Louisa County Genealogical Society
Prepared by Norma F. Jennings
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1997, 1998
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OATS
Oats, Ira A. (p. 190)
- Ira A. Oats was born in Louisa County on 18 May 1872, a son of John
W. and Isabel(Duncan) Oats. The father died in November 1908; There were
six children in the family: two died in infancy; Maggie, m. Alba McBride;
Ira, of htis review; Ada, m. J.D. Hamil, of Washington County; and Arnold
D.
On the 12 December 1894; he married to Gertrude Smyley, the daughter of Joseph Taylor and Ella (Orris) Smyley. Gertrude had a brother Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. Oats had three children: Reuben A., b. 7 September 1895; June V. b. 7 September 1898; and Ruth V. b. 31 December 1905
Ochiltree, Thomas J. (p. 493)
- Thomas J. Ochiltree was born in Louisa County on 1 June 1842, the son
of Henry M. and Margaret Ochiltree. His father was born 9 February 1809,
a native of Virginia, and the mother was born 10 October 1815, from South
Carolina. They were married in Ohio 4 January 1838. The father died 5 September
1877 and the mother on 30 October 1887.
Thomas was one of nine children, but only two brothers named in the historical account: Marshall; and Henry M., lived in Haddam, KS.;
Thomas J. Ochiltree married ELizabeth Brown, also a native of Louisa County, on 27 June 1869. She was the daughter of J.C. and Mary J. Brown.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ochiltree: Stanley; Jennie, m. A.J. Pooley, of Chicago; William T.; and two who were deceased.
Ohlwein, Conrad (p. 197)
- Conrad Ohlwein was born in Germany on the 26 October 1844, the son
of Henry and Elizabeth (Kroch) Ohlwein. Conrad's siblings were: Henry,
lived in Highland Park, Illinois and John in Chicago. His sister
Elizabeth died in infancy.
On the 29 July 1869, he married Catharine Ohlwein, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Zeibert) Ohlwein. She was one of five children, the others being: John; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Ohlwein, who lived in Germany; Henry and Adam who remained in Germany.
Conrad and Catharine had eight children: Elizabeth; Annie, wife of Lee Hunt of New Boston,Illinois; John, also lived at New Boston; Henry lived at Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mary, wife of Charles Creaton of Oakville; Lizzie, married Fred Pulver, also of Oakville; Edward Conrad, of Oakville and one died in infancy.
Orchard, Anderson (p. 65)
- Anderson Orchard was born in Kentucky on the 15 October 1821, the son
of John and Anna (Park) Orchard who moved to Brown Co., Illinois, in 1832.
On the 9 February 1843, he married Caroline Emrick, born in Mead Co., Kentucky on the 12 August 1828, the daughter of John and Rebecca(Legg) Emrick, her father, a native of Virginia and her mother of Kentucky. They moved to Brown Co., Illinois in 1830
Mr. and Mrs. Orchard had six children: Columbia Jane; Josephine, m. WIlliam Shewey, of Red Oak; John E., of California; Robert R., California; Lucinda, m. Robert Oberman of Des Moines Co.; Augusta, m. Henry Elliott, of Mouint Pleasant; Ella; Franklin, lived at Trenton, MO; Clara Bell, m. Charles Plunket, of California; Hugh A., Cedar Rapids; Eliza, m. John Musock, of Los Angeles; and Edith Mary , m. Grant Shutter of Morning Sun.
Orr, George W. (p. 201)
- George W. Orr was born 2 June 1846 in Des Moines Co., the son of Jefferson
P. and Parthenia (Trent) Orr. The father was a native of Virginia and the
mother of Kentucky. They moved to Illinois in 1825 and, in 1836, they came
to Iowa and settled first in Des Moines Co. The mother died 30 July 1888.
There were eleven children in the family. Those named: John William; Mary
m. William Archer, of California; Elvira m. Jonas Sames, of Jones Co.,
IA; Elizabeth m. Lewis Bishop, of Des Moines Co.; Paulina, m. William Ping,
of Des Moines Co.; Sims; Martin; James; Anderson; Thomas and George W.,
of this review.
On 26 November 1868, Mr. Orr married Catharine Hines. They had two children: Carrie Izona, who married Frank Ulm, of Louisa Co. and had a daughter Mary Leona b. 24 September 1897; and Lizzie Irue m. J.A. Miller of Louisa Co. who had two children, George Connell, d. age of 22 mo. and Frank Darrow, b. 14 April 1911.
- Harvey E. Orr was born 27 June 1853, a native of Washington County,
son of Francis G. and Elizabeth (Johnston) Orr. His paternal great
grandfather, Thomas Orr, was one of the pioneers of Washington Co., Tennessee.
There, his son, William Orr, the grandfather of our subject was born. William
Orr was reared in Washington Co., Tenn. and when a young man went to Blount
Co. where he married Mary Walker, whose father, John Walker served as a
recruiting officer in the Revolutionary War.
William and Mary Orr had the following children: Jane F.; John W. who died at Conesville, IA in 1886 at the age of seventy six years; Josiah J., Francis G., Robert H.; Mary, who died in infancy; Lucinda Adeline, who married Joseph Johnston of Columbus City; William W.; Esther Ann, m. James H. Johnston, and Nancy Jane, who m. David C. Hammel of Washington, IA. Jane F., the eldest of the children was married twice 1)Thomas J. Johnson, of Madison Co., Alabama and 2) John F. McConnell. She died in Louisa Co. at the age of eighty years.
Francis J. Orr was four years old when he moved to Monroe Co., Tennessee with his parents. In 1846, he came to Columbus City township, Louisa Co., but thereafter purchased eighty acres near Crawfordsville, Washington Co. , IA in 1848. In 1852 he married Elizabeth J. Johnston and two years later lost his wife and an infant son. He lived with his brother W.W. Orr, until after the marriage of his son, Harvey E.. He died in 1896.
On 2 October 1878, Mr. Orr married Mahala Duncan. They had three children, two who survived: Gary and Ira. The mother of the children died 23 February 1885 at the age of twenty seven years. Mr. Orr married 2) 21 April 1887 to Mary E. Duncan, the daughter of James A. and Melinda J. Duncan. To them were born five children: Lulu; Eva; Helen; Harold; and Edith. Mrs. Orr was the sixth of nine chilren, the others were: Joseph; Margaret A., m. W.J. Grimes, of Allerton; Nancy J., m. Robert O. Johnson, of Garnett, KS; William, d. in infancy; Emma F., m. Isaac A. Endsby of Col. Jct.; Flora, m. W.D. Pyles of Col. Jct.; Lou m. W.E. Murdock and Charles R.
Otto, John Henry (p. 280)
- John Henry Otto died the 21 February 1910. He was born in Marthasville,
Missouri, now called Hopewell, in August of 1835. His parents were Henry
and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Otto, both natives of Hanover, Germany. He was one
of nine children: one d. in infancy; George, of Portland, Ore.; Louisa
m. F. Feigenbaum of Wauneta, KS: John Henry, our subject; Hortense, m.
Henry Droegemeyer of Burlington; Christian and William, deceased; Herman
of Wapello and Mary m. Henry Wagoner of Ankeny.
On the 11 August 1859, Mr. Otto married Charlotte Annie Weckman, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ringler) Weckman. She had a brother Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Otto had eight children: Otto, the youngest d. in infancy; Henry; Edmund; George F.; WiIliam; Leona; Anna Charlotte, m. L.W. Gerth of Wyaconda, Missouri and Herman Peter.
- William Otto was born 6 May 1868, the son of John H. and Charlotte
Anna (Weckman) Otto. On the 12 July 1894, he married Ellen Limbocker, daughter
of J.P. and Amanda (Fish) Limbocker. There were nine children in the Limbocker
family: Anna E., m. W.A. Henderson of Page Co.; Elmer; Eva, m. J.J. Graner
of Henrietta, TX; Carrie m. Edward Graner; Harry; Ellen, m. Mr. Otto; John
L. ; Clyde L. and Ernest Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto had three children: Helen M. b. 27 July 1897; one d. in infancy; and William, Jr. b. 8 March 1911.
Owens, John (p. 414)
- John Owens was born in the north of Wales, a son of Owen Owens. He
came to Louisa County in 1860 wen he was eighteen years old. Mr. Owens
was married in 1852 to Jane A. Williams b. in south Wales and came to America
in 1842. They had three children: Ellen N.; Mrs. Harriet B. Schock of Columbus
City; and R.E. Mr. Owens died in 1897.