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Patience Olivia Bills <I>Houston</I> Orr

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Patience Olivia Bills Houston Orr

Birth
Marshall County, Tennessee, USA
Death
13 Dec 1854 (aged 31)
Greene County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
443
Memorial ID
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Wife of Sample Orr. Moved from Old City Cemetery.

This young woman was named Patience Olivia Bills Houston Orr, her parents were James Houston, and Patience Olivia Bills so it appears she was given her mother's full name, and the surname of her father making 3 given names. She was educated alongside her brothers.

Take notice of the cemetery listing for Tincia Oliva, this I believe was/is the listing for Patience.

I found the marriage cert. for the couple on ancestry. I also found a couple of marriages for him after her death in the MO. records. Census info fairly easy to pull up for him as well.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Sample Orr
Spouse: *Datience O B Houston
(Patience Olivia Bills Houston)
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1841
Marriage County: Marshall
*Note found her indexed as Datience, when opened the doc. it was easy to tell it was a P not a D.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: M432_886; Page: 295B; Image: 587.
Sample Orr 33 Lawyer NC
Patience O B Orr 27 TN
Lycurgus Orr 7 TN
Solon Orr 6 TN

Finally someone found that has some answers regrading this lady from a family membership and this was provided to me:

I have done research on her parents and brother already as they are all my grandparents. Seeing that her grave was actually "lost" over time compels me to learn more about her sooner than later.
I can tell you her Houston family found education to be very important and in times when educating girls was not thought to be important they educated their daughters along side their sons. Both sides, the Houston's and the Bills were ardent Patriots in the Revolution. Her grandfather, Captain Christopher Houston, has letters that are archived at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

I found this on him.

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Semple Orr
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Missouri
Regiment Name: Green Co. Home Guards Mo.
Regiment Name Expanded: Greene County Regiment, Missouri Home Guard
Company: F&S
Rank In: Major
Rank In Expanded: Major
Rank Out: Major
Rank Out Expanded: Major
Alternate Name: Sample/Orr
Film Number: M390 roll 36

also:
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Semple Orr
Side Served: Union
State Served: Missouri
Service Record: Enlisted as a Major.
Commission in Company S, Home Guard Infantry Regiment Missouri.
Sources: 304

It appears he had a slave as well:

1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
about Sample Orr
Gender: Female
Race: Black Age: 22
Home in 1860 Campbell, Greene, Missouri
Name of Slave Owner: Sample Orr
All Slaves Owned: Age/Gender 22 Female

He also comes up in the 1860 census, he was a Farmer and Lawyer, TN. born, with a wife named Emeline, [maiden was Dollison, I found the marriage for them at MO. Marriages] They are listed with 5 children since he married her in 1856 2 years after the death of Patience of these 5 listed, these 3 would be Patience's children with him, Leicinqus 17, TN Sloen 15, TN, Newton 10 TN. The other two children Marshall and Cate were MO. born.

There is problems with finding some people in lot 443 that I have listed and taken pictures of the monuments. The cemetery does not have some of these listed. Johns monument was completly underground.

In the 1990's Ozarks Genealogical Society read the Hazelwood Cemetery, and finished with some addtionals up to 2005 added in before printing. This is where I got the information for these people. Some of them you may find the cemetery does not have any record of. Removal of the bodies from the "Old City Cemtery" at Campbell & State North Springfield Cemetery at Campbell & Atlantic and other burial plots were done after an ordinance was passed that declared it was detrimental to the health of inhabitants of the city to bury dead bodies within the limits. March 10, 1888 it passed. Many of the bodies were re-interred in Hazelwood Cemetery.

These stones were read by the Ozarks Genealogical Society and monuments are in lot 443. I have photographed them, and they are preserved on findagrave. Should you call in now, you may hear the office tell you stone/monument only. At this time no paper work indicates some of these were ever moved physcially. Maybe it was just the stones.

Here is the listed folks. Please visit each of these and please leave a flower for them.
From the book page 503
Abernathy, David T 24 Oct. 1833-Oct 1858 [broken stone]
Patterson, Sarah 7 Nov. 1797-Oct 30 1858 Consort of E Patterson
Rose, Nancy 15 Dec 1846 16 Dec 1846 d/o Sarah Ann & J P Rose
Rose, Sarah Ann 3 May 1822-3 Feb 1841 Consort of J P Rose
Trowbridge, Amanda M 20 Feb 1835-20 Dec 1873 w/o G W Trowbridge
Bryan, John C 17 Feb 1832-7 April 1847 Native of the Cherokee Nation
Talford, Rebeca 26 May 1824-21 Sept 1856 b Lo Co Ky
Faulkner, Mary A 21 Jan 1824-25 Jan 1854 Late Consort of R P Faulkner ae 30y 5 da
Orr, Patience Olivia B died 13 Dec 1854 Wife-Mother, w/o Sample Orr ae 31yr 8mo 18da
Gott, Martha E died 23 Sept 1851 d/o R S & N H Gott, ae 20 yr 4mo
Ten more stones buried in ground, overgrown with grass, illegible.

Now what I know the cemetery records show for the lot.

Mary A Late 1/25/1851, stone only

*Tincia Oliva no information

Rebecca Tallord 9/30/1856 stone only

Son of Rebeca and J M Bryan stone only

Amanda M Trowbridge 12/20/1873 stone only

David Abernathy stone only

E P Gott 2/18/1873, 69 Years stone only

Sarah Ann Rose stone only

"can't read stone" is Nancy Rose

Cemetery personnel personally helped, and dug out John C Bryan monument, it was completely covered there would not be a clue there was a stone there had it not been for the book. I just went in the office told them where he was located, how I knew the information, and where the stone might be found. I would like to acknowledge the office staff was right there taking care of it. You could not ask for a better group of people. They will take the walk with you the extra mile when asked. This same book please note there have been many errors found in it. So please do not think I am saying these are there, or the physical remains are there.
There may be some plans in the workings to uncover those other 10 stones even if illegible but do not know if it will be done in time for Memorial Day Weekend 2012. At least now that they know about them they are going to have something done.

The staff certainly wished the information was in the books, but unable to change, yet they would have liked to know if they were there or if stones only were moved, and it sure would have been nice to have the records or at least some notes if stones were going to be placed.
Wife of Sample Orr. Moved from Old City Cemetery.

This young woman was named Patience Olivia Bills Houston Orr, her parents were James Houston, and Patience Olivia Bills so it appears she was given her mother's full name, and the surname of her father making 3 given names. She was educated alongside her brothers.

Take notice of the cemetery listing for Tincia Oliva, this I believe was/is the listing for Patience.

I found the marriage cert. for the couple on ancestry. I also found a couple of marriages for him after her death in the MO. records. Census info fairly easy to pull up for him as well.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Sample Orr
Spouse: *Datience O B Houston
(Patience Olivia Bills Houston)
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1841
Marriage County: Marshall
*Note found her indexed as Datience, when opened the doc. it was easy to tell it was a P not a D.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: M432_886; Page: 295B; Image: 587.
Sample Orr 33 Lawyer NC
Patience O B Orr 27 TN
Lycurgus Orr 7 TN
Solon Orr 6 TN

Finally someone found that has some answers regrading this lady from a family membership and this was provided to me:

I have done research on her parents and brother already as they are all my grandparents. Seeing that her grave was actually "lost" over time compels me to learn more about her sooner than later.
I can tell you her Houston family found education to be very important and in times when educating girls was not thought to be important they educated their daughters along side their sons. Both sides, the Houston's and the Bills were ardent Patriots in the Revolution. Her grandfather, Captain Christopher Houston, has letters that are archived at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

I found this on him.

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Semple Orr
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Missouri
Regiment Name: Green Co. Home Guards Mo.
Regiment Name Expanded: Greene County Regiment, Missouri Home Guard
Company: F&S
Rank In: Major
Rank In Expanded: Major
Rank Out: Major
Rank Out Expanded: Major
Alternate Name: Sample/Orr
Film Number: M390 roll 36

also:
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Semple Orr
Side Served: Union
State Served: Missouri
Service Record: Enlisted as a Major.
Commission in Company S, Home Guard Infantry Regiment Missouri.
Sources: 304

It appears he had a slave as well:

1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
about Sample Orr
Gender: Female
Race: Black Age: 22
Home in 1860 Campbell, Greene, Missouri
Name of Slave Owner: Sample Orr
All Slaves Owned: Age/Gender 22 Female

He also comes up in the 1860 census, he was a Farmer and Lawyer, TN. born, with a wife named Emeline, [maiden was Dollison, I found the marriage for them at MO. Marriages] They are listed with 5 children since he married her in 1856 2 years after the death of Patience of these 5 listed, these 3 would be Patience's children with him, Leicinqus 17, TN Sloen 15, TN, Newton 10 TN. The other two children Marshall and Cate were MO. born.

There is problems with finding some people in lot 443 that I have listed and taken pictures of the monuments. The cemetery does not have some of these listed. Johns monument was completly underground.

In the 1990's Ozarks Genealogical Society read the Hazelwood Cemetery, and finished with some addtionals up to 2005 added in before printing. This is where I got the information for these people. Some of them you may find the cemetery does not have any record of. Removal of the bodies from the "Old City Cemtery" at Campbell & State North Springfield Cemetery at Campbell & Atlantic and other burial plots were done after an ordinance was passed that declared it was detrimental to the health of inhabitants of the city to bury dead bodies within the limits. March 10, 1888 it passed. Many of the bodies were re-interred in Hazelwood Cemetery.

These stones were read by the Ozarks Genealogical Society and monuments are in lot 443. I have photographed them, and they are preserved on findagrave. Should you call in now, you may hear the office tell you stone/monument only. At this time no paper work indicates some of these were ever moved physcially. Maybe it was just the stones.

Here is the listed folks. Please visit each of these and please leave a flower for them.
From the book page 503
Abernathy, David T 24 Oct. 1833-Oct 1858 [broken stone]
Patterson, Sarah 7 Nov. 1797-Oct 30 1858 Consort of E Patterson
Rose, Nancy 15 Dec 1846 16 Dec 1846 d/o Sarah Ann & J P Rose
Rose, Sarah Ann 3 May 1822-3 Feb 1841 Consort of J P Rose
Trowbridge, Amanda M 20 Feb 1835-20 Dec 1873 w/o G W Trowbridge
Bryan, John C 17 Feb 1832-7 April 1847 Native of the Cherokee Nation
Talford, Rebeca 26 May 1824-21 Sept 1856 b Lo Co Ky
Faulkner, Mary A 21 Jan 1824-25 Jan 1854 Late Consort of R P Faulkner ae 30y 5 da
Orr, Patience Olivia B died 13 Dec 1854 Wife-Mother, w/o Sample Orr ae 31yr 8mo 18da
Gott, Martha E died 23 Sept 1851 d/o R S & N H Gott, ae 20 yr 4mo
Ten more stones buried in ground, overgrown with grass, illegible.

Now what I know the cemetery records show for the lot.

Mary A Late 1/25/1851, stone only

*Tincia Oliva no information

Rebecca Tallord 9/30/1856 stone only

Son of Rebeca and J M Bryan stone only

Amanda M Trowbridge 12/20/1873 stone only

David Abernathy stone only

E P Gott 2/18/1873, 69 Years stone only

Sarah Ann Rose stone only

"can't read stone" is Nancy Rose

Cemetery personnel personally helped, and dug out John C Bryan monument, it was completely covered there would not be a clue there was a stone there had it not been for the book. I just went in the office told them where he was located, how I knew the information, and where the stone might be found. I would like to acknowledge the office staff was right there taking care of it. You could not ask for a better group of people. They will take the walk with you the extra mile when asked. This same book please note there have been many errors found in it. So please do not think I am saying these are there, or the physical remains are there.
There may be some plans in the workings to uncover those other 10 stones even if illegible but do not know if it will be done in time for Memorial Day Weekend 2012. At least now that they know about them they are going to have something done.

The staff certainly wished the information was in the books, but unable to change, yet they would have liked to know if they were there or if stones only were moved, and it sure would have been nice to have the records or at least some notes if stones were going to be placed.


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