David A. Webb was kind enough to contribute the following information. He extracted his notes from an article that appeared in The Tupelo Journal on May 27, 1910. The lengthy article described the life and accomplishments of Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr.
SOME NOTES FROM THE ARTICLE
> Judge J. A. Orr was 82 when the article was written.
> Judge Orr of Columbus was the last surviving member of the Confederate Congress.
> He graduated from Erskine College in South Carolina. He received his master's degree from Princeton University.
> At the age of 22, he became the secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, in which office he served for two years.
> He was elected to the state legislature from Chickasaw County at age 24.
> At 26 he was appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi.
> At 28 he was a convention delegate.
> In 1861 he was a delegate to the Mississippi State convention that passed the ordinance of secession.
> He served in the provisional Congress from February 1861 to February 1862.
> He was a Colonel in the 31st Mississippi Regiment.
> He resigned (from which office or position is not noted) in April 1864 to take his seat in the Confederate Congress.
> From 1869 to 1876 he served as a judge of the 6th judicial district.
> At the time the article was written, Judge Orr still practiced law.
> His brother was Senator Orr of South Carolina.
Judge Jehu Amaziah Orr was the brother of Judge James L. Orr of Anderson, SC. He was born 10 Apr 1828 in Anderson County, SC and died 09 Mar 1921 in Columbus, MS. He was the son of Christopher Orr and Martha McCann. Another brother, Harvey C. Orr, was a physician in Chickasaw Co., MS.
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