Author: Orton, Philo Atwood
Biography:
ORTON, Philo Atwood (1804-72: ancestry.com)
Orton had a distinguished ancestor (Thomas Orton, an early settler of Connecticut) and distinguished progeny (his son of the same name was a banker, politician, and judge in Wisconsin) but he seems to have shunned public life himself. He was born in Augusta NY, son of Thomas and Beulah Orton. His "student" publication of 1829 is his only book; by then he was living in Hamilton NY. In 1830 he married Nancy Collins; they had eight children, of whom six sons grew to maturity. In 1839 they moved to Eaton NY and in 1850 to Beloit WI. Their final move was to Darlington WI where at least one of their sons had settled, and where there is a family gravesite. (ancestry.com 21 May 2020; Edward Orton, An Account of the Descendants of Thomas Orton of Windsor, Connecticut [1896] 65) HJ
Other Names:
- P. A. Orton