Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ORR 
 
was born at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1836, his parents being William and Mary 
(Adams) Orr. His father was an undertaker, and to that business young Orr was 
reared and assisted his father until 1858, when, coming to California, he 
engaged in mining in the gold region of Sonoma and Tuolumne counties until 1861. 
After making a prospecting tour through Southern California, he located at San 
Francisco, and was there employed as an upholsterer until 1865. He then came to 
Los Angeles, where, in 1867, he became associated with V. Ponet in undertaking, 
as Ponet & Orr. In 1885 the firm was changed to Orr & Sutch, Mr. Ponet being 
succeeded by W. H. Stitch. Mr. Orr was married in 1868, at Johnstown, 
Pennsylvania, to Miss Rebecca Piatt, daughter of James B. Piatt, of that place. 
She is a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. To them have been born two children, 
Virginia, a student of Los Angeles College, in the class of 1889, and Elsie. Mr. 
Orr is a member of Pentalpha Lodge, No. 202, F. & A. M., and of Tricolor Lodge, 
No. 96, K. of P., both of Los Angeles.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 789
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler