Caldwell County MO Archives History .....SAMUEL W. ORR FAMILY AND THE JAMES S. ORR  
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THE SAMUEL W. ORR FAMILY AND THE JAMES S. ORR FAMILY IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP
	Narrator:  Minnie Ogden, 72, Hamilton

     There are or have been several ORR families in Caldwell county few of 
whom are related.  To keep these different ORRS differentiated for the sake of 
future history, the interviewer has tried to contact the various Orr 
families.  
     The Samuel W. Orr and James S. Orr Family who are the subject of this 
paper are not now represented in the county except in Highland cemetery 
(Hamilton), but since they were once prominent people in the 70s and 80s, they 
are necessary to the ORR collection.
     Samuel W. Orr (1807-1899) came into the county 1872 and for some years 
served as presiding judge of the county court, until his eyesight gave out.  
He died at the home of his son, James S. Orr, five miles south of Hamilton.
     His son James S. Orr came into the county with the rush of settlers after 
the Civil War 1866.  He was born at Youngstown Ohio, served in the Union army, 
Co. F Ohio Cavalry.  He was married shortly before coming to Missouri to 
Elizabeth Whiteaker at Lisbon Ohio, and he brought his young bride into this 
section which was yet in a rather pioneer state.
     Mrs. Orr is yet well remembered by the older women as being a very 
popular society woman, and an active Presbyterian.  There were two children, 
Walter and Charlie.  They lived in the country at times and at other times in 
town, owning what is now the Taylor Allee home in the east part of town.  They 
had as neighbors Dr. Eli Penney (father of George and Tavia), Tom Hare, Elder 
Jim Whitt, A.G. Davis and the Booth family while the latter were building a 
home in south Hamilton.  They were known as a fine place for keeping teachers, 
to room and board.
     When the family moved to Nebraska, Mr. Orr and his sons Charlie and 
Walter, went into the livery, bus and transfer business.  He died 1904 at 
Pawnee City, and he was brought back here for burial


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