Thomas Orbison and Elizabeth Bailey

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Husband Thomas Orbison ¹

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           Born: 23 Sep 1747 - near Welsh Run, Cumberland (later Franklin) Co, PA 1
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           Died: 2 Oct 1784 1
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         Father: Thomas Orbison (Abt 1715-1779) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Miller (      -1763) 1

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       Marriage: 5 Apr 1774 1

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Wife Elizabeth Bailey ¹

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           Born: 23 Dec 1752 1
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           Died: 7 Apr 1826 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Benjamin Bailey (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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   Other Spouse: William Agnew (      -      ) 1 - May 1787 1

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Children

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1 F Isabella Orbison ¹

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           Born: 31 Jan 1775 1
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         Spouse: John Slemmons (      -      ) 2

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2 M William Orbison ^{3 4 5}

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           Born: 27 Jun 1777 - York (later Adams) Co, PA 2
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           Died: 23 Aug 1857 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Eleanor Elliott (1788-1865) 3 5 6
           Marr: 6 Oct 1808 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 7

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3 F Elizabeth Miller Orbison ²

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           Born: 27 Oct 1779 2
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         Spouse: Samuel Porter (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Orbison

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He purchased a farm near Willalloways Creek, in York (later Adams) County, where his family resided during the Revolutionary War; he was in the military service of the United States, and was commissioned captain, July 5, 1777. About the close of the war, he moved to Millerstown (later Fairfield), Adams County, where he engaged in mercantile business until he died, of scarlet fever.
He was a good English scholar and wrote a fine hand.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 14.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 15.

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

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

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 111.

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

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 6.