Carbon County UT Archives Biographies.....Orr, Clarence N. 1916 - 
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CLARENCE N. ORR.

    Clarence N. Orr, who in January, 1916, became the superintendent of the
Black Hawk mine at Hiawatha for the United States Fuel Company, was born in
Newburg, West Virginia, and is a son of U. N. and Molly (Squires) Orr, who were
also natives of that state. The father was originally a butcher by trade. At the
time of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations and
espoused the cause of the Union, going to the front in defense of the federal
government. When the war was brought to a successful termination he returned to
West Virginia, where he built a sawmill and established a lumberyard. He
prospered in his undertakings and afterward built and purchased several other
sawmills. Investigation showed that his land was underlaid with coal, so that
the place was a most productive one and he was able to sell his timber
therefrom, to cultivate the fields and to operate the mine, his coal selling for
good prices. He retired at sixty-five years of age and died at the ace ot
eighty-four years in consequence of a severe fall on the ice. His wife, who was
considerably younger than him, died within five years of his death. Mr. Orr was
a member of the state legislature In 1881 ard again in 1883 and in 1889 was once
more chosen to represent his district in the general assembly and reelected in
1891, so that fur four terms he was connected with the West Virginia house of
representatives and did much to shape its laws and promote the welfare of the
state. A man of marked ability, his breadth of view not only saw possibilities
for his own advancement but for the development of his city and state, and his
lofty patriotism prompted him to utilize the latter as quickly and as
effectively as the former.

    Clarence N. Orr obtained his education in the schools of Kingwood, West
Virginia, and at the age of eighteen years started out in the business world as
an employe of a coal company in his native state. He continued in the mines
until 1905, when he came to the west, settling first at Electric, Montana. There
he devoted his attention to coal mining until 1910, when he returned to West
Virginia, where he spent the succeeding year. On the expiration of that period
he went to the Philippines in the service of the government, managing the
government coal mines in that country from 1911 until 1914, when he once more
returned to his native state, superintending coal interests there and also
filling the position of deputy state mine inspector. He resigned to become a
resident of Utah and take charge of the Black Hawk mine for the United States
Fuel Company at Hiawatha, accepting the superintendency thereof in January,
1916. It is said that Mr. Orr is an expert miner and has never left a position
to which he could not return if he so desired. He has become a stockholder In
the Carbon County Bank, has business interests in West Virginia and also holds
an interest in his father's estate. Progress has actuated him at every point in
his career and his success is the merited recognition of his highly developed
powers.

    On the 14th of January, 1916, at Fairmont, West Virginia, Mr. Orr was
married to Miss Mildred Myers, a daughter of R. U. and Fron Myers, who are
natives of West Virginia, residing at Fairmont, the. father being a stationary
engineer. The daughter is a high school graduate and has specialized in music.
Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Orr started for the west and have
since made their home in Hiawatha, where they have gained many warm friends, the
hospitality of the best homes being cordially extended them.

    Mr. Orr gives loyal support and allegiance to the republican party and
fraternally he Is a Mason, having membership in the blue lodge at Price, while
in Salt Lake Consistory he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish
Rite. He is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias at Kingwood, West
Virginia. He is a forceful and resourceful business man whose advancement is
attributable entirely to his determination and laudable ambition. He did not
depend upon his father, who was in comfortable financial circumstances, but by
individual effort has reached the creditable position which he now occupies.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920

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