Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Orr, Robert 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com September 26, 2007, 10:54 pm Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881) Robert Orr, farmer, son of Judge James Orr, was born in Shawnee township, September 19, 1851. His mother's maiden name was Jane Miller. She was the mother of five children, one of whom is dead, and died herself either in 1858 or 1859. Mr. Orr has been running the Rob Roy mill the last year in company with Alonzo Swank. He is a republican in politics. He owns eighty acres of well improved and valuable land, worth $6,500. Additional Comments: Shawnee Township HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES. BY H. W. BECKWITH, OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS. 1881. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/bios/orr1061gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb