Joseph U. Orr

Abt 1823 - 1905  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Joseph U. Orr
  Born	Abt Sep 1823	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	7 Aug 1850
  	____, Henderson Co., NC, p. 272, age 26, b. NC, as Joseph V. Orr
  1860 Census	4 Jun 1860
  	Bowmans Bluff PO, Henderson Co., NC, p. 703, age 36, b. NC, as Joseph U. Orr
  1870 Census	10 Aug 1870
  	Bowman's Bluff PO - Crab Creek, Henderson Co., NC, p. 250a, age 46, b. NC, as Joseph U. Orr
  1880 Census	1 Jun 1880
  	Crab Creek, Henderson Co., NC, ED 100, p. 2, age 57, b. NC, as J. U. Orr
  1900 Census	4 Jun 1900
  	Crab Creek, Henderson Co., NC, ED 37, sheet 1B, Age 76, b. NC, as Joseph ? Orr
  Died	14 Jul 1905	Henderson County, North Carolina
  Buried	Aft 14 Jul 1905	Beulah Baptist Church, Henderson County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I18483	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	4 May 2006

  
  

  Father	Robert Orr,   b. 26 Mar 1781, North Carolina ,   d. 1866, Gilmer County, Georgia  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Douthuit,   b. 3 Sep 1785, South Carolina ,   d. Unknown
  Married	Bef 1802
  Family ID	F6763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Elvira Blythe,   b. Abt Aug 1825, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Jan 1916, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Married	Abt 1846
  Children	1. William Brazile "Zell" "Barzeel" Orr,   b. 1 Jan 1846, Henderson County, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Jun 1917, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 71 years)   2. Mary R. Orr,   b. Abt 1853, North Carolina ,   d. Unknown   3. Robert Grayson Orr,   b. 21 Sep 1856, Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Jun 1911  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F6752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  The Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N. C., Friday, July 21, 1905 OBITUARY J. U. Orr, aged eighty-three years, one of the oldest citizens of the county bade farewell to friends and relatives last Friday night at 11:o5 o'clock at the residence of his son W. B. Orr in West Hendersonville. The burdens of this life were laid down and angels came and wafted his spirit home to rest and to God. As a citizen, Mr. Orr was true to his country. He believed in upright living and showed it by his actions. He lived and died a member of the Baptist Church, and his body was taken Sunday to Beulah cemetery and laid to rest where it will await the morning of the Resurrection to be called forth to be re-united with the spirit that has gone to God. Mr. Orr was a tender, loving father and husband. He leaves a wife, two sons and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. But the loss to us is his eternal gain. W. T. D. The Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N. C., Friday, July 28, 1905                   Local Notes Three old and well known citizens of this county, J. U. Orr, T. K. Davis and A. Q. Moore died within a week. Mr. Orr died on the morning of Friday, July 14. Mr. Davis and Mr. Moore on the morning of July 21. All three were republicans, were nearly the same age and at the time all three were employed together in the U S Revenue service. Brief Personal Sketches by S. V. Pickens             From the French Broad Hustler, August 1905 Joseph U. Orr is an old citizen of the Bowman's Bluff section of Henderson County. He has been a farmer, was for a long time deputy sheriff under Justus, Taylor and others. He raised several children. Our neighbor, Brazil Orr, whose clever daughter is in THE TIMES office, is a son of Joseph Orr, who is now living, aged about 84. Is it not remarkable that we can name so many persons in this county 80 or 90 years of age still living. There must be something in the pure water, climate and altitude among these mountains. J. U. Orr died since the above was penned. According to the 1900 census, his father was born in North Carolina and his mother in South Carolina. 1880 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace J. M. ORR   Self   M   Male   W   57   NC   Farmer   SC   AL Sarrah E. ORR   Other   M   Female   W   56   NC   House Keeper   NC SC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source Information:   Census Place Crab Creek, Henderson, North Carolina   Family History Library Film   1254967   NA Film Number   T9-0967   Page Number   310B