Orson Winston Orton (1895 - 1967)

Born 25 Jun 1895 in Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elsa Marie (Decker) Orton — married 20 Jul 1925 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

Died 7 Aug 1967 at age 72 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

Biography

Orson Winston Orton was born on June 25, 1895 in Parowan, Iron County, Utah Territory, United States. He is the son of Orson Owen Orton and Mary Leonora Bayles.

He married Elsa Marie Decker on July 20, 1925 in Parowan.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

1. Cherie Marie Orton was born on December 10, 1927 in Parowan.
2. Buddy D Orton was born on November 23, 1929 in Parowan.
3. Orson J Orton was born on February 13, 1935 in Parowan.

Orson passed away at an age of seventy-two on August 7, 1967 in Parowan. He is buried in the Parowan City Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8GJ-DY2 : 28 January 2020), Orson Winston Orton, 1925.
2. ↑ "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8GJ-T9M : 28 January 2020), Orson Winston Orton, 1925.
3. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLQ4-NVF : 4 August 2017), Orson Winston Orton and Elsa Marie Decker, 1925.
4. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL3V-93K : 4 August 2017), Mr. Orson Winston Orton and Miss Elsa Marie Decker, 1925.
5. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ8M-J3F : 19 October 2018), Orson Winston Orton and Elsa Marie Decker, 1925.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11663729/orson-winston-orton : accessed 11 January 2021), memorial page for Orson Winston Orton (25 Jun 1895–7 Aug 1967), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #11663729, citing Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Cracraft Proud (contributor 46600218) .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRK-HJX : accessed 11 January 2021), Orson W. Orton in household of Orson O. Orton, Paragoonah, Parowan, Summit, Enoch Precincts Parowan town, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet 8A, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,683.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X3-8VB : accessed 11 January 2021), Winston O Orton in household of Orson O Orton, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 7A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1603; FHL microfilm 1,375,616.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29N1-4XC : 6 March 2020), Orson Winston Orton, 1917-1918.

• "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5HT-SF3Z : 20 August 2019), Orson Winston Orton, 1917-1918; citing Draft Registration, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, Utah State Archives, Series 2229, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 008461407.

• "Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRXH-X23Z : 15 August 2019), Orson Winston Orton, 1918.

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WSQY-B96Z : 23 October 2019), Orson Winston Orton, 1 Jul 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P5-5DH : 4 January 2021), Orson W Orton in entry for Orson O Orton, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48Z-M64 : 4 January 2021), Orson W Orton, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6H-13R : accessed 11 January 2021), O Winston Orton, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 15A, line 42, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2416; FHL microfilm 2,342,150.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4S-N1B : 4 January 2021), O Winston Orton, Parowan Election Precinct, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-18, sheet 9A, line 1, family 147, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4213.