Robert
A. ORRELL�S birth occurred in King William's
County, Va., March
30, 1836. His parents', Thomas and Mary Ann (Tuck)
Orrell's,
family consisted of four children, two of whom are living:
William J.,
and our subject, who were reared under the paternal roof,
and received
little or no early educational advantages. In 1856
Robert united
his fortunes with those of Margaret Rasdal, who was born
in Gibson
County, October 5, 1836, and died February 27, 1886,
leaving the
following family: William Thomas, George M., John F.,
Fannie Bell,
Elizabeth Ellen, Rufus E., Arminta G., Marion V., Jeff
Davis, James K.
and three other children deceased. Mr. Orrell farmed
in Arkansas
about six years and then came to Weakley County and
purchased
fifty-eight acres of land, on which he located and has
since resided.
By skillful management and industry he now owns 220
acres. In
1862 he joined Company E, Fourth Arkansas Battalion, and
participated
in some of the principal battles of the late war. He
was captured
at Perryville, Ky., and taken to Louisville, but was
paroled after one
week. He is a Democrat in politics, and James
Buchanan received
his first presidential vote. His father was born in King
William's
County, Va., in 1775. He married Elizabeth Taylor
when about
twenty two years of age. She died in 1834, and he
then married
Mary Tuck. The father came to Montgomery County, Tenn., in
1842.
He made farming his calling through life, and died in
1857. His
wife was born in 1816, and is now living with our subject.
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