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To say that Pennsylvania stands first among the great sisterhood of States which compose the American Republic, in the noble work of caring for the children made neccessitous by the casualties of war, is no empty boast. It would, in fact, be within the limits of truth in affirm that the Keystone 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.
These are some of the Schools/Homes in the State of Pennsylvania for the children of Soldiers who died in the Civil War or who were disabled and unable to take of them . The people of Pennsylvania wanted to take care of their own.
Home/School | Town | County | |
Soldiers Orphans' School | Harford | Susquehanna | |
Soldiers Orphans' School | Mansfield | Tioga | |
McAlisterville School | McAlisterville | Juniata | |
Home for Friendless Children | Borough of Wilkesbarre | Luzerne | |
Huntingdon Orphange | Borough of Huntingdon | Huntingdon County | |
Northern Home for Friendless Children, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Institute | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
Paradise School | Paradise | Lancaster County | |
Quakertown School | Quakertown | Bucks County | |
Mount Joy School | Strasburg | Lancaster County | |
Emmaus Orphan House | Middletown | Dauphin County | |
Dayton School | Dayton | Armstrong County | |
Orangeville School | Orangeville | Columbia County | |
North Sewickley School | to be linked soon | Alleghany Co. | |
Cassville School | Cassville | Huntingdon County | |
Soldiers' Orphan Home | Pittsburgh | Alleghany Co. | |
Phillipsburg School | Phillipsburg | Beaver County | |
Jacksonville School | Jacksonville | Centre County | |
Uniontown School | Uniontown | Fayette County | |
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum | Pittsburgh | Butler County | |
Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh and Alleghany | Pittsburgh | Alleghany Co. | |
Church Home Association | Pittsburgh | Alleghany Co. | |
White Hall School | Camp Hill | Cumberland County | |
The Orphan's Home | Germantown | ||
Andersonburg School | Sherman's Valley | Perry County | |
Pittsburgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless | Allegheny | Alleghany Co. | |
Lincoln Institution | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
Educational Home | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
Titusville School | Titusville | Crawford County | |
Chester Springs School | Chester Springs | Chester County | |
Church Home for Children (Episcopal) | Angora, Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
St. James' Orphan Asylum | Lancaster | Lancaster County | |
Bridgewater School-Colored | Bridgewater | Bucks County | |
Bethany Orphans' Home (Womelsdorf) | Womelsdorf | Berks County | |
Tressler Orphans' Home | Loysville | Perry County | |
Home for Friendless Children | Lancaster | Lancaster County | |
Mercer School | Mercer | Mercer County | |
Industrial School | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
Butler Orphan Home | Butler | Butler County | |
St. John's Orphan Asylum | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
Catholic Home | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Co. | |
St. Vincent's College | Westmoreland County | ||
Orphans' Home | Adjunct to school in Zelienople | Butler County | |
"Children's Home" | York | York County | |
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum | Tacony | Philadelphia Co. | |
Orphans' Farm School | Zelienople | Butler County | |
Nazareth Hall | Northampton County | ||
Pennsylvania Training-school for Feeble-minded Children | Media | ||
Scotland | Greene Township | Franklin Co. |