Francis W. Orner

"FRANCIS W. ORNER, son of Henry and Sarah (Knouse) Orner, was born February 19, 1828, and first learned the trade of shoe-making. He married Elizabeth Frommeyer, August 19, 1861, and bought his present home, to which he has since added, and which now consists of ninety acres. He taught school for nine sessions before marriage and one session since. He still keeps a shoe shop, and being a natural mechanic operates a regular wood-working establishment; manufactures tubs, churns, harrows and almost everything that is used on a farm. Politically he is a Democrat. He and his wife are the parents of the following children: Theresa A., Emery F., Augustus C. and Pius S."