Hiram Orr    

HIRAM ORR, farmer, post-office Mercer, was born January 30, 1832, in Springfield Township. His father, John M. Orr, was born February 4, 1804, to William and Mary (Orrick) Orr, natives of Ireland, from whence they immigrated to America in 1794, and settled in Washington County, Penn. In 1803 they came to this county, and died in Springfield Township, he in 1843, and she in 1863. They had seven children: James, William, John, Robert, Jane, Elias and Elizabeth. John M. Orr married Elizabeth Jamison, by whom he had ten children: Mary J., William, Isabella, Hiram, John, Elizabeth, David P., Margaret, James and Joseph S. He married a second time, his wife being Mrs. Martha Denniston, who died September 7, 1871. His first wife died October 7, 1854. Our subject, Hiram Orr, was educated in the common schools, and was brought up on a farm. He began for himself at the age of twenty-five years, on a farm of forty acres given him by his father. This he owned about nine years, when he sold and bought the farm where he now lives. He has in all 192 acres, mostly the result of his own labors. He was married November 24, 1856, to Mary J. Carlon, of Lawrence County, by whom he had three children: H. M., married Jane Ramsey, and lives in Butler County; George C., died at the age of eighteen months; John C., married Emma Fithian, and is a jeweler in Sharpsburg, Allegheny County. Mrs. Orr died May 18, 1863, and he was again married June 30, 1864, to Mary J. Barnes, born June 29, 1832, a daughter of John Barnes. By her he has five children: Ida E., a teacher, of this county; Eva J.; infant, dead; Melvin B. and Hattie E. The first Mrs. Orr was a consistent member of the Leesburg Presbyterian Church. He and his last wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Mercer. He has taken a deep interest in the Democratic party.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.