Hi Roger,
The father mentioned in the town history for Orpheus was born October 22, 1818 in New York and died June 20, 1890. He has a memorial that is attached to Orpheus as his father and is a match see Memorial. I will disconnect the current parents on his Wikitree with a research note.
The maternal lineage is mentioned as well as a Harriett A. Swinning born in 1821 of “Germany and Yankee origin”
This has solved the mystery to his conflated parental lineage.
There is a only one Hercules who was his poppa and this is apparently him as the gravestones memorials also match this data.
Thank you