Joshua Francis Orr

William Perry Orr
(1755-1815)

Mary Bailey
(1761-1849)

Philip Casper Bowman
(1755-1845)

Katharine Fast
(1753-1826)

John Boyd Orr
(1787-1856)

Sarah Bowman
(1796-1875)

Joshua Francis Orr
(1817-1856)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah Esther Fitch

Joshua Francis Orr ² ³ ⁴

Born: 30 June 1817, Milton, OH ² ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Sarah Esther Fitch on 24 December 1840 in Canfield, OH ¹
Died: 19 October 1856, Milton Township, Mahoning County, OH at age 39 ² ⁴ ⁵
Buried: After 19 October 1856, Eckis Cemetery, Lake Milton, OH ⁴

bullet Another name for Joshua was Joseph Francis Orr.¹

bullet General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree #1194]
The 1850 Census shows his name as Joshua but married as Joseph by Wm M. Combs/Pastor. The Marriage Application is Joshua but the Marriage Record erroneously is Joseph. Of Presbyterian Church in Canfield, Ohio; farmer; died of fever; owned 223 acres of land; Name also given as Joshua Francis.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 20 June 1817 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Milton Township, Mahoning County, OH on 25 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 514A, Family 907, Roll 707
Milton Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Joshua Orr..32..Ohio..Farmer

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He was buried after 19 October 1856 in the Eckis Cemetery in Lake Milton, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #32575558
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Joshua married Sarah Esther Fitch, daughter of Thomas Fitch and Nancy Carver, on 24 December 1840 in Canfield, OH.¹ (Sarah Esther Fitch was born on 19 July 1823 in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH,² ⁵ ⁶ died on 22 September 1895 in Garrettsville, OH ⁶ and was buried after 22 September 1895 in Harrington Cemetery, Garrettsville, OH ² ⁶.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 24 December 1840, in Canfield, OH. ¹

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Milton Township, Mahoning County, OH on 25 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 514A, Family 907, Roll 707
Milton Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Joshua Orr..32..Ohio..Farmer
Sally E. Orr..27..Ohio
Emma Orr..7..Ohio
Sally A. Orr..5..Ohio
Thomas F. Orr..1..Ohio
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Name: Joseph Orr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Dec 1840
Event Place: Trumbull, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Trumbull, Ohio, United States
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Sally E. Fitch
Spouse's Sex: Female
Source Reference: Volumes 1-3

Citing this Record
"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDKZ-RMD : 25 March 2020), Joseph Orr, 1840.
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1 "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 Jan 2015); Name: Joshua Orr; Event Date: 22 Dec 1840; Event Place: Trumbull, Ohio, United States.

2 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Milton Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, p. 514A, family 907, Joshua Francis Orr and Sarah Esther Fitch; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 March 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 707.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32575558.

5 Robert E. Wallace, World Family Tree Vol. 012, Ed. 1, Tree #1194 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: July 28, 1997).

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32575685.

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