Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B
Bracken County

JOHN S. ORR was born in Bracken County, Ky., and received his education at
Augusta College.  He read law with Cleveland & Doniphan in 1870, graduating
from the Louisville Law School in 1871.  He began the practice of the legal
profession at Covington, Ky., but subsequently removed to Augusta, on
account of poor health, where he took charge of the Chronicle.  In 1872 he
married Mary E. Knoedler, of Newark, N.J.  Mr. Orr is prominent in his
community as a politician, and at this writing, (1887) is city attorney of
Augusta.  Thomas S. Orr, his father, was the founder of the Augusta Female
College, and was as well the architect and builder of the present building;
he was a native of Virginia.  William Orr, the maternal grandfather of John
S., was a native of Pennsylvania, and was a soldier in the war of 1812.  He
married Miss Susan Buckner, who was born in Virginia, and was a daughter of
Philip Buckner.  The latter was a large land owner and a prominent man in
the early affairs of Kentucky.  He owned the original patent of almost all
of Bracken and part of Robertson County.  His descendants comprise many of
the prominent families of the State.

Orr Knoedler Buckner 
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MJ VA PA Robertson-KY

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