Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Franklin Orr and Margaret Craighead




Husband Rev. Franklin Orr 1 2

           Born: 1825 - Limestone Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel Culbertson Orr (Abt 1779-1855) 1 3
         Mother: Margaret Sloan (Abt 1785-1859) 1 3


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   Other Spouse: Martha McLain (      -      ) 4 - 1868 4



Wife Margaret Craighead 4

           Born: Abt 1834
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           Died: 1867 4
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         Father: George Craighead (      -Bef 1882) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Neel (      -      ) 6




Children
1 F Elizabeth M. Orr 4

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2 F Sarah Lavinia Orr 4

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3 M William Freeman Orr 4

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4 M Samuel Culbertson Orr 4

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5 F Margaret M. Orr 4

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         Spouse: George Smith (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - Rev. Franklin Orr


He was a graduate of Jefferson College, Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the class of 1850; graduate of the Allegheny Theological Seminary, in the class of 1853; first ministry was at Bethel and Curry's Run Presbyterian Churches in 1853, resigning the latter in 1858, and taking charge of the Jacksonville congregation, in connection with the Bethel; relinquishing Bethel in 1877, and in connection with Jacksonville, now has a young congregation at Tunnelton, Kelly Station, on the West Penn. R. R., Conemaugh township, Indiana County.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 508.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 572.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 310.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 509.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 701, 707, 872.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 707.


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