This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Orton, Strong, Adams Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1154 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 895. LANCASTER THOMAS ORTON, Lancaster, grain buyer, in the employ of F. W. Strong, has been with this firm since March, 1879. He is a native of London, England, born July 20, 1854; came to America with his parents in February, 1863, and settled in Lancaster; his father was a publisher and bookbinder, and died two weeks after his arrival; his mother died April 17, 1880. Dec. 9, 1878, he was married to Miss Lizzie Adams, of British Hollow. [I am not related to this family. I'm just posting this as a service and I hope it helps!]