Ohio Veteran's Children's Home

Beginning in 1886, The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the citizens of Greene County, Ohio and the State of Ohio founded The Ohio Soldier's & Sailor's Orphans' Home (OSSO), later renamed The Ohio Veteran's Children's Home (OVCH), in Xenia, Ohio. Before it closed in 1997, more than 13,500 children were cared for and educated at the OSSO/OVCH.
Records Available
  • Applications for Admission
  • 1907 Annual Report

    • When the home closed in 1997, the original records were transferred to the Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio.

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