Ola Harrington was born in Lillington, NC.
Ola was married twice during her life. First to Leroy Gaddy and after his death she married William Thomas Kelly Sr.
With her first husband Leroy Gaddy, Ola had two children, a son Ernest Gaddy and a daughter LeRoy Gaddy.
Ernest went on to serve in WWI where he was wounded 17 times by machine gun fire surviving only to be gassed twice. Ernest later died in McColl when a piece of schrapnel pierced his heart while at work at the railroad yard.
After Leroy died suddenly of a massive blood infection, Ola met and married the Chief of Police of Bennettsville, SC, William T Kelly Sr.
Chief Kelly and Ola added to their family with Lillian Kelly, Robert James Kelly, Leslie "Red" Kelly and William Thomas Kelly Jr.
When Chief Kelly died from infections received from an arrestee biting off his nose, Ola without means of support was forced to place Lillian, RJ, WT and Red (Leslie) in Thornwell Orphanage. Her oldest child LeRoy at age 16was forced to quit school and work for the phone company as a telephone operator to support her mom. LeRoy never forgot her siblings. She married Ariail Calvington King Sr. and put her rescue plan into action renting a house in Charlotte so the siblings would have a place to live and work. Lillian insisted on bring her best friend with her from the orphanage and Mary Ellen Hicks left with them for Charlotte.
LeRoy and Grandmother Kelly worked several jobs to make ends meet. Ultimately the siblings all got jobs.
Thornwell Orphanage opened in Clinton, South Carolina on October 1, 1875, to ten children orphaned by the American Civil War. It was founded by Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and named for noted theologian James Henley Thornwell. Dr. Jacobs went on to found Presbyterian College and his son Thornwell Jacobs revitalized Oglethorpe University.
Thornwell Orphanage came to be when a ten year-old, Willie Anderson, gave Dr. Jacobs fifty cents to "build your orphanage." Dr. Jacobs built the orphanage with the help of his church and presided over the orphanage until his death in 1917.
Thornwell Home for Children, once known as Thornwell Home and School for Children (formerly Thornwell Orphanage), operates 12 residential cottages with 6-8 children per home. It has school buildings, an infirmary, office facilities, recreational facilities (including a swimming pool, gymnasium, ballfields and tennis courts), a museum, a dining hall, a Church and Sunday-school building (Hartness-Thornwell Memorial Presbyterian Church), a farm (Lushacres Farm) and various maintenance facilities. Thornwell is supported by the Presbyterian Church (USA) Synod of the South Atlantic, congregations within the Synod and without, and private donations.
Most of the buildings are made of granite or with granite facings and the campus is notably attractive. Many of the buildings are part of the Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District which comprises the historic cores of Presbyterian College and the Thornwell Home and School for Children, together with the adjacent residential streets.
The Thornwell campus is unified by consistency of materials (granite
stone) and by scale. The Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District was listed in the National Register March 5, 1982.
Thornwell has some interesting attributes:
* It is one of the earliest American child-care facilities that used "cottages" rather than dormatories to house children.
* Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the reaper, supported Thornwell and there was once a "McCormick Cottage" on the campus.
* Thornwell children themselves dug the campus swimming pool.
Thornwell is located in downtown Clinton, on South Broad Street and across the street from Presbyterian College.
Thornwell School was shut down in May 2007 due to insufficient funding, however the home and daycare remain open.
Ola was married twice during her life. First to Leroy Gaddy and after his death she married William Thomas Kelly Sr.
With her first husband Leroy Gaddy, Ola had two children, a son Ernest Gaddy and a daughter LeRoy Gaddy.
Ernest went on to serve in WWI where he was wounded 17 times by machine gun fire surviving only to be gassed twice. Ernest later died in McColl when a piece of schrapnel pierced his heart while at work at the railroad yard.
After Leroy died suddenly of a massive blood infection, Ola met and married the Chief of Police of Bennettsville, SC, William T Kelly Sr.
Chief Kelly and Ola added to their family with Lillian Kelly, Robert James Kelly, Leslie "Red" Kelly and William Thomas Kelly Jr.
When Chief Kelly died from infections received from an arrestee biting off his nose, Ola without means of support was forced to place Lillian, RJ, WT and Red (Leslie) in Thornwell Orphanage. Her oldest child LeRoy at age 16was forced to quit school and work for the phone company as a telephone operator to support her mom. LeRoy never forgot her siblings. She married Ariail Calvington King Sr. and put her rescue plan into action renting a house in Charlotte so the siblings would have a place to live and work. Lillian insisted on bring her best friend with her from the orphanage and Mary Ellen Hicks left with them for Charlotte.
LeRoy and Grandmother Kelly worked several jobs to make ends meet. Ultimately the siblings all got jobs.
Thornwell Orphanage opened in Clinton, South Carolina on October 1, 1875, to ten children orphaned by the American Civil War. It was founded by Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and named for noted theologian James Henley Thornwell. Dr. Jacobs went on to found Presbyterian College and his son Thornwell Jacobs revitalized Oglethorpe University.
Thornwell Orphanage came to be when a ten year-old, Willie Anderson, gave Dr. Jacobs fifty cents to "build your orphanage." Dr. Jacobs built the orphanage with the help of his church and presided over the orphanage until his death in 1917.
Thornwell Home for Children, once known as Thornwell Home and School for Children (formerly Thornwell Orphanage), operates 12 residential cottages with 6-8 children per home. It has school buildings, an infirmary, office facilities, recreational facilities (including a swimming pool, gymnasium, ballfields and tennis courts), a museum, a dining hall, a Church and Sunday-school building (Hartness-Thornwell Memorial Presbyterian Church), a farm (Lushacres Farm) and various maintenance facilities. Thornwell is supported by the Presbyterian Church (USA) Synod of the South Atlantic, congregations within the Synod and without, and private donations.
Most of the buildings are made of granite or with granite facings and the campus is notably attractive. Many of the buildings are part of the Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District which comprises the historic cores of Presbyterian College and the Thornwell Home and School for Children, together with the adjacent residential streets.
The Thornwell campus is unified by consistency of materials (granite
stone) and by scale. The Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District was listed in the National Register March 5, 1982.
Thornwell has some interesting attributes:
* It is one of the earliest American child-care facilities that used "cottages" rather than dormatories to house children.
* Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the reaper, supported Thornwell and there was once a "McCormick Cottage" on the campus.
* Thornwell children themselves dug the campus swimming pool.
Thornwell is located in downtown Clinton, on South Broad Street and across the street from Presbyterian College.
Thornwell School was shut down in May 2007 due to insufficient funding, however the home and daycare remain open.
Ola Harrington was born in Lillington, NC.
Ola was married twice during her life. First to Leroy Gaddy and after his death she married William Thomas Kelly Sr.
With her first husband Leroy Gaddy, Ola had two children, a son Ernest Gaddy and a daughter LeRoy Gaddy.
Ernest went on to serve in WWI where he was wounded 17 times by machine gun fire surviving only to be gassed twice. Ernest later died in McColl when a piece of schrapnel pierced his heart while at work at the railroad yard.
After Leroy died suddenly of a massive blood infection, Ola met and married the Chief of Police of Bennettsville, SC, William T Kelly Sr.
Chief Kelly and Ola added to their family with Lillian Kelly, Robert James Kelly, Leslie "Red" Kelly and William Thomas Kelly Jr.
When Chief Kelly died from infections received from an arrestee biting off his nose, Ola without means of support was forced to place Lillian, RJ, WT and Red (Leslie) in Thornwell Orphanage. Her oldest child LeRoy at age 16was forced to quit school and work for the phone company as a telephone operator to support her mom. LeRoy never forgot her siblings. She married Ariail Calvington King Sr. and put her rescue plan into action renting a house in Charlotte so the siblings would have a place to live and work. Lillian insisted on bring her best friend with her from the orphanage and Mary Ellen Hicks left with them for Charlotte.
LeRoy and Grandmother Kelly worked several jobs to make ends meet. Ultimately the siblings all got jobs.
Thornwell Orphanage opened in Clinton, South Carolina on October 1, 1875, to ten children orphaned by the American Civil War. It was founded by Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and named for noted theologian James Henley Thornwell. Dr. Jacobs went on to found Presbyterian College and his son Thornwell Jacobs revitalized Oglethorpe University.
Thornwell Orphanage came to be when a ten year-old, Willie Anderson, gave Dr. Jacobs fifty cents to "build your orphanage." Dr. Jacobs built the orphanage with the help of his church and presided over the orphanage until his death in 1917.
Thornwell Home for Children, once known as Thornwell Home and School for Children (formerly Thornwell Orphanage), operates 12 residential cottages with 6-8 children per home. It has school buildings, an infirmary, office facilities, recreational facilities (including a swimming pool, gymnasium, ballfields and tennis courts), a museum, a dining hall, a Church and Sunday-school building (Hartness-Thornwell Memorial Presbyterian Church), a farm (Lushacres Farm) and various maintenance facilities. Thornwell is supported by the Presbyterian Church (USA) Synod of the South Atlantic, congregations within the Synod and without, and private donations.
Most of the buildings are made of granite or with granite facings and the campus is notably attractive. Many of the buildings are part of the Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District which comprises the historic cores of Presbyterian College and the Thornwell Home and School for Children, together with the adjacent residential streets.
The Thornwell campus is unified by consistency of materials (granite
stone) and by scale. The Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District was listed in the National Register March 5, 1982.
Thornwell has some interesting attributes:
* It is one of the earliest American child-care facilities that used "cottages" rather than dormatories to house children.
* Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the reaper, supported Thornwell and there was once a "McCormick Cottage" on the campus.
* Thornwell children themselves dug the campus swimming pool.
Thornwell is located in downtown Clinton, on South Broad Street and across the street from Presbyterian College.
Thornwell School was shut down in May 2007 due to insufficient funding, however the home and daycare remain open.
Ola was married twice during her life. First to Leroy Gaddy and after his death she married William Thomas Kelly Sr.
With her first husband Leroy Gaddy, Ola had two children, a son Ernest Gaddy and a daughter LeRoy Gaddy.
Ernest went on to serve in WWI where he was wounded 17 times by machine gun fire surviving only to be gassed twice. Ernest later died in McColl when a piece of schrapnel pierced his heart while at work at the railroad yard.
After Leroy died suddenly of a massive blood infection, Ola met and married the Chief of Police of Bennettsville, SC, William T Kelly Sr.
Chief Kelly and Ola added to their family with Lillian Kelly, Robert James Kelly, Leslie "Red" Kelly and William Thomas Kelly Jr.
When Chief Kelly died from infections received from an arrestee biting off his nose, Ola without means of support was forced to place Lillian, RJ, WT and Red (Leslie) in Thornwell Orphanage. Her oldest child LeRoy at age 16was forced to quit school and work for the phone company as a telephone operator to support her mom. LeRoy never forgot her siblings. She married Ariail Calvington King Sr. and put her rescue plan into action renting a house in Charlotte so the siblings would have a place to live and work. Lillian insisted on bring her best friend with her from the orphanage and Mary Ellen Hicks left with them for Charlotte.
LeRoy and Grandmother Kelly worked several jobs to make ends meet. Ultimately the siblings all got jobs.
Thornwell Orphanage opened in Clinton, South Carolina on October 1, 1875, to ten children orphaned by the American Civil War. It was founded by Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and named for noted theologian James Henley Thornwell. Dr. Jacobs went on to found Presbyterian College and his son Thornwell Jacobs revitalized Oglethorpe University.
Thornwell Orphanage came to be when a ten year-old, Willie Anderson, gave Dr. Jacobs fifty cents to "build your orphanage." Dr. Jacobs built the orphanage with the help of his church and presided over the orphanage until his death in 1917.
Thornwell Home for Children, once known as Thornwell Home and School for Children (formerly Thornwell Orphanage), operates 12 residential cottages with 6-8 children per home. It has school buildings, an infirmary, office facilities, recreational facilities (including a swimming pool, gymnasium, ballfields and tennis courts), a museum, a dining hall, a Church and Sunday-school building (Hartness-Thornwell Memorial Presbyterian Church), a farm (Lushacres Farm) and various maintenance facilities. Thornwell is supported by the Presbyterian Church (USA) Synod of the South Atlantic, congregations within the Synod and without, and private donations.
Most of the buildings are made of granite or with granite facings and the campus is notably attractive. Many of the buildings are part of the Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District which comprises the historic cores of Presbyterian College and the Thornwell Home and School for Children, together with the adjacent residential streets.
The Thornwell campus is unified by consistency of materials (granite
stone) and by scale. The Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District was listed in the National Register March 5, 1982.
Thornwell has some interesting attributes:
* It is one of the earliest American child-care facilities that used "cottages" rather than dormatories to house children.
* Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the reaper, supported Thornwell and there was once a "McCormick Cottage" on the campus.
* Thornwell children themselves dug the campus swimming pool.
Thornwell is located in downtown Clinton, on South Broad Street and across the street from Presbyterian College.
Thornwell School was shut down in May 2007 due to insufficient funding, however the home and daycare remain open.
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