Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Orme, John P. 1852 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 514

  JOHN P. ORME. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch became prominent as a
surveyor and civil engineer of Maricopa County, Arizona; is unquestionably one
of the ablest and best posted on that subject in his section, but for the past
twelve years has practically turned his attention to other pursuits. Mr. Orme
was born in Maryland, twenty miles above Washington, on the Potomac, November
28, 1852. He left his native State when fourteen years old, and in 1866 went to
Missouri. In September of the same year he entered the State University of
Missouri, where he made a specialty of the study of science, mathematics and
civil engineering, and was graduated in 1869. After leaving school he gave his
attention to engineering and in 1869 began on the Chicago & Alton from
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, to Kansas City. In March, 1870, he went with
M. K. & T. and helped to lay out Denison, Texas. In 1871 he went with the Texas
& Pacific, and helped survey from Texarkana to Ft. Worth, the trans-continental
line, and was thus occupied until 1873. In that year he began on the Sabine Pass
& Northwestern Railroad to Springfield, and lost his health in the swamps near
Sabine Pass. Returning to Baltimore, Md., in 1874, he remained there until 1875,
and then came back to Texas, and for one year was engaged in the stock business.
After that he was in Leadville, Col., one month, and from there went to Southern
California. In March, 1876, he came to Phoenix, and in May, 1879, went to
Maricopa, where he started the first corral there. Selling out he came to
Phoenix and clerked for E. Irvine. In 1880 he engaged in agricultural pursuits
and settled on land near Phoenix, where he resides at the present time, and
where he has eight hundred and thirty acres. He has a cattle ranch in the
mountains and has met with unusual success. On the 8th of March, 1880, he
married Miss Ella Thompkins, a native of Texas, but a resident of Colorado from
early childhood. They have four children—Clare E., Ora, Dorris and Charles H.
Mr. Orme surveyed and built the Maricopa Canal, and had charge of the work. He
is a member of the United Workmen and is also a member of the Red Men.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896

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