Shelby  County  Indiana
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Names of Children Admitted to Shelby County Gordon Orphan's Home From 1891 to c.1930


Name Date of Birth Released to Ward of (County) Remarks
Acton, Earl 5/17/11 W.H. Ackert  2/24/1920 Lawrence
Acton, Goldie May Lawrence
Adams, Cecil 4/6/13 to parents 2/22 Rush
Adams, Edith M. 3 yrs. Old 1912 to Mary E. Wagoner Shelby
Adams, Eleanor 6 yrs. Old 1912 to Nellie E. Adams Shelby
Adams, Forrest P. 5 yrs. Old 1912 to Mary E. Wagoner Shelby
Adams, Fred S. 11/2/06 to grandmother Shelby
Adams, Garnet A. 10/14/09 Roy Mitchell 5/01/25 Shelby
Adams, Harry Elmer 10/12/1889 Geo. Thomas  4/03/93 Shelby
Adams, Leroy 3/14/15 to parents 2/22 Rush
Adams, Nellie 2/4/17 to parents 2/22 Rush
Adams, Ralph 6/6/05 Marshall Bassett Rush
Adams, Wm. Roy 3/13/1882 Mrs. David Gordon Shelby
Anders, Eleanor M. 10/20/15 to father 5/10/26 Shelby
Anderson Jessie M. 4/19/1893 H. Rathman 3/01/03 Shelby
Anderson Violet E. 12/16/22 Levi Lucas 2/19/31 Johnson
Anderson, Bessie Shelby
Anderson, Cleo James 4/4/21 Shelby
Anderson, Henry George 7/08/1890 Shelby
Anderson, Holland Shelby
Anderson, Infant 2 months  July 1908 Shelby
Anderson, Mamie 5 yrs. Sep 1906 S. S. Jackson Shelby
Anderson, Marcus 12/11/25 Johnson
Anderson, Marietta 5/26/18 to Fred Haagerson 11/04/36 Shelby
Anderson, Ralph Shelby
Anderson, Ruby L. 5/11/25 Grf. Ahas M. Arnold Shelby
Anderson, Ruth  2/24/23 James Kanouse 1/19/28 Shelby
Anderson, Ruth P. 2/24/23 Shelby
Anderson, Virgil 10/15/1891 Geo. Davis 11/16/06 Shelby
Applegate, Eva Irene 5/22/04 Shelby
Applegate, Glenora M. 2/5/03 Jacob E. Lawrence 10/10/14 Shelby
Arbuckle, Orville 6/15/04 Otto Anderson 4/15/19 Lawrence
Archer, Harry D. 2/25/1879 Michael Billman 5/02/94 Shelby
Arnold, Charles Robert 1/14/17 Shelby
Arnold, Lottie J. 3/25/29 Shelby
Arnold, Ruby Lucile 5/11/25 Grf. Pat. Shelby
Ash, Ethel 9/19/14 Grf. W. L. Sweet 2/03/19 Shelby
Ash, Evelyn 3/5/15 Uncle Lloyd Ash 2/03/19 Shelby
Ash, Helen 2/28/09 to mother 4/30/19 Shelby
Ash, Mildred L. 6/19/17 George Packard 2/03/19 Shelby
Ash, Morris 12/30/13 Lawrence Long 3/16/20 Shelby
Ash, Nada 12/14/10 Shelby
Ash, Russell 9/11/07 P.? M. Pope 10/30/23 Shelby
Aulby, Arthur 11 yrs. In 1892 Shelby
Aulby, Bertha 13 yrs. In 1892 Shelby
Dillard Redman 8/09/1888 Aulby, James Shelby
Baker, George 4/01/1888 Foster Holden 11/03/96 Shelby
Baker, Nellie 9/20/1886 Jennie Thomasson 2/14/00 Shelby
Baker, Susan Alice 9/11/1892 Shelby
Baker, Willie 9/21/1887 James. Thomasson 2/15/99 Shelby
Banks, Marshall 7/31/00 May Stroup 4/08/05 Shelby Self supporting Sep. 1906
Barnes, Roland   1/3/12 Rush
Barnes, Roland C. 1/11/00 Walter Wilkes 1/23/13 Rush
Barnes, William 12/14/14 E. S. Bates 3/17/19 Rush
Barnett, Charles 8/26/23 to Harry S. Barnett father 7/19/29 Shelby
Barnett, Frankie Jean 6/5/27 to Harry S. Barnett father 7/19/29 Shelby
Barnett, Hazel 11/11/24 to Harry S. Barnett father 7/19/29 Shelby
Barnett, Mary Frances 12/25/26 to Harry S. Barnett father 7/19/29 Shelby
Barngrover, Ada 12/17/1888 Shelby
Barngrover, Nellie 8/23/1895 Shelby
Barnhart, Sherman 8/1/09 Herman Arb 3/10/24 Greene
Barton, Alice to mother Mrs. E. Smith 5/22/18 Henry
Barton, Cora 2/14/00 Marshall Bassett 10/25/14 Shelby
Barton, Lucile to mother Mrs. E. Smith 5/22/18 Henry
Barton, Theodore Henry Entered home 8/29/16
Basey, George 8/24/14 to Julius Cheuden 8/24/32 Shelby
Baxter, Elizabeth 3/14/03 to Cordelia Smith 6/30/20 Decatur
Baxter, Paul 8/20/06 Decatur
Baxter, Stella Louise 5 yrs. In 1917 Decatur
Beasley, Bernard 1/6/11 Lawrence
Beasley, Harry or Henry 4/28/1894 to Amanda Allen Shelby
Beasley, Virgil Lawrence
Beck, Mary 10/9/16 to Charles Marshall Fayette
Benefiel, Mildred M. 4/14/07 Shelby
Bennett, Earl 6/25/1898 May Bennett Shelby
Berkely, Florence 12/6/12 Rush
Berkley, James 1/16/14 Rush
Berkley, Lot 8/4/16 Rush
Bishop, Charles F. 10/3/22 to father 5/26/21 Shelby
Bishop, Martha Jane 4/27/25 Decatur
Bishop, Mary C. 8/29/19 to father 5/26/21 Shelby
Bishop, Nora May 6/12/18 to father 5/26/21 Shelby
Bissell, Walter 2/2/09 Fred Barber Rush
Blacklidge, George 4/18/27 Ora J. Hurt 7/20/31 Shelby
Blacklidge, John 11/11/32 Jesse Hunter 1935 Shelby
Blacklidge, Louise M. 12/11/24 Paternal Aunt Mrs. Otto Rodgers Shelby
Blackwell, Frank 2/24/1880 Wm. H. Huffman 3/26/94 Shelby
Bogan, Hazel 6/13/1892 Shelby
Bogan, John 10/3/00 Shelby
Bogan, Pauline 14 yrs in 1910 Fred Bernstein Shelby
Bogan, Ruth 3/18/1898 Frank Hughbanks 6/17/08 Shelby
Bolander, Herbert 1/5/09 Shelby
Bone, George W. 6/12/1887 Shelby
Bontz, Charles 6/1/1892 J. V. Gallagher 5/27/05 Shelby
Bontz, Cynthia 4/15/09 Michael Maholm 9/06/14 Shelby
Bontz, Mary Jane 2/16/1899 Shelby
Bontz, Walter 3/17/1895 Shelby
Borden, Cora 2/24/00 Marshall Bassett 10/26/14 Shelby
Borden, Lorene 2/16/04 John A. Query Decatur
Borders, Carl 10/16/15 Charles Mattix 4/17/32 Shelby
Borders, Helen Rose 6/7/23 Anna Goes 6/28/29 Johnson
Borders, Leander 4/23/08 S. P. Derke 8/07/23 Shelby
Borders, Roscoe 1/1/11 James Borders 8/07/28 Shelby
Borders, Ruby Ann 6/18/29 Harry Peterson Shelby
Borders, Ruby Merle 4/16/13 Shelby
Borders, Ruth Ann 6/18/29 Carl Priest Shelby
Borders, Vurney 9/19/19 Henry Sherman 11/06/35 Shelby
Brown, Dorothy Rush
Bowden, Pauline 2/16/04 Biniger 8/27/17 Lawrence
Bowman, Robert Entered 7/1/1920 Fayette
Boyer, Clara I. 6/23/15 W.F. Hughbanks 11/17/26 Vermillion
Boyer, Dorothy 10/23/08 Dr. W.J. Stark 10/01/27 Rush
Boyer, Girtha 2/10/11 Sherman Foster 9/24/26 Rush
Boyer, Martha 10/14/11 George Waller 9/17/27 Vermillion
Boyer, Maxine 6/7/19 S. Fray 8/01/35 Vermillion
Bradshaw, Cornelia 7/21/1893 Essex Carr 7/13/00 Shelby
Bradshaw, Gene 12/25/1897 G. W. Good 11/17/00 Shelby
Bradshaw, Jerry 8 yrs. In 1899 Shelby
Bradshaw, Jesse 12/21/1898 Washington Good Shelby
Bradshaw, Leishug 7 yrs in 1899 Shelby
Bradshaw, Meley 6 yrs. In 1899 Shelby
Bradshaw, Montie 12 yrs. In 1899 Shelby
Brooks, Bernie 1/2/23 Ripley
Brooks, Janet 2/27/30 Ripley
Brooks, John H. 8/6/27 Ripley
Brooks, Juanita 6/29/26 Ripley
Brooks, Virgnina 9/10/24 Ripley
Brooks, William 8/20/28 Ripley
Brown, Carey Russell 5/7/1893 Anna Thompson 4/07/96 Shelby
Brown, Dorothy (col) 5/3/19 Lewis Kelso 1/07/24 Shelby
Brown, Dorothy Z. Rush
Brown, Eddy 2/11/1888 Theo. Reed 5/29/98 Shelby
Brown, Elsie Rush
Brown, Flora May 5/29/04 Annis McCord Shelby
Brown, Flora 12 yrs. In 1896 Marr Geo. Wilson 6/08/02
Brown, Hester age unknown Shelby
Brown, Lawrence 12/11/15 Argus Piercefield 1/16/34 Vermillion
Brown, Norma Rush
Brown, Orban J. age unknown Shelby
Brown, Ruth Rush
Brown, Sadia 4/8/1899
Brown, Sadie Said she was 1 yr. older than 4/18/04
Buchanan, Flora Elizabeth 6/30/19 H. J. Weillig 7/21/34 Johnson
Buchanan, Harold 10/21/22 Johnson
Buchanan, Roscoe 1/21/24 Johnson
Bullard, Goldie 11/11/06 Father Charles Bullard 10/11/21 Decatur
Bullard, Lillie 12/2/10 father Charles Bullard 9/19/21 Decatur
Bullard, May father Charles Bullard 9/19/21 Decatur
Bullard, Raymond 10/12/08 Frank Overmerye 6/04/18 Decatur
Butler, Geneva 5/31/05 Jacob B. Steemer 8/28/18 Greene
Butler, James 1/21/1888 10/21/03 Shelby
Butler, Lloyd 3/18/12 Charles Golding 3/13/28 Greene
Butler, Mary 7/31/13 Victor F. Naus 6/6/1916 Greene
Butler, Otis 7/31/09 Fred Langhorst 8/20/26 Greene
Butler, Otis 10/28/1894 Shelby
Butler, Rhoda 5/15/1896 Shelby
Bybee, Dorothy 7/25/10 G. C. Barrick 8/10/16 Hendricks
Byland, George 12/23/17 to mother 4/23/28 Shelby
Byrd, Floyd 8/12/11 Rush
Byrd, Oscar 12/6/08 Rush
Campbell, Mary 4/1/10 Nina Overstreet 8/06/18 Shelby
Campbell, May infant entered 4/03/18 Hendricks
Carnes, John 3/17/15 Paul Greening 7/28/25 Decatur
Carnes, Nellie 2/28/13 Dr. J.C. Bigham 9/21/27 Decatur
Carnes, Rhoda 11/29/10 A. J. Young 8/20/24 Decatur
Carnes, Samuel 3/12/18 R. D. Voorhees 10/07/29 Decatur
Carr, Floyd Shelby
Carr, George H. 10/11/13 F. D. Foulks 7/10/16 Shelby
Carr, Harold George Shelby
Carr, Violet Shelby
Cavanaugh, Loren 8/11/1894 2/7/07 Shelby
Champ, Burrell Clark 8/7/09 11/4/10 Shelby
Chatham, Stella May 6/28/1898 Note-Could Be Chapman Shelby
Cherry, Edward 3/7/26 John C. Cherry Shelby
Cherry, Hazel 7/6/1892 John C. Cherry 5/10/98 Shelby
Cherry, John 3/25/1891 H. L. Jamison 12/03/03 Shelby
Cherry, Minnie 6/28/1890 3/8/05 Shelby
Childers, Nora 10 yrs 4/7/1895 20-Apr-05 Sullivan
Childers, Roy 11 yrs 1894 Harry Childers 5/11/99 Sullivan
Clevenger, Blanche 4/25/07 Olive Harrell 3/28/19 Rush
Clevenger, Francis 2/12/12 Rush
Clevenger, Gustus 8/31/19 Released to Mother 6/30/20 Rush
Clevenger, Harvey 2/5/14 Released to Mother 7/21/1921 Rush
Clevenger, Joseph 5/5/09 Elwood Willett 5/26/19 Rush
Coleman, Brutus Lucy Allison 11/28/96 Shelby
Coleman, Charles 11/9/13 Rush
Coleman, Harriett 2/20/1884 Entered 3/20/95 Shelby
Collins, Cora Etta 11/8/1893 L. A. Williams 12/08/98 Shelby
Collins, Elsie 4/8/13 to parents    Shelby
Collins, Eugene 2/10/19 Shelby
Collins, Hannah Ellen 8/5/1887 G. W. Bunch 4/15/99 Shelby
Collins, Hattie Eva 5/14/24 Roy E. Thomas 1/19/28 Shelby
Collins, Hilda Alene 2/10/25 S. R. Erickson 1/31/28 Shelby
Collins, Katherine 2/10/21 Thornton Wills 2/29/28 Shelby
Collins, Lavada Pearl 4/20/17 6/19/29 Shelby
Connally, Jessie Lavell 12/15/1890 Bert Jarrell Shelby
Cooper, Joseph Jr. 7/23/24 ` Shelby
Copeland, Florence M. 8/18/01 Alice Schloesser 8/09/13 Shelby
Copeland, Mary E. 7/22/03 Wm. Wilson 6/20/12 Shelby
Copeland, Sarah Alice 4/25/10 J. M. Robinson 3/21/16 Shelby
Corwin, Caroline 4/5/16 Released to parents 5/07/24 Shelby
Corwin, Charles 8/4/1897 to father 12/26/1910 Shelby
Corwin, Cora 6/2/10 Released to parents 5/07/24 Shelby
Corwin, John 4/12/13 Released to parents 5/07/24 Shelby
Corwin, Josie 1/25/02 5/24/13 Shelby
Corwin, Margaret 9/27/1899 Albert Smith 4/07/15 Shelby Said she was 1 yr. Older
Corwin, William 7/31/1894 Shelby
Corwin, William 8/7/03 Eliz. Herman 8/22/16 Shelby
Cowan, Gilbert Ft. Wayne State School Greene
Cowan, Mildred 12/12/09 Mrs. Ibbie Williams 10/23/1916 Greene
Cox, Harold 8/8/11 Wm. Adler 7/26/21 Fayette
Crawford, Lillie May 7/22/06 Martin Nading 3/19/18 Shelby
Cregg, Lillian I. 2/20/06 Geo. Shaner 2/03/26 Shelby
Crosby, Anna Eliza 5/1898 Mrs. J. Crosby 10/25/99 Shelby
Crosby, Cora H. 3/26/1896 Amos Carmony 4/01/98 Shelby
Crosby, Dennis 9/19/1884 John Crosby 10/09/96 Shelby
Crosby, Dorothy 3 yrs. Oct 93 Mrs. J. Crosby 10/25/99 Shelby
Crosby, Emmet Edward 9/19/1892 Released to Mother    Shelby
Crosby, Flora 6/15/12 L. J. Newhouse 9/01/28 Rush
Crosby, Flora Wm. Dickman 6/12/26 Shelby
Crosby, Myrtle 4/18/1888 Frank Crosby 9/12/96 Shelby
Crosby, Roy 5/9/1885 Shelby
Crowder, Alfreda 1/13/19 Mrs. Grant Bronson 9/08/28 Greene
Crowder, Angelina M. 10/11/11 Mrs. Roy Brown 3/30/28 Greene
Crowder, James Wesley 1/26/16 Isaac Hart 3/17/28 Greene
Crowder, Lena May Greene
Crowder, Mary Estelle 2/11/17 Mrs. Grant Bronson Mat. Grm. Greene
Crowder, Myrtle Agnes 1/23/14 Eston Robinson 5/17/26 Greene
Crum, Estelle 5/26/1879 Shelby
Crum, Minnie 6/14/1893 John Bailey 2/19/95 Shelby
Crum, W. Roscoe 9 yrs 1899 G. W. Cartwright 10/04/99 Shelby
Davidson, Alice 7/15/1877 Shelby
Davidson, Doris 5/5/1898 Shelby
Davidson, Glenn 11/1886 Thos. Conlon 3/31/10 Shelby
Davidson, John Alonzo 5/5/1898 to mother 11/27/04 Shelby
Davis, Arthur Geo. Williams Shelby
Davis, Maria 6/30/05 Catherine Walker 6/03/05 Shelby
Davis, Oran 11/22/1899 Mrs. Sarita Maze 11/07/03 Shelby
Davis, Wilma Helen to father 4/18/31 Dearborn
Davis, Marie 6/30/1895 Oscar Raham 3/26/05 Shelby
Decker, Joseph 7/8/16 Henry Stickford 12/30/20 Fayette
Dehner, Henry 4/7/1890 Father A. Kaelin 1/09/99 Shelby
Demaree, Robert Not entered released to Mother Decatur
Dilkes, Frances aged 7 Mrs. Etta Stipp 8/23/21 Decatur
Dilkes, Frank aged 11 Decatur
Dilkes, Mamie 13yrs 7/26/03 Forrest W. Danner 3/29/20 Decatur
Dilkes, Myrtle aged 15 Decatur
Dilkes, Sylvia aged 4 to Mother Annie Wright 1/10/23 Decatur
Dilks, George Franklin 5/25/05 John Bennett 5/26/19 Decatur
Dixon, Allen 6/1/12 R. O. Coy 10/12/23 Vermillion
Dixon, Fred 3/2/10 Vermillion
Dixon, Levina May 2/22/04 Rockville Sanatorium Vermillion
Dixon, Lillian Edith 4/1/14 R. B. King 6/30/20 Vermillion
Dixon, Violet Marie 11/1/07 R. B. King 9/07/20 Vermillion
Dobyns, Claude E. 3/8/05 uncle J. K. Little 5/13/06 Hendricks
Droke, John Robert 3/30/12 father Oscar Droke 9/11/20 Fayette
DuBois, Charles 3/5/15 Fayette
DuBois, Evelyn 1/3/09 Wm. Cremens 6/13/21 Fayette
DuBois, Ruth 3/27/12 Fayette
Duell, Eugene Vermillion
Duell, Marion Vermillion
Duell, Mary Vermillion
Duell, Myrtle Vermillion
Duell, Raymond Vermillion
Duncan, Margaret? Retunred to Mother 2/14/18 Henry
Duncan, Blanche Returned to Mother 12/06/17 Henry
Eagle, Roy Nelson 12-Aug-31 Shelby
Elder, Blanche May 5/10/08 24-Aug-18 Rush
Elliott, Wilbur Curtis 9/5/1893 G. W. Elliott 10/03/99 Shelby
Emerick, Bessie G. 7/26/1896 Released to Mother 10/08/10 Shelby
Emerick, Carress 1902 Released to Mother 10/08/10 Shelby
Emerick, Carrie 1902 Released to Mother 10/08/10 Shelby
Emerick, Clarence B. 9/22/1891 Released to Mother 10/08/10 Shelby
Emerick, Tommy 2/19/1899 Released to Mother 10/08/10 Shelby
Emery, Laura 8/2/15 Mrs. Roy Miller 5/16/28 Dearborn
Ensley, Lillie May 9/16/1897 Samuel Oldfield 3/16/06 Shelby
Estell, Ethel 8/12/06 Sarah A. Doty 7/16/19 Shelby
Estell, Raymond 10/27/07 Alfred Estell 6/28/16 Shelby
Evans, Dorothy M. 1/21/04 Shelby
Evans, Fred E. 4/22/11 Grf. Frank Marks 4/01/18 Shelby
Evans, Jesse 4/8/06 Grf. Frank Marks 4/19/18 Shelby
Evans, John 5/30/1888 J. S. Thurston 5/29/99 Shelby
Evans, Ray 10/30/14 May Parrish 12/22/17 Shelby
Ewick, Clarence 2/15/15 Theo C. Klotz 3/1921 Shelby
Facemire, Louis 9/6/1883 Sarah J. Curtis 11/14/94 Shelby
Fair, Virginia 4/4/21 Shelby
Farley, Earl 5/17/02 Grf. Wm. Farley 2/08/10 Shelby
Farley, Fannie 9/8/08 P. F. Hutchinson 12/17/25 Shelby
Farley, Frank 10/11/1899 Grf. Wm. Farley 2/08/10 Shelby
Ferguson, Alice 5/15/21 Argo Grindle 12/17/25 Shelby
Ferrier, Nora 9/9/1898 John F. Ferrier 5/27/99 Shelby
Floyd, Homer? 11/24/1894 Mrs. Mary Winters 6/08/06 Shelby
Floyd, Stella Jane 10/23/1891 Shelby
Ford, Loren 3/8/14 William Ford 10/28/19 Decatur
Ford, William 3/8/14 William Ford 10/28/19 Decatur
Foster, June Rosalie 6/17/15 Decatur
Foster, Mary Helen 5/8/20 Decatur
Fox, John Adopted by Mrs. Lucy Roberts Dearborn
Fox, Mary 7/3/16 Bertha Stafford 3/01/34 Dearborn
Fox, Rachel about 9 yrs. Temporary Dearborn
Frakes, George 2/12/1887 John Lantz 7/18/1900 Shelby
Frakes, Maynard 11/2/1893 Alice Spaulding 2/11/03 Shelby
Franklin, Alice Lorene 8/10/22 Greene
Franklin, Betty Ruth 12/12/25 Greene
Franklin, Frances Gertrude 8/19/23 Greene
Garris, Burl 12/4/13 Eli Martin 6/24/27 Rush
Garris, Donald 2/10/16 Cora Yeager 9/03/27 Rush
Garrison, Ruby Admitted 2/27/17 Decatur
Gartin, Francis Wilbur 10/22/21 Decatur
Gartin, Raymond Earl 2/1/23 Decatur
Gartin, Wm. Leonard 10/27/24 Decatur
Gerrard, Albert 7/30/1881 Chas. Peterson 4/12/93 Shelby
Gettle, Norma L. 4/19/14 Maurice Sheldon Pat Grf 8/10/31 Ripley
Gettle, Raymond 1/2/17 Edwin Abbegglen 6/23/31 Ripley
Gilson, Emsley 8/6/11 To Mother Rush
Gilson, Lillie W. 12/28/06 To Mother Rush
Gipson, Hugh 9/6/1887 J. W. Johnson Shelby
Gipson, Hugh 9/6/1887 J. W. Johnson 3/28/96 Shelby
Gipson, Nora 11/23/1889 Joseph Cresswell 12/28/95 Shelby
Gipson, Pearl 1/22/1893 E. M. Thurston 12/26/95 Shelby
Gipson, Russell 10/30/1895 Wm. Applegate Shelby
Gipson, Russell 11/10/1895 Wm. Applegate 1/30/95 Shelby
Glore, Ida May 6/27/10 Shelby
Glore, Mary 10/3/15 Shelby
Glore, Ruth B. 1/11/21 Joel Ridlen 7/10/23 Shelby
Glover, Fred A. 12/15/1895 Marshall Bassett Shelby
Glover, Willroy 6/17/1894 Miss Alice Carson 3/26/05 Shelby
Goodwin, Erby 12/15/1893 Nelson Goodwin 5/03/98 Shelby
Goodwin, Everett 6/26/1887 Shelby
Gray, Mary Ruth 3/1/23 Ora Griffey 2/21/31 Greene
Griswell, Leonard Calvin 1/3/00 Probesco Thomas 4/05/15 Shelby
Haley, Averill 1/25/24 Mrs. M. LeBeau 7/01/33 Shelby
Hallett, Mildred School for feebleminded Ft. Wayne Ripley
Handley, Dewey 1/23/1898 Jesse Andrews 3/08/10 Shelby
Handley, Emma 9/8/1896 father Redmond Handley 9-1907 Shelby
Handley, Henry 8/31/01 Shelby
Handley, Lambert 4/9/1894 father Redmond Handley 4/02/06 Shelby
Harlow, Edith 11/10/17 Shelby
Harlow, Ellen 3/10/20 Shelby
Harlow, Esther 2/23/19 Shelby
Harmon, Martha E. 5/5/1888 J. W. Copeland 4/23/98 Shelby
Harris, Virgil Theo 4/1/1889 Newton Smith 5/18/01 Shelby
Hart, Alma 6/15/08 Lawrence
Hartline, Fred Eugene 2/10/09 Wm. Robertson 9/15/15 Lawrence
Hatton, Merrill 4/9/11 Chas. E. Holwerds 11/25/11 Shelby
Hatton, Myrtle F. Mrs. L. S. Mills 11/25/11 Shelby
Hays, Charles E. 9/11/1893 E.M. Bowles 11/09/03 Shelby
Heck, Barbara Lou 7/1/27 R. W. Senour 1/01/31 Johnson
Heck, Harold Eugene 12/12/25 Wm. Bixler 2/4/31 Johnson
Heck, Mona Faye 2/12/21 Johnson
Heck, Robert Lee 12/11/23 Thomas Kracht 8/23/35 Johnson
Heck, Wayne 4/11/19 J. W. Utterbach 3/22/33 Johnson
Helms, Francis 10/31/16 Nettie Donnell 6/26/28 Johnson
Hemphill, Minard Sent to Plymouth 6/21/26
Hendricks, Wannetta 1/9/12 to home 8/02/18 Rush
Hendricks, William Edward 7/30/13 G. W. Bishop 7/22/16 Rush
Hendrickson, Arthur 5/16/26 Shelby
Hendrickson, Henry 10/1/1891 Fred Winthorst 3/26/96 Shelby
Hendrickson, Kenneth 4/16/21 Shelby
Hendrickson, Lewis 11/11/23 Shelby
Hendrickson, Mildred 6/19/15 Shelby
Hendrickson, Morgan 9/2/17 Released to parents Shelby
Hendrickson, Nolan 3/20/19 10/21/29 Shelby
Henry, Lola 4/5/1892 Jack Rese Clinton
Herndon, Oscar 5/9/1883 Richard Workman 5/09/96 Shelby
Hewitt, Anna 12/5/12 Omer S. Hurt 6/15/17 Shelby
Hewitt, Florence 9/20/02 A. B. Wagoner 11/14/17 Shelby
Hewitt, Goldie 3/23/07 Shelby
Hewitt, Harry 10/12/13 Geo. Smalley 4/16/23 Rush
Hewitt, Ruth 11/28/09 J. M. Kemp 4/22/18 Shelby
Hewitt, William 10/25/04 Wm. Gosney 1/30/17 Shelby
Higgins, Carrie T. 5/26/1891 to Mother 2/07/99 Shelby
Higgins, Everett 2/26/1886 to Mother 2/07/99 Shelby
Higgins, Lora R. 2/13/1888 to Mother 2/07/99 Shelby
Hillman, Walter 1/11/09 Lewis Bittner 1/06/1916 Shelby
Hilt, Floyd 10/7/06 L. T. Frain 9/08/09 Shelby
Hilt, Opal 10/7/05 Frank Kelley Shelby
Hinkle, Marie 8/31/08 Shelby
Hinkle, Roscoe 3/3/06 W. E. Arnold 3/15/1918 Shelby
Hinton, Harry 8/11/04 Wm. Schleter 1/07/1918 Rush
Howe, Mary Ellen Vermillion
Howery, Hazel 6/27/07 H. E. Todd 10/08/1921 Shelby
Howery, Mary F. 1/23/10 Mrs. Martin Nading 10/10/1924 Shelby
Howery, Nancy 5/16/18 Meade Brown 6/20/1921 Shelby
Howery, Roma 12/20/15 Asa Messersmith 4/10/1922 Shelby
Howery, Ruth Elizabeth 2/28/12 Wm. B. Ward 5/06/1922 Shelby
Hudson, Maxine 3/11/15 Mrs. Thomas Hageman 2/15/1933 Greene
Hudson, Ruth Eleanor 10/21/34 George C. Bull 8/29/1912 Decatur
Hudson, Virginia Lee 2/19/32 To father 2/15/1935 Decatur
Hulan, Charles 10/18/05 Jas. Taylor 6/14/1918 Greene Died 1/19/1924
Hurd, Alpha Lee 3/22/00 father Hayes Hurd 11/16/1912 Shelby
Hurd, Virthel D. 3/22/02 father Hayes Hurd 11/16/1912 Shelby
Icenogle, Nellie 9/20/08 Mes. Jessie Icenogle 6/21/1928 Decatur
Ingram, Arthur Released to parents 10/24/1916 Lawrence
Ingram, Bruce Released to parents 10/24/1916 Lawrence
Ingram, Ina Released to parents 10/24/1916 Lawrence
Ivans, John Wesley 5/30/1888 Entered 10/27/1892 Shelby
Ivens, Olive A. 3/21/1886 Henry Otto Shelby
Johnson, Florence 1/13/1892 Mrs. Florence Brown Shelby
Jones, Infant 11/1/01 Adopted by George W. Jones Shelby
Jones, Omer 2/8/05 Wm. Watson 5/18/1915 Shelby
Joyce, Lavada A. 4/22/1899 Rev. G. R. Henderson 7/01/1910 Shelby
Junken, Mary K. 5/10/08 William Kemp 8/15/1921 Rush
Name Date of Birth Released to Ward of (County) Remarks
Karnell, Samantha 12/5/05 Mrs. J. C. Ertel 8/23/1920 Rush
Keith, Arthur 11/09/1899 W. H. Wagoner 9/1905 Shelby
Keith, Ora Lowell 6/06/1887 Nancy Farley 11/16/1894 Shelby
Keith, Robert Earl 3/25/1882 Shelby
Keller, Clara 3/19/10 Herbert Bates 3/18/1916 Shelby
Keller, Daniel 9/29/13 H. C. Weinke 12/07/1915 Shelby
Keller, Esta 4/10/05 Izora B. Hall 1/25/1916 Shelby
Keller, Harry 2/27/08 W. H. Leffler 6/04/1918 Shelby
Kennedy, Edward Entered 5/05/1925 Dearborn Released 6/06/1925
Kerr, Arthur 1/13/19 6/2/27 Vermillion
Kerr, Charles 8/9/17 School for feebleminded Ft. Wayne Vermillion 7/8/27
Kerr, Earl 12/8/21 Harold Barnes 6/12/1933 Vermillion
Kerr, Richard 1/16/23 School for feebleminded Ft. Wayne Vermillion 7/8/27
Kidd, Altona 1/02/1881 Marshall Bassett 4/18/1893 Shelby
Kidd, Beatrice 2/16/1885 G. I. Tucker Shelby
Kidd, Frank 7/20/1891 Charles Rhoton 6/02/1904 Shelby Blackford Co IN
Kidd, Horace 3/07/1887 Mrs. Ann Farlow 3/04/1899 Shelby Rush Co IN
Kidd, Stella 3/16/1883 [Dunn] Shelby
Kieth, Effie Anna 11/5/1887 Dr. G. W. Shrout 11/16/1899 Shelby
Kincaide, Harry Clifford 6/16/01 Dr. A. O. Dobbins 2/29/1913 Shelby
Kincaide, Roscoe William 5/26/02 to Father 8/05/1911 Shelby
Kincaide, Roy Edmund 3/9/04 Shelby
Kiser, Teddy & Emerson
Kiser, William 9/2/01 James Dickinson 4/17/1915 Shelby
LaFaire, Flora Louise 6/23/05 H. H. Albert 4/14/1919 Rush
Land, Clarence Cecil Nov 1899 Emma Land Shelby
Land, John William Dec 1897 Winfield Land Shelby
Land, Millie Myrtle Oct 1888 Father Winfield Land 2/16/1898 Shelby
Land, Sylvia Sept 1891 Father Winfield Land 2/16/1898 Shelby
Laughlin, Bertha 12 yrs July 31 Rush
Laughlin, Florence
Law, Lilah May 5/30/21 Decatur
Lawhorn, Charles 7 years Shelby
Lawhorn, Harley 7years Admitted 3/21/1901 Shelby
Lawhorn, Mary 11 years Admitted 3/21/1901 Shelby Readmitted 1904
Lawhorn, Otho 11yrs  3 Admitted 3/21/1901 Shelby
Lawhorn, Paul 4 years Admitted 3/21/1901 Shelby
Layman, Bertha L. 5/30/1882 Shelby
Layman, Daisy 12/27/1879 Mrs. Hogan Shelby
Layman, Henry 9/12/1884 Shelby
Leach, Mary Jane 9/17/16 Floyd Strickler 7/06/1929 Greene
Lechner, Alfred 12/23/14 to father 7/30/1918 Rush
Lechner, Minnie 5/27/13 to father 7/30/1918 Rush
Lechner, Rosa 3/7/10 W. A. Heustis 9/23/1918 Rush
Leisure, Anna 11/1/13 Thomas Larrabee 6/13/1929 Rush
Leisure,Thomas J. 12/9/07 Michael Klein 4/21/1923 Decatur
Lewis, Bessie 3/24/1888 John Hershberger 1900 Shelby
Lewis, Herbert 1/12/1895 Harry Cameron 6/5/1899 Shelby
Lewis, Ishmael 11/02/1893 Shelby
Lewis, Jerry M. 7/25/1891 Shelby
Lewis, Ray 11/18/1890 Shelby
Little, Howard E. 10/09/1897 John P. Limp 9/01/1908 Shelby
Little, John William 10/15/1895 Shelby
Little, Russell 3/15/00 Mattie M. Golden 12/27/1907 Shelby
Lockridge, Belva Entered June 17, 1916 Henry
Logsden, Earl 4/16/22 Gram. Nancy Logsden 2/23/1931 Decatur
Mair, Mary 3/10/14 Adam Mair Jr. Vermillion
Marks, Virginia Mrs. Nellie Marks 10/03/1934 Shelby
Marlow, Merle Augustus 9/18/1885 Shelby
Marsh, Florence 9 yrs. In 1919 Decatur
Marsh, Raymond 2/24/12 W. Schleter 1/13/1925 Decatur
Matthews, Earl George 5/24/23 Wm. Albright 9/18/1926 Rush
Matthews, Raymond 6/24/18 to parents 4/09/1932 Rush
May, Harold 10/13/10 Fayette
May, Herbert 4/8/17 Mrs. Oscar Greene 10/17/1920 Fayette
May, Herschel 12/6/12 Fayette
Maze, Jerome W. Copeland 3/19/05 Walter Smith 8/21/1917 Shelby
McAdams, Harry Entered 4/20/1925 Dearborn Released to parents 6/6/1925
McCarty, Henry 3/28/09 J. W. Rich 6/02/1920 Rush
McClain, Wilbur A. Rose Stewart 6/10/1905 Shelby
McClain, William A. 7/30/1896 to mother 9/08/1920 Shelby
McDaniel, Deloris 7/16/03 Gram Belle McDaniel 2/13/1911 Shelby
McDaniel, Fern 11/9/04 To father 10/29/1914
McDonald Harold H. 3/22/09 mother Eliza McDonald Shelby
McDonald, Ella 6/20/00 A. J. Randall 11/04/1916 Shelby
McDonald, Fern 11/9/04 to father 10/29/1914
McDonald, Goldie 4/14/11 Gram. Mary F. Haymond 4/22/1914 Shelby
McDonald, John 2/5/04 Cousin Lester Lee 4/04/1914 Shelby
McDonald, Mary F. 10/3/06 mother Eliza McDonald Shelby
McDonald, Thelma 8/20/02 mother Eliza McDonald Shelby
McGee, Bertha 3/22/04 J. C. Gipe 9/14/1921 Shelby
McGee, Freddy Alfred 8/20/13 Shelby
McGee, Helen 12/9/10 Raymond Christ Shelby
McGee, James 4/8/06 J. M. Ross 4/27/1918 Shelby
McGee, Joseph  12/9/10 Guy Jones 8/02/1915 Shelby
McGee, Josephine 12/9/10 Mrs. Anna Lock 3/1916 Shelby
McGibbins, Jessie Ada 11/15/1888 D. W. Treon 4/08/1895 Shelby
McGibbins, Pearl May 6/25/1883 Shelby
McNeely, Maurice father George McNeely 12/19/1914 Decatur
McNicholson, Viola 4/4/23 Decatur
Means, Daphyl Avis 3/18/03 Harry Axtell 8/17/1914 Shelby
Means, Emma Marie 8/19/04 Shelby
Means, Florence 12/19/04 Hiram Foster 5/09/1914 Shelby
Means, Mattie M. 11/3/08 Harry Axtell 3/17/1914 Shelby
Means, Oria Ita 12/10/00 Harry Axtell 5/02/1914 Shelby
Means, Raymond 9/9/06 Chandos C. Means 8/31/1914 Shelby
Mefford, Maggie 8/17/1894 William Scrougham 9/11/1896 Shelby
Mefford, Tessie 4/30/1891 William Mefford 11/03/1896 Shelby
Merrick, Dorothy 8/19/23 Grant Armstrong 8/02/1930 Shelby
Merrick, Harry 7/31/25 Shelby
Merrick, Helen 9/2/20 Barbara Rogers 1/03/1930 Shelby
Merrick, Maurice 2/25/14 W. H. Scott 4/09/1930 Shelby
Merrick, Walter 1/23/18 Shelby
Mettert, Earl 7/8/10 To mother 5/20/1921 Rush
Mettert, Ernest 10/22/08 Rush
Miers, Earl T. 4/12/12 Adopted by Alvora Keller 9/23/1918 Decatur
Miers, Estelle M. 5/20/08 Adopted by Alvora Keller 9/23/1918 Decatur
Miers, Lillian F. 5/2/04 Decatur
Miers, Robert W. 8/12/06 Mrs. Samuel Tucker 12/3/1917 Decatur
Miller, Deloris 4/30/13 not entered in home of Clyde Goodwin Shelby
Miller, Ernest 8/13/08 Grace Miller Shelby
Miller, Gladis 4/16/1894 Rush
Miller, Harold 8/16/13 Grm Mrs. Ed Miller 6/03/1926 Rush
Miller, Herman 12/27/06 Grace Miller Shelby
Miller, Howard 9 yrs in 1919 mother Nina Ross 10/06/1919 Rush
Miller, James E. Entered April 12, 1929 Shelby
Miller, Mary Louise 12/8/07 Chester Bunton 12/18/1908 Shelby
Mize, Clifford 6/24/29 Greene
Mize, Edna Rebecca Ledgerwood 1/20/1924 Jackson
Mize, Edna Louise 1/30/24 Rebecca Ledgerwood 2/10/1925 Greene
Mize, Joseph Jr. 5/1/27 Greene
Moore, Deloris Mae 2/20/19 Dr. D. F. Randolph adopted 8/08/1928 Brown
Morris, Bell 4/6/11 Joseph Brown 10/23/23 Rush
Morris, Lillie Belle 1/14/13 Granf. Alfred Swain 5/02/1927 Rush
Morris, Pauline Mrs. James Harcourt 6/18/1925 Rush
Murnan, Cannie 9/23/1893 Hiram Murnan 9/05/1902 Shelby
Murnan, Lenna 4/12/1895 Benjamin Land 8/30/1903 Shelby
Murnan, Millard 7/22/1892 Hiram Murnan 9/05/1902 Shelby
Murphy, Donald 3/8/03 Otto H. Krull 12/15/1915 Shelby
Murphy, Effie 2/13/06 George Williams 5/01/1915 Shelby
Murphy, James 3/19/00 Charles Stewert 6/17/1915 Shelby
Murphy, Ralph 10-Apr J. C. Power 6/30/1924 Shelby
Myers, Harry S. 7/01/1897 Shelby
Myers, Herbert M. 2/2/03 father James Myers 4/30/1910 Shelby
Myers, Ida B. 5/17/1897 C. E. Barrett 3/05/1912 Shelby
Myers, Margaret 8/6/08 George Steinbeck 4/03/1912 Shelby
Myers, McGaven 1/15/07 Shelby
Myers, Nora F. 7/23/00 Mrs. J. V. Salisbury 10/21/1914 Shelby
Nash, Emma F. 10/01/1890 Uncle J. F. McCain 4/27/1905 Shelby
Newton, Luther 4/01/1899 Gram. Hester Fair 12/14/1911 Shelby
Nicely, Dorothy 6/8/03 Rollie M. Rea 1/5/1915 Shelby
Nicely, Lawrence 11/9/04 mother Mary E. Young 5/07/1917 Shelby
Nicely, Samuel 5/17/02 Rollie M. Rea 7/7/1914 Shelby
Nugent, Albert 6/11/03 Elmer E. Benger 3/07/1916 Shelby
Nugent, Ona 12/23/00 J. C. Armentrout 3/27/1916 Shelby
Owens, Benjamin 8 yrs in 1920 to parents 8/02/1920 Decatur
Owens, Joseph 9/8/12 Mrs. Mary Shaw 5/26/1927 Shelby
Owens, Lawrence 2/4/09 Frank Schumaker 12/12/1922 Shelby
Owens, Margaret 6/1/17 J. W. McManaman 10/07/1920 Decatur
Owens, Nellie Decatur
Owens, Richard 7 yrs. In 1920 to parents 8/02/1920 Decatur
Owens, Stanley 5/16/19 K. H. Thiesing 2/17/1921 Shelby
Parvis, Alvin 7/01/1897 Shelby
Parvis, Milo 5/19/1892 Shelby
Patrick, Amelia 1/10/13 Rose A. Spear Vermillion
Patrick, Ben 3/20/20 Vermillion
Patrick, David sister Rosa Ruker Vermillion
Patterson, Bessie 4/4/00 Ft. Wayne School Shelby
Patterson, Claude 7/27/1884 Elisha Hawkins Shelby
Patterson, Ethel 1881 uncle Elisha Hawkins Shelby
Patterson, Ross 6/19/1886 uncle Elisha Hawkins Shelby
Patton, Cecil 7/3/03 Orva Henry 4/02/1917 Lawrence
Patton, Wray 5/10/1878 Ft. Wayne School Shelby
Payton, Glen 2/17/19 Shelby
Payton, Maud Vermillion
Perkins, Alonzo 7/3/00 Fred Spotts 3/16/1910 Shelby
Perkins, F. Verd 12 yrs. In 1909 Shelby
Perkins, Fenimore 3/24/1895 Alice Perkins 1/14/1911 Shelby
Perkins, W. Alonzo 9 yrs. In 1909 Shelby
Perkinson, Lawrence 8/24/11 Wm. Schleter 10/02/1923 Rush
Petty, Geraldine 4/1/19 W. A. Fauss 11/18/1924 Vermillion
Petty, Josephine 12/25/13 W. A. Fauss 9/26/1926 Vermillion
Petty, Waneeta 11/1/09 Ft. Wayne School for feeble minded Vermillion
Phipps, Brutus 12/10/1879 Mrs. Mattie Reece Shelby
Phipps, Evans 6/24/1881 Shelby
Phipps, Michael Bert 12/10/1879 Shelby
Pickett, Frances 4/12/12 Shelby
Pickett, Opal 10/15/15 Russell S. Zeh 7/25/1932 Shelby
Pierce, Cordelia 1/30/08 Married John Clark 8/18/1920 Lawrence
Pierce, Estal Lawrence
Pierce, Juanita 3/23/13 Emery Hunt 4/22/1917 Lawrence
Pitcher, Ida 4/16/1886 father 6/19/1894 Shelby
Pitcher, John 5/13/1891 father 6/19/1894 Shelby
Pope, Clarence 7 yrs. In 1915 Rush
Pope, Doxy 3 yrs in 1915 Rush
Pope, Fred 6/15/12 H. G. Randall 7/14/1915 Shelby
Pope, Jonay 7/8/11 Wm. N. Gooding 12/19/1930 Shelby
Porter, Mary Lue 6/03/1897 Ollie Dismore 6/19/1906 Rush
Price, Alberta 11/15/09 Leo Kisling 2/14/1924 Rush
Price, Alma 4/27/16 Emerson Bruner Shelby
Price, Carl 11/13/11 Ed. L. Beer 3/31/1924 Rush
Price, Ella 5/31/10 L. E. Morris 7/26/1935 Shelby
Price, Robert 4/6/16 David Grenat 11/18/1924 Rush
Price, Willard 10/16/20 J. C. Power 4/25/1924 Rush died 5/22/1927
Radish, Metro 4/1/12 Ezra Busg 8/8/1927 Vermillion
Ray, William 3/10/18 Fred Beard 2/23/1931 Dearborn
Redman, Bertha May 5/13/1892 G. W. Jacobs 5/1/1898 Shelby
Redman, Frank 8/4/1893 Wm. Redman 5/3/1898 Shelby
Redman, Harry 8/04/1893 G. W. Jacobs 5/1/1898 Shelby
Reed, Luella 8/31/1895 J. H. Johnson 8/29/1899 Shelby
Reed, Nannie 10/15/1893 Mrs. Catherine Bassett 6/27/1904 Shelby
Reed, Nora 11/17/1898 Shelby
Relford, Martha 2/29/1880 G. W. Hilligoss 6/6/1896 Shelby
Rhynearson, Ella 10/20/08 W. W. Townsend 5/1/1922 Rush
Rice, Agnes Catherine 5/22/23 Mrs. Arthur Allen 7/3/1934 Rush
Richardson, Bernice 11/8/18 Gram Mrs. Charles Cline 3/31/1922 Rush
Richardson, Frances 6/3/10 Gram. Mrs. Charles Cline 3/31/1922 Rush
Richardson, Helen Gram. Mrs. Charles Cline Rush
Richardson, Ina 6/29/10 Russell Henderson 6/25/1927 Greene
Richardson, Opal 11/30/12 Grandm Mrs. Charles Cline Rush
Ridlin, Charles E. 1/19/1883 F. B. Crosby 9/29/1894 Shelby
Roberts, Clyde Shelby
Roberts, Frances Shelby
Roberts, Howard Shelby
Roberts, Marie Shelby
Roberts, Milton Shelby
Roberts, Robert Shelby
Roberts, William Shelby
Rodgers, Bell 4/21/1893 Shelby
Rodgers, Lillian B. father S. R. Rodgers Ripley
Rodgers, Maggie 16 yrs. 1898 Medsinger 8/20/1898 Shelby
Rodgers, Wayne 4/1/1891 Shelby
Rodgiver, Maggie 11 yrs. 1892 Ripley
Runyan, Albert 11/1/1882 Chas. A. Workman 6/1/1895 Shelby
Runyan, Harry 11/7/1887 Etta Guess Shelby
Rush, Ida May 1/21/12 Aunt Mrs. Frank Whitmer 6/12/1926 Rush
Rutherford, Fern 9/15/02 Roy Brouhard 8/20/1920 Shelby
Rutherford, Goldie Irene 10/28/05 Lewis F. Malcom 12/16/1922 Shelby
Rutherford, Helen 7/28/08 Criss Saddler 8/23/1920 Shelby
Rutherford, Mabel 9/15/12 Mrs. Rose Wolverton 12/18/1920 Shelby
Rutherford, Mary L. 5/18/24 adopted by Harry M. Waite 4/15/1925 Shelby
Sammons, Florence 10/18/07 Mrs. Phoebe Schwartz 1/12/1921 Shelby
Sammons, Hallie 4/22/09 Wm. Gallagher 4/10/1924 Rush
Sammons, Marie 3/10/16 Roy Brooks 5/31/1925 Rush
Sammons, Pauline 7/15/18 Sylvester Newby 6/27/1922 Rush
Sampson, Pearl 2/4/05 Cyrus Davis 3/17/1918 Shelby
Sandefur, Cecil 10/19/1896 to father Amos 12/1903 Shelby
Sandefur, Charles H. 8/5/1895 to father Amos 12/31/1898 Shelby
Sandefur, Perry 11/6/1891 to father 12/31/1898 Shelby
Sanders, William 2/10/08 Shelby
Schofield, Helen May be Ruby Lucille Harper Rush
Schofield, Ruby 10/7/21 Thomas Schonfield Rush
Scudder, Betty Lou Shelby
Scudder, Bobby James Shelby
Scudder, Edwin E. Shelby
Scudder, John J. 5/20/23 Shelby
Scudder, Josephine Shelby
Scudder, Mildred Shelby
Sevo, Angeline 12/4/11 J. B. Fenner 4/26/1929 Vermillion
Sevo, George Vermillion
Sevo, Mildred Mrs. Belle Thornbury  4/25/1922 Vermillion
Sevo, Sam 4/25/15 Cora Strickler 4/25/1930 Vermillion
Sevo, Stella 7/10/13 Vermillion
Sexton, Charles E. 4/20/22 adopted by Forbes A. Hurcomb 6/20/1930 Rush
Sexton, Frances M. 6/30/20 Wm. H. Dawson 11/10/1925 Rush
Sexton, Laura May 3/3/16 Mrs. Joseph Sutton 6/10/1929 Rush
Shipp, Bertha 7/30/18 Johnson
Shipp, Elizabeth 6/26/16 Johnson
Shipp, Gladys 1/15/15 Seymour Mount 2/4/1928 Johnson
Shipp, Mabel 5/6/21 Levi O. Stark 3/25/1926 Johnson
Short, Gladdis Isaac W. Clark 8/4/1896 Shelby
Short, Thelma 1/12/13 G. N. Jeffers 9/23/1924 Greene
Sink, Everett 12/7/1892 sister Mrs. Josie Boss 2/9/1906 Shelby
Sink, Harry 8/11/1889 sister Mrs. Josie Boss 2/9/1906 Shelby
Slamp, Anna Louise 5/13/20 Mat. Granf John Lee 9/8/1928 Greene
Slamp, Daniel M. Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell 7/26/1929 Greene
Slamp, Doris May 4/24/22 C. A. Clawson 8/27/1927 Greene
Slamp, Nora C. Mrs. John Boruff 4/17/1928 Greene
Slavey, Fred M. 4/30/21 Johnson
Slavey, Joe 6/19/15 Johnson
Slayback, Virginia 2/27/15 Admitted 10/15/1928 Dearborn
Slifer, May 1/18/1891 Alada Slifer 1/29/1894 Shelby
Smith, Arthur C. Court Order 6/13/1916 Henry
Smith, Delbert 6/12/12 Wm. Cushing 5/7/1924 Hancock
Smith, James R. 5/10/1888 father Gashum Smith Shelby
Smith, James Russell 3/4/1897 Lafayette Williams 2/2/1912 Shelby
Smith, Lewis 2/25/17 Shelby
Smith, Marguerite 3/19/12 Elmer B. Cook 12/10/1919 Shelby
Smith, Marie father Henry Smith 3/13/1918 Henry
Smith, Melba 4/21/07 Albert Smith 4/31/1919 Shelby
Smith, Myrtle Blanch 6/2/1893 father Gashum Smith Shelby
Smith, Paul 1900/August William A. Smith Shelby
Smith, Thurman 1904 William A. Smith Shelby
Smith, Violet 6\15\1910 Mrs. Carrie McKee 8/3/1921 Shelby
Smith, Wallace 7\25\1906 William A. Smith Shelby
Snepp, Emma 3/9/1891 father Calvin A. Snepp 11/25/1898 Shelby
Snepp, Flora 4/8/1889 George W. Mount 4/23/1898 Shelby
Snepp, Florence 1/29/1885 father Calvin A. Snepp 11/25/1898 Shelby
Snepp, Grover C. 3/8/1885 father Calvin A. Snepp 11/25/1898 Shelby
Sparks, Nora Marie ca. 2 yrs 1905 Shelby
Spellman, Bertha 11/13/1888 Wm. McCartney Shelby
Spellman, Elvy 1/2/1882 Wm. McCartney 10/23/1892 Shelby
Spellman, Scott Ray 1/11/1878 Wm. D. Young 10/3/1893 Shelby
Stader, Faye 5/21/21 Mrs. Margaret LeBeau 7/5/1933 Shelby
Stafford, Flora Annis 9/17/1886 Mary Stafford 4/17/1896 Shelby
Stewart, Dora 1/30/1890 Mrs. Jany Smith 10/16/1899 Shelby
Stewart, Jack Howell George Stewart 10/16/1899 Shelby
Stewart, John 2/18/1896 Shelby
Stewart, Minnie 8/8/1895 Shelby
Stewart, Raymond 9/15/1892 Shelby
Stillabower, Ernest Leo 12/13/24 Margaret Stillabower Carlysle Johnson
Stillabower, Pauline C. 3/8/27 Margaret Stillabower Carlysle Johnson
Stillabower, Thelma 10/9/22 Margaret Stillabower Carlysle Johnson
Story, Haley 9/5/1891 Mrs. Mattie Culbertson 2/1899 Shelby
Stout, Blanche J. 12/11/1899 Carl Stine 6/3/1915 Shelby
Stout, Cecil L. 2/26/1897 Barnett G. Skinner 7/11/1901 Shelby
Stout, Febro 12/25/1893 Shep Stafford 7/29/1906 Shelby
Sturgeon, Nellie 6/30/06 Mrs. W. H. Jordan 9/22/1919 Greene
Sturges, Charles 11/29/1888 Harry Dean 3/1/1904 Wayne
Swails, Elbert E. 9/24/08 Shelby
Swails, Harry E. 3/28/03 Percy A. Kregle Shelby
Swinehart, Bessie 7/4/1886 To Mother Clara Shelby
Swinehart, Edith 11/6/1894 To Mother Clara Shelby
Swinehart, Edward 7/26/1884 To Mother Clara Shelby
Swinehart, Thomas 11/6/1891 To Mother Clara Shelby
Taggart, Bennie 9 yrs. 1893 Shelby
Taggart, Dallas 11 yrs. 1893 Shelby
Taggart, Georgia 7 yrs. 1893 Shelby
Taggart, James Shelby
Taggart, Myrtle 1/10/10 father Dallas Taggart Shelby
Taggart, William 2/4/06 Wm. T. Dickman 1/29/1922 Shelby
Turner, Douglas 7/7/32 Entered home 6/14/1935 Decatur
Turner, Emma Lou 8 yrs. 1932 Dearborn
Turner, Harold Eugene 3/17/30 Decatur
Turner, John 5/10/35 Decatur
Turner, Leonard 5 yrs 1932 Dearborn
Turner, Robert 3 yrs. 1932 Dearborn
Tyo, Charles A. 12/25/17 Wm. B. Ward 3/14/1925 Greene
Tyo, George C. 3/24/22 Russell Reed 3/24/1925 Greene
Tyo, Helen Imogene 2/4/20 Fred Wiley 1/23/1930 Greene
Uland, Jonas Greene
Uland, Lucille Shelby county Home 8/1925 Greene
Uland, Wilbert Greene To Masonic Home 3/9/1927
Vandiver, Lucille 5/4/16 Herbert Williams 5/1/1931 Johnson
Vandiver, Roscoe 5/21/12 F. E. Milner 5/11/1926 Johnson
VanScycle, Lewis 10/17/1885 Minnie VanScycle Shelby
Wagner, Donald 6/4/15 father Henry Wagner 5/20/1927 Shelby
Wagner, Edwina 4/25/13 father Henry Wagner 5/20/1927 Shelby
Wagner, Mary 6/21/14 father Henry Wagner 5/20/1927 Shelby
Wagner, Philip 4/11/22 father Henry Wagner 5/20/1927 Shelby
Wainscott, Fred 10/11/04 Alexander Bell 1/29/1919 Hancock
Wainscott, Luther 2/11/13 H. C. Gundrum 1/31/1920 Hancock
Wainscott, Marshall 10/20/08 Alvin Arnold 4/1/1928 Hancock
Wallace, Doris D. (male) 6/3/15 Adam Doane 1/23/1917 Shelby
Walton, Alice May 6 yrs. 1929 Boarded at home 1/19/1929 Shelby
Walton, Lewis Edward 3 yrs. 1929 father 10/1934 Shelby
Walton, Martha Louise 8 yrs. 1929 Boarded at home 1/19/1929 Shelby
Walton, Paul Richard 6 yrs. 1929 Boarded at home 1/19/1929 Shelby
Warfield, Eddie father Jesse 12/27/1930 Rush
Warfield, Emory Rush
Warfield, Ethel Rush
Warfield, Junior Rush
Warfirld, Irwin Rush
Waters, Viola May 6/27/26 See Gartin-Hudson Decatur
Weddle, Katie Clyde 10/14/1880 Died July 15, 1898 Shelby
Weddle, Stella Josephine 1/5/1882 George Walker Shelby
Wells, Chester Earl 1/5/15 Wm. C. Shaw 4/13/1931 Shelby
Wells, Joseph Paul 6/7/11 William Eck 7/30/1927 Shelby
Wells, Raymond Earl 2/16/14 Mrs. Robert Shaw 11/9/1930 Shelby
Wert, Jean Marjorie 8/7/20 Russell Wert 11/6/1928 Johnson
Wert, Particia 9/7/22 Russell Wert 11/6/1928 Johnson
Wheeldon, Levon 10/25/14 Dale Wheeldon 5/15/1915 Ripley
White, Orin C. 2/23/03 Mrs. Henry Brooks 6/4/1918 Lawrence
Whiteman, Edna 4 yrs. 11/14/1913 George A. Shenck 8/25/1918 Decatur
Whiteman, Garnett 5 yrs May 1918 Decatur
Wiggans, Dewey G. 5/23/10 Shelby
Wiggans, Ralph D. 5/23/10 Everett Stansbury 10/16/1910 Shelby
Wildig, Earl E. 6/16/09 C. McQuinston 6/18/1926 Rush
Wilson, Bertha 2/17/1896 Mrs. Cora Spaulding 6/27/1912 Shelby
Wilson, Bessie 7/10/1884 Shelby
Wilson, Cecil Esta 4/14/01 Elmer Wilson 1/13/1916 Shelby
Wilson, Hazel Marie 6/14/1884 Jennie E. Wilson 10/16/1899 Shelby
Wilson, Irene 6/27/1889 A. H. Pauley 1/2/1903 Shelby
Wilson, Rosa 2/28/1882 aunt Mrs. Alice Sweet 5/7/1898 Shelby
Wilson, Scott 5/14/1885 R. W. Harvey 1/2/1903 Shelby
Winton, Archie Shelby
Winton, Artie Shelby
Winton, Harry Shelby
Winton, Lillian 8/18/1893 W. H. Winton 4/19/1901 Shelby
Winton, Omer mother Amanda 2/10/1898 Shelby
Winton, Sylvester Shelby
Winton, Thomas Shelby
Winton, William H. 11/9/1890 W. H. Winton 4/19/1901 Shelby
Wood, Joseph 4/14/01 Mrs. Catherine Bassett  Shelby
Woodruff, Harry born 1886 Shelby
Woodruff, May 5/7/1885 Charley Smith Shelby
Woodruff, Minnie 9/23/1897 Irvin P. Kern 12/5/1906 Shelby
Wortman, Gertrude 4/15/1884 Mrs. Laura Randolph 3/2/1904 Shelby
Yarber, Ethel 9/10/1891 parents 12/05/1902 Shelby
Yarber, Hobart 12/5/1896 parents 12/05/1902 Shelby
Yarber, Marie 8/31/1894 parents 12/05/1902 Shelby
Young, Frances Effie 2/1/15 cousin Mrs. J. E. Berrell 11/10/1915 Shelby
Young, Russell 3/2/1891 Mrs. James Young 10/19/1891 Shelby
Young, Virginia 1/10/18 Mrs. Stella Marsh Ripley
Zeh, Harriett 6/5/07 Mrs. H. G. Woodbury 7/2/1924 Dearborn
Zeh, Lawrence 2/21/13 Wallace McLane 10/21/1928 Dearborn
Zeh, Mary 1/3/11 Edward Seekatz Dearborn


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