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Patrick H. Orrell

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Oct 1914 (aged 75–76)
Gautier, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Gautier, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Patrick H. Orrell (1838-1914) died at his home at West Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi on Saturday, October 3, 1914, after a lingering illness. Mr. Orrell was born in North Carolina in 1838, and when a young man came with his two brothers, John C. Orrell (1830-1917) and Christopher Columbus Orrell (d. 1906), to Fort Bayou, where they engaged in the turpentine business. Later Mr. Orell removed to Americus, where he pursued the same calling. He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Jennie Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lewis of West Pascagoula, one son, Edwin Orrell, and a brother J.C. Orrell of St. Elmo, Alabama.

In the later years of his life, he retired from active business and with his family removed to West Pascagoula, where he has since resided.

Mr. Orrell was buried in the Lewis private cemetery at West Pascagoula on Saturday afternoon.


REFERENCES:

Requiem: 'Lewis Cemetery', Jackson County, Mississippi Cemetery Records, Volume II, (The Jackson County, Genealogical Society: Pascagoula, Mississippi-1970)

The Biloxi Daily Herald, 'C.C. Orrell', August 29, 1906, p. 4.

The Daily Herald, 'Mrs. [Eugenie Lewis] Orrell dies', June 17, 1932, p. 2.

The Mobile Press Register, 'Mr. J.C. Orrell', December 1, 1917, p. 8.

The Pascagoula Chronicle, 'P.H. Orrell', October 10, 1914, p. 2.

Mr. Patrick H. Orrell (1838-1914) died at his home at West Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi on Saturday, October 3, 1914, after a lingering illness. Mr. Orrell was born in North Carolina in 1838, and when a young man came with his two brothers, John C. Orrell (1830-1917) and Christopher Columbus Orrell (d. 1906), to Fort Bayou, where they engaged in the turpentine business. Later Mr. Orell removed to Americus, where he pursued the same calling. He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Jennie Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lewis of West Pascagoula, one son, Edwin Orrell, and a brother J.C. Orrell of St. Elmo, Alabama.

In the later years of his life, he retired from active business and with his family removed to West Pascagoula, where he has since resided.

Mr. Orrell was buried in the Lewis private cemetery at West Pascagoula on Saturday afternoon.


REFERENCES:

Requiem: 'Lewis Cemetery', Jackson County, Mississippi Cemetery Records, Volume II, (The Jackson County, Genealogical Society: Pascagoula, Mississippi-1970)

The Biloxi Daily Herald, 'C.C. Orrell', August 29, 1906, p. 4.

The Daily Herald, 'Mrs. [Eugenie Lewis] Orrell dies', June 17, 1932, p. 2.

The Mobile Press Register, 'Mr. J.C. Orrell', December 1, 1917, p. 8.

The Pascagoula Chronicle, 'P.H. Orrell', October 10, 1914, p. 2.



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