I've been trying to find out if their was a Soldiers' Home in Franklin or
Dearborn Counties, too. I received two suggestions: one, that a person from
this area might have gone to Dayton, Ohio, and another
suggested Tippecanoe County on the Wabash river, just north of Lafayette,
IN.
The 1873 newspaper article was in regard to a man who had died in the
soldiers' home. There had been articles about this man in a few papers
during the months prior to that. Since the editor seemed to assume that
readers would know where it was, I thought it might be local. I hate to
think of a person, in failing health, traveling so far by 1873 means from
northern Dearborn County.
If I learn more, I will share the info.
Ruth Cox Schlemmer
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From: Joan & Wayne Wilton <panther(a)snoopy.ccia.st-thomas.on.ca>
To: INFRANKLI-L(a)rootsweb.com <INFRANKLI-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 9:22 PM
Subject: [INFRANKLI-L] Old Soldiers' Home?
Is there or was there an "old soldiers' home in Franklin Co?
If so, where
would one find access to patients records?