Darke County Childrens Home Cemetery
Also known as Childrens Home Cemetery
Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, USA
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Greenville, Ohio 45331 United StatesCoordinates: 40.13612, -84.61929 - Cemetery ID:
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From the 1800's until 1960-70's the DCCH was the repository for orphans, unwanted, indigent, handicapped, and incorrigible children. Few saw actual adoptions but mostly were 'rented' out as child-laborers on farms and domestic servants in homes. There was little oversight, and physical/sexual abuse was common. The tiny cemetery may contain more than just the four children listed on the stone (I recall seeing other other markers years ago).
After this cemetery was closed, additional children from DCCH may have been buried in the county cemetery (see Darke County Home Cemetery).
The cemetery is located in Greenhill Township, Darke County, Ohio, and is # 2701 (Childrens Home Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1806155 (Childrens Home Cemetery / Children's Home Cemetery).
From the 1800's until 1960-70's the DCCH was the repository for orphans, unwanted, indigent, handicapped, and incorrigible children. Few saw actual adoptions but mostly were 'rented' out as child-laborers on farms and domestic servants in homes. There was little oversight, and physical/sexual abuse was common. The tiny cemetery may contain more than just the four children listed on the stone (I recall seeing other other markers years ago).
After this cemetery was closed, additional children from DCCH may have been buried in the county cemetery (see Darke County Home Cemetery).
The cemetery is located in Greenhill Township, Darke County, Ohio, and is # 2701 (Childrens Home Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1806155 (Childrens Home Cemetery / Children's Home Cemetery).
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- Added: 3 Jul 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2312566
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