Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of the City of Evansville and Vanderburg County, Indiana, Vol. 2
Mr. Orr possessed a genius for organization and his initiative spirit and untiring energy found scope in the establishment and conduct of busi ness interests which have been of the utmost benefit to Evansville. As the years passed? The trade relations of his two interests reached out over a broad field and brought back rich returns. Moreover, the imprint of Mr. Orr's individuality is found on nearly all of the great enterprises of the city. He was one of the incorporators of the Evansville Terre Haute Railroad, early recognizing the necessity and value for rapid transporta tion as a factor in business activity. 'moreover, his name became a promi nent and honored one in banking circles. He was one of the promoters of the Evansville branch of the Bank of the State of Indiana, was one of the original directors of the Evansville National Bank, presiding as its chief executive officer until his death. Both Mr. And Mrs. Orr passed away in 1882, the former on the 8th of February and the latter on the 9th of October. In their family were three children but only one is now living: James L. Orr, who is his father's successor in business and one of the most prominent residents of Evans ville. The parents held membership in the Walnut Street Presbyterian church and following their death one of the appropriate memorials erected by their children to commemorate their lives and work was the beautiful parsonage of the church in which they worshipped. For a quarter of a cen tury Mr. Orr served as one of the elders of the church and not only gave liberally to its support but also labored with hand and heart for its spiritual and temporal welfare. It was largely through his instrumentality that the church indebtedness was lifted about two weeks before his death. For many years he was a trustee of Wabash College, to which he left a bequest in aid of the library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
