SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 1999 compiled by Diane Ragan. In 1862, Pennsylvania's Governor Curtin appropriated funds for the "education and maintenance of the destitute children of deceased Civil War soldiers and sailors," thus creating the system in Pennsylvania known as the Soldiers' Orphan Schools. This book indexes the orphans in the care of the 15 schools located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Fayette, Mercer and Westmoreland Counties in 1876. A valuable source of genealogical information! Indexed. 62 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 softbound

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