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Gideon Orchard

Birth	:	26 Feb 1833 Union County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	22 Nov 1911 Kendrick Township, Greene County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Dillavou Cemetery, Kendrick Township, Greene County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0802994, -94.6138992
Description	:	Gideon was the son of Aaron Orchard and Mary Jane Harper. He married Rebecca Conway in Oct 1878. They were the parents of two sons: Silas Orchard and Jesse Orchard, and one foster son, Frank Auld. Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935 Name: Jesse A. Orchard Event Type: Birth Event Date: 11 Nov 1880 Event Place: Iowa, United States Event Place (Original): Iowa, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Gideon Orchard Mother's Name: Rebecca A. Auld Certificate Number: p 11 no 132 Record Number: 15 Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 Name: Jessie A. Orchard Event Type: Marriage Read More	Gideon was the son of Aaron Orchard and Mary Jane Harper. He married Rebecca Conway in Oct 1878. They were the parents of two sons: Silas Orchard and Jesse Orchard, and one foster son, Frank Auld. Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935 Name: Jesse A. Orchard Event Type: Birth Event Date: 11 Nov 1880 Event Place: Iowa, United States Event Place (Original): Iowa, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Gideon Orchard Mother's Name: Rebecca A. Auld Certificate Number: p 11 no 132 Record Number: 15 Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 Name: Jessie A. Orchard Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 26 Jun 1904 Event Place: Ralston, Iowa, United States Gender: Male Age: 24 Marital Status: S Birth Year (Estimated): 1880 Father's Name: G. Orchard Mother's Name: R. A. Auld Spouse's Name: Millye White Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1886 Spouse's Father's Name: Geo. White Spouse's Mother's Name: L. A. Bruntlett Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 Name: Gideon Orchard Event Type: Death Event Date: 22 Nov 1911 Event Place: Iowa, United States Event Place (Original): Iowa, United States Gender: Male Age: 78 Birth Year (Estimated): 1833 Death Place: Kendrick Father's Name: Aaron Orchard Mother's Name: Mary Jane Harper Document Number: 370140 Cause of Death Old Age Occupation farmer Jefferson Bee - Wednesday , February 12th, 1913 - It is not often that we defer publication of the life record of a citizen until a year after his death, but there is so much of historical interest in the following lines from the Glidden Graphic concerning Gideon Orchard, who passed away November 22, 1911, that we are pleased to give the same a place at this time: Gideon Orchard died at his home in Kendrick township, Greene county Wednesday, November 22 and was buried in the Dillavou cemetery Friday the 24th. Mr. Orchard was born in Union county, Ohio, February 26, 1833 and was within a few months of completing his seventy-ninth year at that time of his death. In early boyhood he left Ohio with the family and moved to Indiana, locating not far from Elkhart. After a few years residence in this locality the family came on west and located in Kendrick township, Greene county. This was in 1857 and Mr. Orchard has never since that time changed his residence from that locality. He was married in October, 1878 to Mrs. Rebecca Conway , who with the two sons that were born to them, Silas and Jesse , and foster son, Frank Auld, survive the husband and father . Fifty-four years in the same locality made Giddeon Orchard, one of the eldest among the pioneers. Of the men who were here at that time or who came along in the fifties but few remain. When the Orchard family located near the river something like mile east of what is now the Miller bridge there were only a few families scattered up and down the stream. John Waldron and Abe Thompson lived some miles farther up the stream. They are still here. A little ways below Alec Bartley and his good wife still reside on the old homestead. In Scranton there resides now Rev. George Porter, who came to that section in the fifties and who came out to preach the funeral sermon over the remains of his fellow pioneer. Mace Linn, father of M. Linn, of Glidden, still lives on his old home place in that locality. He was eighty-five years of age on November 26. These are among the pioneers in that section who still remain. By far the greater number have long since crossed the Great Divide. Something over a week previous to the death of Mr. Orchard Joseph Cochran, another pioneer passed away. In those early days the names of Thomas Hirons, William Dillinger, Mathew Borders, James Dillavou, Lemuel Hathaway, Dr. Miller and Messrs. Short, Shreve, Coulter and many others were familiar. Most of these have either moved or gone to their reward. When this family came to Greene county they were ten years ahead of the railroad. Jefferson was then a straggling village and the nearest trading point. If it desired to make extended purchases Des Moines was the place. But there was little necessity on the part of the pioneers of going that far. They had little to purchase with. And they were obliged to get along with what they had. Many families in those days had no wheat flour in their homes through much of the year. Most homes had but one room. Very few had more than two. And most of the houses were made of logs. Occasionally the logs were squared by hewing, but in many cases they were just notched at each end and the extended ends of varying lengths were left attached to the main logs. These projecting ends were convenient places to dry coon wolf, and deer hides as they were accumulated from time to time. Conveniences such as people now enjoy were undreamed of in those pioneer days. But if those sturdy pioneers were short on conveniences they were nevertheless long on hospitality and generous in their helpfullness to each other in days of trouble. Gideon Orchard was a carpenter by trade. He learned the trade in Indiana when they made buildings from trees with adz and broad axe and largely without the use of nail. He continued the work in Iowa and up to within a few years of his death. Many of the old time barns up and down the river in western Greene county are monuments of his handiwork as are many of the dwelling houses. When Glidden was building in 1867 he was here and assisted in building some of the first houses. He built and owned for a time the house which Thomas Gray now owns and occupies. He has from time to time done work in Scranton and later in Churdan. And wherever he was known he was admired and respected for his rugged integrity, his never failing plans of making good in all his understandings and agreements. He was never a society man. He never professed religion but always practiced it in his conduct toward others. He was the eldest child in his father's family. Two sisters and one brother survive of this family. There were three brothers, Philip, the second in point of age, died in Glidden in 1881. The younger, Norman, resides in Marshalltown. Mrs. Louisa Mowrey, one of the sisters is a resident of Gilbert Station and the other Mrs. Wm. McFarland, is a resident of Kansas. Funeral service was held over the remains of Mr. Orchard at the Baptist church near his home and was conducted by Rev. George Porter a s noted above. Rev. Porter preached a most eloquent sermon, full of beautiful thoughts and eminently reasonable and sane in its arguments and conclusions. He had known the deceased for over fifty years and while he attempted no glowing or fulsome eulogy he nevertheless was able to commend his life as a model of honest y and good citizenship. The remains were deposited in the Dillavou where lie now the remains of many of the old pioneers and their children.

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Where is Gideon Orchard's memorial?
Gideon Orchard's memorial is located at: Dillavou Cemetery, Kendrick Township, Greene County, USA.
When did Gideon Orchard death?
Gideon Orchard death on 22 Nov 1911 in Kendrick Township, Greene County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Gideon Orchard's memorial?
Latitude: 42.0802994
Longitude: -94.6138992

Family Members:

Parent

Aaron Orchard

(1810 - 1874)

Spouse

Rebecca A Auld Orchard

(1847 - 1934)

Siblings

Phillip Orchard

(1840 - 1881)

Norman Orchard

(1841 - 1920)

Children

Jesse Aaron Orchard

(1880 - 1959)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Dillavou Cemetery
Kendrick Township, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0802994, -94.6138992

2. Scranton Township Cemetery
Scranton, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0306015, -94.5783005

3. North Coon Cemetery
Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1260986, -94.6716995

4. Dickson Cemetery
Glidden Township, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1074982, -94.6939011

5. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Churdan, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1605988, -94.5511017

6. Gibson-Fleck-Thompson Cemetery
Scranton, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0428870, -94.4988800

7. West Lawn Cemetery
Glidden, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0649986, -94.7406006

8. Old Cedar Cemetery
Adaza, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1874821, -94.5419194

9. Highland Township Cemetery
Churdan, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1518310, -94.4699120

10. Lanesboro Cemetery
Lanesboro, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1810989, -94.7230988

11. Holy Family Cemetery
Lidderdale, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1178017, -94.7839966

12. Fair Oaks Cemetery
Scranton, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0355988, -94.4460983

13. Wright Cemetery
Jefferson, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0228004, -94.4477997

14. East Liberty Cemetery
Lidderdale, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1591988, -94.7636032

15. Bishop Cemetery
Calhoun Township, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2230400, -94.6453190

16. Immanuel Cemetery
Lidderdale, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1389008, -94.8022003

17. Headley Cemetery
Jefferson, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0041504, -94.4335815

18. Willow Cemetery
Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9067001, -94.5730972

19. McCurdy Cemetery
Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9403000, -94.7649994

20. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Jefferson, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0289001, -94.3818970

21. Evergreen Cemetery
Lohrville, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2505989, -94.5330963

22. Old Carrollton Cemetery
Carrollton, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9233017, -94.7403030

23. Carroll City Cemetery
Carroll, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0560963, -94.8599856

24. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Carroll, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0536340, -94.8595510