Orr Family Papers 1828-1957 1843-1900

Orr, Elizabeth Holmes

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888

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Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) and Dr. Edwin Hamilton Davis (1811-1888) of Chillicothe, Ohio were antiquarian authors who became authorities in the field of Indian antiquities. Mr. Squier was editor of the Scioto Gazette in Ohio when he began investigating the moundbuilders of the Scioto Valley under the tutelage of Dr. Davis, an Ohio physician who wrote for several historical and medical journals. Squier was later appointed Charge d'affaires to Guatemala and other Central American states and...

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870

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Wood-engraver and physician of New York City. From the guide to the Alexander Anderson papers, 1795-1870, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) was a physician and a wood-engraver in New York City. From the description of Papers, 1793-1870. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58657908 ...

Orr, Nathaniel

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P.G.T. Beauregard of New Orleans, La., graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. He served in the Mexican War and directed the building of the Federal customs house in New Orleans. Beauregard was a full general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, serving at Fort Sumter, the First Battle of Manassas, the Battle of Shiloh, and the Second Battle of Petersburg, among others. After the war, he served as president of two Louisiana railway companies and as manager of t...

DeForest, John William, 1826-1906

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Colt, Elizabeth H.

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Orr family

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Nathaniel Orr (1822-1908) was one of the most noted engravers of the second-half of the nineteenth century. Born in London, Ontario, he learned engraving from John H. Hall of Albany, New York. Orr moved his business to New York City. In 1846, Orr married Elisabeth Holmes (1825-1909) of Albany County, New York, the author of several books, including The Belle Heiress (Auburn, NY, 1849), stories, newspaper and journal articles, and poems. Of seven children, three survived ...