Orff, Annie L. Y – Orwig, Samuel H
Orff, Annie L. Y
journalist, was born in Albany, N. Y. She is the editor and owner of the Chaperone Magazine of St. Louis, Mo., and since the death of Kate Field she unquestionably takes first place as the leading successful female publisher in the United States. She is also publisher of the St. Louis Elite, a weekly society journal.
Organ, Benjamin Simpson
soldier, lawyer, lecturer, jurist, legislator, was born April 2, 1847, in Wilson county, Tenn. He received his education in the common schools of Illinois and the academy of Xenia. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in the one hundred and thirtysixth Illinois volunteer infantry, and served gallantly throughout the war. He has attained success as an eminent lawyer of Mount Carmel, Ill., and as a lecturer on religious subjects. He has been county judge, and served with distinction as a member of the general assembly of the Illinois state legislature.
O'Riordan, James
civil engineer, educator, author, poet, was born about 1840 in Ireland. He is the author of half a dozen novels; several volumes on educational subjects; and a number of poems. Although he is a civil engineer, he has generally been engaged in educational work in Stony Hollow, N. Y.
Orman, James B
state senator, was born Nov. 4, 1849, in Muscatine, Iowa.
In 1880 he was elected representative to the third general assembly; and in 1883 to 1885 he served in the state senate from Colorado.
Ormond, Alexander Thomas
educator, author, was born in 1847 in Pennsylvania. He is Stuart professor of mental science and logic at Princeton university since 1883, and the author of Basal Concepts in Philosophy.
Ormsby, Stephen
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1765 in Virginia. He was a judge of the circuit court of Kentucky; a brigade-major under Harmer in his campaign of 1790; and a representative in congress from 1811 to 1817. He died Sept. 6, 1846, in Louisville, Ky.
Ormsby, Thomas J
soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 2, 1842, in Petersburg, Va.
He served as an officer in the confederate army, and has filled various civil offices for the past fifteen years. He is a successful lawyer of Pine Bluff, Ark.; and has attained success as an apiarist.
Ormsby, Waterman Lilly
engraver, inventor, was born in 1809 in Hampton, Conn. He was for many years an engraver in New York city. He invented several ruling machines, transferpresses, and other implements that are used in bank-note engraving, a machine for engraving on steel called the grammagraph, and one for splitting wood. He died Nov. 1, 1883, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Orne, Azor
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born July 22, 1731, in Marblehead, Mass. He became a judge of the general court of Massachusetts in 1775, and in January, 1776, was appointed by the provincial congress one of the three major-generals of Massachusetts militia.
After the adoption of the state constitution in 1780 he was in the state senate and council for many years. He died June 6, 1796, in Boston, Mass.
Orne, Mrs. Caroline
(CHAPLIN), author, was born in Massachusetts. She was a popular magazinist, who was the author of more than two hundred and fifty stories. She died in 1882.
Orne, Caroline Frances
author, poet, was born in 1818 in Massachusetts.
She is a Cambridge writer of verse, and also of stories for children. Her life has all been passed in Cambridge, her native place. She is the author of A Day in the Woodlands; Lucy's Party, and Other Tales; Sweet Auburn and Mount Auburn, with Other Poems; and Morning Songs of American Freedom.
Orr, Alexander D
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1765 in Virginia.
He removed to Kentucky, and in 1784 settled in Mason county. He was a member of the state legislature in 1792. Upon the admission of Kentucky into the Union he was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1792 to 1797. He died June 21, 1835, in Paris, Ky.
Orr, Benjamin
lawyer, congressman, author, was born Dec. 1, 1772, in Bedford, N. H. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1817 to 1819. He was the author of an oration on the death of Washington in 1800. He died Sept. 5, 1828, in Brunswick, Maine.
Orr, Hugh
manufacturer, inventor, was born Jan. 13, 1717, in Scotland. His muskets made for the state of Massachusetts are said to have been the first manufactured in New England. He also invented machines for cleaning flaxseed, and manufacturing cotton. He died Dec. 6, 1798, in Bridgewater, Mass.
Orr, Jackson
soldier, merchant, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1832, in Fayette county, Ohio. He served in the army as captain in the tenth Iowa infantry. He was a member of the legislature of Iowa in 1868. He was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a republican.
Orr, James Lawrence
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born May 18, 1822, in Craytonville, S. C. In 1844 he was elected to the state legislature, and was re-elected in 1845. In 1848 he was elected a representative in congress from South Carolina, to which position he was subsequently re-elected, and on the assembling of the thirty-fifth congress was elected speaker. In 1860 he was appointed one of the commissioners to visit Washington in behalf of South Carolina, and in 1865 was elected governor of South Carolina. He was subsequently appointed minister to Russia. He died May 5, 1873, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Orr, John Walkinshaw
civil engineer, poet, was born Aug. 27, 1858, in Albia, Iowa. He is a telegraph operator, machinist and civil engineer. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and his poems have appeared in several standard works.
Orr, John William
wood-engraver, was born March 31, 1815, in Ireland. His first important work was for the frontispieces for Harper's Illustrated Shakespeare. When he removed to New York, wood-engraving was but little used, but by advertising extensively, engaging the best assistants he could procure, and by introducing new inventions, he placed his establishment in the front rank of his profession, which position it retained for more than a quarter of a century. died March 4, 1887, in Jersey City.
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Orr, Robert
congressman, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1829.
Orr, Robert
inventor. He was the inventor of an improved method of making scythes with the trip-hammer, and was the pioneer in New England in the manufacture of iron shovels. In 1804 he was master-armorer at the United States arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
Orr, William
manufacturer, inventor, was born March 13, 1808, in Ireland. He was engaged in the printing of wall paper under the firm name of A. and W.
Orr. His inventions consisted in engraving and disposing the designs or patterns on a cylinder.
Orrick, John Cromwell
lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 25, 1840, in St. Charles, Mo. In 1866 he was elected circuit attorney; and in 1868 was elected to the Missouri house of representatives.
Orth, Godlove Stoner
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 22, 1817, near Lebanon, Pa. In 1843 and 1846 he was elected to the Indiana state senate, serving six years in all, one year as president of that body. He was a presidential elector in 1848, and was a member of the peace congress of 1861.
In 1862 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-eighth congress. He was re-elected to the thirtyninth, fortieth, forty-first and forty-third congresses. In 1875 he was appointed minister to Austria. He was again elected to congress as a representative from Indiana to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses. He died Dec. 16, 1882, in Lafayette, Ind.
Orton, Edward
geologist, college president, was born March 9, 1829, in Deposit, N. Y. During 1873-81 he was president of the Ohio State university, and still holds the chair of geology in that institution. Since 1869. he has been state geologist of Ohio and in 1896 was elected president of the Geological society of America. He is the author of Economic Geology of Ohio; and Petroleum and Inflammable Gas.
Orton, James
educator, clergyman author, was born April 21, 1830, in Seneca Falls, N. Y. He was a congregational clergyman, well known as a naturalist, who was professor of natural history at Vassar college in 1869-77, and the author of Comparative Zoölogy; The Andes and the Amazon; Underground Treasures; and Liberal Education of Women. He died Sept. 25, 1877, in Peru.
Orton, Jason Rockwood
author, poet, was born in 1806 in Hamilton, N. Y.
He was a littérateur of New York city, and the author of Poetical Sketches; Arnold, and Other Poems; Camp Fires of the Red Men; and Confidential Experiences of a Spiritualist. He died Feb. 13, 1867, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Orton, William
was born June 14, 1826, in Cuba, N. Y. He was appointed from that state in 1865 commissioner of internal revenue in the United States treasury, but only held the office one year. He afterward became president of the Western Union Telegraph company in New York city.
Orum, Julia Anna
educator, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 28, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. She has been principal in the Philadelphia School of Elocution; principal in Mt. Lake Park Summer school of Voice Education; and instructor of voice training in the Woman's college of Baltimore. She is a successful Shakespearian reader and lecturer; is the author of a work entitled Voice Education, and is a constant contributor to the best periodical publications.
Orwig, Samuel H
lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 18, 1836, in Mifflinburg, Pa.
He was admitted to the bar in 1860; and was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1864-65, declining re-election.