William Henry Orr
William Henry Orr, justice of the peace in Mt. Pleasant Township, has been engaged in the undertaking business at Dillonvale since 1907. He was born in Guernsey Comity, Ohio, October 1, 1884, and is a son of David J. and Mary E. (Maxwell) Orr.
David J. Orr brought his family from Guernsey to Jefferson County in 1895, and they reside at Mt. Pleasant. He married Mary E. Maxwell and they have four children: David, Daniel, Elba and William H.
William H. Orr was creditably graduated from the Mt. Pleasant high school in 1903, after which he was variously engaged until he learned the undertaking business, attending the Massachusetts School of Embalming and the Barnes School of Anatomy and Sanitary Science and Embalming, at Columbus, O., and in 1907 entered into business at Dillonvale as a funeral director and embalmer. He has all necessary equipments and modern conveniences and is called, in the line of business, to all parts of the county. Although still a young man he has made a very favorable impression on all who have had business relations with him. In 1909 he was appointed to the office of justice of the peace and in the fall elections was elected to the same with a large majority.
Mr. Orr was married in 1907, to Miss Grace Kinsinger, a daughter of Samuel and Ola (Pratt) Kinsinger, of Beliefontaine, O. He is a member of Smithfield Lodge, F. & A. M.; of Alpha Lodge, No. 407, Knights of Pythias, at Mt. Pleasant; and of the Dillonvale Aerie of the Order of Eagles.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910