Husband Joseph D. Orr 1
Born: 5 Feb 1837 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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Died: 27 Mar 1894 1
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Father: William Orr (Abt 1814-1896) 1
Mother: Martha Dunn (Abt 1814-1897) 1
Marriage: 27 Dec 1860 2
Wife Mary J. Gaston 1
Born: 10 Dec 1840 - Jefferson Co, PA 3
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Died: Aft 1898
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Father: Robert Gaston ( -Aft 1898) 1
Mother: Eliza Manners ( -1855) 1
Children
1 M William R. Orr 1
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Died: when eight years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Lizzie M. Orr 1
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Spouse: Adam J. Elder (1854- ) 4
Marr: 29 Mar 1883 3
3 M Ferdinand W. Orr 1
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Died: when four years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 F Matilda M. Orr 1
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Died: when nine months old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 F Bertha J. Orr 1
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Spouse: H. T. Baker ( - ) 1
6 F Elva S. Orr 1
Born:
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Died: when five months old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Maggie J. Orr 1
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Died: when twenty years old
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8 F Nannie O. Orr 5
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9 M Joseph R. Orr 5
Born: Abt 1890
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Status: Adopted
General Notes: Husband - Joseph D. Orr
He was reared to the pursuits of a farm, and, when about eighteen years of age, began working in the lumber woods. Four years later (in 1860) he began contracting on a large tract of land for the firm of Hall & Darrah, with which he continued for three and one-half years. He then purchased timber lands, and from that time until his death engaged in the lumber business on his own account. In his efforts he was successful, and after some years purchased a farm and carried on agricultural pursuits in connection with lumbering. He also conducted a planing-mill and extended his operations as a lumber manufacturer until his business had assumed extensive proportions. At the time of his death he was connected with a firm owning large tracts of land in Elk County, Pennsylvania.
From the age of two years he was reared on his father's farm in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. When eighteen he started out in life for himself as an employee in the woods. Four years later he commenced jobbing on his own account, and step by step worked his way steadily upward until he became one of the leading and most successful lumber-men in the county. He was also interested in farming and in other lines of business. At the age of nineteen he united with the Presbyterian Church, of which he remained a faithful member until his death.