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On November 15, 1887, 668 children lived at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Of the students, girls accounted for 242 of the pupils, approximately one-third of the orphans enrolled at the institution. At this time, Major Noah Thomas served as the orphanage’s superintendent, while his wife, Alice Thomas, was the institution’s matron. The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home employed seventeen teachers, twenty matrons—one in each student cottage—and one additional matron in the hospital.
Behind Collier Chapel lies a nearly 100-year-old cemetery which is the resting place for many of the home's victims of a 1918 diphtheria outbreak. Athletic teams at Woodrow Wilson High School competed as the "Cadets". State Championships and athletic records were transferred to Xenia High School upon the home's closure. Ohio Memory includes a number of items documenting the history of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home. Greene County Records Center and Archives has contributed several photographs that were part of a time capsule placed in the cornerstone of the Greene County Courthouse in 1901 and opened in 2001.
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The storm tore of the roofs of the laundry, the hospital, and several additional buildings. The tornado completely destroyed the institution’s barn, the wagon shed, and the toolshed. Of the nearly 750 children and employees present at the time of the tornado, only two employees suffered minor injuries. Ohio Governor George Hoadly and Judge John Little donated respectively from their personal funds $5,152.50 and $508.75 to help offset the 7,500 dollar repair bill. On February 28, 1870, representatives from the Ohio General Assembly came to Xenia to meet with local residents, with the board members, and with the children housed in the temporary facility.
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Ohio Soldiers & Sailors Orphans Home
Administration building at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home in Xenia, 1901. Courtesy of the Greene County Records Center and Archives via Ohio Memory.Students/residents of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, 1901.
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. Also called the "trades building", was used as a second school building. The logo of the Association of Ex-PupilsThe Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home (Later known as the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home) and sometimes abbreviated OS&SO/OVCH, was a children's home that was located in Xenia, Ohio. It is now home to Legacy Christian Academy, Athletes in Action, and other Christian ministries. The Home employs thirty-two cottage matrons, thirty-two teachers in the regular course, fourteen foremen of industrial branches and trades and gives a home and instruction to about 950 children in average attendance.
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The collection consists of images to admission records of veterans to the state soldier home in Sandusky for the years 1888 to 1919. Acquired from the state archives, and historical society in Columbus. Money was collected from taxes levied during the Civil War to care for the dependents of soldiers, but the government mishandled the money. By the war's end, several families were living in county infirmities under deplorable conditions. Seeing this, soldiers still living began contacting government officials, requesting that something be done to help the families of the fallen soldiers. Eventually, the Grand Army of the Republic , 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.
The site now contains a retirement community, a Christian school, and the international headquarters of Athletes-in-Action, among other businesses. Every year, the Association of Ex-Pupils, an organization consisting of former pupils of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home or of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home, holds a reunion at the home's former grounds. In 1998, the State of Ohio sold the Ohio Veterans’ Children’s Home’s buildings to Legacy Ministries International, which leases the site to different businesses and organizations.
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. 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 upon attaining adulthood, several of the boys joined the armed forces. In 1901, the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home was the largest institution of its kind in the world.
Residents of the home received a traditional education as well as training in a trade before being released at the age of eighteen. Residents of Xenia donated one hundred acres of land to the Grand Army of the Republic to construct the home. The board accepted the property at this meeting and also ordered the construction of four cottages to house children. Children soon began arriving, even before construction was completed. The Grand Army of the Republic rented a building on Main Street in Xenia to house the children temporarily.
Jones, realized that the eye issue resulted from the children using the same water as other students to wash their hands and faces. Once authorities installed running water, pink eye cases declined dramatically. The doctor also determined that the measles and scarlet fever outbreaks occurred due to children using dirty blankets. Each spring, the matron and her aides placed the winter blankets in storage. They did not wash the blankets, allowing for the various pathogens to thrive.
The outbreaks usually occurred in late autumn, once the blankets were returned to the beds. Thorough cleaning of the blankets reduced the measles and scarlet fever outbreaks. During the American Civil War, Ohio contributed approximately 330,000 men for military service with the United States of America. During the conflict, 11,237 Ohio men died from wounds received on the battlefield, while another 13,354 soldiers perished from disease. Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States).
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