Obituary, Andrew Hart Orr, Georgia, 1912

Subject: Obituary of A. H. Orr 

Contributor (Extract by): D. K. Pritchett 

Database: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Library: Digital Library of Georgia (GA LIbrary LEarning Online: Gallileo) 

Publication: The Dalton Citizen (indexed as North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 

Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia 

Date of Publication: Thurs., 22 August 1912 

Page: 7 

Column: In Memoriam 

Title: A. H. Orr 

Author/Obituary Writer: Baxter Smith 

Name of Deceased: A. H. Orr 

Age: 65 years 

Residence: Catoosa County, Georgia 

Length of Residence: (inferred) 'thirty years' 

Birth Year: [est. 1847] 

Place of Birth: (not stated) 

Death: Monday, 29 July 1912 (at 12 midnight) 

Place of Death: ('his home') Catoosa County, Georgia 

Cause of Death: Injury, kicked by a horse ('with terrific force full in the abdomen, hurling him backward some twelve or fifteen feet') 

Length of Illness: '48 hours of intense suffering' 

Funeral: Wednesday a.m., [est. 21 Aug. 1912] 

Place of Funeral: Ebenezer Church [Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia] 

Officiator: Rev. Willie Tallant 

Officiating Assistant: Rev. Bernard Tallant 

Masonic Honors (Lodge Representation): Tunnel Hill, Ringgold, Dalton, and Wood Station 

Date of Interment: Wednesday [est. 21 August 1912] 

Place of Interment: Ebenezer Cemetery, Catoosa County, Georgia 

Occupation: Farmer 

Religious Affiliation: 'staunch Baptist' (inferred member, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia) 

Membership: Lodge, Masonic Hall at Tunnel Hill [Whitfield, Georgia] 

Survived By: 'widow and twelve children--eleven sons and one daughter' (names not specified) 

Notes: The injury occurred  at the home of Mr. Fain, after a lodge meeting at Tunnel Hill. Orr's buggy broke down. Mr. Fain offered to loan a horse and buggy. Orr stopped at Fain's and was harnessing the horse when the horse kicked him. Fain called in Dr. Green, who pronounced the injury a fatal one. Orr's family was called in. On Sunday they moved him to his own home, where he 'died at twelve o'clock Monday night.' 

[Source]: 'A. H. Orr' in 'In Memoriam,' North Georgia Citizen (original banner, The Dalton Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 22 August 1912, page 7 (digital image 7), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1912-08-22/ed-1/seq-7/print/image_613x817_from_129,1921_to_2478,5051/ (clipping; full page accessed 10 March 2020). 

Research Note: Identity, Andrew Hart Orr (born 10 October 1846, Murray County, Georgia ; died 29 July 1912, Catoosa County, Georgia). 

Cross-Reference: Find A Grave Memorial 12230824