Hello List,
I joined this list to attempt to tie up some loose ends in researching my
husband's family.
My husband, Joe Mills, grew up in New Albany. His grandparents had come
there from Lawrence Co IN, where his grandmother, Della (actually Delilah)
Worthington Allen had lived with foster families from her infancy in
1876. Della's mother, Jane Osborn Worthington, had died just a few months
after Della's birth. The father, Cicero Joseph Worthington, farmed out his
five small children.
Della married James Edward Allen in 1895 in Lawrence Co IN. He worked for
the rail road, and they may have met anywhere along the line between New
Albany and Bedford. Della was hardly aware of some of her siblings during
her growing-up years; in fact, they all got together for the first time as
adults.
Della told her granddaughter Carolyn Mills that she had spent some time in
the Ekin Av orphanage. There has been no discussion about the Ekin avenue
orphanage since 1999 on this list. I hope someone currently on the list
has some information about it.
Sharon Mills
Martinsville, IN