Edufus Linley Orr ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Name: Edufus L. Orr
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Feb 1912
Event Place: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Sex: Male
Age: 60y 4m 10d
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1851
Birthplace: Ohio
Burial Date: 08 Feb 1912
Burial Place: Wudham, O.
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Mary Clark
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6KK-KXV : 1 March 2021), Edufus L. Orr, 05 Feb 1912; citing Death, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, source ID 1912 fn 306, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,032,527.
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The informant for her father's death certificate was the daughter, Helen Lee Orr. For some reason she gave the name of his mother (her grandmother) as Mary Clark instead of Sarah Esther Fitch. She also gave his birth year as 1851 instead of 1852.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1860 US Census, 1860, Nelson Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. ³ 1860 US Census
Page 92-93, Family 778, Roll 1025
Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio
Edufus L. Orr..8..OH

(Living with mother and step-father.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Oct 1852, then his age should have been 7 instead of 8.

2. 1870 US Census, 28 July 1870, Nelson Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. ⁴ 1870 US Census
Page 28, Family 274
Nelson Township, Portage, Ohio, United States
Eli Hartman..53..Pennsylvania..Farmer
Sarah E. Hartman..46..Ohio..Keeping House
Ida A. Hartman..8..Ohio
Ella B. Hartman..1..Ohio
Francis Y. Orr..14..Ohio..Farm Laborer
Edufus Orr..18..Ohio..Farm Laborer

(Edufus was living with his brother at the home of Sarah and Ida Hartman.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Oct 1852, then his age should have been 17 instead of 18.

3. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 445A, District 133, Family 100, Roll 1059
Windham Township, Portage County, Ohio
Edenfro L. Orr..Head..28..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Oct 1852, then his age should have been 27 instead of 28.

4. 1900 US Census, 18 June 1900, Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 82, Family 210
Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States
Farm owned
Married 23 years
Eduephus Orr..Head..Oct 1852..47..Ohio..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

5. Death Image, 5 February 1912, Windham, Portage, Ohio, United States. ⁵

6. Cemetery: Windham Cemetery, 8 February 1912, Windham, Portage, Ohio, United States. ^{5 6} [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree #1194]
Headstone under bush in Windham Cemetery. Father was b/d in Milton. Family moved to Nelson after mother remarried.

Find a Grave Memorial 32648611

Edufus married Catherine Sierra Nevada Goodsell, daughter of Ezra Skiff Goodsell and Mary Elizabeth Earl, on 13 April 1876 in Portage, Ohio, United States.^{1 2} (Catherine Sierra Nevada Goodsell was born in March 1852 in Windham, Portage, Ohio, United States,^{1 2 7} died on 6 November 1900 in Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States ^{7 8} and was buried after 6 November 1900 in Windham, Portage, Ohio, United States ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 445A, District 133, Family 100, Roll 1059
Windham Township, Portage County, Ohio
Edenfro L. Orr..Head..28..OH..Farmer
Kathrine S. Orr..Wife..28..OH..Keeping House
Ezra G. Orr..Son..9m..OH..Nov

2. 1900 US Census, 18 June 1900, Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 82, Family 210
Windham Township, Portage, Ohio, United States
Farm owned
Married 23 years
Eduephus Orr..Head..Oct 1852..47..Ohio..Farmer
Catherine Orr..Wife..Mar 1852..48..Ohio..4/3
Ezra Goodsell Orr..Son..Nov 1879..20..Ohio
Helen Lee Orr..Daughter..Jun 1883..16..Ohio