BIO:  Henry H. ORNER, Menallen Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 477

HENRY H. ORNER, surveyor and scrivener, P.O. Arendstville, was born November 16, 
1825, in Menallen Township, this county, and is a son of Henry and Sarah 
(Knouse) Orner.  He has long been identified with the educational affairs of 
this township, and taught school for over fourteen sessions.  He has been for 
over twenty-eight years a professional and practical surveyor, and is probably 
better posted on matters pertaining to property than any other man throughout 
the county.  He has acted for years as scrivener for his vicinity, making out 
with accuracy, in their proper forms, all kinds of legal documents and business 
agreements.  Politically he is a Democrat.  He takes an active interest in all 
public enterprises that he thinks are calculated to benefit society and the 
country.  He was elected a few years ago, and served one term as justice of the 
peace.  Mr. Orner has never married, but, since the death of his mother, with 
whom he lived and cared for, he with his father, who is now eighty-nine years 
old, makes his home with his brother Francis W.  Mr. Orner is honored and 
respected by all, and lives in the enjoyment of a comfortable competency.