Jane Adams (called Jennie) is said to have had blue eyes and been intelligent. She was the daughter of Robert T. Adams and his wife Jane. (Robert did not come to the U.S., but his wife Jane did, and she is also in Salem Cemetery.)
Jennie married William Orr in 1827, in either County Antrim or Londonderry. They lived Aghadowey Parish, Townland of Rhee, which is near Coleraine in Ulster (Northern Ireland). Though she did not want to come to America, she made the trip rather than have her sons decide to go later, without their parents. She demonstrated indomitable spirit when her young son Robert died on the ship, en route to America in 1837. Rather than bury him at sea where he would be devoured by sharks, she salted his body and wrapped it in a blanket and carried it off the ship herself.
The family went to Tuscarawas County, Ohio city of New Philadelphia (according to the 1954 Orr reunion booklet). Most sources agree they were in Lawrence County, MO by 1837. They traveled to SW Missouri in covered wagons, but did not drive them on Sunday. Their children were Robert (who died at sea), Paul (who is buried at Ozark Prairie), Jane E., Elizabeth, George Alexander, Mary Ann, Isabelle Victoria, John Adams, Emily and Annie.
Jennie, with her husband William, was a cofounder of the Ozark Prairie Presbyterian Church, on January 2, 1854. Jennie is listed in the 1880 census as age 76. Her grave marker in Salem Cemetery notes she died on 14 December 1894 at age 92 years, 4 months and 2 days.
A descendant's photo album (brought to the Orr Reunion about 2000) had an original of an engraved card that commemorated her death. It is black with gold writing, a sign that she was from a prosperous family.
Several of Jennie Adams Orr's family also came to Missouri. Her brother, Alexander Adams (1820-1905), is buried two plots away from William and Jennie Orr, and also witnessed William's will. During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County, MO. Alexander's son, John Adams, married William's sister's daughter, Isabella Campbell (daughter of Isabella Orr and Ephraim Campbell), and they operated Adams Mill in Jasper County, MO. Also, another Adams (noted in the Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions) is noted to be Jane Adams' relative, and that individual was from Finvoy in County Antrim.
Jennie married William Orr in 1827, in either County Antrim or Londonderry. They lived Aghadowey Parish, Townland of Rhee, which is near Coleraine in Ulster (Northern Ireland). Though she did not want to come to America, she made the trip rather than have her sons decide to go later, without their parents. She demonstrated indomitable spirit when her young son Robert died on the ship, en route to America in 1837. Rather than bury him at sea where he would be devoured by sharks, she salted his body and wrapped it in a blanket and carried it off the ship herself.
The family went to Tuscarawas County, Ohio city of New Philadelphia (according to the 1954 Orr reunion booklet). Most sources agree they were in Lawrence County, MO by 1837. They traveled to SW Missouri in covered wagons, but did not drive them on Sunday. Their children were Robert (who died at sea), Paul (who is buried at Ozark Prairie), Jane E., Elizabeth, George Alexander, Mary Ann, Isabelle Victoria, John Adams, Emily and Annie.
Jennie, with her husband William, was a cofounder of the Ozark Prairie Presbyterian Church, on January 2, 1854. Jennie is listed in the 1880 census as age 76. Her grave marker in Salem Cemetery notes she died on 14 December 1894 at age 92 years, 4 months and 2 days.
A descendant's photo album (brought to the Orr Reunion about 2000) had an original of an engraved card that commemorated her death. It is black with gold writing, a sign that she was from a prosperous family.
Several of Jennie Adams Orr's family also came to Missouri. Her brother, Alexander Adams (1820-1905), is buried two plots away from William and Jennie Orr, and also witnessed William's will. During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County, MO. Alexander's son, John Adams, married William's sister's daughter, Isabella Campbell (daughter of Isabella Orr and Ephraim Campbell), and they operated Adams Mill in Jasper County, MO. Also, another Adams (noted in the Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions) is noted to be Jane Adams' relative, and that individual was from Finvoy in County Antrim.
Jane Adams (called Jennie) is said to have had blue eyes and been intelligent. She was the daughter of Robert T. Adams and his wife Jane. (Robert did not come to the U.S., but his wife Jane did, and she is also in Salem Cemetery.)
Jennie married William Orr in 1827, in either County Antrim or Londonderry. They lived Aghadowey Parish, Townland of Rhee, which is near Coleraine in Ulster (Northern Ireland). Though she did not want to come to America, she made the trip rather than have her sons decide to go later, without their parents. She demonstrated indomitable spirit when her young son Robert died on the ship, en route to America in 1837. Rather than bury him at sea where he would be devoured by sharks, she salted his body and wrapped it in a blanket and carried it off the ship herself.
The family went to Tuscarawas County, Ohio city of New Philadelphia (according to the 1954 Orr reunion booklet). Most sources agree they were in Lawrence County, MO by 1837. They traveled to SW Missouri in covered wagons, but did not drive them on Sunday. Their children were Robert (who died at sea), Paul (who is buried at Ozark Prairie), Jane E., Elizabeth, George Alexander, Mary Ann, Isabelle Victoria, John Adams, Emily and Annie.
Jennie, with her husband William, was a cofounder of the Ozark Prairie Presbyterian Church, on January 2, 1854. Jennie is listed in the 1880 census as age 76. Her grave marker in Salem Cemetery notes she died on 14 December 1894 at age 92 years, 4 months and 2 days.
A descendant's photo album (brought to the Orr Reunion about 2000) had an original of an engraved card that commemorated her death. It is black with gold writing, a sign that she was from a prosperous family.
Several of Jennie Adams Orr's family also came to Missouri. Her brother, Alexander Adams (1820-1905), is buried two plots away from William and Jennie Orr, and also witnessed William's will. During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County, MO. Alexander's son, John Adams, married William's sister's daughter, Isabella Campbell (daughter of Isabella Orr and Ephraim Campbell), and they operated Adams Mill in Jasper County, MO. Also, another Adams (noted in the Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions) is noted to be Jane Adams' relative, and that individual was from Finvoy in County Antrim.
Jennie married William Orr in 1827, in either County Antrim or Londonderry. They lived Aghadowey Parish, Townland of Rhee, which is near Coleraine in Ulster (Northern Ireland). Though she did not want to come to America, she made the trip rather than have her sons decide to go later, without their parents. She demonstrated indomitable spirit when her young son Robert died on the ship, en route to America in 1837. Rather than bury him at sea where he would be devoured by sharks, she salted his body and wrapped it in a blanket and carried it off the ship herself.
The family went to Tuscarawas County, Ohio city of New Philadelphia (according to the 1954 Orr reunion booklet). Most sources agree they were in Lawrence County, MO by 1837. They traveled to SW Missouri in covered wagons, but did not drive them on Sunday. Their children were Robert (who died at sea), Paul (who is buried at Ozark Prairie), Jane E., Elizabeth, George Alexander, Mary Ann, Isabelle Victoria, John Adams, Emily and Annie.
Jennie, with her husband William, was a cofounder of the Ozark Prairie Presbyterian Church, on January 2, 1854. Jennie is listed in the 1880 census as age 76. Her grave marker in Salem Cemetery notes she died on 14 December 1894 at age 92 years, 4 months and 2 days.
A descendant's photo album (brought to the Orr Reunion about 2000) had an original of an engraved card that commemorated her death. It is black with gold writing, a sign that she was from a prosperous family.
Several of Jennie Adams Orr's family also came to Missouri. Her brother, Alexander Adams (1820-1905), is buried two plots away from William and Jennie Orr, and also witnessed William's will. During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County, MO. Alexander's son, John Adams, married William's sister's daughter, Isabella Campbell (daughter of Isabella Orr and Ephraim Campbell), and they operated Adams Mill in Jasper County, MO. Also, another Adams (noted in the Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions) is noted to be Jane Adams' relative, and that individual was from Finvoy in County Antrim.
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