Background
Orvis, Ellis Lewis was born on November 16, 1857 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Judge John Holden and Caroline Elizabeth (Atwood) Orvis.
Orvis, Ellis Lewis was born on November 16, 1857 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Judge John Holden and Caroline Elizabeth (Atwood) Orvis.
Bachelor of Arts, Pennsylvania State College, 1876, Master of Arts, 1879 (junior oration prize, 1875).
Admitted to bar, January, 1880. Editor Centre Democrat, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1883-1884. Entered law firm Orvis, Bower & Orvis, January 1, 1885.
Elected to proposed Constitutional Convention, 1887.
Delegate to National Democratic Convention (Palmer and Buckner), Indianapolis, 1896. Elected present judge 49th Judicial District, Pennsylvania President Hayes Run Fire Brick Company, Centre Brick & Clay Company, Bellefonte Gas & Steam Heating Company.
Member Disciples’ Church. Member National Geography Society, Philobiblon.
Married Mary Lowrie Lyon, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1884.