Son of James Lawrence and Mary Jane Marshall Orr, husband of Charlotte Alethea Allen.
ANDERSON - A telegram received in this city early this morning announced the death of Dr. S. M. Orr, which occurred at 8:45 o'clock last night at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It had been known for some time that his condition was steadily growing worse, and the hosts of friends here were prepared for the announcement.
Mrs. Orr, Mr. H. A. Orr and Miss Mary Orr were at the bedside when the end came. Mr. S. M. Orr, Jr. of Abbeville was en route for Baltimore when he learned of the death. Miss Lydia Orr was in Anderson.
The funeral arrangements have not been determined and will not be until the body arrives here tomorrow. The members of the family with the body will leave Baltimore at 9:20 o'clock tonight, and should arrive in Anderson tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr, the second son of Gov. James L. Orr, was born in Anderson in 1858 and spent his entire life in this place.
Dr. Orr went to school to the Rev. Edw. R. Miles while he lived in Anderson, then to Prof. W. J. Ligon. He afterwards went to King's Mountain Military School at Yorkville, under Col. A. Coward. He finished his literary course at Furman University.
He began the study of medicine under the late Dr. W. H. Nardin, Sr. and graduated in March 1879, at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He returned to Anderson and practiced medicine energetically and successfully for 25 years in copartnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Nardin. He was a lecturer on anatomy and physics in the home school and in the Patrick Military Institute, was president of the Anderson County Medical Association, and surgeon for the Charleston & Western Carolina and the Blue Ridge Railway companies. He was appointed by Gov. Richardson with Dr. Talley, Dr, Simmons, Dr. Wilcox and Dr. Charles Taylor as the first board of medical examiners of SC. He was a great advocate of higher medical education.
During all this period of professional activity he was equally active in most of the commercial and financial matters of his city. He was a leading director in Anderson's First Building and Loan Association , which did much for the building up of Anderson. He was a director in the Anderson cotton mills, vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, one of the trustees of the Anderson graded schools and chairman of the medical board of the State Hospital for the Insane.
His great activity in the medical profession so injured his health that he was forced to give up his practice, and he was elected president and treasurer of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company when that company was organized, and held that position ever since. Upon the death of his brother, Col. Jas. L. Orr, he was elected president and treasurer of the Orr Cotton Mills.
In 1875 he married Miss Charlotte Alathea Allen, the granddaughter of Dr. Charles Louis Gaillard, formerly of Charleston and daughter of Mr. Ben Allen of Abbeville County.
Dr. and Mrs. Orr have four children, Harry Allen Orr, electrical engineer, president and treasurer of the Savannah River Power Company and vice president of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company; Samuel M. Orr, Jr., electrical engineer and superintendent of the Abbeville Water and Electric Light system; and two daughters, Misses Mary and Lydia Orr, who live with their mother.
Dr. Orr was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and had been a vestryman for over 20 years.
Published in The State, April 16, 1909
ANDERSON - A telegram received in this city early this morning announced the death of Dr. S. M. Orr, which occurred at 8:45 o'clock last night at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It had been known for some time that his condition was steadily growing worse, and the hosts of friends here were prepared for the announcement.
Mrs. Orr, Mr. H. A. Orr and Miss Mary Orr were at the bedside when the end came. Mr. S. M. Orr, Jr. of Abbeville was en route for Baltimore when he learned of the death. Miss Lydia Orr was in Anderson.
The funeral arrangements have not been determined and will not be until the body arrives here tomorrow. The members of the family with the body will leave Baltimore at 9:20 o'clock tonight, and should arrive in Anderson tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr, the second son of Gov. James L. Orr, was born in Anderson in 1858 and spent his entire life in this place.
Dr. Orr went to school to the Rev. Edw. R. Miles while he lived in Anderson, then to Prof. W. J. Ligon. He afterwards went to King's Mountain Military School at Yorkville, under Col. A. Coward. He finished his literary course at Furman University.
He began the study of medicine under the late Dr. W. H. Nardin, Sr. and graduated in March 1879, at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He returned to Anderson and practiced medicine energetically and successfully for 25 years in copartnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Nardin. He was a lecturer on anatomy and physics in the home school and in the Patrick Military Institute, was president of the Anderson County Medical Association, and surgeon for the Charleston & Western Carolina and the Blue Ridge Railway companies. He was appointed by Gov. Richardson with Dr. Talley, Dr, Simmons, Dr. Wilcox and Dr. Charles Taylor as the first board of medical examiners of SC. He was a great advocate of higher medical education.
During all this period of professional activity he was equally active in most of the commercial and financial matters of his city. He was a leading director in Anderson's First Building and Loan Association , which did much for the building up of Anderson. He was a director in the Anderson cotton mills, vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, one of the trustees of the Anderson graded schools and chairman of the medical board of the State Hospital for the Insane.
His great activity in the medical profession so injured his health that he was forced to give up his practice, and he was elected president and treasurer of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company when that company was organized, and held that position ever since. Upon the death of his brother, Col. Jas. L. Orr, he was elected president and treasurer of the Orr Cotton Mills.
In 1875 he married Miss Charlotte Alathea Allen, the granddaughter of Dr. Charles Louis Gaillard, formerly of Charleston and daughter of Mr. Ben Allen of Abbeville County.
Dr. and Mrs. Orr have four children, Harry Allen Orr, electrical engineer, president and treasurer of the Savannah River Power Company and vice president of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company; Samuel M. Orr, Jr., electrical engineer and superintendent of the Abbeville Water and Electric Light system; and two daughters, Misses Mary and Lydia Orr, who live with their mother.
Dr. Orr was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and had been a vestryman for over 20 years.
Published in The State, April 16, 1909
Son of James Lawrence and Mary Jane Marshall Orr, husband of Charlotte Alethea Allen.
ANDERSON - A telegram received in this city early this morning announced the death of Dr. S. M. Orr, which occurred at 8:45 o'clock last night at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It had been known for some time that his condition was steadily growing worse, and the hosts of friends here were prepared for the announcement.
Mrs. Orr, Mr. H. A. Orr and Miss Mary Orr were at the bedside when the end came. Mr. S. M. Orr, Jr. of Abbeville was en route for Baltimore when he learned of the death. Miss Lydia Orr was in Anderson.
The funeral arrangements have not been determined and will not be until the body arrives here tomorrow. The members of the family with the body will leave Baltimore at 9:20 o'clock tonight, and should arrive in Anderson tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr, the second son of Gov. James L. Orr, was born in Anderson in 1858 and spent his entire life in this place.
Dr. Orr went to school to the Rev. Edw. R. Miles while he lived in Anderson, then to Prof. W. J. Ligon. He afterwards went to King's Mountain Military School at Yorkville, under Col. A. Coward. He finished his literary course at Furman University.
He began the study of medicine under the late Dr. W. H. Nardin, Sr. and graduated in March 1879, at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He returned to Anderson and practiced medicine energetically and successfully for 25 years in copartnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Nardin. He was a lecturer on anatomy and physics in the home school and in the Patrick Military Institute, was president of the Anderson County Medical Association, and surgeon for the Charleston & Western Carolina and the Blue Ridge Railway companies. He was appointed by Gov. Richardson with Dr. Talley, Dr, Simmons, Dr. Wilcox and Dr. Charles Taylor as the first board of medical examiners of SC. He was a great advocate of higher medical education.
During all this period of professional activity he was equally active in most of the commercial and financial matters of his city. He was a leading director in Anderson's First Building and Loan Association , which did much for the building up of Anderson. He was a director in the Anderson cotton mills, vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, one of the trustees of the Anderson graded schools and chairman of the medical board of the State Hospital for the Insane.
His great activity in the medical profession so injured his health that he was forced to give up his practice, and he was elected president and treasurer of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company when that company was organized, and held that position ever since. Upon the death of his brother, Col. Jas. L. Orr, he was elected president and treasurer of the Orr Cotton Mills.
In 1875 he married Miss Charlotte Alathea Allen, the granddaughter of Dr. Charles Louis Gaillard, formerly of Charleston and daughter of Mr. Ben Allen of Abbeville County.
Dr. and Mrs. Orr have four children, Harry Allen Orr, electrical engineer, president and treasurer of the Savannah River Power Company and vice president of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company; Samuel M. Orr, Jr., electrical engineer and superintendent of the Abbeville Water and Electric Light system; and two daughters, Misses Mary and Lydia Orr, who live with their mother.
Dr. Orr was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and had been a vestryman for over 20 years.
Published in The State, April 16, 1909
ANDERSON - A telegram received in this city early this morning announced the death of Dr. S. M. Orr, which occurred at 8:45 o'clock last night at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It had been known for some time that his condition was steadily growing worse, and the hosts of friends here were prepared for the announcement.
Mrs. Orr, Mr. H. A. Orr and Miss Mary Orr were at the bedside when the end came. Mr. S. M. Orr, Jr. of Abbeville was en route for Baltimore when he learned of the death. Miss Lydia Orr was in Anderson.
The funeral arrangements have not been determined and will not be until the body arrives here tomorrow. The members of the family with the body will leave Baltimore at 9:20 o'clock tonight, and should arrive in Anderson tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr, the second son of Gov. James L. Orr, was born in Anderson in 1858 and spent his entire life in this place.
Dr. Orr went to school to the Rev. Edw. R. Miles while he lived in Anderson, then to Prof. W. J. Ligon. He afterwards went to King's Mountain Military School at Yorkville, under Col. A. Coward. He finished his literary course at Furman University.
He began the study of medicine under the late Dr. W. H. Nardin, Sr. and graduated in March 1879, at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He returned to Anderson and practiced medicine energetically and successfully for 25 years in copartnership with his former preceptor, Dr. Nardin. He was a lecturer on anatomy and physics in the home school and in the Patrick Military Institute, was president of the Anderson County Medical Association, and surgeon for the Charleston & Western Carolina and the Blue Ridge Railway companies. He was appointed by Gov. Richardson with Dr. Talley, Dr, Simmons, Dr. Wilcox and Dr. Charles Taylor as the first board of medical examiners of SC. He was a great advocate of higher medical education.
During all this period of professional activity he was equally active in most of the commercial and financial matters of his city. He was a leading director in Anderson's First Building and Loan Association , which did much for the building up of Anderson. He was a director in the Anderson cotton mills, vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, one of the trustees of the Anderson graded schools and chairman of the medical board of the State Hospital for the Insane.
His great activity in the medical profession so injured his health that he was forced to give up his practice, and he was elected president and treasurer of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company when that company was organized, and held that position ever since. Upon the death of his brother, Col. Jas. L. Orr, he was elected president and treasurer of the Orr Cotton Mills.
In 1875 he married Miss Charlotte Alathea Allen, the granddaughter of Dr. Charles Louis Gaillard, formerly of Charleston and daughter of Mr. Ben Allen of Abbeville County.
Dr. and Mrs. Orr have four children, Harry Allen Orr, electrical engineer, president and treasurer of the Savannah River Power Company and vice president of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company; Samuel M. Orr, Jr., electrical engineer and superintendent of the Abbeville Water and Electric Light system; and two daughters, Misses Mary and Lydia Orr, who live with their mother.
Dr. Orr was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and had been a vestryman for over 20 years.
Published in The State, April 16, 1909
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