BIO: ORR, T. S., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: ORR, T. S., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Campbell Co. T. S. ORR, of Alexandria, Campbell Co., Ky., was born July 27, 1848, and is a son of Dr. John and Maria (Spilman) Orr. John Orr, a native of Virginia, immigrated to Bracken County, Ky., when a boy, and afterward moved to Alexandria, Campbell County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1877. The mother of our subject was born in Campbell County, and was a daughter of James Spilman, a farmer and large land owner. Dr. T. S. Orr was educated at Cold Springs, Campbell County, and and at Danville College, where he graduated in 1866. He taught school for one year, when he began the study of medicine, and subsequently attended the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1871. He first located in Newport, where he practiced two years. From there he went to Alexandria, and then to Augusta, but returned to Alexandria in 1877. In 1887 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna White, daughter of H. Clay White, of Williamstown, Grant County. The Doctor is a Democrat in politics, and as a physician, enjoys a large practice, standing high in his profession. *******************************************************************************