The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-19
death ENDS LIFE Of
DISTINGUISHED MAN
TOWN OF KINGwooD AND WEST
VIRGINIA LOSES ESTEEMED
CITIZEN.
Long Career OF Major Uriah N. Orr
Was Filled with Loyalty
aad Honor.

Mayor rriah \ prr MS horn 90 his
fathers farm. Scotch Ill.,. Preston '"nm-
~. April -. IS"@. au'i did ~ k1u"-
wu"h. February. II. I?l., from an 10.
was held from his la" rrS:tI"n'" "n
Poverty Hi, Friday morning. aud IN
torment WAS in tn" family plot IN ~"
kinGwo"d cemetery. TIL" SERVERS W"r"
conducted hy>-thr Rev. j. Edward N"!IN,
of thr McthndiS, t:rrsr"pAi church: as
sisted 10y the l;rV. .iuhr Brown. al m
BAPTIST Church. and the Roy. i. NJ. rat
tcr<"n. "f I'll" Presbyterian church,
Major urr was a Veteran ni 'll"
knights Of fythiaS which he. laiu"d i'll
1862 and the funeral ceremonies we're
in charge "i lirown l."dg" No. -
knights Of I'ythjaS. which h" Joined IN
member hcing transferred limm Ian"'
G.ndgr NJ. At Nrwhurg. The NOM ,
hnrs of the Kelly Post No. III. Grand
Army Of the E"ruhli". w"r" honorary
uallhrarcrS There WAS u larE" number
Of floral tributes. h"autItuI ana APP.
rrnpriaIr. being symbolic Of IN" !liC "t
the deceased. h"*Ili" T"uTh ""a, hfr'
tyniraI Of winter IN tho mountains. late
ness Of trains. and almost lmpaSSabIc
roads. II larg" rnncnurSc Of friends com
inv from near and far. att"Si"d 1" tn"
universal esteem in which inns rloiie"r
citiHrn and ruhli: spirited man was
hold.
Messages nr cnuiol"nrr w"r" received
from tn, Grand Lodge knights nG fyth-
las. Grand Tempt" lNthian SISTERS.
Grand Army Of tn" Republic. tho Bank
of kinrwuud and tn" Eank al tunnel
ION of which Major Orr WAS Il director:
from Governor Henry prury rat field
and many other friends 81 The family.
Revolutionay Ancestors.
Nain orr was ut ""NulutinuhrN an
ccStorS. his grandfather. .I"hn i'aIr Orr,
horn in EaltiniOr" county. MHrNEuu. IN
I1G5 enlisted a. Il soldier IA tn" colonial
army, aud Was prr%cu' ~ IN" surrender
of ord G0rnwa His being then hu' J."
wears at age. Major prr'S Erfa'-Ethhd-
father rmi&raI"d from ihr norm ~ re
land in las and settled in Baltimore
county, Maryland. wh"r" Ii" married
sister o." ,rmm"d,rr" Iml". az r"N"lu-
tiouar% fame.
\: ,h. .arr at iw"niE -tw" years. u"
yrns prnrun,"ri To- maj"r "f III" seventy
third regiment Of III" Virginia Miil'la'
and twn wears later VAS promoted 1"
Lieut.. Colonel IN tNh.l h'' joined 'om-
pany l. SiNih Regiment. N"S! virgin
Infantry November tN"i. h' WAS nom
nrnhIy discharged AMI returned home.
where ~ hogan operating - saw-mill
whr.h h,. had. purchased ht"r" his re-
turn from IN. army. and UP I" iN"l. ne
Wan successfully engaged IN III" manu-
fa.turr cf lumber near E"whurE. Va. va.
II" moved +" k'nGw""d IN iA'?. WhFr"
h" purchased iann"rv and IN Adnl'l"h
Ia his other enterprises. erected TN"
only n"urinc mill 'h"r". f"nr story
rIanr with modern appliances and ca
paciiv of iifry hnrr.lg per dry.
H." was instrumental in bring th"
W":., Virginia northern Railroad ln'n
kincw""d. and CAV H. rrHh lr"H sit"
for their shops 'i'G". &C.
voted for Fillmore.
lie rnS: his FIRST presidential v"i" Tor
Willard Fillmore, i'll 1886. hnd sine" that
tim" has hr"n 81 Staunrh E"ruhlIchn
Although meyer randidat" for office.
l." held several positions Of trust ana
honor. His interest in III" public
SchmnlS l"d to his election IN III" hoard
Of education in 1876. of which body h"
became rrcsihrn; in 1878. serving for
eight YcarS: his interest in SCh00l mat