Children’s Memorial Home, Carthage, IL

The Children’s Memorial Home was an orphanage founded in 1923 (and opened in 1925) to care for orphaned children in the county. The home housed an average of 20 children until its closure in 1935. The file contains copies of newspaper articles about the home, bylaws, names of members of the executive committee and board of directors, programs, bulletins,

A transcript of home records lists the names of children, their township or city of origin, their dates of residence, and the location to which they transferred upon departure.

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