ZIMMERMAN Orville , a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Glenallen,
Bollinger County, Mo., December 31, 1880; attended the public schools and
Mayfield-Smith Academy, Marble Hill, Mo…
ROBINSON Orville , a Representative from New York;
born in Richfield, Oswego County, N.Y., October 28, 1801;
completed preparatory studies;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1827 and…
HUNGERFORD Orville , a Representative from New York; born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn.,
October 29, 1790; attended the public schools; moved with his father to Watertown, N.Y., in 1804…
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b. Maine, Minn. He received his law degree from Columbia in 1925 and later…
WHITLEY Charles Orville , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Siler City, Chatham County, N.C., January 3, 1927; graduated from Siler City High School, Siler City, N.C., 1943; B.A., Wake…
(Encyclopedia) Wright brothers, American airplane inventors and aviation pioneers. Orville Wright 1871–1948, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and Wilbur Wright, 1867–1912, near New Castle, Ind. Their…
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