Smith Orr

As printed in 1910

SMITH ORR, M. D.

The subject of this sketch, who for many years was one of the representative medical practitioners of Grant county, Oregon, is the only living representative of the Orr family for whom the town of Orrville was named, and is the only surviving child of the late Hon. William M. Orr. Doctor Orr was born in the eastern part of Wayne county, Ohio, on the 23d of November, 1849. He is the oldest of four children born to his parents, the others being: John, who was born July 20, 1851, and is now deceased; William S., who was born February 4, 1856, and is deceased; and Mrs. S. M. Brenneman, born January 8, 1858, and died January 5, 1909, leaving a husband and two daughters.

Dr. Smith Orr was reared in Wooster until he was fourteen years old, when he removed with his father to Orrville. He received his education in the public schools of Wooster and Orrville, supplementing this by attendance at the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, Ohio. Having then determined to make the practice of medicine his life work, the subject entered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, where he graduated in 1876, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He at once entered upon the active practice of his profession, locating first at Hardin, Lasalle county, Illinois, but subsequently removing to Canyon City, Oregon. He was a successful practitioner, commanding a large and remunerative patronage, and stood high among the men of his calling. In 1892, on account of the death of his father, Doctor Onreturned to Orrville and has since devoted his time to looking after his extended landed interests. The Doctor was, while engaged in the practice, considered an unusually good diagnostician and kept in close touch with every advance made in the healing art. He took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic and commanded the confidence of those whom he treated.

Doctor Orr has never married, and is living quietly and unostentatiously at Orrville. He possesses a good library and is a close reader and keen observer of men and events, keeping himself well informed on the current events of the day.

The subject's paternal grandfather. Smith Orr, for whom he was named, owned one of the first houses in Orrville. This house is still standing, having sheltered three generations of the family. Judge Smith Orr died on April 1, 1865.

As printed in History of Wayne County Ohio (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.