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Inmates Released From Indiana Boys' School, Plainfield, Indiana (1880-1882)

Index © Meredith Thompson

Source: Sixteenth annual report of the commissioners of the Indiana House of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders, for the year ending October 31, 1882 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1882)

The Indiana Boys' School was a state correctional institution established in Plainfield, Indiana in 1867 to reform male juvenile offenders through education. Originally known as the "Indiana House of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders," its name was later changed to the Indiana Reform School for Boys and then the Indiana Boys' School. Judges from courts across Indiana could commit boys to the school if they had been charged with a crime or with being delinquent. In more recent times, the institution was called the Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility. The Indiana State Archives has the records of the Indiana Boys' School; they have an online database that covers 1867-1937.

     Last Name           First Name                Discharged                  Residence (1882)              Remarks
Alley               George               February 23, 1881              unknown
Alley               Samuel               April 2, 1881                  Danville
Andrews             Charles              June 1, 1881                   New York City
Arnold              William              October 3, 1881                Columbus
Arthur              Francis              June 5, 1882                   Newberry
Arwood              George               December 29, 1880              Brookville
Ash                 Frank                July 31, 1882                  Indianapolis
Ash                 Sherman              April 1, 1880                  Mitchell                       drowned
Ashton              Charles              April 29, 1880                 Milwaukee
Baker               Leonard              July 5, 1880                   Whitcomb
Ball                Anson                April 11, 1881                 Burnettsville
Barbour             John                 July 31, 1882                  Indianapolis
Barnes              Robert               June 1, 1881                   LaPorte
Bauer               Fred                 August 30, 1881                Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bauer               Wilhelm              May 6, 1880                    Anderson
Bean                John                 October 5, 1880                Madison
Beaver              George               April 1, 1880                  unknown
Becker              Emil                 October 15, 1881               Chicago, Illinois
Belle               Charles              March 1, 1882                  Vevay
Belle               Peter                October 13, 1880               Indianapolis
Bergin              Thomas               September 5, 1881              Lafayette
Berry               Charles              January 7, 1881                Indianapolis
Berth               Hiram                February 24, 1881              Indianapolis
Bierlin             William              May 3, 1882                    Crown Point
Bingaman            A.L.                 May 17, 1882                   Logansport
Bingman             Fred                 March 1, 1882                  Stryker, Ohio
Birdsley            John H.              June 24, 1880                  Richmond
Black               Leroy                August 17, 1882                Nettle Point
Blake               Howard               October 20, 1881               Indianapolis
Blakesley           Loveless             June 2, 1881                   Vistula
Bolger              James B.             December 13, 1881              Sullivan
Bonafacino          Larence              November 9, 1881               Salem
Bonawitz            B.E.                 July 31, 1882                  Roanoke
Bowers              Abram                October 10, 1881               Compton
Boyden              Francis              June 5, 1882                   Anderson
Bracken             Allen                December 30, 1880              Indianapolis
Brennen             John                 April 24, 1882                 Terre Haute
Brenner             William              June 24, 1880                  South Bend
Brittanham          Joseph               December 19, 1881              Clarksville
Brockway            James                July 8, 1881                   Boylston
Brooks              Marshall             February 20, 1882              Milner's Corner
Brown               Ellsworth            July 5, 1882                   Brightwood
Brown               Henry                October 2, 1882                New Albany
Brown               James                February 16, 1882              Indianapolis
Brown               Mickey               May 29, 1882                   Angola
Brown               Thomas               February 16, 1882              Indianapolis
Brozius             Ellsworth            September 5, 1881              with circus
Bryan               William              July 11, 1881                  Warsaw
Bundy               Charles              October 1, 1881                Spiceland
Burgess             Edward               June 17, 1881                  Richmond
Burton              William              April 1, 1880                  Hanover
Buser               Harry                October 4, 1881                Indianapolis
Callahan            William              April 19, 1881                 Denver, Colorado
Campaniott          Ellis                July 27, 1882                  Evansville
Canada              Edward               January 1, 1881                Cincinnati
Canady              William              September 4, 1882              Marion
Canfield            Willis               May 6, 1881                    Colfax
Carpenter           Edward               February 21, 1881              Fort Wayne
Carter              George               July 16, 1881                  Athens, Ohio
Carter              James                December 13, 1881              Indianapolis
Cassady             Peter                September 27, 1882             New Albany
Castledine          James                September 4, 1882              Huntington
Castler             Fred                 October 23, 1881               Chicago, Illinois
Chandler            William              March 16, 1881                 Kokomo
Cheatham            Boyd                 September 9, 1882              Indianapolis
Cheeseman           Thomas               May 30, 1882                   Indianapolis
Chinneth            W.H.                 December 15, 1880              Kewanna
Chrisman            H.B.                 March 1, 1882                  Richmond
Clark               Fulton               November 15, 1881              Logansport
Clark               Thomas               April 30, 1882                 Indianapolis
Clarke              Earl C.              January 5, 1882                St. Louis, Missouri
Clarke              Eddie                September 14, 1882             Noblesville
Clarke              Edgar                February 7, 1882               St. Louis, Missouri
Commings            Louis                February 24, 1881              State Prison
Conner              George               February 21, 1881              Cincinnati
Conrad              Evander              November 30, 1880              Richmond
Cook                Elmer E.             August 10, 1880                Greensburg
Cook                Monroe               February 7, 1882               Madison
Coon                Alvadora             January 7, 1881                Hoxie, Texas
Cory                Fred                 May 5, 1880                    Lima
Cossa               William              July 31, 1882                  Wabash
Cox                 William              August 28, 1882                Madison
Crandall            Jesse                July 9, 1881                   Woodville
Crawford            Webster              June 7, 1880                   Sullivan
Dally               Lester               November 5, 1881               Angola
Dalton              Joseph               September 29, 1881             Belle Union
Daniels             Grant                August 3, 1881                 Guion
Daughtery           Charles              July 31, 1882                  Mishawaka
Davis               Lyman                April 22, 1881                 Iowa
Dawson              Charles              July 11, 1882                  Vincennes
Decker              John                 October 2, 1880                Belle Union
Denick              Charles              March 1, 1882                  Lafayette
Devers              William              October 11, 1881               Perryville
Dixon               John                 May 5, 1882                    Elizabethtown
Donoghue            Joseph               November 1, 1881               Altoona, Pennsylvania
Doolittle           Holden               July 5, 1881                   Mishawaka
Dowden              T.N.                 July 5, 1882                   Officer at House of Refuge
Draggoo             Ellsworth            May 2, 1881                    Waterloo
Dudley              Dennis               May 5, 1882                    Michigan City
Edwards             Charles              January 31, 1881               Middletown
Ek                  John                 May 13, 1882                   Belle Union, Pennsylvania
Ellis               John                 April 17, 1882                 Middletown, Illinois
Emell               William              August 12, 1880                Lafayette                      imbecile
Endsley             William              March 19, 1882                 Belle Union
Evans               Charles              April 6, 1881                  Evansville
Evans               Edward               April 6, 1881                  Evansville
Fairman             William              March 4, 1882                  Dayton
Faulk               Marcus D.            April 27, 1882                 U.S. Army
Ferguson            Lloyd                February 18, 1882              Plainfield
Ferriter            Timothy              November 11, 1881              Indianapolis
Fisher              Olive J.             November 1, 1881               Fort Wayne
Flanigan            John                 August 5, 1881                 Aurora
Folenies            George               June 6, 1881                   Logan
Ford                Charles              February 7, 1882               Madison
Forrest             Thomas               August 15, 1881                Danville
Foster              Harry                April 13, 1881                 Goshen
Foster              William              November 2, 1880               Plainfield
Freel               Cornelius            July 19, 1880                  Lafayette
Fuqua               Charles              November 12, 1880              Terre Haute
Gallion             Charles              May 2, 1882                    Logansport
Gardner             Thomas               December 31, 1880              Indianapolis
Garrity             James                December 29, 1880              Indianapolis
Gause               Harvey               February 8, 1881               Indianapolis
Gause               Monroe               February 8, 1881               Indianapolis
Gentry              Jerry                September 5, 1881              Petersburg
Ghol                Charles              January 7, 1881                Chicago, Illinois
Gibbs               George               April 22, 1881                 Logansport
Gilbreath           R.A.                 May 27, 1880                   Richville
Givens              John                 March 13, 1882                 Muncie
Goble               Wesley               April 1, 1880                  Hadley
Goit                Richard              November 17, 1881              Walkertown
Goodrich            Alvin                April 24, 1882                 St. Louis, Missouri
Goodrich            Alvin                July 6, 1881                   St. Louis, Missouri
Gordon              John                 September 4, 1882              Michigan City
Graham              Nathan               February 15, 1882              Argus, Iowa
Gray                Patrick              February 26, 1881              unknown
Grimes              Charles              July 5, 1880                   Thorntown
Guffin              Harry                March 16, 1881                 Rushville
Guncle              Bryam                December 31, 1880              Richmond
Hahn                Rudolph              March 11, 1881                 Cairo, Illinois
Haley               Andrew               October 23, 1881               Groves
Hamilton            William              December 2, 1881               Lebanon
Harper              James                November 2, 1880               Sullivan
Harris              George               February 21, 1882              Missouri State Prison
Hartman             John                 April 24, 1882                 Fort Wayne
Hausles             Hugo                 October 10, 1881               Northern Prison
Hicks               Henry                April 26, 1881                 Martinsville
Hill                E.O.P.               July 31, 1882                  Attica
Hill                Willie               August 16, 1880                Richwoods
Hogers              Henry                September 21, 1882             Decatur, Illinois
Holding             Elbert               March 4, 1882                  Greenfield
Holding             William              March 4, 1882                  Greenfield
Honicutt            Hiram                May 15, 1882                   Indianapolis
Honicutt            Sherman              January 2, 1882                Indianapolis
Hope                Peter                July 30, 1881                  Indianapolis
Hubbard             Jacob                February 8, 1881               Anderson
Hubbard             Sherman              August 25, 1880                Terre Haute
Hughes              Joseph               January 24, 1882               Connersville
Hunter              Joseph               August 7, 1881                 Danville
Hunter              William              September 9, 1882              Madison
Hupp                Thomas J.            July 1, 1882                   South Bend
Hurd                Jack                 August 8, 1881                 Hawthorn, Illinois
Hurkett             George               June 16, 1880                  Scioto City
Hurkett             Henry                August 12, 1881                Denver, Colorado
Jacobs              Richard              September 14, 1882             Danville
Jacobson            Moses                March 2, 1882                  Fort Wayne
Jameson             William              October 4, 1880                Jamestown
Jaquith             Edward               February 7, 1882               South Bend
Jaquith             Lewis                February 7, 1882               South Bend
Jenks               C.F.                 October 27, 1881               Indianapolis
Johnson             Clarence             August 13, 1880                Fort Wayne
Johnson             Finis                September 4, 1882              Evansville
Jolly               John P.              May 4, 1880                    Indianapolis
Jones               Samuel               July 31, 1882                  Indianapolis
Jumper              John                 August 16, 1882                Indianapolis
Kantner             John                 July 5, 1880                   Brownsville
Keehn               Millard              April 24, 1882                 Milford                        with circus
Kennedy             Matthew              May 2, 1882                    Indianapolis
Kennedy             Thomas               September 5, 1881              Goshen
Kerl                Samuel               August 7, 1882                 Spencer
Kerns               John                 October 3, 1882                Fort Wayne
Kerns               John A.              September 19, 1881             Richmond
Kerns               Shannon              August 24, 1881                Warsaw
Kerns               Ulyssis              September 19, 1881             Richmond
Kinnister           Henry                May 30, 1882                   Indianapolis
Krapp               William              April 3, 1882                  Southern Prison
Krouse              Herman               April 1, 1880                  Muncie
Kuntzler            Joseph               March 2, 1881                  Noblesville
LaDuke              George               August 23, 1881                Grape Creek, Illinois
LaDuke              William              August 23, 1881                Grape Creek, Illinois
Lampman             Frank                October 4, 1880                Leina
Lampman             Frank                September 5, 1881              Lima
Langdon             Eugene               June 11, 1880                  Indianapolis
Langdon             Walter               November 7, 1881               Indianapolis
Laughlin            George               December 13, 1881              Frankton
Lawson              Amos                 August 6, 1880                 Nashville
Leachman            Abijah               March 9, 1881                  Kokomo
Leinahan            Timothy              January 2, 1882                Lafayette
Lewis               Henry                August 8, 1881                 Jeffersonville
Lewis               Richard              January 2, 1882                Richmond
Linsley             Adolph               June 20, 1882                  Indianapolis
Long                Joseph               July 28, 1881                  Spiceland
Long                Robert               June 5, 1882                   Indianapolis
Lore                Samuel               November 8, 1881               Cosse
Major               William              August 26, 1881                Danville
Mallet              Eddie                May 6, 1881                    Vincennes
Malone              John                 August 27, 1880                Anderson
Manning             Daniel               March 4, 1882                  Montezuma
Marrs               Elisha               September 29, 1881             Indianapolis
Marshall            Frank                September 5, 1881              Fort Sill
Matler              Stephen              August 17, 1882                Nettle Point
Matthews            Charles              October 2, 1882                Wolf Lake
McAlpine            John                 June 2, 1881                   Anderson
McCarthy            Kirk                 April 19, 1880                 unknown
McClain             Creed                May 8, 1882                    Lebanon
McClain             John                 March 4, 1882                  Delphi
McClellan           James                March 1, 1882                  Plainfield
McCool              Lain                 February 6, 1882               Urbana, Ohio
McFann              S.W.                 November 14, 1881              Kokomo
McGarvey            Frank                March 21, 1881                 St. Mary's
McIntosh            Henry                October 6, 1880                Waveland
McKee               J.H.L.               November 26, 1880              Muncie
McKinnon            William              October 8, 1880                Marion
McMab               Howard               October 16, 1881               Florence, Arizona
McMillan            Everett              January 7, 1882                Madison
McMillan            Willie               April 1, 1880                  Princeton
McNemery            William              August 15, 1881                Northern Prison
Mendenhall          Clarence             July 12, 1880                  Earlham, Iowa
Merdith             Malcolm              November 25, 1881              Roanoke
Metz                James                April 6, 1881                  Plainfield
Milbrath            Charles              November 9, 1881               Elkhart
Miller              George A.            August 25, 1880                Leavenworth
Miller              Henry                November 15, 1881              Adams Station
Monroe              Eugene               June 5, 1882                   Halion
Moore               Frank                April 13, 1881                 Vincennes
Moore               Fred                 April 13, 1881                 Vincennes
Moore               Malcolm              April 13, 1881                 Vincennes
Myres               Charles              October 23, 1881               Kankakee, Illinois
Myres               William              May 5, 1880                    Fort Wayne
Neff                Frank                April 26, 1882                 Allegan, Michigan
Neiter              Henry                January 12, 1881               Richmond
Newby               James                June 13, 1881                  Louisville, Kentucky
Newby               John                 December 19, 1881              Columbus
Newby               Joseph               December 19, 1881              Columbus
Newby               Otto                 December 19, 1881              Columbus
Newman              George               August 8, 1881                 Rushville
Norris              Charles              March 21, 1881                 unknown
Oakley              John                 June 12, 1882                  Kokomo
Parker              Edward               May 2, 1882                    Las Vegas, New Mexico
Payne               Charles              March 2, 1881                  unknown
Pearce              Francis              February 24, 1881              Lafayette
Periguay            Peter                August 23, 1881                Fort Wayne
Perkins             A.J.                 April 26, 1880                 Humbolt, Nebraska
Philabam            James                September 4, 1882              Bluffton
Pierce              W.D.                 November 1, 1881               Altoona, Pennsylvania
Pitts               William              January 1, 1881                Richmond
Polentz             Richard              January 16, 1882               Fort Wayne
Porter              Albert               February 18, 1882              Stone Bluff
Prater              William              July 16, 1881                  Farmersburg
Procius             W.D.                 October 25, 1881               Indianapolis
Pyles               Francis              February 21, 1881              Belle Union
Reed                James                January 24, 1882               New Albany
Reed                John                 January 24, 1882               New Albany
Reese               Joseph               August 7, 1880                 Onargo, Illinois
Rice                James                December 29, 1880              Chicago, Illinois
Rice                William              April 2, 1881                  Danville
Richards            William              July 5, 1881                   Louisville, Kentucky
Richardson          J.G.                 April 19, 1880                 Blind Asylum
Robinson            William              June 5, 1882                   Lafayette
Rocky               William              October 8, 1880                Jeffersonville                 dead
Rogers              Frank                July 7, 1882                   Muncie
Rogers              Harry                May 11, 1882                   Yorktown
Rogers              John                 August 15, 1881                South Bend
Rogers              Oliver               March 2, 1881                  Springfield
Rogers              Robert               August 15, 1881                South Bend
Rombke              Jacob                January 1, 1881                Fort Wayne
Ronan               Patrick              April 21, 1880                 unknown
Ross                John                 December 26, 1881              Indianapolis
Ross                William              August 25, 1881                Indianapolis
Russ                George M.            December 13, 1881              Galveston
Rutledge            Rosco                August 4, 1882                 Martinsville
Rutledge            Rosco                January 16, 1882               Martinsville
Sanders             Charles              March 2, 1881                  Rockville
Sanders             Orlando              July 31, 1882                  New Winchester
Sauer               Arnold P.            August 4, 1882                 Evansville
Schmaltz            Fred                 June 13, 1881                  Lafayette
Schmaltz            Max                  June 13, 1881                  Lafayette
Schrank             William              May 16, 1882                   Connersville
Sebode              Henry                May 10, 1882                   Evansville
Seibert             Charles              June 23, 1882                  Indianapolis
Shane               Barney               November 1, 1880               Greensburg
Shane               Ralph                April 2, 1881                  Greensburg
Shetron             Fred                 May 26, 1881                   Elkhart
Shine               Willie               September 17, 1881             Plainfield
Shingledecker       Henry                November 4, 1880               Bluffton                       imbecile
Shoemaker           William              December 29, 1880              unknown
Smallwood           John                 April 3, 1882                  Southern Prison
Smiley              Willie               May 18, 1881                   Elkhart
Smith               Carswell             April 24, 1882                 Indianapolis
Smith               Harry                March 16, 1881                 Evansville
Smith               James                July 16, 1881                  New Albany
Somesky             Charles              July 5, 1882                   Fort Wayne
Stanton             Edward               November 1, 1881               Cicero
Stanton             John                 November 1, 1881               Cicero
Stearns             William              January 4, 1881                Indianapolis                   imbecile
Steavens            Robert               January 31, 1881               Iowa
Stephens            John                 May 5, 1882                    New Castle
Stewart             Charles              July 5, 1882                   Terre Haute
Stewart             Frank                February 3, 1881               Indianapolis
Stewart             George O.            July 20, 1881                  Springfield
Stocker             Authur               October 13, 1880               Brazil
Stokes              James S.             June 11, 1881                  Indianapolis
Stone               Edward               March 1, 1882                  Chicago, Illinois
Stoops              Charles              June 2, 1881                   Dillsboro
Stribley            Charles              April 11, 1881                 Fort Wayne
Stuchman            George               August 7, 1882                 Columbus
Sulgrove            Calvin               May 18, 1881                   Landersville
Sulgrove            John                 May 11, 1881                   Landersville
Sulgrove            Joseph               May 11, 1881                   Landersville
Sworville           William              February 24, 1881              Carthage, Missouri
Taylor              Charles              April 13, 1881                 New Winchester
Taylor              Harry                April 30, 1881                 Evansville
Taylor              Oliver               October 4, 1881                Vincennes
Thompson            George W.            September 2, 1881              Rushville
Thompson            John W.              October 8, 1881                Belle Union
Thompson            William              June 5, 1882                   Indianapolis
Thurston            Gilmore              January 30, 1882               Rockville
Thurston            Learoy               February 18, 1882              Belle Union
Tracy               Edward               February 21, 1881              Belle Union
Tryon               Thomas               May 1, 1882                    Connersville
Tuell               John                 October 13, 1880               Merom
Tyre                William              August 11, 1882                Reno
Tyre                William              August 13, 1881                Glenns Valley
Valroff             August               June 11, 1880                  Fort Wayne
Van Horn            Milo                 October 10, 1881               LaPorte
Van Sickle          William              July 4, 1881                   Richmond
Vandesypt           Charles              June 17, 1881                  Mishawaka
Vertrees            Isaac                August 7, 1882                 Haubstadt
Vihman              Charles              March 7, 1881                  Monrovia
Vineyard            Adolphus             March 28, 1881                 Brookston
Vineyard            Robert E.            May 11, 1882                   Burlington
Waldron             Tobe                 August 7, 1882                 Martinsville
Walker              Ben                  September 4, 1882              Corydon
Walker              James                August 28, 1881                Danville
Walsh               Charles              December 28, 1880              Knightstown
Walter              Frank                May 3, 1882                    St. Louis, Missouri
Ward                Charles              July 7, 1882                   Indianapolis
Watson              B.F.                 July 21, 1882                  Ragglesville
Welches             Jacob                October 7, 1881                Huntington
Welches             William              October 7, 1881                Huntington
Wells               John                 June 2, 1882                   Belleville
Weston              David R.             May 2, 1882                    South Whitley
Wheeler             Frank                March 12, 1881                 unknown
Williams            George               March 4, 1882                  Kokomo
Willis              George B.            December 31, 1880              Carlisle
Wilson              Ben                  January 8, 1881                Indianapolis
Wilson              Joseph               March 2, 1882                  Milton
Winslow             Edward               September 6, 1881              Spiceland
Woods               Ralph                April 1, 1880                  Knightstown
Wright              Marshall             December 13, 1881              Pittsburg
Wright              William D.           October 10, 1881               Covington
Yahne               Anday                May 23, 1882                   Leo
Young               Elisha               August 11, 1881                Clifford
Young               George               July 17, 1882                  Indianapolis
Young               William              July 5, 1881                   Jeffersonville