Knox County, Ind Residents of the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home
 

Knox County, Indiana
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Residents of the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home
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Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home 1868
Original Building, c. 1868
[Source: The above picture and the below history of the Institution was excerpted from the Indiana State Government site at https://www.in.gov/iara/2550.htm]
 

The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home was founded in 1865 to provide care, education and maintenance for the orphaned and destitute children of Civil War Union Army veterans. The Home was located approximately two miles south of Knightstown, Indiana, on State Road 140.  It consisted of 419 acres that included an administration building, children's dormitory cottages, Morton Memorial School, a hospital, dairy farm, camp grounds and recreational facilities. Children from the ages of 4 to 18 were cared for with each child being eligible for vocational training. The Home was owned by the State of Indiana and was managed through a superintendent.
In April 1866, it moved to Knightstown, IN
In March 1867, the State assumed control of both homes, restricting residency to totally or partially disabled veterans, veteran's orphaned children under the age of fifteen, children of deceased soldiers whose mothers were still living, and widows of deceased soldiers.
In 1871 a fire destroyed the adults' home. The veterans were moved to the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio and the Children's Home became the sole possessor of the property.

During the late 1890's, the legislature amended the law to include all destitute children of servicemen who served on active duty in any of the authorized campaigns of the United States. 

The Home underwent numerous name changes between 1865 and 1929. Originally named the Indiana Soldiers' and Seamens' Home, it was renamed in 1887 as the Indiana Soldiers' Orphans' Home. During 1879-1887 the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children was located on the grounds of the Orphan's Home and the two organizations shared all communal facilities (dining hall, hospital, church, etc.)Complaints concerning the combination of the two homes, particularly by veteran's organizations, led to the transfer of the Asylum to Ft. Wayne in 1887.

In 1929, the Home was renamed the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home. 

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According to the Indiana State Government site:  "The State Archives maintains the original admission and discharge books from which a searchable database has been constructed. The database includes those students admitted between 1865 and 1995. Microfilmed copies from the admission and discharge books are available. Additionally, there is a limited series of admission and discharge cards.  Student educational records, including transcripts for recent graduates and social history case files exist for later students and are accessible to the student or next of kin. Proof of identity is required for educational or social history case files. Records may be requested by contacting the Archives at arc@iara.in.gov"
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We have pulled out the Knox County residents who were residents of the S&S Children's Home

Last Name First Name County Admit Date
BERRY NELLIE MAY KNOX 1892
BIDDLE HAROLD LLOYD KNOX 1929
BIDDLE HAZEL LOIS KNOX 1929
BIDDLE CRAYTON TRAVIS KNOX 1929, 1935
BIDDLE ALVIS WARD KNOX 1929, 1935
BLAGRAVE MARY JO KNOX 1979
BROWN ROLLA (ROLLEY) KNOX 1899
BROWN RANDALL KNOX 1899
BRUCE MINNIE KNOX 1895
BRUCE JAMES C. KNOX 1895
BULEY JOHN KNOX 1914, 1915
BULEY HOWARD KNOX 1915
CANAULTY HELEN LYDIA KNOX 1928
CHASTAIN EDNA PEARL KNOX 1933
CHASTAIN MARGARET EVELYN KNOX 1933
CHASTAIN JAMES WILLIAM KNOX 1933, 1943
CRECELIUS PHYLLIS ANN KNOX 1949
CRESELIUS PHYLLIS ANN KNOX 1949
FOSTER VERLE EUGENE KNOX 1944
FOSTER VERA MAE KNOX 1944
FOSTER CHARLES CORNELIUS (NEAL) KNOX 1944
FOSTER CAROLYN JOY (JAY) KNOX 1944
FOSTER ALLAN ANTHONY KNOX 1944
HOLMES RALPH KNOX 1895
KAHLER ELMORE F. KNOX 1894
KAHLER NETTIE LEE KNOX 1894
KAHLER MARY ANN KNOX 1894
KATZAR JOHN ALTON KNOX 1948
KATZOR JOHN ALTON KNOX 1948
MCCOSKEY CHARLES WALTER KNOX 1925
MCKEE LOLA E. KNOX 1900, 1901
MCKEE DELL (DELLA) A. KNOX 1900, 1901
NEWTON EVERETT KNOX 1916
SANDERS HOMER RAY (ROY) KNOX 1934
SANDERS ARTHUR WAYNE KNOX 1934
SANDERS HELEN MAXINE KNOX 1934
SANDERS LETTA LOUISE KNOX 1934
SANDERS RUBY MARIE KNOX 1934
SANDERS RUTH JANE KNOX 1935
SHERMAN EDNA KNOX 1906
SHERMAN WILLIAM T. KNOX 1906
SHERMAN ROBERT KNOX 1906
SHERMAN MARY KNOX 1906
SHERMAN MAMIE KNOX 1906
SIMPSON JAMES EDWARD KNOX 1930
SIMPSON VELMA LOUISE KNOX 1930
STRONG DARRELL MAURICE KNOX 1948
TEETS FRANK KNOX 1897
THOMPSON ROBIN KNOX 1976
THOMPSON RENEE KNOX 1976
WOODS JAMES LAMOYNE KNOX 1934
WRIGHT ELSIE K. KNOX 1928
WRIGHT PANSY LUCILLE KNOX 1928
WRIGHT GLADYS PEARL KNOX 1928
WRIGHT FOREST GLEN KNOX 1928
WRIGHT KENNETH EUGENE KNOX 1930

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