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Rev. War Pension Papers of Jonathan


        

Osborn - 2814

Pension Application S8912

12/13/1753  Born in the forks of the Yadkin, Rowan Co., NC.
?           When quite young his father moved to the "Hollow of Surry Co."
                and in a few years moved to Montgomery Co. (that part which
                was later Grayson Co.), VA.
1776        While residing in Montgomery Co., VA, volunteered and served as
                a private in Capt. Enoch Osborn's Co.  They were stationed
                at the forts on New River, 3 months, then marched to the Long
                Island of Holston, destroyed some Indian towns, and served 3
                months longer.  He was afterwards out in many short tours
                against the Tories.
11/12/1832  Allowed pension on his application executed 11/12/1832 at which
                time he was a resident of Ashe Co., NC, having lived there
                about 3 years.  He stated that he lived 63 years "on one
                place" in Montgomery Co., VA.
4/11/1834   Died.

            The Capt. Enoch Osborn under whom he served was his brother.
            There are no other family details.


Bio. of Jonathan Osborne-2141


        History of Porter County, Indiana, Vol. II, The Lewis Publishing Co.,
        Chicago & NY, 1912.  Page 868.  (transcript)
        [See the bio. of Edgar Guy Osborne-5735]

   JONATHAN OSBORNE is a well-to-do farmer of Porter county, Indiana whose
success in his chosen field of activity has made it possible for him to
retire from business and pass his remaining days in the pursuit of whatever
interests seem most desirable to him in the declining years of his life.
He was born in Wayne county, on March 13, 1832, and his entire life has been
passed within the confines of his native state.  He is the son of Jonathan
and Rachel (Small) Osborne.  Jonathan Osborne, Sr., was born in North
Carolina, his wife, Rachel, was born in South Carolina.  Prior to their
advent into Indiana, the Osborne family of which Jonathan, Sr., was the
only son, moved to Ohio, settling near Chillicothe, but their stay there
was but a brief one.  Jonathan Osborne, Sr., and his wife were the parents
of David, Nathan, Mary, John, William, Jason, Jonathan, Eli and Rachel;
Jonathan and Eli are the sole surviving members of this goodly family, and
Eli is engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in Missouri at the present time.
   Jonathan Osborne, Sr., purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land at
a government land sale in 1834, and devoted his time to the cultivation of
his property thereafter.  His children were reared amidst rural scenes and
influences, receiving such primitive education as was afforded in their day
by the cabin schools of the period, but in later years Jonathan, Jr., became
a student in a co-educational college at Valparaiso, Indiana.  He was a
studious and hard working young man, who made the best of his opportunities
at all times, and a few years after he had completed his education he
purchased the home farm from his father, were<sic> he continued in the
successful operation and management of the place from then until he retired
from active farm life.
   In 1865 the young man married Miss Bettie Hixon, daughter of Thomas J.
and Elizabeth (Haskell) Hixon becoming his wife.  She was born in La Porte
county, Indiana, in 1845.  Her father was a prosperous farmer of his time,
and she was one of the eight children of her parents, the others being
Susan, Alvin, Rozeltha, Florence, Thomas, Emma and Bonnie B.  The Hixon
children were educated in the district schools, some of them being finished
in the Valparaiso high school.
   Mr. Osborne and his young wife began their wedded life on the old
homestead, and to their combined energy and industry may he ascribed the
praiseworthy accomplishments of their lives with regard to their worldly
accumulations.  They became the parents of four children: Minnie E., Bonnie
B., Edgar G., and Florence G.  Minnie E., the first born, died in infancy.
The district schools and the high schools afforded their children good
educational advantages, and the son, Edgar G., finished his education under
even more favorable auspices.  Florence fitted herself for the teaching of
music, and after some experience in that branch married Fred M. Lindner,
secretary of the Valparaiso Grain & Elevator Company.  Mrs. Lindner has not
given up her teaching, to which she has ever been devoted, and has a large
class to which she gives piano instruction.  Bonnie B. Osborne married
Frank B. Parks, a well known lawyer of Valpariaso, and there have been
three children born to them.  Bessie M. died at the age of sixteen years,
and the other two are Ralph O. and Bonnie Ruth.
   Mr. and Mrs. Osborne have been members of the Presbyterian church of
Valparaiso for many years, and have shared in the good works of that
institution.  Mr. Osborne is a member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating
with the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Masons, Council of Royal and Select Masters
and time Commandery of the Knights Templar.  He is a Republican, and has
always supported the policies of that party.  It was in 1878 that Mr.
Osborne felt himself financially able to withdraw from active farm life,
and since that time he has lived a life of practical retirement, making his
home in Valparaiso.  His resignation of active business, however, has not
restrained him from taking an interest in civic affairs, and he has with
the passing years demonstrated his citizenship to be of an exceptionally
high order.  His life has been singularly free from the breath of adverse
criticism and none is more deserving than he of the splendid place he holds
in the public esteem.


Bio. of Jonathan N. Osborn


   History of La Porte County, Indiana, Chicago, Chas. G. Chapman
   and Co., 1880.  Page 677.
   (son of Nathan Osborn - 2137)
   [See the bio. of Jason Osborn]

   Jonathan N. Osborn, son of Nathan and Rachel (Graham) Osborn, was born in
La Porte county, Ind., in 1857.  His father was a native of Indiana, and his
mother of Virginia.  In 1879 he was united in marriage with Miss Adaline
Yarger, who is now 22 years old.  He owns, where he lives, 120 acres of well
improved, excellent farming land, which he values at about $50 per acre.
His educational advantages were only ordinary.  Politically, he is a
Republican.


Bio. of Jonathan William Osborn-6208


   A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of LaPorte
   County, Indiana, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1904.
   Page 646.  (transcript)  (bio. accompanied by photos of both Jonathan
   W. Osborn and wife)
   [See the bio. of B.F. Osborn-6209]
   [See the bio. of George R. Osborn-6217]

   JONATHAN WILLIAM OSBORN.  The subject of this sketch is a public-spirited
and enterprising citizen of Hanna township, where for many years he has
carried on operations as an agriculturist and has materially aided in the
upbuilding and development of his section of the county.  He was born on the
10th of August, 1852, in Clinton township, LaPorte county, and is a son of
Wiliam Osborn, an honored citizen of that locality, who was born December
22, 1827, and died August 16, 1863.  He was a native of South Carolina and a
farmer by occupation.  On the 17th of February, 1850, he was married in
Clinton township, this county, to Miss Charlotte Long, who was born in West
Virginia, January 10, 1829, and departed this life on the 22d of July, 1897.
In their family were six children, namely: Emma Josephine, born February 3,
1851, is the wife of Jesse Macy, of Des Moines, Iowa; Jonathan W. is the
next in order of birth; Benjamin, born July 17, 1854, is a resident of
Rippey, Iowa; Tabitha, born December 3, 1856, died in childhood; Robert E.,
born February 22, 1858, make his home in Perry, Iowa; and Hattie May, born
May 1, 1862, died May 11, 1883.
   Jonathan W. Osborn was educated in the schools of Westville, Indiana,
under Professor Laird, where the family lvied until 1870, when the mother
removed to Perry, Iowa, accompanied by all her children.  Since starting out
in life for himself he has followed farming with good success, and in 1877
he became the owner of his present fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres
in Hanna townhsip<sic>.  It is a well improved place, and from its abundant
products he derives a good income.
   Mr. Osborn was married at Hanna, September 4, 1873, to Miss Eliza
Trimmingham, who was born in Union Mills, April 26, 1853.  Her father was
George Trimmingham, who as born in Yorkshire, England, in November, 1814,
and came to LaPorte county, Indiana, in 1852.  He owned the farm on which
Mr. Osborn and his wife now live, and there died in 1888, honored and
respected by all who knew him.  He was an earnest Christian gentleman, a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was held in the highest
regard.
   Mr. and Mrs. Osborn have eight children, whose names and dates of birth
are as follows: George Robert, February 17, 1875; Jonathan William, March
29, 1877; Edward Macy, January 23, 1879; Arthur Earl, November 24, 1880;
Noah Ralph, January 29, 1882; Hattie Mary, November 23, 1885; Van Dale,
January 25, 1893; and Bonnie Eliza, July 4, 1894.  George Robert wedded Miss
Della Bunnell, sister of the county superintendent of the public schools of
LaPorte county; he is now a student in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Chicago, and was a successful teacher for a number of years.
Jonathan W. resides in El Paso, Texas, where he is an accountant for the
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad Company; he was also a teacher.
Edward Macy resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a fireman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad; he married Miss Olive Vail, and they have one
daughter, Olive Marjorie; he has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad for three years.  Arthur Earl, a resident of Hanna township, wedded
Miss Lucretia Ireland, and they have one son, Maurice.  Noah Ralph, a
resident of LaPorte county, wedded Miss Mattie Groett; he is a farmer.  The
remainder of the family are at home.  The daughter Hattie has finished the
eleventh grade in Hanna school.
   Politically Mr. Osborn is an ardent Republican, and socially is
identified with the Hanna Lodge No. 708, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and the Modern Woodmen of America, Hanna Camp No. 4612.  He and his wife are
active members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Hanna, and he has always
been prominently identified with any enterprise which he believed would
prove of public benefit or would in any way advance the interests of his
fellow men.  Mrs. Osborn was educated in Westville high school under
Professor Laird, also under Professor Phelon, and in the schools at Hanna
and Union Mills.


Bio. of Joseph Osborne


   History of Kossuth, Hancock and Winnebago Counties, Iowa,
   Springfield, IL, Union Publishing Co., 1884.  Page 598.  (transcript)

   Joseph Osborne, of the firm of Taylor & Osborne, bankers, attorneys and
real estate agents, was born in Lafayette Co., Wis., March 2, 1855.  His
parents, Robert and Jane (Pascoe) Osborne, were natives of England.  They
emigrated to America in 1848, locating in Wisconsin.  Joseph was reared in
Iowa Co., Wis., and received his education in the State Normal School at
Plattesville, Wis., and the State University of Wisconsin, graduating from
the law department.  In June, 1881, Mr. Osborne came to Britt and organized
the present banking and law business of the firm of Taylor & Osborne.  He
was married May 9, 1882, to Lucy Stephens, a native of Iowa Co., Wis.  Mr.
Osborne is one of the township trustees, also a member of the board of
aldermen of Britt.  He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.