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PERRY ORENDORFF, farmer; P. O. Kumler; born in Bloomington Township, McLean Co., July 7, 1842; he is the second son of James K. Orendorff, who was born Dec. 28, 1812, in Kentucky, and came to Illinois with his parents about the year 1817; he located at Blooming Grove in 1823, and was one of the early settlers of this county; he endured all the hardships and privations of frontier life; he served in the Black Hawk war; was a member of Merritt Covel’s company. He was united in marriage with Lavina Sales May 4, 1837; she now lives upon the old homestead; Mr. Orendorff died Jan. 31, 1875, in Bloomington Township, where he had lived for upward of half a century. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools until the fall of 1863, when he entered the Wesleyan University, which he attended until the following spring, when he engaged in farming with his father until the spring of 1869, when he located upon his present place, where he has 240 acres of well-improved land, upon which he has good farm buildings. His marriage with Elizabeth J. Bellville was celebrated April 4,1869; she was born in Galena, Ill., May 14, 1847; they have three children by this union — James D., born April 5, 1872; Carrie L., born Dec. 9, 1876, and Lillie, born Sept. 11, 1878. Mrs. Orendorff is the daughter of C. D. Bellville, who has an extended sketch among the biographies of this township.