The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-06
MRS. CYNTHIA ORR PIONEER
Sketch OF a Good Woman Just
Gone to Her Reward.

Mrs. Cynthia Orr, who died last
week at the home of her son in Fer
ris, was born in Rutherford county,
Tenn, Nov. Is, 1910 and had she
lived to November of this year
would have been ninety-two years
old. There is something interesting
in the life of all pioneers, and es-
pecially is it interesting to we of the
younger generation when the life of
that p er is so gloriously
crowned with success from each and
every point of view as was the life
of Aunt Cynthia. April 3, 1888, she
was married to James ID. orr, who
was also a native of Rutherford
county, Tenn, and who was i've
wears her senior. In the fail of 1880
this pioneer couple emigrated from
their native county to Gibson cOun-
ty, west Tennessee, and III ls09 they
again started west nor did they stop
this time until they reached Ellis
county, Texas, and found stopping
place on what is now the Ferris and
Rocket road. Here they settled in
that early day and the body OF land
they then filed on has remained con
tinuously in her family, and is
owned now by one of her sons. At
this place her husband died jan. -,
1880. Here they raised a large fam
ay. Six sons and three daughters
were born to them. One daughter
died in middle Tennessee, a son in
west Tennessee, and another daugh-
ter died in Texas in 1870. There
still survive her five sons and one
daughter, and Ellis county, nor
Texas can boast of more suhstan-
tial citizens than her descendants
Henry q. and r. +. Orr both own
splendid and well improved farms
close by h old homestead.
A. l., Jim and Samuel Orr,
all reside in Ferris. f a c i
of them own fine farms and
are prosperous, good business men
Mrs. Isabella Lavender wife of w
T. Lavender, of Lancaster, resides
there, and they too, are numbered
among the best and most prosper
Gus citizens of Dallas county. This
good woman left thirty-siX grand
children, thirty of whom attended
her funeral. Four of these are mar
ried, and there are three great
tIs W D. CtI . lIIdIN4til
name was Goodloe. Her ancestors
Carolina and from there to Tennes-
see. Aunt Cynthia has one sister
living at Alamo, Tenn, Mrs. TheO-
docia b. Nance, and she has reached
the ripe old age of eighty-three.
After reading this wanderfud ar
ray of facts pertaining to this good
woman who can but say that her
long life was crowned and rounded
out with a glorious success. Judge
%. Il. DUNLAP, who spent many OF
his happy b0yhood hours under ben
hospitable roof, Col. Mcknight, Pat
Wilson and myself attended the fu-
neral services mt Sylvana church
near her old homestead. Saturday
and listened to one of the most APP
propriate funeral sermons we ever
heard delivered by any one, by Ed.
George Douglass, nephew of the
deceased, who said among other
good things of her life and charac-
ter, that she never sought to be
great; but simply 10 do her full duty
to her family and neighbors. And
the splendid citizenship of her de.
scendants, her work and labors
here ,oH earth spoke for itself
Her five sons and son-in-law gently
and reve.ently bore her precious re
mains from the hearse to the altar
and back again to the grave; theil
last resting place. This was indeed
a solemn scene. Six strong mer
gently and Lovingly paying this las
tribute to o1e who had been theil
best and truest earthly friend
Peace to her ashes, and may her de
lscaEdants CONTINUE to emulate hel
pure life and noble examples Sc
forth in long career, most of which
was spent In new frontier country
A good christian woman, mother
grandmother and great grandmother
has gone to reap her reward and re
ceive the benedietion from her mas
ter and ours, well done, good ant
faithful Serv ants
Servant Of God, we'll done;
Rest from thy loved employ,
The battle fought, the victory won;
Enter thy Masters 10Y.