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Bio. of John Osborn-1700


   A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, Chicago,
   The Lewis Publishing Co., 1908.  Page 640.  (transcript)

   John Osborn was born in North Bend township, Stark<sic> county, Indiana,
five miles northwest of Culver, January 8, 1859, and throughout his entire
business life he has benn more or less prominently identified with the
interests of Culver and its vicinity.  His father, William Osborn, is also
a resident of this city, but he was born in Delaware county, Ohio, and from
there moved to Stark county, Indiana, in 1840, and was identified with its
agricultural pursuits until his removal to Culver.  He survives his wife,
Louisa J. Owens, who died at the age of seventy-six years.  She was born in
Bartholomew county, Indiana, and by her marriage to William Osborn became
the mother of six children, all yet living.
   John Osborn, the third son and third child in the family, spent his early
life on his father's farm in Stark county, but in 1879 he left his boyhood's
home for Union township, Marshall county, and was engaged in farming and
stock raising there until 1892.  In that year he sold his farm and opened a
bank at Culver, the Marmont Exchange Bank, which he conducted six years and
then closed the business by paying his depositors in full.  Leaving Culver
he went to Logansport, Indiana, to engage in the restaurant business, but
after a year and eight months there he returned to Culver and established
and conducted a provision store here for four years.  The business was then
sold to the Stahl brothers, and Mr. Osborn turned his attention to
contracting and building, a field in which he has met with eminent success.
He continues his building operations during the summer months and conducts a
real estate business in the winters.  He owns at the present time five of
the best business buildings in the town, besides other real estate and two
farms, one in Wells county and the other in Marshall county, and at this
writing he is erecting a postoffice and bank building for Mr. Shilling in
Culver and a fifty-room hotel furnished with all modern conveniences, a
house in which the citizens of this community may well feel a just and
commendable pride.
   Mr. Osborn married, in 1884, Ora Morris, who at her death left two
children -- William O. and Bessie.  Mr. Osborn married, secondly, Jennie
Shoemaker, of Wells county, Indiana.  He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge of Culver, and is a Democrat
politically and has served his fellow citizens as a member of the school
board.


Bio. of John Osborn-3698


   A History of Sullivan County, Indiana, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing
   Co., 1909.  Page 71.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of James T. Osburn]

   John Osborn was born in Kentucky in 1789, and came to Sullivan county in
1826, living here till his death in 1851.  His wife, nee Gardner, was also
born in Kentucky.


Bio. of James T. Osburn


   A History of Sullivan County, Indiana, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing
   Co., 1909.  Page 362.  (transcript)
   [Son of William Osborn-3700, see the bio. of John Osborn-3698]

   James T. Osburn who is a large land-owner in Fairbanks township, Sullivan
county, will form the subject of this biographical notice.  He was born
March 19, 1854, in Hamilton township, Sullivan county, Indiana, a son of
William and Martha Jane (Hill) Osburn, natives of Kentucky, the mother being
born at Hardy Hill, that state.  He is a grandson on the maternal side of
Hardy Hill, who was captured by the Indians when a boy and was made to run
the gauntlet, but finally made his escape.  His father served in the War of
1812, and was granted three hundred and twenty acres of land now included in
the city of Vincennes.  William Osburn accompanied his parents to this
county when aged fourteen years, in 1826, when this country was a real
wilderness.  The grandfather Hill came at the same time.  While entering the
country he had a narrow escape from death by an encounter with a female bear
who had two cubs.  The man and bear rolled down the hill, and upon reaching
the bottom the bear was on top, but the pioneer secured his hunting-knife
and killed the animal and captured the cubs, which he kept six years.  The
subject's father lived with his parents until his marriage, March 19, 1835,
and as he had entered an eighty acre tract of land in Hamilton township, he
went there.  The wild animals were on every hand, including the deadly
panther and wolves almost innumerable.  From time to time the father
purchased and entered many tracts of land, owning seven hundred and
thirty-two acres in what he called his home place, and at the date of his
death he owned fifteen hundred acres of land.  He died April 13, 1889, and
his good wife died about 1896.  They were the parents of sixteen children,
eight of whom reached the age of maturity.
   James T. Osburn, of this notice, was sixth of the children who survived
to manhood and womanhood.  He made his home with his parents until his
marriage, November 9, 1876, to Sarah Wilson, born in Turman township,
Sullivan county, Indiana, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (McKinley) Wilson.
After his marriage Mr. Osburn settled down on an eighty-seven and one-half
acre tract of land in Turman township.  To this he kept adding until he
possessed one hundred and forty-seven acres.  He improved and worked this
land until the winter of 1889-90, when he sold it, intending to move west,
his wife having died on November 28, 1884.  He, however, changed his mind
and relocated in Sullivan county, by the purchase of two hundred and
ninety-six acres of land in sections 25 and 26.  There are about one hundred
and ninety acres under cultivation.  In the winter of 1907-8 he cleared up
thirty-five acres of timber, which is now in splendid farming condition.
Here Mr. Osburn raises grain, horses, mules, cattle and hogs.
   He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Republican in
politics, and a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to Lodge No. 762,
of Fairbanks.  The children born to Mr. Osburn and wife are as follows:
Martha, Mrs. Joseph Malone, of Fort Morgan, Colorado; William M., of
Colorado; Allen G., of Rocky Ford, Colorado; and Manford, at home.  By the
second marriage, June 18, 1885, to Nancy Jane Malone, born in Hamilton
township, Sullivan county, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Armstrong)
Malone, the issue is: Bertha, born March 13, 1887, died October 27, 1893;
Lillian, born April 7, 1889, died March 8, 1896; James, born June 29, 1894,
died on the 14th of November, 1908; Claud A., born April 18, 1896, died in
infancy; Gerret, born August 30, 1898; and Mary E., born February 4, 1902.


Bio. of Thomas B. Osburn


   Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana, Chicago, F.A. Battey & Co.,
   1883.  Page 318.  (transcript)

   THOMAS B. OSBURN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Rush County, Ind.,
September 28, 1839, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Burton) Osburn; Joseph
Osburn located in Rush County at an early day, and there entered land; he
cleared from the forest a home, upon which he resided until 1881, when he
sold the same and located near New Brunswick, Boone Co., Ind., where he is
now living; he commenced life a poor boy but by economy and industry, he
accumulated 300 acres in Rush County, 300 in Tipton County, and eighty acres
in Madison County; he gave a farm to each of his children, and still has a
good home; he is now seventy-four years of age, and enjoys good health; he
is a Democrat in politics, and a faithful worker in the Baptist Church.  Our
subject received a limited education in the common schools, and assisted his
father on the farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he came to
Tipton County and engaged in improving his forest land.  On August 28, 1862,
he was married to Miss Edith Plummer, born in this township, March 12, 1846,
daughter of Ira Plummer, one of the first settlers.  To this union were born
five children -- Zimri, Joseph, Elizabeth, Jerard Guy and John H.  By hard
labor and much good management, Mr. Osburn has now a good farm of 200 acres,
110 of which are improved; he is a liberal supporter of every public
improvement, and a very earnest Democrat.  Both himself and wife are members
of the Christian Church.


Bio. of Lester Osborn


   Historical Hand Atlas and History of Jay County, Indiana, Chicago,
   H.H. Hardesty & Co., 1881.  Page 201.  (transcript)

   LESTER OSBORN -- settled in Jay county in 1840.  He was born May 7, 1838
in Trumbull county, Ohio, is a son of Jackson and Mary (Reid) Osborn.  He
married, on May 15, 1859, in Jay county, Caroline, daughter of David H. and
Margaret E. Kinsey, who removed to Jay county in 1855.  She was born in
Montgomery county, Ohio, December 2, 1839.  Their family consist of: Mary,
born January 8, 1860, died May 27, 1864; Martha, May 8, 1861, resides in Jay
county; Ruth, July 4, 1863, resides in Jay county; Emma, January 9, 1865,
died September 6, 1865; Hattie, December 6, 1866, resides in Jay county;
John R., January 9, 1871, resides in Jay county; Estella, December 20, 1877,
is a resident of Jay county.  Lester Osborn is at present justice of the
peace of greene township, was elected in 1876.  His mother settled in Jay
county in 1840.  His business is that of a farmer and filling the office of
justice of the peace.  Address Portland.


1889 bio. of John H. Osborn


   History of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Madison, WI, Brant and
   Fuller, 1889.  Page 175.  (transcript)
   [See an 1897 bio. of John H. Osborn]
   [See a 1905 bio. of John H. Osborn]

   It is generally conceded that the extent of Evansville's future greatness
will be measured by the amount of attention paid to manufacturing
industries.  Of late years the city's advancement has been due largely to
this agency.  The Evansville Cotton Mills are the largest of their kind west
of the Alleghanies, and the city is justly proud of them.  At the time of
the publication of this work the company is building a new mill adjoining
the old, two stories, 168x313, and an L addition 50x80, which will
accommodate a plant of 50,000 spindles.  The successful management of these
mills may be attributed largely to the efficiency of the superintendent JOHN
H. OSBORN, whose fitness for his present responsible position is the result
of long practical training.  He is a native of Boone county, Ill., where he
was born July 20, 1849.  His father, William Osborn, was born in Ireland
about the year 1822, and now resides in this city.  His mother, Ann
(Burrell) Osborn, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and died at Cannelton,
Ind., 1872.  His parents came to the United States in early childhood and
settled in Rhode Island.  In 1849, they came west, seeking a betterment of
their condition, and temporarily settled in Boone county, Ill.  Three years
later they moved to Cannelton, Ind.  In the schools of that place, John
Osborn, who was the second of six children, received his education, and
there learned the trade of a machinist.  For about fifteen years he was
employed in the Indiana Cotton Mills at Cannelton, and for some time at
Louisville and Owensboro, in Kentucky, in various foundries and machine
shops, working at his trade.  Coming to Evansville in 1875, he was engaged
as master mechanic at the cotton mills, and in 1884, was promoted to the
superintendency of the mills.  He is intrusted with the supervision of 400
workmen, and has the care of vast monetary interests.  By natural acumen and
thorough practical training, he is well qualified for the proper discharge
of this important trust.  His enterprising public spirit, and the general
esteem in which he is held, are attested by his selection as a director in
the Business Men's Association.  He was married in June, 1878, to Mary A.
White, who was born in Evansville in 1858.  Two children, John W. and
Charles A., have been born of this union.


1897 bio. of John H. Osborn


   Biographical Cyclopedia of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Evansville,
   IN, The Keller Printing and Publishing Co., 1897.  Page 131.  (transcript)
   [See an 1889 bio. of John H. Osborn]
   [See a 1905 bio. of John H. Osborn]

JOHN H. OSBORN,
Superintendent of the Evansville Cotton Mills, was born July 20th, 1849, and
is a native of Boone county, Illinois.  William Osborn (father) was born in
Ireland about the year 1822 and now resides in Evansville.  Ann (Burrel)
Osborn (mother) was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and died at Cannelton,
Indiana, 1872.  William Osborn came to America in early childhood and
settled in Rhode Island.  In 1849 he, with his family, came west seeking a
betterment of their condition and temporarily settled in Boone county,
Illinois.  Three years later they removed to Cannelton, Indiana.
   John H. Osborn, who was the second of six children, received his
education at Cannelton and there learned the trade of machinist.  For about
fifteen years he was employed in the Indiana Cotton Mills at Cannelton and
for some time at Louisville and Owensboro, Kentucky, in various foundries
and machine shops working at his trade.  Coming to Evansville in 1875 he was
engaged as master mechanic at the cotton mills, and in 1884 was promoted to
the superintendency of the mills.  He is entrusted with the supervision of
six hundred workmen, and has the care of vast monetary interests.  By
natural acumen and thorough practical training he is well qualified for the
proper discharge of this important trust.  His enterprising public spirit,
and the general esteem in which he is held, are attested by his selection as
a director in the Business Men's Association.  Aside from the numerous
duties devolving upon him in the way of business, Mr. Osborn manifests an
active interest in politics from a Republican standpoint, but he seeks no
preferment.  He refused in 1895 the nomination for congressman and he has
often been solicited to serve in a public office, but with the exception of
a short term as water works trustee, has never accepted.
   Mr. Osborn is an active and helpful member of the K. of P., the A.O.U.W.
and the Elks.  He is a director and member of the executive board of the
Central Trust and Savings Company and a director in the Union Savings
Company.  He is a man of means and affairs and owns considerable property in
Evansville.
   Mr. Osborn was united in marriage, June, 1878, to Miss Mary A. White, who
was born in Evansville in 1858, and four children, John W., Charles A.,
Lillian and Emerson M. bless their union.  In all the essentials of good
citizenship John H. Osborn is a leading and valuable citizen.


Bio. of Jesse Cox


   History of Jackson County, Indiana, Chicago, Brant & Fuller,
   1886.  Page 656.  (transcript)

   JESSE COX was born in 1825, in Owen County, Ky., and in 1833 he moved
with his parents to Jennings County, Ind.  He is the second of a family of
seven born to John and Lurana (Osborn) Cox.  The Coxes came originally from
Virginia, and the Osborns from North Carolina.  Jesse was born and raised on
a farm, and followed farming in Jennings County until the spring of 1860,
when he moved to Kansas.  He, however, returned in the fall of the same
year.  February 12, 1846, he was married to Polly A. Hill, daughter of Allen
and Elizabeth Hill, of Jennings County.  She died in 1862.  To them were
born five children: John A. (deceased), Lurana (deceased), James W., Levin
and Thomas O.  John A. was a soldier three years in the Tenth Indiana
Cavalry.  In 1862 Jesse was again married to Margaret M. Cregg, daughter of
William Cregg, of Jennings County.  She was born in 1842.  To them have benn
born eight children: Martha (deceased), Manderson, May, Charlotte, Vestina,
Earnest, Rily and Bertha.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and of the
Baptist Church.  He is a Republican in politics, and, as he says, he was
born a Democrat and was reared at the breast of a negro woman, but was first
a Whig and then a Republican; he is now engaged in the manufacture of barrel
heading and lumber sawing at Tampico.  He produces about 300,000 headings
annually, and about 50,000 feet fo lumber.  He also owns about 155 acres of
land.  He is truly a man of enterprise.


Bio. of James W. Brissey


   A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, Chicago,
   The Lewis Publishing Co., 1908.  Page 690.  (transcript)

   JAMES WARREN BRISSEY.  For a number of years past James W. Brissey has
practiced at the bar of Delaware county, and during that time his rise has
been gradual, but he today occupies a leading position among the
representatives of the legal profession in Munci.  His reputation has been
won through earnest, honest labor, and his high standing is a merited
tribute to his ability.  Born in Owen county, Kentucky, October 7, 1864, he
is a son of James Milton and Sarah (Osborn) Brissey, both also natives of
the Blue Grass state of Kentucky.  They were farming people, and in 1865
they removed to Fountain county, Indiana, where the father departed this
life in 1904, when he had reached the eighty-ninth milestone on the journey
of life.
   After completing his education in the public schools of Fountain county,
Indiana, James W. Brissey spent two years in the Ladoga Normal School, and
while there David Starr Jordan became interested in the young lad and urged
him to go through the state university, making arrangements whereby he was
enabled to work his way through the institution.  Mr. Brissey had but few
opportunities during his early life, but was determined to obtain an
education, and has resolutely overcome the obstacles which barred his path
to success and today can look back with satisfaction on his struggles and
triumphs over difficulties.  When but a mere boy he went to western Kansas
and worked on a cattle ranch as a herder or "broncho buster," but even there
he continued his studies, carrying his books with him when out on the
prairies.  He also taught one term of school in that sparsely settled
country, his little "temple of learning" having been twenty-five miles
distant from any town, and he experienced much of the life of the frontier
west.  On returning to Indiana he entered the state university, where he
worked his way through and obtained his heart's desire, a university
education.  For a time thereafter he taught in the schools of Fountain
county, and was later elected to the position of county superintendent, the
duties of which he discharged with his usual promptness and fidelity.  He
was admitted to the bar in Fountain county, and shortly afterward was
elected prosecuting attorney for the twenty-first judicial district,
containing the counties of Fountain, Warren and Benton, continuing as its
incumbent for two terms.  It was in the year 1901 that he came to Muncie,
where for a time he practiced in partnership with Thomas E. Bracken, the
firm name being Brissey & Bracken, while later he was a member of the firm
of Brissey & Ethell, but is now alone in his practice.  He is well informed
on the subject of jurisprudence in its various departments and he has won
many notable forensic triumphs.  In his political connections he is a
Republican and takes a deep interest in the questions which affect the
welfare of the state and nation and mold the public policy, while since
attaining to mature age he has been an active factor in the local campaigns
of his party.
   In 1889 Mr. Brissey was united in marriage to Anna Martin, a native of
Warren county, Indiana, and a daughter of Jesse Martin.  They have one
daughter, Margaret, who was born on the 3d of February, 1897, and their
daughter ruth died in 1891, when a babe of six months old.  Mr. Brissey has
fraternal relations with the Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of the
Presbyterian church.  He is a broad-minded, progressive man and a public
spirited citizen, and in all life's relations he is found true to the duties
of professional and social life.


Bio. of George W. Osborn


   History of Jackson County, Michigan, Vol. II, Chicago, Inter-State
   Publishing Co., 1881.  Page 834.  (transcript)

   George W. Osborn, farmer; P.O. Concord; was born in Greene county, N.Y.,
Nov. 2, 1841; son of William and Jane (Tompkins) Osborn, natives of the same
State, the former of English ancestry.  He was brought to this county by his
parents in 1856, and settled on sec. 18, Concord tp.  He was married Jan.
19, 1871, to Emily H. Taylor, daughter of James and Rachel (Leech) Taylor,
and their 3 children are Rachel I., Vola J. and Ralph H.  Mr. O. os a
consistent member of the M.E. Church.  He owns a farm of 120 acres on sec.
14, Concord tp., worth $60 per acre.


Biography of Richard Zeigler-1341


   Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe Co., Indiana,
   Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1888.  Page 383.  (transcript)

RICHARD ZEIGLER, residing on section 28, Perry Township, was born in
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1826, a son of Christopher
and Mary (Adams) Zeigler, who were both natives of Pennsylvania.  Richard
was reared a farmer, which he has made the principal vocation of his life,
and his education was received in the common-schools of his day.  In 1847 he
left his native State for Indiana, and located in Fountain County, where he
was married September 23, 1849, to Miss Deborah Osborn, who was born and
reared in Fountain County, a daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (French) Osborn,
her father being a native of Butler County, Ohio, and her mother of the
State of Maryland.  They were among the first pioneers of Fountain County,
settling there in 1822, when there were but seventeen white families in the
county.  The father died in Lodi, Wisconsin, in 1854, the mother dying in
Fountain County, Indiana, in 1879.  Mr. and Mrs. Zeigler are the parents of
six children -- William O. was educated at Otterbein University, Ohio, and
has followed the teacher's profession successfully for ten years;  John L.,
who is now a resident of Oregon, was educated at the same institution, and
has benn engaged in teaching for twelve years;  Daniel W. was a student at
Valparaiso College, Indiana; Orlando C. lives in Fountain County; Sarah R.
is the wife of Rev. I.G. Knotts, of Roanoke, Huntington County, Indiana, and
Ione resides at home with her parents.  Mr. Zeigler continued to reside in
Fountain County, until 1851, when he removed with his family to Columbia
County, Wisconsin, and there entered 160 acres of land from the Government,
on which he lived for two years and partially improved.  He then removed to
Richland County, Wisconsin, where he made his home until 1861, when he
returned to the Hoosier State, and after spending a few weeks in Fountain
County, he came to Tippecanoe County, and settled on his present farm in
Perry Township.  His farm contains eighty acres of well improved and highly
cultivated land, a good dwelling and other substantial improvements, and by
his industrious habits and fair and honorable dealings Mr. Zeigler has
during his residence in this township gained the confidence and respect of
the entire community.  He and his family are active members of the United
Brethren church, in which he serves as a trustee.  In politics he was
formerly a Whig, but now affiliates with the Republican party.


Bio. of Job Osborn-1287


   Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana,
   Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1888.  Page 740.  (transcript)

HON. JOB OSBORN, a prominent and influential citizen of Tippecanoe County,
is a native of Hendricks County, Indiana, born June 20, 1841, a son of David
and Annie (Stanley) Osborn.  The parents were natives of Guilford County,
North Carolina, the father a son of David Osborn who was born in North
Carolina, and the mother a daughter of Abel Stanley, who was also a native
of North Carolina.  The parents of our subject were married in their native
State, and in an early day they immigrated to Indiana, making the journey in
a one-horse wagon, and settled in the then wilderness of Hendricks County,
where the father entered a tract of land from the Government.  He owned at
that time a horse, and $200 in money, a part of which he paid for land.
Here they passed through many hardships and privations incident to pioneer
life, but lived to see the surrounding country change from a wilderness into
well cultivated farms, and now enjoy the fruits of their years of toil.
Both were active and consistent members of the Society of Friends, and
honored and respected citizens.  They made their home on their farm in
Hendricks County until death, the mother dying in 1850, aged forty-five
years, and the father dying in March, 1877, at the advanced age of
eighty-two years.  They were the parents of twelve children, all born in
Indiana but their eldest child, who was born in North Carolina.  Job Osborn,
the subject of this sketch, was reare on the home farm to agricultural
pursuits, which he as followed principally through life.  He received good
educational advantages, attending the district schools and high school of
his neighborhood, and the Western Manual Labor school at Bloomingdale, and
also attended the Farmer's Institute in Tippecanoe County for one year.
While at Bloomingdale he cut cord-wood during his leisure hours to help pay
his board.  He was married August 19, 1863, to Hannah C. Sleeper, a daughter
of Buddell and Elizabeth Sleeper, of Tippecanoe County.  Four children were
born to this union -- Oliver J., of Union Township, this county; Elizabeth
A., Rosella J., who died aged four years, and Mary Elsie.  After his
marriage Mr. Osborn settled on his present farm in Wayne Township,
Tippecanoe County, and in connection with his farming pursuits, he was
extensively engaged in the manufacture of drain tile for five years, he
having established the second tile factory in the county.  In 1884 Mr.
Osborn was elected to represent Tippecanoe County in the Indiana State
Legislature, by a majority of 600 votes, and served both in the regular and
special term of 1885, and in 1886 he was re-elected to the same position by
an increased majority, this time receiving 1,028 over his opponent.  Both he
and his wife are earnest and active members of the Friend's Society.


Bio. of Clyde W. Osborne


   20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio,
   Chicago, Biographical Publishing Co., 1907.  Page 563.  (transcript)
   [Bio. is accompanied by portrait]

CLYDE W. OSBORNE, attorney at law, at Youngstown, in partnership under the
firm name of Osborne, Jenkins & Lloyd, with offices at No. 107 West Federal
street, was born in Portage County, Ohio, September 18, 1881.  He is a son
of Edwin L. and Elizabeth M. (Reese) Osborne.
   The Osborne family is of English extraction and many generations ago was
prominent on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel.  Osborne House, the
late Queen Victoria's favorite castle, had many retainers among the
surrounding gentry and many of the name of Osborne. The first member of this
old and honorable family to come to America was Aaron Osborne, who settled
in Virginia in 1746.  His son Abner, who was the great-grandfather of Clyde
W. Osborne, removed to Pennsylvania.
   Amos Osborne, son of Abner, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in
young manhood, locating at first in Milton township, Mahoning County, and
later removing to Paris township, Portage County, where he died.  The mother
of the late President McKinley was a member of this family, a first cousin
of Edwin Osborne.  William Osborne, formerly mayor of Youngstown and later
consul to England, also belonged to this family.  Other members have been
equally prominent.
   Edwin Osborne, father of Clyde W., was born in Milton township, Mahoning
County, but was mainly reared in Paris township, Portage County, where he
still resides, engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He married Elizabeth M.
Reese and they have four children, viz.: Clyde W., whose name begins this
sketch; Mark, born June 18, 1887, who is a teacher in the Excelsior Business
College at Youngstown; Ruth M., born December 25, 1892; and Alice, born July
3, 1896.
   Clyde W. Osborne remained on the home farm until he was 17 years old,
beginning hsi long educational career by teaching the district schools of
Charlestown township for one year.  He then spent three years in the Newton
Falls High School, in Trumbull County, and later took a year's course at the
Hubbard High School, where he was graduated.  After completing a business
education at the Hall Business College, Youngstown, Mr. Osborne took charge
of the commercial department of the college, which he conducted for five
years, resigning April 1, 1906.  He then purchased the controlling interest
in the Excelsior Business College at Youngstown and took charge as manager,
retaining the office until his admission to the bar, December 21, 1906.  He
had commenced the study of law with leading attorneys of Youngstown,
December 21, 1903.
   On March 3, 1903, Mr. Osborne was married to Jennie Jones, who is a
daughter of Edward and Sarah Jones, of Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio.  They
have one child, Elizabeth, who was born September 21, 1905.  Mr. Osborne, in
his fraternal relations, belongs to St. David's Society, a Welsh
organization, and to the Foresters.


Bio. of Stephen Osborn-1820


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 342.  (transcript)

   Stephen Osborn, an old resident of Bristol township, was born in
Litchfield county, town of Colebrook, Connecticut, November 20, 1797.  His
father, Joshua, was born in Connecticut, and came to Ohio in 1809, and
settled in Southington township, Trumbull county, and was among the early
settlers of the township.  Like the early pioneers he began in the woods and
made himself a good farm and lived upon this till his death.  He died in
1837, leaving a family of thirteen children -- Chloe, Reuben, Mansfield,
Dorcas, Sheldon, Roxy, Gilbert, Leonard, Stephen, Amanda, Sterling, Annie,
Phoebe.  Stephen, Amanda, Annie, and Phoebe are the only surviving members
of the family.  Mr. Stephen Osborn came to Bristol township in 1830.  He
first settled upon the turnpike south of the center and here resided about
twenty years, then moved upon the farm where he now lives.  Many
improvements have been made by Mr. Osborn.  Farming has been his occupation,
and even at his present advanced age he is able to do much labor in the
field.  He was married in 1826 to Miss Mary Hillman, daughter of Shubal
Hillman, of Bristol.  He had four children by this marriage.  Mrs. Osborn
died in 1834.  He then married Miss Amanda Hillman, sister of his first
wife, and had four children by this marriage.  Mrs. Osborn died in 1855.  He
married in 1858 his third wife, Mrs. Rebecca Difford, of Bloomfield, who
died in 1870.  Mr. Osborn has one hundred and thirty-four acres of good
land.  He has been quite a hunter and trapper in his day, and takes much
pride in exhibiting his old wolf-trap at the present day.  He is a member of
the Methodist church.


Bio. of Joshua Osborn-1824


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 523.  (transcript)

   Joshua Osborn settled northeast of the center about one mile.  He reared
eleven children, all of whom lived to have families.  Shelden, Gilbert,
Leonard, Stephen, and Sterling wer the sons, and Chloe, Amanda, Anna, Phebe,
Dorcas, and Roxy, the daughters.  Gilbert and Sterling lived and died in
Southington.  Shelden remained in the East.  Leonard resides in Bloomfield.
Stephen is still living in Bristol.  Chloe (White) lived in the East, but
afterwards came to Ohio.  Amanda (Haughton), now resides in Michigan.  Anna
(Crowell) resides in Rome, Ohio, and Phebe (Hillman) in Bristol.  Dorcas
(May) and Roxy(Frisbie) are dead.
   Charles May and family remained for a time in the township, then removed.
   The foregoing families were all from Connecticut, and for some years
constituted nearly all of the inhabitants of "Bollestown."


Bio. of Henry Haughton


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 523.  (transcript)

   Henry Haughton, of New York State, made a permanent settlement in 1818.
His two sons, Samuel and Aretus, had been here and commenced improvements
two years before.  Henry and Lucretia Haughton were the parents of four
sons, all of whom settled in Southington and reared families, excepting
Aretus, who married but had no family.  The sons were Samuel, Aretus,
Alonzo, and Chauncy B.  Alonzo is still living in Michigan.  The daughters
were Mary Ann (Curtis), Lois(Osborn), and Lovisa (Osborn).  One other
daughter remained and died in New York.  All of the daughters are dead with
the exception of Mrs. Curtis, who went west and is living.


Bio. of Gilbert Osborne-1831


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 532.  (transcript)

   Joshua Osborne and his family were among the very early settlers of
Southington.  Gilbert Osborne, his son, was born in Colebrook, Connecticut,
January 19, 1794, and came to Southington with his parents in 1808.  He was
a soldier of the War of 1812.  He married Lois Haughton, and reared a family
of three daughters and one son.  Porter G. and Mrs. John Schrontz, now a
resident of Illinois, are the only survivors.  About 1820 Gilbert Osborne
settled in Southington upon the farm which his son now owns.  He lived to
see a mighty change wrought by the early settlers and their descendants and
died December 8, 1869.  His wife died in 1871.


Bio. of Edward Jones


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 559.  (transcript)

   Edward Jones was born in Austintown township December 19, 1828.  His
father, John, was also a native of Ohio, and was the first white child born
in Warren township (according to some accounts).  Caleb Jones, grandfather
of Edward, came to Ohio in a very early day.  The family was of Welsh
descent.  Mr. John Jones spent his days in what was once Trumbull county.
He went to Austintown township when he was a young man, and cleared up a
good farm, which is now occupied by Mr. A.B. Jones, and lived here until his
death in 1837.  Mrs. Jones died in February, 1878.  Mr. Edward Jone<sic>
came to Champion March 19, 1850, and settled one mile east of his present
farm.  He cleared up a good farm and lived upon it ten years.  He then moved
upon the one where he is now located.  He was married August 19, 1846, to
Miss Martha J. Osborn, daughter of Abram Osborn, of Austintown.  They had
eight children, five of whom are living.  Mrs. Jones died in February, 1874.
She was a member of the Disciple church, a faithful wife and loving mother.
Mr. Jones is an active, wide-wake farmer.  Stock raising is his chief
business.  He has a fine farm, which he keeps in the best of condition,
showing industry and thrift.


Bio. of John Osburn


   Portrait and Biographical Album of Newaygo County, Mich., Chicago,
   Chapman Brothers, 1884.  Page 408.  (transcript)

JOHN OSBURN, farmer, section 31, Ensley Township, was born Feb. 28, 1822 in
Ohio.  His parents, Joseph and Mary (Gildersleeve) Osburn, were natives
respectively of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
   Mr. Osburn made his "freedom" trip to Michigan when he was 21 years of
age, and after a short stay proceeded to Illinois.  He mad no permanent
location there, but soon resolved to test the alluring promises of the
Golden State on the Pacific slope, and made his way to California in 1850.
He remained four years and returned East, locating for a time in Indiana.
Shortly afterward he removed to Hillsdale Co., Mich., and in the fall of
1856 came to Newaygo County.  He bought 44 acres of land according to the
provisions of the Gradation Act, which regulated the prices of Government
land according to its having been a greater or less length of time in the
market, the scale of valuation being graded from 25 cents to $1.25 per acre.
The entire tract purchased by Mr. Osburn has been placed by him in a
creditable condition for agriculture.  He belongs to the National Greenback
party in politics, and has held the post of Treasurer of his township eleven
years; has acted in other official capacities in school matters.
   Mr. Osburn was first married in Branch Co., Mich., to Mary Bunker.  She
was born Aug. 26, 1830, in Ohio, and died Feb. 26, 1875, leaving six
children.  She was the mother of seven sons and daughters, one of whom
preceded her in death, while in infancy.  Eli W., eldest son, died May 23,
1881, aged 32 years.  Her surviving children are, Albert A., Caroline L.,
Mary M., John L. and Evaline L.  Mr. Osburn contracted marriage a second
time June 8, 1877, with Mrs. Martha (Simmons) Blake, widow of Joseph Blake,
who died in June, 1875.  She was born June 1, 1833, in Ontario Co., N.Y.,
and is a member of the M.E. Church.


Bio. of Andrew R. Turner


   A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, Chicago, Goodspeed Brothers,
   1894.  Page 216.  (transcript)

   ANDREW R. TURNER, who for twenty-three years has lived near Rome, Mo., is
a native of Polk County, Tenn., but was reared in Georgia on the Chickamauga
battle-ground.  His father, Joseph Turner, was born in the Old North State
in 1812, and after marrying Nancy Fouts, in Tennessee, and living there
until the subject of this sketch was ten years old, he removed to Georgia.
His father was William Turner.  Andrew R. Turner attended the common schools
of Walker County, Ga., and was twenty years of age at the time of the
opening of the Civil War, but he continued to attend school until 1863,
being exempt under the conscript law of Georgia, but at that time he was
forced to join the Confederate Army or leave the country and chose the
latter alternative and went to Kentucky, where in August, 1863, he enlisted
in the Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army, commanded by Col. Joseph
Parsons, and served the Union cause from the time of his enlistment until
the war closed, becoming sergeant of his company -- Company B.  He was in
the engagements at Cumberland Gap, Knoxville, Greenville, Morristown, and
many skirmishes, and for some time was on the sick list in the hospital at
Nashville.  His brother James left Georgia at the same time that he did,
joining the same company, but died in the hospital in 1864, at about the age
of twenty years.  Andrew R. made a faithful and trustworthy soldier, and
upon leaving his home in Georgia he ran much risk in his attempt to reach
the Union lines.  After the war was over he returned to his old home in
Georgia, where he lived four years, then joined his father and mother in
Douglas County, Mo., whither their Union principles and sympathies had led
them.  The father was a scout for Gen. Thomas during the Civil War, but
after the war had closed he resumed the peaceful pursuit of farming, and
followed this occupation until his death in 1894, his wife having died in
1886.  Their family consisted of three children: James, Andrew R. and John
D., who is residing on the old homestead in this county.  He is a successful
farmer, is married and has an interesting family.  The father was a Democrat
prior to, and a stanch Republican after, the war, and he and his worthy wife
were members, in good standing, of the Baptist Church.  He became prominent
in this and Ozark Counties and was highly honored wherever known.  Andrew R.
Turner first followed farming near the old homestead, but in 1884 embarked
in the drygoods business in Rome, in partnership with F. M. Richards, which
connection lasted four years, at which time Mr. Turner established himself
in his present business, and his annual sales now amount to about $10,000.
He keeps an excellent stock of general goods and has a liberal patronage
among the best people of his section.  He is the Republican postmaster at
Rome, is a notary public, and is one of the most enterprising of the younger
business men of the county and has many warm friends.  Socially he is a
member of Douglas Lodge No. 319, of the I.0.0.F. at Ava, and belongs to the
G.A.R. Post No. 307 at Roy.  While following mercantile pursuits he has also
given much attention to tilling the soil and stockraising.  He was married
in Georgia to Miss Margaret Lietch, a daughter of Archibald and Mary
(Armstrong) Lietch, the former of whom was born in Scotland, and when a boy
came with his father, John Lietch, to this country.  He became a resident of
Georgia and afterward, in 1870, of Douglas County, Mo., where he followed
farming until his death in 1890.  His wife was born in Georgia and died in
Missouri in 1891, a daughter of William Armstrong, who died in Alabama.  Mrs.
Turner was born in Georgia, and has borne her husband three children: Mary,
who became the wife of H.C. Osborn, and died leaving four children -- Maston
H., William, Claude and Della; Nancy A., wife of M.E. richards, the
successful miller at Rome, Mo., has three children -- Albert, Emmett and
Gertrude; and James who is living on a farm near Rome, and is married to
Fannie Sager, by whom he has two children -- Lillie and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs.
Turner are worthy members of the Baptist Church, in which he is a deacon.


Bio. of Charles N. Buchanan


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 745.  (transcript)

   CHARLES N. BUCHANAN, jailer, Hancock County, was born in Spottsylvania
County, Va., January 20, 1831, son of William and Florinda (Brent) Buchanan,
both parents natives of Virginia.  His paternal ancestors were English
people, and among the early settlers of Virginia, his grandfather coming to
America in the war of the Revolution, as a soldier in the British army.  At
the close of the war, he located in Caroline County, Va., where he lived
until his death, in 1824.  William Buchanan, subject's father was a farmer.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812, holding the commission of lieutenant in
the American army, and served with distinction throughout that struggle.
His death occurred in 1872.  Subject's mother died in 1848.  William and
Florinda Buchanan reared a family of five children, whose names are as
follow: Thomas G., William S., Charles N., John L. and Mary A.  Charles N.
Buchanan was reared a farmer, and remained with his parents until sixteen
years of age, attending the common schools for a few months during the
winter season, in which he received the mere rudimonts of an education.  He
commenced life for himself as a tradesman, in the town of Gordonsville, Va.,
where he engaged in the cabinet business, which he followed four years, and
in which he was reasonably successful.  In 1854 he came to Hancock County,
Ky., settling at Hawesville, where he engaged in the milling business, which
he followed with varied success for a period of twenty years.  In 1874, he
removed to Pellville Precinct, and was shortly afterward elected magistrate
of that district, a position he held four years, after which he moved to
Daviess County, where he followed farming until 1880.  In the latter year he
returned to Hawesville, and in 1882 was elected jailer of Hancock County,
which position he has since filled.  Mr. Buchanan was united in marriage,
December 13, 1856, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Mary Osborne, of
Hancock County.  They have a family of eight children, namely: Josephine,
wife of William L. Sterrett; Belle, wife of Walter Brown; William, Nettie,
Florinda, Brentie, Birdie and Griffin.  Mr. Buchanan belongs to the Masonic
fraternity, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.


Bio. of Columbus W. Jones


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 910.  (transcript)

   COLUMBUS W. JONES, Muhlenburgh County, was born September 25, 1853, in
Coffee County, Tenn., and is the eighth of five boys and three girls of
Sherred and Margaret (Carr) Jones, natives of North Carolina.  The father
was a son of John Jones who married Mary Osburn, both natives of North
Carolina, and of English descent; they immigrated to Tennessee in 1851; to
Muhlenburgh County in 1854, Columbus W. was reared on a farm and received a
common school education.  After twenty years of age he attended five
sessions at South Carrollton Institute; and taught four terms.  In 1882 he
engaged as salesman in Madisonville for one year.  In April, with Evitts, he
opened a general store at Central City, where he is now engaged; he has made
life a success by his own efforts.


Bio. of James B. Holloman


   County of Trigg, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Perrin,
   Chicago and Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey, 1884.  Page 285.  (transcript)

   JAMES B. HOLLOMAN was born October 2, 1827, in Obion County, Tenn.  His
parents are J.B. and Sarah Holloman, both natives of Kentucky.  They went to
Tennessee after marriage.  The father was one of the most extensive farmers
of the neighborhood.  His death took place in 1865, on his sixty-fifth
birthday.  He was a devoted and lifelong member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.  The mother is still living in Tennessee at the
advanced age of eighty-two.  These parents had seven children -- four boys
and three girls.  Four of the children are yet living.  Our subject was
married November 6, 1849, to Ailcy M. Osborn, of Kentucky.  After marriage
he began farming for himself.  He had but a small start in beginning, but by
industry, economy and good management he has secured a nice home of 100
acres, seventy-five of which are improved.  He has been reasonably
successful in business.  His children were: Isam (deceased), Lucy A., Mary
W. (deceased), Sarah (died the past February at the age of twenty-five
years; she was for twelve years a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South), William B. (living in Texas), Susan C., Robert L., James I.
(deceased).  Both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.


Bio. of Merit Sands


   History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing
   Co., 1883.  Page 653.  (transcript)

   Merit Sands was born in Daviess County, Ky., Sept. 28, 1857.  His father,
William H. Sands, was born in Daviess County, 1819, and is a son of Hiram
Sands, a native of Virginia, who came to Kentucky in an early day, and died
about twenty years ago.  William H. Sands married Mary Camron in 1838.  They
have ten children -- Fannie (Mrs. Jasper Silverthorn), George, Surelda (Mrs.
John Hite), Sebina, John, Sallie (Mrs. Joseph Carlin), Louisa (Mrs. James
Osborn), Robert, Merit, Sidney.  Merit Sands has a fine farm of seventy
acres.  He has been a member of the Baptist church at Owensboro six years.
Politically he is a Democrat.  He is unmarried.


Gen. of John Osborn, son of Nehemiah Osborn-14996


   American Ancestry, Vol. I, Albany, NY, Joel Monsell's Sons, 1887.
   Page 58.  (transcript)

OSBORN, JOHN, Albany; son of Nehemiah, b. 1817 (m. 1854 Harriet Pardee); son
of Nehemiah, b. 1770 in New Haven, Conn., d. 1853 in Albany, N.Y. (m. Mary
Frazier); son of David, b. 1746, d. 1786 (m. Mary Talmadge); son of
Jeremiah, b. 1699, d. 1789; son of Joseph, b. 1667, d. 1735; son of
Jeremiah, b. 1620(?), d. 1676; son of THOMAS OSBORN, who was one of the
original settlers of New Haven, Connecticut.


Bio. of Edward P. Osborn


   American Ancestry, Vol. II, Albany, NY, Joel Monsell's Sons, 1887.
   Page 90.  (transcript)

OSBORN, EDWARD P. of Austerlitz, b. 1842 (m. Emily Blunt); son of ALANSON
OSBORN of Austerlitz, b. 1813 (m. 1835 Olive Kellogg); son of Sylvanus of
Austerlitz, b. in Long Island, 1781, d. 1870 (m. Hannah King), served in war
of 1812; son of Joseph of Long Island, b. 1757.


Bio. of David L. Osborne


   American Ancestry, Vol. II, Albany, NY, Joel Monsell's Sons, 1887.
   Page 90.  (transcript)

OSBORNE, DAVID L. of Austerlitz, b. 1824 (m. 1854 Cornelia Tyler); son of
David C. of Auterlitz, b. 1793, d. 1853 (m. Abigail Wright), town clerk; son
of Thomas of Austerlitz, b. at Easthampton, Long island, 1759, captain in
Rev. army, came to Austerlitz, 1804; son of Elisha; son of Elisha; son of
Thomas; son of JOHN OSBORN<sic>, who came from Maidstone, Kent, England, and
settled in Easthampton, Long Island.


Bio. of Obediah Osborn


   American Ancestry, Vol. X, Albany, NY, Joel Monsell's Sons, 1895.
   Page 103.  (transcript)

OSBORN, OBEDIAH, of Sudbury Mass., b. there Apr. 4, 1772, d. there Aug. 25,
1832 (in. 1799 Nelly Pike of Framingham and had Joseph, Charles, Henry,
Almira, Almira 2d., Dalphon, Hannah and Adeline who was b. Mar. 20, 1816 (m.
Nov. 20, 1833 John Stone and had Angeline, Adeline, Lucy Ann, John
Livingston, Henry Edward, Charles Henry and Ellen Susan); son of Daniel
Osborn of Sudbury (m. Nov. 16, 1769 Sarah [dau. of Daniel and Sarah] Perry
and had Stephen, Obadiah, Lucy, Asenath, Hannah, Cynthia, Sarah, Daniel,
Jessie and Samuel); son of Samuel of East Sudbury (m. Nov. 1, 1732 Lydia
Griffith); son of Andrew who came to New England from Annapolis, Ireland.


Bio. of Oliver Webster Osborne-8471


   American Ancestry, Vol. IV, Albany, NY, Joel Monsell's Sons, 1889.
   Page 228.  (transcript)

OSBORNE, OLIVER WEBSTER of Lenox, Mass., farmer (m. 1st, Oct. 8, 1846, Mary
C. Crosby of Ashtabula, Ohio, b. at Thompson, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1825, d. at
Lenox Apr. 25, 1859, dau. of Zenas and Sally, 2d, June 17, 1863, Elsie M.
Bourne, b. Mar. 17, 1835, dau. Sylvanus and Mary); has brother Charles S.
Osborne, son of Ezra of Lenox, b. there Sep. 22, 1789, d. there Mar. 19,
1871, deacon 1840-9, farmer, lived on the homestead (m. Feb. 22, 1821,
Thalia Kellogg of Lee, Mass., b. Mar. 21, 1795, d. May 12, 1863, dau. of
Dea. Oliver and Mary [Webster] Kellogg of Lee); son of Josiah of Lenox, b.
at Ridgefield, Ct., Feb. 20, 1745, d. at Lenox Aug. 27, 1830, moved there
1773, minute-man 1777 (m. Feb. 7, 1773, Hepzibah Olmstead, b. at Ridgefield
Aug. 15, 1751); son of Daniel of Ridgefield, b. there Oct. 29, 1719, d.
there 1763 (m. Sarah Osburn of Fairfield, dau. of a Scotch sea captain); son
of Richard of Ridgefield, Ct., b. at East Chester 1676. d. at Ridgefield
1779, moved there about 1715, justice of peace, when he was 101 he walked to
Danbury, 10 miles (m. Sarah, d. Nov. 6, 1719); son of David of Fairfield,
Ct., b. there, d. at East Chester, N.Y., 1679, moved there about 1665 (m.
Abigail, dau. of Philip Pinckney); had brother John Osborne and several
sisters; son of Richard who sailed from London Feb. 17, 1634, was in
Hingham, Mass., 1635, Windsor, Ct., 1637, served in Pequot war for which he
had lands granted him in Fairfield, where he removed 1653, moved to East
Chester, N.Y., 1673-82, d. there 1686.


Gen. of Amos O. Osborn-9554


   American Ancestry, Vol. IV, Albany, NY, Joel Monsell's Sons, 1889.
   Page 26.  (transcript)

OSBORN, AMOS O. of Waterville, N.Y., b. there Dec. 12, 1811, member N.Y.
Legislature 1853, lawyer, farmer (m. 1st, May 23, 1838, Harriet N., 5th dau.
of Joseph and Rhoda [Griffith] Moss of New Berlin, N.Y., m. 2d, July 1,
1863, Adaline, eldest dau. of Ellis and Adaline [Bagg] Morse of Eaton,
N.Y.); 2d son of Amos of Waterville, N.Y., b. at Trumbull, Ct.. Nov. 30,
1764, d. at Waterville July 3, 1848 (m. Feb. 21, 1804, Rosanna, dau. of
Benj. and Rosanna [Hancock] Swetland of Longmeadow, Mass., he a soldier in
the Rev. army, desc. of Wm. and Agnes Swetland of Salem); son of William of
Trumbull, Ct., b. near Georgetown, Ct., July 19, 1738, d. at Trumbull July
31, 1810 (m. Oct. 11, 1759, Mary Jackson); son of William of near
Georgetown, Ct., b. at Fairfield, Ct., April 16, 1708, died near Georgetown
(m. 1st, Feb. 16, 1741, Elizabeth, dau. of Th. Turney and had 3 sons, m. 2d,
Marian Lyon and had 9 daughters); son of David of Fairfield, Ct., b. there,
d. there early in 1727 (m. Dorothy, probably dau. of Rev. Peter Bulkley of
Fairfield); son of John of Fairfield, Ct., b. there 1652, d. there Dec. 5,
1709 (m. Sarah Bennett); son of Richard, the English ancestor, drew a town
lot in Hingham, Mass., in July, 1635, served in the Pequot war 1637, for
which good service he was granted a long lot in Fairfield, Ct., June 4,
1639, d. in Westchester, N.Y., in 1686.
<Note: This genealogy seems questionable as William Osborn born July 19,
  1738 is supposed to be son of William Osborn whose 1st marr. was Feb. 16,
  1741.  Is the relationship incorrect or are dates wrong?>


1896 Bio. of Amos O. Osborn-9554


   Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County,
   New York, Boston, Boston History Co., 1896.  Pt. 2, page 16.
   (transcript)

AMOS O. OSBORN.
   Amos O. Osborn was born December 12, 1811, and is the sixth in descent
from his English ancestor Richard, who came from England to Hingham, Mass.,
in 1635 and went from there to New Haven, Conn., in 1639 where he became a
free planter and shared in the division of land in 1643.
   His father, Amos Osborn, born November 30, 1764, was a native of Trumbull,
Fairfield county, Conn.  He came to Waterville in 1802, where he engaged in
distilling, and in 1810 purchased the farm, part of lot 39, where he and his
son have ever since lived, of Benjamin White, who in turn had bought it of
Col. Marinus Willet, one of the original proprietors.  He was a man of
industry and integrity, which with frugal living and wise management of
affairs brought him a handsome competence later in life.  He married Rosanna,
a daughter of Benjamin Swetland, a soldier of the Revolution.  Of the six
children born to them Amos O., the fourth, is the only one now living.  He
received his early education in Waterville and at the private school of Rev.
Ely Burchard at Paris Hill.  Later he went to Hamilton, which had already
become a noted school centre, and after fitting there, was for two years a
member of the class of 1836 of Yale College.  After leaving college he
studied law with his brother-in-law, the Hon. Levi D. Carpenter, of
Waterville, and with Judge Joshua Spencer of Utica.  In the fall of 1837 he
was admitted to the bar, and soon after opened an office for the practice of
his profession in Westfield, Chautaugua county, N.Y.  After two years he
returned to Waterville to engage in the same profession.
   Mr. Osborn was a Whig in politics and has always been an ardent supporter
of the Republican party.  In the years 1845 and 1846 he was elected
supervisor and for thirteen years was a justice of the peace while his party
in Sangerfield was greatly in the minority.  He also represented his district
and was a useful member of the two-session Assembly in 1853.  For forty-five
years he was a director in the Bank of Waterville.  In 1840 he was one of the
original incorporators of Grace church, Waterville, and for fifty-three years
has been its senior warden and a most liberal supporter.  In 1853 he with his
father-in-law, Deacon Joseph Moss of New Berlin, Chenango county, N.Y., built
at their own expense its rectory.
   It was by his suggestion and effort that the Waterville Cemetery
Association was formed and it has been greatly by his aid that it has since
become one of the finest village burial grounds in the State.  Mr. Osborn has
been its president and chairman of its executive committee ever since its
incorporation.
   The diary kept during the ninety days at sea of a journey to Australia in
1855 and 1856, at which time he circumnavigated the globe, and the notes of
places visited both in Australia, on the Continent and in this country, show
his quick habit of observation and the readiness with which he grasped and
made use of points of special interest.
   Throughout all his life Mr. Osborn has been a student in literature and
the sciences and a man of extensive research and learning.  His large and
well selected library, chiefly of books of reference and works on science,
shows his ardent love of nature which has ever found in tree or flower, bird,
insect or rock, something to study and admire, so that his life, seemingly
one of leisure, has been a very busy and a very happy one.  He has been much
interested in geology and his studies and discoveries in that line have been
of special interst and value to science.  His collection of fossils is
extensive and expecially full from the series of rocks in his own
neighborhood.  He has also devoted much time and attention to the historical
study of his own town.  He prepared the chapter on the town of Sangerfield in
Judge Jones's Annals of Oneida county, and has in preparation a fuller
history, not yet published, in which are genealogical notices of over three
hundred of the early settlers of the town which he has studied and arranged
with great care.  While thus untiring in self-development he has been greatly
interested in the advancement of Sangerfield, especially earnest in his views
of right and law that should govern corporations and municipalities as well
as individuals.  His genial smile and cordial manner, his generous aid in
case of need, his quick response of sympathy in joy or sorrow, his unvarying
interest in the welfare of the public as well as its individual members, his
public spirit always manifest in everything promising progress or
improvement, have won for him the respect and esteem of the public in the
community which gave him birth and which has strengthened and grown with his
advancing years.
   He is a life member of the American Museum of Natural History of the State
of New York; a life member of the New York Agricultural Society; a member of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a life member and
fellow of the Geological Society of America and a life member and councilor
of the Oneida Historical Society.
   Mr. Osborn married for his first wife on May 23, 1838, Harriet N.,
youngest daughter of the late Joseph Moss and Rhoda Griffith of New Berlin,
Chenango county, N.Y.  She died March 27, 1861.  Four daughters were born to
them.  Rosanna, who died in early childhood; Rosalie, wife of the artist
Albert Bierstadt; Mary, wife of Charles C. Hall of New York, and Esther, the
only one now living, the wife of William G. Mayer of the U.S. Navy, and later
a leading lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio.  On July 1, 1863, Mr. Osborn married
for his second wife Adaline, youngest daughter of the late Ellis Morse and
Adaline Bagg of Eaton, Madison county, N.Y.