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Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School
The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School (also known as ISSCS), founded by the State of Illinois as Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home (ISOH) for orphans of the Civil War, was a children's home located in Normal from 1865 until 1979.
History.
History Founded after the Civil War.
Originally known as the Civil War Orphans' Home, ISSCS was established in 1865 by an act of the Illinois State legislature as a home
election until 1908. He was a leader in the effort to found the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School. He was an adviser to four Illinois governors as a colonel.
Evans married Alice M. Rhodes in 1858. They had one son, Arthur. Evans died on March 27, 1917, and was buried in Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora two days later.