OREM BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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OREM, Samuel B. - b: 1837 Bucks Co, PA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 352
residence: Clinton Twp

Samuel B. Orem is a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and he was born July 
16, 1837. His father, Jonathan Orem, a native of Pennsylvania, married Elizabeth 
Buchanan, a native of New Jersey. When S. B. was eighteen years of age he 
removed to Jersey County, Illinois, and until 1862 taught school. He then enlisted 
in Company K, Ninety-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was commissioned first 
lieutenant. In the winter of 1863 and the spring of 1864 he served as assistant 
quartermaster at New Orleans. At the battle of Fort Blakely he was wounded in 
the leg and was in the hospital until mustered out of service in July, 1865. Until 
1866 he was employed in the plantation department of the Freedmen's Bureau. He 
then returned to Jersey County, Illinois, and in 1868 came to Clinton and soon 
after he was appointed deputy county clerk. He also filled the position of deputy 
sheriff and deputy circuit clerk. In 1875, in connection with I. N. Jones, he 
published the Advocate, and after two years journalistic experience, he engaged 
in the practice of law. In 1880 he was elected city attorney. He was married June 
11, 1871, to Miss Eliza E. Darby a native of New York. They have two children, 
Herbert H. and Arthur D.

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