William Frum Family of Monongalia County (West) Virginia

     I crafted a piece about my paternal great great great great great grandfather, William Frum, a decade or more ago.  I decided to copy that page from my outdated genealogy website and add any additional research since that time.  There are plenty of records for him and his activities in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia.  His first marriage to Ann Smith (Anna Smith), possible daughter of  Captain Jeremiah Smith of Frederick County, Virginia remains a conundrum.   

     I have also seen on Ancestry records attributed to William.  

1.  One from the Pennsylvania German Society for a William Frame   indentured in Philadelphia to learn the trade of tailor in 1772. 
2.  Another record that attributes his name as William Hobart Frum, the   same as one of his sons.  
3.  A will for a William Frum (signed with his mark as William Frum, Sr) on Ancestry on page 153; however, when I scrolled to the will (which is on pages 153-154 images 379 & 380), it is a will for William Hobart Frum, my paternal great great great great grandfather's son, dated August 26, 1857 and lists his sons Andrew J Frum and William B. Frum as his executors.  The will was filed in November 10, 1868.  The same time frame as William Hobart Frum.
4. William Frum immigrated from Germany.  The only research I have seen is that Eugenus Frum, son of William and Catherine Spence Frum, is listed as having German roots in his obituary.  Eugenus died in 1890 in Oregon, where he had lived for decades.

     I know why it has taken me years to attempt to blog on William Frum and family.  Numerous ancestors have tried to unlock the wife mystery using records from Frederick, Virginia and Monongalia County, (West) Virginia.  Grave stones from over one hundred and seventy five years ago are  either missing, broken or not legible.  Many records are missing.  Family members who wrote articles or journals at the turn of the twentieth century may have had incorrect information.   

     I'll give this my best effort.

Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service
of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution
Volume 18, page 72
1776

The Monongalia Story
II.  The Pioneers

     William Frum(From) has a record of service with the Maryland Troops from Frederick County--Middle District, under Captain Vallentine Creager. DAR records tell us that he was born in Scotland in 1755. I am using his Revolutionary War record as the earliest record of William in America. 

    He removed to Frederick County, Virginia in the Back Creek area by 1780 and, it is believed, married Ann Smith (Anna Smith), daughter of Captain Jeremiah Smith II and Elizabeth Snyder. Together they raised at least eight children. No marriage record has been found to date; however, Ann and William's names are listed as mother and father on Deliah Frum Bailey's and William Hobart Frum's Monongalia County, (West) Virginia death record.

     There are some researchers who think William and Ann removed to Tom's Run, Monongalia County, (West) Virginia about 1790.  I believe that the Frum's were still living in Frederick County, Virginia in 1798.  There is a record dated June 1798 signed by William Frum and a number of members of the Smith family.  They are asking for a road to be built to the Bath Springs from Robert Lockhart's farm and that all those signed have received benefit from the waters in the springs.

1799 Frederick County, Virginia, marriages, 1771-1825
page 34 minister return cropped

     Whether Ann was still alive at that time is unknown; however, there is a marriage record for William Frum and Catherine Spence dated September 23, 1799 in Frederick County, Virginia.  The youngest two Frum children born after 1800 in Monongalia County list Catherine as their mother.

Section of Samuel Smith's Will
Listing the children of William Frum
September 29, 1803

     Much of this is speculation as no marriage records have been located for the marriage of William and Ann. The link to Captain Jeremiah Smith II is also in question, however, Jeremiah’s son, Samuel Smith, a bachelor, in 1803, willed his estate to his relations, and William Frum’s children were named. In fact, my paternal great great great great grandfather Sampson Smith Frum, received the 200 acres tract of land outside of Winchester, Virginia where Samuel Smith lived, the land and farm given to him by his father Captain Jeremiah Smith II. Samuel also gave William’s sons, William, Jr. and Solomon Frum, a 200 acre tract of land on Simpson’s Creek in Harrison County, (West) Virginia. The will and the bequest of land has lead us to the conclusion that Ann was Samuel’s sister and because she was not named in the will, was probably deceased.

     Samuel Smith's will and the land given to William's sons outside Frederick, Virginia may have been the reason the family moved. William Frum is part of the early tax lists and County, District and Superior Court records in Monongalia County as early as 1804. 

1805 Monongalia County Tax Record
1805

      In 1807 in Monongalia County Court there is a record regarding a road to be built by surveyor Robert Hill, my paternal great great great grandfather.  His property was up the hill, north west of Morgantown.  William Frum and William Chipps offered wagons, horses, etc and were considered, "...two honest housekeepers hereby appointed for that purpose...".  This leads me to believe that when the Frum family first removed to Morgantown, that they lived in close proximity to the town.  

1810 (West) Virginia Census
Monongalia County
August 6, 1810

William Frum

Males age 16 thru 25     4  Solomon, Sampson William, Samuel?

Males age 45 and over    1   William Frum

Females age 10 thru 15     2  Mary Frum, Elizabeth Ann Frum

Females age 16 thru 25    2  Deliah Frum, ?

Females age 45 and over   1    Catherine Frum

Eugenus must not have been born yet.

     There are numerous court records in Monongalia County between 1810 to 1820 involving William Frum and his son Sampson Smith Frum. They involve land purchase, assault and debt.

     One of the land purchase documents that again brings into question the name of Ann Frum is the one dated 1817.  The actual deed to the property was between William Frum and two of my other paternal great great great great great grandparents, William Lanham and Catherine Ferguson Lanham dated October 27, 1817.  

     Ann Frum, wife, is listed along with William Frum as a grantor of the sale of 134 1/2 acres on August 9, 1842 to Samuel Frum.  The property is on the Monongalia River beside property owned by his brother, William Frum, Jr.  This looks to have been sold after William Frum died and is possibly the home farm on Tom's Run.  

     William owned a number of parcels of land in and around the Morgantown area along with his son, Sampson Smith Frum after 1817.  Sampson was the largest landowner in the county at his death in 1862 with 1275 acres primarily in the county including the 200 acres in Frederick County, Virginia willed to him by Samuel Smith.

1820 (West) Virginia Census
Eastern Division, Monongalia County
August 7, 1820

William Frum

Males under age 10--1  Eugenus Frum

Males age 26 thru 44--1   William Frum

Females under age 10--2  Deliah Frum and ?

Females age 26 thru 44--Catherine Frum

1 person engaged in agriculture

     Son-in-law, Benjamin Freeman and sons, William Frum, Jr. and Samuel Frum are also enumerated on this sheet.

1830 (West) Virginia Census
Eastern District, Monongalia County

William Frum

Male age 10 thru 15--1  Eugenus Frum

Male age 60 thru 69--1  William Frum

Female age 5 thru 9--1  ?

Female age 30 thru 39--1  ?

Female age 70 thru 79--1  Catherine Frum

The Monongalia Story
A Bicentennial History
III.  Discord
page 138

     There are records listing that William Frum operated an ordinary or a tavern in Monongalia County.

1840 (West) Virginia Census
East Monongalia County, (West) Virginia

William Frum. 

1 male age 70 to under 80  William Frum

1 female age 20 to under 30  ? 

1 female age 80 to under 90  Catherine Frum

1 person engaged in agriculture.

     I had to look for this enumeration since it did not come up on Ancestry.  He is enumerated directly under his son, William H. Frum.  Also on the same page is his son, Samuel Frum.  The names on the census are not clear.  William Frum has something written after the name.  Perhaps Sr.?

     William's land, at his death, was located on Tom's Run, a feeder stream for the Monongahela River in Monongalia County.  It is unknown how many years he lived on that land during his entire residence outside of Morgantown.

     There is a burial marker for William From in the older section of Mt. Pisgah Cemetery on Route 73 in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is located in the last row near the woods. Beside William, there is a marker for his son, William, Jr., William’s wife Catherine, and several of William and Catherine’s children. William Frum’s daughter, Elizabeth Frum Corrothers and family are also buried at Mt. Pisgah. 

     I have been told, by Ruth Cullen, another Frum researcher, that William Frum is not actually buried at Pisgah. That the burial marker was done by the DAR. His remains, along with other family members, are buried on a somewhat remote hillside near Mt. Pisgah--probably on his Tom's Run property.

Generally believed to be the

Children of William Frum and Ann Smith

1. Catherine Frum born September 9, 1789, Frederick County, Virginia; died July 9, 1837, Monongalia County, (West) Virginia; married Benjamin Freeman.
2. Nancy Frum born 1783, Frederick County Virginia; married John Reed.
3. Samuel Samson Frum born July 5, 1785 in Frederick County, Virginia; died April 27, 1856 in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia; married Catherine Bland. 
4. William Hobart Frum born August 27, 1787 n Frederick County, Virginia; died October 27, 1868 in Monongalia County, West Virginia; married Catherine Corrothers.
5. Deliah Frum born June 16, 1788 in Frederick County, Virginia; died September 30, 1877 in Taylor County, West Virginia; married George W. Bailey.
6. Sampson Smith Frum born January 27, 1890 in Frederick County, Virginia; died November 13, 1863 in Monongalia County, West Virginia; married Elizabeth Ann VanGilder. (my paternal Great Great Great Great Grandparents)
7. Elizabeth Ann Frum born September 29, 1791 in Frederick County, Virginia; died April 4, 1854 in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia; married Andrew Jackson Corrothers.
8. Solomon Frum born June 19, 1793 in Frederick County, Virginia; died November 9, 1869 in Taylor County, West Virginia; married Tabitha Goodwin.

Children of William Frum and Catherine Spence

1. Mary Frum born 1800 in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia; died April 4, 1864, in Taylor County, West Virginia; married first William Powell and second David Beagle.
2. Eugenus Frum born March 9, 1809 in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia; died January 6, 1890 in Linn County, Oregon; married Elizabeth Ore Barnett.

Sources

Core, Earl L., The Monongalia Story.  A Bicentennial History.  III. Discord, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1979, page 138.

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Carlisle Cemetery, Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

     Back at the infancy of my genealogy search, I located the cemetery where some of my maternal ancestors are buried.  Unfortunately, it was in my infancy and my photographs of the tombstones reflect it.  Also, unfortunately, I have not taken the time in thirty-two years to correct it. 😞

     On Sunday, October 10, 1993, My mother, Martha Jean Stark Hughes and I, drove to Columbiana County, Ohio to find the Carlisle Cemetery in Elkrun Township, Section 29.  Using a township road map, finding the cemetery was easy.  

     We were looking for the Orr and Cannon family final resting places.  I located the information using the Columbiana County Genealogical Societies very informational cemetery books.

Red star marks the location of the
Carlisle Cemetery

     The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Section 29, Elkrun Township on County Road 900(Roller Roaster Road), just north of the intersection of County Road 895 (Cream Road).  My maternal great great great great grandfather, Joseph Orr's property, was very close by.  

     

     We located the Orr family under a very large tree on the back right hand side of the cemetery.  My maternal great great great grandfather, Joseph Orr's was broken off its base and was propped up against the tree with the written side facing the tree.  It was with a great deal of effort that Mom and I were able to turn it around.  My maternal great great great grandmother, Jane Kelso Orr was beside her husband.  

     Looking at the picture, to the left of Joseph and Jane are two of their grandsons who died from their participation in the Civil War, Joseph Frederick Orr and Benjamin Franklin Orr.  

     The line of Orr Family tombstones.  Left to right:  Joseph Frederick Orr, Benjamin Franklin Orr, Joseph Orr, Jane Kelso Orr, Franklin Orr, William Morland Orr (my maternal great great grandfather) and Mary A. Orr.

Joseph Orr

Died

October 26, 1857

Aged

69 years 10 months

11 days

Jane

Wife of Joseph Orr

Died

December 28, 1847

Aged

53 years 11 months

15 days

Franklin

son of

J & J Orr

Died August 16, 1839

Age 2 years

William M Orr

Born

1813

Died

February 11, 1849

35 years 9 months 13 days

Mary A.

Daughter of

W & N Orr

Died

March 25, 1859

Age 18

Benjamin Franklin Orr

Died

August 15, 1863

Aged

22 years 10 months 15 days

Joseph Frederick Orr

Died

September 16, 1863

Aged

21 years 19 days

     

     Next we located the grave sites of Lindsey Cannon and his wife Elizabeth Fife Cannon.  At that time I thought they were my maternal great great great grand aunt and uncle.  Further research years later proved they were actually my great great great grandparents.  

Lindsey Cannon

Died

December 1871

At Age

92 years 8 months 11 days

     Lindsey's tombstone was flat on the ground face down.  There was no way Mom and I could pry it up.  That effort waited until the family came on Christmas Eve.  The males, with the help of a crowbar, lifted it up and propped it against the tombstone base.  

Elizabeth

Wife of

Lindsey Canon

Died

October 14, 1873

Aged

84 years 1 mo 22 dys

     Elizabeth Fife Cannon, Lindsey's wife, is my maternal great great great grandmother.  

CANNON

MATTHEW

1824-1906

ELIZABETH

Wife

1836-1901

     Matthew Cannon and Elizabeth Hepburn, my maternal great great grand aunt and uncle are also buried in the Carlisle Cemetery.

Copied from Find A Grave

MARCH

John 1801-1881

Elisabeth 1809-1889

Mary Dau 1830-1907

     Another member of my Cannon family, Elisabeth Cannon March and two members of her family are buried in the cemetery.  Elizabeth is a daughter of Lindsey and Elizabeth Fife Cannon, and is my maternal great great grand aunt.  

 

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Christmas Eve 1993 in Columbiana County, Ohio

Enjoying pizza at home after the trip

CHRISTMAS EVE IN COLUMBIANA, OHIO

      At 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 24, 1993, armed with a crowbar, camera, film, and a map, seven intrepid family members climbed into the Chevy Lumina and headed east in search of their roots.  Our destination, on one of the coldest and more blustery days of holiday week was Columbiana County, Ohio--specifically the gravesites of relatives in Fairfield, Elkrun, Middleton and Center Townships.  The deceased relatives were the ancestors of six of our company through Martha Marie Frederick Stark (more affectionately known as "Dear Freddie").

 

     

      After two hours of travel through the swirling snow, we arrived in the town of Columbiana, Ohio.  A family-style restaurant was our first stop and after consuming a large, WARM, lunch, we went our separate ways in search of mementos of this somewhat unusual Christmas Eve.  By 2:30 we were all snug in the car and traveling the short distance to Firestone Cemetery in Columbiana.  The Frederick gravesite was easy to locate since we visited it on Memorial Day.  Three generations left the warmth of the car to inspect and be photographed beside Alfred and Lucinda's tombstone.  Alfred and Lucinda Frederick were "Dear Freddie's" parents.

     The next stop was about one-half hour south.  We drove through Elkrun Township looking for a township road that would lead us to Clarkson in Middleton Township.  After an unsuccessful try, Ted suddenly pulled off onto something that vaguely resembled a rutted road.  As the snow became heavier, we inched our way past a strip mine and several tumbled down shacks.  At times the road was almost nonexistent and we all felt a bit surrealistic.  

     Ken was sitting in the front seat brandishing the crowbar and several, more humorous passengers began to hum "Dueling Banjo's" from the movie Deliverance.  I was very relieved to, at last, reach a paved road.  Within 10 minutes of finding the highway, we drove into Clarkson, Ohio.  Just south of the center of town was our destination; the picturesque, white-framed, Clarkson Presbyterian Church.  

Ken with John Cannon taken on a Fall trip

     Never having been to this cemetery, I thought it would be difficult to locate John A. Cannon's gravesite, however, I walked directly to it.  It is located behind the church in the 2nd or 3rd row.  We brushed the snow off the tombstone and began taking pictures.  John A. Cannon died in 1833 at the age of 56.  He was one of Freddie's maternal great grandparents.  John's son, John A. Cannon is buried beside his father.  He died in 1831 at the age of 18.

Joseph Orr

     Cemetery #3 was the Carlisle Cemetery in western Elkrun Township.  It is located on an unpaved country road and with the snowy road conditions, Ted decided to park the car in the driveway of the house across the road from the cemetery.  He tried to receive permission to park the car in the driveway, but no one answered the doorbell.  (Once they saw all of us tumble from the van with Ken carrying the crowbar, I'm sure they were afraid to open their door).  Climbing up the icy hill to the cemetery proved difficult, but we all made it and found the gravesites of the Orr's--Joseph and Jane, Freddie's other maternal great grandparents and William M. Orr, her maternal grandfather.  

     There are seven graves in the Orr row--all relatives.  In the front row of the Carlisle Cemetery is Lindsey Cannon's (my ancestor and John Cannon's brother) grave.  His tombstone had broken off and fallen forward into the ground.  Ken, Jeff and Ted were able to pry the tombstone out of the snow, ice and dirt with the crowbar and prop it up on the base at the gravesite.

 

Matthew Thomas Orr gravesite

      Relieved to be back on paved roads, it was a short ride to the Lisbon Cemetery in Lisbon, Ohio.  Jeff and I found Matthew Thomas Orr's gravesite while the other travelers searched for Ken's missing contact lens.  Once the lens was found, pictures were taken of Matthew and Mary Ellen Orr's tombstones. Matthew and Mary Ellen Orr were a maternal aunt and uncle of Freddie's.  Of interest in this cemetery was the fresh holiday wreath on Matthew's grave.  I wrote a message and attached it under the bow of the wreath.

John F and Margaret Orr Groomes

     The final stop on our family Christmas Eve ancestor search was the Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, west of Lisbon, Ohio.  It was Ted (I think, in an act of desperation) who first saw the cemetery partially hidden in the woods on the right-hand side of the road.  We all piled out of the car.  Some of us searched for the gravesite of John F. and Maggie C. Groomes (Freddie's maternal aunt and uncle on the Orr side of the family) while others went into the woods looking for a place to "relieve" themselves!  

     Of all the graves we visited, we had the most difficult time locating the tombstone in this small roadside cemetery.   I realized which one belonged to our relative when she saw "John F. and Maggie C." on the front.  The last name "Groomes" was on the top of the stone and was covered with several inches of ice and snow.

      By this time, we were all frozen and tired.  Ken's feet must have been suffering early stages of frost bite as he was wearing tennis shoes.  After 3 hours of searching for our ancestors in below freezing weather, we were ready to drive back to North Olmsted for pizza, presents and beverages.

      To the older descendants who made the journey, it will be a memorable and somewhat unusual Christmas Eve experience.  To the two younger descendants, although it was at times boring, the trip to Columbiana County, Ohio will be a Christmas Eve that they will never forget. 

PASSENGERS                Relationship to Martha Frederick Stark    "Freddie"                                                       

Ted S. Hiser                                   None

Linda Hughes Hiser                       Granddaughter

Martha Stark Hughes                     Daughter

Kenneth George Hughes                Grandson

Jeffrey Charles Hughes                  Grandson

Aric Hughes Hiser                         Great Grandson

Garrett Bevin Hiser                        Great Grandson

CEMETERIES VISITED IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO

Firestone Cemetery in Fairfield Township my maternal great grandparents Alfred & Lucinda Orr Frederick

Clarkson Presbyterian Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Middleton Township  John A. Cannon and his son, John A. Cannon

Carlisle Cemetery in Elkrun Township my maternal great great great grandparents, Joseph and Jane Kelso Orr; my maternal great great grandfather, William Morland Orr; my maternal great great great grandparents, Lindsey and Elizabeth Fife Cannon; my maternal grand-aunt Mary Ann Orr; my maternal second great grand-uncle Franklin Orr; my first cousins three times removed Benjamin Franklin Orr and Joseph Frederick Orr (both casualties of the Civil War); my second great grand-uncle and aunt Matthew and Elizabeth Hepburn Cannon.        

Lisbon Cemetery in Center Township my maternal great-grand uncle Matthew Thomas Orr and his two wives, Mary Ellen Smith Orr and Libbie Elizabeth Keck Orr.

Mt Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Center Township my maternal great-grand aunt and uncle John F. and Margaret (Maggie) C. Orr Groomes.                                                       

                                        

                                                       

                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                         

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Joseph Orr and Jane Kelso Orr of Columbiana County, Ohio

          I am spending many hours at work cleaning out my hard copy genealogy files and putting the important information into the cloud.  I realized that I had not blogged about my maternal great great great grandparents, Joseph Orr and Jane Kelso.  I had started a draft of this blog in 2022.  Time to continue and finish.  😁   

     These maternal great great great grandparents are all the further back I have researched on this branch of the tree.  Joseph Orr, born on December 15, 1788 in Ireland.  Ancestry gives William Orr and Agnes Crawford as his potential parents.  I have not confirmed that data.

     My maternal great great great grandmother, Jane Kelso, born on January 14, 1794 in North Carolina or Virginia, was the daughter of Major Hugh Kelso and Elizabeth Carpenter.  This is all undocumented information from Ancestry, except the name Jane. 

1820 Ohio Census
New Lisbon, Centre Township, Columbiana County
August 7, 1820

     What I do know is that Joseph and Jane Orr were living in New Lisbon, Centre Township, Columbiana County, Ohio in 1820.  

Free White Males under age 10--4

Free White Males age 16 thru 25--2

Free White Males age 26 thru 44--1

Free White Females under age 10--1

Free White Females age 16 thru 25--1

Free White Females age 26 thru 44--1

Number of Persons engaged in manufacture--3

     Who are the people enumerated on the census?  Joseph and Jane are the ones in the 16 thru 44 age bracket.  There were four known sons under age 10 in 1820.  James John Orr, William Morland Orr (my maternal great great grandfather), Thomas Jefferson Orr  and John Butler Orr.  The two males age 16-25 are unknown.  There was a daughter in the under age 10 listing, Margaret Anne Orr.  The one female in the age 16 thru 25 is unknown.

     The unknown people could be extended family living and working with Joseph, hired laborers or boarders.  There is a Margaret Orr enumerated below Joseph in the census.  More family?  She is in the age 26 thru 44 age bracket.  2 young males under age 10 and one male age 16 thru 25.

History of Columbiana County Ohio
Centre Township
page 111

     Joseph Orr immigrated from Ireland with a trade.  He is listed in the Mack Columbiana County history book as a tailor in New Lisbon, Centre Township (Mack, 1879). 

History of Columbiana County Ohio
Elkrun Township
page 132

     By 1828 Joseph Orr and family relocated from the growing town of New Lisbon in Centre Township to a 162 acre property in section 31 of Elkrun Township about four miles away (Mack, 1879).

1829 Ohio Tax
Elkrun Township
Columbiana County

     Joseph Orr paid taxes on a 162 acre property valued at 376 (type of currency?) in Section 31 of Elkrun Township.

1830 Ohio Census
Elkrun Township, Columbiana County

White Males under age 5--2  George Washington Orr, Henry Orr

White Males age 5 to 9--1  Joseph Milton Orr

White Males age 10-14--1  John Butler Orr

White Males age 15-19--3  James John Orr, William Morland Orr, Thomas Jefferson Orr

White Males age 40-49--1  Joseph Orr

White Females under age 5--1  Elizabeth Jane Orr

White Females age 10 thru 14--1  Margaret Anne Orr

White Females 40 thru 49--1  Jane Orr

History of Columbiana County Ohio
Elkrun Township
page 132

     In 1831, Joseph Orr was elected as a Trustee of Elkrun Township (Mack, 1879).

     There are tax records in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio for Joseph Orr from 1830-1838.  By 1838 the value of his 162 acres was 838 (currency ?).  He was paying taxes for the canal, roads, schools and township.

1840 Ohio Census
Elkrun Township, Columbiana County

Joseph Orr

Males age 5 thru 9--1   ?

Males age 15 thru 19--2  John Butler Orr and Joseph Milton Orr

Males age 50 thru 59--1  Joseph Orr

Females under age 5--1  ?

Females ages 5 thru 9--1  Mary Elenor Orr

Females ages 10 thru 14--1  Martha Caroline Orr

Females ages 20 thru 29--1  Elizabeth Jane Orr

Females ages 40 thru 49--1  Jane Orr

3 persons employed in agriculture

     Elkrun Township map in 1841 showing the piece of section 31 owned by Joseph Orr.  Lindsey Cannon's, my maternal great great great grandfather, property is also shown.  Lindsey Cannon's daughter, 

  Jane   

Wife of 

Joseph Orr

Died

Dec 28, 1847

at age

53 years

11 months

15 days

     Jane Kelso Orr died on December 28, 1847 in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio at age fifty-three.  She was buried in the Carlisle Cemetery, Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.  

     

     On July 5, 1849, sixty year old Joseph Orr married Elizabeth Bowman in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.  T.B. Cushman (Thomas Branch  Cushman) a Methodist Episcopal minister married the couple.  I have not been able to follow Elizabeth Bowman Orr.  I do not know if Bowman is her maiden name or if she was married to another man first.

      On June, 1850, one month less than one year, Joseph Orr filed a petition for divorce against his second wife, Elizabeth Bowman Orr.   The court found Elizabeth guilty of committing fraud against Joseph and the marriage became null and void.  Joseph had to pay $100.00 alimony and the court costs.  

     At age sixty-one, Joseph Orr married forty-two year old Mrs. Elizabeth Cushman on August 27, 1850 in Columbiana County, Ohio.  The minister who performed the ceremony was Presbyterian minister A.O. Patterson (Reverend Andrew Oliphant Patterson).

1850 Ohio Census
Elkrun Township, Columbiana County
August 31, 1850

Joseph Orr, age 60, male, hotel keeper, value of real estate owned $4,000, born in Ireland

Elizabeth Orr, age 42, female, born in New Jersey

Elizabeth, age 24, female, born in Ohio

Martha, age 18, female, born in Ohio

Mary, age 16, female, born in Ohio

Jas Reed, age 21, male, laborer, born in Ohio

     

     In the 1857 September Term Elizabeth Cushman Orr filed a petition for divorce from Joseph Orr for extreme cruelty.  The court ruled that Joseph had to pay $175.00 in alimony for each of the seven years they were married and court costs.

Last Will and Testament of Joseph Orr
October 3, 1857

          

Joseph Orr

Died

Oct 26 1857

Aged

     Joseph Orr died on October 26, 1857 at age sixty-eight in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.  He is buried beside his wife Jane Kelso Orr in the Carlisle Cemetery, Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.

 

1860 Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

 Joseph Orr's property marked for his heirs  

Children of Joseph Orr and Jane Kelso Orr

1. James John Orr born August 25, 1812 in Pennsylvania; died September 20, 1885 in Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio; married Nancy Florence Frederick.
2. William Morland Orr born April 28, 1813 in Ohio; died February 11, 1849 in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio; married Nancy Agnes Cannon. (my maternal great great grandparents)
3. Thomas Jefferson Orr born April 25, 1815 in Ohio; died after 1857
4. Margaret Anne Orr born January 20, 1817 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died July 22, 1852; married Samuel Ramsey.
5. John Butler Orr born January 25, 1819 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died April 21, 1897 in Ohio; married Mary Jane Frederick.
6. Joseph Milton Orr, born March 20, 1822 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died September 17, 1890; married Jane Gaskill.
7. Henry Orr born November 29, 1824 in Columbiana County, Ohio.
8. Elizabeth Jane Orr born August 22, 1826 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died April 13, 1909 in Cook County, Illinois; married William Porter Ellison.
9. George Washington Orr born June 26, 1828 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died March 8, 1904 in Ohio; married Adeline Sphar.
10. Martha Caroline Orr born April 12, 1831 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died October 24, 1865 in Alliance, Stark County, Ohio; married Isaac Denson Ellison.
11. Mary Elenor Orr born June 12, 1834 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died September 19, 1924 in Ohio; married Benjamin Dawson Fisher.
12. Franklin Orr born March 16, 1837 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died August 16, 1839 in Columbiana County, Ohio.

Sources

Mack, Horace.  History of Columbiana County Ohio, D.W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia, 1879, page 111, 132. 

Joseph Orr--Tombstone Tuesday

Jane Kelso Orr--Tombstone Tuesday

Orr Family Bible Records

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