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John Poston ORR

John Poston ORR

Male 1820 - 1899  (79 years)

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  • Name John Poston ORR 
    Born 14 Apr 1820  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Both parents born in Ireland, per 1880 Census.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3, 4] 
    Died 23 Dec 1899  [5] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I15628  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2018 

    Family Louisa POWELL,   b. 13 May 1831,   d. 24 Apr 1885  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 20 1860:
      J. P. Orr, 40, farmer, value of real estate $900, value of personal estate $250; L. (female), 12 (sic); R. M. (male), 12; F. A. (male), 10; F. G. (male), 7; J. E. (female), 4. All born in Virginia.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880:
      John P. Orr, 60, farmer; wife Eliza, 49; dau Julie E, 23; dau Bermeda, 16; dau Iris, 1 (sic). All born in Virginia. Both of John's parents born in Ireland.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Josiah & Mary Heaton. Within five years, two of John Orr's daughters would marry two of Josiah Heaton's sons. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Robert Meredith ORR,   b. 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922  (Age 74 years)
    +2. Festus A. ORR,   b. 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1913, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Flavius G. ORR,   b. 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1931, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Julia Emaline ORR,   b. 8 Oct 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1954  (Age 97 years)
    +5. Birneda ORR,   b. 26 Aug 1863, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1922, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Iris ORR,   b. 17 Jun 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp).

    4. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    8. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979).