James Robert Orme
b. 1 November 1892, d. 3 December 1943
- Father: Phillip Brackenridge Orme
- Mother: Sallie Ida Miller
- James Robert Orme was born on 1 November 1892 in Italy, Ellis County, Texas.
- He was known as Bob.
- James Robert Orme registered for the draft on 25 May 1917 in Montgomery County, Maryland, while single and an engineering student, resident of Frost, Texas. He reports having service for three years as an infantry corporal in the Texas National Guard.
- The following appeared on 20 May 1918 in The Corsicana Daily Sun: R. B. Orme of Frost has received word that his son, Bob Orme, who is a member of the American Expecitionary Forces in France, has been awarded a War Cross by the French Government for gallantry in action.
Young Orme is only twenty [sic] years of age and has been in France almost a year.
The information was contained in a letter to his father, and also a newspaper clipping from a French newspaper praising the young man for his coolness and bravery. While details are lacking, it i9s known that he led a patrol into No Man's Land and repulsed and killed a number of Germans, thus winning the coveted medal. - He married Mary Katharine Wood, daughter of Bonnie Griffin Wood and Annie Elizabeth Monk.
- James Robert Orme registered for the draft in 1942 in McLennan County, Texas, while living with his wife Katharine at 1909 Proctor in Waco.
- James Robert Orme died on 3 December 1943 at age 51 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas.
- At the time of his death James Robert Orme was living in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, at 1909 Proctor.
- His wife Mary Katharine Wood became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Rosemound Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 1 Sep 2014