Ohio Veterans Childrens Home Cemetery
Also known as Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Cemetery
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
--1870 - 75 children at the home and State of Ohio assumed control. Xenia residents provided 150 acres to build permanent housing for Ohio children who lost fathers in American Civil War. Eventually the State opened residence to orphans of all military conflicts, children of all veterans, including some children who, due to family financial difficulties, were left at the home.
--1901 - 900 children at the home, making the facility the largest institution of its kind in the world. They received traditional education, occupational and military training, and lived in cottages with 40-50 per cottage.
--1978 - became known as Ohio Veterans' Children's Home
--1997 - ceased operations
--1998 - property sold to Legacy Ministries International, which leases the site to different businesses and organizations including a retirement community, a Christian school, and the international headquarters of Athletes-in-Action. Every year, a reunion of former pupils is held.
Excerpted from:
The cemetery is located in Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, and is # 4335 (Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
--1870 - 75 children at the home and State of Ohio assumed control. Xenia residents provided 150 acres to build permanent housing for Ohio children who lost fathers in American Civil War. Eventually the State opened residence to orphans of all military conflicts, children of all veterans, including some children who, due to family financial difficulties, were left at the home.
--1901 - 900 children at the home, making the facility the largest institution of its kind in the world. They received traditional education, occupational and military training, and lived in cottages with 40-50 per cottage.
--1978 - became known as Ohio Veterans' Children's Home
--1997 - ceased operations
--1998 - property sold to Legacy Ministries International, which leases the site to different businesses and organizations including a retirement community, a Christian school, and the international headquarters of Athletes-in-Action. Every year, a reunion of former pupils is held.
Excerpted from:
The cemetery is located in Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, and is # 4335 (Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
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Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
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Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
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Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
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Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
- Total memorials0
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 14 Mar 2006
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2169652
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