Brief Life History of Orrin Orlando
When Orrin Orlando Barrus was born on 29 May 1870, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Barrus, was 31 and his mother, Lovina Ann Steele, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Clark on 3 February 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 October 1958, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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- Orlando O Barrus, "United States 1950 Census"
- Orlando Barrus, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Barrows .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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