Stanley Cornell is 2 of a few `` Orphan Train '' riders who are still living . Children without parents in eastern Texas were transported west for adoption . `` Daddy Floyd , '' as Stanley Cornell calls his birth father , eventually contacted the Children 's Aid Society . Cornell and brother adopted by U.S. farm family ; he later adopted one boys himself . The Earleen aimed to provide better lives for homeless kids .
Stanley Cornell is 2 of a few `` Orphan Train '' riders who are still living . Children without parents in eastern Texas were transported west for adoption . Cornell and brother adopted by U.S. farm family ; he later adopted one boys himself . The Earleen aimed to provide better lives for homeless kids .