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Byron Orvis

Byron Orvis

Male 1847 - 1929  (82 years)


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  • Name Byron Orvis 
    Birth 16 Aug 1847 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Oct 1929 
    Person ID I54861  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family Margaret Eolyn Skinner,   b. 1863   d. Feb 1895, Boylston, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Children 
     1. Percy Leland Orvis  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Ethel A Orvis,   b. 13 May 1879, Boylston, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1929 (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Leah M. Orvis,   b. 23 May 1887, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1977, Mexico, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F18078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • yron Orvis, 82, died at the home of his son, Percy Orvis, Sunday, October 13, 1929, after a short illness.

      Mr. Orvis was the son of Horatio Orvis and Marie Pettit Orvis, and was born in the town of Leray, Jefferson County, August 16, 1847. Besides his son, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Riley, of Lacona, N.Y., and Mrs. Ward Dawley, Mexico N.Y.

      For fifty years Mr. Orvis was engaged in farming at Lacona until about two years ago when he retired from his labors and had since made his home with his son, Percy, two miles north of Mexico.

      Funeral services were held from the home of his son Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Edward Carpenter, M.E. minister, of Lacona, officiating. Interment was made in the Wesleyan cemetery at Lacona. The bearers were D. Morton, Clarence Morton, Roy Morton, and George Southworth.

      Source: Mexico Independent, Oct 17, 1929