ft ft o W H «1 ft 05 H P 05 O O 1 1-3 1-5 H . -3 co =*>o ^Sjao d ij g> Feb. 8, 1870 June 21, 1868 June 6, 1875 Feb. 22, 1869 Apr. 22, 1871 Sept. 2, 1873 July 21, 1875 June 22, 1874 CO*® ■51 B>4 d -*< 1 ►s u to fe 05 O W Si Pol H CO (S fa CD & . < M H 6 H H 05 H a w . 05 g « o a 05 i-a>-a 5 a > 3 s a Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 26, 1874 Sept. 26, 1874 Apr. 20, 1874 Sept. 9, 1875 Jau. 31, 1871 Feb. 23, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 Feb. 3, 1875 Nov. 14, 1874 May 14, 1872 Sept. 12, 1873 July 17, 1868 Sept. 16, 1869 Oct. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1869 Oct. 20, 1874 Feb. 16, 1875 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Nov. 20, 1869 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 June 21, 1871 Sept. 13, 1869 Mar. 22, 1875 Apr. 5, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Dec. 8, 1875 Oct. 24, 1873 Sept. 1, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 May 8, 1873 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Mar. 16, 1872 Sept. 1, 1870 May 7, 1872 Sept. 20, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Jau. 19, 1872 Jan. 19, 1872 Mar. 11, 1870 Mar. 11. 1870 Oct. 1, 1867 ft . o a Aug. 22, 1861 July 1, 1856 Feb. — , 1860 June 1, 1861 Jan. 14, 1860 Mar. 14, 1861 Apr. 9, 1860 Dec. 18, 1863 Feb. 24, 1866 Sept. 6, 186*2 Jan. 22, 1857 Dec. 16, 1859 Feb. 19, 1862 June 22, 1861 Aug. 18, 1859 Jan. 29, 1857 Mar. 22, 1856 Aug. 16, 1854 Apr. 6, 1860 Dec. 27, 1860 Feb. 14, 1862 Feb. 8, 1851 June 21, 1852 Juue 6, 1859 Feb. 22, 1853 Apr. 22, 1855 Sept. 2, 1857 July 21, 1859 Juue 22, 1858 Nov. 27, 1862 A ug. 3, 1858 Nov. 10, 1855 July 8, 1861 July 3, 1862 Mar. 8, 1859 Jan. 18, 1857 Oct. 8, 1864 June 18, 1863 Feb. 13, I860 Feb. 27, 1863 July 4, 1862 Mar. 26, 1864 Jan. 28, 1859 Mar. 1 , 1863 May 21, 1858 Nov. 19, 1861 Jan. 7, 1858 Apr. 14, 1860 Apr. 15, 1858 a % 5 P P i 3 \ ■4 3 c E S < < X I % B I » < > c C I <■ E < I* B - | I B 1 -z e ■c y e | e H PC £ C •J PC a i a s 05 7 2 E | PC e e .| Pi P. s S | '■ PC - X - 1 1 5 "i C t g e E - 5 = e Pt C - PC c 1 < i. < i c 1 ■j z E is "J B * Z c _ E !/ i it c ■ c ■c p £ 1 C MANSFIELD SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 485 < la 11 . »t3 OT3 £ a ** - •a b >,« 3 aj £ B O * i s s 2 c — S3 a Readmit With his With his With his With his With his Teamate .2 .2 » 5 K ^ xj a &s o J=.22 >,.« <«~-~.5 ii-aES «a *'•=•§ .2 .2? S o = ©£ra«iK^5:£5a^«MJJa23MacKHGGtsp:£2auS C 3 o o ** K & ' g ° 1 P=| aSssEss 11 life-Ill fpl ^ s ■A ■* BO si < IS 6 **> Si £<4 a fc III on < is 5 1 55 •II £" B T3 3 3 Mar. 26, 1870 Sept. 10, 1873 Oct. 9, 1873 May 9, 1873 Oct. 6, 1870 May 8, 1874 Sept. 1, 1869 Jan. 12, 1874 Jan. 12, 1874 Jan. 12, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 15, 1873 Mar. 17. 1873 Nov. 2, 1874 Jan. 1, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 Mar. 30, 1872 May 23, 1872 Nov. 18, 1868 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Apr. 4, 1872 May 28, 1869 Nov. 5, 1867 Sept. 1 , 1872 Nov. 25, 1871 Sept. 11, 1X71 Sept. 15, 1X70 Sept. 1, 1871 Feb. 10, 1870 May 6, 1x69 Sept. 7, 1868 Nov. 3, 1869 Apr. 8, 1875 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, *673 Oct. 6, 1871 Oct. 6, 1871 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 1, 1867 June 12, 1871 May 22, 1871 Dec. 10, 1874 Dec. 10, 1874 Sept. 1, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 June 28, 1870 Feb. 24, 1873 Feb. 24, 1873 Sept. 1, 1870 Dec. 6, 1871 Nov. 4, 1857 Oct. 1, 1861 Apr. 8, 1X61 Dec. 23, 1864 Apr. 8, 1859 Aug. 25, 1860 Aug. 6, 1856 Jan. 9, 1859 May 4, 1861 Dec. 11, 1863 Nov. 26, 1867 Aug. 29, 1861 June 27, 1864 June 11, 1860 Mar. 12, 1864 May 24, 1860 July 23, 1861 Mar. 29, 1863 Oct. 13, 1862 Mar. 7, 1862 Dec. 1, 1855 July 17, 1859 Nov. 8, 1860 Oct. 27, 1856 May 17, 1859 July 7, 1854 Aug. 20, 1857 Feb. 15, 1X63 Sept. 10, 1863 Sept. 5, 1858 July 5, 1X57 Apr. 9, 1860 Nov. 16, 1X56 Aug. 28, 1856 Jan. 18, 1857 Mar. 21, 1860 Dec. 1, 1860 Mar. 14, 1853 July 20, 1855 Nov. 5, 1864 June 29, 1859 Feb. 20, 1862 Apr. 18, 1863 Nov. 3, 1857 Mar. 25, 1860 Aug. 5, 1858- Jan. 10, 1X62 Mar. 31, 1863 July 9, 1860 Feb. 3, 1854 June 5, 1852 Jan. 2, 1859 Dec. 12, 1860 Aug. 23, 1862 Feb. 5, 1859 Nov. 11, 1862 I 1 i l ■- < .-: a P - ■- i i : E. t f i z a } _ t ■' - i * i "- a I b '- j 1 J ' - - | : p ,: i | * ^ - - • \< .1 - .6 i -" ■ 3 if : i-_ '-.I 3 - i If 1 : ■-_ r- i r .0 ! z :i i i i = . -'- !GJ " = IE fe* e f - fnC = a o 6. l a 1 1 0. E s 1 ! Jl s 1 i < .t- ! | C. - c l s 1 a \ X c 1 K is a a c a - * 3 a 3 a ! - 3 a a c c a G a fc £ c a c E J= 486 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M < w C Assistant postmaster at J Mansfield, $22 per mo. rApprentloed to tinner <{ and plumber trade. J. Died Feb. 9, 1869, of I brain fever. With his mother. With his mother. Living with his mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Hammond's Cr'k HarrisonValley. Warren. Wyalusing. Liberty. Williamsport. Athens. Mansfield. Mansfield. East Canton. Limestone, N.Y. Jersey Shore. Westfleld. Elkland. Ulster. Mansfield Westfleld. Coudersport. Coudersport. Elkland. Elkland. Covington. Shunk. Roseville. Roseville. Mansfield. Tunkbannock. Huntersville. Huntersville. Huntersville .... Athens. Emporium. Lansing. Mansfield. Sylvania. Wharton. Wellsborough. Steamb'gh, N.Y. Steamb'gh, N.Y. Springfield. Springfield. Elkland. Shunk. Lock Haven. Lock Haven. CO H CO 5 ft o H H ■4 P M ft p « O o © 1-5 1 J3 ft bo -4 H . <1 CO IS -0 P. m *r>i-> J3 > ft 55 o 3 »-3 & 3 oa 0] ' CO ft M O ft" a ft P^ H CO P3 W CO < 6 H H M W W ft o K « o oo ~'P So w 3 a SS KM Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Jan. 29, 1874 Jan. 20, 1874 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Nov. 10, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Apr. 3, 1874 Oct. 15, 1872 Dec. 18, 1874 Sept. 1, 1868 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 30, 1871 Apr. 27, 1S69 Oct. 1, 1867 Jan. 1, 1868 Nov. 14, 1871 June 1, 1868 Jan. 5, 1871 Jan. 5, 1871 Jan. 26, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Dec. 29, 1873 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 1, 1867 Oot. 1, 1867 Jan. 7, 1875 Apr. 15, 1873 Apr. 12, 1872 Apr. 12, 1872 Apr. 12, 1872 Mar. 11, 1872 May 7, 1872 Oct. 1, 1867 June 23, 1871 Dec. 9, 1872 July 19, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 1, 1872 Oct. 1, 1872 Jan. 25, 1870 Jan. 25, 1870 Nov. 13, 1873 Mar. 5, 1872 Feb. 2, 1871 Feb. 2, 1871 ft . o a M H H « P^ 1 Oct. 16, 1864 , Aug. 1, 1860 June 30, 1857 May 30, 1859 Aug. 20, 1853 Nov. 4, 1859 Sept. 29, 1857 Feb. 18, 1860 Oct. 22, 1864 Feb. 17, 1863 May 11, 1863 Aug. 6, 1853 Jan. 20, 1858 Oct. 6, 1852 July 22, 1861 May 18, 1861 Jan. 20, 1858 Apr. 15, 1855 July 2, 1863 Jan. 1, 1856 Jan. 9, 1859 Jan. 9, 1861 Nov. 7, 1862 June 20, 1861 Sept. 16, 1862 Nov. 29, 1861 May 28, 1860 Feb. 3, 1852 Nov. 12, 1855 Feb. 25, 1861 Sept. 8, 1860 Dec. 3, 1862 Oot. 9, 1860 Dec. 29, 1856 July 23, 1863 Dec. Hi 1863 June 6, 1856 July 2, 1861 Nov. 22, 1861 Jan. 22, 1860 Sept. 29, 1860 May 6, 1859 Feb. 10, 1863 Oct. 1, 1861 Sept. 22, 1856 Jan. 7, 1860 Oot. 14, 1860 Jan. 15, 1858 Nov. 2, 1861 a 5 ! 1 5 1 H ) 4 P- c E P= - - : tr < >- U i | > b s ih C i a CI I i E is 2. to > - 1 I \ 1 i i pi C 1 m b c s e 1 J Is i i t i 5 C i i 'i E .2 c Is 1 - E s I :- | 1 | 1 b c 1 p: PC c S i c = ! E 1 i c 1 1 c B i 1 < 5 c £ E- = S z n E i P- J | I C S 1 n -T 5 ft MANSFIELD SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 487 With his mother. With his mother. Working in a paint-shop. With his mother. With his moiher. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. Attending Normal School Attending Normal School With his mother. With his mother. Clerk in bank, Mansfield. Towanda. W. B-urlington. Troy. Cogan Valley. Oogan Valley. Salladyburgh. Hollidaysburg. Liberty. Chatham. Towanda. Canton. Le Roy. Mansfield. Mansfield. r j Tioga Jersey Shore Tioga. Tioga. Si fa :^s X E Wellsborough. Sheshequin. Athens. Wellsburough. Wellsborough. Wellsborough. Knoxville. Williamsport.... Williamsport. Williamsport. Chatham. Elmira, N. T. Mon roe ton. Highland. Roulette. Athens. Athens. 1-e Roy. Mansfield Mansfield Mansfield ..so o a a, CO ►a fc p a.3 CO "3 s CO a > a 14 D.J3 COfa o" 11 - z? Apr. 21, 1871 Apr. 21, 1871 Oct. 12, 1874 May 25, 1872 Mar. 25, 1875 If 55 a O 5 3 fa SB .3.3 T-5 Nov. 1, 1870 Nov. 13, 1873 Nov. 1, 1867 Mar. 6, 1873 Mar. 6, 1873 i - - Sept. 1, 1868 May 22, 1874 Dec. 30, 1873 Dec. 17, 1872 Nov. 12, 1873 May 28, 1874 Mav 28, 1874 June 1, 1868 Feb. 15, 1870 Feb. 15, 1870 Sept. 8. 1868 Sept. 18, 1871 Sept. 18, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 28, 1869 Dec. 19, 1867 Apr. 9, 1874 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 16, 1868 Sept. 1, 1870 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 20, 1870 Sept. 7, 1868 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 July 9, 1872 Jan. 5, 1871 Jan. 5, 1871 Feb. 8, 1874 Sept. 1, 1870 Jan. 24, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1. 1867 June 21, 1871 June 21, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 24. 1873 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 May 4, 1868 May 4, 1868 Dec. 1, 1873 Oct. 7, 1870 Oct. 7, 1870 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 May 3, 1863 Oct. 29, I860' Feb. 1, 1853 Mar. 31, 1860 Dec. 11, 1862 Sept. 22, 1852 Apr. 30, 1861 July 10, 1864 Jan. 22, 1859 Mar. 6, 1861 Feb. 11, 1860 Mar. 8, 1864 Oct. 3. 1855 July 26, 1859 Apr. 29, 1857 Feb. 15, 1857 June 30, 1860 Apr. 18, 1862 Dec. 25, 1857 Jan. 26, 1862 Nov. 4, 1858 Jan. 15, 1857 Dec. 3, 1862 Nov. 28, 1855 Mav 21, 1859 Sept. — . 1859 Sept. 1, 1856 Feb. 16, 1859 May 12. 1862 Feb. 28, 1855 Mar. 24, 1857 Oct. 2, 1854 Dec. 2, 1852 May 20, 1864 Apr. 10. 1859 Oct. 5, 1861 Mar. 1, 1863 Mar. 4, 1859 Aug. 8, 1857 July 13, 1854 Aug. 18, 1856 Nov. 4, 1860 Mar. 7, 1859 Apr. 3, 1858 May 25, 1863 Apr. 8, 1860 Aug. 25, 1859 Apr. 21, 1855 Apr. 21, 1855 Oct. 12, 1858 May 25, 1856 Mar. 25, 1859 June 14, 1861 Apr. 4, 1863 - n ] I _ , = 1 Z z C Z ■/ z \ ! = :: i '- £ fa t - i s i - X 1 - a c ■ - * ■J - 7 - ■J I i ■J c fa 7 & i ■j c ■- »- - ■J : ! i £ - \ Z J 7 - > J I _i i ■j \ j 6 a c - t 7 - 7 e "= j 3 -z J ■- fa -: a 7 fa 7 ■J •7 7 - | t & i- C T fa 1 i -- ] :- fa _ L : = : z\ i 1 '' : r i t j = fa i fa 7 - > > i $ > - t ; l> > 488 PEKNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, r/5 With his mother. Attending Normal School With his mother. Working at carpentering. With his mother. With his mother. Married Lorena Kingsley. Farming. Farming. Cabinet-maker. Attending Normal School Farming. Farming. With her mother. Teaching school. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. E East Hebron. East Hebron. Towanda. Towanda. Towanda. Tioga. Tioga. Tioua Stony Fork. Williamsport. Sylvania. Picture Rocks. Ulysses. Emporium. Mansfield Granville Centre Granville Centre Luther's Mills... Luther's Mills... Oregon Hiil. Mansfield. Mansfield. Towanda. Dugget's Mills. Mainesburg. Wyalusing. Austinville. Troy. Mansfield. Mansfield. Highland. Lamb's Creek. Highland. Athens. Farniington. w H es « < a o CO p ft O H B «i R M R a o O MIMMM 1 «^ CO IB <] o Nov. 17, 1872 Jan. 28, 1869 July 18, 1874 »-s JO ■ ■ ;P ; ■ ; ;Q^O>?£ I s ! : : : : : : £ ;©" ;;:;::; ^ is i ■ i i ! i i t Us £ £ tn ft « O H BB P M H - - - GO so o H OS H g o V t to ; ; ; ; ; ; £:::::: Orangeville Harford Harford : : : '•a-a : : : * : : : eg a : ; : : : : : K « ; : : & £ & Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Mar. 1, 1870 May 5, 1869 Sept. 9, 1868 Sept. 9, 1868 Jan. 14, 1873 Jan. 14, 1873 Jan. 14, 1873 Sent. 1, 1871 Sept. 1,1874 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 May 26, 1873 Sept. 2, 1868 June 20, 1869 Juue 20, 1869 Oct. 25, 1873 June 13, 1868 Jan. 16, 1873 Sept. 12, 1871 Mar. 11, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. I, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 June 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 10, 1869 Sept. 10, 1869 Mar. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 11, 1875 Apr. 17, 1872 May 14, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Apr. 5, 1871 Oct. 16, 1867 Sept. 23, 1863 Sept. 22, 1868 Sept. 22, 1868 Jan. 15, 1875 May 14, 1872 Sept. 12, 1873 Sept. 1, 1870 ft . o a P w Feb. 14, 1859 Sept. 7, 1863 Nov. 17, 1856 Jan. 28, 1853 July 18, 1858 Nov. 1, 1860 July 25, 1863 Jan. 2, 1862 July 5, 1865 July 22, 1858 July 18, 1856 Apr. 23, 1861 Oct. 7, 1854 Aug. 10, 1857 Aug. 29, 1859 June 16, 1863 Dec. 13, 1856 Aug. 7, 1862 July 12, 1861 Julv 20, 1865 Apr. 13, 1865 Deo. 24, 1855 June 1, 1853 Oct. 14, 1853 June 12, 1857 Nov. 13, 1859 July 10, 1864 Oct. 30, 1854 Sept. 20, 1858 Oct. 23, 1864 May 11, 1864 Jan. 1, 1862 Sept. 10, 1861 June 23, 1862 Mar. 17, 1860 July 16, 1859 Dec. 23, 18C0 Feb. 24, 1866 Sept. 2, 1860 June 11, 1854 May 8, 1855 Oct. 20, 1858 Apr. 1, 1861 June 30, 1864 Feb. 20, 1859 Nov. 7, 1862 Feb. 28, 1859 g 1— P- >■- S w c' : \i ' % : c Vaninwegen, Albert V. Vargason, Wirt Vargason, Victor Vargason, John Watts, Charles H. Watts, Edward G. "Watts, James G. Watts, John D. Warriner, A. Carson Welch, Alba B. Westbrook, Willis R. Westbrook, Edgar L. Welshaus, William Wheelaud, Wellington W. Wheeler, Lewis D. Whipple, Augustine B, Whipple, Duric J. White, Stephen W. White, Merton D. White, Clarence L. Wilcox, Henry T. Wilcox, Daniel L. Wilcox, Frank Vvucox, Fred. Wilcox, Frank Wilcox, Wesley Wilcox, William B. Wilber, Charles J. Wilber, William H. Weaver, Edward E. Yeomans, Addison Young, James E. Allen, Viola o E ■5 a < -3 < s c =3 ■a a O | ■Jx > < > = X < r ■ 3 MANSFIELD SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 489 Married Thos. Flights. Married David Tipple. Married Samuel Fiucb. Died Feb. 9, 1874. With her mother. Married Charles Rye. Attending S. Nor. School. With her mother. Married David Albert. Teaching school. Attending Normal School J Died Dec. 25, 1809, of I dropsy. Dress-marker. Teaching school. Telegraphing. Attending Normal School Married Delos Mann. Married Ira Blanchard. Married Harmon Bruse. .S E Antrim. Nelson. Cogan Station. S v Fork. Philadelphia. Round Top . Kound Top. Afainesburgh. Oswayo. Oswayo. Oswayo. Oswayo. Bath, N. Y. Westfield. Williamsport... . Greenwood. Oswayo. Oswayo. Elisburg Towanda. Shunk. Greenwood. Canton. I,c Roy. East Sharon. Sheshequin. Williamsport. Austinville. Tioga. ^-1 H %l Liberty. MansQeld. I ■- 1 1 »■ 4 1 p 1 ? c ■- & C 1 P IS i < •- < > c i & P t p < | P i i , p ts 1 i & - - z i: - C 1 'i z [ 4 = * a p i p ■ c ,'r I c t c. p X Z X . i. a P >> i - - < r _ 1 ■f E z 'jt [ 5 't 5 - - j 'o c -> s 490 PEJSTNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS, CO M M With her mother. Attending Normal School With her mother. With her mother. With her mother. Died in May, 1873. C Attended State Normal 1 School. Married Sam'l (. Lincoln. Teaching school. Attending Normal School Married. J Died Dec. 20, 1873. Dis- l ease unknown. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. ^2 E- Tioga. Williamsport. Williamsport. Mansfield. Mansfield. 2 ri "t Corning. Milan. E. Canton. Wellsborough. Hammond's Cr'k Harrison Valley. Liberty. Canoe Camp. Westfleld. Westfleld. Mansfield. E. Canton. Emporium. Emporium. Sullivan. Sullivan. Limestone, N.T. Catawissa. ' Elkland. W. Franklin. Athens. Huntersville. Somer's Lane. Mansfield. Luther's Mills. Lansing. Lansing. Westfleld. Salladyburgh. Salladyburgh ... Troy. m B c5 « a o • m ft ft o a H 05 b 05 o o mm CQO H . -05 O B o 1-5 a.d ^ m*?i=4 CI «' ■ el ** pa Sj S3 ti < go — fl O ft 05 O B H % ft « H CO « CO o H B 05 B ID B - OSS B O « 05 Wilkesbarre M'Allisterville M'Allisterville Jacksonville Jacksonville 5 ; ; s H c3 £4 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. Oct. 1, 1867 Feb. 26, 1860 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 14, 1873 Apr. 24, 1873 Apr. 24, 1873 Nov. 18, 1870 Nov. 18, 1870 Oct. 21, 1867 Oct. 21, 1867 Oct. 21, 1867 Sept. 1, 1874 Nov. 27, 1874 Sept. 1, 1870 sSteS Sept. 23, 1868 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 15, 1869 Sept. 15, 1869 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 Nov. 26, 1874 Nov. 26, 1874 Dec. 18, 1874 Apr. 27, 1869 Oct. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 May 5, 1873 Nov. 29, 1873 Sept. 1, 1873 Nov. 25, 1871 Mar. 28, 1873 Sept. 3, 1875 Oct. 1, 1867 Oct. 1, 1867 June 1, 1871 Sept. 1, J 873 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 8, 1868 Sept. 8, 1868 Jan. 23, 1871 b . o a B H a* May 1 . 1858 Sept. 9, 1860 Aug. 9, 1864 May 14, 1859 Sept. 6, 1853 Mav 22, 1860 July 24, 1859 Mar. 28, 1861 May 19, 1860 Sept. 6, 1861 Sept. 29, 1854 Jan. 20. 1859 Feb. 22, 1856 July 13, 1866 July 26, 1860 Dec. 27, 1854 Mar. 28, 1861 Apr. 27, 1861 Dec. 29, 1861 Nov. 13, 1862 Mar. 20. 1855 Oct. 26, 1866 Mar. 5, 1856 Nov. 29, 1854 Mar. 1, 1863 May 13, 1860 May 13, 1858 Dec. 8, 1856 Mav 19, 1856 Feb. 24, 1860 Sept. 21, 1862 Apr. 24, 1860 Sept. 12, 1854 Dec. 29, 1860 Aug. — , 1859 Mar. 15, 1862 Nov. 21, 1860 Mar. 28, 1865 Aug. 3, 1862 Oct. 2, 1860 Nov. 23, 1862 Mar. 27, 1858 July 31, 1854 May 11, 1860 Oct. 10, 1862 Mav 11, 1864 Dec. 18, 1855 Dec. 28, 1858 May 30, 1858 % < ! ■■3 9 Is e H : o < z 5 1 C -i II 0. E - ■5 E H e - C "e a W A ri ■J. = Eta a H .r ri 3- 3 "bo B ■i £ £i5 is J - i H q>2 7- 5 > p- B < -5 < a h5 5 w a: J (* 5 .2 E <• = J: li | E c ri S B 03 O ri !z 5 < ll T2 << O ft d ft h : S B ft is - 05 5 J > 5 6 1 MANSFIELD SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL. 491 C Attended Mansfield B. < Nor. School one year. ( Is now teaching. " ( Attending Mansfield S. 1 Normal Sohool. ( Attending Mansfield S. t Normal Sohool. Living in a private family J Married George Oorwln, I a farmer. With her mother. Married Mr. King. Mansfield. Steumburgh. Le Roy. Jersey Shore. Jersey Shore.... Limestone. Limestone. Lock Haven. Towanda. W. Burlington. Cogau Valley. Mansfield. Ansonia. Ansonia. Ansonia. Canton. Canton. Wellsborongh. Wellsborough. Le Roy. Westfield. Jersey Shore. Tioga. Tioga. Mansfield. Wellsborough. Wellsborough. Mansfield. Mansfield. Somer's Lane. Somer's Lane. Wellsborough. Sheshequin. White's Corners. Cogan Valley. Greenwood. » WilliamRport. Wellsborough. Highland. Golden Hill. Golden Hill. Golden Hill. Brock Port. Le Roy. Knoxville. Pike Mills. Pike Mills. Coudersport. Coudersport. New Era. Somer's Lane. 6 ■s a 5 © <-> a >. SO H. -■ a p < 9 ■ I a p O III 03 o O 8) ui'V > ooSS o JO % ^ 3 i 8 $0 Apr. 20, 1874 Oct. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 Dec. 10, 1874 Dec. 10, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Nov. 1, 1870 Sept. 5, 1868 Mar. 6, 1873 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1871 May 4, 1872 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 15, 1874 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1870 Dec. 17, 1872 Nov. 12, 1873 June 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 28, 1869 Sept. 28, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Nov. 17, 1873 Sept. 7, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Oct. 1, 1867 Nov. 12, 1869 Sept. 9. 1868 Nov. 12, 1869 Sept. 1, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Jan. 29, 1874 Jan. 5, 1871 June 30, 1873 Nov. 17, 1*73 Oct. 13, 1875 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 Sept. 1, 1K73 Sept. 1. 1873 Mar. 13, 1875 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 1, 1873 Oct. 1, 1867 June 1, 1868 June 1, 1868 Sept. 9, 1869 Sept. 9, 1869 Sept. 21, 1874 Nov. 12, 1872 Apr. 21, 1869 Aug. 9, 1861 Mar. 3, 1861 Jan. 18, 1860 Apr. 21, 1858 May 25, 1856 June 14, 1859 June 23, 1861 Aug. 5, 1863 June 21, 1861 June 5, 1856 Aug. 17, 1864 June 20, 1856 June 20, 1861 Sept. 28, 1863 Nov. 14, 1861 Dec. 5, 1859 Sept. 2, 1860 Feb. 9. 1863 Aug. 25, 1862 Apr. 28, 1860 May 20, 1857 May 18, 1863 Sept. 11, 1854 Oct. 19, 1860 July 10, 1861 May 4, 1863 Apr. 1, 1858 Jan. 8. 1861 Jan. 10. 1854 Sept. 19, 1862 May 16, 1853 May 26, 1861 Oct. 5, 1860 Aug. 27, 1859 Jan. 4, 1862 July 5, 1859 June 29, 1862 May 5, 1859 July 21, 1865 Feb. 12, 1861 Jau. 14, 1863 Jan. 31, 1859 Dec. 14, 1863 Jan. 18, 1862 Oct. 20, 1858 May 3, 1861 Mav 6, 1863 Apr. 17, 1863 Dec. 25, 1854 Jan. 4, 1853 June 13, 1S56 Sept. 14, 1862 Jau. 13, 1859 Dec. 9, 1859 Oct. 14, 1860 Oct. 12, 1851 B Us #1 p \i i 3 li I 5 i' - °1 :- 9 i. i s : \ i i [i if l« j -. : f. - i i 1 [. if i it ii l- '- 7 - i i" jf j - - SB - _ 2 SB '_■- - "l-J a ;'_ it 1 a | is »' jo 7- 10 i r h, : :: is 3 5 j -j ie : .0 1 J- \i .■j i D f - -' .0 il i" la k I j i' .-j is : '.'J X7 c i ! '- I ■j '- t "i E i " c ": E 'i E 1 - E i S " - > B : j p' < i 1 i 1 : 492 PENJSTA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. go* M < J3 i Post Office Address when at Home. t. :"< 5 .3 'R.g.S M £2 (§2 o « m H CS » o p ft o H EH ■< ft K H fi M O o E-i << OJ K «i 4 H o >"5 ? a* ft « O H EH go CO S3 EH 6 H w P5 ft 1 ft . ft o M « •w 1 Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. HslSssS | Apr. 21 Apr. 14 Jan. 16 Sept. 2 Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Oct. 15 >> ft . o a m E-t H M Jan. 14, 1857 Feb. 23, 1860 Aug. 2, 1860 July 29, 1857 Feb. 4, 1859 Feb. 5, 1865 June 16, 1860 Feb. 2, 1860 Apr. 15, 1864 PUPILS' NAMES. g J si? ^3 "3 S ssfsfs 4 * „-■< " III 3 i INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, ]HE West Philadelphia Industrial School, situated at the N. W. corner of Thirty-ninth and Pine Streets, Philadel- phia, was incorporated March 30, 1858. It is conducted by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and has for its espe- cial object the training'of girls in habits of piety and industry. Pupils are received, without distinction of creed, from the ages of seven to eighteen years, provided they bear a good moral character. Every care is taken to impart a solid English education, and form their young minds to the practice of virtue. Habits of order and neatness are inculcated, and no effort spared to render them useful and accomplished members of society. The course of instruction comprises orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, history, composition, and music. The pupils are required to devote a certain portion of the day to acquiring a knowledge of every kind of work suitable to their sex, such as dress- and shirt-making, embroidery on linen, silk, and flan- nel, use of sewiDg-machine, artificial-flower making, gold embroidery, tapestry work, washing and ironing, baking, and every kind of do- mestic work. In April, 1870, twelve soldiers' orphans were placed in the insti- tution by Mrs. E. W. Hutter, Lady Inspector of Soldiers' Orphan Schools, and later in the same year eleven more were admitted, and enjoyed all the advantages of the school. Of these, several have left the institution, having attained the age of sixteen. Some were returned to their relatives, and for others were procured situations as dress-makers, &c. We have now in the school five soldiers' orphans. Two will complete their time the present year, being nearly sixteen years of age. The average number of children is from seventy-five to eighty. The institution is supported by the tuition paid for pupils and by the work of the inmates. 493 494 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, eg m OS fc % p b O « O |5. Sid g o n « K w K B SO §*£ «}° H a a ■£ £ a ■£ S, > £• B*p*p*&,PhP*Cui1iSph^[73coii,PhP*PhPh!1iI1,Sli|1OS5.ai: ~ •- i § g 5 g MMt>ouHsiw3sBBaaas6oo'0'cQ£o5cQCQ w H D CQ H o < Q, PC J P «! Dh h BUTLER ORPHAN HOME. HIS Home is situated on one of the many beautiful hills that surround Butler, the county-seat of Butler county. Notwithstanding the many fine residences in and about the borough, the Home on the old McCall hill, with its beautiful lawn shaded with trees, surpasses them all. The main building is of brick, very substantially built forty years ago by Mr. McCall, father of the well-known General McCall, a wealthy mer- chant. of Philadelphia, for a summer residence for himself and family. Tradition says that the " natives " looked on with gaping astonish- ment as the carpenters toiled at the great wonder. Philadelphia, at that day, was a long ways off, and mountains and forests intervened between that city and the rude little log-built town ; and it is not sur- prising that its people looked upon the gray-haired old man, building a mansion of unheard-of dimensions, with feelings akin to the ante- diluvians who ridiculed Noah and his ark. The aged McCall, how- ever, having in view his own comfort and that of his family, and also the improvement of his extensive landed property in the country, completed his work. He was building wiser than he knew, though he lived but a few summers to enjoy this home. The property, pass- ing through several hands, finally became a home for the homeless. Truly man proposes, but God disposes. The property was bought by the St. Paul's Classis of the Reformed Church ; and on December 10, 1867, was dedicated as an Orphan Home, on which occasion the Rev. Geo. B. Russell presided, and performed the act of dedication. Addresses were also delivered by Revs. T. J. Barkley, F. K. Levan, and Wm. M. Landis. 495 496 PENNA, SOLDIEES' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. The object of its founders was to provide for the maintenance and Christian training of orphan children — principally of the Reformed Church; and also to care for destitute orphans of every class. Applications for admittance are made to the Board of Directors, and children are received by indenture — the boys to twenty-one, and the girls to eighteen years of age. This enables the authorities of the Home to again indenture them, when suitable places can be found, and to retain the guardianship over them till of age. This Home has had under its care, from its origin, a goodly num- ber of soldiers' orphans, for whose education and maintenance the State has provided under its noble soldiers' orphan system. Thus it will be seen that there have been supported in this institution, hitherto, two classes of children — the soldiers' orphans, supported by the State, and other orphans, supported by charity ; and yet no distinction is made, except it be that the State children are not re- quired to work during school hours.. The government here is mild, yet firm. The importance of self- government is earnestly impressed upon the minds of the children, and with encouraging success. Though this Home is owned and sustained in great part by the Reformed Church, yet many valuable contributions are made by members of other churches. Thus far it has been nobly sustained. It has been necessary to do little else than to let its wants be known, to insure the assistance needed. Rev. C. A. Limberg, of Butler, was its first Superintendent. In the spring of 1871 he resigned, and Rev. J. B. Thompson, of Day- ton, Ohio, the present incumbent, was elected his successor in April, and entered upon his duties on the 1st of June of -the same year. BOAKD OF DIRECTOES. President. Eev. Thomas J. Barkley. Secretary. T. J. Craig, Esq. Treasurer. B. Wolff, Jr., Esq. BUTLER ORPHAN HOME. 497 Rev. J. W. Alspach, " J. Hannabery, " E.H.Dieffenbacher " I.F.Snyder, Rev. D. D. Leberman, " J. W. Love, " T. F. Stouffer, " D.S.Dieffenbacher Mr. C. Siebert. C. M. Boush, Esq., W. H. Brill, M. D., Mr. Joseph Cort, " W. E. Schmertz, Executive Committee. Rev. T. J. Barkley, W. E. Schmertz, T. J. Craig, Esq., P. Keil, W. H. Brill, M. D. Superintendent. Rev. J. B. Thompson. Matron. Mrs. Jennie P. Thompson. The following list includes the former, as also the present, teachers and employees of the Home, viz.: Mr. F. A. Limberg, " E. H. Diehl, Teachers. Mr. J. S. Phillippe, Miss Emma T. Keck, " D. K. Fulcason, " Mary C. Grubbs, Mr. A. W. H. Martin. Matrons. Mrs. Barbara Hiesley, Mrs. Susan Limberg. Seamstresses. Mrs. Harriet Caffey, Miss Lizzie Martin, Miss Emma Miller, Miss Maggie Troutman, " Barbara Cradle, " A. B. Thompson, Miss Saidie Carson. Miss Lizzie Sechler, " Nancy Berry, " Lizzie Gills, General House-work. Miss Priscilla Neyman, " Rachel Johnston, " Nancy Sechler, Miss Caroline Burr. Miss Kate Baddar, " Kate Troutman, " Lina Neyman, Male Attendants and Farmers. Mr. J. M. Boyd, Mr. M. Dufford, Mr. Otho F. Thompson 32 498 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. 03 Farming at $15 per mo. Employed in livery sta. With his mother. With his mother. With his mother. Farming. Employed in livery Bta. Teaming at $25 per mo. Farming. Farming. Farming at $18 per mo. Farming at $18 per mo. Farming at $18 pernio. Farming at $18 per mo. Learning carpentering. Pumping oil, $3 per day. Clerk, at $22 per mo. Collier. C Accidentally killed in a < coal mine, during va- t cation, 1872. Married to a Mr. Wilson. Atten'g Sagamore S.N.S. Post Office Address when at Home. Texas. Butler. Butler Delmont. Butler Glade Mills. Rural Village. Rural Village ... Butler. Whitestown. Whitestown. Lamertine. Lamertine. Delmont. Butler. Butler. Sarversville. Sarversville. Butler Butler. Butler. Stewardstown... Brady's Bend. . . Brady's Bend... Butler Butler. Modoc City. W. Sunbury .... W. Sunbury .... W. Sunbury Clay. Petrolia. Modoc City. Rural Village. Rural Village. Butler. H <5 M o a o o H EH «( ft M H P M O o ; t>» ; **>:::: • • ; JO ; ! * : = ■ ■ • ja ;4o | -« « IS • '• ■ ill-*; i 1 " ^"* .' ; : : o. : : : :< : : o. : : Mar. 18, 1874 Apr. 22, 1874 Dec. 15, 1870 ti • ■ • e : : : < : : : 2 '-* ■ O H ft « H : : : :©o : : : : : i I -no : : : : CO M H &H GO o H w P3 W 1 ; • • • tj) ti ■ • • ■ : • ■ ■ 3 3 • • • • : : : :^j= : : : : ; : : :,&§, ; : : : : : : :3!3 : : : : : : : :^^ : : : : '. i '. '. a ; ; : : : m : H O H : \6 \ '••i '• i« : : :'■<"■< : :'|w« ■ : : : : d d : : : : : : : : * £ : : : : : : : ;i=i= : : : I : : : ••J : : H i : :® : : :^ : : i* : : :^ : Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. June 25, 1868 Mar. 21, 1868 June 1, 1869 Sep. 10, 1868 Mar. 25, 1868 Mar. 25, 1868 Oct. 25, 1871 Sept. 10; 1868 Feb. 23, 1872 June 29, 1868 June 8, 1872 Feb. 13, 1868 Sept. 15, 1868 Apr. 28, 1868 Apr. 28, 1868 Feb. 20, 1868 Sept. 7, 1869 Sept. 7, 1869 June 26, 1871 Sept. 1, 1874 Feb. 23, 1872 Sept. 3, 1875 July 15, 1871 Apr. 1, 1869 June 29, 1868 Nov. 28, 1871 Nov. 28, 1871 Jan. 14, 1868 Jan. 14, 1868 Feb. 14, 1868 Feb. 14, 1868 Apr. 13, 1869 Apr. 13, 1869 Sept. 1, 1875 Feb. 3, 1868 Feb. 3, 1868 Mar. 19, 1868 Sept. 8, 1871 Nov. 29, 1867 Nov. 29, 1867 Sept. 10, 1868 June 29, 1868 Jan. 8, 1872 Nov. 16, 1875 Apr. 28, 1868 Apr. 28, 1868 Sept. 19, 1872 Date of Birth. July 15, 1854 Oct. 19, 1856 Feb. 3, 1855 July 4, 1857 Feb. 1, 1864 Apr. 16, 1860 July 30, 1859 May 3, 1857 Sept. 1, 1862 Dec. 25, 1856 Oct. 2, 1858 Apr. 22, 1860 Dec. 16, 1857 Jan. 22, 1864 Oct. 12, 1857 July 27, 1861 July 20, 1860 Apr. 14, 1858 Feb. 6, 1863 Oct. 12, 1865 Dec. 30, 1860 June 20, 1863 July 15, 1863 Mar. 5, 1858 18, 1861 13, 1859 25, 1861 6, 1860 27, 1857 23, 1860 18, 1858 22, 1858 6, 1860 18, 1861 15, 1854 July 20, 1858 May 25, 1858 May 26, 1858 Nov. 21, 1856 June 8, 1860 Dec. 20, 1858 Apr. 9, 1861 Mar. 29, 1862 Nov. 4, 1860 Jan. 15, 1862 Apr. 6, 1864 « £.§ 5.8 8 « p.0.0 8 Cf Be < 5: h- i. J 3,0,0.0 =- £- ^. c 33 a a jqooi; Dobson, Charles E. Earnest, Harry J. Grubbs, William J. George, Samuel H. S a£ HI McClure, Hugh C. McKinnis, Alex. Scott, McKinnis, John G. Mehrten, William 0. 1-5 ►dj" 3-5" a ■•o w ge- 1 OtS;2 Peters, Daniel, Steel, Reuben H. Steel, Ephraim J. Smith, Garrett W. Smith, William L. Know, ueorge M. Snow, Simon H. Shultz, Oscar L. Shultz, Charles E. Stonebraker, Sanford E. Timblin, Monroe, lis* o 3 £ *^f» 3*5 > o, !4*f-! 3 SSI .gel Dobson, Nancy G. Grubbs, Mary C. a rf 3 - i OK t I a < a 3 a a 1 1 ST . PAUL'S ORPHANS' HOME, BUTLER. 499 pam»5o»J!z; "& a. a — — ■— > ^ CO »4 GO GO CO fc ** S 3 - S S '3 CSMiS «-*^-*' SQOco^a-< «j g a -; ;* --S S.S a ° a o S fl C us 3 ST. JOHN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM. HE St. John's Orphan Asylum for boys was founded in the year 1829, by the Rev. John Hughes, Pastor of St. John's Church, Philadelphia, and afterwards Archbishop of New York. A small house was rented in Prune Street, within the limits of the city proper, where a few destitute orphan children were sheltered. In 1832 the number of orphans had so increased as to necessitate their removal to a larger and more commodious building on Broad Street, north of Chestnut ; and in the following year they were placed in the spacious Gothic mansion on Chestnut Street, east of Thirteenth, which had been purchased for that purpose. Previous to 1833, the whole burden and responsibility of the work rested upon its most reverend founder, but at this date a charter was obtained, and the institution placed under the efficient care of a Board of nine managers. It having become evident to the management that a country resi- dence would be more desirable than one in the city, the Chestnut Street property was sold, and thirteen acres of land were purchased, on Westminster Avenue, near Forty-eighth Street, West Philadelphia. On this beautiful site the present commodious buildings, capable of accommodating three hundred and fifty orphans, were erected, in 1851-52, at a cost of nearly fifty thousand dollars. The main build- ing, which is two hundred and fourteen feet in length by sixty feet in depth, contains kitchen, diniug-room, refectories, chapel, private parlor, reception parlors, class-rooms, dormitories, infirmary, the Sisters' sleeping apartments, and servants' bedrooms. At each end of the main building is a wing, forty feet in length, in which are 500 st. john's orphan asylum. 501 contained the washroom, bakery, and additional class-rooms and dormitories. One of the consequences of the late war, it is well known, was to greatly increase the number of orphans, and although Government and State provision was generously made for them, before it could be put into effect, a large number of our soldiers' orphans were here received and cared for. Their number may be estimated to have been over one hundred, exclusive of the fifty-one soldiers' orphans placed in the institution and paid for by the State. Of these latter, but two remain, the rest having been returned to their friends, or placed in positions to do for themselves. The average number of orphans during the past twelve years has been about three hundred and thirty, who are cared for and in- structed in the branches of an ordinary English education by fifteen Sisters of St. Joseph. 502 PENNA. SOLDIERS* ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M | With mother. With mother. With sister. Died Jan. 28, 1869. ■i In grocery bus. on Mar- L fcet, near 22d Street. Died Jan. 28, 1868. Farming. With mother. With mother. With mother. (With Michael Keegan, 1 a stone-mason, N. 4th ( Street. With mother. With - mother. With mother. With mother. With mother. Died Mar. 20, 1868. Died May 20, 1866. With mother. Died July 4, 1872. Died Mar. 20, 1868. C Mechanio ; earning $10 I per month. Died May 22, 1869. With mother. [St. With his uncle, 704 Enue With mother. With mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. Philadelphia.... Philadelphia.... doylestown. Wilkesbarre .... White Haven . . . Philadelphia.... Philadelphia. Philadelphia.... Philadelphia 'hiladelphia. Philadelphia Philadelphia. Philadelphia.... Philadelphia. Philadelphia.... Lancaster. Allegheny City, Allegheny City. Philadelphia. Philadelphia.... Philadelphia Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Lancaster. j,,JJJj d Pottsville. Philadelphia Philadelphia. 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July 28, 1866 July 28, 1866 Apr. 17, 1873 Nov. 19, 1866 Nov. 19, 1866 Mar. 15, 1867 Mar. 15, 1867 June 19, 1866 Sept. 12, 1865 June 18, 1866 Sept. 12, 1865 Feb. 18, 1867 Aug. 16, 1866 Mar. 20, 1868 Aug. 26, 1867 July 15, 1865 Sept. 21, 1872 Sept. 1, 1868 Sept. 1, 1868 July 24, 1866 May 10, 1866 May 10, 1866 Nov. 25, 1865 Nov. 25, 1865 Sept. 16, 1871 Sept. 16, 1871 Apr. 28, 1868 Apr. 28, 1868 Dec. 22, 1866 June 29, 1866 June 29, 1866 Sept. 16, 1865 Sept. 16, 1865 Dec. 8, 1865 Dec. 11, 1865 Jan. 8, 1866 June 20, 1864 June 29, 1874 Aug. 12, 1865 Apr. 30, 1870 Nov. 25, 1865 Nov. 25, 1865 Feb. 6, 1866 Feb. 6, 1866 Aug. 16, 1866 Aug. 13, 1865 Apr. 15, 1872 Sept. 14, 1865 Sept. 14, 1865 & . o a Nov. 18, 1859 Oct. 1, 1862 Mar. 28, 1862 Oct. 8, 1857 Nov. 17, 1861 Aug. 1, 1856 Dec. 4, 1859 July 6, 1856 Oct. 13, 1860 Sept. 21, 1855 Jan. 1, 1854 Mar. 7, 1859 Sept. 1, 1856 June 25, 1860 Dec. 1, 1857 Sept. 26, 1858 Oct. 1, 1861 Mar. 9, 1857 Sept. 18, 1855 Nov. 13, 1857 Mar. 18, 1858 May — , 1859 Mar. 20, 1853 Sept. 3, 1857 Nov. 26, 1859 Apr. 18, 1862 Oct. 22, 1859 Aug. 24, 1860 Mar. 5, 1860 Nov. 15, 1853 Nov. 17, 1859 Apr. 14, 1858 July 7, 1860 May 8, 1857 Aug. 31, 1860 Aug. 15, 1854 Apr. 20, 1856 Aug. 6, 1858 June 11, 1860 May 15, 1860 Mar. 31, 1860 July 10, 1856 GO 0>0 sa^sls 1 1( 1 | a 3 d 3 5 a - 3 q a a J a' a 1 a. 3 i 3 3 5 a \ i I a J s a a a •3 a V a a ° | 2 | In | A 3 f a a a a S J El ] a $ s DJ J a J 3 a - J a a I' i. 3 i a. 3 7: 3 '.a" if c"|.t 3a; • Co 1 3HOC \l i U 3 5C jj- 3, 3 J - - r. a" 3 ,C l-i. ! - a St at 3" 3 if 3 : It i 5 3 i ?c 3 - 3 3 3a 3 fl : | 3 Eh CATHOLIC HOME. HE Catholic Home for the protection and maintenance of orphan and destitute children, located at 1720 Race Street, Philadelphia, was instituted in the year 1863. It was a 13} necessity caused by the late civil war. The strife had scarcely commenced, when large numbers of children sought protec- tion in the asylums already existing. The fathers of many were killed ; in some cases the mothers died, or were sick and unable to provide for them, and in other cases the demoralizing effects of the war made them forgetful of the welfare and protection of their chil- dren. To remedy, in a measure, the condition of these helpless little ones, the Catholic Home was opened for their protection. In September, 1864, the first child was received, and up to the present time seven hundred and twenty-three children have been admitted and provided for by the institution. The Catholic Home is under the charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who devote their entire services to the instruction, education, and care of the children. It is supported by voluntary contributions and the payment of a small stipend by the relatives of children who can afford to pay. The course of instruction embraces a plain English education, namely : orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, his- tory, composition, and music. They are also taught sewing, embroid- ery, fancy needlework, and the use of the sewing-machine ; washing, ironing, baking, cooking, and all the duties of domestic house-work. Of the above number of children, twenty-nine have been received under the auspices of the Soldiers' Orphan Department of the State, and have been paid for by the Commonwealth. Most of them have arrived at the age of sixteen years, the time appointed for their leav- ing the institution, and have been provided with trades or situations. Some have been returned to their mothers, who, after investigation, were found to be reliable and correct and able to maintain them. Of the children placed in the Home by the Department, only four remain, all of whom will be sixteen years of age in 1876, and entitled to their discharge. ■ . 503 504 PENNA. SOLDIERS ORPHAN SCHOOLS, 02 M Pn 3 M» U b .= - Returned to her mother. Shoe-binder. Returned to her mother. Now a child's-nurse. Returned to her guar- dian. Vest-maker. Returned to hermother. Dressmaking. Returned to her mother. Dressmaking. Returned to her mother. Going to school. Returned to her mother. Going to school. At domestic service. Returned to her mother, dressmaker, domestic service, domestic service. Returned to her mother. 1 is [learning dressmaking. Entered a Religious Community of Sisters. Returned to her mother. ieturned to her mother. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. £ > !S 22 S!c2 3 9 5 6 9 • •»i • S'ai 91a ■• .-jald MM ■s . . eo ■;«« ^ S S S gSif.fSjjj'sS'jSu';^ .•^5 .^ £ t^ .t: ^ ~ ~ .~ ~ ^ t-. *P> *k a a c a a >>E2 -^ P,^ a a~~ JdtT ^««J3J3 .d-d-d .d O o c OqjdEi se OJJOJ rieij:x! PhP PhSEPhCl, PmPhCh Oh Q O O O Jpjgg JOPhhhBPhJ JChPh H C5 M w : i> : SI : Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. £g SSSgS §§£ § to » S cDgSSSsSlgSgotooog £ > j= d d g>.p § c J2? « £> .&> ir g>g>ds>>g>dadd§««t3d Kfc b ►» i-s < fu Hjh,^ -i) i-j 1-5 ►, SSi-j^laSi^i^Qi^^fefeQi? Eh . OS ft" d x> Sf £ a " ° p g g ■§ * S. € o °S d ~ ° " ° *" * ~ c?^ * c a. i-sfci -< [2i i-s Ta i-a BSfs CO < Cm O ►sC-fli-s'-sOi^^PuHjKfe&Hi-a"': & > < !z 5 h P P 3 i H 2 A H 3 ■( C 1 r P >- c ,i a z K. a ] c p 1 t "t H P c 1 ; e c £ c u < 2 i £ 2 c c e < > < ~ < 6 pi b c X C pi < > -d CC ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE S situated in Westmoreland county, Pa., forty miles east of Pittsburgh, two miles from Latrobe, and one from Beatty Station. The location is elevated and healthy, commanding an extensive view of the beautiful ranges of the Chestnut Ridge from the north and east, and from the south and west of the fruitful, undulating country for which the county is so celebrated. The buildings are spacious and commodious. This institution was founded, in 1846, by the Rt. Rev. Boniface Wimmer, O. S. B., of St. Vincent Abbey, and incorporated with powers to confer degrees, by an act of the legislature of the 28th of April, 1870. It is conducted by the Benedictine fathers. At present there are thirty-seven professors, many of whom are graduates of the best European universities. There are four distinct courses of studies — the Theological, the Philosophical, the Classical, and the Commercial, besides an Ele- mentary school for beginners. The Theological course occupies three years. It embraces Dog- matic and Moral Theology, Church History, Exegesis, Canon Law, Liturgy, Hermeneutics, and Homiletics. The Philosophical course is completed in two years, embracing Mental and Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Mathematics, including Analytical Geometry, Differential Calculus, Astronomy, Evidences, Hebrew, and Latin and Greek continued. The Classical course comprises five regular classes, each lasting one year. Greek is taken up with the third year of Latin. The Commercial course embraces Religious Instruction, Orthog- raphy, Penmanship, Reading, English Grammar, Composition, Elo- 505 506 PENJSTA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. cution, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Book-keeping, Commer- cial Law, Geography, History, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry. It is completed in three years. The Elementary school affords boys an excellent opportunity of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the elementary principles of the English and German languages. The greatest facilities are offered for the cultivation of music. Vocal and instrumental music, harmony, arrangement in all its parts, Gregorian choral, aesthetics of music and acoustics, and musical compo- sition throughout, receive the attention of the most able professors. Instruction is given on eighteen different musical instruments. The degrees of Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Music are conferred after satisfactory examinations in the graduating department. The students of the college are divided, according to their ages, into three classes, each of which has its own- study -hall and dormi- tory, and is under the control of two prefects. There are at present over three hundred students frequenting the college. This number will be greatly increased when the additional buildings now in progress of erection are completed. The institution possesses two libraries, one numbering over twelve thousand volumes ; the other, which is exclusively for the use of the students, over eighteen hundred volumes. An excellent chem- ical and philosophical apparatus is for the use of more advanced students. Large and beautiful collections of European and Amer- ican plants, shells, fossils, coins, etc., are preserved in the cabinet. Nineteen fatherless children of deceased Roman Catholic soldiers have been received into this institution, sixteen of whom have been discharged on age; two were discharged on order, and one yet remains. The State paid for their support here the same as were paid to the advanced soldiers' orphan schools. FACULTY. President. Et. Rev. Boniface Wimmer, 0. S. B. Vice-President. Rev. Hilary Ppr^ngle, O. S. B., Professor of Dogmatic Theology. st. Vincent's college. 507 V. Rev. Innocent Wolf, O. S. B., Professor of Moral Theology, Introduction to Holy Scriptures, and Liturgy. Eev. Andrew Hintenach, O. S. B., Professor of Christian Doctrine, Latin, History, and Arithmetic. Eev. Luke Wimmer, O. S. B., Professor of Exegesis. Eev. Ignatius Trueg, O. S. B., Director and Professor of Music. Eev. Adalbert Mueller, O. S. B., Professor of Logic, Metaphysics, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural Phi- losophy, and Chemistry. Eev. John B. Sommer, O. S. B., Professor of Church History, Homiletics, Hermeneutics, Mathematics, Painting, and Drawing. Eev. Aloysius Gorman, O. S. B., Professor of Christian Doctrine, Ehetoric, English Grammar and Compo- sition, Elocution, Arithmetic, and English Penmanship. Eev. Eaymond Daniel, O. S. B., Professor of History and Music. Eev. Leo Haid, O. S. B., Professor of English Grammar and Composition, Elocution, Commercial Law, and Book-keeping. Eev. Aurelius McMahon, O. S. B., Professor of Evidences and Principles of Christianity, Christian Doctrine, Latin, Greek, French, and History. Eev. Augustine Schneider, O. S. B., Professor of Hebrew. Eev. Cornelius Eckel, O. S. B., Professor of Christian Doctrine, Geometry, Algebra, and Music. 508 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. Eev. Wenceslas Kocarnick, O. S. B., Professor of Christian Doctrine, Bible History, German, Arithmetic, Painting and Drawing, and German Penmanship. Eev. Edwin Pierron, O. S. B., Professor of Christian Doctrine, Latin, English Grammar and Composi- tion, Arithmetic, and History. Eev. Dominic Block, O. S. B., Professor of Latin, Book-keeping, Eeading, and Spelling. Eev. Melchior Eeichert, 0. S. B., Professor of Music and English Penmanship. Eev. Nepomucene ^Leger, O. S. B., Professor of Music. Eev. Albert Eobrecht, O. S. B., Professor of Vocal Music and Prefect of Music. Eev. Anthony Wirtner, O. S. B., Professor of German and Geography. Eev. Frederick Hozsel, O. S. B., Professor of Geography. Bede Hipelius, O. S. B., Professor of Book-keeping. Joseph Keller, O. S. B., Professor of Latin. Sigfried Klima, Professor of Greek and Music. Casimir Elsesser, O. S. B., Professor of English Grammar. Stephen Lyons, O. S. B., Professor of English Grammar and Composition, Eeading and Spelling. st. Vincent's college. 509 Adolph Wessling, O. S. B., Professor of Greek and German. Louis Haas, O. S. B., Professor of German. Timothy Blasius, 0. S. B., Professor of Beading and Spelling. Wilfried Schmidt, O. S. B., Professor of German. Cyril Kettger, O. S. B., Professor of German and Geography. Boniface Wirtner, O. S. B., Professor of English Grammar. Patrick McFadden, O. S. B. Professor of Latin and Geograph* Hugh McCauley, O. S. B., Professor of English Penmanship. Henry Hohmann, O. S. B., Professor of Latin and German Penmanship. Severin Laufenberg, 0. S. B., Professor of Greek and German. Secretary, Eev. Aloysius Gorman, 0. S. B. 510 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS, ■gg-a E-i 5 W ^ H a 9 •? S SfS 'S a a -Q •S SS 5 -a ■- a .a % .3 <*> 2 tCWartrt to bO fcO bfi o "2 bo £> « to bo fcc © ' to go ' Jr So S £r »cfe 5 )HeflariSa M lit* IN o£8 ORPHANS' HOME. HIS school is an adjunct to the Farm School at Zelienople, and was founded through the labors of the same benevo- lent individual. It is intended only for girls, and is also an industrial school. The buildings are large and well adapted for the purpose, and the situation is one of surpassing beauty. From the elevated situation, one can behold the placid waters of the beautiful Ohio for a distance of ten miles. To the right the Beaver River empties into the Ohio, and around the junc- tion of these rivers eight thriving towns are located. The Pitts- burgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad is located along the river, on which the iron horse is ever to be seen and heard, whilst on the river the steamboat rides majestically along its bosom. Here, in this enchanting spot, six of the orphan daughters of soldiers have happily found a quiet Christian home, where they have been edu- cated and trained for usefulness and happiness in time and in eternity. We give the names as follows, viz., Elizabeth Ashbaugh, Anna J. Holtzhower, Loretta A. Holtzhower, Mary L. Marquart, Beulah A. Thompson, Cornelia A. Thompson. 511 (( CHILDREN'S HOME," OF YORK. HE above institution was incorporated by the Legislature in February, 1865 ; its aim and object being to afford a place of shelter for destitute and friendless children, was entirely distinct from the State provision for soldiers' orphans, though Superintendent Burrowes at once proposed sending to it those of this class belonging to York county. A large house having been rented in a desirable location, its doors Were opened for the children May 1, 1865. On the eighteenth of the same month, the first family of soldiers' orphans was admitted. In this case, as in a number of others, the youngest child was sup- ported by the institution until it reached the age which entitled it to the State provision. During the first two years, owing to very limited accommodations, but thirty-one wards of the State were admitted, all very young. On April 1, 1867, the family was removed to the large, convenient building now occupied, which was erected on ground given by Mr. Samuel Small, and built under his direction, and principally at his expense. Since this period, soldiers' orphans have been assigned to this Home from York, Adams, Dauphin, and Cumberland counties, and have shared its fostering care. The Managers have preferred to have the boys transferred to other schools at eleven or twelve years of age, partly because of the diffi- culty in finding employment for them, and partly because by that time they generally require male government. Some of the boys have therefore been transferred each year, generally to White Hall. The same plan was at first pursued with the girls ; but, latterly, by the desire of the mothers, and with the consent of the State Super- 512 "CHILDREN'S HOME," OF YORK. 513 intendent, nearly all have been retained in the Home, where several have graduated with honor, two having entered normal schools. In mental training, lady-like deportment, skill in needle-work and household duties, these girls compare favorably with those in any of the schools. Five excellent physicians give their time and services gratuitously to the Home. It is a remarkable fact that, in a family usually num- bering from sixty to sixty-five, no death has ever occurred, and very little serious sickness. The present number of soldiers' orphans is ten girls and six boys — sixteen in all. Beside the regular teachers, much valuable gratuitous instruction is given by Mr. D. B. Prince, in higher English branches; Drs. Charles and Jane Garver, in physiology, with charts ; Prof. H. Bentz and Miss Schriver, in music and singing ; Prof. D. K. Noell, in cal- isthenics. Physicians. John Hay, M. D., dec'd, A. R. Blair, M. D., Jane Garver, M. D., E.H.Pentz,M.D.,dec'd, M. W. McKinnon, M. D. Jacob Hay, M. D., Charles Garver, M. D., Miss S. E. Thornbury, " Mary Anderson, Teachers. Miss Marion Stansbury, " M. J. Mifflin, Mr. D. K. Noell. Miss J. Russell, " L. Gable, Mrs. Catherine Stough, Miss Maggie Atchley, Matkoxs. Mrs. Elston, Miss Martha Smith, Miss Ellen Steuart. Miss Mary Isaacs, " S. E. Thornbury, Seamstress. Miss Elbe Motter. Employees in Kitchen and Laundry. Mrs Mary Berger, " Charlotte Ward, Mrs. Harriet Seitz, " C. Keiser, Mrs. M. Klinedinst, Miss Hannah Rosetta, Eva Zeigler, Ida Hevener. Man of all Work. Jacob Spiese. 33 514 PENNA. SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. M « a | & a a Post Office Address when at Home. No home. Wrightsville. Granite Hill. Granite Hill. Rossville. Rossville. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. Harrisburg. York. Harrisburg. York. York. Hellam. Hellam. Dauphin. Oxford. Harrisburg. York. Harrisburg. Latimer. Mount Wolf. Mount Wolf. Mount Wolf. York. Oxford. York. Mount Holly. Mount Holly. Chickies. Chickies. Chickies. York. York. Liverpool. Dillsburg. Hanover. York. Etters. Dauphin. Dauphin. Emigsville. Harrisburg. York. Wrightsville. Wrightsville. GO H Cs « 1 o H B «! ft W Q M O O Q ax r H ■< o ' O H • Si ax Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 3, 1875 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 1, 1874 Sept. 18, 1866 Sept. 18, 1866 Sepl. 18, 1866 Nov. — , 1865 May 27, 1868 May 27, 1868 Feb. 21, 1866 May 27, 1868 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1873 May 27, 1868 O ^ SB IB a IB Sept. 15, 1866 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept. 1, 1874 Feb. 28, 1866 Apr. 15, 1868 ax CO CO 02 aiS BO, 02 02 P3 H CO IZi 6 H H M- W a P A a 2 White Hall White Hall White Hall White Hall Emniaus Emmaus Emmaus Mount Joy White Hall White Hall Strasburg White Hall White Hall White Hall Womelsdorf White Hall MM 22 |s|S w 2 IS M White Hall White Hall White Hall Emmaus Emmaus w 2 !d S !3 S3 MM 23 P*pi MM 22 Is is H O 3 Date of Admission on Order OR BY Transfer. May 28, 1866 June 1, 1869 Jan. 1, 1871 Sept. 8, 1871 Sept. 15, 1869 Sept. 15, 1869 June 2, 1865 June 2, 1865 June 2, 1865 Aug. 29, 1865 May 29, 1867 May 18, 1865 June 20, 1865 Apr. 24, 1867 Apr. 24, 1867 Sept. 6, 1867 Sept. 11, 1871 Nov. 1, 1867 Sept. 8, 1874 . Jan. 18, 1869 Apr. 10, 1871 Aug. 11, 1873 May 3, 1875 May 3, 1875 Apr. 16, 1867 Aug. 30, 1866 Apr. 10, 1867 Sept. 5, 1867 Sept. 1, 1872 July 11, 1865 July 11, 1865 Apr. 2. 1867 Aug. 31, 1865 Aug. 31, 1865 Jan. 29, 1866 May 1, 1870 Mar. 20, 1871 May 15, 1875 Sept. 5, 1865 Apr. 22, 1869 Sept. 7, 1870 Sept. 2, 1867 Sept. 5, 1865 May 20, 1867 Mar. 18, 1875 June 7, 1865 Feb. 27, 1866 ft . (3* May 28, 1862 Jan. 3, 1865 Apr. 23, 1862 Aug. 4, 1863 Aug. 5, 1860 Oct. 14, 1862 May 1, 1859 Oct. 1, 1852 June 26, 1859 Apr. 5, 1856 Apr. 11, 1860 Aug. 21, 1857 July 7, 1859 May 15, 1857 Jan. 8, 1860 Dec. 18, 1859 Jan. 16, 1860 May 20, 1858 Apr. 23, 1868 Mar. 24, 1861 July 13, 1862 Feb. 27, 1863 Apr. 4, 1866 Apr. 4, 1866 Feb. 15, 1859 Apr. 4, 1857 Jan. 30, 1863 Oct. 3, 1862 Sept. 15, 1864 Apr. 6, 1858 Jan. 25, 1860 Mar. 10, 1862 Aug. 23, 1855 Oct. 28, 1857 June 6, 1856 Mav 6, 1863 July 1, 1862 July 22, 1866 Nov. 6, 1860 Mar. 2, 1862 Aug. 7, 1863 Feb. 17, 1863 Feb. 13, 1858 Mar. 9, 1858 Oct. — , 1867 Nov. 26, 1857 Sept. 12, 1859 < & P; ! 1 t 1 2 1 4 4 ) t 5= .c p ij i > sc = ps 5 c £ 5 c | c i a > >- I t. pc rz 6 PI U < i PI - 1 ps c C < £ j i a % It 1 i a. i > c 'I > I i (X - 'I I ■=. X OS PC c X a, DG pa i t > pi p£ * PC r I M M a | 5 = I $ $ p5 1 ]£ C 1 < a 2 2 a < CHILDEEN S HOME, YORK 515 a "w* < fl 3 6 a .1 • aa, S3 p " S = Sfe .0.0 .2.0.0, «2' > . .2 .2 .coo . . . .2 s - u S- 5 5.3"° "2 "" "* £ £ T 4 -> i* -M -M .M u -^p " ~ CT^t uZ fc" a o J? e 5 ^ « h ^> h cw t" ft k sS k> >« t« w ^ s H w (« ^ i« w t« ►< >i s >< j s t" ? £&. ?< J 4rf^3 t^i!--.")^ 03 -5 coin a! £!p ia £ !a bis i= >»^>*i*3 p p l* Q, >> t*> t*> j 500i-5H 5 oj^ < 5 z 6 < » ..J ~z ■- z a 5 z if c c i a I % a 6 > < J: K c- 5 4 1 I I 1 ■" S ORPHANS' FARM SCHOOL. HIS school is located at Zelienople, Butler county, and was established through the efforts of Kev. W. A. Passavant, D. D., of Pittsburgh, for the education and maintenance of orphan children. It is by its charter a church institu- tion of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, but is open to the admis- sion of all creeds and nationalities. The farm consists of four hundred acres of arable and wood land, in one of the most beautiful valleys in Western Pennsylvania. The buildings are very commo- dious and substantial, and the grounds around beautifully improved. In this school none but boys are admitted, who devote a portion of their time to the care and cultivation of the farm and gardens, and hence it is an industrial school. Here five soldiers' orphan boys have found a delightful home to which, while life lasts, they will look back with gratitude and love. "We give the names as follows, viz., William C. Davis, John G. F. Holtzhower, Eobert Montgomery, Frank Thompson, William H. Ashbaugh. At Nazareth Hall, Northampton county, two soldiers' orphans have been maintained and educated at the expense of the State, viz., Anthony M. Ely and Charles F. Phillips. The Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble - Minded Children, located at Media, Delaware county, has cared for thir- teen soldiers' orphans under the State orphan system. We give their names on the next page. 518 SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN. 519 KEMAEKS. Retained in Institution on Free Fund, ane, West Philadelphia. Doing well. Making wages in a grocery. 1 E a 'S'S fi mitted on State Beue- ficiary List, Oct. 1st, 1863. Transferred to Soldiers' Orphan Fund, Jan. 2d, 1871. Removed July lOtb, 1874, and retained on charity until Dec. 1874, when she was trans- ferred to Schuylkill . County Almshouse. Post Office Address WHEN AT Home. 3 | D a — : r r - S 5 c"S J 2 2 « 5122m ^3 .a . < a o 73 ft o H H ■4 ft « H R O o : oa : : :* : : * O O j j lag il t5 o w < < ftM H CO « W fa < « W a H . MS W o 3 65 £fa 3a : a.s i ag : HP : 2 3 3-5 '. ui : 'a ; m : ;| ; '.A '. :° : Date of Admission on Order or by Transfer. Jan. 1, 1867 Dec. 2, 1870 Feb. 9, 1872 Jan. 1. 1869 Mar. 12, 1869 Mar. 12, 1869 May 17. 1871 Nov. 13, 1867 Nov. 14', 1871 Dec. 24, 1866 Jan. 2, 1871 Oct. 21, 1873 Date op Birth. Oct. 1, 1852 Mar. 20, 1861 , 1861 Aug. 7, 1854 Oct. 13, 1857 Jan. 20, 1855 Nov. 18, 1860 Aug. 10, 1859 Apr. 2, 1862 Dec. 26, 1856 July 10, 1858 Jan". 18, 1864 t i i I i i (3 J H 3 H J 1 c C i - z - = A 3 l = : 3«l - 0) ill! s.2 [° }m OUT-DOOR RELIEF. THE law of 1867 required the Superintendent, in certain cases, to grant to destitute soldiers' orphans out-door relief, not exceeding thirty dollars a year to each child. The following statement shows what has been done under this provision of the law. NAMES. Date of Date of Admission DISCHARGES. Post-Office Address when NAME OF TRUSTEE. On Age at Birth. to Benefits. 16 Yeaes. On Order. at Home. Blair, James B. May 26, 1862 April 1, 1870 Philadelphia, Mrs. E. E. Hutter. Boyer, Jacob, July 3, 1864| Mar. 23, 1872 Aug. 31, 1875 Saltsburg, David S. Robinson, Esq. Benny, John H. Sept. 16, 1857 Sept. 1, 1872 Sept 16, 1873 Honesdale, Joseph Benny, Esq. Bricker, William H. Dec. 3, 1864 Dec. 1, 1872 Philadelphia, Henry A. Kncpley, Esq. Barker, Charles S. Dec. 24, 1860 Dec. 1, 1874 Dec. 24, 1876 Albion, Hon. O. Logan. Carter, Henry R. Aug. 19, 1865 • Sept. 1, 1872 Philadelphia, Mrs. Mary R. Welsh. Cannon, Charles F. May 9, 1858 Feb. 12, 1868 May 9, 1874 CouderBport, H. J. Olmstead, Esq. Dibble, Norton E. July 20, 1862 Feb. 18, 1876 Conneautville, Bradley W. Pond, Esq. Fuleomer, Norman E. Oct. 12, 1864 Sept. 3, 1875 Black Lick Stat'n, T. J. O'Harra, Esq.,dec'd. Garris, Francis S. Mar. 19 1863 Oct. 1, 1859 June 1, 1872 Clarksburg, Thomas Hart, Esq. Gardner, William B. Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 1, 1875 Harrisburg, Miss Caroline Gardner. Gardner, Henry, Jan. 1, 1861 Sept. 1, 1872 Harrishurg, Miss Caroline Gardner. Horner, Ananias, Nov. 2, 1857 June 1, 1870 June 1, 1872 Lancaster, Archibald "Warren, Esq. Harris, Nathan, June 2, 1857 June 1, 1871 June 1, 1872 Harrisburg, Rev. O. H. Miller. Hysong, Amos L. May 8, 1861 June 1, 1873 Armagh, Samuel W. Drips, Esq. Hunter, James V. B. Mar. 6, 1363 Nov. 1, 1874 Apollo, Rev. H. Magill. Joslin, Ellsworth E. May 26, 1863 Dec. 1,1874 Lundy's Lane, Hon. O. Logan. Kelly, Joseph M. Nov. 13, 1860 June 1, 1871 Nov. 13, 1876 Delmont, Rev. D. Harbison. Kelly, Newton C. Mar. 8, 1863 June 1, 1872 Saltsburg, W. C. Robinson, M.D. McGiffin, Andrew D. Feb. 23, 1856 April 1, 1870 Feb. 23, 1872 Bentleysville, Hon. A. J. Buffington. McGiffin, Emmit M. June 16, 1857 July 5, 1869 June 16, 1873 Bentleysville, Hon. A. J. BurBngton. McCrary, John G. Oct. 11,1860 June 1, 1872 Oct 11, 1875 Brush Valley, John M. Mack, Esq. Markley, George A. Oct. 28, 1861 June 1, 1871 Port Matilda, A. R. Barlow, Esq. Menser, David L. Mar. 8, 1861 Feb. 22, 1874 Armagh, Samuel W. Drips, Esq. Menser, Isaac E. Mar. 6, 1863 Feb. 22, 1874 Armagh, Samuel W. Drips, Esq. Prof. William K. Ford. Martin, Harry W. Jan. 10, 1861 June 1, 1873 Nov. 30, 1874 Pittsburgh, Penwell, George Mc. Mar. 17, 1863 June 1, 1370 Shippensburg, George Walters, Esq. Reem, John E. Aug. 22, 1863 Feb. 1, 1873 Brush Valley, Thompson McCrea, Esq. Wm. F. Lydick, Esq. Kodkey, Elmer A. May 2, 1863 Jan. 1, 1866 Mar. 1, 1876 Nolo, Sears, Stephen, Sept. 11, 1861 June 1, 1875 Buffalo, Maj. George X. Work. Taylor, John H. Nov. 3, 1S61 June 1, 1872 Richardsville.Va. Mrs. A. E. Taylor (mother) Wysotzkey, William May 22, 1861 April 12, 1866 May 31, 1872 Gettysburg, W.H.H. Wysotzkey, Esq. Wyaot, George W. Mar. 9, 1858 June 1, 1870 Mar. 9, 1874 Harrisburg, John W. Simonton, Esq. White, Wilson W. Oct. 20, 1860 June 1, 1874 Sept. 3, 1875 Salina, John Glass, Esq. *Bricker, Eliza K, June 1, 1863 April 1,1863 Harrisburg, Rudolph F. Kelker, Esq. Rev. E. W. Hutter, dee'd. Blair, Elizabeth M. May 1, 1856 April 1, 1870 May 1, 1872 Philadelphia, Boyer, Anna M. Feb. 3, 1862 Mar. 23, 1872 Aug. 31, 1875 Saltsburg, David S. Robinson, Esq. Benson, Edith N. Sept. 18, 1861 June 1, 1873 Lancaster, Hon. John B. Warfel. Barker, Clara M. Jan. 29, 1868 June 1, 1875 Albion, Hon. O. Logan. Clement, Martha E. Deo. 26, 1856 Mar. 8,1867 Dec. 26, 1872 Philadelphia, Oliver C. Nichols, Esq. Cannon, Frances L. Sept. 12, 1861 Feb. 12, 1868 Coudersport, H. J. Olmsted, Esq. Douds, Dela J. Mar. 29, 1861 June 1, 1873 Saltsburg, David S. Robinson, Esq. Fry, Hannah B. Oct. 28, 1856 May 1, 1870 Oct. 23, 1872 Ickeshurg, B. F. Barnhart, Esq. Ford, Annie J. L. Mar. 14, 1864 May 1, 1870 Colemansville, W. M. Cooper, Esq. jFetterman, Lucinda E. Nov. 19, 1862 Dec. 1,1872 Brush Valley, H. R. Tyson, Esq. Fetterman, Sarah E. Dec. 12, 1859 Dec. 1, 1872 Deo. 12, 1875 Brush Valley, H. R, Tyson, Esq. Floyd, Julia A. July 2, 1858 Sept. 23, 1873 July 2, 1874 E. Bethlehem, Lewis M. Clever, Esq. Green, Catherine, Oct, 12, 1859 April 17, 1866 Oct. 12, 1875 Philadelphia, Mrs. Elizabeth Connell. Green, Mary, June 22, 1857 April 17, 1866 June 22, 1873 Philadelphia, Mrs. Elizabeth Connell. Gardner, Ida M. Oct. 23, 1857 Sept. 1, 1872 Oct. 23, 1873 Harrisburg, Miss Caroline Gardner. Gallagher, Maggie, Oct. 6, 1859 June 1, 1873 Oct. 6, 1875 Doylestown, T. W. Baker, Esq. Gallagher, Emma, June 6, 1861 June 1, 1873 Doylestown, T. W. Baker, Esq. Granger, Clara A. Sept. 16, 1858 June 1, 1873 Sept. 16, 1874 Rush, O. W. Palmer, Esq. Godfery, Carrie J. April 21, 1863 Feb. 19, 1875 Albion, Hon. O. Logan Humphreys, E. H. Jan. 5, 1862 Dec. 1, 1872 Wakefield, Mrs. Rachel H. Stubbs, Hamilton, Clara, April 6, 1862 June 1, 1873 Penn Run, James Rugh, Esq. Hillyer, Malissa A. April 22, 1863 Dec. 1, 1874 Elk Creek, Hon. O. Logan. Hill, Susan E. Oct. 18, 1862 June 1, 1 375 May 31, 1876 Nolo, William F. Lydick. Esq. Kelly, Augusta L. June 20, 1861 June 1, 1872 Saltsburg, W. C. Robinson, M.D. Knipe, Mary C. May 17, 1857 Feb. 1, 1873 June 1, 1873 Lebanon, I. B. Good, Esq. McNiell, Annie C. Feb. 20, 1862 April 20, 1868 North East Hon. M. B. Lowery, McGiffin, Florence L. Sept. 8, 1868 April 1, 1870 Sept. 8, 1S74 Bentleysville, Hon. A. J. Buffington. McGiffin, Mary A. April 22, 1859 July6, 1869 April 22, 1875 J'.iiiili'vsville, Hon. A. J. Buffington. Wallace De Witt, Esq. McGarr, Clara R. Jan. 20, 1862 Mar. 1, 1870 Enterline, Moore, Ella May, April 6, 1S64 Dec. 1, 1871 Sept 9, 1872 Butler, C. E. Anderson, Esq. :w.'\\ illiains, Rosetta C. Oct. 12, 1858 June 1, 1872 Oct. 12, 1874 Saltsburg, William 1. Sterrett, Esq. Mickerell, Sarah W. May 10, 1865 Sept. 19, 1872 Brush Valley, Josiah Fee, Esq. McCrary, Isabella J. Dec. 28, 1862 June 1, 1872 Brush Valley, John M. Mack, Esq. William Overdorf, Esq. Overdorf, Mary E. Mar. 4, 1858 Sept. 1, 1872 Mar. 4. 1874 Brush Valley, Overdorf, Lydia A. Jan. 20, 1860 Sept. 1, 1872 Jan. 20, 1876 Brush Valley, William Overdorf, Esq. Patton, Edith E. J. Aug. 23, 1863 Deo. 1, 1874 Brownsville, B. Shoemaker, M.D. Ream, M. E. May 9, 1861 Feb. 1, 1873 Brush Valley, Thoiii]«on McCrea, Esq. JRichmond, Margaret S. Mar. 8, 1855 Mar. 1, 1370 Mar. 8, 1871 West Chester, Mrs. P. Frazer Smith. Smithgall, Sarah E. Mar. 22, 1854 Sept. 1, 1868 Mar. S2, 1870 ^ illiamsport, A. Tjpdegraff, EBq. Shroy, Emma A. Mar. 16, 1861 Junel, 1870 Middletown, Henry Shroy, Esq. Sliepley, Cynthia J. June 7, 1860 May 31, 1370 June 7, 1876 Middle Spring, Joseph M. Means, EBq. Shirk, Elizabeth, Feb. 5, 1865 Feb. 1, 1873 Williamsport, Samuel Adams, Esq. Sebraug, Deborah, July 9, 1861 ■ June 1, 1873 April 3, 1875 Penn Ruu Albert R. Evans, Esq. Sebraug, Margaret A. Dec. 23, 1862 June 1, 1873 April 3, 1876 Penn Run Albert R. Evans. Esq. S.'krs, Sarah J. May 8, 1862 Jan. 13, 1853 June 1, 1875 Buffalo, Maj. George T. Work. West, Margaret E. April 12, 1867 Jan. 13, 1869 California, 1 L. W. Morgan, Esq. W T cst, Mary J. May 20, 1855 April 12, 1867 May 20, 1871 California, West, Isadore, April 23, 1857 April 12, 1867 April 23, 1873 California, [Hon, Wm. Hopkins, West, Myrtilla, Mar. 18, 1869 April 12, 1867 Mar. 18, 1876 California, West, Eliza K. May 26, 1861 April 12, 1867 California, deceased. Wolf, Margery, April 29, 1861 Sept. 1, 1874 Armagh, Samuel W. Drips. Young, Mary, Jan. 31, 1859 Sept. 1, 1872 Jan. 81, 1875 Saltsburg, John M. Leech, Esq. • Died May 4, 1870. t Died January 10, 1873. J Colored. Died June 18, 1871. 520 ■ ■I ■ i w ii n ii i ii— MmMM ■■ mum ii in Mwnf — «— — — ■— — mu m m m m ammmmmmmm BBMtMHMHMMMHIM^^