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Bio. of Edmund Clifton


   History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties,
   Missouri.  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1888.
   Page 1050.  (transcript)

   Edmund Clifton, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of York Township,
was born in Owen County, Ky., in 1827, and in 1855 moved to Putnam Co.,
Mo., where he has since resided.  When twenty-three years of age he started
to battle with the world alone, and although he began life with nothing,
has, by his own unassisted toil, industry and economy become the owner of
140 acres of good land, well equipped for farming.  In 1850 he married Miss
Julia A Wilson, a native of Kentucky, by whom ten children have been born:
Elizabeth, Mary E., Isaac, Charles H., Sarah, Edmund, Martha, William H.,
Annie (dead) and Louisa.  Mrs. Clifton is a member of the Christian Church.
Mr. Clifton is a member of the G.A.R.  In politics he is a Democrat and as
such has served his township in several official capacities.  In 1861 he
enlisted in Company B, Eighteenth Missouri Infantry, and was mustered out
of service at Louisville, Ky., after serving three years and six months.
He is the third child born to Charles and Polly (Smith) Clifton, natives of
Delaware and Virginia, respectively.  Mrs. Clifton was a widow of Mr. Osborn
at the time of her marriage with Mr. Clifton, who was a son of David and
Esther Clifton, early settlers of Delaware and Virginia.


Bio. of George A. Patrick


        History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties,
        Missouri.  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1888.
        Page 1097.  (partial transcript)

   George A. Patrick, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Wilson Township,
was born in Decatur County, Ind., March 22, 1836.  His father, John Patrick,
was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1804, where he grew to manhood and married
Nancy Osborn, who was born in Fairfax Co., Va.  The family moved to Indiana
in the spring of 1838, and entered Government land and improved a farm in
Decatur County, where Mrs. Patrick died in 1852.  Mr. Patrick was thrice
married, and in the fall of 1856 moved to Missouri, settling in Putnam County,
in 1857, where he bought land and improved a farm upon which he lived until
his death in August, 1884.  [Rest of biography not copied.]


Bio. of Philip Prather


        Hist. of Boone Co., MO, 1882.  Page 783.  (partial transcript)

   Philip Prather, son of Thomas and Mary (Cowan) Prather, was born May
3d, 1834, in Boone county, Missouri.  He was raised on his father's farm,
now occupied by his brother, James Prather, and was educated at the "Old
Bear Creek school house," under the instructions of Judge J.A. Boulton.
He was married, December 15th, 1856, to Miss Georgie A., daughter of Maj.
James B. and Cynthia (Riley) Nichols.  The father-in-law of Mr. Prather
was no ordinary man, and deserves more than a passing notice.  He was the
son of George and Rebecca (Davis) Nichols, and was born in Montgomery
county, Kentucky, September 10th, 1796.  Came to Boone county, Missouri,
in the fall of 1824, settling on the W.C. Robnett farm, on the Two-mile
prairie.  In 1826 he removed to Columbia.  In 1836 he bought the farm where
W.H. Robnett lived, finally moving to the William Orear place, five miles
north of Columbia, where he remained until the death of his wife in 1867.
He was married, in 1818, to Miss Cynthia, daughter of John Riley of Clark
county, Kentucky.  They had ten children, of whom eight are now living.
John died in California.  Mary Osborne, wife of George Osborne, deceased,
-- who died in the Sandwich Islands, -- came back to Missouri and married
Dr. John T. Bailey, of Fayette.  [Rest of biography not copied.]


Bio. of Jonathan Russell


        History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties,
        Missouri.  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1888.
        Page 887.  (partial transcript)

   Jonathan Russell is the youngest child of a family of thirteen born to
James and Anne (Heath) Russell, natives of Loudoun County, Va., where they
passed their entire lives, dying at the ages of seventy-five and eighty-three,
respectively.  The father was a farmer by occupation, and served as a soldier
in the Revolutionary War.  In politics he as a Whig.  Previous to his marriage
with the mother of our subject he had wedded Sallie Osborn, by whom he had
eight children.  His second wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and was born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1784.  Jonathan Russell was
born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1824.  [Rest of biography not copied.]
(Sullivan Co.)


Bio. of Ira L. Terry


        History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties,
        Missouri.  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1888.
        Page 916.  (partial transcript)

   Rev. Ira L. Terry, a farmer and stock raiser of Penn Township, was born in
Morris County, N.J., March 5, 1818, and is the eldest son of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Coleman) Terry, also natives of the same county, and born February,
1793, and May 6, 1794, respectively.  They received but a meager education,
and were married February 1, 1817.  ...   September 7, 1841, he was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Philo and Lois (Osborn) Foot, a
native of New York.  [Rest of biography not copied.]  (Sullivan Co.)


Bio. of Arthur H.T. Osborne


        History of Orange County, California with Biographical Sketches,
        Historic Record Co., Los Angeles, 1921.  Page 1433.  (transcript)

   ARTHUR H.T. OSBORNE.  As manager for the American Fruit Growers,
Incorporated, buyers and shippers of fruits and vegetables, with headquarters
in Fullerton, Orange County, Arthur H. T. Osborne is filling a position for
which he is by natural ability and years of experience along that particular
line of industry, peculiarly fitted. A Canadian by birth, he is a native of
Thorold, Ontario, born November 6, 1871. He later resided in Toronto, and in
October, 1887, arrived in Los Angeles, a youth of sixteen, with the
responsibilities of a livelihood already on his young shoulders.  He
secured employment as clerk in a dry goods store, and later entered into the
business of shipping fruit and produce, and for twenty-four years has followed
the business, learning it from the bottom up to all of its branches and
becoming expert in the practical application of his knowledge.
   First in the employ of the Earl Fruit Company in Los Angeles, in 1900, Mr.
Osborne located in Fullerton, with the Golden West Celery and Produce Company,
a part of the California Vegetable Union. For many years he was district
manager for them. Later, he was again with the Earl Fruit Company, and went on
the road for them, buying green fruit, with headquarters in Sacramento.
Returning to Fullerton, he became district manager for the Benchley Fruit
Company, and Mr. Osborne is now district manager for the American Fruit
Growers, Incorporated, an extensive corporation, buying and shipping dried and
citrus fruits, vegetables and walnuts, with warehouses all over the state.  One
of the best informed men in Southern California on the fruit and vegetable
industry, and fitted by nature with the thoroughgoing methods and perseverance
for which his nation is famed, Mr. Osborne is recognized as an expert in the
marketing and distribution of these products, which are the backbone of
California's prosperity.
   The marriage of Mr. Osborne, which occurred in Los Angeles, December 9,
1896, united him with Maita Dupuy, a native of Illinois, and two children have
been born to them: Harold, who for eight months saw service in France in the
U.S. Heavy Artillery, and acted as interpreter, speaking both Spanish and
French; he is now farming on the Irvine ranch; and George, attending Fullerton
Union high school.  Fraternally, Mr. Osborne is a member of Anaheim Lodge No.
1345, Elks, and is chaplain of that order; he is also a member of the
Foresters.  Since his first arrival in California he has been active in the
development of the state’s most important industries, and devotes his time and
energy to further progress along those lines.


Bio. of Ashbel Post Osburn


        History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the
        San Joaquin Valley, California, The Chapman Publishing Co.,
        Chicago, 1905.  Page 1235.  (transcript)

   ASHBEL POST OSBURN is remembered in Springville as a citizen of worth and
ability, and one whose best efforts were always given to all movements
calculated to advance the general welfare of the community in which he lived.
He was born in New York state and while yet a lad removed with his parents to
the Mississippi valley.  His home was first in Ohio and later in Galena, Ill.,
where he was reared to young manhood.  In 1850 he crossed the plains with
ox-teams to California, locating in Grass valley. Nevada county, where he
engaged in mining for a time.  In 1860 he came to Tulare county and settled
near Portersville, making that place his home for twelve years.  He then
disposed of his interests in that locality and located near Globe, where he
engaged in raising orchard fruits and the cultivation of a vineyard. He met
with success in this work, in which he continued until 1901, when he sold out
and located in Springville and engaged in a mercantile enterprise.  His death
occurred December 4, 1903, at the age of seventy-eight years.  Fraternally he
was identified with the Masons.
   Mr. Osburn is survived by his wife, formerly Susan Miles. with whom he was
united in marriage in October, 1887.  She was the fourth child in a family of
five sons and four daughters, and was born March 30, 1830, in Madison county,
Ind.  Her father, William Miles, was born in New York state in 1801 and came
to Indiana and engaged in farming in 1825.  Ten years later he located in
DeKalb county, Ill., and farmed until 1847, when he removed to Milan county.
Tex., and followed the same occupation.  Following the westward trend of
emigration he came to California in 1852, crossing the plains, and after his
arrival in the state located near Healdsburg, Sonoma county, where he engaged
in general farming.  Just prior to his death, which occurred at the age of
seventy-seven years, he came to the vicinity of Portersville, Tulare county.
His wife, formerly Elizabeth Allen, a native of North Carolina, died in
Illinois.  Mrs. Osburn received a preliminary education in the common schools
of Indiana and Illinois, and afterward added to her knowledge by a thorough
course of reading.


Bio. of C.H. Osbun


        History of Kansas (Bourbon Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1084.  (transcript)

   C.H. OSBUN, Cashier of First National Bank, came to KS in the spring of
1858, and located at Fort Scott.  He was engaged in agricultural pursuits for
three years, and has still some interest in that direction.  In 1861, he was
engaged as salesman in the mercantile establishment of A. McDonald & Bro., and
about two years later he became book-keeper in the banking department of their
business, and has remained in the employ of that firm and their successors to
the present time.  He was born in the town of Washington, Washington Co., PA,
Sep. 7, 1840, and removed to WV, in 1852, making that his home until he came
to KS.


Caleb C. Osburn-1637 Family Bible


        Contributed by David Clark who is in possession of the Bible.
        Caleb C. Osburn is son of Jonathan Osburn.

NEW YORK;
PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY DANIEL D. SMITH
AT THE FRANKLIN JUVENILE AND STATIONARY STORE, N0. 190 GREENWICH-STREET,
ALSO BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES
1828

On the next page in Caleb's handwriting (presumably):

Caleb C. Osburns Holy Bible
January the 17th A.D. 1835

Births

James M. Osburn             11th July 1838
Mary Katherine Osburn       April 22nd 1840
Rebecca Jane Osburn         January 7th 1842
Margaret Ann Osburn         October 30th 1843
Sarah Malissa Osburn        November 4th 1845
America Isabella Osburn     December 11th 1845
Irena Frances Osburn        September 5th 1849
George Marion Osburn        May 27th 1853
Andrew Jackson Osburn       Nov 5th 1855
Edwin Lee Osburn            January 17th 1861
James "W" Reddish           March 16th 1865
Caleb R. Reddish            July 6th 1868
Caleb A. Phillips           March 22, 1876
Jesse A. Phillips           July 17 1878
Mary F. Phillips            Apr 18, 1881

Children of George M. and Mary E. Osburn

Louise Osburn               Born Jan 28th 1883
Bessie Osburn               May 14th 1884
Tessie Osburn               Jan 25th 1888
Freddy Osburn               October 1st 1889
Nellie Osburn               Sep 13th 1891
Mary Osburn                 March 1st 1893
Caleb Osburn                Nov 9th 1897

John E. Reddish             Feb 17, 1872 Monroe Co Iowa
Berrie Sarah Reddish        born September 3, 1878 Monroe Co Iowa
Bertha Beatrice Reddish     Born June 8, 1899
John Richard Neber          born March 20, 1911 Needles, California

Marriages

Jonathan Osburn and Mary Claypool           22nd August 1785
Vincent Jackman and Mary Osburn             February 20, 1804
Andrew Denton and Rebekah Osburn            October 7th, 1819
Steven Osburn and Charlotte Shintaffer      December 25th, 1828
William W. Benson and Rachel Osburn         July the 12th 1829
Caleb C. Osburn and Sarah "W" Magill        October the 12th 1837
John W. Reddish and Mary H Osburn           March 24th, 1864
Thomas A. Phillips & Maggie S. Osburn       December 31st, 1875
George M. Osburn and Mary E. Calaway        Jan 5th, 1882
Edwin L. Osburn & Ella Pack                 Nov. 27th 1883
David H. Cain & Irene F. Osburn             Jan 28th 1884
John K. Sullivan & Rebecca J. Osburn        March 24th, 1885

Births

Jonathan Osburn         June 2, 1766
Mary Osburn             October 20th 1786
John Osburn             July 26th 1788
Jane Osburn             May 9th 1790
Elizabeth Osburn        April 12th 1792
Silas Osburn            October 29th, 1794
Katharine Osburn        February 16th 1797
Rebekah Osburn          February 17th 1799
Stephen Osburn          14th May 1801
Rachel Osburn           10th April 1803
Leah Osburn             22th December 1805
George Osburn           13 February 1807
Caleb C. Osburn         4th August 1811
Margaret Jackman        January 29th 1805
William Jackman         October 4th 1806
Sarah Jackman           December 23, 1808
Jane Jackman            January 9th 1811
Elizabeth Jackman       December 18th 1812
Martin Jackman          February 27th 1815
Osburn C. Jackman       April 26th 1814
Caleb Jackman           July 14th 1820
Andrew Denton           January 12th, 1795
Elizabeth Jane Osburn   Nov 4th 1829
Richard Osburn          March 5th 1832
James "M" Osburn        July the 11th 1838
Mary Katharine Osburn   April the 22nd, 1840
Rebecca Jane Osburn     January the 7th 1842
Margaret Ann Osburn     October 30th 1843
Sarah Melissa Osburn    November 4th, 1845
Charlotte Shintaffer    1 June 1811
Eleanor Osburn          10th May 1830
Philip Osburn           22nd May 1831
George W. Osburn        11th May 1832
Mary J Benson           February the 2nd 1829

Births Continued

Sarah "W" Osburn        Jully the 16th 1813

Born to Edwin L & Elie Osburn
Nov 23, 1886
Falcon R. Osburn

Deaths

Elizabeth Osburn        April (no year given)
Lean Osburn             1806
Eleanor Osburn          29th May 1830
Philip Osburn           23rd May 1831
Jonathan Osburn         July 1st, 1834
Silas Osburn            March 30th 1879

Of the family of C.C. and S.W. Osburn

America Isabella Osburn   November 19th, 1862
James Martin Osburn     January 1st, 1863
Sarah H. Osburn         September, 29th 1878
Caleb C. Osburn         March 10, 1882
Edwin Lee Osburn        Dec 6th, 1893
George Marion Osburn    April 22, 1920
John K. Sullivan        June 22, 1922
Rebeca Sullivan         March 8th, 1924
Sarah Osburn            April 27th 1926


Rebeca Osburn Sullivan  died March 8th 1924

Mary Osburn Reddish died at Losangulas Calif Jan 10. 1927

Miss Sadie Osburn died April 27 1926-age 80 years 5mo & 21 days
   at Haxtun Colo

Mrs. Margaret Ann Phillips died Jan 5-1928-age 84 years-2 mo & 7 days
   at the Caroline Dibble home of Atkinson Nebr

D.H. Cain died March 10th 1928 age 75 years 4 mo & 4 days at his
   home in Lovilla, Iowa

Irene Cain died June 7 1930 age 80 years 8mo & 27 days at here home
   in Lovilla, Iowa


Bio. of Charles F. Osborne


        History of Whiteside County, Illinois, Vol. II, The Pioneer
        Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908.  Page 1139.  (transcript)
        [See the bio. of Andrew J. Osborne]

   Among Erie's native sons whose life records reflect credit upon the place
of their nativity is numbered Charles F. Osborne, a prominent and successful
lumberman, conducting extensive business interests along that line in
Minneapolis, and also the owner of a yard in Erie.  The keen discernment
and well directed energy which he has displayed have been the salient features
of a success which is as honorable as it is gratifying.
   He was born in Erie township, December 24, 1853, a son of Andrew Jackson
Osborne.  The father was born in Massachusetts, December 17, 1830, and was
a son of James and Rebecca (Glass) Osborne, whose family numbered two sons
and two daughters, his brother being James Osborne.  He was only six or seven
years of age at the time of his father's death, after which he went to live
with an uncle.  He acquired his education in the east, and at the age of
eighteen years made his way to Illinois, teaching school in early manhood in
Rock Island and Henry counties.  He was married in March, 1853, near Erie,
and located upon a farm in Erie township, three miles south of the village.
The place comprised one hundred and sixty acres, which he had formerly
purchased, and which he cultivated for three years, after which he sold the
property.  He then bought a sawmill in Erie, which he conducted for a time,
and on selling out removed to Pottawattamie county, Iowa, where he carried on
general farming for five years, also following the profession of surveying in
that state.  Upon his return to Illinois he settled at Geneseo, where he
engaged in teaching school through the winter months, while the summer seasons
were devoted to the work of the fields.  After three years there passed he
returned to Erie, where he continued to make his home until his death, on the
13th of August, 1902.  He had about two hundred and fifty acres of good land,
the operation of which he largely left to his sons, while he gave his time to
bridge construction in this locality.  The last work in which he was engaged
was the preparation of a work entitled "The Monetary Revolution," an advance
in the philosophy and science of money, dedicated to liberty and labor.  It
was published in 1898.  In his later years he gave much of his attention to
literary pursuits and was a writer of force and ability, a clear, logical
thinker, intelligent in his reasoning and fluent in his expression.  While the
honors and emoluments never attracted him and he cast an independent ballot,
he was always deeply interested in the political questions before the public.
He held some local offices, serving as assessor for many years and in different
official positions in connection with the schools.  He was also once his
party's candidate for the legislature, but was defeated by a small majority.
   Andrew J. Osborne was married to Miss Elizabeth Smith, who was born in
Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, April 12, 1835.  She was there reared and came
to Whiteside county in 1853 with her parents, Benjamin H. and Mary (Jackson)
Smith, who were born, reared and married in New York.  Her mother died in
Aurora, Illinois, at the age of twenty-two years, after which her father
married again and died in Geneseo at the age of sixty years.  In his family
were five children: Mrs. Elizabeth Osborne, now of Erie; Charles, deceased;
John, who is living in Los Angeles, California; and Henry and Mary, who have
passed away.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Osborne have been born the following named:
Charles F.; Ella, the wife of herman Schriver, of Erie; Henry, of Lincoln
county, Oklahoma; Barnett, at home.  Jesse, also of Oklahoma; Grant, of
Minneapolis; Elizabeth, the wife of Elias Blagg, of Erie; Rebecca, the wife
of Harry Guthrie, of Omaha, Nebraska; Lucy, the wife of John Vance, of Wilson,
North Dakota; Andrew, who is living at Barron, Wisconsin; and Rachel, who died
at the age of two and a half years.
   Charles F. Osborne was reared in Erie township to the age of twenty-three
years, when hoping to secure better business opportunities than seemed to be
offered in this locality, he made his way to western Iowa and afterward to
the Black Hills.  He returned to this county, however, for his bride and was
married in 1882 to Miss Hettie M. Nevitt, who was born in Newton township in
1853, a daughter of Grant S. and Lena (Martin) Nevitt, who were natives of
Kentucky, and removed from southern Illinois to Whiteside county, where the
father preempted land, spending his remaining days in Newton township.  His
family numbered two sons and six daughters.
   Following his marriage Charles F. Osborne removed to northern Wisconsin,
where he became bookkeeper for a lumber company, acting in that capacity for
two years.  He then embarked in business on his own account at Minneapolis in
1885 and as the years passed developed an extensive lumber trade.  His
headquarters are now at No. 300 Lumber Exchange and he is conducting an
important enterprise in his line as senior partner of the firm of Osborne &
Clark.  He has also owned and conducted a lumberyard at Erie for the past
five years and for four years in Wisconsin.  He is also connected with the
wholesale lumber trade as one of the owners of the Hardwood Lumberyard of
Minneapolis and is in control of a business today representing a total
investment of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.  His labors in
the business world have been characterized by energy and good system, by
definite purpose and consideration.  His plans have been carefully performed
and promptly executed, and each step in his business career has been one in
advance.
   Unto Mr. and Mrs. Osborne have been born four children, of whom two died
in infancy, while Earl M. and Edna M. are both at home.  Mr. Osborne is a
Mason and has attained the Knight Templar degree of the commandery and also
is a member fo the Mystic Shrine.  In politics he is an independent democrat.
Since starting out in business on his own account he has been watchful of
every indication pointing to success and his record has been so honorable
that he has gained the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been
brought in contact.  He has excellent ability as an organizer combined with
superior executive power which enables him to carry forward to successful
completion whatever he undertakes.


Bio. of Charles H. Osborn


        Historica Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Rock Island County,
        Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1914.  (transcript)

   OSBORN, Charles H.--The rich farming lands of Rock Island county respond
readily to the care expended upon them, yielding banner crops of many
varieties.  One of the men who has become prosperous through tilling the
soil here is Charles H. Osborn of Zuma township, who owns 308 acres in this
township, and ninety acres in Canoe Creek township.  His residence is located
in Zuma township, and on this homestead he has four large barns and a beautiful
residence.  He feeds a large number of cattle and horses. During 1911, he
planted 135 acres in corn.  In addition to his farming activities he owns a
steam threshing outfit.
   Mr. Osborn was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1863, a son of John G.
and Hattie (Machin) Osborn, both of whom reside with Mr. Osborn on his farm.
These parents came to Zuma township In 1864, and developed a fine property
from comparatively wild land.  Mr. Osborn was brought up on this farm,
attending the district schools while he assisted his father.  His only
sister, Emma, married Myron Nicholson, and they reside in Montana.  In 1884,
Mr. Osborn married Ida Netser, born in Geneseo, Ill., and they have six
children: Forest, Mildred, Bertha, Josephine, Beulah and Lawrence, all at
home.  In politics, Mr. Osborn is a republican in national matters, but is
liable in local issues to vote for the man rather than confine himself to
party ties.  Mr. Osborn has been called upon to hold a number of local
offices, having been a member of the school board for fifteen years, justice
of the peace for four years, and constable the same length of time.  In each
office he showed the same conscientious regard to detail and duty that
characterizes his conduct of his private affairs, and the people profited
accordingly.  Mr. Osborn has the full confidence of his constituents, and
will doubtless be called upon to fill higher offices within their gift before
he is allowed to retire to private life. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of
America.


Bio. of Christopher Osborn


   History of Decatur County (Iowa)  (transcript)
   Contributed by John L. Metcalf
   [See the bio. of A.G. Osborn]
   [See Some Bedford Co., PA Records]

Christopher Osborn, one of the old and well-known pioneers of Decatur
County, is a native of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, born October 30,
1819, a son of Christopher and Mary (Griffith) Osborn, who were natives
of Maryland and Bedford County, Pennsylvania, respectively.  They
were married in Bedford County, and to them were born twelve children --
Thomas, Benjamin, Catherine, Christopher, John, Jacob, Abel, Peter,
David, Wesley, Jane and Ann Maria.  Christopher was the fourth child of
his father's family.  He passed his youth in assisting with the farm work,
receiving such education as the subscription schools of that early day
afforded.  He left his native county at the age of nineteen years,
removing to Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently located in
Lawrence County, Ohio.  He was married May 8, 1842, to Miss Emerine
McCartney, a daughter of William and Elizabeth McCartney, and of the
ten children born to this union only three survive -- Elza, a teacher, has
taught school for several terms; John, living on a farm adjoining his
father's, and Ruth.  Those deceased are -- Mary, Amy Elizabeth, Ann,
Lincoln, Benjamin and Adeline.  In 1857 Mr. Osborn came to Iowa with
his wife and six children, making the journey by team, and after being on
the road four weeks they arrived in Decatur County, October 20, 1857.
He at once settled on his present farm which at that time was a wild,
uncultivated tract of land.  He first built a log cabin 16 x 18 feet, and
began making improvement.  August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company I,
Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and participated in the battles of Chickasaw
Bluff and Arkansas Post.  He was honorably discharged at St. Louis,
Missouri, in April 1863, when he returned to his home in Decatur County,
where he has since followed agricultural pursuits.  He has now a well-
improved farm containing 124 acres of highly-cultivated land, and the log
cabin of former years has given place to his present substantial and more-
imposing residence.  He has a commodious barn and out-buildings for
the convenience of his stock, a good orchard well supplied with fruit
trees and an abundance of small fruits.  Mr. Osborn is a consistent
member of the church of the United Brethren in Christ, which he has
served as class-leader and steward, and in which he has been licensed to
exhort and to preach.  He is an active and public-spirited citizen of
Decatur County, taking an interest in the various enterprises which
have been of benefit to his township or county, and in pioneer days
assisted in building the roads, bridges, churches and school-
houses of Decatur County.  He has served as township trustee,
and for six years was a member of the Board of Supervisors,
serving with credit to himself and to the best interests of Decatur
County.


Bio. of D.J. Osborn


        History of Kansas (Clay Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1317.  (transcript)

   D.J. OSBORN, farmer, P.O. Clay Centre, was born in Pulaski Co., KY, Aug. 18,
1842.  He was educated at an academy in Somerset, Pulaski Co., and taught in
the schools of his native county for several years.  In the fall of 1865 he
went to Putnam Co., IN, and taught in the public schools until the spring of
1866, when he came to KS, settling on a farm near Clay Centre, Clay Co., where
he has since resided engaged in farming.  He was married Nov. 27, 1875 in Clay
Co., to Viola Quinn.  They have two children -- Minnie L. born Feb. 1, 1878;
Donnie, born Sep. 5, 1880.


Bio. of David Osbarn


        Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California,
        The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1890.  (transcript)

DAVID OSBARN was born in Clark County, Ohio, September 12, 1825, his parents
being Isaac and Elizabeth (Rall) Osbarn.  The father was a native of New York
and the mother of New Jersey.  His grandfather, Jacob Rall, a native of New
York city, was a soldier of the Revolution, entering the army, with his
grandfather, at the age of seventeen.  The Ralls were of Dutch origin.  After
the war Jacob Rall owned a grist-mill in New Jersey, where his daughter
Elizabeth was born September 11, 1805.  He moved to Ohio, while his daughter
was a little girl, and finally settled on a farm in Clark County.  Isaac
Osbarn died comparatively young, leaving two sons -- the subject of this
sketch and his brother, Jacob Rall, born November 20, 1830.  After some years
the mother was married at Carlisle, Ohio, to Joseph Clippinger, a widower of
that place.  In 1876, on the occasion of Mr. David Osbarn's visit to his home
and the Philadelphia Centennial, they were induced to spend the evening of
life with him at Courtland.  They enjoyed some years of serene tranquility in
the glorious climate of this section, and here they passed to the better land
within a few months of each other.  The mother died toward the close of 1885,
having passed her eightieth birthday; and the stepfather had preceded her,
aged eighty-three.  They lie buried side by side in the Sacramento cemetery in
a double grave constructed for their remains by the filial care of Mr. Osbarn.
Mr. David Osbarn left his home at Carlisle, Ohio, with nine comrades, January
24, 1850, and New York, February 12, for California, by the Isthmus route,
arriving at Chagres on February 22.  Crossing the isthmus in those days was a
peculiar experience for a man brought up amid the civilized environments of
an Ohio home.  Mr. Osbarn and his companions ascended the Chagres River in
canoes "poled" by half-naked natives.  When they became overheated by their
labors under a burning sun these dark sons of the soil, often of mixed blood,
did not hesitate to strip off their blouses, so that white ladies traveling
that way have been known to disquise their sex in men's clothing to mitigate
their mortification.  At Gorgona they left the canoes to make the remainder
of the journey to Panama by mules, along a narrow, jagged track with a dense
thicket on either hand.  Arrived at Panama, this particular company were
confronted by a serious drawback of another character.  They were detained
forty-eight days waiting for the steamer Sarah Sands, a propeller with four
masts, which relied on he sails fully as much as on her engine for making
headway.  Mr. Osbarn and his party rented a place, bought their supplies and
boarded themselves.  Finally they left Panama, April 9, with about 300
passengers and a ship's company of perhaps another hundred persons.  They
were soon put on short rations for food and water, the condensed steam being
utilized and doled out for drinking.  The supply of coal was exhausted, and
on April 18 they put into San Simeon Bay in distress for wood, water and beef.
Passengers volunteered and the seamen gathered about fifty cords of wood.  On
the 22d they left, but the wind being unfavorable and the wood inadequate to
getting up the required amount of steam power, it was found necessary to put
back into the bay.  A mounted messenger was sent forward to Monterey to
procure coal, and the passengers were offered the alternative of going by
land.  Mr. Osbarn, who had suffered by Panama fever and had been taken aboard
before convalescence, concluded to try the land passage to San Francisco.
About half the passengers, including Mr. Osbarn and five of his special party,
set out by land by way of San Solidad and San Jose missions, and arrived at
San Francisco, June 1.  The hardships of the land trip had some compensations
in the hospitality of the natives and the relief from ocean dangers.  Mr.
Osbarn and his five companions paid fifty dollars for a ride with a freighter
from San Jose to San Francisco.  On June 1, they waded knee-deep in sand in
the present metropolis, and found but few good buildings.  Aside from the
custom-house and postoffice there were one or two good hotels and gambling
houses, the remainder being shanties and tents.  Awaiting the arrival of their
baggage and comrades by the steamer for about a week, they bargained with the
opposition steamer Hartford for a passage to Sacramento at $25 a head for a
club of twenty-five, the fare being $50 each by the regular line.  They found
Sacramento a "half-dried-up mudhole" and largely a city of tents and shanties.
The conspicuous exceptions were the Orleans Hotel and the El Dorado
gambling-house.  It has always been a matter of surprise to thoughtful
observers like the subject of this sketch, how men could be such fools as to
stake their all against professional gamblers skilled in all the arts of
cheating.  Before the close of June our party left for the mining region at
Georgetown, El Dorado County, by way of Brighton and Coloma.  After prospecting
around, even into Nevada, and without pleasure or profit, Mr. Osbarn was taken
sick.  His fibre was not tough enough and the surroundings of mining life
were disgusting.  Recovering from a month's illness he bought a team, and
making some money bought other teams, kept a hay-yard and a blacksmith shop
and had an interest in a store at Michigan Springs.  After a time he
superintended his business from Sacramento, and suffered heavily with everybody
else from the fire and flood of 1852-'53.  His judgment prompting him to return
to the permanent and secure pursuits of his youth in Ohio, he bought 160 acres
in Yolo County, opposite Courtland, March 4, 1854, where he remained until
1859.  Traded his place for improved property in Marysville, which he kept
only a year.  In 1861 he bought land at Courtland, in this county, and has
since become the owner of several ranches in that neighborhood or within a
radius of five miles, developing the thich-brush land of those times into the
fruit farms of the present.  After all these years and much experience and
observation, Mr. Osbarn thinks "there's no place like home," and that the
valley of the Sacramento is the garden spot of earth.  The subject of this
sketch is a gentleman of strong religious and moral convictions, inherited
from his Methodist parentage, but his views are rather evangelical than
denominational.  In politics, he was of the American party in 1854, and has
since been a Republican, while he would probably by a Prohibitionist were he
entirely satisfied of the wisdom of basing a political party on the temperance
reform movement.  He recognizes and regrets the tendency to moral decadence in
the organized machinery of all political parties.  Remaining unmarried through
all these long years, Mr. Osbarn's kindly nature has taken a very special
interest in his brother and his family.  Jacob Rall Osbarn came to California
in 1855 and after remaining here about a year returned to Ohio, where he was
married November 25, 1856, at Carlisle, to Miss Mary Martha Clippinger, a
native of that State, born December 10, 1834, daughter of Joseph Clippinger,
already mentioned.  Jacob R. was a soldier in the civil war and after filling
his term of service, volunteered again to repel the Morgan raid in Southern
Ohio.  Some years later he moved with his family to this State, and they have
since made their home with him, in city and country.  Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R.
Osbarn are the parents of three living children: David Horace, born in Ohio,
March 23, 1858; Donna Elizabeth, November 4, 1861; Martha Rebecca, "uncle's
baby," July 31, 1875, now attending grammar-school in Sacramento.  Donna
Elizabeth is married to Henry Elliott, a contractor and builder of Sacramento.
They are the parents of Ratie Elizabeth, born October 9, 1883; and of David
Osbarn and Donna Orietta, twins, born June 25, 1888.  David H. married Miss
Agnes Dashiell, a native of this State.  They are the parents of two girls.


Bio. of Elihu H. Osborn


        History of Kansas (Atchison Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 413.  (transcript)

   ELIHU H. OSBORN, wagon repair shop and carpenter, came to KS in March, 1859,
locating in Easton, Leavenworth Co., where he was employed at contracting and
building.  This he continued six years, then removed to Kennekuk in March,
1865, and started a wagon shop, this village being then on the old military
road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney.  Here he has since made his home,
and in 1869 was elected Justice of the Peace of Grasshopper Twp, which office
he has ever since held, with the exception of the years 1880 and '81.  Mr.
Osborn has also served as Notary Public for nine years, and has been an
efficient member of the School Board of his District.  The subject of this
sketch was born in Marshall Co., IL, April 1, 1837.  Removed with his parents,
Samuel and Martha Osborn, to Linn Co., IA, where he went to school and worked
on the farm with his father up to 1855.  He then learned his trade, and May
30, 1858, was married to Miss Hannah Johnson, formerly of Tuscarawas Co., OH.
Their family consists of three children -- John S., Emma J. and Zella R.


Elizabeth A. (Bourgette-2830) Osborne


Funeral Announcement

        San Jose Mercury, Nov. 22, 1990.

OSBORNE, BETTIE -- Entered in to rest Mountain View, CA.  Nov. 21, 1990.
Elizabeth (Bettie) Ann Osborne, beloved wife of Manley C. Osborne.  Devoted
mother of Bryan, Lee and A. Maureen Osborne.  Loving grandmother of Adrienne
and Jacob Osborne.  A native of Washington.  Age 67.
   Friends are invited to attend funeral services Saturday Nov. 24, 1990 at
2:00 PM at the LIMA FAMILY-SUNNYVALE MORTUARY 1315 Hollenbeck Av.  Interment
will be private.


Bio. of Frank Osborn-7127


   History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with
   Biographical Sketches, Historic Record Co., Los Angeles, 1913.
   Page 359.  (transcript)

FRANK OSBORN.  In Fountain county on the Wabash river in Indiana Frank Osborn,
a musician and singer of note and now superintendent of the Tulare County
Hospital at Visalia, was born May 2, 1851, a son of Oliver and Margaret (Dyer)
Osborn, natives respectively of Ohio and of New Jersey. Oliver Osborn brought
his family to California in 1875 and settled in Tulare county on the Upper Tule
river near Globe, where be bought land and achieved success as a stockraiser.
His wife, who was a singer of exceptional ability even when she was more than
seventy years old, died there in 1898 and he in August, 1909.  Mr. Osborn was
a man of influence in the community and during all his active life gave much
attention to educational matters. He and his wife were devout members of the
Christian church.  Of their thirteen children four survive: Oliver P., a
rancher near Porterville; Frank, of this review; Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, of
Indiana, and Mrs. Mary E. Clark. of Missouri.
   From his boyhood Frank Osborn has been familiar with all the details of
stockraising and until 1897 was identified with his father in that industry.
As long as he can remember he has been a singer, he having inherited marked
musical ability from his talented mother.  As such he became known throughout
all the country round about Visalia, and he was long in great demand as a
teacher of vocal classes during the winter months, for many years leading the
choir of the Christian church at Visalia. In 1897 he was appointed
superintendent of the Tulare County Hospital at Visalia, which position he has
since filled with a degree of ability and integrity which has commended him to
all the people of the county. He has in all his relations with his fellowmen
proven himself public spirited in a an eminent degree. Fraternally he
affiliates with the Knights of Pythias.
   In 1870 Mr. Osborn married Miss Ellen Marksbury, a native of Kentucky, who
was so situated during the Civil war that she was an eye-witness of many
engagements between the Federal and Confederate troops.  A detailed account of
her experiences and the conditions which made them possible could not but make
a most interesting volume.
   To Frank and Ellen (Marksbury) Osborn have been born children as follows:
Mrs. Edna Hannaford, who has children named Lura, Duke and Laura; Charles H.,
who married Miss Minta Berry, daughter of Senator G.S. Berry of Lindsay, and
has children named Audra and Irma; Earl, who married Maud Carter, who has borne
him a child whom they have named Rolla; and Gladys, wife of E.L. Cary, of
Stockton, who has a daughter, Ellen L. Cary.


Bio. of Frank Osborn


        History of Kansas (Elk Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1178.  (transcript)

   FRANK OSBORN, real estate and loan agent, was born in OH in 1850, remaining
there until twenty years of age, when he came to KS, locating in Howard Co.,
taking a claim four and a half miles northwest of where the town of Howard now
stands, on Section 20, Twp 29, Range 10, which he improved, and at one time
while living there, lived on orasted corn, and corn coffee and prairie
chickens.  In 1871 and 1872, was engaged in putting up claim houses.  In 1873,
was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and in the fall of 1874 was elected Register of
Deeds, and held the office when the county was divided in 1875, and was
captured by a band of armed men who came to capture the records, and was the
only officer who saved a part of the records, which he did by hiding under some
old clothing.  He then engage in handling real estate, and bought an interest
in the Longton Mills for one year.  At the time the county was divided, was
appointed County Scribe by a special act of the Legislature and still holds the
office, there being no provisions made for discontinuing the office.  About
this time he became identified with a company in Indian Territory, who were
shipping walnut lumber to Boston, and was in this about one year.  Was also
engaged in lumbering in AR, and sawed and shipped large amounts of yellow pine
flooring into IA, KS and MO.  Also had a large contract for furnishing lumber
for the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Co., getting the timber of the Indians in
the Indian Territory.  Is also connected with a company which was organized to
work coal mines in the Indian Territory, and made arrangements with the Creek
and Cherokee Indians, in which he secured a twenty years lease of one and a
half miles by six miles in the Creek nation.  The coal is used by the Atlantic
& Pacific Railroad Co.  They will open up this year, this being the largest
grant ever secured of the Creek nation.  Besides this he has 1,447 acres on
the Elk River, which he is converting into a stock farm.  There are sixty acres
of timber, plenty of water and 200 acres under cultivation.  There is range for
from 300 to 500 head of cattle and in the spring of 1883 will put over 300 head
of Ohio calves and some Jersey cows.  Has seeded sixty acres of blue grass,
which he claims will shorten the feeding season nearly two months.  Mr. Osborn
has over $300,000 of Eastern capital loaned in Elk, Chautauqua and adjoining
counties, at a low rate of interest, and was the first man who succeeded in
getting Eastern capital to loan on rough and unimproved lands, and this after
repeated efforts.  Mr. Osborn is one of the best business men in the county,
and has been identified with the largest business enterprises of the county,
and although a young man has accumulated a large amount of property, and with
nothing but his hands to commence with.  Mr. Osborn is a very social gentleman.


Bio. of Frank H. Osborn


        History of Kansas (Douglas Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 342.  (transcript)

   FRANK H. OSBORN, Secretary of the Kansas Fruit Vinegar Company, was born in
Elmira, NY, March 27, 1856.  His parents moved to Orange Co., NY, and in 1867,
to OH.  In 1870, they settled in Leavenworth Co., KS.  His father was a
minister in the Presbyterian Church at these places.  The subject of this
sketch attended Union College at Schenectady, NY, for a time, finishing his
education at the KS State University.  From 1875 to 1879, he was engaged in
teaching school in Leavenworth Co., then engaged in the mercantile business in
Lawrence until he bought an interest in the cider mill, which was afterward
enlarged into present company.  Mr. Osborn is a member of Halcyon Lodge,
No. 18, I.O.O.F., and the E.A.U. of Lawrence.


Bio. of George Osborne


        History of Carroll Co., MO, Missouri Historical Co., St. Louis,
        1881.  Page 671.  (transcript)

   George Osborne, born January 20, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of John
and Mary A. (Rose) Osborne, natives of Sheffield, England.  George spent his
early days in Cincinnati and when fourteen years old went to Kentucky where
he was engaged in farming.  In 1869 he removed to Carroll county, Mo.  He
was married March 16, 1873 to Mrs. Susan E. (Poindexter) Crockett, daughter
of Waddy and Sarah Poindexter, natives of Virginia.  They are the parents of
two children -- Rosa D. and Joseph H.  Since living in Missouri Mr. Osburn<sic>
has followed the occupation of farming.  He owns a farm of one hundred acres
of land.


Bio. of George Osborne


        Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California,
        The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1889.  Page 788.  (transcript)

GEORGE OSBORNE, one of the young and enterprising tillers of soil and
substantial stock-raisers near Long Beach, is a pioneer of 1880, having
located on his present farm in July of that year.  When first coming to the
Golden State he was employed by a farmer near Florence, working there as a
day laborer.  He soon after purchased a piece of land of his own in New
River district.  This he subsequently sold, and went into the real-estate
business in Los Angeles.  Here he continued for two years and then bought
the sixty-three acres upon which he now resides.  Mr. Osborne was born in
New York City in 1854, and is the son of John and Ellen Osborne, both natives
of the Emerald Isle.  His father was a chandler by trade.  In 1859 he went to
Portage County, Wisconsin, where he was killed by the caving in of a well.
The subject of this sketch was married in June, 1888, to Miss Maggie Ferris,
of Portland, Maine, and a daughter of John Ferris, who was drowned in 1882.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.


Bio. of George Osborn-696


        History of Lafayette County, Mo., St. Louis, Missouri Historical
        Co., 1881.  Page 515.  (transcript)

GEORGE OSBORN,
P.O., Aullville, Mo., second son of John and Rachel Osborn.  Was born in
Columbia, Boone county, Mo., May 18, 1828.  His parents, now dead, were from
Kentucky, and came to Boone county as early as 1818.  George moved the first
time to Davis county, Mo., in 1841, where he remained twenty-four years, and
then came to this county, September, 1865, settling about two miles northwest
of Aullville, where he now lives.  In Sept. 1855, he was married to Miss Susan
A. Rose, and has ten children living: John F., Charles E., Lou Bell, R. Lee,
F. May, Ruth, Ida Ann, George, Alvin K., and Floyd. Mr. Osborn, has an
excellent farm of 280 acres, underlaid by the best class of coal.  The
neighborhood use limestone rock for building purposes, and his house is built
of stone from his own land.  He is a member of the Baptist church, and a
member of the Grange.  His farm is of the first quality of corn and wheat
land, and is well improved, with a large variety of fruit. He has twenty-two
stands of bees; one half Black, and the other half Italian bees.


Bio. of George Knox Osborn


        History of Mendocino and Lake Counties, California, Historic
        Record Co., Los Angeles, 1914.  Page 439.  (Mendocino Co.)
        (transcript)

   GEORGE KNOX OSBORN, M.D. -- Whatever of success the past has brought to
Dr. Osborn or whatever of prosperity the future may hold for him, such success
and such prosperity undoubtedly would be the result of his own indefatigable
and unceasing efforts.  In his determination to acquire an education and enter
the medical profession he had no one to aid him, and only his own unconquerable
ambition to assist him in overcoming the obstacles which stood in his way.
Every step in advance was the result of his own spirit of self-reliance.  His
first studies in therapeutics were conducted without assistance.  With
characteristic energy he secured some medical books and took up their study.
Later, by working in summers he was able to pay his way through college in the
winter months, and since securing his degree he has devoted himself to
practice, besides which he now conducts a drug business at Covelo, his home
town.
   The Doctor was born at Virginia City, Nev., April 20, 1864, the sixth in
a family of eight children born to Thomas W. and Julia (Schaeffer) Osborn,
natives of Illinois and Iowa, respectively.  Thomas W. Osborn crossed the
plains with his father, J.W. in 1849, and was among the first settlers in
Sacramento.  Returning to Iowas he brought the family across the plains in
about 1861, and was engaged in farming and stock-raising until his death at
Red Bluff.  At the age of eighteen months Dr. Osborn was brought by his parents
to Sonoma county, Cal., whence in 1868 removal was made to San Joaquin county
and from there to Big Valley, Modoc county, in the fall of 1870.  In the
last-named county he attended school when he could be spared from the work on
the home ranch.  After a year of home study of medical books he matriculated
in the California Medical College in San Francisco, during the fall of 1893,
and continued there until he was graduated as an M.D. in 1895, with the
highest honors.  Previous work in saw-mills and on farms had developed habits
of industry and self-reliance, and these qualities have assisted him in gaining
professional success.  After graduation he practiced at Weaverville, Trinity
county, until 1902, then spent three years at Sisson, Siskiyou county, and in
1905 came to Covelo, Round valley, where he practices his profession and
conducts a drug store.  His practice extends into Trinity county, at times
calling him into the mountains seventy miles from Covelo.  Going by trail on
horseback with saddlebags he ministers to the sick in the most remote places,
the weather never too cold or stormy for him to respond when called.  And
being by nature endowed with great strength and a good constitution he is thus
enabled to endure the fatigue of these activities.  His interest in
professional enterprises is deep and has brought him into membership with the
National Eclectic Medical Association and the Eclectic Medical Association of
California.
   At Adin, Modoc county, December 8, 1887, Dr. Osborn married Miss Laura
Augusta Sheldon, who was born at Yreka, Siskiyou county, the daughter of D.M.
and Sarah M. (Eddy) Sheldon, born in Vermont and New York, respectively,
pioneers of California who spent their last days in Siskiyou county.  Dr.
Osborn is ably assisted by his wife, who is a professional nurse and thus
qualified to render him practical assistance whenever required.  She is also
engaged in the millinery business in Covelo, where she has a large trade.
Three children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Osborn, Georgie A. and Luther Leone,
both deceased, and George K., Jr., attending the Covelo high school.  In
politics the Doctor votes with the Republican party, while fraternally he is
allied with Covelo Camp No. 632, W.O.W., and is also actively identified with
the Knights of Pythias.  Mrs. Osborn is a member and past matron of Augusta
Chapter No. 80, O.E.S., also a member of the Women of Woodcraft and an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being secretary of the board of
trustees.


Bio. of Henry A. Osborn-9400


        History of Stanislaus County, California, Elliott & Moore,
        San Francisco, 1881.  Page 218.  (transcript)
        [See the bio. of John B. Osborn-9403]

   HENRY A. OSBORN is a pioneer settler, having arrived in San Francisco in
December, 1851, in search of gold, and proceeded to Murphys Camp in search
of it, together with thousands of others at that time. He afterwards lived
in Jackson, in Amador county, and in Sonora, Tuolumne county, and in San
Francisco, in l855.
   His farm is situated thirteen miles from Modesto, and one mile from the
railroad, and the same distance from school and church.  The ranch consists
of six hundred and forty acres of good soil of a sandy nature, on which are
raised good crops of wheat, barley and rye.  The wheat averages twelve bushels
per acre, and the other crops more.  As the farm is devoted chiefly to grain,
but little stock is kept, although he generally has four head of cattle, a
dozen hogs, ten horses, and six mules.  The horses and mules are generally
required for working the farm.
   Henry A. Osborn was born February 13, 1829, at Oxford, Connecticut.  His
parents' names were Thomas L. and Eunice Osborn.  His early life was spent
in work at the cabinet-making trade.  He left Roxbury, Connecticut, for
California, on November 13, 1851, taking a steamer from New York City,
crossing the Isthmus, and in six weeks reached San Francisco.
   On May 13, 1855, he was married to Miss Minerva J. Baker, a native of
Lebanon, Arkansas.  Their children's names are William H., John B., Ellen
A., Edward B., and Mary A. Osborn.


Bio. of Henry Z. Osborne


        Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California,
        The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1889.  Page 144.  (transcript)

   Henry Z. Osborne, Editor and Manager of the Evening Express, and majority
stockholder, and President of the company, was born at New Lebanon, Columbia
County, New York, October 4, 1848.  His ancestors were among the earliest
settlers in New England.  His mother, born Juliaette Bristol, was a lineal
descendant of General Israel Putnam.  His father is Rev. Zenas Osborne, a
minister of the Methodist denomination.  The necessities of a large family
cut short young Osborne's school days, and at the age of thirteen commenced
his apprenticeship as a printer in the office of the Buffalo (N.Y.) Christian
Advocate.  At the age of sixteen, under the last call for troops made
by President Lincoln, he enlisted as a private soldier in Company E, One
Hundred and Ninety-Second New York Volunteers.  The war of the Rebellion being
at that time near its close, he served but a few months, in the Shenandoah
Valley and in West Virginia.  With his regiment he was honorably discharged,
and returned to Utica, New York, where he resumed his trade, in October, 1865.
   As with many other young men, army life had widened his range of vision,
and he determined to seek larger fields than those furnished in the beaten
paths of his native State, and he accordingly started West, working as a
compositor during 1866 on different newspapers successively in Titusville
(Pennsylvania), Cincinnati, Memphis, Jackson (Mississippi,) and New Orleans.
He was a resident of the latter city thenceforward to 1878, excepting
1870-'71, the greater portion of which latter time was spent in New York City,
where he was employed, when twenty-two years of age, as one of the assistant
forement in the composing-room of the New York Times.  From 1872 to
1878 he was employed on the New Orleans press successively as proof-reader,
reporter and editorial writer, and was at the same time correspondent for
several Northern newspapers, notably the Chicago Tribune, which he
represented for several years.  For a time he was connected with the
Associated Press.
   Throughout his career as a practical printer, Mr. Osborne was an active
member of the Typographical Union.  He was a member of the Austin (Texas)
Typographical Union, No. 138, and its first delegate to the International
Typographical Union at its session in Cincinnati in 1870.  He served the New
Orleans Typographical Union, No. 17, in various capacities, being president
of that body one year, and representing it in 1876 as the delegate to the
International Typographical Union at Philadelphia, at which time, at the age
of twenty-seven, he was elected first vice-president of that great
organization of printers.
   Over ten years of constant night-work on the papers of the Crescent City,
in an enervating climate, resulted in the impairment of his health; and after
nearly a year of illness, Mr. Osborne left that city for California, in 1878,
arriving April 3 at the then young mining camp of Bodie, Mono County, where
he served over a year as the first editor of the Daily Standard, with marked
success.  In November, 1879, he engaged in partnership with E.R. Cleveland
and E.H. Fontecilla, in the publication of the publication of the Daily Free
Press, which during the subsequent five years was exceptionally
successful.  In 1880 he purchased the interest of Mr. Fontecilla, and in 1883
that of Mr. Cleveland.  In 1878 he was appointed Receiver of Public Moneys
at Bodie by President Hayes, and was re-appointed four years later by President
Arthur, and resigned a little more than a year afterward, upon removing to
Los Angeles in 1884.
   In May, 1884, Mr. Osborne purchased the Los Angeles Republican, a
daily afternoon paper, at that time printed in the newly finished Nadeau
Block.  Becoming satisfied that the Republican could not by itself be
made a success, in August of the same year, in company with his former partner,
Mr. Cleveland -- who took a third interest in the venture he -- he purchased
the Evening Express, and consolidated the two papers.  The subsequent
history of the enterprise has already been detailed.
   During Mr. Osborne's residence in California he has been active in social
and political affairs.  In Masonry he is Past Master of Southern California
Lodge, No. 278, of Los Angeles, and officer of the Masonic Grand Lodge of
California; a member of the Comrade Lion Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar,
and of Al Malaikah Temple of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  He is also a member
of Stanton Post, No. 55, G.A.R., and a past officer of the Department of
California.  He holds the commission of Captain and Aide-de-camp on the staff
of Brigadier-General E.P. Johnson, of the National Guard of California.
   In political opinions a Republican, he has been a member of nearly every
Republican State Convention during the past ten years, and a member of the
Republican State Central Committee.  In 1888 he was elected a delegate from
the Sixth Congressional District to the National Republican Convention at
Chicago, and served in that body as the representative of the State of
California on the committee on platform.  While taking an earnest interest in
politics, Mr. Osborne had never ben a candidate for office until his
application to President Harrison in 1889 for that of Public Printer of the
United States.  In this ambition, which was in the line of his life training,
he was warmly indorsed to the President by the delegations in the Senate and
House of Representatives of all the Pacific Coast States, by leading statesmen
in the Republican party from all parts of the country, and with surprising
unanimity by the newspapers of the Pacific Coast without reference to party.
The office was much sought for by gentlemen of great influence, and Mr.
Osborne spent several weeks in Washington during the contest.  He was received
with marked consideration by the President and his cabinet officers; but the
final result was the selection of another gentleman -- Frank W. Palmer.
   Mr. Osborne has a family of wife and five children, -- four sons and one
daughter, -- and a pleasant home in Los Angeles.


Bio. of J. Osborn


        History of Kansas (Butler Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1451.  (transcript)

   J. OSBORN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 28, P.O. El Dorado, is a native
of Tioga Co., NY, and was born June 29, 1841.  Was educated and reared in the
Empire State.  He came to KS in 1874, settling where he now resides.  His
wealth comprises over 500 acres, on which are situated a fine residence and
out buildings.  He is engaged extensively in stock, making a specialty of
blooded horses.  On his farm is a well arranged mill for grinding feed for
stock, and with which he also does considerable custom work.  Mr. O. has been
eminently successful as a farmer.  He has held the office of Justice of the
Peace a few years, and has been identified with the educational interests of
his district.  He was married, in NY, to Miss Mary E. Hollenbeck;  they have
two daughters by this union -- Annie D. and Jennie E., both highly educated
and recognized teachers of ability in Butler Co.  The family are associated
with the Methodist Episcopal Church.


Bio. of J.K. Osborne


        History of Kansas (Ottawa Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1429.  (transcript)

   J.K. OSBORNE, physician and surgeon, and dealer in a general line of drugs,
medicines and druggist' sundries, first came to KS in April, 1866, locating
at Salina, where he practiced his profession and opened the first drug store
in that place in 1867.  He there continued until 1868, and moved to Lindsey,
then the county seat of Ottawa Co., where he practiced medicine and opened a
drug store, continuing until the spring of 1879, when he removed to Bennington.
The Doctor erected the second building in Bennington, now his drug store.  He
was born in Morgan Co., OH, Aug. 24, 1826, and was raised in his native county
until 1848, when he removed to Columbus, OH, where he engaged in the practice
of medicine.  He graduated from the Philadelphia College of Physicians and
Surgeons in 1847;  was detailed as assistant surgeon at Battle Island No. 10
during the Rebellion;  served as examining surgeon for exemptions during
drafts.  Was married in 1867 to Isabelle Garvin, of Noble Co., OH;  was married
in 1844 to Miss Caroline Postos, of Athens Co., OH.  They had four sons and
two daughters -- Josiah G., John Bartlett (deceased), Franklin Francis, William
Wesley, Mary (deceased), and Viola, married to Mr. William Hull, of Athens Co.,
OH.  Mrs. Osborne died Oct. 12, 1852.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F.  Was
County Superintendent of schools in Saline Co. in 1868;  held the same office
in Ottaw Co. during 1870-'71;  served as Justice of the Peace for four years;
is now agent for R.R. Co. at Bennington.


Bio. of J.W. Osborne


        Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California,
        The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1891.  Page 403.  (transcript)

   J.W. OSBORNE, a blacksmith and wheelwright at Sunol, was born near Barrie,
Canada, February 22, 1856, where he grew up to years of manhood.  His parents,
Edward and Elizabeth (White) Osborne, were both natives of England.  He came
from Canada into the United States in 1872, settling first in the State of
Nevada, where he learned his trade and remained until 1879.  He next followed
his vocation two years in Washington Territory, and then until 1884 in
Umatilla County, Oregon; and then about three years in Modoc County, this
State.  In 1887 he went to Shasta County for a year, and in the spring of
1889 he finally settled at his present place, where he is prospering in his
calling.  He was married at Weston, Oregon, July 31, 1881, to Miss Frances
Ferguson, a native of Iowa, and they have three children -- Emma J., Eunice
J. and William C.


Bio. of James Osborn-6782


        History of Kansas (Linn Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1110.  (transcript)

   JAMES OSBORN, farmer, P.O. Mound City, born in NC, Feb. 8, 1804.  When
young, was taken by parents to Barren Co., KY, remaining there a short time,
removed to Crawford Co., IN, where he lived for some time, and acquired a
common school education.  He located in Vermillion Co., IL, where he remained
five or six years, assisting his father on a farm.  He then settled in
Champaign Co., IL, where he purchased a farm;  remained there for some time;
removed to Bates Co., MO, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until
1854, when he came to KS, and settled in Linn Co., on his present place of
ninety-three acres, being the first settler in Linn Co.  He has been twice
married, first, in Edgar Co., IL, to Ann Sowder.  She died in Bates Co., MO.
By this marriage, they have three children -- Mary A., Adelaide and Phillip.
He married the second time, in Bates Co., MO, Mrs. Mary Knapp, of OH.  They
have three children -- Lewis F., Byron W. and Martha S.


Bio. of James R. Osberne-732


        History of Lafayette County, Mo., St. Louis, Missouri Historical
        Co., 1881.  Page 585.  (transcript)

JAMES R. OSBERNE,
firm of Osberne & Hammond, livery, P.O. Aullville.  The subject of this sketch
is a native of Daviess county, Missouri; born Aug. 16th, 1846.  Was reared and
educated in his native county.  At the age of 20 he came to Lafayette county,
where he remained one year, then returned to Daviess County and led to the
marriage altar, Miss Margaret Cope, a native of that county.  After the
honeymoon he brought his bride to this county, where he had previously prepared
a home.  One child was born to them, named Lalla G.  He was bereaved by the
death of his wife, who died Feb. 9th, 1870.  In the following year he took a
trip to the mountains, hoping by a change of scene to assuage his grief in a
measure.  He remained in Montana two years, engaged in freighting.  He then
returned to this county, and Nov. 5th, 1873, was married to Miss Bertie
Cooksey.  By this union they have two children: Claud A. and Daisie M.  In
the same year of his second marriage he purchased a farm consisting of 80
acres of splendid land, located one mile northwest of Aullville, which he
occupied until Dec. 17th, 1880.  He still owns the farm, which is a model of
neatness and under a high state of cultivation.  During his occupancy, he
raised at various times from 20 to 23 bushels of wheat and 15 barrels of corn
per acre.  After abandoning his farm he moved to Aullville and engaged in
the livery business, entering the firm of which he is now a member.  His
partner, Mr. T. D. Hammond, is a gentleman of high character and strict
integrity, and the two together comprise a firm which is eminently deserving
of the liberal patronage vouchsafed it by an appreciative community.  Their
receipts are from 8 to 10 dollars per day.


Bio. of John Osborn-3059


   History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade
   Counties, Missouri.  Chicago, Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888.
   Page 798.  (transcript)

   John Osborn, a prominent citizen of Franklin County, Mo., was born in
that county, August 5, 1829, and is the son of William and Rebecca
(Richardson<sic>) Osborn, natives of Virginia.  The father was born July 4,
1777, was a farmer all his life and a soldier in the War of 1812.  He and
family came to Franklin County in 1811, and were among its first settlers.
The father died in August, 1865.  The mother was born in 1796<sic>, and died
in Franklin County, Mo., at the age of seventy-seven.  She was the mother of
eleven children, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
John was the youngest child born to his parents, five now living, three
daughters and two sons.  He received his education in the old time log
schoolhouses, and, being a great reader and a close observer, is considered
a well-informed man.  He remained with his parents until 1854, when he
married Miss Tabitha Wilkinson, a native of Virginia, born September 14,
1832, and a daughter of Samuel Wilkinson, an old settler of Franklin
County.  She died in Franklin County, Mo., July 10, 1863.  To Mr. Osborn
and wife were born five children, two now living, viz.: Martha<sic> and
Sarah.  Those deceased are Rebecca, born January 4, 1858, and the wife of
Isaac Tovell, who died shortly after her marriage;  William T., born July 7,
1860, and died when an infant; and Martha<sic>, who was the wife of John
Johnson, a farmer of Crawford County, Mo.  March 18, 1866, Mr. Osborn
married Miss Caroline Triplett, a native of Franklin Co., Mo., born in
1839, and the daughter of Burr and Eliza (Howard) Triplett, who came from
Campbell County, Va., and settled in Franklin County in 1838.  Six children
were born to this union, five now living: Ellen M., Minnie C., Fannie L.,
John J., George B. and Eliza H.  George B. was born September 4, 1875 and
died when in his third year.  After marriage our subject farmed for one
year with his father, then began for himself.  He now owns 228 acres of
good land.  Mr. Osborn is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are
worthy members of the Baptist Church.


Bio. of John B. Osborn-9403


        History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the
        San Joaquin Valley, California, The Chapman Publishing Co.,
        Chicago, 1905.  Page 1044.  (transcript)
        [See the bio. of Henry A. Osborn-9400]

   JOHN B. OSBORN. A successful business man and influential citizen of
Atwater, Merced county, is John B. Osborn, since 1892 a resident of this place
and a participant in all movements calculated to advance the general welfare of
the community. A native Californian, he was born in San Joaquin county, October
10, 1858, a son of Henry A. Osborn, who came to this state in 1852. The latter
was a native of Woodbury, Conn., where he was born February 13, 1828.  He
remained in the east until attaining manhood, when he came to California by way
of the Isthmus of Panama, on his arrival engaging in freighting out of
Stockton. After some years he found employment in ranching, which occupied his
attention for some time, after which he entered upon a mercantile life in
Turlock, Stanislaus county, where he has since remained, meeting with success
in his work and establishing himself in the business life of that section.  His
wife, formerly Minerva J. Baker, is a native of Pennsylvania and the daughter
of W. J. Baker. an early settler of California. The children born of their
union are named in order of birth as follows: William, of San Francisco; John
B., of this review; Ellen, who married Clark Coulthard, of Fresno county;
Edward, who is in business with his father; and Mary, the wife of Albert Owen,
of Atwater.
   After spending his youth in Turlock, John B. Osborn came to Atwater in 1892,
accepting a position as agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad at this place,
and retaining the same with credit to himself until April 15, 1904. In the same
year he also engaged in the mercantile business here, purchasing a small store,
and building up in the passing years a custom which has justified him in the
erection of his present commodious building, which he put up in 1902.  He
carries a large and complete stock of general merchandise and caters to a large
trade throughout this part of the county, his conservative methods and
unswerving integrity having won for him many friends. In addition to his
mercantile interests Mr. Osborn owns a seventy-five acre peach orchard. and
four hundred and eighty acres of stock range, located four miles from Atwater,
and well stocked with cattle. He also deals largely in sweet potatoes, shipping
in a single season over two hundred carloads.
   In Stanislaus county Mr. Osborn was united in marriage with Mattie B.
Legallee, a native of Iowa, and they have one son. Charles A. In his political
convictions Mr. Osborn is a Republican, and is a popular and progressive man.
Fraternally he is associated with the Knights of Pythias.


Bio. of L.H. Osborn


        History of Kansas (Anderson Co.), pub. A.T. Andreas, Chicago, 1883.
        Page 1329.  (transcript)

   L.H. OSBORN, of Osborn & Thomas, merchants, was born in Champaign Co.,
OH, in 1846, and was reared on a farm.  In Aug., 1866, he came to Anderson Co.,
and followed agricultural pursuits.  His farm consisted of 160 acres, and was
located five miles west of Garnett.  He also taught school for a time.  In 1875
he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction for Anderson Co. on the
Greenback ticket.  He then moved into Garnett and filled the office for two
years.  In 1877 he was appointed agent for the Anderson Co. Co-operative
Association, and managed their store at this place.  In Jan., 1880, he
purchased the business in company with his present partner, D.O. Thomas.  The
firm do<sic> a large business and carry a well assorted stock of about $7,000.
Mr. Osborn was elected to the City Council in 1881, and has been a member of
the School Board for several years.


Bio. of Lewis Osborn


        History of Marin County, California, Alley, Bowen & Co.,
        San Francisco, 1880.  Page 508.  (transcript)

   Lewis Osborn, Whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Hamlin<sic>
county, Massachusetts, September 4, 1824.  When about sixteen years of age,
he moved to Suffield, Hartford county, Connecticut, in which place he was
educated.  He afterwards resided for four years in Cedar (Tipton) and Jones
counties, Iowas, when he started across the plains for California with teams
and arrived in 1850 at Nevada City, where he stopped and commenced mining on
Deer creek.  He left the mining districts in the Fall of 1853, and came to
his present farm, where he now resides and owns one hundred and eighty-five
acres.


Mark E. Osborne - 2833 Obit.


        Palo Alto Times, Wedn. Jan. 27, 1971, Palo Alto, CA.

MARK E. OSBORNE DIES AT 23
   Marke Edward Osborne, a student of 1199 Crandano Court, Sunnyvale, died
Sunday of a heart attack while visiting in Rutland, Vt.  Osborne was 23.
   Osborne was a graduate student in physics at the State University of New
York in Stony Brook, N.Y.  He was visiting in Vermont when he was stricken.
   He was a native of Annapolis, Md., but had lived in California and the
Midpeninsula for the past 10 years.  He listed his home as the Crandano Court
address in Sunnyvale.
   Osborne was a 1966 graduate of Fremont High School in Sunnyvale.  He had
graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor of
science degree in physics, and had planned to be a physicist after completing
graduate studies.  He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa National Honorary
Society.
   He is survived by his parents, retired Navy Capt. and Mrs. Manley Osborne;
two brothers, Bryan Osborne and Lee Osborne; and a sister, Miss Ann Osborne,
all of the sunnyvale address;  and by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Bourgette, of Marysville, Wash.;  and Mrs. Greene Osborne, of Covington, Ky.
   The Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock tonight in the Sunnyvale Mortuary,
Fremont and Hollenbeck roads, Sunnyvale.
   A Mass will be said at 8:45 a.m. Thursday in the Catholic Church of the
Resurrection, 1395 Hollenbeck Road, Sunnyvale.  Interment will be in Santa
Clara Catholic Cemetery.


Bio. of Morris Osburn


        History of Carroll Co., MO, Missouri Historical Co., St. Louis,
        1881.  Page 671.  (transcript)

   Morris Osburn, born December 30, 1839, in Licking county, Ohio, son of
Richard and Mary Osburn.  Morris was raised on a farm.  When twenty-three
years old he went to Iowas and remained eighteen months, moving from there
to Ray county, Mo., where he purchased land and lived until 1872.  His next
move was to Carroll county where he bought a farm in section 30 of Prairie
township and on which he still resides.  He was married July 11, 1872 to Miss
Mary A. McQuiston, of Ray county, who died March 2, 1873.  Mrs. Osburn was
a member of the Christian church.  Mr. Osburn belongs to the same church.
He has taught school a part of the time since twenty-one years old.


Bio. of Morris Osburn


        General History of Shelby County, Missouri, Henry Taylor &
        Company, Chicago, 1911.  Page 576.  (transcript)

   One of the honored and venerable pioneer citizens of the county, which
has been his home from his boyhood days, is Morris Osburn, who resides on
his finely improved homestead farm in Taylor township, where he is the
owner of 200 acres, located in sections 33 and 27.
   Mr. Osburn finds a due measure of satisfaction in reverting to the
historic Old Dominion as the place of his nativity, and the family was
founded in Virginia in the colonial days, being of staunch English lineage.
In that commonwealth was born his grandfather, Richard Osburn, and there
also was born his father, John Osburn, in the year 1803.  The father was
reared and educated in his native state and was a man of excellent
intellectual attainments, having been a successful and popular teacher in
the schools of Loudoun county, Virginia, at the time of his death, which
occurred in 1833, when he was a young man.  In 1826 he was united in
marriage to Miss Catherine Van Vactor, who was born and reared in Jefferson
county, Virginia, and who survived him by many years, her death occurring
in Shelby county, Missouri, in 1865, at which time she was about sixty-four
years of age.  Of the four children, the subject of this review is the only
one now living.
   Morris Osburn was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, on December 27,
1831, and in 1835 his widowed mother came to Missouri and took up her abode
in Marion county, where she remained until 1838, when she established her
permanent home in Shelby county, having passed the closing years of her
life in Taylor township, this county.  She was a woman of gracious and
noble personality and her memory is revered by her only surviving child,
to whose care and welfare she was ever devoted.  Mr. Osburn is indebted
to the district schools of the pioneer days for his early educational
discipline and was reared to maturity in Shelby county, which has continued
to represent his home during the long intervening years.  He initiated his
independent career at the age of seventeen years, and for several years he
was employed at farm work by various farmers of his home county.  From 1859
until 1862 he conducted a general store at Hager's Grove, and after his
marriage, in 1866, he located on his present homestead farm, having
originally purchased forty acres, to which he has since added until he now
has a well improved landed estate of 200 acres, all of which area is
available for cultivation, making the farmstead a model place.  For many
years Mr. Osburn bent every energy to the improving and developing of his
farm, guiding his course with marked discrimination and judgment, and in
due time reaping the generous reward that was his just due.  Now venerable
in years he relegates the practical work of the farm to younger hands,
though he still finds much of satisfaction in giving a general supervision
to the same.  His character has been moulded and formed in the practical
school of experience, and he has ever been kindly and generous in his
intercourse with his fellow men, tolerant in his judgment and imbued with
an impregnable integrity of purpose, so that he has naturally held the
unequivocal confidence and esteem of those with whom he has come in
contact in the various relations of life.  He has been one of the world's
gallant army of workers and none has a deeper appreciation of the value
and dignity of honest toil and endeavor.
   Mr. Osburn is one of the honored and influential citizens of his
township, is a stalwart in the local camp of the Democratic party, and
while never ambitious for public office, he has given effective service as
road overseer and school director.  He and his wife are zealous and devout
members of the Christian church and have been specially active in its work
until advancing years have partially precluded this faithful and constant
service.
   On April 10, 1866, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Osburn to Miss
Martha E. Smith, who was born in Harrison county, West Virginia, and
reared in Shelby county, where her parents, Charles L.A. and Nancy (Parr)
Smith, settled many years ago.  Of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Osburn,
four are now living, the other two having died in childhood.  Helen F. is
the wife of William G. Vandiver, who is a successful farmer of this county;
Dewitt C. has the practical management of the home farm;  George M.
likewise is a successful farmer of this county; and Samuel A. is associated
in the work of the homestead farm.