When Alonzo William Orr was born on July 12, 1872, in Fort Scott, Kansas, his father, Peter Majors Orr, was 26 and his mother, Malinda Chapman, was 22. He married Jessie "Nona" Alexander in 1899 in Osage, Kansas. They had four children in 14 years. He died on February 1, 1950, in Billings, Montana, at the age of 77.
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14684123/alonzo-william-orr: accessed 30 September 2022), memorial page for Alonzo William Orr (12 Jul 1872–1 Feb 1950), Find A Grave: Memorial #14684123, citing Rockvale Cemetery, Rockvale, Carbon County, Montana, USA; Maintained by James Seidelman (contributor 9118441) .
"Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHCY-M2X : 9 December 2014), Alonzo Orr, 01 Feb 1950; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPV-TQB : 14 January 2022), Alonzo Orr in household of Peter E. Orr, Osage Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HG-73P : accessed 30 September 2022), Alonzo W Orr, Mill Creek, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 10A, family 208, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 432; FHL microfilm 1,374,445.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCMF-SFC : accessed 30 September 2022), Alonzo W Orr, Rockvale, Carbon, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 1A, line 31, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1252; FHL microfilm 2,340,987.
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