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Bio. of Calvin Osborne-1813


   20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio,
   Chicago, Biographical Publishing Co., 1907.  Page 701.  (transcript)

CALVIN OSBORNE, who is engage in general farming on his farm of 53 acres
located in Section 10, Youngstown township, was born March 25, 1841, in this
township, and is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Crow) Osborne.  His paternal
grandfather, Anthony Osborne, was a native of Virginia and came to Mahoning
County, Ohio, which was then a part of Trumbull County, with a colony of
Virginians.  He purchased a tract of 150 acres in Youngstown township, which
he cleared and place under cultivation.  Later he sold 100 acres to Daniel
Osborne, father of Calvin, and the remaining 50 to another son, after which
he went to live with his son Daniel until his death.
   Daniel Osborne was born November 7, 1809, in Loudon<sic> County, Virginia
(now West Virginia)<sic>, and was a young man when he accompanied his father
to Mahoning County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life engaged
in farming and stock-raising.  His wife, also a native of Loudon County,
Virginia and whose parents died when she was quite young, came to Mahoning
County, Ohio, with her half sister and was one of the same colony with which
Mr. Osborne came.  Mr. Osborne bought a farm of 150 acres from his father,
to which he continued to add until at one time he was the owner of 401
acres.  There were nine children born to Daniel and Sarah Osborne, seven of
whom grew to maturity, only town now surviving, viz.: Clark Osborne of
Ashtabula County, Ohio; and Calvin, the subject of this sketch.  Mrs. Daniel
Osborne died March 28, 1884, and her husband April 18, 1893.
   Calvin Osborne was the fifth of a family of nine children, and was born
and reared within a short distance of his present home.  His education was
obtained in the district schools of the township.  He has been married three
times, first in 1864 to Alice Crooks, a daughter of James Crooks.  Of this
union there was one child, Charles Osborne, who married Esther Sanders,
resides in Austintown township and has seven children.  Mr. Osborne's
marriage occurred in 1872, to Mary Crooks, a niece of his first wife.  They
had two children, Robert, who married Alice Gushemend and has three
children; and Bertha, who married William Lee and has a family of three
children.  After the death of his second wife Mr. Osborne married Mary
McMillen, which resulted in the birth of one child, Carrie E., who teaches
school at Kyle's Corner, Youngstown township.  Mr. Osborne, whose portrait
is herewith presented, has always followed farming as an occupation, and is
recognized as one of the township's most successful and enterprising
citizens.  In politics he is a Republican.  Mrs. Osborne and her daughter
Carrie E., are members of the Disciples Church of Youngstown.


Bio. of William Osborn-1852


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. I, Page 352.  (transcript)

   William Osborn was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, November 1,
1804.  He is the oldest son of Richard and Sarah Osborn.  With his parents
he removed to Stark county in 1808, and to Trumbull county in 1815,
settling in Lordstown township.  Richard, the father of William, raised a
family of two daughters and four sons, all of whom are living.  He died
about 1860.  He was a justice of the peace.  William remained on the farm
until his marriage in 1825 to Sarah, daughter of John Jordan, an early
settler of Poland township.  She was born in said township January 20, 1801.
They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are living.  Mrs.
Osborn died September 21, 1851, and in 1855 he married Angeline Current,
who was born in Howland township in 1825.  By this marriage there were six
children, five of whom are living: William P., a resident of Niles; Ida M.,
wife of Frank Rufe, of Niles; Cora M., Frank E., and Warren C.  Three are
still at home.  Mrs. Osborn died July 4, 1874.  After his marriage he
settled in Lordstown township, where he cleared up a farm, and where he
remained until 1848, when he removed to Warren township, purchasing the U.B.
White farm.  In 1876 he moved to Warren, where he now resides.


Bio. of Jonathan Osborn-1786


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties (Ohio), H.Z. Williams & Bro.,
   Cleveland, 1882.  Vol. I, page 448.  (transcript)
   The same biography, without the last paragraph, but with a
   portrait of Jonathan Osborn, is on page 156 of Vol. II of
   the same history.
   [See the bio. of Albert M. Osborn-5829]
   [See the bio. of Levi Osborn-1367]

THE OSBORN FAMILY.
   Nicholas Osborn, when a young man, emigrated to this country from England,
and settled in Virginia.  He married in that State Margaret Cunnard, and
raised a family of children as follows: Jonathan, Sarah, Abraham, Richard,
John, Elizabeth, Anthony, Mary, Joseph, and Aaron.  His occupation was
farming and milling.  In 1804 he sold out and came to Trumbull county, Ohio,
now Mahoning county, and purchased a large tract of land, one thousand acres
of which were in Youngstown township, and five hundred acres in Canfield,
and he had still other tracts.  With him came Abraham, Anthony, Joseph, and
their families, Aaron, then single, and the family of William Nier.  John
and his family came a short time before the rest.
   Joseph Osborn was born in Virginia in May, 1775, and when twenty-two
years of age he married Margaret, daughter of John Wolfcale, who was born
October 7, 1774.  They were the parents of ten children, viz: Sarah, Mary,
Mahlon, Jonathan, John W., Alfred, Abner, Thomas P., Elizabeth, and Joseph.
On the 25th of December, 1804, Joseph Osborn moved upon a part of the
thousand-acre tract, which contained a log house erected by a man by the
name of Parkhurst.  The floor consisted of a few loose boards and the door
and windows were simply openings cut out of the sides of the house.  There
was no ceiling, and the fire-place had no hearth.
   Upon that place he resided and toiled until his death which occurred
February 17, 1846. His wife died July 20, 1854.
   Jonathan Osborn, a son of Joseph and Margaret Osborn, was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, May 28, 1804.  The same year his parents removed to Ohio,
and settled on the land which had been purchased in Trumbull county as
previously mentioned.  Jonathan had but few early advantages for the
acquirement of an education, but he has become by reading and observation a
well informed man.  He remained upon the farm until after twenty-one.  When
he started for himself he had only a two-year old colt.  For the first five
years he worked for Judge Baldwin, commencing at $8.00 per month, and never
higher than $12.00.  During this time he bought two hundred acres of land,
paying $2.30 an acre for it.  January 28, 1836, he married Mary Ann Goff,
daughter of Humphrey Goff, then of Youngstown.  She was born February 15,
1818, near Lewistown, Pennsylvania.  This marriage was blessed with six
children as follow: George W., Margaret J., Albert M., William N., Mary
Alice, and Jonathan W.  William and Jonathan died in early childhood.  Mr.
Osborn resides upon a finely improved farm in the northwestern part of
Jackson township.
   Mr. Osborn, since 1830, has done a large amount of business as executor
and administrator.  He has held the office of justice of the peace of
Jackson township nine years.  He has often been township trustee, was
township clerk six years, was county commissioner of Trumbull county, before
Mahoning was set off, for one term of three years.


Bio. of John W. Osborn-1801


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 187.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Abner Osborn-1803]
   [See the bio. of Alfred Osborn-1802]
   [See the bio. of Jonathan Osborn-1786]

   John W. Osborn, whose family still live in Milton, was born in Youngstown
township, Mahoning county, June 8, 1806.  His father was Joseph Osborn, who
was born in Virginia in 1776, and died on his farm in Youngstown township in
1846 at seventy years of age.  The original settler of the family was
Nicholas Osborn, further mentioned elsewhere.  He was a native of England,
born in 1729, emigrated to Virginia, and located on a farm in Loudoun
county; married and resided there until the death of his wife.  In the fall
of 1804 he moved with his family to Youngstown township, then Trumbull
county, Ohio, purchasing one thousand acres of land in the southwest corner
of that township, which he afterwards divided among his children, with whom
he made his home.  He died June, 1814, at the age of eighty-five years.
John W. Osborn was raised on a farm, receiving a common school education,
such as the district schools of the time afforded.  While a young man he
learned the cabinet and carpenter trade, which he followed more or less for
a number of years.  He married, in 1835, Mary Harclerode, of Ellsworth, and
resided in that township about two years.  He then purchased a farm in
Milton, to which he moved in 1837.  He thenceforth resided in Milton,
principally engaged in farming, until his death, which occurred December 12,
1874.  He owned at his death a good farm, on which his widow still lives, at
the age of sixty-eight years.  There were born to them three boys and four
girls, all of whom are living.


Bio. of Abner Osborn-1803


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 443.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Alfred Osborn-1802]
   [See the bio. of John W. Osborn-1801]

   Abner Osborn, a well-known resident of Liberty township, was born in
Youngstown township, September 5, 1810.  His father, Joseph Osborn, was born
in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1804, locating in Youngstown township,
Trumbull county (now Mahoning), and was among the early pioneers.  Like
other old settlers in the wild country of Ohio at the time, he began in the
woods with a dense wilderness about him in all directions, though he
succeeded in making a good farm and lived upon this till his death, which
occurred February 17, 1846, aged seventy-two years.  There were eight
children in his family, four of whom are now living.  Mr. Abner Osborn came
to Girard in 1841.  He helped build the present grist-mill in company with
Josiah Robins and Jesse Baldwin.  Mr. Osborn has been engaged in various
occupations.  In connection with farming he is interested in coal business
in Carroll and Columbiana counties.  He was married in 1839, to Miss Abigail
Allison, of New Lisbon, Columbiana county.  Six children have been born to
them, five of whom are living.  One son was killed in the Rebellion.  Mrs.
Osborn is a member of the Methodist church.  Politically Mr. Osborn is a
good Democrat and is one of the enterprising men of the county.


Bio. of Alfred Osborn-1802


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 558.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Abner Osborn-1803]
   [See the bio. of John W. Osborn-1801]

   Alfred Osborn, an old resident of Trumbull county, was born in Youngstown
June 25, 1808.  His father, Joseph Osborn, was a Virginian by birth and came
to Ohio in 1804 or therabouts, and settled in Youngstown township, in the
western part, and was among the early pioneers.  He cleared up a good farm.
He died in 1846, leaving a family of ten children and a widow.  Mrs. Osborn
followed her husband in about nine years.  She was in her eightieth year.
Mr. Alfred Osborne came to Champion township in 1838 and is consequently
among the early settlers of the township.  The forest yielded to his axe and
in a few years he had a good farm.  He was married November 1, 1838, to Miss
Lena Kyle, daughter of John Kyle, of Kinsman township.  This union was
blessed with two children, only one of which is living.  Mrs. Osborn is a
member of the Methodist church and a devoted Christian.  Mr. Osborn has been
an active, enterprising man in his day.  At the present time he is nearly
blind, though he bears up under the misfortune bravely, knowing that he has
lived an honest, upright life.


Bio. of John Osborn


   History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio, Cleveland,
   H.Z. Williams & Bro., 1882.  Vol. II, Page 559.  (transcript)
   [Son of Jonathan Osborn-1405]
   [See the bio. of Jonathan Osborn-1786]

   John Osborn was born in Canfield in 1828.  His father, Jonathan, came
from Virginia to Ohio in about 1804, and settled in Canfield and was one of
the early settlers in the township.  His father, John Osborn, lived in
Canfield till his death.  He doubtless began in the wilderness and cleared
up a good farm.  There were ten children in the family.  Mr. Jonathan Osborn
came to Champion township in 1845, and settled where John Osborn, the
subject of this sketch, now lives.  He died in March, 1867, leaving a family
of six children, five of whom are living.  Mrs. Osborn died in 1850.  Mr.
John Osborn, the subject, has a farm of two hundred acres of good land.  He
was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth Shiveley, daughter of Jacob Shiveley,
of Bristol township.  They have had five children, four of whom are living.
Mr. Osborn is a good farmer and merits the esteem of all who know him.


Bio. of Albert M. Osborn-5829


   Genealogical and Family History of Eastern Ohio, The Lewis Publishing
   Co., NY and Chicago, 1903.  Page 368.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Jonathan Osborn-1786]

ALBERT M. OSBORN.
   Albert M. Osborn, who is farming on the old family homestead in Jackson
township, Mahoning county, was born here October 21, 1843.  His father,
Jonathan Osborn, was a native of Virginia, born May 28, 1804, and when a
babe of only a few weeks was brought to Ohio, the family locating in
Youngstown township, Mahoning county. Jonathan's parents were Joseph and
Margaret (Wolfkale) Osborn, both of whom were natives of Virginia, and on
coming to the west Joseph purchased eleven hundred acres of land covered
with a dense growth of timber.  He made a trip in 1800, at which time he
invested in the property, and later he was enabled to assist all of his
children by giving them farms.  At the time of the war of 1812 he entered
his country's service and fought in the second series of engagements with
England.  His son Jonathan Osborn was reared here and with the other members
of the family shared in many of the hardships and trials of pioneer life, as
well as in its pleasures.  He wedded May<sic> Ann Goff, who was born in
1818, the wedding taking place about her eighteenth birthday.  They settled
in Jackson township, where Mr. Osborn had purchased two hundred acres of
land, on which stood the native forest trees.  These he had to cut down and
clear away before he could cultivate his fields, but he continued the work
of development and improvement, and in course of time was the owner of a
productive farm.  When he was married he moved into the frame house which he
had built, and in which our subject was born, and it now stands upon an
adjoining farm.  To Mr. and Mrs. Osborn were born six children, but William
Nelson and Jonathan Wallace died at about the age of two and five years,
respectively; George Washington was born March 12, 1837, is a widower with
one daughter and one son, and lives upon seventeen acres of the original
home tract of two hundred acres; Margaret Jane, who was born June 14, 1840,
became the wife of Joel Woodward, and died when past middle life, leaving
her husband and one son; Albert is the third of the family; Alice is the
wife of H.C. Orr and lives on the farm adjoining the old home place, which
was bought by the father, who there owned two hundred and ninety-three
acres, and also had one hundred and four acres near Paris, Portage county.
In politics Jonathan Osborn was a Democrat and for many years served as
justice of the peace.  He also acted as county commissioner while living in
Trumbull county.  He was one of the land appraisers, was called upon to
settle many estates and was ever found faithful to the trusts reposed in
him, discharging his duties to the best of his ability.  His wife long held
membership with the Methodist church and he was a moral man, respected the
Sabbath and lived at peace with his fellow men.  While serving as justice
of the peace he often induced litigants to settle their differences outside
of the courts.
   Albert M. Osborn was reared to farm labor from early boyhood.  He was the
first man drafted for service in the Civil war in Jackson township, when a
call was made for twenty-six men from this township, but he furnished a
substitute, to whom he paid three hundred dollars.  On the 16th of May, 1867,
he was married to Miss Nancy C. Moherman, a daughter of Abraham Moherman.
She became the mother of four children: Cora M., the wife of E. S. Goldner,
who resides on the home farm and by whom she has a daughter; Dallas J., who
has a wife and a daughter and a son, and is now in East Las Vegas, New
Mexico; Alma A., in business in Cleveland, Ohio; and Albert Otis, a dentist
of Cleveland, is a graduate of the Cleveland Dental College and is well
versed in his profession.  The older son was graduated at Hiram College, and
all the children taught in the district schools.  Dallas went to New Mexico
for his health and is now a prominent business man there; he married Pearl
Miller, of Tiffin, Ohio.  Mrs. Nancy Osborn, who was born in 1848, died
February 27, 1878, and Mr. Osborn afterward married Christine Yoxtheimer, of
Jackson township, Mahoning county.  She became the mother of two daughters,
Maud Hazel and Mabel Fern, both at home.  Mr. Osborn was bereft of this wife
by death, March 14, 1892, when she was forty-six years of age.
   Fraternally, Mr. Osborn is connected with the Knights of Pythias, in
which he has passed all the chairs.  He votes with the democracy, and for
two terms served as assessor of his township and as township trustee for
fifteen years.  He was also a school director, and in official service has
been most loyal to the obligations devolving upon him.  He belongs to the
Disciples church, in which he has been an elder almost continuously since
1885.  Farming claims his attention the greater part of the time and he pays
taxes on two hundred and forty-five acres of land.  He and his son-in-law
are carrying on general farming, and he also makes a specialty of the grazing
of stock keeping from fifteen to thirty head of cattle, a high grade of
short-horns.  He also has from six to ten head of horses and has kept from
seventy-five to two hundred head of delane sheep and from ten to forty
head of Berkshire hogs.  He raises corn, wheat and oats, and has a well
improved and productive farm, his labors thereon resulting in the acquirement
of a comfortable competence. He has two good frame houses and two good barns
on the place, and the latest improved machinery facilitates the farm work.


Bio. of Levi Osborn-1367


   Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana,
   Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1887.  Page 712.  (Wells Co.)
   (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Jonathan Osborn-1786]

LEVI OSBORN, of Ossian, was born in Canfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, August
12, 1827, son of Jacob and Elizabeth M. (Harris) Osborn.  James Harris,
father of Elizabeth M., was probably born in the town of Milford, Miflin
County, Pennsylvania, of Irish ancestry.  His wife was Alice Woodard, and
they reared a large family of children, some of whom are living -- Elizabeth
M., Mary, John, Thomas(deceased), Margaret, James, Ann and David(deceased),
Hannah, Joseph, Robert and Rachel.  Margaret, Ann, James and Hannah came to
Indiana and settled in Wells County; John settled in Adams County; the
latter and Margaret are now deceased.  John Osborn, grandfather of our
subject, was a son of Nicholas Osborn, who came to America from England
prior to the Revolutionary war.  He was accompanied by two brothers, and all
were soldiers in that war; but no trace of the two brothers has ever been
found since the close of the war.  Mrs. John Osborn was a German lady; they
had ten children -- Conrad, Nicholas, Jacob, John, William, Jonathan, Amos,
Andrew, Margaret and Elizabeth.  Jacob Osborn was a soldier in the war of
1812.  He was twice married.  His first wife was Annie Babbitt, and their
children were -- Elias, Harmon, Mary A.(deceased) and Aaron.  After the
death of his wife, Jacob married Elizabeth Harris, and their children were
-- Levi, James, Margaret and Elizabeth(twins), Eliza J., Anna and William;
all are living and married except Anna, who married William Gorman, and
Elizabeth, who died in infancy.  The death of Jacob Osborn occurred when
our subject was twelve years of age, and when he was twenty-one years old he
came to Wells County and pre-empted the northwest quarter of section 24,
Union Township.  He built a pole shanty on the land the day before it was
entered, ate and slept in it.  This was the western boundary of settlement
at that date.  He cut and burned the first pile of brush to cook his supper,
and may be said to have made the first clearing in his immediate
neighborhood.  During the first eight months of his stay in the county Mr.
Osborn worked by the month for William W. Cotton, who brought his family to
this country at the same time our subject came.  Levi returned to his old
home in April, 1849, and remained until September of the following year,
then returned to his home in the new country, bringing his wife, Catherine
Ashburn, whom he married June 13, 1850.  She was the daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Hart) Ashburn.  Her father's people were German, and her mother's
were Irish.  They removed to this county in April, 1884, to make their home
with their children.  Mr. Ashburn died at the home of Mr. Osborn October 12,
1886, aged eighty-six years.  His wife is still living with Mr. Osborn's
family, and has reached the mature age of eighty years.  Their children were
-- Catherine, William, Mary, Jess, Nelson and Prossor.  Mr. Osborn erected a
log cabin on the spot where his fine farm house now stands, and they
occupied it October 28, 1850.  Under its roof all their children were born
except the youngest -- Joseph N. married Albina Longshore; Elizabeth E.
married O.C. Krewson; Jacob W. married Paulina Sowle; Mary E. became the
wife of Orland J. Krewson, and after his death married his brother Thomas;
Elias E., William W., Etta M. and Anna M. are unmarried and reside with
their parents.  Our subject made all the furniture with which they commenced
housekeeping.  Blankets served for doors, and not a sawed board was used in
the construction of the house, except the lid of a chest which was used in
making a window.  The bedsteads were made of poles, the seats of puncheon
slabs, the table of clapboards and the floor of the same material.  Mr.
Osborn worked for some of his neighbors by the day, for which he received
corn and potatoes.  Althoughthe woods were full of game, he never hunted, or
even killed a deer or turkey, but devoted all his time to the cultivation of
his land.  They became members of the first Methodist Episcopal church
organized in the neighborhood; this church is still in existence.  Mr.
Osborn has been an officer in the church for almost a quarter of a century.
During the progress of the war he was drafted, but after being in camp two
weeks at Indianapolis he was released, the township having filled he quota.
In 1853 he was elected trustee of the township, and during his term of
service the Centre school-house was built and several new roads were laid
out.  Politically he is a Republican, and was one of the founders of that
party in this county.  January 1, 1885, he was injured by a saw falling upon
his left foot, which resulted in its amputation by Dr. Stemen, of Fort
Wayne, at St. Joseph's hospital.  This disables him from active farm work,
but his general health is unusually good.


Bio. of Hardin K. Orsburn


   History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing
   Co., 1883.  Page 239.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of V. Orsburn]

   Hardin K. Orsburn, M.D., son of James S. Orsburn, was born in Webster
(then Henderson) County, Ky., Oct. 18, 1852.  He was reared on a farm, and
educated in the Morganfield Collegiate Institute, of Union County, Ky.  He
commenced the study of medicine when twenty years of age, and graduated from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., in March, 1880.  He
then came to West Louisville, and commenced the practice of his profession
in partnership with Drs. Orsburn & Blandford.  He is a member of the
McDowell Society of Second Kentucky Congressional District.


Bio. of V. Orsburn


   History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing
   Co., 1883.  Page 239.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Hardin K. Orsburn]

   V. Orsburn, M.D., son of James S. Orsburn, was born in Webster (then
Henderson) County, Ky., March 20, 1848.  His father was also a native of
Henderson County, born Aug. 17, 1819.  He was educated in Princeton College,
Ky., and in the medical department of the Louisville University, from which
he graduated in 1874.  He commenced the study of medicine prior to his
entering the college, having practiced since 1869.  In 1875 he formed a
partnership with T.W. Blandford.  They have a large practice in West
Louisville and vicinity.  Dr. Orsburn was married Oct. 24, 1869, to Mrs.
Mary J. Lewis, of McLean County, daughter of J.J. Rust.


Bio. of John W. Orsburn


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1041.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of R.M. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of Gilbert N. Clark]
   [See the bio. of William Randolph Parker]
   [See the bio. of Henry H. Wise]


   JOHN W. ORSBURN was born in what is now Webster County, Ky., July 5,
1828, son of Randolph and Frances (Mooney) Orsburn.  He is one of a numerous
family, and is of Scotch-Irish descent.  His father was a North Carolinian,
born in Rutherford County, October 13, 1795, and his mother was born in the
same county, in 1709.  The Orsburns came originally from Scotland.
Subject's father emigrated from North Carolina to Henderson County, Ky., in
1818, and died in 1868.  The mother of our subject died four years before
his father's death.  Mr. Orsburn, on coming of age, began farming for
himself, and has since continued that occupation, save a short time when he
resided in Sebree.  His farm which is one of the finest in Webster County,
is located about three miles, west of Sebree, and contains 550 acres.  He
was married, April 24, 1851, to Miss Nancy S. Whitsell, a native of Hopkins
County, Ky., born July 23, 1832.  The Whitsell family came from Georgia.  To
Mr. and Mrs. Orsburn have been born eleven children: Arbelia, Mary F., Anna
C., Lynn B., Sallie F., Donia E., Luke T., John G., Charles M., William R.
and James M.  Mr. and Mrs. Orsburn are members of the Christian Church.  For
fifty-six years, Mr. Orsburn has resided near where he was born, and is one
of the few men, now living, who have resided in Webster County for more than
a half century.  He is a Democrat.


Bio. of R.M. Orsburn


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1042.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Gilbert N. Clark]
   [See the bio. of William Randolph Parker]
   [See the bio. of Henry H. Wise]

   R.M. ORSBURN is a native of what was formerly Henderson County (now
Webster), Ky.  He was born November 5, 1841, to Randolph and Frances
(Mooney) Orsburn (see sketch of John W. Orsburn).  Subject is the youngest
of a family of thirteen children.  At the age of twenty-one, he began life
for himself, and in 1869 settled where he now resides, where he has one of
the finest farms in Webster County.  The farm contains 206 acres, and is
well-improved.  In March, 1864, he married Miss Nancy B. Allen, a native of
Webster County.  This union has been blessed with five children, viz.: David
R., Dora, Minnie, Viola and Antonie.  In 1861, Mr. Orsburn enlisted in
Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States army.  He was
discharged in 1863, and since then has continued farming.  He is a Democrat,
and cast his first presidential vote for Seymour.  Mr. and Mrs. Orsburn are
members of the General Baptist Church.  For forty-two years, he has been
living within a short distance of his birth place.


Bio. of William Randolph Parker


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1044.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of John W. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of R.M. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of Gilbert N. Clark]
   [See the bio. of Henry H. Wise]

   HON. WILLIAM RANDOLPH PARKER, Webster County, was born May 5, 1849, in
Henderson County, Ky., where he grew to manhood, and in 1866 removed to
Webster County, his present home.  His father, Joel Parker, a native of
Granville County, N.C., was born in 1824, came to Kentucky with his parents,
and is still living.  He is the son of Jonas Parker.  Joel has been twice
married: first to Sarah A., daughter of Randolph Osborn, of Henderson
County, and from this union sprang our subject, Fannie (Bailey), Susan
(Mounts), Miranda (Archibald), and Joel.  By his second marriage with Queen
Chandler, nee Bailey, were born three children; two died in infancy, and
Pearl is still living.  W.R. Parker was married, March 27 1876, to Miss
Tempie R. Mounts, of Webster County, (born in 1849), and to them have been
born two children: Gem and Otto.  Mrs. Tempie R. Parker died April 16, 1885.
Mr. Parker has served one term in the State legislature and for many years
been active as a constable, deputy clerk and chairman of the board of
trustees of his village.  He is a merchant and general trader, in which
fortune has favored him.  He is a Royal Arch Mason and politically a
Democrat.


Bio. of Henry H. Wise


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1053.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of John W. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of R.M. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of Gilbert N. Clark]
   [See the bio. of William Randolph Parker]

   HENRY H. WISE is a native of Jefferson County, Ky., was born January 26,
1832, and is a son of Henry and Rachael (Russell) Wise.  He is the eighth of
a family of fifteen children, and is of Scotch-German descent.  His father
was a native of the territory that now composes Indiana, and was born in
1800.  His mother was a Kentuckian, born in 1801.  They came to what is now
Webster County in 1853, and here his mother died in 1855, and his father in
1869.  The paternal grandfather of subject was a native of Germany, came to
this county in very early times and took an active part in the Revolutionary
war.  When H.H. had gained his majority he came to Webster County and made
settlement near where he now resides, and in 1861 removed to his present
place.  He owns 330 acres of well-improved land, and raises stock, grain and
tobacco.  Mr. Wise was married, December 21, 1857, to Miss Abigail Orsburn,
a native of Henderson County, Ky.  To them have been born eight children:
Samantha A., Delia A., Arrend J., Henry B., Sarah C., Mattie F., Lillie M.
and Daisy D.  Mrs. Wise died February 10, 1883; she was a consistent member
of the General Baptist Church for many years, having joined that
denomination in 1858.  Mr. Wise has been a member of the same church since
1855.  He is a Democrat.


Bio. of Gilbert N. Clark


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1028.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of John W. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of R.M. Orsburn]
   [See the bio. of William Randolph Parker]
   [See the bio. of Henry H. Wise]

   GILBERT N. CLARK was born March 21, 1830, in Hopkins County, Ky.  At the
age of twenty, be hired out and worked at farm labor about six years.  He
then bought 167 acres of land and continued farming.  He purchased land from
time to time, and has owned as high as 1,000 acres, part of which he has
given to his children.  He now owns about 500 acres, which is well-improved.
He was married, in 1854, to Catherine Q. Orsburn, of Henderson County, who
died in 1868, leaving three sons and two daughters.  His second marriage was
in 1869, to Louisa Womack, of Webster County.  This union has been blessed
with five children, four living -- two sons and two daughters.  Mr. and Mrs.
Womack are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Clark
professed a hope in Christ in September, 1849, and in August, 1851, joined
the General Baptist Church, of which his wife is also a member; his first
wife, Catherine Q. (Orsburn) Clark, lived and died a consistent member of
the Methodist Church.


Bio. of John R. Osborne


   History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing
   Co., 1883.  Page 481.  (transcript)

   John R. Osborne was born March 21, 1828, in Scotland.  His parents both
died when he was very young, and he made his home with his sisters.  He was
the youngest of a family of two sons and three daughters.  His early
education was received in Glasgow.  At an early age he displayed a natural
taste for machinery.  When nearly twenty-one years old he emigrated to
America alone, locating first in Rhode Island.  He remained there but one
year, removing to Cincinnati, where he followed his chosen vocation of
machinist.  About the year 1852 he went to Ironton, 0., and engaged as
foreman of the railroad machine shops.  He spent several years in that
place, and completed several important undertakings, putting the machinery
into the rolling mills and the nail works at Ironton, and a number of the
large blast furnaces in the Hanging Rock region.  He returned to Cincinnati,
where he was engaged in several of the machine shops.  He put in the second
and third set of coal-oil works in this country for the manufacture of oil
from Kennel coal, in Greenup County, and at Ashland, Ky.  At the breaking
out of the civil war he was at Cincinnati.  He joined a volunteer regiment
raised there to prevent Kirby Smith from entering the city, which he
threatened to do, and toward which he was marching with a large force.  A
United States gunboat lay in the harbor, upon which iron turrets were being
erected, and Mr. Osborne had been engaged on this job.  The sliding doors to
cover the portholes were yet to be adjusted, and as the danger of an
invasion became imminent, orders were received from Washington to have the
work at once completed, that the boat might put out into the river.  Mr.
Osborne and one other workman were detailed to do this, and as soon as
finished the boat slipped her moorings and ran up and down the river several
times.  When the fact became known to the Confederate commander that a
gunboat was on the river he withdrew his forces and abandoned the project of
taking Cincinnati; but only Mr. Osborne and perhaps a dozen others knew at
that time that there was not a cannon or a gun of any description on the
boat!  Two Dahlgren guns, intended for the turrets, were on the shore ready
to be placed in position, but no time could be spared at that critical
period to put them on board, and hence the ruse of the unarmed boat, which
had the desired effect.  Mr. Osborne made the machinery and assisted in
rifling out the 30,000 Belgium flint-lock muskets purchased for the United
States by John C. Fremont at the breaking out of the war.  In 1865 he was
employed by the Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad Co. (Eastern Division) as
master mechanic to build its shops and remodel the road.  After this he
returned to Ironton, after which he removed in the summer of 1869 to
Owensboro, Ky.  He was employed as master mechanic of the Owensboro &
Russellville (now Owensboro & Nashville) Railroad, and on tbe 31st day of
December, 1870, ran the first engine (the Jo Daveiss) out of this city.  He
subsequently built and fitted up the company's machine shops in Owensboro.
He remained with the company until they went into bankruptcy.  In 1875 he
built and fitted up his planing-mill on Seventh and Railroad streets.  The
firm is now John R Osborne & Son.  Mr. Osborne was married in Cincinnati,
Dec. 29, 1852, to Miss Mary L. Calhoon.  She was born in Paisley, Scotland,
and is a granddaughter of Mary Lochead, the heroine of Tanneyhill's famous
poem, "Bonnie Woods of Craggy Lee."  They have had ten children, seven of
whom are now living -- William D., Robert A., Agnes G., George T., A.
Maggie, Sarah E. and Edmund J.  William D. was married Feb. 25, 1879, to
Miss Elizabeth Green, of Owensboro.  They have two children -- John C. and
Mabel.  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are members of the Presbyterian church.  His
life has been an active one, and his many warm friends attest to his
sterling qualities as a business man and neighbor.


Bio. of Dabney T. Osborne


   History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing
   Co., 1883.  Page 582.  (transcript)

   Dabney T. Osborne, born in Halifax County, Va., Nov. 24, 1824, is a son
of Thomas Osborne, a native of South Carolina, who was born during the
Revolution.  His grandparents had to flee from the Tories, his grandmother
having her arm nearly cut off in three places.  His grandfather was an
Englishman and owned three ships that were captured by the British.  He
afterward owned a third of Richmond, Va.  He was in the battle of Guilford
CourtHouse, Lexington, Cowpens, and many others, under Washington.  He died
soon after the close of the war.  Dabney T. Osborne came to Daviess County
in 1851.  He owns 135 acres of good land, and is engaged in farming and
stock-raising.  He is considered one of the best marksmen in the county,
having killed about 1,000 deer, and a large number of turkeys, etc.  He is a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.


Bio. of S.W. Osborne-6996


   History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing
   Co., 1883.  Page 651.  (transcript)

   S.W. Osborne was born in Mason County, Ky., June 2,1844.  He came to
Daviess County in 1875, and settled on a farm five miles east of Owenshoro,
where he owns 100 acres of well-improved land.  He also owns 160 acres above
and seventy-five acres below Owensboro.  He was married June 10, 1872, to
Nannie Hayden, a native of Daviess County, born March 11, 1852.  Five
children have been born to them, only four now living -- George H., born
Oct. 22. 1875; Thomas C., March 31, 1877; Mary V., Nov. 22, 1879, and Simeon
W., Dec. 11, 1881.  Mrs. Osborne is a member of the Catholic church, and Mr.
Osborne of the Christian.  Mr. Osborne's father, John W. Osborne, was born
in Charlotte County, Va., Feb. 4, 1806, and died Jan. 10, 1860.  His mother,
Selina W. (Walton) Osborne, was born in Mason County, Ky., May 4, 1819, and
died Aug. 18, 1858.  They had a family of five children -- Thomas J., Mary
F., S.W., Albert and John W.  Mrs. Osborne's father, George S. Hayden, was
born in Washington County, Ky., and died in Daviess County.  Her mother,
Mary F. (Birch) Hayden, was born in Nelson County, Ky., and is now a
resident of Daviess County.  Of a family of thirteen children eleven are now
living.


Bio. of Andrew J. Brame


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1026.  (transcript)

   ANDREW J. BRAME was born June 18, 1830, in Person County, N.C.  He is a
son of Thomas and Nancy (Royster) Brame.  His father was born in Virginia,
and his mother in Grandville<sic> County, N.C.  About 1838 the family
immigrated to Kentucky, and settled in Christian County; two years later
they moved to Hopkins (now Webster) County, and engaged in farming.  The
father died in 1874, aged eighty-three.  The mother died about 1835.  Andrew
J. was reared on his father's farm, and at the age of twenty-one he rented a
farm, and later bought a farm of seventy-eight acres.  He now owns 248 acres
of land, largely improved, all of which he has earned by constant attention
to business and good management.  He was married, in 1857, to Nancy Cavanah,
of Webster County.  She died in December, 1878, leaving one son and four
daughters; Mary Alice is since deceased.  His second marriage was in April,
1879, to Mrs. Osborn, formerly Mary Fraser, of Webster County.  Mr. Brame
has been a life long and consistent member of the United Baptist Church.


Bio. of Isaac Osburn


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 2nd ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1885.
   Page 1042.  (transcript)

   ISAAC OSBURN was born June 22, 1820, in Spencer County, Ky., and was
reared in Nelson County.  He opened a blacksmith shop in Providence, and
carried on business there about fourteen years.  He then moved to
Madisonville, where he carried on the same business for about fifteen years.
In 1874 he came to Dixon, where he has since been engaged in the
blacksmithing business.  He was married to Sallie Bailey, a native of
Hopkins County, July 2, 1847.  This union has been blessed with four
children.  His son, John L., became a partner in the business with him in
1876.  He is a mewber of the Masonic fraternity.


Bio. of Mrs. Eury Hedges


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 6th ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1887.
   Page 803.  (transcript)

   MRS. EURY HEDGES was born in Virginia in 1803, a daughter of John B. and
Margaret (Osborn) Thurman, both natives of Virginia.  J.B. Thurman was a son
of John and Nancy, who were also born in Virginia.  J.B. was a Revolutionary
soldier.  Mrs. Thurman was a daughter of John and Rachel (Mead) Osborn.  Our
subject was married November 20, 1820, to Robert W. Hedges, of Virginia, son
of John and Mary (Wells) Hedges, and had ten children -- four living:
Stephen (who married Mary Slaughter, and had four children: John M.,
Malissa, Hillrey and Tilford), Hillery (who married Cora Skeell, and had
three children: Samuel, Lillie and Ella), Eliza M. (who married Huston
Hedges, and had three children: Annie, J.B. and T.G. Hedges), and Robert C.,
who was born March 20, 1849, and is at home with his mother.  Robert C. is a
Democrat.


Bio. of Philip R. Taylor


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 6th ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1887.
   Page 860.  (transcript)

   HON. PHILIP R. TAYLOR was born where he now resides March 18, 1829, the
last of the six children of William M. and Mary H. (Osborn) Taylor.  William
M. Tayicr was born in Virginia, and was a son of Capt. Reuben Taylor, a
native of Virginia.  William M. Taylor was a physician, and regarded as one
of the most able medical men of his day.  He came to Kentucky at quite an
early day, and was married about the year 1811.  He reared a family of five
children, who ranked among the best citizens of Oldham County.  Our subject
was brought up on the farm, and received his education principally from
Bacon College and Funk's Seminary.  He chose farming for an occupation in
early life, and followed the same ever since, and now has 300 acres of land
under good improvements, with a fine residence, barns, etc.  In 1851 he
moved to the Ohio River, in Oldham County, and remained there until 1868,
when he moved to where he now resides.  He was chosen by the people of
Oldham County, in 1881, to represent them in the Legislature, and served one
term.  In 1849 he married Miss Mary Adams, a daughter of Dr. William and
Margaret Adams, of Jefferson County.  To this union were born five
daughters: Sue M., Bettie O., Margaret W., Carrie and Mary.  Margaret W. is
deceased.  The mother of this family died in 1859 and Mr. Taylor was again
married in 1860, this time to Edmonia Barrick, daughter of Charles and Lucy
Barrick, of Oldham County.  Three children blessed their union: Annie C.,
Philip R., Jr., and Charles O. The family are active members of the Baptist
Church.  He is a Royal Arch Mason.  Politically he is a Democrat.


Hist. of the Graves Family


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 7th ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1887.
   Page 804.  (transcript)

   THE GRAVES FAMILY,* of Kenton.  Bartlett Graves, the ancestor of the
Graves family, of Kenton County, Ky., and one of the early pioneers of
Kentucky, was born in Louisa County, Va., in the year 1766.  He was the son
of Thomas and Susan (Bartlett) Graves, who moved from Virginia to Kentucky
as early as 1785, settling near Bryant's Station, and whose descendants are
still numerous in Scott and Fayette Counties.  As far as we can trace the
lineage of the family, Bartlett Graves was a grandson of Thomas Graves, who
came from England to Virginia, and settled on a grant of land he had
obtained, in what was afterward Louisa County.  Another son of the Thomas
Graves who came from England was David, the ancestor of the late William J.
Graves, so long an eminent lawyer and politician of Louisville.  Majs.
Benjamin and Coleman Graves, who fell at the battle of the River Raisin,
were also of this family.  Bartlett first married Miss Frances Lane, of
Virginia.  The children of this marriage were Bartlett, Henry and Polly.
Bartlett was a lawyer and lived in Barren County, near Glasgow.  Henry,
whose home was at the place now owned by Rev. Edward Stephens, near Erlanger
depot, afterward moved to Missouri.  Polly married the late William Grant,
of Petersburg, Boone County.  Mr. Graves came to Campbell County, then
including Kenton, early in this century.  His wife dying, he married Miss
Patterson, who had no children, but was a faithful mother to her
step-children, whom she brought up.  Left again a widower, he married Miss
Betsey Leathers, daughter of John Leathers, ancestor of the Leathers family,
of Kenton County.  In the year 1807 they settled on the farm where the town
of Erlanger has recently been laid out.  He gave his home the name of
"Walnut Grove," from the prevailing growth of timber on it.  On that place
their large family of ten children -- five sons and five daughters -- were
born and brought up.  In 1819 he built the brick house in which Mr. George
M. Bedinger now lives.  After his death "Walnut Grove" passed into the hands
of Dr. B.F. Bedinger, about the year 1865, and the ground for Erlanger depot
is on this old Graves farm, and was the generous gift of the late excellent
Mrs. Sarah Bedinger.  Mr. Graves was a man of vigorous mind and energetic
character.  He was social, generous and brave.  In 1805 he was a member of
the Legislature, and in 1814 and 1815 he was high sheriff of Campbell
County, then including Kenton, and unaided by deputies he did all the
business himself.  He died in 1858, having passed his ninety-second year.
Mrs. Graves survived him nine years, and died in 1867, in the eighty-sixth
year of her life.  This excellent woman, in sound judgment, fortitude and
energy, was well fitted to be the wife of a pioneer.  She brought up her
large family under all the difficulties of pioneer life, and did it well.
There were no factories in those days, and, assisted by her female servants,
she manufactured all the clothing for her large household, from the wool and
flax produced on the farm.  In after years she often spoke of the delight of
the "settlers" when they heard that a carding machine was established at
Limestone (now Maysville), sixty miles off.  The scream of the car whistle
was not then heard in the land, and two or three neighbors would gather all
the wool in the "settlement," and take it in wagons to Limestone to be
carded.  There are those still living who have used and enjoyed, and now
preserve as heirlooms, some of the beautiful cloth made by loving hands long
since laid to rest.  Mrs. Graves' children, who greatly revered her, have
passed away except her two eldest sons, aged respectively seventy-eight and
eighty years.  The daughters married, respectively, Benjamin Dulaney,
Nathaniel Winn, George Winn, Blakey Bush and Dr. James Graves.  Their
descendants are numerous, mostly in Kentucky and Missouri.  Of the sons, the
two youngest, Thomas and Benjamin, young men of fine promise, died in early
manhood, unmarried.  Thomas had but a short time before returned from Centre
College.
   John L. Graves, the eldest son, so long a well known citizen in Kenton
and Boone Counties, now lives near Middleton, Ohio, surrounded by an
interesting family, the children of his second marriage.  His second wife
was Miss Martha Lucas, of Ohio.  His first wife was Miss Maria Graves, of
Boone County, Ky.  The late Mrs. William Duncan, of Burlington, was one of
the daughters of this marriage.  Milton W. Graves, the second son of
Bartlett and Elizabeth Graves, married Miss Catherine A. Osborne.  This
excellent lady died in 1879, leaving six sons and one daughter.  Mr. Graves
still lives on his farm, a few miles from his father's old homestead, a well
preserved man in his seventy-eighth year, surrounded by "children and
children's children."
   Joseph Addison Graves was the third son of Bartlett and Elizabeth Graves.
He died in 1867 in the prime of a noble and useful life, at the age of
fifty-two.  He married Miss Anna C. Harrison, of Boone County, who with
their three children still survives him.  While we forbear to praise the
living, it is but right to dwell on the virtues of the dead.  Mr. Graves was
almost entirely a self-made man; with few early advantages, and almost
without assistance, by sheer force of character, sound judgment and untiring
industry he carved his way to success and independence.  He is remembered in
Boone County where he lived so long as the faithful officer of the law, the
model farmer, a man of thorough business qualifications and habits, and of
strict integrity in his dealings with his fellow-men, and also as a kind
neighbor and faithful friend.  He was, we believe, the first farmer in
northern Kentucky who introduced improved machinery, so far as it had then
been invented, into his farming operations.  From there he removed to the
city of Louisville, where for years he was successfully engaged in business.
He made a valuable addition to that city known as "Graves' subdivision,"
comprising many acres in the "west end" of the city.  He was a man of
superior mind and great depth of feeling.  His mind was enriched, especially
during the latter years of his life, by reading, until he became one of the
best historians of his time.  He was forgetful of self, earnest of purpose,
and with gentle, unobtrusive manners.  In presence he was attractive and
commanding, in manner reserved, yet gentle and unobtrusive, and he
unconsciously inspired confidence.  He was also forbearing to enemies, and
generous to all who needed his help.  Not many men to a greater degree
exemplifled in their lives the Scriptural precept -- "do unto others as you
would have them do unto you."  Warm in his attachments to family and
friends, his tender forethought and unceasing efforts for those he loved
were life-long indications of a nature wholly unselfish.  No one who trusted
him was ever betrayed or disappointed.  He bore affliction, pecuniary losses
and years of failing health with the fortitude and firmness of a martyr.
But of all his noble qualities, he was preeminently just.  Prominent among
the grandsons of Bartlett Graves, now living, are Dr. Elijah Grant, of
Petersburg; Dr. J.J. Dulaney, of Covington; Dr. B.A. and R. Dulaney, Alonzo
Graves, John B. Graves, Joseph H. Graves and Charles A. Graves; also the
Winns of Missouri.  Among his great-grandsons are Dr. J.M. Grant, Dr. Woods,
Dr. Duncan and Rev. William Woods.
   * The notes of the Graves family were furnished mainly by John L. Graves,
Milton W. Graves and Mrs. Anna C. Graves, the three oldest representatives
of the name in this branch of the family.


Bio. of George J. Hume-539


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 7th ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1887.
   Page 823.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Robert S. Richardson]

   GEORGE J. HUME, a native of Kenton County, Ky., was born July 9, 1831.
Rev. William Hume, his father, was born in Kenton (then Campbell) Co., Ky.,
in 1786, and acquired an ordinary common-school education in the common
schools of Kenton County.  He first embarked in agricultural pursuits, which
were his vocation during life, and in which he was successful.  He was
married to Miss Elizabeth Aldridge, a daughter of William and Elizabeth
Aldridge, who were natives of Maryland, but immigrated to Jefferson Co.,
Ky., settling at Louisville when it was only a fort.  William Aldridge, who
was a farmer, removed from Louisville, on account of the Indians, to
Millersburg, Ky., and soon after to Verona, Boone County, where he lived the
life of a farmer, raising a family of eight children.  He served in the war
of 1812, participating in the battle of Blue Licks.  Soon after his marriage
William Hume was converted to Christianity, and became a member of the
Baptist Church at Bank Lick.  His religious zeal soon placed him in the lead
as a teacher of Christianity, and soon after he was ordained a minister of
the gospel of Jesus Christ.  He proclaimed the glad tidings during the last
forty years of his life, having charge during that time of the churches at
Bank Lick and Crews Creek.  He also had charge of Dry Creek, Sardis and
Mount Pleasant, in Boone County, and was a faithful, zealous minister,
converting many souls to Christ Jesus.  His forte lay especially in pastoral
work, and he left the churches under his care in a flourishing condition.
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hume were born ten children, viz.: Lucy
(McKenzie), Benjamin P., Drucilla (Allegre), Thomas G., Mary (Record),
Cassandra (Huffman), William, Elizabeth (Stephens), Martha A. (Brown) and
George J., all of whom lived to maturity, and four of whom still survive.
During the cholera epidemic, in 1849, Rev. William Hume, on July 6, preached
the funeral sermon of one who died of the dread disease, and on the 8th of
July, after filling an appointment at Crews Creek Church, he was seized by
the fatal malady, and at 2 A.M., Sunday morning, July 9, he breathed his
last.  He was a man of great zeal and energy in his chosen calling,
accomplishing a groat deal of good in his field of labor, and leaving his
family in good circumstances financially.  At the time of his death he was a
member of Crews Creek Church, of which church his wife, who departed this
life March 12, 1877, in the eighty-sixth year of her age, was also a member.
George Hume, grandfather of George J. Hume, came from Maryland, and settled
in Kenton County, where he purchased land and farmed during life.  He was
the father of a large family of children, whom he left in moderate
circumstances, in the possession of a small farm.  He was a member of the
Baptist Church.  The Hume family, one of the prominent and highly respected
families in Kenton County, is of Scotch origin, the Aldridges of Irish
extraction.  George J. Hume received a common-school education in youth, and
grew up a farmer, which has been his lifelong vocation.  He received thirty
acres of land from his father, worth $750, and from this small beginning has
accumulated an estate of 800 acres, worth $15,000.  On September 16, 1851,
he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M., daughter of Churchwell and
Mildred (Osborn) Osborn, both of Orange County, Va., and cousins.  The
Osborn family immigrated to Kentucky in 1810, when Churchwell was only six
years old, and settled in Kenton County, where St. Clair, father of
Churchwell Oshorn, was a farmer in moderate circumstances, and the father of
four sons and four daughters.  Churchwell Osborn, after reaching his
majority, returned to Virginia, and married his cousin Mildred, daughter of
Robert and Sarah Osborn, the latter of whom immigrated to Kentucky after her
husband's death.  Only one child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hume, Robert
Clinton, who died May 17, 1885, in his thirty-second year, leaving a widow,
Mrs. Sidney (Poore) Hume, a daughter, Hattie Belle, by name, and a son,
Charles Roland.  Mrs. Hume is a member of the Predestinarian Baptist Church,
worshiping at Crews Creek.  Mr. Hume is not a member of any church; has
always been Democratic in politics, and has held the offices of county
commissioner and county treasurer of Kenton County.


Bio. of Robert S. Richardson


   Kentucky. A History of the State, 7th ed., Perrin, Battle,
   and Kniffin, Louisville, KY, F.A. Battey and Co., 1887.
   Page 870.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of George J. Hume]

   ROBERT S. RICHARDSON, a farmer and tobacco dealer in Kenton County, Ky.,
was born in Kenton County September 22, 1836.  He is a son of Noble and
Malinda (Osborn) Richardson.  Noble Richardson was the son of John
Richardson, a native of Maryland, and a Revolutionary soldier.  He came to
Kenton County, Ky., in about 1793, where he lived and died.  Malinda Osborn
was a daughter of Sinclair Osborn, of Orange County, Va., who came to
Kentucky at an early date, and settled in Kenton County.  Noble Richardson
was a farmer, and politically he was a Republican.  He had two children:
Robert S. and John T.  The latter and both of the parents are dead.  Our
subject, Robert S., was brought up on the farm, and received a common-school
education.  He has followed farming all his life, and since 1866 he has been
devoting considerable attention to the tobacco business, handling annually
from 50 to 100 hogs-heads.  He settled where he now resides in 1873, and has
193 acres of land; also another valuable tract in Kenton County of 100
acres.  February 14, 1861, he was married to Octavia Swetnam, a daughter of
John and Melvina (Watson) Swetnam.  To this union one child was born --
Octavia.  Mr. Richardson's wife died April 9, 1864, and February 9, 1869, he
married Cerogordo Swetnam, a sister of his first wife.  One child was born
to them -- Ralph N.  His second wife died August 11, 1884, and December 30,
1885, he married Edith McKay, a daughter of Jonathan M. and Sarah A. (Stone)
McKay.  Mr. Richardson was a Master Mason, a member of the F. & A.M. and
also of the I.0.0.F.