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Charles L Orr

Birth	:	26 Apr 1849
Death	:	8 Apr 1906
Burial	:	Mount Calvary Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2653008, -94.9214020
Plot	:	Section 4, Row 2
Description	:	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Monday, April 9, 1906 When the announcement went out Sunday afternoon that Charley [Charles L.] ORR, the well known retired farmer, had died it created much surprise as few knew he was ill and only his family and immediate neighbors were apprised that he was in danger. The cause of death was abdominal injury from the kick of a shot gun. Mr. Orr had old muzzle loading shot gun that had had a load in it ever since he left his farm ten years ago. One day last week he brought the gun down town to have... Read More	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Monday, April 9, 1906 When the announcement went out Sunday afternoon that Charley [Charles L.] ORR, the well known retired farmer, had died it created much surprise as few knew he was ill and only his family and immediate neighbors were apprised that he was in danger. The cause of death was abdominal injury from the kick of a shot gun. Mr. Orr had old muzzle loading shot gun that had had a load in it ever since he left his farm ten years ago. One day last week he brought the gun down town to have old load extracted so as to put it in order to shoot some rats that infested his barn. Then he purchased some ammunition and was probably given the hercules powder that is now used instead of the old fashioned weaker strength powder used in other years when he used a gun. Friday evening he loaded the shot gun in the old fashioned way to take a trial shot and see how it would work. He was out on the back porch and when he fired the shot roared like a cannon and he came in the house deathly sick. He did not tell the folks that the gun had kicked him until the doctors insisted that he either had a bad bruise on the abdomen or malignant appendicitis and then he told them of the gun kick which struck him in the right side, over the appendix, as he was in a squatting position. The bruise was so severe that appendicitis or peritonitis developed at once and made such rapid progress that when surgion Howard SHAFER, of Chicago, reached here Saturday evening the success of an operation was considered doubtful and it was decided to not operate as the nature of the critical inflamation could not be determined. All night watchers at his bedside saw that he was surely failing and at three o'clock Sunday afternoon he passed away after bidding his friends goodbye and being perfectly conscious up to the end. Charles L. ORR was born in Noble county this state and his parents came to this county when he was three years old. His father, George W. ORR, was an iron worker and helped to operate the forge north of town. The family later moved to what is now the EBER farm four miles south of town and later to the George GOSS farm where the family of three boys and three girls grew up. They are Frank [ORR] and J. N. ORR, Mrs. Jud AULT, Mrs. Ada FLAHARTY, of Maryland, and Charles [ORR] and Mrs. Silas MILLER deceased. When a young man Mr. Orr united in marriage with Miss Maggie McBRIDE who died two years later. Some ten years afterward he again married, this time his sorrowing wife, Mrs. Mary J. BURNETT, who, with two daughters, Mrs. Nelle SWINEHEART and Miss Minnie ORR survive as do also a stepson, Ora PHILLIPS and a little grandson. Charley Orr was a man of strongly defined likes and dislikes. He was not much of a believer in public enterprise but he believed that every man should pay as he goes and pay it promptly. He was a stern contender for his way and he sometimes permitted himself to become unnecessarily agitated over public questions, but his was a tender heart and he was as ready to smile and pity and forgive, and distinguish the beautiful and the good in life as the best of earth. He liked honesty, frankness, frugality and the association of good fellowship and those who knew him best will long remember the happiness his presence gave them. The time of the funeral has not yet been fixed. If a message comes from Ora PHILLIPS, now of California, that he is on the way, burial will not be made until he arrives, otherwise it will be on Wednesday. ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Tuesday, April 10, 1906 The funeral of the late Charles [L.] ORR will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Orr residence. A telegram from Ora PHILLIPS says he is on his way to Rochester from California and will be here at that time. [Charles L. Orr, April 26, 1849 - April 8, 1906; Mary S. ORR, January 28, 1852 - May 13, 1923; both bur I.O.O.F. cem, Rochester, Indiana] SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1905-1907 by Wendell C. Tombaugh

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Charles L Orr's memorial is located at: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, USA.
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Latitude: 39.2653008
Longitude: -94.9214020

Family Members:

Parent

George W Orr

(1813 - 1888)

Hannah Bennett Orr

(unknow - 1880)

Spouse

Maggie McBride Orr

(unknow - 1873)

Mary S Chaffee-Phillips Orr

(1852 - 1923)

Siblings

Frank M Orr

(1837 - 1907)

Lucretia Olive Orr Miller

(1843 - 1905)

Emma Orr Ault

(1845 - 1915)

Harriet Orr

(1851 - 1869)

Joshua Nelson Orr

(1853 - 1912)

Children

Nellie Belle Orr Swinehart

(1886 - 1911)

Minnie Manetta Orr Pletcher

(1890 - 1963)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mount Calvary Cemetery
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2653008, -94.9214020

2. Mount Olivet Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2811012, -94.9036026

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5. Greenwood Cemetery
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6. Leavenworth National Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2770996, -94.8874435

7. Starns Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2435989, -94.9488983

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Coordinate: 39.2955685, -94.9307293

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Coordinate: 39.2489600, -94.8774400

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13. Sunset Memory Gardens
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Coordinate: 39.2999992, -94.9653015

14. Saint Paul Episcopal Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 39.3196400, -94.9185300

15. Sully Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3226790, -94.9571080

16. Old Kelly Burial Grounds
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Coordinate: 39.2047100, -94.9586200

17. Harrods Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1963800, -94.9175000

18. Farley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2821000, -94.8342700

19. Green Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3017006, -94.8447037

20. Charles Cox Grave
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Coordinate: 39.2831900, -94.8344300

21. United States Penitentiary Cemetery
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3311996, -94.9511566

22. High Prairie Cemetery
Leavenworth County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2724991, -95.0168991

23. Isaac Gruber Gravesite
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Coordinate: 39.3349400, -94.9585400

24. Sons of Truth Cemetery
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