F. J. Sessions, Superintendent of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, at Davenport, says: “Howard E. and William A. Sunday were admitted to this institution by transfer from the Glenwood, Iowa, Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home when the latter was closed January 29, 1875. They were admitted to the Glenwood institution September 25, 1874. Dismissed from this institution June 10, 1876. The records says to go home, but place is not located.
In 1874, Billy Sunday transferred to this Orphans Home, as his father was a victim of the Civil War.
Thankfully, the two brothers did very well in the Home. When it was discontinued, they were transferred to an orphans’ home in Davenport, Iowa, where they studied under good Bible teachers. Billy wasn’t a Christian at the time, but he learned a lot about the Bible.
