Edward W. Orton

Birth Date

1823-10-20

Death Date

1902-09-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Orton. Father of Ann E. Orton, Charles Orton, Victoria Orton, and Florence M. Orton. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 3, 1864, to September 20, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 163A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 733.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 406.
"Edward W. Orton (1823-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial #70809095, accessed October 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70809095.

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