When Orrin Eleazer Barrus was born on 14 September 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Emery Stebbins Barrus, was 36 and his mother, Huldah Abigail Nickerson, was 29. He married Emma Catherine Wilson on 11 December 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1899. He died on 1 August 1906, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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English: variant of Barrows .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSources: Esther Barrus Warner Caroline Hubbard Papers 1860 Lydia Knight in Journal History of the Church 1833 ENSIGN, Magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Nov 1973 This …
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