------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORPHAN TRAIN RIDERS - TO ARKANSAS Submitted by Various Researchers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth First Name|Birth Surname|Adopted/Other Surname|Adopted?|Birth year|Town taken to|State taken to|Year taken| Person submitting information|Other information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Woodson Adams no 1887? Dardanelle AR 1900? Allie L. Barger 1900 Census lived with Lafayette and Mary Hart Annie Arnold Ann Schultheiss 1902 Ft. Smith AR Ray Spruell placed by the NYFH with Lena Schultheiss Helen Bailey Luther 1910 Berryville/Savoy AR Helen Hayes 2 sisters came, one named Violet Baines/brother George also Edward Beatie 1909 Paris AR Sheila Alexander Relationship-Daughter Edward Guy Beatty 1909 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with JP Rider through the CAS had sister Charlotte placed in IA Lucy Brown Grummer 1913 Conway AR Lucy Riedmueller OTR Rose Buckman Eveld Clarksville AR Peggy Elser Rose married Henry Rinke & had 8 children Herbert Christman Eveld Clarksville AR 1900 Peggy Elser Herbert married Ruby Honea & had 2 children Morna Hesper Cobb 1912 Fort Smith AR 1913-15 Carolyn Jackson married name: Massey Vernon Oren Cobb 1910 Fort Smith AR 1922 Carolyn Jackson relationship: daughter Herbert Collins 1905 Capps AR 1917 Mrs. Roy Alford Albert E. Comeau went by Albert Lamb until 16 1917 Booneville AR 1910 Albert E. Comeau OTR; 3 brothers-Charles, William, George/3 stayed in NY Edward Davis 1910 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Don Hoopes Sarah A. Duncan Sarah Ayers Yes 1865 ? AR Julie Arellano adopted somewhere in Arkansas Helen Feingold Krollman 1901 Morrison Bluff AR 1929? Jerry Hassler lived with Krollman family Marion Ferguson Eveld 1899 Clarksville AR 1922 Peggy Elser Marion married Henry Wiederkehr & had 8 children Albert Fruend Mille 1898 Altus AR 1911 Judy Mille Genevieve Gibbons Eveld 1910 Clarksville AR 1901 Peggy Elser Genevieve married Wm. Elser & had 8 children Genevieve Gibbons Eveld Yes 1910 Clarksville AR 1912? Peggy Elser relationship-daughter in law Edna Gould Cane Hill AR 1921? Guyla Bergstrom brothers Harry and Walter Harry Gould Cane Hill AR 1921? Guyla Bergstrom brother Walter and sister Edna Walter Gould? Gould? Cane Hill AR 1921? Guyla Bergstrom had a brother Harry and sister Edna Green Deyo A. Clark 1906 Clarksville AR 1918 Marion Carter Rosa Hahn 1898 Morrison BlufAR Ann Knight lived with Weisenfels family Mary Hanlin Wamister 1900 Morrison BlufAR 1891? Henrietta Kopp relationship-daughter; one sister, Elizabeth, now deceased William Herman Hartman AR 1909 Joseph Oberste Arthur Hodgson Arbaugh? Burlington AR Irma Adair Lived near Alpena, AR then Carroll County William Joseph Hudson No 1902 Fort Smith AR 1901 William Hendricks, Jlived with Garret and Mary Hendricks family Owen Wayne King James H. Castleberry Yes 1929 Fort Smith AR James H. Castleberry OTR John Frank Kline/Klyne Klyne 1897 Paris AR 1903 Evelyn Marie Hatcher lived with Guenther family Claude Laurence No 1908 Booneville AR 1896 Claude Lawrence OTR Joe Martin 1909 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Joe Willman Alfred McCombs 1900 Capps AR 1914 Mrs. Roy Alford Sterling McDearmon 1877 AR Kenneth Spriggs placed in Whisenant household-boys changed spelling of their last name to McDearman Thomas Perry McDearmon 1875 AR Kenneth Spriggs believed to be placed with a black family where he was raised Thelma Mendel Weindel 1899 Paris AR Ruby Yeakley Thelma Mendel 1899 Barling AR Jerry Hassler lived with Weindel family; married name: McClain Mary Millet 1900 Morrison BlufAR 1919/20 LaDonna Scruggs Philip Nelson Philip Nelson Lawson 1914 Montenay AR 1918 Philip N. Lawson OTR; lived with Harden and Vera Lawson Bridget O'Connell 1853 Little Rock AR 1872 Joseph/Sally Guccione Elizabeth O'Connor Agnes O'Connor 1899 Jonesboro AR 1888 Dorothy Wright Rowland relationship-daughter Augie Beatrice Ogle/Ogles Warren AR 1881 Cloyse J. Hamaker lived with Seymore family Mabel Oviette Rinehart yes 1912 Siloam SpringAR 1899/190Mrs. Dale Schmidt daughter Frank Pauquette 1915 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with JJ Swain Willie Pauquette 1913 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with John Parker Earl Peck 1904 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Sid Roady with brother Kenneth Kenneth Peck 1910 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Sid Roady with brother Earl Annie Peterson 1881 Ark. Post AR 1915/16?Lois Goodell married name: Goodell Catherine Phelan 1904 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Frank Blinz Margaret Phelan 1908 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Louis Girard through CAS Sarah Phelan 1910 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with George Zeller Pickens 1887 T Texarkana AR 1894 Jeanette W. Ward Raymond Other Pittman No 1910 LaFlore Co.? AR Patricia A. Irvin relationship-daughter Harry Proper 1907 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with AM Biggs Chester Pruden Rogers AR 1894? Pruden Emmette Pruden Rogers AR Pruden Marion Pruden Rogers AR Pruden Marion Maxine Pruden 1904 Rogers AR Velma Costanzo relationship-daughter Chester Puder Rogers AR Pruden Emmette Puder Rogers AR Pruden Marion Puder Rogers AR Pruden Dick Puffer Purifoy Texarkana AR Anna Preston Elizabethy Rey Bertha Elizabeth Besselman 1901 Morrison BlufAR 1911 Josephine Kastner lived with Besselman family Bertha Rey Besselman 1901 Scranton AR 1885-90 Mrs. Arthur Rotert married name: Layes/ Rotert Joe Reynold Eveld 1917? Clarksville AR 1912 Peggy Elser Joe married Edith Lowe & had 7 children James Richardson Byrd no 1907 Clarksville AR 1920 Pattie Bair May have had a sister; relationship-daughter Arthur Richardson Patton? 1907 Clarksville AR 1920 Pattie Bair half-brother to James and was placed in the home of the mother of Mrs. Byrd Maude Rodwell AR Maude Slyter taken from Kansas to Arkansas by a agent who felt sorry for her William A. Sadd Wagner? 1879 Little Rock AR 1858? Marrilyn Haynes Caroline "CarriSalverson No 1904 Rogers AR Charlotte Woodward 3 siblings: Charles, Matilda, and Thomas Mary Schneider Wilblins yes 1900 Charleston AR 1901 Mary Schneider OTR placed by the NYFH in the home of Louis Wilblins and family Marry Smith 1909 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with GH McDaniel Anna Stephen 1904 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Abel Nehus Carl Swanberg Oliver 1905 or Prairie GroveAR Donna Ramirez lived with Oliver family Una Tielinen 1906 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with JE Alvis unknown unknown 1902 Cabot AR 1861 Elva Davis current name of rider: Joe Druper Grace VanEpps 1911 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with JR Plunkett Irvin VanEpps 1906 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Walter Butler Louise VanEpps 1909 Paris AR 1917 Sheila Alexander placed with Eva Corley listed in article in Paris Express Nov. 8, 1917 George Wright Weiserbaugh 1905 Pocahontas AR 1912 Eugene Wright Vesta Davis 1905 AR Fay Cline Harrison Harry Higgins Russelville AR 1897 Kathleen S. Bell Ruth McStadden 1898 Rogers AR 1887-90 Janet Markley married name: Moehrig; lived w/ McStadden family Mae Ruth Tuel AR Mae Tuel Obed Wilson 1903-05 Green Forest AR Pauline Irwin had a sister living somewhere else Eureka SpringAR 1902 Pearl Crews Lee Floyd was the agent traveling w/group Minnie Bruner Payne 1912 AR or TX1902 Berniece Cleveland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------