Rev. James Henry Orbison and Nancy Dunlop Harris

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Husband Rev. James Henry Orbison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Mar 1826 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Apr 1869 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: William Orbison (1777-1857) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Eleanor Elliott (1788-1865) 4 7 8 9

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       Marriage: 22 Nov 1858 3

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   Other Spouse: Agnes C. Kay (      -Bef 1883) 1 10 - 28 Sep 1853 10

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Wife Nancy Dunlop Harris ²

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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Father: James Dunlop Harris (1797-1842) 2 11
         Mother: Mary Ann Miller (      -1851) 12 13

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Children

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1 M Rev. James Harris Orbison ²

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           Born:  - India
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         Spouse: Lilly Campbell (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 26 Sep 1886 3

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2 F Eleanor Tamison "Nellie" Orbison ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Ellen Orbison 10
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         Spouse: Rev. Sylvester W. Beach (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 2 Aug 1882 3

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3 F Agnes Orbison ^{2 3}

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4 M Thomas James Orbison ^{3 14}

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. James Henry Orbison

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After graduating at Jefferson College, he attended the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian church, and in 1850 went as a missionary to India. He married and his wife died without issue. When on a visit to America, he married his second wife, who returned with him to India. In 1869 they returned to America on a visit, and about a month after their return, he died at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

He and his wife devoted the early years of their life to missionary work in India, in which country their four children were born. His health being impaired, they returned to Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
He died at Bellefonte about one month after his return from India.

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Dunlop Harris

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from Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA

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2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 186.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 20.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 437.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 4.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 930.

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8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 2.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 931.

10 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 439.

11 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 199.

12 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 200.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 186, 239.

14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 187.