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Hocking County Ohio Veterans, Widows and Orphans |
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The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home By the war's end, several families were living in county infirmities under deplorable conditions. Outraged, Civil War Veterans began contacting government officials, demanding that something be done to help the families of the fallen soldiers. Money had been collected from taxes levied during the Civil War to care for the dependents of soldiers, but the government mishandled the money. Eventually, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a federation the veterans formed after the close of the Civil War to foster comradeship, financed the purchase of a home for veteran's orphans in the city of Xenia. A temporary location was established in town, and 100 acres of farmland south/southeast of town were purchased for the permanent location. Children began arriving at the home in December 1869, and in August of 1870, they moved to the farm. Originally, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home provided Ohio children who lost their father in the American Civil War with a place to live. Eventually, the State of Ohio opened this institution to orphans of all military conflicts and the children of all veterans, including ones who had not died on the battlefield. In some cases, the children had not lost their parents. Due to financial difficulties, a veteran and/or his spouse might leave their children at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in the care of the State of Ohio. Between 1870 and 1901, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home could not accept all of the children seeking assistance. Before it closed in 1997, more than 13,500 children were cared for and educated at the OSSO/OVCH. Children at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home received
a traditional education, as well as training in various occupations. The
boys also received some military training and several of them later joined
the armed forces. In 1901, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home
was the largest institution of its kind in
the world. The children lived in cottages, with between forty to fifty children
in each building. In later years, the home housed only fifteen children
in each cottage. In 1978, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'
Home became known as the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1997, the Ohio
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Mathias
Jewell
Child's Name: Jewell, Hattie Bell (Reference Number:
1642) Child's Name: Jewell, Arminda J.
(Reference
Number: 1639) Child's Name: Jewell, U. S. Grant (Reference Number: 1643)
Child's Name: Jewell, Wm. Sherman (Reference Number: 1644)
(Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
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Brazil B. Biggins Military Service:
63rd OVI, Co B Child's Name: Biggins, George W.
(Reference Number:
0250) Child's Name: Biggins, Charles W./John
W. (Reference
Number: 0249) (Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
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George Cook Military Service:
46th OVI, Co F Child's Name: Cook, Albert
Case ( Reference Number:
0650) Child's Name: Cook, Lewis
Green (Reference Number:
0655) Child's Name: Cook, William Bell (Reference Number: 0659)
(Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
John Jones Child's Name: Jones, Harry (Reference Number: 1692) Child's Name: Jones, Ella (Reference Number: 1689) (Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
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Gottfried Kley Military Service: 17th OVI, Co D Child's Name: Kley,
William (Reference Number: 1807)
(Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
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Charles C. Taylor
Child's Name: Taylor, Roberta Pearl
(Reference Number:
3323) Child's Name: Taylor, Charles Albert
(Reference
Number: 3312) Child's Name: Taylor, Frank W.
(Reference Number:
3314) Child's Name: Taylor, Robert Edward (Reference Number:
3322) (Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
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Charles H. Thornton Military Service: 17th
OVI, Company A Child's Name: Thornton, Myrtle (Reference Number:
3355) (Info - The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home) |
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers In 1862 the U.S. Sanitary Commission proposed that a national home be established for soldiers who had served their country during times of war. On March 3, 1865, Congress passed an act establishing a National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. It was one of the last bills signed by President Lincoln. Initially called the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, the name was later changed to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers because of the negative connotation of the word "asylum." It was constructed in part using lumber recycled from the nearby Camp Chase where Confederate POWs had been confined.
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Requirements for admission were that soldiers had been honorably discharged from military service and that they had contracted their disabilities during the war. Men admitted themselves to the home voluntarily and could request a discharge. National focus was placed on the hospital, which opened in 1870 and was widely regarded as the best hospital in the United States at that time. The campus became a popular tourist destination with accommodations that included a hotel and restaurant and attractions that included animal exhibits |
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When a soldier died, a funeral escort followed the flag draped casket. The Home Band played a solemn requiem, and the firing party discharged three volleys over his grave. The graves were marked with neat head-boards painted white. Since its beginning, Dayton's cemetery has grown to 110 acres and it contains the remains of veterans from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, and all 20th century military conflicts. |
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