Too Sick for Court
This file appears in: Setbacks and Tragedies Among the Orphans of Jeffersonville
Single parents sometimes committed some of their children to an orphanage while retaining custody of others, at least for a time. When Rella Taylor’s husband deserted her in 1918, she brought Charles, 8, and Elnora, 4 to court for placement by the court, but her other children were too sick to attend court and remained home that day, according to the Evening News.
This file appears in: Setbacks and Tragedies Among the Orphans of Jeffersonville
Setbacks and Tragedies Among the Orphans of Jeffersonville
While most people think of orphans as children with no parents, most orphaned children had one or more living parents. The events that left children with in the custody of the orphanage included diseases and accidents that killed or disabled older…