Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Jacob Orahood Family *********************************************** Copyright Jeanne Crews. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Jeanne Crews Email address:Husband: Jacob Orahood Birthdate: abt 1804 Birthplace: Hardy Co., Virginia Death date: 6 Feb 1873 Place of death: Burial: New Mill Creek Cemetery, Union Co., Ohio Father: Caleb Orahood Sr. Mother: Phebe Cubberly Marriage date: 14 Jan 1830 Marriage place: Union Co., Ohio Wife: Priscilla Garret Birthdate: abt 1806 Birthplace: Death date: 31 Dec 1860 Place of death: Iowa Burial: North Branch Cemetery, Madison Co., Iowa Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mary Orahood Sex: f Birthdate: abt 11 Feb 1832 Birthplace: Union Co., Ohio Death date: 8 May 1889 Place of death: Doniphan, Hall Co., Nebraska Burial: Cedar View Cemetery, Hall Co., Nebraska Marriage date: 12 Apr 1851 Marriage place: Union Co., Ohio Spouse's name: John Harshfield Child No. 2: Garret Orahood Sex: m Birthdate: 1836 Birthplace: Union Co., Ohio Death date: 6 Nov 1911 Place of death: DesMoines, Polk Co., Iowa Burial: Marriage date: 1st 8 Sep 1860 2nd about 1894 Marriage place: 1st McDonough Co., Illinois 2nd unknown place Spouse's name: 1 Victoria Pearce 2 Mary Elizabeth Burch Child No. 3: Phebe A. Orahood Sex: f Birthdate: July 1836 Birthplace: Union Co., Ohio Death date: after 1900 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 11 Oct 1856 Marriage place: Logan Co., Ohio Spouse's name: Martin Turner Child No. 4: Walter Walton Orahood Sex: m Birthdate: Nov 1837 Birthplace: Logan Co., Ohio Death date: 20 Nov 1905 Place of death: Carroll Co., Indiana Burial: Marriage date: 9 Feb 1856 Marriage place: Ohio Spouse's name: Lydia Jane Skidmore Child No. 5: Sarah J. Orahood Sex: f Birthdate: abt 1838 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: Dec 1859 Place of death: Prairie Twp., McDonough Co., Illinois Marriage date: Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Melissa Orahood Sex: f Birthdate: abt 1840 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: Nov 1859 Place of death: Prairie Twp., McDonough Co., Illinois Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Jasper Orahood Sex: m Birthdate: abt 1841 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: after 1862 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 8: Elisa E. Orahood Sex: f Birthdate: abt 1844 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: Dec 1859 Place of death: Prairie Twp., McDonough Co., Illinois Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 9: Melville Orahood Sex: m Birthdate: 1845/1847 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: 11 Sep 1918 Place of death: Logan Co., Ohio Burial: East Liberty Cemetery, Logan Co., Ohio Marriage date: 14 Dec 1865 Marriage place: Union Co., Ohio Spouse's name: Margerry "Maggie" Mann Child No. 10: Melvina Orahood Sex: f Birthdate: 1847 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: 1874 Place of death: Hall Co., Nebraska Burial: Marriage date: 1 Jan 1868 Marriage place: Union Co., Ohio Spouse's name: Thomas B. Robb Documentation: Note--Garret and Phebe may have been twins. 1900 census records for each of them looks like birthdate is July 1836 Melvina and Melville were possibly twins and probably born in 1847, though the 1900 census record for Melville indicates that he was born in 1845. Other records indicate a birth year of 1847. http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Union/Untp7.htm HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - 381 Pioneer. - "Jacob Orabood. settled here in Liberty Township in 1823, and resided here thirty years on Mill Creek, moving away in April 1850." 1860 ARAHOOD JACOB 54 M W VA IL MCDONOUGH PRAIRIE TWP 1860 IL, McDonough Co., prairie Cith, page 93 ARAHOOD Jacob, 54, farmer, $7000/$500, VA Prissilla, 53, VA Jasper, 19, $150, OH Melvina, 13, OH Melville, 13, OH 1870 ARAHOOD JACOB 63 M W VA IA MADISON MADISON TWP 1870 living close to Melvina and Thomas Robb (indexed as Rob) Mary Harshfield in Jacob's household, very faint and on next page. Also her children Charles, Aaron and Walter S.