ANDERSON ORR, a successful gardener of this city was born in Harrison county, O., October 19, 1833. He is a son of Harrison Young and Isabella Orr, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of Pennsylvania. His father was drowned in the Ohio river in 1833, while on his way to seek a home in Illinois. His mother died May 5, 1882, in Roodhouse. He was reared in Pike county, Ill., by his uncle, Alexander Taylor. He received his education in the common schools there, and finished in the high school at Griggsville. After that he engaged in teaching school three and a half years, and then entered the ministry of the M. E. church, and has since labored in various places. His health failing him, he came to Roodhouse, and purchased ten acres of land for the purpose of engaging at something that would give him more out-door exercise. The annual conference has, in the meantime, given him such appointments as he could fill, and at the same time attend to his place. He has, by this means, been able to secure good health. He now has a finely cultivated farm of some 25 acres, on which he raises fruit and vegetables. Mr. Orr was united in marriage, Oct. 30, 1853, with Nancy J., a daughter of Henry and Eliza (McMullen) Dean, natives of Ohio, who came to Illinois, and now reside at Hardin, Calhoun county. Mr. and Mrs. Orr were the parents of one child - Jennie, wife of N. A. Reed, of Kansas. Mrs. Orr died in the year 1856, and in 1858 Mr. Orr was again married to Susannah Dean, a sister of his first wife. She died 18 months after marriage, being the mother of twins, who also died and were buried with her in the same grave. In 1865, Mr. Orr was joined in marriage with Catherine McCaskill, a native of Mt. Sterling, Ill., and this union has been blessed with four children - Laura Bell, Luella, James M. and Katie. Mr. Orr is an honorary member of the Cass lodge, No. 23, A.F. & A.M., at Beardstown, Ill. He still continues to preach, and his efforts for the welfare of mankind are rewarded with success.