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From: "Karen R. Reed" <>
Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Soldier's Orphans Schools Books
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 22:01:53 -0500
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Dear Rooters:

A copy of the History of the Pennsylvania Orphans' Schools book is available
at the Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, PA (Franklin County).
I found 3 of my Ruperts from Huntingdon in the Andersonberg School in that
book. I believe this is the school you mention near Huntingdon.

Their web site is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pakhs/ The Kittochtinny
Historical Society is a great place to visit (it is in a large old jail!)
and the folks that run it are very helpful and knowledgeable.

Karen Rupert Reed

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> ORPHANS OF WAR TOUCH THE GOVERNOR'S HEART

One breezy November evening in 1865, two scantily clad children
begged for food at the front door of the Pennsylvania governor's mansion.
Gov. Andrew Gregg Curtin [of Civil War Roundtable fame] spoke with the
children and discovered their father had died during a battle. They were
orphans with no place to turn. [Note: Gov Curtin was a cousin of General
Gregg and
Lt.Co. Gregg of the 4th Pa Calvary. The family had roots in Huntington and
Hollidaysburg.]
Earlier that same year, the Pennsylvania Railroads donated $50,000 to
the
state. Curtin decided to use the money to place needy veterans' children in
homes and schools. He appointed a Superintendent of Soldier's Orphans to
organize this task, locating 44 homes and schools for the children by 1912.
State inspectors found that many of these children were discharged at
age
16 with very little work skills. They suggested that the children be
transferred to a state-owned facility to learn a trade.

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