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Bio. of Eleazer Osborn


   History of Schoharie County, New York,
   William E. Roscoe, Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1882.  Page xxvi.
   "Names of Citizens Who Assisted ...", "Summit"

Osborn, Eleazer, p o East Worcester, farmer, born in Harpersfield, Delaware
   county May 4, 1799, settled in county in 1822, has been assessor, highway
   commissioner and overseer of poor; wife Zilphia Sherman, of Rensselaer
   county, married in November 1821; children five.  Father, Eleazer Osborn
   was a native of Danbury, Connecticut, and a soldier in the Revolution.


Bio. of George H. Spry


   The Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio, Chicago, The Lewis
   Publishing Co., 1902.  Page 36.  (partial transcript)

GEORGE H. SPRY.
   George H. Spry has almost reached the eightieth milestone on life's
journey and throughout the long period has resided in Knox county, being
to-day one of its honored and respected citizens, enjoying the regard of
young and old, rich and poor.  He was born in Monroe township, August 12,
1822, his parents being Perry and Mary (Chadwick) Spry, who were pioneer
settlers of the county, where the father followed farming at an early day.
   ...  On the 28th of September, 1876, Mr. Spry was again married, his
second union being with Miss Wealthy Almira Osborn, who was born in Cayuga
county, New York, February 16, 1831, a daughter of Isaac and Lois Osborn.
At the age of eighteen she began teaching school in Crawford county, Ohio,
and successfully followed that profession for eleven terms, her last school
being in Monroe township, Knox county. ...


Bio. of John L. Ozburn


   Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and
   Monroe Counties, Illinois, Chicago, Biographical Publishing Co., 1894.
   Page 728.  (transcript)
   [See the 1912 bio. of John L. Ozburn]

JOHN L. OZBURN, the efficient bookkeeper of the Jackson County Milling and
Elevator Company, is also connected with other business interests of
Murphysboro.  He is a Director in the Bloomington Building and Loan
Association, is President of the Board of Appraisors, and is a stockholder
in the Southern Illinois Building and Loan and the Jackson County Homestead
and Loan Associations.  Business ability and an upright life have place him
in the foremost rank of the leading citizens of this community.
   Born near Brownsville, Ill., February 20, 1852, our subject is a son of
Col. Lindorf Ozburn, a native of North Carolina, who came to Jackson County
in an early day.  For a time he operated a horse-mill at Brownsville, and in
1854 came to Murphysboro, where he built the Lower Mill.  In 1862 he aided in
raising the Thirty-first Illinois Infantry, and was mustered in as
Quartermaster of the regiment.  At Jackson, Tenn., he was made Colonel of
General Logan's old regiment, and continued to lead his command until forced
to resign, in 1864, on account of physical disability, caused by a fall from
a horse.  He wedded Diza Glen, a native of this state and an own cousin of
General Logan.  Mrs. Ozburn still makes her home in Murphysboro.  Of the
family of seven children, five are yet living, namely: John L., Lillie, wife
of Judge Roberts, of Carbondale; Lou, of Murphysboro; Al, conductor on the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad; and A.M., Rate Clerk on the Missouri Pacific Railroad
at St. Louis.
   In the common schools John Ozburn acquired his education, and from early
boyhood worked in his father's mill.  He afterwards became weighmaster of the
mines and was with the Gartside Coal Company for four years.  He was then
weighmaster and bookkeeper at the Lewis mines for three years, after which he
returned to the old company and served as head bookkeeper for ten years.  In
1893 he became bookkeeper for the Jackson County Milling and Elevator
Company, which position he now fills.
   In Mt. Vernon, Ill., in 1874, Mr. Ozburn was united in marriage with Miss
Fannie Morris, a native of Middleton.  They have three children: Harry,
Assistant Postmaster of Murphysboro, Thomas and George.  Mrs. Ozburn belongs
to the Methodist Episcopal Church North.  Since 1881 Mr. Ozburn has been a
member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, also belongs to the Knights of
Pythias and is a charter member of the Sons of Veterans, of which he has
served as Captain.
   From 1875 until 1879 Mr. Ozburn served as County Surveyor, being elected
on the Democratic ticket.  His political views, however were undergoing a
change, and in 1880 he joined the ranks of the Republican party,  In 1885 he
was elected City Treasurer for a term of two years.  On the 17th of June,
1889, he was appointed Postmaster by President Harrison, and filled the
office until October 16, 1893.  His official duties have ever been discharged
with a promptness and fidelity that have won him high commendation.  He is
true to every public and private trust, and the community recognizes in him a
valued citizen.  He is now a prominent Republican candidate for the office of
County Clerk.


Bio. of A. Edgar Osborne


   Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World or Santa Clara County,
   California, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1888.
   Page 361.  (Portrait accompanies bio.)  (transcript)

A. EDGAR OSBORNE, M.D., Ph.D.  The successful efforts that are being made at
the present day for the amelioration of the lot of the indigent, the insane,
and the feeble-minded, are something of which too much can hardly be said.
It is only of late years that any general attention has been paid to the
subject.  A number of learned and philanthropic gentlemen, chiefly medical
men, have studied the matter and by the rearing of institutions for the care
and treatment of the weak-minded, have accomplished a good that is shown most
clearly by the surprisingly great success that has been met in relieving
these mental disorders and in many cases entirely curing them.  Upon this
coast the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-minded
Children, an institution located on the extreme western borders of the town
of Santa Clara, and which is described elsewhere in this volume, is a worthy
representative of what is being done.  Though founded but a few years back,
and not yet as extensive as it will be later, it is acknowledged to be one of
the best managed and most successful on the continent, the appointments and
arrangements being admirable, and the most perfect system prevailing
throughout.
   The superintendent is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this
article.  Dr. Osborne was born near Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
February 23, 1856, his father, Mr. Antrim Osborne, being the proprietor of
the Waterville Woolen Mills.  When the subject of this sketch was between
five and six years of age, his father purchased the Rose Valley Woolen Mills
property, in the same county, removing his family thither, and there Dr.
Osborne received his preliminary education, from private tutors and at the
public schools.  He next attended the district Grammar School, going thence
to the Pennsylvania State College (military), in Center County.  Here he took
a four years' course in science, for two terms being the assistant of the
professor of that department.  He next went to the University of Pennsylvania
(Medical Department), graduating March 12, 1877.  For one year after this he
remained at practice in Philadelphia, at the same time pursuing a special
course in the hospitals.  He then removed to Media, Pennsylvania, and began
the practice of his profession.  In 1879 Dr. Osborne graduated in the
Department of Philosophy, of the University of Pennsylvania, taking the
degree of Ph.D., being the youngest man to obtain that degree at that time.
While in Philadelphia Dr. Osborne was connected with the Presbyterian and
the Philadelphia Hospitals, and at this time was the first resident physician
to the Odd Fellows' Home.  Subsequently he became semi-officially connected
with the Pennsylvania Training School for the feeble-minded.  For the
following eight years, in addition to his other professional work, he
occupied the chair of Natural Sciences in the Media Academy, being also the
organizer of the Department of Physical Culture, and establishing a
gymnasium.
   In October, 1886, Dr. Osborne, having attracted general attention by his
studies of the subject of the care and treatment of the feeble-minded, was
elected to succeed Dr. B.T. Wood in the office of Superintendent of the
California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-minded Children, assuming
charge on December 1, 1886, proving himself the right man for the position by
the admirable manner in which he at once brought the institution to a high
state of efficiency.
   Drawing from a thorough knowledge and a wide experience, he is creating a
higher plane of success.  Dr. Osborne is the only physician engaged in this
work on the Pacific Coast, and is in charge of the only institution of the
kind west of Nebraska.  Under his hands there are now 110 children, and there
are fully 150 applications for admission on file, waiting the completion of
enlargements now contemplated.
   Dr. Osborne was married on September 7, 1880, to Miss Margaret H. Paxton,
of Marietta, Ohio.  They have no children, but have adopted a niece, who
lives with them.  Mrs. Osborne is the matron of the institution.  Dr. Osborne
is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society, of the Pennsylvania State
Medical Society, of the National Medical Association, of the American
Association of Medical Superintendents, and of the Media Institute of
Science.  He was also the organizer and the President of the Media Medical
Club.  By his original researches and independent treatment of medical and
scientific subjects, he has made a name for himself in the line of new
discoveries, and is cited as an authority in the lines that he has made
especially his own.  He is a hearty, whole souled gentleman, whom it is
pleasant to meet, affable and courteous, and a favorite of all.  In church
matters the doctor and his wife are Presbyterians.  He is also a member in
good standing of the Masonic Order, namely, of George W. Bartram Lodge, No.
298, Pennsylvania; of Howard Chapter, No. 14, R.A.M., and San Jose
Commandery, No. 10, K.T., in San Jose.  He is also a member of the I.O.O.F.,
and is District Deputy Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.  He is
also a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, a college society with a
very large membership in this country.
   The Osborne family has been identified with the history of America since
the Colonial times, the Doctor's branch of the family having settled at
Danvers, Massachusetts, in the early days of that town, and trace their
record back to Norman days in England and upon the continent.  He is also one
of the editors of the interesting "Osborne Genealogical History," the other
two editors being resident in New York city.


Bio. of Thomas Osborn


   Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World or Santa Clara County,
   California, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1888.
   Page 452.  (transcript)

THOMAS OSBORN, of the Willows, was born in Franklin County, Indiana,
January 1, 1824.  He is the son of Daniel and Rebecca (French) Osborn, who
are natives of Ohio.  His grandparents, Cyrus and Esther (Baldwin) Osborn,
removed from Newark, New Jersey, to Butler County, Ohio, during the latter
part of the last century.  Cyrus Osborn was one of the party who went to the
scene of St. Clair's defeat, to bury the dead.  He lived to return to his
home, but died soon after.  Daniel Osborn served under General Harrison in
the War of 1812.  When his son Thomas was but a few months old, he became a
pioneer settler of Fountain County, Indiana, locating there two years before
the county was organized.  There the subject of this sketch was reared,
assisting in his youth in clearing a farm in the dense forest.  His schooling
was limited to a few weeks' attendance, each year, at subscription schools.
On the twentieth of October, 1847, he was married to Miss Margaret Hargaugh,
who is a native of the State of Pennsylvania.  They have eight children, four
of whom were born in Indiana, and four in Wisconsin, they having removed to
Dane Township, Dane County, of that State, in 1849.  There they lived until
1858, thence returning to Fountain County, Indiana.  In 1868 they removed to
Vermillion County, Illinois, and again, in 1872, to Veedersburgh, Indiana.
Here Mr. Osborn conducted a hardware business for one year, and in April,
1873, became a Californian, settling in Tulare County, where he bought a
ranch, which he stocked with 6,000 sheep.  This business he followed for
about six years, when he sold his sheep and engaged in cattle-raising at the
same place.  His ranch contained 800 acres, while his range covered thousands
of acres.  Selling his property, Mr. Osborn established himself in his
present home, in January, 1885.  It is situated in the Willow District, near
the junction of Lincoln Avenue and the Almaden road.  For this property,
which had benn previously improved by John W. Badger, he paid $450 per acre.
It contains fourteen acres, devoted to fruit, consisting principally of
apricots and Silver prunes.
   The names of their children, in order of their birth, are: Alice, wife of
Isaac Waldrip, of Fountain County, Indiana; Joel S., engaged in stock
business in Tulare County; Oliver D., a resident of Los Angeles; Eve, wife of
William Duncan, a resident of Danville, Illinois; Elizabeth, living at her
father's home, at the Willows; Daniel, an employe of the Southern Pacific
Road; Mary M., a teacher and a member of the home household, as is also
Butler, the youngest member of the family.
   Mr. Osborn, a man of kindly, honest nature, has devoted his life to
agriculture, and has made a success in that line, as his surroundings prove.
He is a Republican of long standing, having been one of the organizers of the
party, in Dane County, Wisconsin.  In religion he is a Baptist, with which
denomination both he and his wife are identified.


Reminescences of Ebneezer Osborn-12602


   The Fire Lands Pioneer, Vol. VIII, June, 1867.  Page 26.  (transcript)
   [See the 1879 bio. of Ebenezer Osborne-12602]

PERSONAL REMINESCENCES.  By Ebneezer Osborn, of Fitchville.
   I was born in Windham, Green Co., N.Y., Dec. 13, 1801, and was brought up
a farmer, living with my father until of age.  From that time until October
1825, I worked out by the month and having saved $200 from my wages, started
for Ohio with Allen Johnson and family, traveling by the Erie Canal.  It was
at the time of the celebration of the opening of the canal, cannons were
fired along the route and we met Gov. Dewitt Clinton in a nicely furnished
packet boat drawn by three splendid horses, gaily decorated with ribbons and
a boy on each, gaily decorated with ribbons and a boy on each, gaily
decorated.
   At Holly, we left the boat and visited a couple of weeks.  Mrs. Johnson
not liking the lake, he bought a team, and loading our things we started in
good earnest.  At Buffalo, we exchanged our eastern money for that of
Niagara.  Accompanied by Miss Nancy Post, a half sister of Mrs. Johnson (and
now Mrs. Seeley Palmer,) we traveled up the lake shore to Ashtabula, where we
rested a few days, and then journeyed to Fitchville, by way of Mr. Walker's,
in Eldridge.
   We stopped with Mr. A.G. Post.  After looking around awhile, I purchased
of Moses Kimball and Ebenezer Andrews, Lots 28 and 29, in section 3.  The
Kimball lot I paid for and took the Andrews lot on contract.  Before the
latter made his deed, the Niagara bank broke and my money was worthless.
After much anxiety and trouble I obtained fund of my father and paid for the
land.
   I boarded with Mr. Johnson one year and a half paying him in work at the
rate of two days for board a week.  December 2d, after my arrival, I
commenced clearing my land.  After the severe labor of that winter and the
next season I succeeded in getting in a crop of wheat.
   I was married December 6th, 1826, to Ann, daughter of Abijah Palmer, L.
Robbins officiating, but we did not keep house until the next June.  We were
both poor.  She went to spinning flax and tow to make articles for
house-keeping and I to chopping logs for a house which was built that winter
and spring.  When the house was done, we loaded our things on an ox wagon and
moved in high spirits.  Here in common with other pioneers, we endured
hardships and suffered privations.  Some of them were scenes which made the
heart ache.  May God grant we may never see the like again!
   Mr. Zalmon Green came in the fall before we moved, and bought part of the
Post location.  He cleared his land and built a house so that we could see
from one to the other.  He proved a valued neighbor and christian brother,
and still lives on the same place.
   In those dayes money was almost out of the question.  To procure enough
for our taxes and postage, we saved our ashes when clearing land and made
black salts.  The rest of our trade was mainly barter.  one<sic> incident I
will relate, to illustrate many others of pioneer life.  I had to raise 15
dollars in money and having some good wheat I sent word by Mr. Green to Ezra
Smith at Peru to know what he would pay a bushel for it.  He sent back word
that he would give me fifty cents per bushel if I would draw the wheat to his
mill and then the flour to Huron.  I had a team but no wagon, and had to pay
50 cents per day for one.  It took two days to ahul the wheat and three, the
flour and then I received the 15 dollars.
   Albert, my first son was born Feb. 15th, 1828, and my daughter Mary, June
17th, 1831.  My wife united with the Congregational Church in Fitchville in
1830, and I did the same within the year following.  She died Jan. 23, 1863.
She was born in Genoa, N.Y., Sept. 6th, 1809, an<sic> emigrated to Fitchville
with her father in 1818.  She was an invalid for eight years before her death
and suffered very much.  I do not feel that I can do justice to departed
worth without saying that her death has been a great loss to me, her
children, the church and a large circle of relations and friends.
   In early days many good religious meetings were held in Fitchville.  Among
those who from time to time attended, I remember Rev's Enoch Conger, and E.
Judson and Elder John Seymour, an efficient lay member now living in Lyme.
   The first congregational Church of Fitchville, was organized May 21st,
1819, by the Rev. John Seward (now living in Tallmadge, O.,) and Rev. Joseph
Treat Missionaries of Connecticut Missionary Society.  Although all of the
following have been stated supplies since, not one has ever been installed.
   A.H. Betts, 1823; L.B. Sullivan, 1824; James McMaster, 1826; Ladonicus
Robbins, 1826; John Beach, 1829; Samuel Dunton, 1832; Wm. Taylor, 1836;  W.W.
St. John, 1837; U.T. Chamberlain, 1838; Dr. Marcus Palmer, 1840; Henry Cobb,
1844; J. Saxby, 1847; Wm. Westervelt 1848; M. Waldo, 1851; J.M. Vanwaggoner,
1852; Wm. Grigman, 1853; Messrs. Findley and Wright, temporary supplies to
1858; Wm. Johnson, 1858; O. Burgess, 1860; J.C. Thompson, 1862; Wm.
Westervelt, 1866.
   The first Sabbath School in Fitchville was organized by Allen Johnson at
his house in 1825, myself and Zetta Green teachers.  My scholars were Edward
Green, Benj. Green, Barnard Johnson.  Mrs. Green's scholars were Louisa
Johnson, and Sarah Palmer.
   Fitchville March 28th, 1867.


Bio. of Ebenezer Osborne-12602


   History of the File Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio,
   W.W. Williams, Cleveland, OH, 1879.  Page 331.  (transcript)
   [See the 1867 Reminescences of Ebneezer Osborn-12602]

   Ebenezer Osborne came in, in 1825, and took up lots twenty-eight and
twenty-nine, section three.  He came by the way of the Erie canal, which was
just then opened.  From Buffalo, the party of which Mr. Osborne was one, and
which also included the Allen Johnson family and Miss Nancy Post -- a half
sister of Mrs. Johnson -- who afterward married Seeley Palmer, traveled up
the lake shore to Ashtabula, and from there came to Fitchville, by way of
Eldridge.  Mr. Osborne married in 1826, Ann, daughter of Abijah Palmer.
They had three children: Albert, Mary and Ebenezer.  Mary is dead, and the
sons are living west.  Ebenezer Osborne was a native of Windham, Greene
county, New York.


Bio. of Almon Osborn-14756


   The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Chicago, Western
   Historical Co., 1880.  Page 1051.  (transcript)
   [See the Bio. of Edwin H. Osborn-14757]

   ALMON OSBORN, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Ripon; born at Rival, Hancock Co., Me.,
June 24, 1813, son of Joseph and Mary Osborn; went with his parents to
Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1815; to Geauga Co., a year later; to Seneca, Ohio,
when 10 years of age; to La Porte, Ind., at the age of 18; removed to
Waukesha Co., Wis., in March, 1835, where they lived several years; removed
to Mineral Point for a year and then removed to Rock Co.; Mr. Osborn kept the
Ball Tavern for two years, and carried on a farm for some time; came to
Metomen, Sec. 2, in June, 1845, settling on land he still owns, and where
he now resides; came to Ripon in November, 1872, and in March, 1879, began
the sale of agricultural implements.  He was the first Supervisor of the town
of Metomen.  He was married in Fulton, April 1843, to Augusta Smith, who was
born in New York State in April, 1820; shed died Jan. 30, 1880; they have
three children -- Charles Henry, a farmer in Metomen; Frances, now Mrs. C.W.
Foster, of Sauk Co., and Porter M.  Mr. Osborn is a member of the Lodge of
A., F.. & A.M.  Mr. Osborn's father, Joseph Osborn, was born at Cape Ann,
Mass., July 15 1784, and died at Belleville, Dane Co., Wis. Feb. 5, 1859;
Mary Moore Osborn, his mother, was born at Bangor, Me., Dec. 12, 1789, and
died at Kingsbury, La Porte Co., Ind., September, 1869.


Info. on Family of Samuel Osborn-14765


   History of Noble County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches,
   of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Chicago, L.H. Watkins &
   Co., 1887.  pp383-392 (Marion Twp) (transcript)
   Found at Heritage Pursuit

p383
Among the oldest residents now living in Summerfield and vicinity are Mary
Capell, now the widow of Richard Horton; Elizabeth Lingo, widow of James
Osborne; Mary Shankland, widow of Liston Prettyman, now living with her
mother, the widow of James Shankland and John Shank- land, on the old
homestead.
...
About the same time with Horton came Joshua Craig, George Acred, Hugh
O'Neill, Thomas Franklin, Patrick Peppard, William Osborne, Samuel Osborn and
James Osborn with their mother and their sisters, Mary, Kitty and Betsey;

p385
Some of the old settlers of the township who are still living, are Samuel
Osborne, aged eighty-six, and his wife, nee Martha Horton, eighty-three;

p391
   Moses Horton, with his wife and nine children, came from the city of
Dublin to what is now Marion Township in 1817.  They afterward had two
children.  Of their sons, Thomas and William are living.  The latter is a
physician in Southern Indiana, near Cincinnati.  The daughters were Ann
(O'Neill), deceased Martha (Osborn), Susannah (Crow), Jane (Graham), and
Rebecca (McWilliams).  The two oldest sons, Joshua and John, after coming
here, returned to the east on foot.
...
   The Osborns of this township were among the early Irish settlers, coming
originally from County Donegal.  The family consisted of Samuel Osborn, Sr.,
and six children - Mary, William, James, Samuel, Catharine (Crawford) and
Elizabeth (Fearus).  Of these, two are living, both in this township.  The
family left Ireland in 1817.  The father died in 1820, six weeks after coming
to this country.
   James Osborn, born in Ireland in 1798, came to America with the family,
and located with them in what is now Marion Township, when all was
wilderness.  In 1830 he married Eliza Lingo.  Their children now living are
Samuel M., Archelaus and Hester A. (Calland) in this county, and Ellen
(Wilson), Kansas.  The father died in 1883.  His widow is still living, with
her son Archelaus. The latter was born in 1840, and in 1862 enlisted in
Company D, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out at the
expiration of his term of service.  He was in the battles of Chickamauga,
Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, through the Carolinas, etc.  In 1867 he
married Eliza M. Hamilton.  Six children-five living, viz.: Anna L., Luella.,
James H., Charles E. and Hattie H.
   Samuel Osborn, Sr., was born in Ireland in 1800, and came to this country
with the family.  In one fall he walked from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and
thence to Ohio, where he entered the land on which he afterward located; then
back to Pittsburgh, and again to this township.  Such feats of pedestrianism
would be considered marvelous in these days, but the pioneers were a hardy
race and not afraid to encounter hardships.  In 1829 he married Martha
Horton.  His children were Ruth (Barnes), Dorinda (Lemmax), living, Ann J.
(Taylor) and Mary E. (Anderson), deceased; Susannah (Peyett), William and
Rebecca.  William Osborn was born in 1843. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D,
Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was discharged on surgeon's
certificate of disability after one year in the service.  In 1862 he married
Lillie H. Earhart, of this county.  Four children living--Albion E., Mattie
H., Mary A. and Dora R.  The Osborns are Free Methodists.


William Osborn-14740 Rev. War Pension Application


   R10431

   Affidavit made 7/8/1846 by Sarah H. Taylor of Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
She states she was the widow of William Osborn who she believes was a
corporal in the army of the Rev. from 1/1/1777 to 1/1/1780.  She was married
to William Osborn on 7/17/1791.  William Osborn died in 1802.  In 1804 she
married William B. Taylor who died about 1836.  William B. Taylor was an
invalid pensioner of the War of 1812.
   Affidavit made 4/20/1846 by Louisa Avery of Norwich, New London Co., CT.
She knew Sarah H. Taylor and knows she is the same person mentioned in the
deposition by Mrs. Eunice Huntington as Sally Cole.  [The deposition by
Eunice Huntington is not in the pension file.]  Her maiden name was Sally
Cole.
   Affidavit made 4/20/1846 by William Osborn of Columbia, Tolland Co., CT.
He is the son of William Osborn and Sally Osborn and he is the same person
mentioned in the depostion by Mrs. Eunice Huntington.  He knows his mother
has been known by the name of Sarah, as Sally, Sally Cole, and Sarah H.
Taylor.  She was married in 1791 to his father William Osborn and they had
two children, one son himself and another son John who is now deceased.
William Osborn died at Norwich he thinks in 1802.  In 1804 his mother married
William B. Taylor by Doct. Joseph Strury<?>.  He was present when they were
married.  He was then 20 years of age, having been born in 1792.  He
recollects his father William Osborn say that he was in the Rev. War and that
he was a drummer.  His father died at Norwich.  William B. Taylor the second
and last husband of his mother died at his (William Osborn Jr.'s) house
in Columbia ten years previous (to the affidavit).
   Certificate made 7/8/1846 by E. Benjamin Chief Clerk for Mason Cleveland,
Comptroller, State of Connecticut.  He examined the record of settlements
made with the CT line of the Continental Army and found the name of William
Osborn recorded with service shown from 1/1/1777 to 1/1/1780.
   This is a rejected pension, but there is nothing in the file indicating
the reason for the rejection.
   [Ed.'s note: William Osborn(Sr.) died as a resident of Norwich, CT and
William B. Taylor died at William Osborn(Jr.)'s house in Columbia, CT.  There
is nothing in the file to indicate why Sarah Taylor would have moved to
Hartford.  Further, with the certificate of service dated the same day as
Sarah H. Taylor's affidavit, I suspect that Sarah Taylor learned the details
of William Osborn's Rev. War service from the certificate or an examination
of the records herself.  Perhaps her husband was not the same William Osborn
who served 1/1/1777 to 1/1/1780.  It might pay to try to locate a William
Osborn who served as a drummer as indicated in William Osborn(Jr.)'s
affidavit in order to determine the real Rev. War service of William Osborn
(Sr.).]

Bio. of George Kellogg Osborn


   Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer,
   Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886, Henry B. Nason, Troy, NH,
   William H. Young, 1887.  p193.  (transcript)
   Found at Google Books

   George Kellogg Osborn, A.B. (r.s.), son of William and Jemima (Kellogg)
Osborn, was born in New York city July 17th, 1815, and entered the Institute
in 1829.  He practiced law in New York city until his death.  Married June
11th, 1838, Harriet C. Chamberlin; two children.  He died in Brooklyn, March
8th, 1843.


Bio. of Charles M. Osborne


   Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer,
   Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886, Henry B. Nason, Troy, NH,
   William H. Young, 1887.  p287.  (transcript)
   Found at Google Books

   Charles M. Osborne, C.E., (Rock Island, Ill.,) son of Marcus B. and
Elizabeth A.W. (Grant) Osborne, was born at Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.,
March 17th, 1833.  He prepared at Davenport College and entered the Institute
in 1849.  He never practiced the profession of civil engineer, but of the
law.  He was formerly practicing lawyer at Rock Island, Ills.; now at
Chicago, Ills.  P.O. address, 94 Washington street, Chicago, Ill.


Bio. of Frank C. Osborn


   Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer,
   Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886, Henry B. Nason, Troy, NH,
   William H. Young, 1887.  p510.  (transcript)
   Found at Google Books

   Frank Chittenden Osborn, C.E. (Calumet, Mich.,) son of Reuben Howard and
Livonia (Chittenden) Osboru<sic>, was born in Maple Grove, Ontonagon county,
Mich., December 18th, 1857.  Prepared at the Calumet High School, Mich., and
entered the Institute in September, 1876.  He entered the service of the
Louisville bridge and iron company July 25th, 1880, as assistant engineer,
and was afterward principal assistant engineer; at present principal
assistant engineer Keystone bridge company.  Edited "Tables of Moments of
Inertia and Squares of Radii of Gyration," 1886.  Married, October 27th,
1880, Annie Pauli, daughter of Stephen Pauli.  P. O. address, Pittsburgh, Pa.


Interview of John Osbourne-13720


   The Draper Manuscripts,  13CC38-40  (SLFHL 0889117)

             Hardin's & Freeman's Mission, Covalt Killed
No. 10.  John Osbourne
   Freeman and Jos. Jarret were 1st sent out by Govt. to make a treaty with
the indians.  I saw Jarret start from Columbia.  3 days they travelled with
the indians, before they got an opportunity to kill them.  Then they stopped
to dry their clothes.  Freeman was from Cincinnati.  Five were then sent out.
Hardin and Thos. Flinn were killed out on Mad river.  Freeman, his waiter,
and Wm: Smalley were out here on Hog Cr:, (branch of the Aux Glaize) going on
to the Shawnee towns.  The 2 Indians with them sent Smalley out to get bark
for some kin---ik<?>, to smoke, & then concerted the plot, as the other 2
could not understand them.  They then represented that the young Indian was
afraid of Freeman's waiter, they being 3 to 2, and requested he should be
tied.  In the night, the indian was looking at Freeman's gun, and remarking
how indifferent &c and as Freeman lay rolled up in his blanket, by the fire,
lifted it up and shot him.  The waiter broke loose, and the young indian ran
40 or 50 yards before he kicked<?> him He then called to the other indian
that the white man was too strong for him, & he went & tomahawked him.  He
didn't die till some time in the night, and then the younger indian was sent
to dispatch him, and had the task of drying the scalps, &c.  Smalley had been
a prisoner before, & it is said has written a pamphlet on himself.
   Covalt was killed about 3 weeks before I came into that country.  I came
in, in the fall of 1790.  It was the last of Octr: or 1st of Novr:
   John Smith came in the next spring afterward.  Danl. Clark, my father in
law, was ordained in Columbia.  Was the 1st baptist preacher in the state.
Meeting-house built in the summer of 1791.  First association in the state
was formed at that meeting house.  Got minutes as far back as 1802.  Called
Miami Association, held at Frazier's island.  The church was in Columbia
and moved out to the mouth of Duck Dr:, at the head of Turkey bottom.  A
Station, at the mouth of Columbia, 1 1/2 ---<?> above, called Garrards, I
helped build, the same fall I came down.  One Welch and Bridges had built out
from the Fort, some 30 or 40 rods, higher up, at a spring.  The next spring
Welsh was going out for sugar water.  It was just about dusk, and I met him,
and hadn't gone 15 steps before the indians took him.  We found his bucket
there in the morning.  They took him on to Mad river and held a council
whether they should burn him, or take him on to Detroit and sell him.  One
Indian spoke in his favor some 3 hours, and they took him on, and sold him,
and he was returned.
   The next summer after St. Clair's defeat, Francis Beagle was taken from
Round bottom.  Returned the same time that Smalley did.
   A man by the name of Most, was killed at Columbia.  His son a Baptist
Preacher.
   When my father 1st settled on the head of Big Wheeling, his two nighest
neighbors were 25 miles each.  This 1775.
   Lived in Rodger's Station about a year: (near Bairdstown) summer of 1780.
And then at Barnett's Station on the Rolins fork, 10 miles off.
   In 1781 or 2 Bairdstown was laid off.
   Widow Carpenter, Dunlevy's wife (Mr.)
   In 1790 the bees swarmed at some house in the Cumberland country, so thick
that the men couldn't work, and they got as big as a house, and took 3 wagon
loads of straw to burn them up.  I heard it then, and saw afterwards on of
the carpenters who was working on the house.
   The next February a meeting was commenced at that same house, which
originated the Cumberlands and Newlights.
   (Some persons can remember many circumstances connected with an event,
just as soon as it is brought up.  Others seem to have no recollections or
associations whatever.  Such was the case, I think, with this Mr. O.  I might
have been in haste, but I think it was difficult to sustain a conversation.)
   This between Deerfield and Lebanon right hand side.


Bio. of Timothy Osborn


   Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio,
   J.H. Beers & Co., 1897.  p1091.  (transcript)

   Timothy Osborn, the owner of a well-developed and highly-improved farm of
140 acres in Liberty township, was born in Bethlehem township, Stark Co.,
Ohio, November 29, 1829, and is a son of John and Julia Ann (Buchtel) Osborn.
The father was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., and was a physician.  At the age
of ten he accompanied his parents to New Lisbon, Ohio, where he worked for a
time for Dr. Duffel.  Later he took up the study of medicine with Dr. Neiz.
In Stark county, Ohio, eh was married, and later removed to Wood county,
settling in Montgomery township.  Two years later he removed to Tuscarawas
county, where he made his home until 1845, when he returned to Montgomery
township.  Up to this time he had engaged in the practice of medicine.  In
1847 he located on the farm now owned by our subject, making his home there
until 1864, when he removed to Noble county, Ohio, where he continued until
the fall of 1885.  He died on the home farm in Liberty township, Wood county,
in the spring of 1886, at the age of seventy-five years; his widow still
survives, and is now living with our subject.  In the family were the
following named members -- Timothy, of this sketch; Percida, wife of Hector
McMahon, of Portage, Ohio; Susan, wife of Dr. Whitehead, of Bowling Green,
Ohio; Louisa, wife of T.M. Carr, of Portage; and Catherine, wife of Whitney
McMahon, of Portage township.
   Our subject acquired his literary education in the common schools, and
under his father's direction he took up the study of medicine, and began the
practice of the profession after passing his twenty-sixth birthday.  In
Liberty township, in 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth
Yarnall, a native of Ashland county, Ohio, and upon the old homestead they
began their domestic life.  They have two children -- Maggie U., wife of
Frank Hodgeman, of Liberty township; and John Robert, at home.
   In politics, Mr. Osborn is a Republican, but has neither time nor
inclination for public office, preferring to devote his energies to his
business interests, in which he has met with good success.


Bio. of W.L. Ketcham


   Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio,
   J.H. Beers & Co., 1897.  p1308.  (partial transcript)

   W.L. Ketcham, the present treasurer of Perry township, and one of its most
prosperous and substantial parmers, is a representative of the third
generation of that name in the township, his grandfather, William B. Ketcham,
being one of the pioneer settlers there. ...
   Our subject was born January 6, 1867, and is a son of George L. Ketcham,
who was the son of William B., son of John, whose father's name was James.
The latter, who was the great-great-grandfather of W.L., was born in New
Jersey, March 26, 1753, and was married in 1779 to Miss Rhoda Osborn, who was
born October 12, 1758.  The children of this couple were Joshua, Lewis,
Hannah, John, Phoebe, James, Nathaniel, Charlotte, Samuel, Nathaniel(2), Job
and Abigail.  The father died March 18, 1820, and the mother May 9, 1847.
   ...


Bio. of John H. Osborn-10467


   Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio,
   Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895.  Page 220.  (Transcript)
   See theBio. of Thomas E. Orsborn
   See theBio. of William N. Osborn-10470

JOHN H. OSBORN, a farmer of Bloomfield township, Morrow county, was born in
New London, Connecticut, October 7, 1816, a son of Thomas Osborn.  His father
was supposed to have been killed, and Thomas was bound out to a sea captain
and taken on board ship at the age of seven years following the sea until he
married and located on a farm in Connecticut.  He came to Knox county in
1816, purchased Government land, erected a log cabin, improved his farm, and
died there at the age of sixty-eight years.  The mother of our subject, nee
Olive Manning, was born and reared in Connecticut, a daughter of Gilcrist
Manning, of English descent.  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Osborn were the parents of
eight children, all of whom grew to years of maturity, namely: Abigail
(deceased), Amanda(deceased), John H., James M., William N., Sarah Ann,
Rilla and George(deceased).
   John H., the third child and eldest son, was brought to Knox, now Morrow
county, when an infant.  At the age of sixteen years he left home to work at
the cabinetmaker's trade at Mount Vernon, but six months later returned home
and assisted in building a sawmill on a branch of Dry creek.  He was next
apprenticed to the carpenter and joiner's trade, continuing that occupation
four years, and erected many of the houses, barns and other buildings
throughout Morrow and adjoining counties.  After his marriage, Mr. Osborn
located on his present farm, in South Bloomfield township, which he has put
under a fine state of cultivation, and erected a good residence.
   October 7, 1838, he was united in marriage with Nancy Sevare, a native of
Knox county, Ohio, and a daughter of Jesse Sevare, one of the early pioneers
of Knox county.  Mr. and Mrs. Osborn had seven children, viz: Douglas B.,
deceased; Clarinda, deceased; Thomas E., of Mount Gilead; Ladusky E., widow
of Orange Holister and a resident of Mount Vernon; Byron H., of Bloomfield
township; Mary J., at home; Rose L., wife of Thomas Scott, of Bloomfield
township.  The wife and mother is deceased.  Mr. Osborn is a Deacon in the
Christian Church, and is identified with the Republican party.


Bio. of William N. Osborn-10470


   Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio,
   Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895.  Page 486.  (transcript)
   See theBio. of John H. Osborn-10467
   See theBio. of Thomas E. Orsborn

WILLIAM N. OSBORN, Post Master and farmer of Sparta, Morrow county, was
born in a log house in Bloomfield township, June 24, 1824, a son of Thomas
and Olive (Manning) Osborn.  William N., the fifth child of his father's
family, received his education in a log school house, and assisted his
father on the farm and in the mill until twenty years of age.  He remained
on the homestead for five years after his marriage.  In 1850 he located on
land on improved farm in South Bloomfield township, and lived for two years
in a log cabin.  Mr. Osborn now owns 210 acres of well improved land.  In
political matters, he affiliates with the Democratic party, and in 1894 was
appointed Postmaster of Sparta.  In 1856 he was elected Justice of the
Peace, having held the position most of the time since, was Township Trustee
for a time, Constable four years, and also judge of elections.  Socially
he is a member of the Masonic order and the I.O.O.F., having been one of
the first members of the latter order, No. 208, initiated at Sparta.
   Mr. Osborne was married in 1845, to Harriet Dustin, a native of Ohio.
They had three children: Melinda O., widow of William Jackson; Lucy J., wife
of Miller Riley; and Ella, wife of Francis Harris.  The wife and mother
departed this life in 1863.  For his second wife Mr. Osborn married Sarah
Miller and they have had four children, namely: Delano, of Columbus, Ohio;
David G., who resides on the old homestead; Mary, also at home, and
Samuel C.


Bio. of Thomas E. Orsborn


   History of Morrow County and Ohio, Chicago, O.L. Baskin & Co.,
   1880.  Page 674.  (transcript)
   See theBio. of John H. Osborn-10467
   See theBio. of William N. Osborn-10470

   THOMAS E. ORSBORN; Sparta; is the son of John H. and Nancy (Severe)
Orsborn, and grandson and namesake of Thomas Orsborn, the South Bloomfield
pioneer.  His great grandfather Osborn was captain of a merchantman on the
Atlantic Ocean.  On one of the voyages the sailors arose in mutiny, killed
the captain and manned the vessel for piracy and plunder.  His grandfather
was reared upon the sea, and being a man of great resolution and vitality,
became captain, but becoming tired of the sea he moved his family into the
wilderness of Ohio in 1815.  Thomas E. was born in Knox Co., O., Nov. 28,
1841, and was one in a family of seven -- Thomas E., L. Ellen, Byron H., one
that died in infancy, Mary J., Roslinda and Clarinda M.  Clarinda is dead,
but the others are living in South Bloomfield Tp.  Byron married Emma Brokaw;
Roslanda married Thomas Scott; Ellen is the widow of Orange Hollister, and
Mary is unmarried.  Thomas' youth was passed on the old place; when the war
broke out he enlisted in the 121st Reg. O.V.I., Co. E., and in 1863 was
discharged for disabilities.  In early years he served an apprenticeship at
house-painting, which business he followed until his marriage to Maria,
daughter of Solomon and Mary (Coleman) Roberts Nov. 1, 1860; he has by her
the following family: Mina Adell, born April 9, 1861; Wilbur B., Jan. 29,
1863 (deceased); Frank L., Aug. 1, 1864; Kate M., Oct. 24, 1865; William B.,
May 5, 1867; Nellie M., Dec. 2, 1869; Brice O., Jan. 15, 1872; John H.,
Feb. 28, 1874; Lillie E., April 31, 1876; and a daughter, as yet unmarried,
born Feb. 14, 1880.  After his marriage, Mr. Osborn farmed and dealt in stock
until April, 1879, when he opened a butcher-shop in Sparta, on the corner of
Main and Church streets; he is doing the principal business in his line in
the town.  His residence is half a mile southwest of Sparta.


Bio. of Amos L. Rice


   History of Summit County, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio, Chicago,
   Baskin & Battey, 1881.  Page 860.  (partial transcript)

   AMOS L. RICE, farmer; P.O. Cuyahoga Falls.  Dr. Lewis Rice was a native of
Massachusetts, and was born about 1782. ... Dr. Rice was twice married, his
first wife being Lucy Rice, by whom he had three children -- Orlo, Lucy A.
and Arethusa.  These children are all living.  His second wife was Chloe
Pratt, to whom he was married Jan. 5, 1823.  To his second marriage there was
born one son, Amos L., the subject of this biography.  Dr. Rice's second wife
died Oct. 28, 1845.  After a long life of usefulness, Dr. Rice died March 25,
1861. ... Amos L. Rice was born in Stow Township, Summit Co., Ohio, July 13,
1824.  He received a common-school education, and on the 21st of October,
1856, was united in marriage with Phoebe O. Jaquays, daughter of John and
Agnes (Osborn) Jaquays, and by her has two children -- Chloe A., born
July 19, 1863; and Lewis P., born June 23, 1874.  Besides these two, Mr. and
Mrs. Rice have one child by adoption -- Martin H., born May 27, 1857. ...


Bio. of William B. Moody


   History of Summit County, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio, Chicago,
   Baskin & Battey, 1881.  Page 1020.  (partial transcript)

   REV. WILLIAM B. MOODY, Bath.  This gentleman was born in Kennebec Co.,
Me., Feb. 17, 1808.  He is the son of Joseph and Bridget (Davis) Moody, both
of whom were natives of Shapley, Me., where they were married and resided
until 1806, when they moved to Kennebec Co.  In 1813, they removed to Ontario
Co., N.Y., and from there to Richfield Township, this county, in 1821.  They
were the parents of nine children, viz., Daniel, Joseph, Davis, Samuel,
Ephriam, Rhoda, Priscilla, Bridget and William B.  Bridget and William B.,
are the only ones now living.  Mr. Moody and wife were intelligent Christian
people.  He died in 1824, and his wife in 1847.  William B. Moody was reared
upon a farm, and, during his youth and early manhood, received no education
to speak of. ... He was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Osborn May 14,
1828.  She was born in East Cleveland, Ohio, in 1811, and died Aug. 20, 1856.
From this union there were nine children, viz., William B., Deborah, Joseph,
Rhoda, James, Samuel, Ira, Davis, and one that died in infancy without
naming.  He was married Oct. 11, 1856, to Mrs. Julia (Adams) Spencer, who
again brought to his hearthstone the genial influences of a home left
desolate by the death of his first wife.  One child, John B., has blessed
their union, and with this interesting son and most excellent wife, he enjoys
in advancing years the pleasure and comforts of a happy home, and an ample
competence. ...


Bio. of George William Osborne


   A History of Adams County, Ohio From its Earliest Settlement to the, Chicago,
   Present Time, Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers, West Union, OH,
   E.B. Stivers, 1900.  Page 829.  (transcript)
   [Found at Google Books.]

                   GEORGE WILLIAM OSBORNE, M.D.
was born at Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio, October 3, 1853.  His
grandfather Enoch Osborne was a native of Loudon County, Va., and emigrated
from there to Adams County.  He as a soldier of the War of 1812.  His father
was George P. Osborne, who served his country faithfully during the Civil
War.  His mother was Elizabeth Early.  His parents were marrid at Locust
Grove in 1850.  There were but two children of this marriage, our subject and
a daughter, Emily, who married Peter Carter, but is now deceased.  Dr.
attended the common schools of the county and the High school at Hillsboro.
He also pursued a special course in the Portsmouth High School from 1873 to
1875.  He becan the study of medicine with Dr. James S. Berry, at Locust
Grove, in 1870, and continued it from time to time until 1878, teaching
school and attednding school in the meantime.  He attended lectures at the
Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1877, and in the Summer of that year began
the practice of medicine in 1877, and in the Summer of that year began the
practice of medicine with his preceptor, Dr. J.S. Berry, at Locust Grove, and
continued with him one year.  On April 14, 1878, he was married to Margaret
E. Briggs, daughter of John K. Briggs, of Dry Run, Scioto County, Ohio.  In
February, 1879, he located at Cedar Mills in the practice of medicine.  In
May, 1889, he was appointed one of the three Pension Examining Surgeons of
Adams County, and served as such till July, 1893.  Dr. Osborne has always
been a Republican.  In the Fall of 1893 he was nominated by his party
unaminously for Auditor of Adams County and made the race against Dr. J.M.
Wittenmyer.  It was a campaigh of money on both sides and he was beaten by
sixty-eight votes.  On January 1, 1896, the Doctor removed to Dry Run, in
Scioto county, where he has esided evert since and devoted himself
exclusively to the practice of his profession.  He is a member of the Adams
County Medical Society and of the Hempstead Adacemy of Medicine of Scioto
County.  He is as Odd Fellow and a Red Man.  Dr. Osborne is highly esteemed
as an excellent physician and a good citizen.


Bio. of Philander W. Osborn


   Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee Counties,,
   Mich., Chicago, Chapman Bros., 1891.  Page 235.  (transcript)
   [Found at Google Books.]

   PHILANDER W. OSBORN.  It is undoubtedly a great satisfaction to a man or
woman who has reached years when they can look back over a long life spent in
hardships and a struggle to give one's family every advantage possible as
well as to do one's duty by one's fellowmen, to have the efforts recognized
by loving children and kind friends with the assurance that one has made the
most of life and that the world is better for their having lived in it.
   The gentleman whose name heads this sketch and who lives on section 4,
Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County, is a general farmer here and was born
in what was originally Portage County, but is now known as Summit County,
Ohio.  He is the son of Elias and Jerusha (Adams) Osborn, the father a native
of Osbornville, Conn.  Our subject's grandfather, Isaac Osborn, removed to
Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio, while his son was a boy.  He built
the first flouring mill erected on Mud Brook in Northampton Township.  The
walls were of niggerhead stone and the work was done in the main by himself.
He was one of the first settlers there and did a business both as a
millwright and miller and was also engaged in distilling.
   Our subject is the eldest in a family of four, only one of whom beside
himself is still living, this being a half-brother who resides in Summit
County, Ohio, and whose name is Henry Monroe.  Philander received a limited
education, having less than a year's schooling, but he early acquired a love
for reading and study and utilized the uncertain light given out the by the
hickory fire that blazed on the broad hearthstone to become acquainted with
the popular authors as well as such sciences as physiology, geology,
philosophy, mineralogy and astronomy.  He thus gained a fair education by his
own efforts.
   Mr. Osborn grew to manhood in Northampton, His father having died while he
was yet young he was thrown on his own resources and obliged to look to
himself for his living.  When sixteen years of age he took a trip South,
traveling through all the Southern States to New Orleans.  November 2, 1849,
he was married to Merilla Antels, a daughter of John and Agnes (Swerenger)
Antels.  The lady was born in Akron, Ohio, but her father was a native of
Wayne County, same State.
   The gentleman of whom we write came to Michigan July 5, 1873, and
purchased eighty acres of land.  He has since given forty acres of this to
his son.  He is the father of three children: the eldest child and son is
Oliver O. who is a physician and druggist and lives in Fenwick, Montcalm
County; he has two children.  The second child is Nancy who married Francis
Emmert, whose sketch appears on another page in this Album.  The third child
is Jessie M. who lives at Battle Creek, this State, and is unmarried.
   Our subject votes the Republican ticket and has been a popular man in the
county; he is not an office-seeker and has ever refused to be a nominee.  He
has served on the Board of Review.  He, with his wife, is a member of the
United Brethren Church, in which they they<sic> have been for over forty
years.  Mr. Osborn's maternal grandfather, Philander Adams, was a
commissioned officer in both the Revolutionary War the the War of 1812.  He
was a business man of unusual ability and acquired a very comfortable
fortune.  A native of New York State, he settled in Randolph Township,
Portage County, Ohio, where for many years he was the proprietor of a large
farm.


Bio. of Morris Osburn


   Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee Counties,,
   Mich., Chicago, Chapman Bros., 1891.  Page 393.  (transcript)
   [Found at Google Books.]
   [See the Bio. of James Osburn]

   MORRIS OSBURN.  Prominent in commercial circles and well known among
business men as a bright financier and a thorough manager, is the gentleman
whose name heads this paragraph.  He is a man of quiet manner and
considerable reserve, but a clear thinker and prompt to act.  He has
accumulated an excellent property, and is a thorough business man.  He was
born in Meadville, Pa., on January 31, 1838, and is the eldest son of John
and Jane (Morris) Osburn.  He passed his school days in his native home,
attending first the ward schools and afterward the academy.  He then entered
his father's store, thus gaining useful experience in mercantile affairs.
   In 1856 the subject of this sketch came to Pontiac, Mich., and spent the
winter, after which he came to Owosso, and, buying a small store, put in a
stock of goods.  Soon after his coming here his father joined him, and he
went into company with him and a younger brother.  They also took an interest
in pine timber lands in Saginaw County, running three sawmills under the firm
name of Gould, Osburn & Co.  The firm did a large business in the way of
manufacturing lumber and continued in existence until 1877, when the Osburns
sold out their interest to other parties and made Owosso their permanent
home, at the same time retaining their interest in the mercantile
establishment at that place.
   Mr. Morris Osburn helped to organize the First National Bank at Owosso,
and was made Vice-President, a position which he held for twenty years, after
which the charter of the institution ran out and it was changed to a private
bank.  He was also one of the principal men in incorporating the Owosso
Woolen Mills, and also the Secretary of the company of French, Osburn &
Knill, which continued in existence until the mills burned.  They were,
however, immediately rebuilt, but burned a second time, and were again
rebuilt, but the business was closed up in 1871.
   Mr. Osburn continued to hold his interest in the firm of Osburn & Sons
until 1884, when he sold out and turned his attention to general farming and
stock-raising.  His fine farm of two hundred and forty acres is well improved
and finely stocked with sheep and cattle and a good grade of draft horses.
   The great event of Mr. Osburn's life was his marriage, in 1860, to Miss
Mary Gould, a daughter of the late Hon. Amos Gould.  This lady was born in
New York State, near Auburn, and her union with our subject has been blessed
by the birth of three sons -- Harry G., who is a resident of Chicago, and
Morris and Joe, who are still at home.  Mr. Osburn has been Supervisor at
large in Shiawassee County, and is now serving his second term in that
office.  He is also Secretary of the Water Board, and his political
convictions are in accordance with the Republican party.  His attractive and
handsome residence at No. 418 Oliver Street is pleasantly situated and is the
center of a genial social life.


Bio. of James Osburn


   Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee Counties,,
   Mich., Chicago, Chapman Bros., 1891.  Page 930.  (transcript)
   [Found at Google Books.]
   [See the Bio. of Morris Osburn]

   JAMES OSBURN, one of the prominent merchants and prosperous citizens of
Owosso, is now at the head of the firm of Osborn<sic> and Sons, dealers in
dry goods and carpets.  His natal day was May 21, 1840, and his birthplace
Meadville, Pa.  His father was John M. Osborn, at native of the same State as
his son, being born in Meadville, January 18, 1812.  He there grew to
manhood, receiving a common-school education and being trained in practical
life.  His father was a soldier in the War of 1812, during which service he
died, and the great-grandfather of our subject was a Revolutionary soldier.
   The Osburns came originally from England and made their first settlement
in Connecticut.  Jane (Morris) Osburn, the mother of our subject, was also
born in Meadville, Pa., April 24, 1819.  Her father, David Morris, was of
Welsh descent.  After he marriage to the father of our subject they settled
in their native town and there John Osborn engaged in the mercantile business
and the manufacture of hats, being a practical hatter by trade.
   In 1857 John Osburn removed with his family to Owosso, Mich., and there
engaged in the dry-goods trade, thus becoming one of the early merchants of
that village.  This business he carried on during his residence in Owosso,
taking his sons into the firm with him and remaining active in the business
up to the time of his death, which took place April 27, 1891.  His faithful
companion through life departed this life three days later, passing away
April 30, 1891, and both were buried in the same grave.  They were active and
devoted Christians and were identified with the Congregational Church, which
they had ever liberally supported.  They were the parents of seven children,
five sons and two daughters, six of whom lived to reach the age of maturity.
   The eldest son, Morris, a retired merchant and farmer, is a man well known
in this section and his biography will be found elsewhere in this volume;
Charles Y. is the Collector of the port of Marquette, Mich; Fred is a partner
in the store with his brother James; Emma, now deceased, was married to Mr.
Rodney Mann; Ariana, also deceased, was the wife of G.L. Dimick; and Arthur
died at the age of five months.
   James Osburn passed his school-days in the city schools of Meadville, Pa.,
and afterward entered the academy there, from which he was graduated in 1857.
He then entered his father's store and assisted in selling goods and
continued to reside with his parents, accompanying them to Owosso and after
reaching manhood taking an interest in the store.  When his father retired
from business the two brothers, James and Fred, together bought out the stock
from their father, but preferred to continue the firm name as before.
   The dry-goods establishment of Osburn & Sons is a large double store,
52x100 feet and three stories in height.  The business occupies two floors,
with a well selected line of dry goods, carpets and clothing.  The marriage
of our subject took place August 9, 1881, to Ella Larzelere.  She is a
daughter of S.B. and Elizabeth A. Larzelere, the family being of French
descent and Mrs. Osburn being by birth a native of New York State, whence she
removed with her parents to Ypsilanti when she was a young girl.  She is the
mother of one son, James L.
   Mr. Osburn has served his city as Alderman of the First Ward for eight
years and was elected Mayor of the city of Owosso in 1878.  He was a
stockholder and Vice-President of the Second National Bank before it was
re-organized into the Owosso Savings Bank.  He is prominently indetified with
Owosso Lodge, No. 81, A.F. & A.M.  Politically he is an Independent
Republican.  Both he and his charming wife are prominent members of society
and are earnest and devout members of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr.
Osburn is Vestryman.


Bio. of James C. Holland


   A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans,, Vol. IV, William E. Connelley,
   Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co., 1918.  Page 1742.  (partial transcript)
   [Found at Google Books.]
   (Contributed by Kay Staub)

   JAMES C. HOLLAND.  The public architecture of Kansas, especially in the
capital city, is largely a record of the skill and experience of one man,
James C. Holland. ...
   ...
   James C. Holland was born at Lima, Ohio, in a log cabin April 2, 1853.
The original spelling of the name was Howland.  John Howland was the
progenitor of the American family and came as a follower of Lord Baltimore
during the early colonization of the present State of Maryland.  What branch
of the family adopted the spelling Holland is not now ascertainable.  Mr.
Holland's family, however, has spelled the name in that form for many
generations.  For many years the home of Mr. Holland's ancestors was around
Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.  His father's cousin was the noted American
author, whose writings were so widely read a generation ago and are still
highly prized, John G. Holland
   Thomas Holland, grandfather of James C., was a pioneer in the State of
Ohio, locating near Washington Court House in Fayette County, about 1803.
There he endured all the hardships of pioneering, developed a good homestead,
and by his marriage to Corena Cahill reared a large family of children.
   Barton Andrew Holland, the youngest child of Thomas and Lorena, and the
father of James C. Holland, was a prominent man in Northwestern Ohio.  All of
the name in Ohio were substantial men, ranked above the average in point of
citizenship, and fearlessly did their duty in whatever circumstance of life
they were place.  Barton A. Holland in early life was a builder, and was
quite widely known in that line.  Early in the Civil war he was made a
recruiting officer at Lima.  He recruited the Ninety-ninth, One Hundred and
Eighteenth and One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Regiments of
Infantry.  He himself went to the front as first lieutenant and later captain
of a company in the One Hundred and Eighteenth, afterwards was made ranking
captain in the One Hundred and Eightieth regiment, and still later became
major of that regiment.  With that rank he served until the close of the war.
One of his sons, Thomas B., now one of Ohio's successful criminal lawyers,
living at Paulding, was first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Eighteenth
Regiment.  For many years the Holland family lived in the vicinity of Lima,
and another family in the same locality was the Osmons.  Barton A. Holland
married Lydia Osmon, a daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Osborn) Osmon.
   ...


Bio. of B.A. Holland


   The History of Hardin County, Ohio ..., Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co.,
   1883.  Page 1004.  (transcript)
   [Found at Heritage Pursuit.]
   (Contributed by Kay Staub)

B. A. HOLLAND, lawyer. Ada, was born October 21, 1822, in Fayette County,
Ohio.  He is a son of Thomas and Lorena (Cahill) Holland, both natives of
Pennsylvania, and of English descent.  Thomas Holland, a carpenter, came to
Ohio in 1800, and settled at first in Harrison County, and thence moved to
Fayette County.  Our subject was educated in Fayette County, and learned the
trade his father had followed.  In 1836, he went to Lima, Allen County, and
resided there up to 1862, at which latter time he enlisted in Company K, One
Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He served with great
distinction in the war; at first he was commissioned Second Lieutenent, then
First Lieutenant, then Captain and Major, and finally Lieutenant Colonel.  On
his return home from the war, he studied law for three years, and took up the
practice of it, although not regularly admitted to the bar until 1875.  He is
now one of the prominent lawyers of Ada.  In 1844, Mr. Holland was united in
marriage with Lydia Osborn, a native of Waren County, Ohio.  Four children
have blessed this union, viz.: Thomas E., a lawyer in Paulding County, Ohio;
Rachel A., wife of James McKenny, a contractor and lumber dealer in Lima;
Lorena A., a prominent merchant of Ada, and James C., an architect, who
stands high in his profession.  Mrs. Holland is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.  Mr. Holland is a member of the Masonic order; is a
prominent member of the G. A. R., and commander of the Post in Ada.


The Waldo Genealogy


   The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America from 1650 to 1883,
   Joseph D. Hall, Jr., Danielsonville, CT, Press of Scofield & Hamilton, 1883.
   (partial transcript)

...
p13
   MARTHA (WALDO) PARDEE, daughter of Jesse Waldo and Martha Hovey, married
March 18, 1806, Prattsburg, N.Y., to Isaac Pardee, son of Jonathan and
Tryphena (Beecher) Pardee, born July 2, 1778, New Haven, Conn., died Jan. 15,
1857, Elba, N.Y.  Children, 8th generation: ... Henrietta, born Feb. 8, 1820,
Elba, died April, 1877; Harriet, born Feb. 2, 1822, Elba; ...
...
p15
   HENRIETTA (PARDEE) OSBORN, daughter of Martha Waldo and Isaac Pardee,
married April 15, 1845, at Elba, N.Y., to Eli, son of Nehemiah and Mary
(Fraser) Osborn, who was born Aug. 12, 1806, at Gelderland, N.Y., died Aug.
3, '59.  Children, 9th generation: Nehemiah, born Feb. 3, 1847, at Alabama,
N.Y.; Mary, born July 4, '48, same town.
p16
   HARRIET (PARDEE) OSBORN, daughter of Martha Waldo and Isaac Pardee,
married April 13, 1854, Nehemiah Osborn, brother of Eli, born Feb. 6, 1817.
Children, 9th generation, John born October, 1858; Martha Waldo, born Jan. 6,
'61; Mary Pardee, born Oct. 26, '63.
...
p27
   AMELIA (WALDO) OSBORN, daughter of Zacheus Waldo and Anna Stewart, married
William Osborn.  Children, 8th generation: Mary, William Wallace, Isabella
Caroline, Anna, Catherine, Lucia Maria.
...


Bio. of George Osborn


   History of Napa and Lake Counties, California ..., Slocum, Bowen &
   Co., 1881.  Page 533.  (transcript)
   [Found at Google Books.]

   OSBORN, GEORGE.  Was born in Kislingberg, England, March 23, 1824.  At the
age of four years he came with his parents to America, and first located in
Hudson, New York, and attended school and followed farming for ten years, and
after the same length of time spent in Oneida County, same State, he moved to
Wareham, Massachusetts, and there was employed in a foundry for three years.
In 1848 we find Mr. Osborn in Ogle County, Illinois, engaged in farming, where
he resided until 1868, when he started via Panama, and arrived in San Francisco
June 5th of the above year.  After a short stay in Santa Clara Valley he moved
to Napa County, purchasing his present homestead of nine acres, located inside
the limits of St. Helena, and is engaged in viniculture and fruit-growing.  Mr.
Osborn was married in Middleborough, Massachusetts, May 14, 1848, to Miss Phoebe
W. Hull, a native of that place.  They have one daughter, Eveline, now Mrs. P.W.
Grigsby.