• Born November 19, 1810 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.
• Parents were CHRISTOPHER ORMSBEE and PERSIS GATES.

• Married ELIZABETH MILLER on January 1, 1833 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Elizabeth was born November 27, 1811 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; and died January 5, 1879 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

• Occupation - Blacksmith
• Died April 18, 1881 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.
• Both Ira and Elizabeth are buried in Center Cemetery, Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

1. EMILY ELIZABETH ORMSBEE, born November 2, 1833 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died January 30, 1911 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Married DANIEL WEBSTER GATES on November 6, 1860 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

2. GEORGE ORMSBEE, born August 8, 1836 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died April 13, 1874 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Married JULIETTE FRENCH on June 18, 1868.

3. CHARLES ORMSBEE, born August 2, 1838 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died December 22, 1922 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. He never married.

4. DANIEL GATES ORMSBEE, born May 11, 1841 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died June 11, 1864 in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. Buried in Center Cemetery, Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

5. JULIA MARIA ORMSBEE, born November 22, 1843 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died February 18, 1921 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Buried in Center Cemetery, Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

6. PERSIS ESTELLA ORMSBEE, born May 7, 1847 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died April 7, 1881 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Buried in Center Cemetery, Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

7. IRA ARTEMAS ORMSBEE, born april 3, 1849 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

8. ALBERT FRANKLIN ORMSBEE, born July 9, 1851 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Married LIZZIE PAULINE KNOWLTON on April 19, 1899 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

9. LILLA L. ORMSBEE, born in 1854 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont; died January 9, 1865 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vemront. Buried in Center Cemetery, Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

10. LESLIE JOSEPH ORMSBEE, born about 1856 in Vermont.

11. child ORMSBEE, born and died in 1859 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont.

SOURCE: 1860 Windham County, Vermont Census