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From "History of Jericho, Vermont" (1916), p 589-590.

The Orr Family

By L. F. Wilbur
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          James Orr was one of the early settlers of Jericho and lived on the road from Jericho Center to Underhill. He m. Betsey Shaw and they had three children, Harvey, Lucy and James Rextus. He m. 2 Olive Bicknell about two years after the death of his first wife.
          (1) Harvey, m. Ann Twitchell and they had three children, Parna, Hoyt and Lucy Jane. Harvey d. in 1871, aged about 71.
                    (a) Parna m. Henry Shattuck and moved to Massachusetts, where she died.
                    (b) Hoyt was never m.
                    (c) Lucy Jane, m. _____ Davis and d. at Athol, Mass.
          (2) Lucy, m. Samuel Day and moved to Wisconsin.
          (3) James Rextus, b. 1816, m. Mary Ann Mead, dau.. of Josiah Mead of Underhill. No children. He d. 1889. She was b. 1825 and d. 1906, and both were buried in Underhill.
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