James L. Orr and Zulie A. Cochrane
Husband James L. Orr 1
Born: 20 Jul 1864 - Indiana Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Andrew Orr ( -1894) 1 2 Mother: Martha A. Lowman ( - ) 2
Marriage: 11 Nov 1886 1
Wife Zulie A. Cochrane 1
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Father: James Cochrane ( - ) 1 Mother: Nancy [Unk] ( - ) 1
Children
1 M James C. Orr 1
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2 F Kathleen Orr 1
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General Notes: Husband - James L. Orr
He attended the country schools in White township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He worked on the farm until he became of age, after which he started out for himself, without a dollar of capital. Finding employment in a sawmill, he remained there until he had mastered the details of lumber manufacture, and he subsequently engaged in the lumber business on his own account. Though he was interested in other lines also from time to time, he continued that for many years. For more than eleven years he had a profitable feed business, and he built a grain elevator at Indiana at a cost of several thousand dollars. In 1912 he constructed the reservoir at Creekside (of which he owned part), one of the most progressive towns in Indiana County. He was a stockholder and director of the Indiana Woolen Mills Company, as well as other local industries.
Fraternally Mr. Orr belonged to the Elks, I. O. O. F. and Masonic lodges at Indiana, in the latter connection holding membership in Blue Lodge, No. 313, F. & A. M. For many years he was an active member of the Lutheran Church, serving in the church council for some years. He was an independent voter, and served three years as councilman from the Third ward; he was elected on the Democratic ticket.
1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 670.
2
Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 401.
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