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| Orphan Train Placing Agents |
William J. McCully, Sr.
William was born in Co Antrim Ireland on February 8,
1846 arriving in New York in 1869 when he was 21 years
old. He became involved and was a member of the
Charles Street Presbyterian Church in New York City;
William retained that membership, even after residing in
Kansas.
William married Hannah Johnston at the Charles Street
Presbyterian Church in New York City on August 10,
William was born in Co Antrim Ireland on February 8,
1846 arriving in New York in 1869 when he was 21 years
old. He became involved and was a member of the
Charles Street Presbyterian Church in New York City;
William retained that membership, even after residing in
Kansas.
William married Hannah Johnston at the Charles Street
Presbyterian Church in New York City on August 10,
1855 and after spending some years in New York they moved to Boston for four
years.
The McCully's encouraged their children in education and were great on mental
arithmetic and problems to be solved that they passed amongst themselves.
Since they didn't want their children to grow up in a large city they moved in 1885
to a farm north of Broughton, Clay County in Kansas where they raised their
family and filled many places of responsibility. William was a positive factor for
good in the social and community life of Clay County. Three children were born
after coming to Kansas, they were Charles Loring, [named after Loring Brace who
William held in high esteem] Sarah Jane and Marjorie.
years.
The McCully's encouraged their children in education and were great on mental
arithmetic and problems to be solved that they passed amongst themselves.
Since they didn't want their children to grow up in a large city they moved in 1885
to a farm north of Broughton, Clay County in Kansas where they raised their
family and filled many places of responsibility. William was a positive factor for
good in the social and community life of Clay County. Three children were born
after coming to Kansas, they were Charles Loring, [named after Loring Brace who
William held in high esteem] Sarah Jane and Marjorie.
William's integrity, upright life and interest in finding homes for homeless boys 'under the direction of the
Children's Aid Society] which he so early manifested, qualified him to become an ideal Superintendent of the
Westside Lodging House for Homeless Boys (Under The Children's Aid Society of the City of New York) where he
was a splendid companion and example to the boys. Whilst in New York City, they were friends of the Theodore
Roosevelt family; the family still cherish some beads presented to Mrs. McCully by Theodore Roosevelt at a
social function.
William maintained his work at the Children's Aid Society in New York City travelling back and forth for some time.
It is noted that by 1893 some 960 children had been placed in Kansas, and as a Placement Agent William would
have been directly involved in this process.
William J. passed away December 28, 1915 and Hannah died September 15, 1933. They were buried in
Greenwood Cemetery at Clay Center. They were survived by five children, four sons and one daughter, the sons
are: W.J. McCully Jr. of Clay Center; James S. McCully of Herington; Hary H. of Oil Center, Cal.; Charles L. of
Broughton, Clay County, Kansas USA, and his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Heusted of Clay Center. Mr. McCully was
also survived by a sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Chesnut of Attleborough, Mass.
Source: article contributed by Don Johnston, his Great Grand Nephew in Australia
Children's Aid Society] which he so early manifested, qualified him to become an ideal Superintendent of the
Westside Lodging House for Homeless Boys (Under The Children's Aid Society of the City of New York) where he
was a splendid companion and example to the boys. Whilst in New York City, they were friends of the Theodore
Roosevelt family; the family still cherish some beads presented to Mrs. McCully by Theodore Roosevelt at a
social function.
William maintained his work at the Children's Aid Society in New York City travelling back and forth for some time.
It is noted that by 1893 some 960 children had been placed in Kansas, and as a Placement Agent William would
have been directly involved in this process.
William J. passed away December 28, 1915 and Hannah died September 15, 1933. They were buried in
Greenwood Cemetery at Clay Center. They were survived by five children, four sons and one daughter, the sons
are: W.J. McCully Jr. of Clay Center; James S. McCully of Herington; Hary H. of Oil Center, Cal.; Charles L. of
Broughton, Clay County, Kansas USA, and his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Heusted of Clay Center. Mr. McCully was
also survived by a sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Chesnut of Attleborough, Mass.
Source: article contributed by Don Johnston, his Great Grand Nephew in Australia
[western] agent for the CAS for Nebraska.
Rev. Swan continued serving churches in Nebraska until he retired in 1905 while in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
After he retired as a minister, Rev. Swan continued full time as a western agent for the CAS.
In 1910, Rev. Swan was transferred by the CAS to Missouri. The family moved to a farm three miles south of
Clinton, Missouri. Later, he exchanged the farm for property in Sedalia, Missouri.
In the summer of 1925, Rev. and Mrs. Swan visited family in Upland, Nebraska, which included Marjory Swan
(Ball), a granddaughter who shared the photo of the Swans (Seen on this page) with OTHSA, Inc.
In April of 1926, Hattie Swan was appointed CAS Agent for Nebraska.
Accourding to family records, John and Hattie resigned October 1, 1932, as western agents for the Children's Aid
Society.
Hattie M. McKim, born November 15, 1866 in Easton Corners, Ontario, Canada, died April 25, 1946 in Sedalia,
Missouri, at the age of 80 years.
John Washington Swan, born October 22, 1851 in Bureau County, Illinois, died March 31, 1935 in Sedalia,
Missouri.
Rev. Swan continued serving churches in Nebraska until he retired in 1905 while in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
After he retired as a minister, Rev. Swan continued full time as a western agent for the CAS.
In 1910, Rev. Swan was transferred by the CAS to Missouri. The family moved to a farm three miles south of
Clinton, Missouri. Later, he exchanged the farm for property in Sedalia, Missouri.
In the summer of 1925, Rev. and Mrs. Swan visited family in Upland, Nebraska, which included Marjory Swan
(Ball), a granddaughter who shared the photo of the Swans (Seen on this page) with OTHSA, Inc.
In April of 1926, Hattie Swan was appointed CAS Agent for Nebraska.
Accourding to family records, John and Hattie resigned October 1, 1932, as western agents for the Children's Aid
Society.
Hattie M. McKim, born November 15, 1866 in Easton Corners, Ontario, Canada, died April 25, 1946 in Sedalia,
Missouri, at the age of 80 years.
John Washington Swan, born October 22, 1851 in Bureau County, Illinois, died March 31, 1935 in Sedalia,
Missouri.
John Washington Swan & Hattie McKin Swan
Rev. John Washington Swan and Hattie M. McKim were married at Elk Creek,
Nebraska, where Rev. Swan was a pastor.
While serving in the Methodist Church in Humboldt, Nebraska (1893-1896). Rev.
Swan observed a group of twelve orphan children brought for placement by the
Children's Aid Society (CAS). In the spring of 1894, he was appointed
Rev. John Washington Swan and Hattie M. McKim were married at Elk Creek,
Nebraska, where Rev. Swan was a pastor.
While serving in the Methodist Church in Humboldt, Nebraska (1893-1896). Rev.
Swan observed a group of twelve orphan children brought for placement by the
Children's Aid Society (CAS). In the spring of 1894, he was appointed
labored over twenty-five years with the greatest fidelity and efficiency. The following tribute is contributed by Mr.
John H. Bryant, a warm friend and deeply interested in his work in behalf of the orphan and friendless children:
The announcement of the death of B.W. Tice, western agent of the New York Children's Aid Society, has brought
sorrow to many a western home, where he was enshrined as one of God's noblemen--a friend of the poor and a
father to the fatherless--a man who devoted his life to the noble work of caring for those in distress, sacrificing
health and home comforts that others might have health and home privileges.
This splendid character we refer to as "Mr. Tice," was well known in this community, his duties as western
emigration agent having brought him frequently among our people. Everyone who met him, at once recognized
his ability in his chosen line of work--his loving nature, the warmth of his fatherly heart, his high ideals of
manhood and womanhood and the possibilities of developing helpless ones into good citizens by giving them a
chance in life's uneven fight for existence. His very eyes beamed with love and won every person with whom he
came in contact. Especially was this the case with the little ones placed in his care. He appeared to possess a
magnetism for the children which at once drew them to him, winning the love and confidence of every child--a
trait which gave him a peculiar fitness for his work of finding homes and watching over the little wards of his
Society.
For more than twenty-five years he has devoted his life to that great work, going in sunshine and storm to help
those in distress or in need of better conditions. During this time he has placed more than 3000 children in
western homes, besides visiting several thousand who had been previously placed, and doing much in other
lines of the Society's work.
To the selfish and uninterested, it is strange to see such a person, a man of almost giant strength of body and
mind, thus sacrificing himself on the alter of self-denial and practical Christianity, but to those who have watched
the work in which he was engaged and taken part in the labors, even in a small way, it appeals as the greatest
work in which a man can engage. I would rather have the love and respect of the thousands whom B.W.Tice has
helped and the credit of the good deeds he did than to have the highest honor my friends could bestow.
It is surely a great work and one of the greatest workers, judging by the result of his work, has been called to his
reward. Peace to his sacred ashes.
"Mr. Tice and I were associated together in many distributions in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa. He was a genial
man, full of pleasantries. A Methodist but quite tolerant with others of different faith" says Rev. H. D. Clarke in his
scrapbook.
John H. Bryant, a warm friend and deeply interested in his work in behalf of the orphan and friendless children:
The announcement of the death of B.W. Tice, western agent of the New York Children's Aid Society, has brought
sorrow to many a western home, where he was enshrined as one of God's noblemen--a friend of the poor and a
father to the fatherless--a man who devoted his life to the noble work of caring for those in distress, sacrificing
health and home comforts that others might have health and home privileges.
This splendid character we refer to as "Mr. Tice," was well known in this community, his duties as western
emigration agent having brought him frequently among our people. Everyone who met him, at once recognized
his ability in his chosen line of work--his loving nature, the warmth of his fatherly heart, his high ideals of
manhood and womanhood and the possibilities of developing helpless ones into good citizens by giving them a
chance in life's uneven fight for existence. His very eyes beamed with love and won every person with whom he
came in contact. Especially was this the case with the little ones placed in his care. He appeared to possess a
magnetism for the children which at once drew them to him, winning the love and confidence of every child--a
trait which gave him a peculiar fitness for his work of finding homes and watching over the little wards of his
Society.
For more than twenty-five years he has devoted his life to that great work, going in sunshine and storm to help
those in distress or in need of better conditions. During this time he has placed more than 3000 children in
western homes, besides visiting several thousand who had been previously placed, and doing much in other
lines of the Society's work.
To the selfish and uninterested, it is strange to see such a person, a man of almost giant strength of body and
mind, thus sacrificing himself on the alter of self-denial and practical Christianity, but to those who have watched
the work in which he was engaged and taken part in the labors, even in a small way, it appeals as the greatest
work in which a man can engage. I would rather have the love and respect of the thousands whom B.W.Tice has
helped and the credit of the good deeds he did than to have the highest honor my friends could bestow.
It is surely a great work and one of the greatest workers, judging by the result of his work, has been called to his
reward. Peace to his sacred ashes.
"Mr. Tice and I were associated together in many distributions in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa. He was a genial
man, full of pleasantries. A Methodist but quite tolerant with others of different faith" says Rev. H. D. Clarke in his
scrapbook.
B. W. Tice
Obituary found in Scrapbook of Rev. H.D. Clarke
Supplied by Clark Kidder
The Society [CAS] has met with a great loss in the death of Mr. Benjamin W. Tice, one
of our most earnest and devoted workers in the Emigration Department, in which he
Obituary found in Scrapbook of Rev. H.D. Clarke
Supplied by Clark Kidder
The Society [CAS] has met with a great loss in the death of Mr. Benjamin W. Tice, one
of our most earnest and devoted workers in the Emigration Department, in which he
He is listed in a 1907 telephone book of Weatherford as an orphan agent living at 701 North Elm Street This is
an area where a lot of French settlers lived. His folks were immigrants from France.
In some postcards that he sent to a niece, he mentions meeting the boys arriving on trains and steamers. He
also has applications sent to people who wanted boys to work for wages. The following are some of the places
listed where he placed children: Weatherford, Ft. Worth, Greenville, Mineral Wells, Pittsburg, Houston,
Galveston, Denison, El Paso, Roscoe, Cisco, Pecos, Tyler, McCaulley, Midland, Sherman, & Temple, Texas. He
also mentions Atoka, and Warurika, Oklahoma. On a card dated June 5, 1913, he states that he is leaving the
Society and had sent in his resignation a few days earlier. Then on January 1, 1914, he writes that he had
written to Mr. Brace to send him some more applications. We do not know exactly how long he worked with the
Society and Mr. Brace.
an area where a lot of French settlers lived. His folks were immigrants from France.
In some postcards that he sent to a niece, he mentions meeting the boys arriving on trains and steamers. He
also has applications sent to people who wanted boys to work for wages. The following are some of the places
listed where he placed children: Weatherford, Ft. Worth, Greenville, Mineral Wells, Pittsburg, Houston,
Galveston, Denison, El Paso, Roscoe, Cisco, Pecos, Tyler, McCaulley, Midland, Sherman, & Temple, Texas. He
also mentions Atoka, and Warurika, Oklahoma. On a card dated June 5, 1913, he states that he is leaving the
Society and had sent in his resignation a few days earlier. Then on January 1, 1914, he writes that he had
written to Mr. Brace to send him some more applications. We do not know exactly how long he worked with the
Society and Mr. Brace.
EMILE RECK
Emile Reck was an area agent with the Children's Aid Society for placing children out in
homes during the early nineteen hundreds. Emile would meet boys and take them to places
where applications had been made. He lived in Weatherford, Texas in the late eighteen
hundreds and early nineteen hundreds. He was married to a Mrs. Marie Boudes May 24,
1895 in Weatherford. She was a widow with two sons. Emile was made custodian over these
boys.
Emile Reck was an area agent with the Children's Aid Society for placing children out in
homes during the early nineteen hundreds. Emile would meet boys and take them to places
where applications had been made. He lived in Weatherford, Texas in the late eighteen
hundreds and early nineteen hundreds. He was married to a Mrs. Marie Boudes May 24,
1895 in Weatherford. She was a widow with two sons. Emile was made custodian over these
boys.