Children in Jail
This file appears in: Setbacks and Tragedies Among the Orphans of Jeffersonville
In 1912, a Clark County deputy sheriff removed 3 children from the home of Issac Rotoroff because the family could not afford to adequately support them. Clark County Juvenile Court assigned the children to the orphanage. Before placement in the orphanage, the young Rotoroffs were held at the county jail, near the old Clark County courthouse, pictured here. A mid century modern city-county building now stands on Court Avenue in the place of the old structure.
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…