V. M. Orvis (b. 1814)

ORVIS, TYLER

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/22/2005 at 22:52:09

Orvis, V. M., farmer, Section 29; PO Putnam; born in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1814; moved with his father to Washington Co., New York in 1815, thence to Lake George, New York in 1828, thence to Genesee (now Wyoming) Co., New York, the following year; from thence to Kane Co., Illinois in 1844 and to Winnebago Co., Illinois in 1846 and to this county in 1867. He married Miss M. G. Tyler in 1834; she was born in LeRoy, Wyoming Co., New York in 1818; their children are -- John R., born Nov. 27, 1835; Mary E., April 20, 1839; Matilda A., July 25, 1842; Henrietta M., Aug. 23, 1845; Henry C., Sept. 17, 1849; Delilah E., Dec. 7, 1852; Lucinda R., Sept. 4, 1855. Are Free Will Baptists. He is a Nationalist in politics. He owns 183 acres of land, worth $20 per acre.

Page 620, 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa
Putnam township