Husband Capt. Thomas Orr 1 2
Born: 13 Sep 1770 - Ireland 2
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Died: 29 Mar 1814 or 1815 - ? Southampton Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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Father: John Orr ( - ) 1 2
Mother:
Marriage: Sep 1796 2
Wife Martha Breckinridge 1 3
Born: 11 Nov 1779 2
Christened:
Died: 25 Sep 1852 2
Buried:
Father: Samuel Breckinridge ( - ) 1 4
Mother: Mary Culbertson ( -Bef 1784) 4 5
Children
1 M John Orr 1 3
Born: 18 Jul 1797 2
Christened:
Died: 5 Sep 1870 2
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Breckinridge (1797-1860) 6
Marr: 23 Jun 1825 7
2 F Margaret Orr 1 2
Born: 13 Sep 1799 2
Christened:
Died: 9 Jan 1872 2
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Spouse: James Bard (1795-1862) 2
3 M William Orr 1 2
Born: 20 Apr 1802 - Culbertson's Row, Franklin Co, PA 1 7
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Died: 31 Jan 1880 or 1881 7 8
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Spouse: Mary A. Gish (1818- ) 9 10
Marr: 9 May 1839 10
4 M James B. Orr 1 2
Born: 1 Aug 1805 10
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Died: 9 Sep 1887 - Junction City, Geary Co, KS 10
Buried:
Spouse: Hetty Ritchey (1809-1871) 10
Marr: 12 Apr 1831 10
5 F Martha Orr 1 2
Born: 11 Feb 1808 2
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Died: 14 Sep 1879 - Fairfield, Adams Co, PA 2
Buried:
Spouse: James Breckinridge (1805-1838) 2
Marr: 19 Jan 1830 2
General Notes: Husband - Capt. Thomas Orr
Quite early in life he was wafted by the tide of emigration to the shores of America, and settled near Bucklestown, later Darkesville, in the state of Virginia. Not satisfied with the prospects of enlarging his small competency in that locality, and full of the energy and buoyancy of youth, he determined to remove to Pennsylvania, toward which state many thousands of his countrymen were flocking. The modes of traveling in those days, through a comparative wilderness, were very primitive. The traveler either walked or rode on horseback. Thomas chose the latter mode. His arrangements were soon made, and his small stock of goods was packed in his ample saddlebags, and his long journey toward his new home then began. His progress was necessarily slow and wearisome, but he at length arrived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he determined to remain. But this intention was soon changed, and he retraced his steps and journeyed westward until he reached Franklin County. Here he ultimately chose as his home a tract of land in that locality known as "Culbertson's Row," in Southampton Township. He remained in this vicinity until his death, having purchased the farm upon which his son William's earlier years were spent. [HFC 1887, 671]
He emigrated from Ireland to the United States as a young man and settled near Bucklestown, later Darkesville, West Virginia. He was a weaver. Not satisfied with the prospects offered him in that locality he determined to remove to Pennsylvania, and made the journey on horseback, with his small stock of goods packed in his ample saddle-bags. After a tedious and wearisome journey he reached Lancaster County, but he subsequently retraced his steps westward until he reached Franklin County. There he became a tenant farmer on "Red Hill Farm," along the Cumberland Valley Railroad, owned by George Johnston, and ultimately chose a tract of land in "Culbertson's Row," that was part of the Row Mill property which he purchased and made his home until his death. In politics he was a Democrat of the Jefferson school, and was a delegate at a meeting of the Democratic Republicans of Franklin County, held in Chambersburg Aug. 26, 1808. He was generally known as Capt. Thomas Orr, having earned his title in the militia service.