Darius Orton
1815 - 1898 (82 years)-
Name Darius Orton [1] Birth 20 Apr 1815 Williamstown, Oswego, New York, USA 
Gender Male Death 24 Mar 1898 Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Person ID I28052 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Baruch Orton, b. 1786, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA d. 18 Jun 1827, Williamstown, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 41 years) Relationship natural Mother Eleanor Upson, b. 18 May 1785, Plymouth, Devon, England d. 16 Oct 1837, Williamstown, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 52 years) Relationship natural Marriage 10 Jun 1809 Connecticut, USA Family ID F8854 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Druzilla Bonney, b. 1816 d. 1889 (Age 73 years) Children 1. Ashbel Orton, b. 29 Aug 1836 d. 4 Aug 1925 (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Lester L. Orton, b. 26 Jan 1849 d. 4 Apr 1913 (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F8890 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - DARIUS ORTON, farmer, P. O. East Greene, was born Apr. 20, 1815, in Williamstown, Oswego Co., N. Y., where his parents, Baruk and Eleanor Orton, both died. Our subject was brought up on a farm. He made a trip to Erie Co. about 1831, staying 3 1/2 years. He then returned to his native county, and was married, Apr. 30, 1835, to Druzilla Bonney, born Aug. 17, 1816, in Oswego County. They remained there until 1847, when they came to this county, and settled where they now reside, on one of the highest points in Erie Co. in the northern part of Venango. To this union were born 9 children, 4 now living -- Ashbel, in Iowa; Lester L.; Mrs. Mima Orton, of La Porte Co., Ind., and Mrs. Frank Estelle Ketcham. Mr. Orton has been an industrious and successful farmer; he is a man of strict integrity, and is respected by all. In politics, he is a Democrat. Lester L. was married, Sept. 12, 1871, to Eliza Raymond, by whom he has 2 children, Milly D. and Leslie Raymond. Mr. Orton learned the blacksmithing in North East and Philipsville.
Source:
Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Venango Township, pp. 195-196.
- DARIUS ORTON, farmer, P. O. East Greene, was born Apr. 20, 1815, in Williamstown, Oswego Co., N. Y., where his parents, Baruk and Eleanor Orton, both died. Our subject was brought up on a farm. He made a trip to Erie Co. about 1831, staying 3 1/2 years. He then returned to his native county, and was married, Apr. 30, 1835, to Druzilla Bonney, born Aug. 17, 1816, in Oswego County. They remained there until 1847, when they came to this county, and settled where they now reside, on one of the highest points in Erie Co. in the northern part of Venango. To this union were born 9 children, 4 now living -- Ashbel, in Iowa; Lester L.; Mrs. Mima Orton, of La Porte Co., Ind., and Mrs. Frank Estelle Ketcham. Mr. Orton has been an industrious and successful farmer; he is a man of strict integrity, and is respected by all. In politics, he is a Democrat. Lester L. was married, Sept. 12, 1871, to Eliza Raymond, by whom he has 2 children, Milly D. and Leslie Raymond. Mr. Orton learned the blacksmithing in North East and Philipsville.
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Sources - [S23] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.
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- [S23] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.