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Bio. of Bradley Sillick Osbon


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)

   OSBON, Bradley Sillick, naval officer, was born in Rye, N.Y., Aug. 16,
1828; eldest son of the Rev. Abiathar Mann and Elizabeth Esmond (Sillick)
Osbon; grandson of William and Hannah (Mann) Osbon and of the Rev. Bradley
and Mary (Pattison) Sillick, and a descendant of the Osbournes, who came from
Normandy to England in the time of William the Conqueror.  Four Osborne
brothers came to America shortly after the arrival of the Mayflower, and
settled in Massachusetts.  His father (1808-1882) was a Methodist clergyman.
The son went to sea on a merchant vessel in 1838; visited a majority of the
ports and islands of the globe and nearly all the islands in the Pacific
ocean; spent one summer in the Antartic and two winters in the Arctic ocean;
served in the Chinese navy as cox swain, and in the Argentine navy as
commander uner Commodore Coe.  He also served throughout the Argentine war,
returning at its close to the merchant service.  Upon the outbreak of the
civil war, he joined the Harriet Lane under Capt. John Faunce; served as aide
and signal officer; was at the fall of Fort Sumter, S.C.; was temporarily
attached to the flag-ship Wabash, North Atlantic squadron, under Dupont, and
took part in the battle of Port Royal, S.C.  He was appointed clerk and fleet
signal officer to Farragut; served on the flag-ship Hartford during the
capture of the forts below New Orleans, and was personally commended for
gallantry.  He was sent north on the gunboat Cayuga as bearer of dispatches,
arriving at Hampton Roads during the fight between the Monitor and the
Merrimac, and acted as signal officer to President Lincoln, and as aide and
signal officer to Commander John L. Worden on the monitor Montauk in the
engagements before Fort McAllister and in the destruction of the privateer
Nashville.  He was made admiral in the Mexican navy at the close of the civil
war, and received a letter of marque giving him one half the prize money
accruing from his captures and conferring upon him the power to issue
"letters of marque" and to commission ships under the Mexican flag.  He
sailed from Philadelphia for Brazos de Santiago in the steamer General
Sheridan with a full complement of officers and men.  The steamer, fitted out
in New York, and carrying his guns and torpedo outfit, was lost of Hatteras,
thereby obliging him to confine his operations to the Rio Grande, Texas.  He
married in Liverpool, England, Feb. 14, 1868, Eliza Balfour, one of the
Balfours of Burleigh.  In the war with Spain, while acting as a volunteer
scout, he was the first to discover Cervers's fleet off the island of
Curacoa, May 14, 1898, and after reporting to the department of state
received a letter of thanks from that of the navy for his services.  He was
the first commander of the Farragut Naval Veteran Association of Phildelphia;
a charter member of the Farragut Naval Association of New York; captain,
commodore and twice rear-admiral of the National Association of Naval
Veterans, U.S.A.; twice commander of Naval Post 516, G.A.R.; chairman of the
Associated Commanders and Quartermasters of the City of New York; colonel of
the Osbon cadets, composed of Sunday-School boys, and founder and
flag-officer commanding the U.S. Veteran Navy with the rank of commodore.  In
1902 he had been for several years interested in mining asphalt and sulphur
in the eastern part of Venezuela.  He was decorated with the Venezuelan order
of "del Busto del Liberator" in 1889 in recognition of services rendered in
coast surveying in that republic.  The United States hydrographic office
published his survey of the harbor of Carupano, Venezuela.


1904 Bio. of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)
   [See the 1893 bio. of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne]
   [See the bio. of John Ball Osborne]

   OSBORNE, Edwin Sylvanus, representative, was born in Bethany, Wayne
county, Pa., Aug. 7, 1839; son of Sylvanus and Lucy (Messinger) Osborne;
grandson of Cooper and Hannah (Oakley) Osborne.  His great-grandfather,
Thomas Osborne, was a soldier in the Continental army during the
Revolutionary war and was mortally wounded in the battle of Monmouth, and his
first ancestor in America, John Osborne, emigrated from England and settled
in East Windsor, Conn., in 1645.  Edwin S. Osborne was graduated from the
University of Northern Pennsylvania, Bethany, Pa., in 1858 and from the
National Law school of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1860.  He was admitted to the
bar at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 26, 1861, and in April joined the 8th regiment
infantry, Pennsylvania volunteers.  He served with General Patterson's
division and was honorably mustered out, July 29, 1861.  In August, 1862, he
recruited a company and joined the 149th Pennsylvania volunteers, being
commissioned captain, Aug. 30, 1862.  In September he has<sic> appointed
judge advocate and served as such for the command of General Wadsworth, 1st
corps, Army of the Potomac, until February 1863, when, at his own request, he
rejoined his regiment and participated in the battle of Gettysburg.  In the
first day's battle this regiment forming part of Stone's "Bucktail" brigade,
3d division, 1st corps, successfully held an advanced position for four hours
against the repeated assaults of greatly superior numbers, meanwhile
executing the movement of "changing front to rear" under heavy fire, and
sustaining in the battle a loss of seventy-five per cent of its effective
strength.  Captain Osborne was appointed brigade inspector, Aug. 27, 1863,
and assigned to duty in General Wadsworth's division.  He distinguished
himself in leading a charge in the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, and again in the
assault on Petersburg, June 18, 1864.  He was commissioned major of the 149th
Pennsylvania, March 2, 1865, was several times mentioned in orders for
gallantry and skillful handling of troops in battle and was three times
brevetted for meritorious conduct.  In April, 1865, Major Osborne was
relieved from duty in the inspection department and appointed judge advocate
at Washington.  In June, 1865, hewas sent to Andersonville and other
Confederate prisons to investigate the charges of cruelty to prisoners on the
part of those late in command.  In July, 1865, he preferred charges of murder
against Capt. Henry Wirz of Andersonville prison and drew the specifications
of the indictment under which that officer was found guilty and executed.  He
was honorably mustered out, July 21, 1865, and returned to the practice of
law.  He was major-general of the 3d division, National Guard of
Pennsylvania, 1870-78; was prominent in reorganizing the militia system of
the state; commanded the forces that quelled the riots in Scranton, Pa., in
1871, and Susquehanna Depot, Pa., in 1874, and prevented a similar outbreak
at Hazleton, Pa.  He was commander of the Department of Pennsylvania, G.A.R.,
in 1883, and was a delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago
in 1888.  He was representative-at-large from Pennsylvania in the 49th and
50th congresses, and from the 12th congressional district in the 51st
congress, serving, 1885-91.  During his service in congress he defended the
policy of protection and advocated the subsidizing of American ships.  He was
married to Ruth Ball of Pittston, Pa., Oct. 12, 1865, and their son, John
Ball Osborne, born June 24, 1868, Yale, A.B., 1889, was U.S. consul at Ghent,
Belgium, 1889-94, and joint secretary of the reciprocity commission of the
United States, Oct. 18, 1897.  Their second son, William Headley Osborne,
born in 1870, graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1891, served in the
campaign against Santiago in the war with Spain as lieutenant in the 1st U.S.
cavalry, and died of typhoid fever in the military camp at Montauk Point,
N.Y., Aug. 23, 1898.  General Osborne died in Washington, D.C., Jan. 1, 1900.


Bio. of Eleazer Osborn


   Biographical Review, This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of,
   the Leading Citizens of Broome County, New York, Boston, Biographical
   Review Pub., 1894.  Page 76.  (transcript)

   ELEAZER OSBORN, a teacher of many years' experience, ex-Deputy Sheriff of
Broome County, one of the best known and most respected residents of
Binghamton, N.Y., was born in Harpersfield, Delaware County, N.Y., December
4, 1837, son of Orris and Elizabeth (Burnett) Osborn.  In 1845, when he was
but eight years old, his father took the family to Broome County, settling in
Colesville, about eight miles from the city of Binghamton.  The paternal
ancestors, who were of English stock, were living in Fairfield, Conn., when
the town was burned in the Revolutionary War.  The maternal progenitors were
from Holland, and settled in New Jersey at an early period in the history of
that State.
   The farm bought by Orris Osborn at Colesville had but a little log house,
and was only slightly cleared, being almost in the heart of the wilderness.
The country was indeed new to him, far away from neighbors; and his own hard
labor felled the trees, planted the seed, and gathered the crops which
provided the sustenance for his wife and little ones.  The humble log cabin
was able to hold a deal of sweet content and cheerful activity.  Untiring
industry, in process of time, converted his seventy-five wild acres into a
fine and productive farm.  Mr. Osborn was a well-educated man, and taught
school in Delaware and Schoharie Counties, being in Cobleskill for five
years.  He was often urged to hold office, but would not accept anything
except the Assessorship, which he held for three years.  He was a Whig, and
was a strong advocate of temperance, which was very little discussed at that
time.  It was the custom in those days, when a man built a house, to have the
neighbors gather, and assist in erecting the timbers, or framework.  The
occasion was called a "raising bee," and after the work was done a general
jollification was enjoyed.  As a matter of course, liquor flowed freely; and,
when Orris Osborn determined to have his "raising" without the usual
stimulants, the thing was deemed simply impossible.  But he did it all the
same.  The neighbors came, the "raising" took place, appetizing refreshments
were dispensed, good strong tea and coffee replaced the whiskey; and every
man went home with a clearer head, and all in their hearts commended good
Deacon Osborn for his pluck in the cause of temperance.
   The mother was also an educated woman; but, as there was more demand at
that time for manual than for literary labor, she worked at the trade of
tailoress before her marriage.  She and her husband were Baptists in
religion, and through their instrumentality was organized the church of that
faith at Colesville, which at first counted only seven members.  A house of
worship was erected, and was occupied a number of years.  In 1872, to meet
the growing need, it was enlarged and almost entirely rebuilt, Deacon Osborn
and his son Eleazer paying one-half of what improvements cost.  The Osborn
family dwelling was always the shelter of the minister who came to supply the
pulpit.  The Rev. A.B. Earle, the well-known evangelist, was the first
minister who went there to preach.  Orris Osborn, besides being a Deacon and
a Trustee of the church, was also its Clerk until just a little while
previous to his death, when he withdrew from that office.  The
superintendency of the Sunday-school, which he held for many years, was
relinquished when his sons grew up to take his place.  He died July 14, 1882,
survived by his wife and four sons, namely: Eleazer; M.B., married, and
living at the old homestead; Emerson, a photographer at Binghamton; and Dr.
A. Judson Osborn, residing at No. 77 Court Street, Binghamton, a graduate of
the Long Island Medical College of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a leading practitioner
here for twelve years.  After eight years of widowhood the mother died,
November 30, 1890, aged eighty-one years, having been born September 19,
1809.
   Eleazer Osborn pursued his elementary studies in the district school in
his early boyhood, and later was a pupil at the Binghamton Academy for a
number of terms; but he learned best and most from his father, who took great
pains with his instruction.  While he was still young, he began to teach, and
alternated this work with attending school, where he studied the higher
branches, until he had worked his way to the attainment of a good practical
education.  He then took up the profession in good earnest, following it for
about ten years.  In the spring of 1864, which was during the last years of
the war, he entered the office of F.W. Martin, Sheriff of Broome County, as
Under-sheriff.  He had nearly all of the duties of the office to perform, and
showed himself an efficient deputy.  In the fall of 1866 he was elected
School Commissioner for the First District of Broome County, and began to
serve in that capacity January 1, 1867.  In 1870, Mr. Martin having been
re-elected as Sheriff, Mr. Osborn became again his Under-sheriff.  It was
during this second term that the execution of the infamous Ruloff took place;
and Mr. Osborn, as Sheriff's assistant, was called to read to him the death
warrant.  Shortly after this time, resuming his former vocation, he taught
school at Port Crane, Union, Maine, and Lyons, N.Y.
   Making his home in Binghamton, he was Secretary of the Board of Education
for two terms, or until about 1879, when, his father's ill-health causing him
to be needed on the farm, he went there, and remained at the homestead until
the year following his father's death.  The place now belongs to the sons,
and is regarded as a precious heirloom.  In 1885 Mr. Osborn was once more a
Deputy, or Under, Sheriff, Sheriff Brown being then in office; and for the
second time it became his duty to read the death warrant to a murderer,
William Menken by name.  As the two criminals above mentioned are the only
ones who have suffered the death penalty in Broome County, Mr. Osborn has
read all the death warrants that have been issued in his county up to the
present date, 1894.  In April, 1883, he retired from office, and went West,
to the Lake Forest University, near Chicago, Ill., where he held a position
as Treasurer until his health failed from a severe attack of "la grippe."
Returning to Binghamton, he has since lived practically retired.
   Mr. Osborn has never married.  He has been a devoted member of the Baptist
church since 1856, when he united with the church at West Colesville, N.Y.,
where he was for several years Sunday-school superintendent.  He afterward
transferred his membership to the First Church in Binghamton, and always has
taken great interest in attending the Baptist Associations of the State.  He
is now Clerk and Corresponding Secretary of the Broome and Tioga Baptist
Association.  He has ever been a hard worker and liberal benefactor to his
church.  The family have all been life-long Baptists, and our subject counts
many ministers of the gospel of that form of faith among his relatives.
Deeply interested, like his father, in the temperance question, he has been
ever active in the cause, and has been District Deputy of the Independent
Order of Good Templars, while serving in that capacity having instituted many
lodges through the State.  He was also interested in the Young Men's
Christian Association when it was reorganized in 1875, having been a Director
and Vice-President for several years; also Vice-President of the State
Convention, and Chairman of the Committee for the Sixth District of the
State.  He is connected with the Improved Order of Red Men, and bears the
sterling reputation, wherever known, of being a good Christian, a useful and
worthy citizen.


Bio. of Ethan Osborn-7640


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 596.
   (transcript)

   OSBORN, Ethan, clergyman, b. in Litchfield, Conn., 21 Aug., 1758; d. in
Fairton, Cumberland co., N.J., 1 May, 1858.  At the age of eighteen he
volunteered during the second year of the Revolutionary war, and served under
the immediate command of Gen. Washington in the retreat of the American army
through New Jersey.  After being graduated at Dartmouth in 1784, he studied
theology, was licensed to preach in 1786, and ordained, 3 Dec., 1789, as
pastor of the "Old Stone Church" at Fairfield, N.J.  His long pastorate of
fifty-four years was unmarked save by several extensive revivals.  His
sermons were plain, practical, solemn, and earnest.  His last discourse, as
he preached occasionally after his pastoral connection had been dissolved,
was delivered in 1855, in his ninety-seventh year, although he was able to
speak briefly on 24 Jan., 1858, being then ninety-nine years and five months
old.  During his ministry more than 600 communicants were admitted to his
church, 1,000 couples were married, and 1,500 persons buried.  "The singular
goodness, beauty, wisdom, uprightness, fruitfulness, and continuance of his
career," said a speaker at the bi-centenial celebration of the "Old Stone
Church," "has no parallel, perhaps, in the annals of the American pulpit.


Bio. of Henry Fairfield Osborn


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)

   OSBORN, Henry Fairfield, educator, was born in Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 8,
1857; son of William H. and Virginia R. (Sturges) Osborn; grandson of
Jonathan Sturges of Fairfield, Conn., and New York, and a descendant of
Nathan Gold.  He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1877,
Sc.D., 1881; was assistant professor of natural science in the College of New
Jersey, 1882-83; professor of comparative anatomy there, 1883-91, when he
resigned and became Da Costa professor of biology in the newly established
department at Columbia college, New York city.  He was also dean of the
faculty of pure science at Columbia, 1892-95; curator of vertebrate
paleontology in the American Museum of Natural History in New York,
1891-1902; was active in the organization of the New York Zoological society,
serving from its foundation as chairman of its executive committee, and
helping to plan the zoological park in the Bronx.  He was appointed
vertebrate paleontologist to the geological survey of Canada, and
paleontologist to the U.S. survey in 1900.  He was vice-president of the
Academy of Science, 1894-98, president, 1890-1900, and elected a member of
the National Academy of Sciences in 1900.  He was married, Sept. 29, 1881, to
Lucretia, daughter of Gen. Alexander J. Perry, U.S.A.  He is the author of:
From the Greeks to Darwin (1894), and contributed extensively to educational
and scientific periodicals.


1898 Bio. of Henry Stafford Osborn


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 596.
   (transcript)
   [See the 1904 bio. of Henry Stafford Osborn]

   OSBORN, Henry Stafford, educator, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 17 Aug., 1823;
d. in New York city, 2 Feb., 1894.  He was graduated at the University of
Pennsylvania and at Union theological seminary.  He also studied at Bonn,
Germany, and at the Polytechnic institution of London.  He was pastor of the
Pres. Davies church at Hanover, and at Liberty, Va., between 1846 and 1858,
and at Belvidere, N.J., from 1859 till 1866.  Before the civil war he had
held the chair of natural science in Roanoke college, Virginia, and in 1866
he accepted a professorship in Lafayette college.  He left it in 1870, and in
1871 became professor in Miami university, Ohio, where he remained until that
institution was closed in 1873.  While he was pastor of a church at
Millville, Ohio, his health failed, and he afterward gave his attention to
literary pursuits, especially to the illustration of Bible history.  To this
end he had spent much time in visiting and making surveys of famous
localities in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and the islands of the Mediterranean.
He had also prepared many of the maps of Bible lands that are now used in the
United States and at various mission stations and other places abroad.  He
received the degree of LL.D. from Lafayette in 1865.  Among his publications
are "Palestine Past and Present" (Philadelphia, 1855); "Fruits and Flowers of
the Holy Land" (1856); "Pilgrims in the Holy Land" (1857); "Scientific
Metallurgy of Iron and Steel in the United States" (1870); "The New
Descriptive Geography of Palestine" (Oxford, Ohio, 1877); "Manual of Bible
Geography" and "Ancient Egypt in the Light of Recent Discoveries"
(Cincinnati, 1885); "Chart of the Books of the Bible" (2d ed., Oxford, Ohio,
1886); "The Useful Minerals and Mining Architecture" (Philadelphia, 1887);
and "Biblical History and Geography" (1888).


1904 Bio. of Henry Stafford Osborn


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)
   [See the 1898 bio. of Henry Stafford Osborn]

   OSBORN, Henry Stafford, educator and author, was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., Aug. 17, 1823; son of Truman and Eliza (Paget) Osborn.  He was graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1841, A.M., 1844, and from Union
Theological seminary, New York city, 1845.  He was stated supply of the
Presbyterian church, Coventry, R.I., 1845-46; traveled and studied abroad,
and while in London, England, attended the Father Mathew Temperance
convention as a delegate.  He studied at the University of Bonn, Germany, and
at the Polytechnic institution of London, and was ordained by the presbytery
of Hanover, Va., April 9, 1846.  He was pastor at Hanover Court House, Va.,
1846-49; at Richmond, Va., 1849-53; at Liberty, Va., 1853-58; stated supply
at Salem, Va., while serving as professor of natural science at Roanoke
college, 1858-59, and was pastor at Belvidere, N.J., 1849-66.  He was
professor of mining and metallurgy at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa.,
1866-70; professor of chemistry at Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, 1870-73,
and pastor at Oxford, 1870-71.  He was stated supply at Millville, Ohio,
1871-74, but resigned on account of failing health and subsequently devoted
himself to literature.  He was married to Susan Paulina, daughter of G.
Hampton Coursen of New York.  The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on
him by Lafayette college in 1865.  He was a member of the Pennsylvania and
Virginia historical societies and of the Victoria Philosophical society of
London.  He is the author of: Palestine, Past and Present (1855); Fruits and
Flowers of the Holy Land (1857); Scientific Metallurgy of Iron and Steel in
the United States (1870); The New Descriptive Geography of Palestine (1877);
Manual of Bible Geography and Ancient Egypt in the Light of Recent
Discoveries (1885); Chart of Books of the Bible (1886); The Useful Minerals
and Mining Architecture (1887); Biblical History and Geography (1888), and
with the Rev. Lyman Coleman published a large map of Palestine.  He died in
New York city, Feb. 2, 1894.


Bio. of Herbert Osborn


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)

   OSBORN, Herbert, entomologist, was born in Lafayette, Wis., March 19,
1856; son of Charles Paine and Harriet Newell (Marsh) Osborn; grandson of
Alpheus and Harriet (Paine) Osborn, and of Enos, Jr., and Rebeckah (Hawley)
Marsh, and a descendant of John Marsh, who was born in England, 1618, landed
in Boston, 1635, settled in Hartford, Conn., 1636, and married Anne, daughter
of John Webster, about 1642.  He attended the public schools of Fairfax,
Iowa, 1864-72; Iowa college, 1872-73, and was graduated from the Iowa State
college, B.Sc., 1879, M.Sc., 1880.  He was assistant professor of zoology and
entomology in Iowa State college, 1880-85, and professor, 1885-98.  He was
married, Jan. 19, 1883, to Alice Isadore Sayles of Manchester, Iowa.  He
became the entomologist of the experiment station in 1890; state entomologist
of Iowa in July, 1898, and was elected professor of zoology and entomology
and director of Lake Laboratory, Ohio State university in 1898.  He was
special agent of the division of entomology of the U.S. department of
agriculture, 1885-94; was elected president of the Iowa Academy of Sciences,
1887; president of the Association of Economic Entomologists, 1898, and a
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1884, the
Biological society of Washington, 1885, the Entomological society of
Washington, 1885, the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science in
1893, the American Entomological society of Philadelphia, 1897, and of the
Societe Entomologique de France in 1888.  He edited the Proceedings of the
Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1890-98, and is the author of: Pediculi and
Mallophaga of Man and Lower Animals (1891); Insects Affecting Domestic
Animals (1896); Contributions to Hemipterous Fauna of Iowa, with E.D. Ball
(1897); Studies of North American Jassoidea, with E.D. Ball (1898); The
Hessian Fly in the United States (1898); The Genus Scaphoideus (1900), and
articles in scientific journals and transactions of scientific societies.


Bio. of John Eugene Osborne


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)  (A portrait accompanies the bio.)

   OSBORNE, John Eugene, governor of Wyoming, was born in Westport, Essex
county, N.Y., June 9, 1860; son of John C. and Mary E. Osborne.  His
grandparents were English.  He worked on a farm summers, attended the
district and high school winters, was apprenticed to a druggist in
Burlington, Vt., in 1876, and was graduated from the medical department of
the University of Vermont in 1880, after having attended the winter course of
lectures, 1877-80.  In 1881 he removed to Rawlins, Wyo., where he established
a wholesale and retail drug store.  He was appointed assistant surgeon of the
Union Pacific railway company.  He engaged extensively in live-stock raising
in 1884, and became the largest individual sheep owner in Carbon county.  He
was a Democratic representative in the territorial legislature in 1883;
chairman of the territorial penitentiary building commission, and mayor of
Rawlins, 1888; an alternate to the Democratic national convention in 1892;
was governor of Wyoming, 1892-94, having been elected, Nov. 8, 1892, to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gov. F.E. Warren, and declined
re-nomination in 1894.  He was a member of the bi-metallic Democratic
national committee for the state of Wyoming in 1895; was chairman of the
state delegation at the Democratic national convention, Chicago, 1896, and
was the Democratic representative-at-large from Wyoming in the 55th congress,
1897-99.  He was vice-chairman of the Democratic national congressional
committee in 1898 and the unsuccessful Democratic and Free Silver candidate
for U.S. senator before the Wyoming legislature of 1899.


Bio. of Laughton Osborn


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 596.
   (transcript)

   OSBORN, Laughton, poet, b. in New York city in 1809; d. there, 12 Dec.,
1878.  He was graduated at Columbia in 1827, and shortly afterward published
his first book, "Sixty Years of the Life of Jeremy Levis" (2 vols., New York,
1831), which has been styled "a rambling, Shandean autobiography; grotesque,
humorous, sentimental, and satirical, though too crude and unfinished to hold
a high rank for any of those qualities."  This was followed by "The Dream of
Alla-ad-Deen," in which he attempted to reconcile humanity to death and evil
on the ground that mankind are of but little importance in the scale of
creation.  "The Confessions of a Poet" (Philadelphia, 1835), his next work,
was severely criticised by part of the New York press, especially by "The
Commercial Advertiser," edited by Col. Willim L. Stone, on the score of
morality.  To these Osborn replied by publishing "The Vision of Rubeta, an
Epic Story of the Island of Manhattan, with Illustrations Done on Stone"
(Boston, 1838).  It also contained a fierce onslaught on the poet Wordsworth.
In 1841 appeared his best and most elaborate work, "Arthur Carryl, Cantos
First and Second; Odes: Epistles to Milton, Pope, Juvenal, and the Devil;
Epigrams; Parodies of Horace; England as She Is, and Other Minor Poems" (New
York).  All the foregoing were published anonymously by Osborn, who was an
eccentric literary recluse.  His scholarship was varied.  He was familiar
with the classics, wrote poetry in French and Italian with facility, was a
painter of some merit, a skilled musician, and a gifted conversationalist.
Of his later works, several were issued over his own name.  They include
"Handbook of Oil-Painting, by an American Artist" (New York, 1856);
"Calvary -- Virginia: Tragedies," "Alice, or the Painter's Story," and "The
Silver Head and The Double Deceit; Comedies" (1867); "Biance Capello, a
Tragedy," "The Montanini -- The School for Critics: Comedies," and "Travels
by Sea and Land of Alethitheras" (1868); "Ugo-da-Este -- Uberto -- The Cid
of Seville: Tragedies," and "The Magnetizer -- The Prodigal: Comedies in
Prose" (1869); "The Last Mandeville -- The Heart's Sacrifice -- The Monk --
Matilda of Denmark: Tragedies" (1870); "Meleagros -- The New Calvary:
Tragedies" (1871); and "Mariamne, A Tragedy of Jewish History" (1873).  See
"Bryant and His Friends" (New York, 1886).


Bio. of Phoebe Ann Sayre Osborne


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)

   OSBORNE, Phoebe Ann Sayre, educator, was born in Madison, N.J. March 14,
1812; daughter of Baxter and Elizabeth (Kitchell) Sayre; granddaughter of
Deacon Ephraim Sayre (born 1746) and of Aaron Kitchell(q.v.), and a
descendant of Thomas Sayre, born in Bedfordshire, England, 1597, a Puritan
refugee to America about 1635, and of Robert Kitchell, born in England in
1604, and prominent in the Guilford settlement in Connecticut, 1639.  Phoebe
Osborne was well educated and in 1828, with her sister, Elizabeth Kitchell,
born in 1814, removed to New York city, where they devoted their time and
liberal means to charitable work.  The sisters founded and became teachers in
the charity mission known as the "Ragged school," established at Five Points
in 1830, and conducted with marked success.  In 1836 they were prominent in
inducing the city council to open public schools, Number 1 for boys and
Number 2 for girls, the first public schools in the city, and they were
engaged as the first teachers, Phoebe teaching the boys and her sister
Elizabeth the girls.  Phoebe continued to teach until 1835, when she was
married to Milo Osborne of Lenox, Mass. and devoted herself to domestic life.
In 1873 she removed to Chicago, Ill., where she died, Jan. 20, 1897.


Bio. of Samuel Osborn


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 597.
   (transcript)

   OSBORN, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Ireland about 1690; d. in Boston, Mass.,
about 1785.  He came to this country, studied for the ministry, and was
ordained pastor of the church at Eastham, Mass., in 1718.  There he remained
until 1737, when he was dismissed for his Armenian opinions.  Subsequently
he taught in a private school in Boston for more than ten years.  He was
interested in agriculture, and introduced the use of peat on Cape Cod.  He
published "Case and Complaint" (1743). -- His son, John, poet, b. in
Sandwich, Barnstable co., Mass., in 1713; d. in Middletown, Conn., 31 May,
1753, was graduated at Harvard in 1735, and studied theology.  At the
expiration of two years he read a sermon before the assembled clergy of the
neighborhood with a view of soliciting ordination; but the decision of his
auditors being adverse to the doctrines that he set forth, although they
admitted the literary merits of the discourse, he was refused their
recommendation.  He then studied medicine, and was admitted to practice.  He
declined a tutorship at Harvard, as celibacy was one of the conditions, and
after his marriage he removed to Middletown, where he spent the rest of his
life.  He is best known by two brief poems, "The Whaling Song," which was for
many years very popular (1757), and "An Elegiac Epistle on the Death of a
Sister." -- Samuel's grandson, John, physician, b. in Middletown, Conn.,
17 March, 1741; d. there in June, 1825, studied medicine, and practised more
than sixty years in his native place.  At the age of seventeen he served in
the army at Ticonderoga.  He afterward attained note as a chemist, and is
said to have had the most valuable medical library in the state.  Before the
Revolution he published a translation of Condamine's "Treatise on
Inoculation," with an original appendix. -- The second John's son, John
Churchill, physician, b. in Middletown, Conn., in September, 1766; d. in the
island of St. Croix, 5 March, 1819, studied medicine with his father, and
practised at New Berne, N.C., from 1787 till 1807.  In 1808 he was appointed
professor of the institutes of medicine in Columbia, which office he resigned
in 1813 to accept the chair of obstetrics in the New York college of
physicians and surgeons.  He died in the West Indies, where he sought relief
from a pulmonary disease.  Dr. Osborn was a connoisseur in poetry,
belles-lettres, and painting.  Joel Barlow submitted the poem of "The Vision
of Columbus" to him for revision.


Bio. of (Samuel) Duffield Osborne


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)

   OSBORNE, (Samuel) Duffield, author, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 20,
1858; son of Samuel Smith and Rosalie Willoughby (Duffield) Osborne; grandson
of Samuel and Abbie M. (Theall) Osborne, and of James Murdoch and Margaretha
A. (Prince) duffield, and a descendant of George Duffield, who emigrated from
Ireland to Pequea, Penn., in 1720, and of Carel de Beauvais, who emigrated
from France and settled in New York in 1659.  He attended the Brooklyn
Polytechnic institute and was gradutate from Columbia college, A.G., 1879,
A.M., 1882, and from the Columbia Law school, LL.B., 1881.  He was admitted
to the bar in 1881 and practised in New York city, 1881-92.  He was assistant
secretary of the Brooklyn department of city works, 1892-94; traveled in
Europe, 1895-96, and on his return settled in New York city and engaged in
literary work.  He was elected a member of the Linnaean society in 1878;
corresponding member of the Nuttall Ornithological club in 1879, and an
associate member of the American Ornithological union in 1883.  He edited:
Livy's Roman History in the World's Great Books series (1898); Macaulay's
Lays of Ancient Rome (1901), and became associate editor of the Home Library
of Literature and Achievement, in 1901.  He is the author of: The Spell of
Ashtaroth (1888); The Robe of Nessus (1890); The Secret of the Crater (1900);
The Lion's Brood (1901), and of many short stories, essays and poems.


Bio. of Selleck Osborn-9829


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 597.
   (transcript)

   OSBORN, Selleck, journalist, b. in Trumbull, Conn., in 1783; d. in
Philadelphia, Pa., 1 Oct., 1826.  After receiving an English education he
entered a printing-office in Danbury, Conn, at twelve years of age.  In
August, 1805, with Timothy Ashley, he established the Litchfield "Witness" by
invitation of Democrats in that twon, which was then a stronghold of
Federalism.  Mr. Osborn, who was sole editor of the paper, wielded a caustic
and somewhat unscrupulous pen and gave much offence by his personalities.  He
was finally found guilty of a libel and sentenced to the payment of a heavy
fine, in default of which he was committed to jail, where he remained a year,
preferring, as he said, tohave his body imprisoned rather than his mind.
Much political capital was made from this incident, and Osborn was regarded
as a martyr by his party throughout the country.  Indignation meetings were
held in distant states, while a committee visited his jail and issued weekly
bulletins describing indignities to which he was subjected.  These
accusations were denied by the sheriff, but the excitement finally became
such that a demonstration was made on 6 Aug., 1806, which was attended by
Democrats from far and near.  It included a salute of seventeen guns at
sunrise, a military and civic procession which passed under Osborn's window
with uncovered heads, giving him a brigadier's salute, a public meeting with
religious services, and a banquet.  The prisoner was finally released and
resumed control of the "Witness," which was discontinued in the summer of
1807.  Osborn was commissioned 1st lieutenant of light dragoons in the U.S.
army on 8 July, 1808, and promoted captain in February, 1811.  He served in
war of 1812 on the Canadian frontier, but left the service in May, 1814, and
returned to journalism, editing a paper in Bennington, Vt., then the
"American Watchman" at Wilmington, Del., and for a short time in 1825 a
journal in New York city, advocating the election of John C. Calhoun to the
presidency.  Afterward he removed to Philadelphia.  Osborn began to write
verses at an early age and attained reputation as a poet.  His most popular
piece was "The Ruins."  He published "Poems, Moral, Sentimental, and
Satirical" (Boston, 1823).


Bio. of Sherard Osborn


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 597.
   (transcript)

   OSBORN, Sherard, English naval officer, b. in Madras, 25 April, 1822;
d. in London, 6 May, 1875.  He was the son of a lieutenant-colonel in the
army, and, entering the navy as a first-class volunteer in 1837, was attached
for several years to the stations of the Indian ocean.  Although only a
lieutenant, he was appointed in 1849 to the command of the "Pioneer," one of
the three ships that were sent out to search for Sir John Franlin, and he
made a remarkable sledge-journey to the western extremity of Prince of Wales
island.  For his services in the Black sea during the Crimean war he was made
a K.C.B. and a knight of the Legion of honor, and given the Turkish order of
the Medjidieh.  After serving as admiral in the Chinese navy in 1862-'3, he
was, in 1867-'70, managing director of the Telegraph construction and
maintenance company for the construction of a submarine system of telegraphs
between Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.  He was promoted rear-admiral
in 1873, and continued to interest himself in the arctic regions, inducing
Arthur H. Markman to visit Baffin bay in a whaler, and published, at his own
expense, Markman's report on the possibilities of ice-navigation with the aid
of steam.  The result was that toward the close of 1874 the lords of the
admiralty gave to him, in conjunction with Rear-Admiral Richards and Sir
Leopold MacClintock, the power to fit out a new expedition, which sailed in
1875.  He published "Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal" (London, 1852);
"Journals of Robert MacClure, giving a Narrative of the Discovery of the
Northwest Passage" (1856); "The Career, Last Voyage, and Fate of Sir John
Franklin" (1860); and "The Past and Future of British Relations in China"
(1860), etc.


1904 Bio. of Thomas Andrew Osborn


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)
   [See the 1888 bio. of Thomas A. Osborn]

   OSBORN, Thomas Andrew, governor of Kansas, was born in Meadville, Pa.,
Oct. 26, 1836.  He attended the public school and Allegheny college, and
learned the printer's trade.  He studied law under Judge Derrickson of
Meadville in 1856, removed to Pontiac, Mich., in 1857, where he was admitted
to the bar, and in November that year removed to Lawrence, Kansas Territory,
being employed as a compositor on the Herald of Freedom.  In 1858 he engaged
in the practice of law in Elwood, Kansas;  was elected attorney of Doniphan
county, and was a member of the state senate, 1859-62, serving as president
pro tempore of that body in 1862.  He was lieutenant-governor of Kansas in
1863; U.S. marshal by appointment from President Lincoln, 1864-67, and
Republican governor of Kansas, 1872-76.  He was U.S. minister to Chile, by
appointment from President Hayes, 1877-81, and conducted important
negotiations between various South American governments, and in 1881 was
transferred to the Brazilian mission, where he served until 1886.  He located
in Topeka, Kan., on his return, and in 1888 was state senator from Shawnee
county.  He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Rose by
the Emperor of Brazil for special services.  He died at Meadville, Pa.,
Feb. 4, 1898.


1898 Bio. of Thomas O. Osborne


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 598.
   (transcript)
   [See the 1904 bio. of Thomas Ogden Osborn]

   OSBORNE, Thomas O., soldier, b. in Jersey, Licking co., Ohio, 11 Aug.,
1832.  He was graduated at the University of Ohio in 1854, studied law with
Gen. Lewis Wallace at Crawfordsville, Ind., was admitted to the bar, and
began to practise in Chicago.  At the beginning of the civil war he offered
his services to the government and devoted his time and means to the
organization of the 39th Illinois regiment, of which he became
lieutenant-colonel and afterward colonel.  He was sent to the east with his
command and ordered to guard the Baltimore and Ohio railroad between Alpine
and Great Capacon, W. Va.  When "Stonewall" Jackson made his first raid into
Morgan county in the state in the winter of 1861-'2, he kept that officer at
bay for several hours, although the latter was at the head of a largely
superior force, and succeeded in making good his retreat across the Potomac
with but slight loss.  He took part in the battle of Winchester in April,
1862, served during the operations in Charleston harbor in 1863, accompanied
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler up James river in May, 1864, and was severely wounded
at Drury's Bluff, losing the use of his right arm.  At the siege of
Petersburg, Va., he commanded the 1st brigade, 1st division, 24th army corps,
and on 2 April, 1865, he captured Fort Gregg, the key to the works about
Petersburg and Richmond, by one of the most gallant and successful charges of
the war.  For this service he was made brigadier-general of volunteers.
Subsequently by a rapid movement he cut off the Confederate troops from the
Lynchburg road and contributed to the capture of Lee's army.  This and his
other services throughout the war were recognized by promotion to the rank of
brevet major-general of volunteers.  At the close of hostilities he returned
to the practice of his profession in Chicago.  In February, 1874, he was
accredited as consul-general and minister-resident to the Argentine Republic,
which office he held until June, 1885, when he resigned.


1904 Bio. of Thomas Ogden Osborn


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)
   [See the 1898 bio. of Thomas O. Osborne]

   OSBORN, Thomas Ogden, soldier, was born in Jersey, Licking county, Ohio,
Aug. 11, 1832; son of Samuel and Hannah (Meeker) Osborn.  He attended
Delaware college; was graduated from the University of Ohio, A.B. 1854,
A.M. 1857; studied law with Gen. Lew Wallace at Crawfordsville, Ind., and
began practice in Chicago, Ill., in 1859.  He organized the 39th Illinois
regiment, of which he became lieutenant-colonel and colonel.  He was detailed
to guard the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and engaged Jackson's forces during
the raid into Morgan county, Va., in 1861, and succeeded in delaying him for
several hours, afterward making a successful retreat across the Potomac.  He
engaged in the battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862, and commanded a
brigade made up of the 39th Illinois, 13th Indiana and 62nd and 67th Ohio
regiments in the operations against the forts in Charleston Harbor in 1863.
In 1864 he accompanied General Butler up the James river, his regiment
occupying the right of the 1st brigade, 1st division, 24th army corps.  He
was wounded at Drewry's Bluff, May 12, 1864, and commanded the 1st brigade,
1st division, 24th army corps at the siege of Petersburg, Va., 1864-65.  On
April 2, 1865, his brigade was one of three to capture Fort Gregg.  He was
promoted brigadier-general and brevetted major-general of volunteers for
gallant services throughout the war.  He returned to his law practice in
Chicago, where he was treasurer of Cook county and a manager of the National
Soldiers' Home.  He was appointed a member of the international committee
to settle disputed claims between the United States and Mexico, and was
U.S. consul-general and minister-resident to the Argentine Republic, 1874-85,
subsequently engaging in railway enterprises in Brazil, but continuing his
residence in Chicago.  He was elected a member of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion and of various other military associations.


1898Bio. of Thomas W. Osborn


   Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, James G. Wilson
   and John Fisk, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1898.  Vol. IV, page 598.
   (transcript)
   [See the 1904 Bio. of Thomas W. Osborn]

   OSBORN, Thomas W., senator, b. in Scotch Plains, Union co., N.J., 9 March,
1836.  He removed with his parents to Wilna, N.Y., in 1842, and was graduated
at Madison university in 1860.  He studied law in Watertown, N.Y., but as
soon as he was admitted to the bar in 1861 he entered the National army,
being commissioned captain in the 1st New York artillery, and serving
successively as chief of artillery of various army corps and of the Army of
the Tennessee.  He served as assistant commissioner of the Bureau of refugees
and freedmen for Florida, with the rank of colonel in 1865-'6.  He was three
times wounded in battle, and had an arm and shoulder broken in a railway
accident.  After the war he went to Florida for his health, practised law in
Tallahassee, was made a register in bankruptcy in 1867, was a member of the
convention that adopted the state constitution which he drafted, and was
elected to the upper branch of the legislature.  He afterward removed to
Pensacola, and was chosen to represent Florida in the U.S. senate as a
Republican, serving from 30 June, 1868, till 3 March, 1873.


1904 Bio. of Thomas Ward Osborn


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)
   [See the 1898 Bio. of Thomas W. Osborn]

   OSBORN, Thomas Ward, senator, was born in Scotch Plains, N.J., March 6,
1836.  He was graduated from Madison university in 1860, studied law in
Watertown, N.Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1861.  At the outbreak of the
civil war he organized a company of artillery in Watertown, N.Y., was
commissioned its captain and was assigned to the 11th army corps.  He served
through the war as chief of artillery in various army corps, and of the Army
of the Tennessee and was three times wounded.  He was commissioned colonel in
1865, and was appointed assistant commissioner of the Florida bureau of
refugees, 1865-66.  He practised law in Tallahassee, Fla.; was appointed
register in bankruptcy in 1867; was a member of the state constitutional
convention of 1867, and drew up the constitutions which was adopted.  He was
a Republican state senator and was elected June 30, 1868, by the Florida
legislature, U.S. senator with A.S. Welch, drawing the long term expiring
March 3, 1873.  He died in New York city, Dec. 18, 1898.


Bio. of William McKinley Osborne


   The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,
   Rossiter Johnson, ed., Boston, The Biographical Society, 1904.
   Vol. VIII.  (transcript)

   OSBORNE, William McKinley, consul-general, was born in Girard, Ohio,
April 26, 1842; son of Abner and ----- (Allison) Osborne.  He attended the
academy at Poland, Ohio, and Allegheny college, Meadville, Pa.  He enlisted
in the 23d Ohio volunteer regiment early in 1861 and was discharged in 1862
owing to injuries receives<sic>.  He studied law at the University of
Michigan, 1863-64; was admitted to the bar in June, 1864, and practiced at
Youngstown, Ohio, 1869-77, serving as mayor of the city, 1875-76; removed to
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877, and was married in April 24, 1878, to Frances
Clara, adopted daughter of Walter Hastings of Boston, Mass.  He practiced law
in Cleveland, Ohio, 1877-80, and in 1880, after traveling and residing in
Europe, he settled in Roxbury and opened a law office in Boston, Mass.  He
became a prominent Republican politician; was a common council man, 1884-85;
a member of the board of police commissioners, 1885-93, and secretary of the
Republican national committee of 1896.  He was appointed, March 18, 1897,
U.S. consul-general at London, by President McKinley, his maternal cousin,
and held that office until his death, which occurred at Wimbledon, London,
England, April 29, 1902.


Bio. of Archibald Osborne


   Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Lyon Gardiner Tyler,
   New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1915.  Vol. V, page 602.

   ARCHIBALD OSBORNE, M.D.  A medical graduate from two colleges, Richmond
(Virginia) and Tulane (New Orleans), and with hospital experience in
Washington, D.C., Dr. Osborne brought to his work in Berryville both well
proven theory and actual practice.  He has been successful in practice, and
as physician and citizen has gained high standing inhis native county of
Clarke.  He is a son of Fayette Osborne, born in Loudoun county, Virginia,
in 1834, and now a retired farmer of Loudoun county.  He served as a
cavalryman in the Confederate army for one year, furnishing a representative
who filled his place in the ranks during the remained of the war.  He married
Sarah, daughter of Joseph Worthington; she was born in Loudoun county, in
1842.  Sons: William F.; Marshall Worthington, deceased; Wade Hampton,
married Elsie Humphries; Archibald, of further mention; daughters: Vienna,
Mary, Gertrude M., Estelle, Nelly and Beulah Benton.
   Dr. Archibald Osborne, son of Fayette and Sarah (Worthington) Osborne, was
born in Clarke county, Virginia, November 2, 1874.  He attended public and
schools in Clarke county until he was twelve years of age, then studied in
Georgia schools and at Charles Young Institute, Washington, D.C.  In 1896 he
entered Richmond College, medical department, and was graduated M.D., class
of 1899.  He later took a post-graduate course at Tulane Medical College at
New Orleans, and was connected with the hospitals at Washington, D.C.  In
1902 he located at Berryville, where he is now well established and
successful.  Dr. Osborne has made a special study of anti-toxins and has
contributed several timely and valuable articles to the medical journals on
their worth and use.  He is a member of the American Medical Association, the
Virginia State Medical and the Shenandoah Valley Medical societies, keeping
in closest touch with all that is valuable in modern medical or surgical
discovery.  He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, also of
Treadwell Lodge, No. 213, Ancient Free and Accepted Mason, and in political
faith is a Democrat.
   Dr. Osborne married, October 1, 1901, Fannie Meade, born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, daughter of George E. and Sarah (Taliaferro) Pfaster.
Children: George Hunter, born in Berryville, Virginia, October 5, 1902;
Archibald Francis, born February 10, 1904.


Bio. of Joseph Dunn Osborne-10015


   Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Lyon Gardiner Tyler,
   New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1915.  Vol. V, page 724.

   JOSEPH DUNN OSBORNE, M.D.  Joseph Dunn Osborne, M.D., of Petersburg, has
been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in that city for
a period of sixteen years, and has gained the esteem and confidence of his
fellows, not only as a physician, but as a gentleman of true Southern
character.  He is descended from John Osborne, who married Jane Pleasants
Harrison, daughter of Nathaniel and Anna (Gilliam) Harrison, of Petersburg,
Virginia (see Harrison).  John Osborne and wife had children: Jane Harrison,
died unmarried; Charles Francis, married Mary Field Gilliam; Nathaniel
Montgomery McKenzie, M.D.; Pleasants Carter; Edmund Harrison, and John
Dunlop.
   (II) Edmund Harrison Osborne, son of John and Jane P. (Harrison) Osborne,
was born in Petersburg, where he was engaged through life in the manufacture
of tobacco.  He married Sarah Cabaniss, of Dinwiddie county, Virginia, and
they were the parents of three children, all now deceased: Robert Cryer,
receives further mention below; Jennie, was the wife of Colonel Gordon S.
McCabe, and died in 1912; Elizabeth, became the wife of Captain John R.
Patterson, and died in 1872 (see Patterson).
   (III) Robert Cryer Osborne, eldest child of Edmund Harrison and Sarah
(Cabaniss) Osborne, was born September, 1839, in Petersburg, where he lived
all his life, and died June 30, 1903.  He was an expert judge of tobacco, and
engaged in the manufacture of various forms of tobacco throughout his active
life.  During the civil war he served as assistant quartermaster of Mahone's
brigade, and was once mad a prisoner of war.  He was active in promoting the
welfare and progress of his native city, and served as a member of the city
council.  He married Lucy F. Dunn, born 1841, in Petersburg, daughter of John
Dunn, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, and settled in Petersburg, when a
young man, where he was many years a commission merchant, and died in 1841.
His wife was Mary Page (Bragg) Dunn, and of their six children two are now
living, namely: John Dunn, and Mrs. Robert C. Osborne, above mentioned.  Of
her five children, one, Edmund Harrison, died at the age of seven years.  The
living are: Sarah C., unmarried, residing in Petersburg; Page Bragg, of
Richmond; Marie, wife of George Bryan, an attorney of Richmond; Joseph Dunn,
of further mention below; Mary M., wife of Samuel S. Bryan, of Titusville,
Pennsylvania, president of the Union Hardware Company.
   (IV) Dr. Joseph Dunn Osborne, son of Robert Cryer and Lucy F. (Dunn)
Osborne, was born February 12, 1873, in Petersburg, and there attended the
noted McCabe's School.  He was afterward a student at Hampden-Sidney College,
and entered the University of Virginia, from which he was graduated in 1895
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.  For one year following this he was an
interne<sic> in the New York City Hospital on Blackwell's Island, and
thereafter spent one year in study in Europe.  In 1899 he began practice in
Petersburg, and is now located on West Tabb street, with a large and growing
practice.  Dr. Osborne is a member of the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity,
of the Petersburg Medical Faculty, the State Medical Association, and the
American Medical Association, which fact testifies to his standing among his
contemporaries.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church, gives little
attention to political affairs, and devotes his talents and energy to the
development of his powers as a healer, and in keeping abreast with the
progress of medical advancement.


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