Source:-
History of Fayette County, Ohio & State of Ohio
By R. S. Dills -
Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio
1881

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Perry Twp. - JOHN ORR, farmer and stock raiser, is a son of John Orr, who was a native of Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1818, settling on the waters of main Paint Creek, in Marion Township.  After remaining there two years he removed to a farm on the north side of Sugar Creek, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1856.  His wife was a Miss Vance, of Kentucky, who preceded him to the grave.  They were the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters: Sophia, married, and died in Kentucky; Samuel, married, moved to Indiana, and died; Eleanor A., married and died in this county; William P., married, moved to Johnson County, Iowa, and has his second wife; Elizabeth, married, moved to Indiana, and died; Andrew J., died unmarried; John, subject of this sketch.      John Orr, our subject, was born in Kentucky, in 1811.  Came with his parents to Fayette County, in 1818.  Married Eliza Snyder, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Snyder, in November, 1831.  In the spring of 1832 they commenced keeping house on the farm on which they have resided all their married life, and which he still owns, located on the waters of Sugar Creek, on the Washington and Hillsboro pike, some four and a half miles from Washington C. H.  Here Mrs. Orr died, after ten days' sickness, Nov. 2, 1880, aged seventy years.  She was a most estimable Christian lady.        They were the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters: Henry S., married, moved to Kansas, and died quite recently, in the forty-ninth year of his age; Andrew V., married, and lives near Washington C. H.; Nancy A., married to Christian Grove, and lives near Washington C. H.; William H., married, and lives on the original homestead now owned by his father; Elizabeth J., married, and lives in Iowa; Samuel O., unmarried, and died in the army; John S., married, and lives in Concord.      Mr. Orr sold goods, from 1841 to 1857, in a room just across the road from his house, which proved a financial success.  He owns a most excellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres.  In consequence of the death of his wife, he made a public sale of stock, farming implements, etc., in April, 1881, and ceased housekeeping, after a married life of nearly fifty years on the same spot of ground where he commenced.  They have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years.  and have seen all their children grown up to manhood and womanhood, a respectable, honored, well-to-do family. * Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio & State of Ohio - By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio - 1881 - Page 815

Jasper Twp. - DAVID M. OSBORN, farmer, is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, and a son of David and Prisocia (Gatch) Osborn.  His father was born in Kentucky, about 1786, and his mother was born in 1779.  They were married in Clermont County.  Four sons and one daughter were the result of this union.  Our subject, the third, was born May 2, 1819, and came to Greene County, Apr. 5, 1833, where he remained until Jan. 2, 1862, when he came to Fayette County, and located where he now lives.  He was married four times; first, to Miss Cynthia Jackson, Feb. 22, 1838, who bore him three sons and three daughters, and died Apr. 4, 1852, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He then married Mrs. Narcissa (Steward) Carpenter, Mar. 17, 1853.  There was one child by this marriage.  Mrs. Osborn died May 19, 1854, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He was married to Miss Charlotte A. Furguson, Oct. 4, 1855, who bore him two children, and died Mar. 28, 1859, a member of the same church.  He was married to Susanna Christy June 18, 1861.  They have one child. Mr. Osborn joined the Methodist Episcopal Church when eighteen years of age, and has held church offices since he was twenty-two, from steward to the ministry.  He was licensed to preach in 1860, and has since preached and practiced the teachings of the Bible.  He served as justice of the peace of this township, and was lieutenant of a militia company several years, ending about 1850.  His son Elihu served as sergeant in Company I, 31st O. V. V. I., during the late war, and was killed by the Indians in Kansas, Aug. 25, 1873.  Nathaniel C. enlisted in the 25th O. V. V. I., which later formed the 12th Ohio Battery, and served till the close of the war.  Our subject's grandfather (Gatch) was a member of the first Methodist Episcopal conference, held in Baltimore.  The family is one of repute, which has been reared and educated in the Methodist Episcopal Church. * Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio & State of Ohio - By R. S. Dills - Publ. Odell & Meyer Publishers, Dayton, Ohio - 1881 - Page 731

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