Vital Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Thomas Orrill |
| Born | 8 Jul 1869, Pike County, Illinois |
| Died | 4 Jun 1926, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California |
| Father | William Tebbett Orrill (b. 1834, Warwickshire, England). Son of William Orrill (1811-1874, FaG #37543673) and Sarah W. Tebbett (1806-1878, FaG #37543715), married 5 Nov 1832 in Bulkington, Warwick, England. |
| Mother | Eliza F. Miller Chitwood Orrill (b. 1842; d. 1921). Owned the Wilmot hotel (KSGenWeb). |
| Siblings | George A. Orrill (1861-1921, FaG #84803952); Alice Jane Orrill Manker (~1863-1934); Minnie Orrill Hooper (~1866-1934); Annie L. Orrill (1874-1876, died age 2); Arabelle E. Orrill Janes (~1875-1963); Arthur Henry Orrill (~1878-1905) |
| Uncle | John Orrill (b. Oct 1846, Warwickshire, England; d. 1920, FaG #15883897), also Newburg Township, married Susanna Ann Higdon |
| Spouse | Mary Alvira Woodward, known as "Mollie" and "Doll" (m. ~1894) |
| Son | Clinton Woodward "Jack" Orrill (1900-1926) |
| Son | Price Vinton Orrill (1898-1990) |
| Daughter | Alice Ada Orrill Parsons (1896-1966) |
| Occupation | Farmer, Richland Township, Cowley County, Kansas |
Biography
Frederick Thomas Orrill was born on 8 July 1869 in Pike County, Illinois, to William Tebbett Orrill, an English immigrant from Warwickshire, and Eliza F. Miller Chitwood. His mother Eliza owned the hotel in Wilmot, Kansas. The family relocated to Richland Township, Cowley County, Kansas, where Frederick farmed and raised three children with his wife Mary Alvira Woodward (known as "Mollie" or "Doll"): Alice Ada (1896), Price Vinton (1898), and Clinton Woodward (1900), all born in Wilmot. Mary Alvira also had a daughter from her first marriage to Joyce Sinclair Wells: Nina Leta Wells, making Nina the children's half-sister. Frederick built a garage on the farm specifically to house his new Model T Ford. He "rarely had his picture taken," according to his grandchildren, and is absent from the c. 1917 Orrill family portrait. He died on 4 June 1926 in Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, just three months after his son Clinton died from burns sustained in a tar still explosion at the Standard Oil refinery in Sugar Creek, Missouri, on 13 March 1926. He is a paternal grandfather of Gale Fulghum.
All of Frederick's siblings were born in Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois, and the family buried their dead at Bethel Cemetery there. His sister Alice Jane married a Manker; a "Beula Manker" appears as a friend of the Orrill sisters in Wilmot, Kansas (KSGenWeb photo), suggesting the Manker connection followed the Orrills from Pike County to Cowley County.
Photographs
Orrill Farm, c. 1918
!Orrill-Farm-1918.jpg Orrill farm the day Price V. Orrill left it, about 1918. Windmill, barn, silo, and garage Frederick Thomas Orrill built to house his new Model T Ford. (The Virgil Spencers have lived there about the last 45 years and have recently sold the farm.) Source: KSGenWeb Cowley County.
Orrill Sisters at Wilmot Hotel
!Orrill-sisters.jpg Old Wilmot hotel which Frederick's mother owned (Eliza Miller Orrill). Five Wilmot girls in front of it: 1. Fern Lewis, a cousin of the Orrills; 2. Alice Orrill, Price's sister; 3. Velva Orrill, Price's sister; 4. Nina Orrill, Price's oldest and half-sister; 5. Beula Manker, a friend. The picture was on a postcard (no stamp) from Miss Fern Lewis to Dollie (Mary Alvira Orrill, mother to Nina, Velva, and Alice) and Emmett Lewis. Source: KSGenWeb Cowley County.
Prairie View School, c. 1902
!Prairie-View-School--1902.jpg Front row from left: unidentified, Holt, unidentified, Alice Carson, Sidney Shields, Alice Orrill, Velvalee Orrill, and Nina Orrill. Second row from left: Kennedy, Viola Venerable, Arletha Holt, Lydia Lineer, Leo Williams, Tillie Williams, May Carson, Curtis Holt, Morris Kennedy, Tommie Carson, Alta Wallace, Hattie Lineer, Shields, Sadie Ewalt, Teacher, Perry Hooker, and three unidentified boys at far right. Back row from left: Velva Williams, Herb Hooker, Pearl Gupton, Jim Williams, Billeter, Shields, Shields, Kennedy, and unidentified. Source: KSGenWeb Cowley County. Note: Frederick's three daughters (Alice, Velvalee, and Nina) are all identified in the front row.