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Bio. of James S. Osborne-4351


   Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. II,
   New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1911.  Page 754.  (transcript)

OSBORNE
James Stewart Osborne, of the Osborne family which has been prominent in
Fairfield, Connecticut, from the first settlement of the town, was born
there March 9, 1802.  He married Elizabeth Brown Guilford, born at
Charlestown, Massachusetts, now Boston, November 10, 1806.  Children: James,
a farmer at Hull's Farms, Connecticut; Captain Samuel, a master mariner,
lived at Brooklyn, New York; Mary, married LeGrand Sherwood; Oliver Stewart,
mentioned below; Sarah Jane, deceased.
   (II) Oliver Stewart, son of James Stewart Osborne, was born in Fairfield,
in December 1834, died in March, 1897.  He enlisted in 1861 in Company M,
First Connecticut Heavey Artillery, and served three years in the civil war.
He was badly hurt during the war by having his horse fall upon him.  He was
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.  He married, September 25, 1855,
Ellen Lewis Sturges, born at Fairfield, July 9, 1837 (see Sturges VI).
Children: born at New Haven: Oliver Thomas, November 14, 1862, mentioned
below; Caroline, November 20, 1865, died October 27, 1868.
   (III) Dr. Oliver Thomas Osborne, son of Oliver Stewart Osborne, was born
at New Haven, November 14, 1862.  He attended both private and public
schools in New Haven, and took the classical course at the New Haven
(Hillhouse) high school, from which he was graduated, with honors, and with
the rank of third in a class of more than fifty, in 1882.  He combined the
study of medicine at the Yale Medical School with the work at the New Haven
high school in the year 1882, thus saving a year of time, and graduated with
the degree of M.D. in 1884.  He then went abroad and studied a year in the
Medical University at Leipsic, Germany.  He returned to new Haven in the
fall of 1885, and began the practice of medicine, where he has practised his
profession since that time, making a specialty of internal medicine.  After
teaching in the Yale Medical School as assistant in the Medical Clinic,
later as instructor in Materia Medica and Therapeutics, he was appointed
assistant professor, and was made full Professor of Materia Medica and
Therapeutics in 1895.  He received the degree of A.M. from Yale College in
1899, and received the extra title of Professor of Clinical Medicine in
1906.  He was the instigator of the anti-tuberculosis movement in southern
Connecticut, and was chairman for two years of the original committee for
the furtherance of this object.  After the incorporation and organization of
the New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis Association he became the chairman of
the medical board of the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium for the treatment of
incipient tuberculosis, which position he has held since its inauguration in
1905.  He is a director of the New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis
Association; director of the Elm City Private Hospital Corporation; member
of the council of the American Therapeutic Society; president of the New
Haven Medical Association; vice-prisident of the United States
Pharmacopoeial Convention for the term of 1910 to 1920; member of the
Committee on Revision of the 1910 Pharmacopoeia; chief of the Medical Clinic
of the New Haven Dispensary; director of the National First Aid Association
of America.  He is a member of the New Haven County Medical Society; The
Connecticut Medical Society; American Medical Association; American
Therapeutic Society; National Association for the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis; Connecticut Society of Social Hygiene; Connecticut Academy of
Arts and Sciences, member fo the New Haven Chamber of Commerce.  He has been
editor since July, 1907, of the therapeutic department of the Journal of the
American Medical Association, a weekly journal with a circulation of over
53,000.  He is ex-president of the Hillhouse High School Alumni Association,
of the Yale Medical Alumni Association.  Ex-chairman of the Therapeutic
Section of the American Medical Association, and of the Committee on
Credentials and Arrangements of the United States Pharmacopoeial Convention
of 1910.  Was an accredited delegate to the International Medical Congress
at Budapest, 1909, and read a paper by invitation in the medical section of
that congress.  He is the author of a book on "Introduction to Materia
Medica and Prescription Writing"; of a book on "Therapeutics"; of a
thirteen-page article on Acromegaly and a short article on Fever in Buck's
"Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences"; of the section on
Organotherapy in Cohen's "System of Physiologic Therapeutics"; and of more
than fifty original articles published in various magazines and journals.
He is a Mason, a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 1, New Haven; member of the
Graduates' Club, and of the Union League Club, New Haven.  In politics a
Republican; religious denomination Episcopalian.
   Dr. Osborne married, April 18, 1888, mary Woodward Tyler, of East Haven,
Connecticut, born October, 1865, daughter of Ammi and Harriet Tyler.
Children: Marguerite Nichols, born January 23, 1889; Gertrude Stewart, June
28, 1890, died July 21, 1890.  Dr. Osborne resides at 252 York street, New
Haven.
[Note: This biography continues with a genealogy on the Sturges family,
giving the parents of Ellen Lewis Sturges, wife of Oliver S. Osborne, as
Peter and Harriet C. (Van Vredenburgh) Sturges.]


Bio. of Lewis E. Osborn-7440


   Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, Connecticut,
   Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1902.  Page 435.  (transcript)

   LEWIS E. OSBORN, whose long and useful career has been passed in New
Haven, with the exception of two years in Milwaukee, Wis., was born in the
city with which his life has been associated, May 22, 1836, a son of Walter
Osborn.  In 1851 he returned from Milwaukee to New Haven, to serve an
apprenticeship with his uncle, Minot A. Osborn, at that time the editor of
the Register, with whom he learned the printing business, at which, however,
his health was impaired, and he was obliged to turn to other employment.  In
1880 he became assistant to the treasurer of Yale University, a position he
held until 1890, when he resigned, and is now living retired.
   Mr. Osborn was married Sept. 20, 1858, to R. Sophia Merwin, of New Haven,
a daughter of Samuel E. Merwin, and a sister of Gen. S.E. Merwin.  To Mr.
and Mrs. Osborn have come two children: Henry M., the bursar of Yale,
married Lizzie Ramsdell, now deceased; and Ruby M., who is the wife of
Lieut. Clarence B. Dann, a prominent carriage manufacturer of the city.
Like his father Mr. Osborn holds to the principles of the Democracy, though
he is in no sense a partisan voter only.  He is broad and patriotic in his
ideas, and seeks the best good to the community and the country.  For forty
years he has been associated with Hiram Lodge, No. 1, A.F. & A.M., of New
Haven, and in religious connection belongs to the Church of the Redeemer.
Walter Osborn, in whose death, July 3, 1880, New Haven lost one of its
old-time business men, long respected and esteemed, was descended from a
family identified with New Haven from its very beginning.  Mr. Osborn was
born Dec. 21, 1805, in New Haven, a son of Eli and Elizabeth (Augur) Osborn.
Eli Osborn was a merchant tailor on State Street, and a man of high
character.  Minot A. Osborn, another son of Eli, and a brother of Walter
Osborn, was editor and publisher of the Register, and a sketch of his life
and character may be found on another page.  In his early manhood Walter
Osborn was associated with Albert Walker in the cabinet-making and furniture
business.  With him in 1833 he erected a building which was afterward
occupied by William H. Bradley as a carriage factory, and which is still
standing, on Chapel street.  In 1849 Mr. Osborn moved to Milwaukee, Wis.,
but returned in 1853 to his old home, where in company with his
brother-in-law, Mr. Stanley, he formed one of the principal coal firms of
New Haven.  For a time he was inspector of customs, under his brother, Minot
A. Osborn, who was for eight years collector of customs in New Haven.
   Walter Osborn was chosen collector of the town and city taxes in 1860, a
position he filled until 1875.  At that time the growth of the business of
the office and the advanced age which he had attained, compelled his
retirement from active life.  While he was collector the office was never
under better management, and many of his wise business methods are still in
vogue.  In his later years Mr. Osborn was called to take the difficult
position of a receiver of the Townsend Savings Bank, which he filled with
admirable skill and courtesy.  When he died he was a director of the
National New Haven Bank.  He was a veteran in the famous military
organization known as the New Haven Grays.  Mr. Osborn commanded the
confidence of his townsmen to a remarkable degree, and when a candidate for
tax collector, received many votes from those of the opposite faith.  His
political affiliations were with the Democratic party, but during the Civil
War he was an ardent Union man, and did all in his power to support the
Government.
   Mr. Osborn was married Sept. 17, 1833, to Miss Mary Jane Reemer, of
Derby, Conn., by whom he had the following children: E. Walter (mentioned
below), Lewis E., George W. (an attorney at New Haven), Minot R. (who died
in New Haven when eighteen years old), Mary Jane (who is the wife of Wilbur
F. Day, president of the New Haven National Bank) and William F. (who is
connected with the American Sugar Refining Co., of New York City).
   E. Walter Osborn, the eldest son, gave a promising young life to his
country during the Civil War.  The following reference was made to him in
Atwater's "History of New Haven:"

   Still another family in the same Congregation was smitten in the spring
of 1865, when Major E. Walter Osborn, of the 15th Regiment, having been
mortally wounded in North Carolina, and taken prisoner, died in captivity.
He was born in New Haven, and was thirty years old at the time of his death.
He was for several years a captain of the Grays, and at all times was an
active and enthusiastic member of that popular organization, which he
commanded at the first battle of Bull Run, when the Grays were in the Second
Regiment.  When the 15th Regiment was formed, he was made major, in which
position he had nearly completed his three years of enlistment.  He was on
detached service when his regiment moved to battle, and on his own
application secured permission to rejoin his comrades, and share their
fortunes.  His equable and generous temperament, his unselfishness, and his
kindly manner, joined with high manly attributes, attracted love and
confidence.  His death was sincerely mourned by the brave men, who had known
him in cammp and battle.


Bio. of Wilbur Fisk Day-7447


   Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. II,
   New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1911.  Page 1163. (transcript)
   (Bio. accompanied by portrait.)

<Initial part of bio. of Wilbur Fisk Day was not transcribed.>
   (VII) Wilbur Fisk, son of Zelotes Day, was born in New Haven,
Connecticut, January 9, 1838, died September 2, 1905.  Directly descended
from Robert Day, the pioneer ancestor, on the paternal side, and on the
maternal side from David Atwater, one of the original planters of New Haven.
Wilbur F. Day inherited the sterling qualities of these New England
ancestors.  During his long business career in the city of his birth he was
distinguished as an upright and public-spirited citizen, a most honorable
man.  Early in his career he became bookkeeper for the old New Haven Bank,
now the National New Haven Bank.  He was rapidly advanced to the position of
president, in which capacity he served until his death, a period of
thirty-seven years.  He was at the time of his election the youngest man but
one in the United States holding the position of bank president, being but
thirty-one years of age.  He was identified with many business interests in
addition to that of president of the aforementioned bank, of which he was
the animating and controlling spirit, making the instituition distinguished
for soundness and safety.  He served as trustee of Connecticut Savings Bank;
director of the Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Company, and of the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company; and was on many advisory boards;
connected with charitable organizations; auditor of Yale University for many
years previous to his death; chairman of the sinking fund commission of the
city of New Haven; chairman of the Clearing House of the New Haven Banks
since its organization, and treasurer of the Shore Line Railroad for a long
period during its corporate existence.  He served the city on the board of
councilmen in his younger days, and later as alderman.  In politics he was
an ardent and consistent Republican.  Possessing the deepest religious
convictions, he was for many years previous to his death junior warden of
Christ Church.  With high ideals he represented the typical gentleman of the
old school.  He was one of New Haven's very best citizens.  Thoroughly
identified with her past and present, he so lived and worked as to do her
honor.  His uprightness was a tower of strength to all whose affairs were in
his hands, and his quietly persistent attention to duty gave him constantly
increasing skill and efficiency.  He possessed a keen and comprehending
mind, which concerned itself with that which is best in literature and art,
and he paid careful attention to matters of public interest.  He was a good
conversationalist, and had a fine perception, also possessed a fund of wit
and humor.  He was benevolent and quietly beneficient, and although friendly
in his disposition, was not at all demonstrative.  The dearest spot on earth
to him was his home, and he was a most devoted husband and father.  His
whole life was one of consistent integrity, quick industry, and strict
fidelity to duty.
   Mr. Day married, October 5, 1864, Mary Jane, daughter of Walter and Mary
J. (Remer) Osborn.  Children: 1. Walter Osborn, born August 7, 1867, died in
infancy.  2. Arthur Herbert, born September 9, 1868; graduate of Sheffield
Scientific School, Yale University, 1899; secretary of the National Pipe
bending Company; married, April, 1891, Delia Baxter, daughter of Edmund
Payson Bailey, of Chicago, Illinois; children: Katherine Baxter, July 11,
1892; Walter Bailey, December 30, 1894; Mary Osborn, December 31, 1899.
3. Wilbur Fisk, born August 30, 1871; graduate of the Sheffield Scientific
School, Yale University, 1892.  4. Osborn Atwater, born October 2, 1877;
graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1899, and of
the Yale Law School; attorney at 42 Church street, New Haven.
   Walter Osborn, father of Mrs. Wilbur Fisk Day, was born December 21,
1805.  He was descended from the immigrant ancestor who came to New Haven in
1637, with Rev. John Davenport, from Bedfordshire, England.  He was the
eldest son of Eli Osborn, born November 4, 1777, who married, March 18,
1804, Elizabeth Auger, born October 11, 1779.  Walter Osborn married,
September 17, 1833, Mary Jane Remer, of Derby; her maternal grandfather,
Captain Joseph Riggs, was a soldier of the revolution, related to and
associated with General Humphries, of Derby, in various enterprises.  In
1860 Walter Osborn was elected collector of town and city taxes, an office
he held until 1875, when advancing years and the great growth of business
compelled him to retire.  After his retirement he was appointed to the
receivership of the Townsend Savings Bank, and he executed this trust with
singular efficiency and despatch<sic>.  He was also a director of the
National New Haven Bank.  He was a veteran member of the famous military
organization of his native city, the New Haven Grays.  He was a Democrat in
politics, and an earnest supporter of the government during the civil war.
His eldest and namesake son, major of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteer
Regiment, gave his life for his country.


Bio. of Louis H. Osborne


   Portrait and Biographical Record of Harford and Cecil Counties, MD,
   New York, Chapman Publishing Co., 1897.  Page 345.  (transcript)

LOUIS H. OSBORNE.  On the banks of the Sassafras River lies the village of
Fredericktown, where the subject of this sketch was reared and where he is
now engaged in the mercantile business.  While much of his life has been
passed in this place, he has been in many other portions of the United
States and has become familiar with customs of people in other sections of
the country.  However, he believes there is no state like old Maryland and
no county that can compare with Cecil.  The place where for generations his
forefathers dwelt is the one most dear to him, and here he expects to spend
his remaining years.
   A native of Kent County, Md., Mr. Osborne was born in 1852 upon the
anniversary of the day remembered by American people as that upon which
George Washington was born.  His parents, Edward L. and Christian J. (Hall)
Osborne, were natives, respectively of Maryland and New Jersey and had a
family of five children, namely: Charles T., deceased; Mary F.; Edward L.,
deceased; Louis H. and Emma.  The paternal grandfather, Groom Osborne, was
born in Maryland and here spent his entire active life engaged in mercantile
pursuits.  In the schools of Fredericktown our subject received a fair
education that fitted him to make his own way in the world.  In early
manhood he took up fishing and was thus employed on the Chesapeake Bay about
six years.  Afterward for five years he followed railroading and was engaged
in construction work in Indiana, Michigan and Illinois.  For four years
prior to going west he was interested in the lime business in Frederktown.
After his return to this place, he opened a general store in 1889 and has
since conducted a profitable business among the people of the surrounding
country. He is not active in politics, but always votes the Democratic
ticket and is interested in the success of his party.
   Mr. Osborne married Grace Hopkins, who was born in Maryland, a member of
a family identified with the history of this state for many generations.
The only child born of this union was Mary, who died at the age of eleven
months.


Bio. of James H. Osborne


   Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut,
   Part 1, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1901.  Page 103.  (transcript)

   JAMES H. OSBORNE, M.D. (deceased), was not only prominent as the
acknowledged leading medical practitioner of Southington, but during his
long residence in the town identified himself with every interest for local
improvement and benefit.
   The Doctor was born in Bridgeport, Conn., July 12, 1845, received his
early education at Fairfield (N.Y.) Academy, and his medical training at the
New York Homeopathic Medical College, graduating from the latter as
valedictorian of the class of 1867.  During his long and varied experience
as an active practitioner he built up an enviable practice, and gained a
high standing as a profound thinker and man of broad intelligence, which he
used for the general good.  His profession naturally absorbed the greater
part of his attention, but he was deeply interested in scientific questions
of every nature, as well as current events, and his opinions always
commanded respect.  He was well known in his neighborhood as an interesting
and enthusiastic speaker on any subject which he championed, and was popular
among his fellow citizens of all classes.  Local public affairs always had
their share of his attention, especially those pertaining to the mental and
physical well-being of his towns-people, and the cause of education and
improvements of the town schools always received his hearty support.  The
Doctor was secretary of the board of school visitors for twenty-one years,
for thirteen years chief of the fire department, and for twenty-four years
health officer.  He was a director in the Southington Savings Bank.
   Fraternally Dr. Osborne was well known, affiliating with Friendship
Lodge, No. 33, F. & A.M., of which he was past master; Triune Chapter,
R.A.M., of which he was past high priest; and Temple Council, No. 32, of
which he was T.I.M.  His death, on Jan. 7, 1901, was the result of an
apoplectic shock occurring three days before.  He left a wife, Annie (Finch)
Osborne.


Bio. of Henry Hayden Osborne-10363


   Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut,
   Part 1, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1901.  Page 145.  (transcript)

   HENRY HAYDEN OSBORN (deceased), in his day a well-known and highly
esteemed farmer of Haydens Station, town of Windsor, was truly a remarkable
man.  When nearing his eightieth birthday he was as active as one thirty
years younger, though he was dependent upon his own resources for a
livelihood since a child of three years, and had worked hard in all kinds of
weather and under very difficult circumstances, being knocked around from
place to place, where he worked at various occupations, but principally
farming.
   Mr. Osborne was born in the town of Windsor, Aug. 21, 1819, a son of
Harry and Keziah (Hayden) Osborne.  The father was a native of East Windsor
and as a young man came to Windsor, where he married, his wife being a
representative of the old Hayden family of that town.  She died when our
subject was but four years old, and the father, who was employed throughout
life as a farm hand in Windsor, passed away when less than fifty years of
age.  Of their four children, Julia married and spent her last years in
Hartford, where her death occurred; and two daughters died in infancy.
   H.H. Osborne, the only survivor of this family, was "put out" with a
farmer at the age of three years, and had to make his own way in the world,
working at first as chore boy for his board and clothes.  His educational
privileges were limited to a short attendance at the schools in the vicinity
of Haydens Station.  At the age of eleven years he went to Suffield, and
later worked at various places for different men.  On Oct. 2, 1865, he
married Miss Jane E. Hatheway, of Suffield, a daughter of Lucius and Maria
(Stanley) Hatheway.  She was born Feb. 11, 1831.  In 1866 Mr. Osborne
returned to Windsor, and worked on the farm of Ephraim A. Judson, at Haydens
Station, who at his death gave to our subject the place for taking care of
him.
   Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, namely Louise H., an
estimable young lady who resides at home; and Francis H., an employe of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., who is also living at home.
The latter married Nettie L. Ashwell, and has two children: Frank H. and
Harry Frederick.
   In the course of his life Mr. Osborne met with many serious accidents,
including broken ribs and arms, an injured leg and other painful injuries;
but notwithstanding these he, in his old age, was still well preserved and
very active and energetic.  Politically he was a Democrat, but took little
interest in politics, seldom voting except at Presidential elections.  Mr.
Osborne died July 31, 1899, within three weeks of his eightieth birthday,
and after an illness of only three days.


Bio. of Mrs. (Ida Osborne-8432) James T. Hill


   Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut,
   Part 2, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1901.  Page 1087.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of H.A. Osborne]

   OSBORNE FAMILY, from which Mrs. James T. Hill, of Suffield, descends,
were among the early settlers of the State, and the surviving members are
classed with its most prominent and respected citizens.
   David Osborne, great-grandfather of the lady mentioned above, was a
native of Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., and was a hero of the war of the
Revolution.  After the close of that struggle he settled with his family in
Granby, was reared to farming, and married Betsey Wilcox, also a native of
Granby.  To this union were born eleven children, in the following order:
William and Riley, deceased; James, still living at the advanced age of
eighty-six years; Louise, who died in Iowa; Linus, deceased; Melzar, who
went to Arizona; Lydia, married to Edwin B. Alderman, of South Riverside,
Cal.; Lewis, who died in California; David, who lives in Iowa; Henry, a
resident of Plainville, Conn.; and Leverett, who died in California.
William Osborne, the father, was first a Democrat in politics, but later
became a Prohibitionist, and had always been noted for his temperate habits
and upright life.  He lived in Otis, Mass., many years, but died at an
advanced age in Anamose, Iowa.
   William Osborne, the eldest child in the above named family, and the
father of Mrs. James T. Hill was born in Otis, Berkshire Co., Mass., in
1807.  He was thirteen years of age when the family moved to Westfield,
where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools.  In
that city he was form some years engaged in the manufacture of whips, and
also carried on a lumber business.  In 1858 he came to Suffield, Conn., and
bought the Cobb farm of fifty-four acres, erected a dwelling, barns and
tobacco sheds, and devoted his attention to tobacco growing, stock raising
and general farming.  He was very successful in all his enterprises, and
attained considerable prominence in the community.  First a Whigh in
politics, he later became a Democrat, but was never a seeker after office.
In his church views he was liberal, but always lived up to the golden rule,
and was renowned for his nice sense of honor, integrity and temperance.  He
was affable in manner and generous to a fault, and was honored and respected
wherever known.
   Mr. Osborne married, at Agawam, Hampden Co., Mass., Miss Betsey Bailey, a
native of Groton, New London Co., Conn., and a daughter of Nathan Bailey.
This union was blessed with four children: Maria, wife of Henry Bramen, of
Springfield, Mass.; William B., who died in 1873; Mary L., who died young;
and Ida Henrietta, the wife of James T. Hill, of Suffield.
   Mrs. Ida H. (Osborne) Hill was educated in the district schools of
Suffield, and at the Connecticut Literary Institute, in the same town, and
in 1880 was married to James T. Hill, who was born in Shutesbury, Franklin
Co., Mass., a son of Oliver Hill.  In politics Mr. Hill is a Republican, and
he had his wife are members of the Baptist Church.  They reside on the old
Osborne homestead in Suffield, where Mr. Hill is engaged in general farming
and tobacco growing and is prospering.  To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hill
have been born: Bessie Maria and Bertha Mary (twins), who are remarkably
bright girls, and are now students at the Connecticut Literary Institute,
and are well advanced in their studies.
   Mrs. Betsey (Bailey) Osborne, mother of Mrs. Hill, died at the home of
her daughter on the farm March 17, 1885, a devout member of the Baptist
Church and a truly good woman, and her remains are interred in the Suffield
cemetery, beside those of her husband, who passed away Dec. 6, 1890.
   Mrs. Hill is a lady of culture, with esthetic instincts and love of art,
and is well read in current literature.  She is, moreover, blessed with
sound business judgment, and as a housekeeper is unexcelled in the county.
She and husband enjoy the confidence and respect of the entire community in
which they live, and the children are the admiration of the neighborhood.


Bio. of H.A. Osborne-8421


   Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut,
   Part 2, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1901.  Page 1443.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Mrs. James T. Hill]

   H.A. OSBORNE was born at Granby, Hartford county, as were also his
father, William, and his grandfather, David, both of whom were farmers.
William Osborne was the fourth of seven children, the names of the others in
the order of their birth being David, Basha, Lyman, Ethop, Sylvia and Melza.
All the family were ardent patriots during the struggle for independence.
   William Osborne's first employment was on the farm of Judge Hillier,
while he was still a young man.  After reaching maturity he married, and
became a landowner himself.  His wife was Betsey Wilcox, and they raised a
large family of children, a brief mention of whom will be found of interest.
William, now deceased, was a resident of Suffield, in which town his brother
James yet lives; Riley, deceased, had his home in Westfield; Louise married
Frank Gillette, of Westfield, and they lived for a time at Burlington, but
later removed to Animosa, Iowa, where he opened a store, and where both have
since died; Melza and Lewis were among the Argonauts of '49 -- the latter
has passed away, but Melza is still a resident of California; Linas
emigrated from Connecticut to Iowa (he was preeminent as a peace maker, his
amiable disposition and innate sense of justice well qualifying him for the
delicate and difficult duties of such a position); Lydia became the wife of
Mr. Alderman, of Suffield, and they removed to Marion, Iowa, where her
husband engaged in business, and where their son, Ediom, a captain of an
Iowa milition regiment, yet lives (Mr. and Mrs. Alderman, however, turned
their faces toward the Pacific slope, and he is at present the owner of an
orange grove at South Riverside, Cal.); David also found a home in Iowa,
buying land in the town of Cass, in Jones county, where he has become an
exceedingly prosperous farmer; Leverett migrated to California in 1862, and
died there.  Generally speaking, the family has been unusually successful,
and it has no members who have not been upright men or women and useful,
valuable citizens.  The father, William Osborne, was himself a man of
exceptionally good business ability.  He took little interest in public
affairs but was a man of sterling worth, although not a member of any
church.  His declining years were passed in Iowa, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Gillette, where he passed away at the age of eighty-seven
years.  His wife had preceded him in 1837.
   H.A. Osborne was born June 9, 1833.  His early educational advantages
were not of the best, being confined to such as were obtainable at the
district school of that early date.  His school days came to an end when he
was thirteen years old, but he has sought to supplement his early
deficiencies by a course of well-directed reading.  His life has been one of
hard work, but his toil has been crowned with the success which his industry
and perseverance merited.  Shortly after leaving school, he began life's
battle by entering the employ of Alfred Spencer, at a yearly compensation of
$150.  At the age of fifteen he was working in the large Austin Cigar
Factory for $200 per year.  The following year he went to Broad Brook, where
for twelve months he was a clerk in the general store of Kingley & Hamilton.
His next situation was in a cassimere factory, and after quitting that
employment he went to Plainville (1852), where he secured work as a spinner
in a knitting mill.  An opportunity presenting itself to obtain work as a
brass molder, he offered his services to Peck & Smith, who placed him in
charge of their brass department, a position which he staisfactorily filled
for fourteen years, still retaining his home at Plainville.  In 1868, he
went to Iowa, but returned after twelve months and entered a cottonette
factory.  After thirteen years spent there, he was compelled to abandon work
temporarily, on account of ill health.  A few years later, however, in 1887,
he purchased a brass foundry at New Britain, which he has conducted ever
since.  The venture has proved successful, and he has built up a profitable
business.
   Himself a self-made man, and deprived of educational advantages in his
early youth, Mr. Osborne all the more keenly appreciates their value for
others.  For twelve years he has served on the school board; and he is
regarded as one of the representative men of Plainville, having served as
one of the selectmen of that town.  On National issues he is a Democrat, but
in local elections he is able to rise above partisanship.  He was one of the
charter members of Franklin Council, Order of United American Mechanics, and
still retains his connection with that organization.
   Mr. Osborne married Martha, daughter of Ira Howe, of Plainville, and by
her has two children: Frank G., for twelve years engaged in the meat
business at Plainville, and Lillian, at home.


Bio. of William Morgan Orsbourn


   Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and,
   Franklin Counties, Kansas, Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1899.
   Page 798.  (transcript)

   WILLIAM MORGAN ORSBOURN, who owns a farm of two hundred and fifty acres
on the Marais des Cygnes, in Peoria Township, Franklin County, was born
April 11, 1866, in a house that stood about two hundred yards from the site
of his present home.  His father, Madison, was born in Henry County, Ky.,
August 13, 1827, and received a common-school education.  Learning the
saddler's trade he followed it in Kentucky until 1849, when he settled in
western Missouri.  After two years there he went to another part of the
state.  In 1855 he came to Kansas and took up a claim in Brown County, but
owing to poor health he sold it in 1857.  The next year he came to Franklin
County.  At the land sale in Paoli in 1858 he bought four hundred acres
situated in Peoria Township.  Of this, one hundred and sixty acres were in
timber land on the Marais des Cygnes.  He put two hundred and forty acres
under fence and later planted a hedge.  Fifteen acres he set out in an
orchard, which became the finest orchard in the county, and on the place may
be seen now some pear trees that were brought from Kansas City (then known
as Westport Landing) and planted here forty years ago.  As he met with
success he added to his holdings until he had at one time six hundred acres.
For a time he made a specialty of breeding Durham stock.  Later he became
interested in Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China hogs, and Clydesdale and
Norman horses.  Our subject now has on his farm a horse that descends from
an Indian pony bred to Norman stock, and that weighs fifteen hundred and
twenty pounds.  It was his pride to improve everything he handled, whether
potatoes or Norman horses.  All of the shade trees on the homestead were
set out by him.
   During the war Madison Orsbourn was a stanch Union man and a war
Democrat.  While his large business interests prevented him from enlisting
in the army, he became a member of the state militia and assisted in Price
out of Kansas.  In the latter part of the war he began to erect the present
residence, but was not able to complete it until 1867.  At the time of
Quantrell's raid the Confederate raiders passed over the ridge immediately
south of the farm house.  In common with all settlers, Mr. Orsbourn suffered
from the heavy drought of 1860-61, when for eighteen months no rain fell.
His crop of corn in 1859 furnished him seed for 1860, but that season the
corn only grew knee-gigh, and the 1859 crop also furnished the seed for
1861.  Grasshoppers came in swarms and even ate the leaves off the trees in
the orchards, the years 1869 and 1874 being the worst years of that plague.
The present barn was built in 1873.  In 1881 he had an attack of pneumonia,
which, combined with neuralgia, left him incapacitated for work.  In the
fall of 1884 he went to California for his health and spent the winter
there, returning to Kansas much improved by the trip.  He had been a very
energetic man prior to his illness, with ambition much beyond his physical
powers, but although he regained his health to some extent, he was never
afterward able to engage in active business.  In 1896 he went to Colorado,
where he remained from June to September, and, returning home ill with
mountain fever, he died on the 16th of the latter month.  He was an upright,
moral man, and his death was a loss to the community.
   In Doniphan, Brown County, Kans., in 1856, Mr. Orsbourn married Elizabeth
Harden, by whome he had two sons and five daughters, and who died March 8,
1886.  Their children are as follows: Mary L., who is with our subject;
Nancy Rebecca, who has been twice married, and now the wife of W.M. Langdon;
John S., a farmer and stockman in Atchison County, Kans.; Lizzie and Sarah
(twins), the former deceased in 1882 and the later in 1898; William Morgan;
and Effie A., who died in 1883.  Our subject was educated in common schools
and Baker University at Baldwin.  He taught school for a year, then worked
for a year in the asylum at Topeka, spent a similar period in the Little
Rock asylum, and later was employed in St. Joseph, Mo.  April 2, 1891, he
married Nona Gwyn, of that city, after which he engaged in farming and
stock-raising in Atchison County, Kans., for five years. Upon the death of
his father, in 1896, he was appointed administrator, and returned to
Franklin County to superintend the home place.  He was successful in
collecting all amounts due the estate, which consisted of $13,000 in
personal property, besides the estate of six hundred acres.  Final
settlement was made in August, 1899.  He is a man of excellent business
ability and is superintending his part of the estate successfully.  Though
urged by his Democratic friends to accept office he has alway refused to
become a candidate, preferring to give his time to private affairs.  He and
his wife have three children: Ethel Gertrude, Laura Myrl and Eveline Gladys.


Bio. of Hiram H. Osborne


   Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches
   of the Leading Citizens of Hampden County, Massachusetts,
   Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Co., 1911.  Page 318.  (transcript)

   HIRAM H. OSBORNE, a resident of Chicopee Falls, a well-known milk
merchant, was born in Blandford, Hampden County, Mass., May 7, 1855.  He
was son of Cyrus and Catherine L. (Burdick) Osborne, grandson of Harlow and
Polly (Cowell) Osborne, and great-grandson of Luke and Aquilla (Bailey)
Osborne.  Luke Osborne was one of the early settlers of Blandford, and was a
blacksmith as well as a farmer by occupation.  Both he and his wife lived to
an advanced age, and had a large family of children.  Out of the number,
fifteen, twelve lived to grow to maturity, whose names are here given --
Harlow, James, Luke, Ebenezer, Selvin, Laurie, Tryphena, Rena, Harriet,
Fanny, Dorcas, and Melissa.
   Harlow, the grandfather of Hiram Osborne, was born in Blandford, and
married quite early in life, after which he bought a farm near the town,
repaired the buildings which were upon it, built a new house for his
residence, and having attended to all these matters set to work at farming,
and continued that occupation during the many years of his life.  He was
successful in his agriculture, and acquired a comfortable competence before
his death, which occurred at the age of forty-six years, his wife living to
be sixty-eight years old. They left eight children, who were named,
respectively, Amos, Cyrus, Lydia, Caroline, Lewis, Henry, and Martin and
Marvin, twins.
   Cyrus, son of Harlow and father of Hiram H. Osborne, of this sketch, was
born also in Blandford, in the month of June, 1824. He succeeded to the
vocation of farming, and bought the old homestead, and carried on the farm
for some years.  In 1881 he exchanged the old homestead for twenty acres of
land at Chicopee Falls, on the east side of the town, to which he added
twenty more, and then established a milk route, keeping from twelve to
fifteen cows and selling milk in Chicopee.  As his business increased he was
obliged to purchase supplies from the farmers of the neighborhood, and had a
very fair income from this undertaking.  In 1884 he sold part of his first
purchase of land, comprising twenty acres, and divided it into building
lots.  This being put into market was soon purchased.  Streets were laid
out, and the sections is to-day nearly filled with fine residences.  Mr.
Osborne sold out the milk business to his son, and retired from active
labor, still remaining a resident of Chicopee Falls, in a handsome house he
had himself built on Cochran Street.
   Mrs. Cyrus Osborne, formerly Miss Catherine L. Burdick, was the daughter
of John and Elenora (Warfield) Burdick.  They were farmers, and lived to an
advanced age.  John Burdick was seventy-six when he died and his wife
eighty-two.  Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and John
Burdick was a Democrat in his political opinions.  They were the parents of
four children -- Sarah, Catherine, William, and Jennette.  Cyrus and his
wife Catherine have six children, who are named as follows: Eletta, wife of
E. Van Horn, resides at Westfield; Hiram H. is our subject; Theresa, wife of
H. Ford, has one child, and resides at Chicopee Falls; Sarah E., wife of
F.O. Cook, lives at Chicopee Falls, and has five children; Carried, wife of
W. Hamilton, also resides at Chicopee Falls; Addie; and Lizzie(deceased).
Cyrus Osborne was a Republican in politics, and the family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
   Hiram H. Osborne was educated in the schools of Blandford, and grew up in
the town, working with his father and sharing in the farm labors till he was
twenty-three years old.  It was soon after that time that his father
purchased land in Chicopee Falls; and, when their removal took place, Hiram
went along with his father, and soon joined him in partnership in the milk
business.  He now carries it on independently and with merited success, and
has enlarged his distribution, handling now two hundred and sixty quarts of
milk per day and using two large refrigerators.  Most of the product is
bought from the country farms, and is conducted, as such a business should
be, in a prompt and systematic manner, reflecting credit upon Mr. Osborne
and his father, who have brought forward this enterprise with so much of
good management.
   On April 22, 1884, Mr. Osborne married Miss Mary E. Aiken, who was born
March 23, 1854, the daughter of John and Olive (Andrews) Aiken, residing in
Springfield, Mass.  Her father, John Aiken, was a carpenter and bridge
builder by trade, and was a soldier of the late war of the Rebellion.  John
and Olive Aiken had five children -- Mary E., Alice L., Carrie A., John H.,
and Olive.  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are parents of two children -- Raymond,
born March 15, 1888; and Paul W., born October 5, 1894.  In 1888 Mr. Osborne
built a fine house, at No. 87 Cochran Street, Chicopee Falls, where he
resides with his family.  He is a Republican.


Bio. of William Osborn-9566


   Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County,
   New York, Boston, Boston History Co., 1896.  Pt. 3, page 68.
   (transcript)

   Osborn, William, was born in Sangerfield, May 9, 1809.  As a boy he worked
in his father's store and taught school for two winters.  At the age of
twenty-seven he was one of the commissioners for distributing the stock of
the Oneida National Bank.  In 1837 he went to Michigan to join an emigrating
corps to locate the line of the Michigan Central Railway, and in 1841 he
returned to Waterville and engaged in farming until 1845, when he sold his
farm, excepting ten acres for a homestead, and went to Missouri, where he
took an interest in the contract for building the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railroad, a contract amounting to $6,000,000, and they completed the railroad
in 1849-50.  He then organized the company to build the flat country railroad
to Council Bluffs.  In 1865 he took the contract to construct the central
branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, extending from Atchison 100 miles west.
All of his railroad contracts were of large magnitude, and were carried
through most successfully by him.  In 1830 he married Amelia Waldo, by whom
he had one son and six daughters.


Bio. of Joseph D. Osborne


   History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia
   Everts & Peck, 1884.  Vol. I, page 326.  (transcript)

   JOSEPH D. OSBORNE was born at Succasunna, N.J., Sept. 6, 1833, and is the
son of the late Rev. Enos A. Osborne.  After receiving a good preliminary
education he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York,
whence he graduated in 1859, and immediately commenced practice in Newark,
N.J.  On the 17th of August, 1861, he was appointed assistant surgeon United
States volunteers, and went out with the Fourth New Jersey Regiment.  In
October of the same year he received the appointment of surgeon of the Second
Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, but was soon after transferred to the
Fourth Regiment, where he remained till it was mustered out, Nov. 19, 1864.
Dr. Osborne was chief of brigade, by virtue of the date of his commission.
In 1863 he was assistant operator of division, and in 1864 was operating
surgeon of division.  From July to October, 1863, he was executive officer of
hospital, and in charge of the wounded at Gettysburg, and from January to
July, 1864, was on duty in the Ward United States Hospital, in Newark, N.J.
On retiring from military service he resumed his private practice, and is
still a resident of Newark, where he has held several public offices more or
less connected with the duties of his profession.


Bio. of Edward A. Osborne


   History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia
   Everts & Peck, 1884.  Vol. I, page 335.  (transcript)

   EDWARD A. OSBORNE, son of the late Rev. E.A. Osborne, was born in Morris
Co., N.J., Oct. 5, 1823.  His education was conducted at home, under the
immediate supervision of his father.  In 1848 he was graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College of Pennsylvania, and immediately thereafter
established himself in Newark, N.J.  For nearly forty years he has occupied
the same office in which he began his practice.
   Dr. Osborne is a member of the Essex District Medical Society, and was a
delegate to the State Medical Society in 1881.  In 1854 and 1855 he was a
member of the Board of Education of the city of Newark.


Bio. of Dennis Osborn


   History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia
   Everts & Peck, 1884.  Vol. I, page 551.  (transcript)

   DENNIS OSBORN is a lineal descendant of Daniel Dod, who emigrated from
England to America in 1646, and whose eldest son, Daniel, belonged to the
colony which, under the leadership of the renowned Abraham Pierson, founded
in 1666 the town of Newark.  Mr. Osborn's father, Matthias Dodd, was the
great-grandson of Stephen, the second son of the distinguished colonist,
whose posterity in Newark and its vicinity are now counted by hundreds.  In
1827, Mr. Osborn was born, in Newark, and while yet of tender age, his mother
becoming sick, and, as was supposed, at the door of death, he was removed to
the home of his mother's sister, Mrs. Osborn, who, becoming much attached to
him, adopted him, and gave to him the name of her husband, who was a
manufacturer of considerable importance in Newark, also a magistrate, and one
of the founders of the Clinton Street Methodist Episcopal Church.  Young
Osborn was carefully brought up by his estimable aunt, and at a proper age
sent to the best schools in Newark, and subsequently to Pennington Seminary.
Desirous of becoming a merchant, he was, at the age of fifteen, placed, as a
clerk, in the well-known store of John H. Stephens, which had been in
successful operation since 1806, and which was, in fact, the business school
of some of the most distinguished merchants and manufacturers of Newark.  The
old warehouse stood upon the identical spot now occupied by Mr. Osborn, -- a
frame building originally, a brick one now.  From 1806 to 1842 it ws the
countrymen's rendezvous not only for gossip, but for trade, and it was not
unusual on any day of the week (except Sunday, of course) to see twenty or
thirty farmers' wagons drawn up before it.  Here articles of almost every
description could be purchased, and a grocer or a druggist could here
replenish his diminished stock as conveniently and as favorably as in New
York City.  Here Mr. Osborn and Silas H. Kitchell and D.W. Richards and
William H. Camp and Governor Marcus L. Ward and Joel W. Condit and other
well-known business men of Newark received the early training by which they
achieved success in life, not as merchants only, but as followers in other
matters of that enterprising man, who, with his subsequently distinguished
partners, Joel W. Condit and John Reock, Sr., founded the Stephens, Condit
& Co.'s Transportation Line and other establishments that have added so
materially to the growth and prosperity of Newark.
   Mr. Osborn was a great favorite with Mr. Stephens, so was William M. Camp,
and when the veteran merchant, in 1855, began to feel the weight of years,
he, now the sole proprietor of the store, relinquished it upon easy terms to
these to young men, who had grown up in his employ.  Without any alteration
in the building, except to increase its capacity, or in the character of the
trade, except, perhaps, that it became more adapted to the wants of a growing
city store, the business was now conducted under the name of Camp & Osborn;
and thus it went on until 1877, when Mr. William H. Camp died.  Thus left
alone, Mr. Osborn continued the business in his own name until 1882, when he
associated with himself his brother, Mr. E.V.B. Dodd.  Unpretending as this
establishment appears to be, there is none in the city better known and none
of a similar character in the State that has extended more widely its
operations.  Mr. Osborn, like his old preceptor and predecessor, is a man
thoroughly devoted to his business interests, and has persistently declined
all offices, either of a public or private nature.  This old store is one of
the landmarks of Newark, and its long and successful maintenance is doe to
the energy and careful business habits inherited, as we might say, by its
present proprietor from its distinguished founder, Mr. John H. Stephens.


Bio. of Nehemiah Osburn


   Biographical Record of the City of Rochester and Monroe County,,
   New York, New York, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1902.
   Page 201.  (transcript)

NEHEMIAH OSBURN.
NEHEMIAH Osburn, deceased, was for many years a prominent and influential
business man of Rochester, and was one of its most distinguished contractors
and builders.  A native of New York, he was born in Pompey, this state, on
the 9th of August, 1801, of English ancestry, being a lineal descent of
Richard Osburn, who came to this country from England and settled in Salem,
Massachusetts, in 1635.  The next in direct line was David, followed by
Richard and John, the last named being our subject's great-grandfather.  His
grandfather, who also bore the name of John Osburn, was born in Ridgefield,
Connecticut, March 2, 1733, and at an early day removed to Salem, New York,
where he was married March 27, 1761, to Mrs. Eunice (Nichols) Bonton, and
where he continued to reside throughout the remainder of his life.  He took
up arms against the mother country during the Revoluntionary war and
valiantly fought for the independence of the colonies.  He entered the
service as a drummer boy and later became a sergeant in Captain Truesdall's
North Salem Company.
   John Osburn (third), our subject's father, was born in Salem, Westchester
county, New York, on the 12th of February, 1770, and was married in 1795 to
Miss Hannah Brown, of Suffolk county, Long Island.  They removed to Cayuga
county, New York, and while there Mr. Osburn enlisted in the war of 1812.  He
died while in the service of his country at Greenbush, New York, leaving his
widow with several small children, of whom our subject was the oldest.
   The family being in limited circumstances Nehemiah Osburn aided his mother
in their support during his boyhood and youth and was therefore able to
obtain only a limited education.  At the age of twenty he came on foot to
Rochester from Scipio, Cayuga county, New York, dressed in a suit of homespun
and carrying all his worldly possessions in a small bundle.  He brought with
him two dollars and a half in money, but had left behind him a small debt.
   Previous to this time Mr. Osburn had obtained some knowledge of the
carpenter's trade, and here he began business on his own account as a
contractor and builder.  He always made the most of his advantages and
grasped eagerly every opportunity for advancement.  He rapidly extended his
business until he made a specialty of government contracting.  He constructed
the United States custom houses at Chicago and Milwaukee and the United
States Court House at Baltimore, as well as the state house at Lansing and
the city building at Detroit, Michigan.  He was constantly on the lookout and
succeeded in securing many contracts where others had failed.  Mr. Osburn was
a hard working, industrious man, and to his own untiring exertions may be
attributed his success.  As time passed he became the owner of a large amount
of real estate; was a director of the Monroe County Savings Bank from its
organization until his death, which occurred in Rochester, January 10, 1892.
   In 1827 Mr. Osburn was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Van Schuyver,
who was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, in May, 1806, and resided there until
shortly before her marriage.  She belonged to an old Philadelphia family,
being a daughter of Samuel Van Schuyver.  She died on the 1st of January,
1892, just nine days prior to her husband's death.  For nearly sixty-five
years they had traveled life's journey together, sharing its joys and
sorrows, its adversity and prosperity.  Unto them were born seven children,
of whom one died in infancy, while four reached years of maturity, but only
two are now living, these being Emory W., a prominent contractor of
Rochester; and Frank A., a resident of Detroit, Michigan.
   For the long period of sixty-four years Mr. Osburn was an active and
consistent member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, of Rochester, and
for over half a century was a class leader in the same.  He assisted in
erecting the first church edifice at the corner of Maine and Fitzhugh
streets, which was destroyed just as it was ready for occupancy.  A second
church was at once built and later the old brick church at the corner of
Church and Fitzhugh streets, in the erection of all of which Mr. Osburn took
an active part and gave liberally.  He was a trustee of the church longer
than any other of its members.  Upright and honorable in all things, he
commanded the respect and confidence of all with whom he was brought in
contact, either in business or social life, and his death was widely and
deeply mourned.


Bio. of James Gilliam Osborne


   Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and,,
   Essex County, New Jersey, New York, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1898.
   Page 87.  (transcript)

JAMES GILLIAM OSBORNE,
deceased, was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was a son of Charles F.
Osborne, a representative of one of the old and honored families of that
state.  In ante-bellum days, Mr. Osborne, Senior, brought his family to the
north, locating in New York city, where he was prominent in the Church of the
Holy Communion, and filled the office of Senior Warden.
   James G. Osborne was educated at Columbia College, where he pursued the
study of law, which he afterwards practiced for several years in New York
city.  He then abandoned the law, and turned his attention to the tobacco
trade, which he carried on with most excellent success, securing a custom
which made the enterprise a very profitable one.
   Forty years ago he removed to South Orange, where his father purchased the
present home of the family, "Ashford."  He afterwards made many improvements
there, and transformed the place into one of the most beautiful residences in
this section of the county, adorned in a most tasteful way, while the
furnishings of the house indicate a refined and cultured taste.
   Mr. Osborne married Miss Alice Clopton Terry, daughter of the Rev. Mr.
Terry, also of an old and well-known Virginia family.  Two children were born
to them, namely: Alice Harrison and Mary Gilliam.
   Mr. Osborne was an influential and generous member in the church which his
father founded in South Orange, also called the "Church of the Holy
Communion," and served there as Junior Warden for many years.  He was a
member of several secret societies connected with the colleges, and was
popular with all reason of his kindly, sympathetic spirit, generous, frank
nature and engaging manner.  He died in 1889.


Bio. of A.H. Osborne


   Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and,,
   Essex County, New Jersey, New York, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1898.
   Page 167.  (transcript)

A.H. OSBORNE.
   "History is the essence of innumerable biographies," said Carlyle, and the
annals of Essex county are formed of the lives of those who have been
prominent factors in her educational, moral, political, military and business
interests.  For twenty-three years Mr. Osborne has carried on the drug
business at No. 193 Main street, of Belleville, and is one of the
enterprising, reliable and respected merchants of the town.  He was born
there July 23, 1851, and belongs to one of the oldest families in this
section of New Jersey.  His father was Henry Osborne, and his mother was
Catherine Osborne, a daughter of Abraham P. Sanford and a descendant of one
of the pioneer families of the county, of Holland origin.  The first of the
name to locate here received by grant a large tract of land, which extended
from Newark bay to Hackensack, on the east bank of the Passaic, and many of
his descendants have been extensive land-owners.
   Henry Osborne was a shoemaker by trade and followed that business in
pursuit of fortune for a long period.  Prominent in the affairs of the
community he served as tax collector of Belleville for fifteen years and was
very widely and favorably known.  He died in 1892, and his wife passed away
in 1884.  They were the parents of five children, namely: Moses and Adelaide,
now deceased; Joseph H., of Belleville, who occupies the important position
of superintendent in the works of Heath & Drake, of Newark; Eugene, deceased;
and A.H.
   No event of special importance occurred during the childhood and youth of
Mr. Osborne, who was reared in Belleville, and in 1867 began to learn the
drug business in the store of I.W. Ketcham.  In 1875 he began business on his
own account at his present location, where he has remained for twenty-three
years.  He carries a large stock of goods and has a well equipped store which
enables him to readily supply the wishes of his many patrons.  He is also a
partner in the firm of W.E. Sanford & Company, proprietors of a general
market in Belleville.
   Mr. Osborne was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary E. Dickinson, of
Belleville.  Socially he is connected with the Knights of Honor, the Royal
Arcanum, and the League of American Wheelmen.  In politics he is a Democrat,
and has been honored with a number of local offices of public trust.  In 1879
he was elected a member of the township committee, served as its chairman for
two years, has been township tax collector since 1888, and has served four or
five terms as fire commissioner.  He takes a very active interest in
politics, has been a member of the Democratic county committee, and is a
capable worker in the behalf of Democracy.  His well spent life commends him
to the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has been brought in contact
and his reputation in business, political and private life is alike
unassailable.


Bio. of Joseph H. Osborn


   Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and,,
   Essex County, New Jersey, New York, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1898.
   Page 205.  (transcript)

JOSEPH H. OSBORN,
who is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in Hilton, was born
in Union township, Union county, on the 19th of May, 1848, and is a son of
William H. Osborn, who was a native of the same locality.  The grandfather,
Jonathan Osborn, removed from Long Island, and was the founder of this branch
of the Osborn family in New Jersey.  The father of our subject was a
shoemaker by trade and followed that pursuit throughout the greater part of
his life.  He married Elmira Little, a native of New Jersey, and they became
the parents of five children, four of whom reached years of maturity, namely;
Joseph H.; J. Wellington, who is living in Newark; Laura M. and Clarence W.,
who died at the age of forty years.  The father of this family was at one
time a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  His death occurred in
1893, but his widow is still living.
   During his boyhood Joseph H. Osborn was afflicted with an enlargement of
the hip joint, and in consequence could attend school but little.  However,
he improved his time at home, and at the age of eighteen entered the public
schools, where he pursued his studies for two years, after which he engaged
in teaching for a year.  He then turned his attention to the real-estate and
insurance business, establishing an office in Hilton, where he has since
remained.  He represents a number of the leading insurance companies of the
country, but does business chiefly with the American.  His genial manner,
unfailing courtesy and natural affability well fit him for his duties, while
his honorable dealing commends him to the confidence and regard of all.
   His fellow citizens, appreciating his worth and capability, have called
upon him to fill various public positions.  In 1879 he was elected township
clerk and has been continuously re-elected up to the present time.  He was
school director for about twenty years, is president of the board of
education and is now secretary of the Hilton Library Association.  He does
all in his power to promote the interests of education and mental culture,
and is a man of scholarly tastes and habits.  His political support is given
the men and measures of the Democracy.


Bio. of Thomas S. Osborne


   Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and,,
   Essex County, New Jersey, New York, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1898.
   Page 319.  (transcript)

THOMAS S. OSBORNE,
of Irvington, his native city, was born in October, 1837, the eldest child of
Merton and Jane (Frazee) Osborne.  The family was planted on New Jersey soil
soon after the establishment of the American republic by the
great-grandfather of our subject, who, like the greater part of the
population at that day, followed agricultural pursuits.  His son, Moses
Osborne, who was born in Clinton township, Essex county, became a shoemaker
and served his country in the federal army during the war of 1812.  His son,
Merton Osborne, was born in Clinton township in 1788, learned his father's
trade and passed his life in the boot and shoe business in this locality.  He
died in 1867.  His career as a citizen was one worthy of emulation.  His
interest in public affairs was confined to matters local, and his party
affiliation was with the Democrats, among whom he was a leader.  His wife was
a daughter of William Frazee, of Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
   In the public schools of his native city Thomas S. Osborne acquired his
education, pursuing his studies there until sixteen years of age, when he
went to Newark and began learning the jeweler's trade.  He was in the employ
of Alling Brothers when the business depression of 1860 obliged that house to
lessen the number of their employes<sic>, and accordingly he was left without
employment.  For a year thereafter he was engaged in various pursuits that
would yield him an honest living, and in 1861 secured a situation with the
firm of Durand & Company, with which he continued until 1862, when, feeling
that his duty demanded his enlistment, he put aside all personal
consideration and entered the army as a member of Company A, Twenty-sixth
New Jersey Infantry.  The regiment was assigned to duty in the Sixth Corps of
the Army of the Potomac, and with that command Mr. Osborne remained at the
front, faithfully defending the cause which the old flag represented until it
was victoriously planted in the capital of the southern Confederacy.
   Returning home Mr. Osborne embarked in the jewelry business, which he has
since followed, and his success is well deserved.  He is one who fully
appreciates the significance of the saying that "we live in the great Now,
for all Yesterday has gone and To-morrow has not yet come."  It is this which
has prompted him through life to take advantage of every opportunity, to make
the most of his possibilities and achieve in the present the utmost that he
can.  He has enjoyed a large trade by reason of his enterprise and honorable
dealing.
   Like his father, Mr. Osborne has been a useful man and important factor in
the management of local affairs in Clinton township.  The issues of the war
made him a Republican, and he has since been an advocate of the party
principles, and is treasurer of the executive committee of the Republican
township committee.  He was one of the organizers of the Irvington Water
Company and is its treasurer; was elected tax collector of the town in 1891,
re-elected in 1894, has served as village trustee of Irvington, and in all
his official duties his clerical ability and and general official efficiency
are clearly noted.  He is an exempt member of the Newark fire department, is
a member of Lincoln Post, G.A.R., and of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics.  Mr. Osborne was married in 1864 to Miss Maria Burt, and they have
two children -- Harry E. and Burtie.


Bio. of Cornelius Osborne-12864


   History of Dutchess County, New York, Poughkeepsie, NY,
   pub. by S.A. Matthieu, 1909.  Page 548.  (transcript)

   DR. CORNELIUS OSBORNE, of Poughkeepsie, is the second physician whom we
find to have been practicing in the county, and fortunately we can give of
him quite a full and accurate account.  There was a Francis Filkins living in
Poughkeepsie in those days, and he is known and made celebrated by an account
book which he kept, and which has been preserved for our enlightenment.  In
this book is found the following memorandum: "1745, September 1st.  Dr.
Cornelius Rasbun<sic> agreed with me for twenty shillings per year to doctor
my family.  He has due one pound."  In the Assessor's book for 1757 we find
Dr. Cornelius Osborne assessed for one pound one shilling at Poughkeepsie.
Now we know that this Dr. Osborne was born in England, July 13th, 1723, that
he joined the American Army as a surgeon, and served in the war, and died
about one-half mile above Fishkill, at Osborne Hill, on August 23rd, 1782.
He left three sons, all doctors, and all dying bachelors at the homestead.
They were James, born August 13th, 1748; Peter, born March 4th, 1759; Thomas,
born July 27th, 1764.  There was a daughter who had a son, Dr. Cornelius
Remson.  He was born at Newton, L.I., February 14th, 1789.  He came to
Fishkill, September 7th, 1804, studied medicine with his uncles, and with Dr.
Bartow White, he was licensed to practice by the society in 1810, and served
as a surgeon in the army during the was of 1812.  Dr. Remsen<sic> practiced
medicine at Wappingers Falls and lived there until his death, December 4th,
1883.


Bio. of Charles Marshall Osborn


   Past and Present of Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York, New York,
   S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1908.  Vol. II, page 348.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Fred A. Osborn]

CHARLES MARSHALL OSBORN.
   Charles Marshall Osborn, extensively engaged in business as a dealer in
coffee and tea, his trade exceeding that of any other merchant in the same
line in the city, was born in Oxford, Chenango county, New York, November 26,
1854, his parents being Edward M. and Elizabeth (Uhlin) Osborn, who came to
Oxford from Worcester, Massachusetts, about 1844.  The paternal grandfather
was a native of England became the founder of this branch of the family in
the United States.  In the maternal line Mr. Osborn comes of Irish ancestry.
   He spent his boyhood at Oxford, New York, where he attended the public
schools to the age of ten years, when his mother died and he was forced to
start out life on his own account.  From that early age he has been dependent
upon his own resources and the splendid success he has achieved is proof of
his superior ability, his undaunted enterprise and his unwearied diligence.
He worked on farms in Elbridge township, Onondaga county, until twenty-five
years of age, when he came to Syracuse and entered the wholesale tea and
coffee house of Chryst & Degolia, remaining with that firm until they retired
from business in 1897.  Mr. Osborn then bought their machinery and entered
the same line of business for himself.  He started with twenty-five dollars
capital and with this as a nucleus has built up one of the largest
establishments of this character in this city, now roasting and selling eight
hundred pounds of coffee daily.  His sale of teas is also extensive and the
business has long since reached a very profitable figure.
   On the 15th of June, 1882, Mr. Osborn was married to Miss Margaret,
daughter of John and Mary Radford, of Syracuse.  He belongs to the Catholic
Mutual Benevolent Association and to the Foresters, and he and his wife are
communicants of St. Patrick's church.  Mr. Osborn has justly earned the proud
American title of a self-made man and certainly deserves much credit for what
he has accomplished.


Bio. of David H. Osborne


   History of Ontario County, New York, Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co.,
   1893.  Page 328.  (transcript)

   Osborne, David H., Victor, was born in the town of Austerlitz, Columbia
county, November 11, 1819.  He received a common and academic education.  He
came to Victor at the age of sixteen years and was a clerk in a general store
for a while, returning to finish his studies.  Afterwards he came to
Rochester, where he entered the mercantile business until 1845, when he came
to Victor where for a short time he conducted a general store, retiring from
business to take charge of the real estate interests of the family, with this
exception living a retired life.  January 5, 1847, he married Lavina A.,
daughter of William and Lavina Bushnell, of this town.  They reside on the
homestead.  They have had four children: William B, who married Laura V.
McDonald, of Rochester; Cora B. resides at home with her parents; Carrie B.
married Mark T. Powell, an attorney of Canandaigua; and Henry B., who died
when nearly three years old.  Mr. Osborne's father, David, was born in East
Hampton, L.I., and went to Columbia county when a young man.  He married
Polly Wright, of that county, and had five children: Samuel W., Mary M.,
John W., David H. and Harriet A.  Mr. Osborne is a member of the Presbyterian
church, holds the position of deacon and elder, and is interested in all good
work.


Bio. of Louis Shreve Osborne


   Biographical, Genealogical and Descriptive History of the State of,
   New Jersey, New Jersey Historical Publishing Co., 1900.
   Page 189.  (transcript)

REV. LOUIS SHREVE OSBORNE,
Son of Henry Osborne, of Salem Massachusetts, and Louisa Shreve Osborne, his
wife of Saco, Maine, was born in the historic town, which was also his
father's birthplace.  The ancestors of Henry Osborne came to America in its
early days as a colonial possession, and were, as the name indicates, of
English stock.  The names Osborne, Osborn, Osbernus, Osbern, etc., are, also,
variation of a very ancient baptismal name; several persons bearing it are
found in Domesday book, as tenants in chief of different counties.  By
Ferguson it is traced to the Norse, where it is interpreted as "the divine
bear," which significance was with the Norsemen of old of much import and
surrounded with legends of prowess and divine origin.  The name, as is well
known, has been borne by the earliest and most distinguished families of old
England.  The legends associated with it are too numerous for quotation in
this place, however interesting they may be.
   Of the name of Shreve it may be mentioned that all authorities agree it is
identical with the old English "Shreeve or Shrieve," meaning Sheriff, and was
borne by a family descending from one of the earliest holders of that
honorable office.
   Louis Shreve Osborne, the subject of our sketch, as a lad, received his
early education in the private, grammar and high schools of his native town.
Upon the completion of his preparatory studies he entered Harvard University,
and was graduated in the class of 1873.  He then became a student in the
Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal church, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where he continued until the completion of his divinity course,
in 1876.  In that same year he received an appointment as a missionary, and
began his clerical life in Xenia, Ohio, leaving that place two years later to
become rector of Grace church, Sandusky, Ohio.  Mr. Osborne remained in
Sandusky until 1884, in which year he accepted the office of rector of
Trinity church, Chicago, Illinois, where he continued until called to Newark,
New Jersey, in 1890.  The history of his connection with old Trinity church
in this city, is too well known to need review.  The stand taken by Mr.
Osborne in his pastoral relations with his parish, and in the diocese to
which he belonged, has ever been that of the zealous servant of God, staunch
in belief, steady of purpose, wide in his sympathies, without prejudice in
administration; in word and deed taking counsel of his own conscience he is a
power in the church, and among those who may not be its adherents alone.  He
is a preacher of great energy and force, and a thinker whose range is not
circumscribed by any mere man's dictation; because of this he is both loved
and honored by those of his own communion and others.
   He has published many sermons, lectures and essays, with occasional poems
and other jugative articles, and as an office bearer has been connected with
many representative bodies in his church.  He was deputy to the general
convention, American Church Congress, etc.  While transacting the duties of
these and other important offices, his services were constantly marked with
the stamp of the resolute and God-fearing man.


1893 Bio. of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne


   History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Chicago, S.B. Nelson & Co.,
   1893.  Page 1228.  (transcript)
   [See the 1904 bio. of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne]
   [See the bio. of John Ball Osborne]

   HON. EDWIN SYLVANUS OSBORNE, attorney at law, Wilkes-Barre, was born in
Bethany, Wayne Co., Pa, August 7, 1839, a son of Sylvanus and Lucy
(Messenger) Osborne.  His paternal grandparents were Cooper and Hannah
(Oakley) Osborne, the former of whom was a son of Thomas, who was a son of
Jacob, who was a son of Samuel, who was a son of John Osborne, the first
ancestor in America, who came from England, and settled in East Windsor,
Conn., prior to 1645, and who married Ann Oldage.  Thomas Osborne, the
great-grandfather of subject, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and
was killed at the battle of Monmouth, N.J.  The wife of Cooper Osborne was
the daughter of Ephraim Oakley, and granddaughter of Sylvanus Oakley, who
died possessed of large estates in New York City and New Jersey.  Cooper
Osborne was a native of Litchfield county, Conn., and his wife, of Scotch
Plains, N.J.  They were married in 1798, and settled in what is now Dyberry
township, Wayne Co., Pa., where Sylvanus, the father of our subject, was born
in September, 1812.  In 1836 Sylvanus Osborne was married to Lucy, daughter
of Cyrus Messenger, of Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co., Pa.  Our subject was
graduated from the University of Northern Pennsylvania, and from the National
Law School at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1860.  He read law with the Hon.
Charles Denison, of Wilkes-Barre, and was admitted to the Luzerne county bar,
February 26, 1861.  In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Eighth Regiment
P.V.  Subsequently, he wsa authorized by Governor Curtin to recruit a
company, and was mustered in as captain, to rank from August 22, 1862.  He
served on the staff of Gen. Wadsworth until February, 1863, when, at his own
request, he was returned to his regiment, and served with it until August,
1863, at which time he was again detailed for staff duty, and appointed
assistant inspector-general.  He remained with the First Corps until its
consolidation with the Fifth Corps, and remained with this command until the
close of the war.  He participated in all the battles of the army of the
Potomac, after he joined it.  He was commissioned major of his regiment, and
was three times brevetted for meritorious conduct, and soon after the
surrender of Lee was appointed judge advocate, with the rank of major, in the
regular army.  He was also sent by the War Department to Macon, Andersonville
and other points in the South, to investigate and report upon the treatment
given Union soldiers, while held as prisoners of war by the South, which
investigation led to the arrest and trial of Capt. Wertz, of Andersonville.
The charges prepared by the United States were drawn by him, and he prepared
the case for trial.  After performing this duty he offered his resignation,
which was accepted by the Secretary of War, and he returned to Wilkes-Barre,
where he resumed the practice of law, in which he has since continued.  In
1870 he was appointed, by Governor Geary, major-general of the National
Guard, Third Division of Pennsylvania, covering the northeastern portion of
the State, which position he held ten years.  He was in command of the force
that quieted the strikes of 1871, '74 and '75.  Gen. Osborne was the
originator of the system of the National Guards of Pennsylvania, and it was
by his efforts that the Legislature, in 1873, repealed the militia tax.  He
also served as commander of the Department of Pennsylvania, of the Grand Army
of the Republic in 1883.  In 1884 Gen. Osborne was a candidate for
Congressman-at-large in the State of Pennsylvania, on the Republican ticket,
and was elected by a mojority, in the State, of 75,227.  In 1886 he was again
a candidate for the same office, and was elected by a plurality of 47,615.
In 1888 he was a candidate of Congressman in the Twelfth Congressional
District (Luzerne county), and was elected by a plurality of 1,499 votes.
Gen. Osborne was married October 12, 1865, to Ruth A., daughter of William
and Mary A. (Smith) Ball, of Carbondale, Pa., and a descendant of Edward
Ball, who came from Engalnd to Branford, Conn., in 1640.