HCGS - Index to Admission Records Indiana Soldier's and Sailor's Home Knightstown, IN (Rush County)

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Index to Admission Records
Indiana Soldier's and Sailor's Home
Knightstown, IN (Rush County)

Compiled by the staff of the The Indiana State Archives and Ruth Dorrel
     The following Henry County, IN children's names were listed in the admission records of the Knightstown home for the years 1868 - 1889.
     In 1865 Susan Fussell began caring for four children who had been orphaned by the Civil War at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis. In 1866 Miss Fussell and ten children moved to Knightstown Springs in Rush County, Indiana. This was the beginning of the Indiana Soldier' and Sailors' Children's Home.
     The Indiana State Archives received the applications for admissions from 1879 through 1932. The archives also have microfilmed the admission book for 1868 through 1995 and the discharge books for 1890 through 1996.
     The admission books contain: Name of child, birth date, father's name, mother's name, father's military history, admission date, guardian or relative and miscellaneous remarks.
     The admission applications contain: Name of child, name of person making the application, town, county and state of child's residence, sex color, birth date, father, father's military record, mother's maiden name, mother's present name, names and address of siblings, why admission was sought and a physician's certificate.

Name	County	Year
Allen, John	Henry	1888
Barnes, Estellla	Henry	1887
Barnes, Mary F.	Henry	1885
Barnes, Miles	Henry	1888
Brosius, Alice	Henry	1885
Brosius, Frankie	Henry	1888
Brosius, Savannah	Henry	1885
Carpenter, Carrie	Henry	1889
Carson, Frank	Henry	1882
Cole, Jno. A. "Bert"	Henry	1882
Gardner, Cora Alice	Henry	1881
Gillingham, Eli	Henry	1887
Green, Clinton	Henry	1888
Greene, John Franklin	Henry	1888
Greene, Lawrence Eddie	Henry	1888
Greene, Myrtie	Henry	1888
Greene, Rosa Belle	Henry	1888
Knight, Willie	Henry	1881
Lamb, Annie	Henry	1886
Lamb, Emma	Henry	1886
Lamb, Ida	Henry	1886
Lamb, Mary	Henry	1886
Lamb, Robert	Henry	1886
Levi, Lottie	Henry	1870
Lucas, Henry	Henry	1878
Lucas, Laura	Henry	1878
Lucas, Willie	Henry	1878
Mason, Samuel	Henry	1882
May, Jesse	Henry	1876
McConnell, FGrank	Henry	1884
McConnell, Rufus B.	Henry	1884
McDougal, Wilma Ethel	Henry	1888
Miller, James Harry	Henry	1888
O'Brien, James Edwin	Henry	1887
Otis, Blanche	Henry	1889
Otis, Elsie	Henry	1889
Perry, Alonzo	Henry	1889
Perry, Nettie	Henry	1889
Picket, Cora	Henry	1874
Picket, Willie	Henry	1874
Torrence, Daisy	Henry	1875
Tweedy, Effie	Henry	1881
Tweedy, Ota	Henry	1881
Wilmoth, Estella J.	Henry	1889
Wilmoth, Frank S.	Henry	1889