Orson Pratt Sullivan (1918 - 1989)

Born 10 Nov 1918 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Oct 1989 at age 70 in Pinola, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Orson Sullivan is buried in Peacock Cemetery.

Biography

Orson Pratt Sullivan was born on Nov 10, 1918 in Mississippi, USA as the ninth child of Alexander Franklin Sullivan and Polly Ann Grace.

He had eight siblings, namely: Gortre Cleora, Gircell, Wallace L., Clara, Wyrtle, Edmon Conway, and Dovie.

He died on Oct 03, 1989 in Pinola, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 70).

Orson Pratt Sullivan was buried in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Peacock Cemetery). ^[1]

Race: (White) He lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 1; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1935. He lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 21; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

Orson Pratt Sullivan and Margie Alene Sullivan had the following children:

1. Muriel Darlene Sullivan was born on Dec 18, 1948 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA. She died on Feb 16, 2012 in Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.
2. Deborah Sullivan.

Mr. Orson Pratt Sullivan ^[2]

Services were held Wednesday, October 4, 1989, for Mr. Orson Pratt Sullivan, 70, of Pinola, from the Mendenhall Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Jerry Sullivan officiating. Interment was in Peacock Cemetery in Pinola.

Mr. Sullivan died Tuesday, October 3, 1989, in Pinola.

He was a member of the Mormon denomination, the VFW and the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margie A. Sullivan of Pinola; two daughters, Muriel Sills of Pinola and Debra Sullivan of Jackson; two brothers, Wallace Sullivan of Pinola, and Buster Sullivan of Mt. Olive; two sisters, Mrs. Gortre Craft of Collins, and Mrs. Dovie Hall of Mt. Olive; and four grandchildren.

Source: The Magee Courier, 12 Oct 1989, Thu, Page 7

Daughter Remembers

Deborah Sullivan Murphree in Sullivan’s Hollow Mississippi Facebook group posted on Nov. 10, 2018 her thoughts of her father. Permission was given by her to share her post. Bishop-4082 13:58, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Today would be my Dad's 100th birthday. He is Orson Pratt Sullivan. Born November 10, 1918 and died October 3, 1989. He rests in the Sullivan portion of the Peacock cemetery in Shivers, MS. He was the youngest son of Frank (known as Walking Frank) and Polly (Grace) Sullivan. They rest in the Alex Sullivan cemetery. Dad also served as a Marine during WWII. He was a sharp shooter stationed in the Pacific assigned to the USS Nevada. He was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He received a purple heart medal for his injury. He met Margie Alene Sullivan shortly after his discharge. He was visiting his older sister Clara in Shivers. Clara and her family were neighbors to my mother's parents, Vardamon and Gladys Sullivan. Dad and mother married February 17, 1947. My sister, Muriel (Sills) was born December 1948, she died in 2012 at home in SLC, Utah. I was born in January 1958. Dad was proud of his military background, proud to have served his country. He loved his family heritage. He was a very quiet man, very private and in later years was suspicious of strangers. He would sit in the front yard, facing the road, with his shotgun across his lap "just in case". I thank God we lived in the country on our road. He was given the name of Orson Pratt by his father, who named him after the Mormon dignitary who founded Salt Lake City. He was Brigham Young and the first pioneers. Dad never was a member of the Church, but it is rather ironic that my sister and I both became members, and so are our families. We never knew about his namesake until we joined the Church and members recognized my dads name. I love doing our genealogy, I am the family historian and love the research involved...

Military

Event: World War II

Type: Military, CPL U S Marine Corps, Wounded in action

Name: Orson P Sullivan

Muster Date: Jul 1943

Enlistment Date: 19 Mar 1941

Rank: Private First Class

Station: Company "D", Inf Bn, Tc, Camp Elliott, San Diego, California ^[3]

Name: Orson P Sullivan

Relative Name: Mrs. Polly A Sullivan

Relative Relationship: Mother

State: Mississippi

Country: United States

Type of Casualty: Wounded In Action

Roll: ww2c_27 ^[4]

Name: Orson P Sullivan

Muster Date: Apr 1945

Rank: Corporal

Station: First Marine Camp Detachmeet, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ See Findagrave - Orson Pratt Sullivan
2. ↑ Obituary for Orson Pratt Sullivan Clipped from The Magee Courier, 12 Oct 1989, Thu, Page 7
3. ↑ U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958
4. ↑ World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, (wounded) 1941-1945
5. ↑ U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958

• Headstone
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJZ1-8J41 : accessed 15 March 2016), Orson P Sullivan, Residence, Pinola, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-2NR : accessed 15 March 2016), Orson Sulivan in household of Pollie Ann Sulivan, Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-22, sheet 12A, family 202, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2064.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MD-5YV : accessed 15 March 2016), Orson P Sullivan in entry for Alexander F Sullivan, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTN-96W : accessed 15 March 2016), Orson P Sullivan in household of Alexander F Sullivan, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,894.

• Child School Record
• "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK69-VKX1 : accessed 15 March 2016), Orson Sullivan in entry for Muriel Sullivan, 1957; citing School enrollment, , Hinds, Mississippi, United States, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson.