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Bio. of Charles R. Osborn


   Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fayette County,
   Vol. I, Chicago, Munsell Publishing Co., 1910.
   Page 791.  (transcript)

   OSBORN, Charles R.--Successfully conducting his large and growing business,
Charles R. Osborn, merchant of Farina, and Supervisor of LaClede Township,
Fayette County, Ill., easily takes place as one of the representative men of
his county.  He was born in Switzerland County. Ind., June 12, 1861. a son
of John and Matilda (Gardner) Osborn.  The family came to Cumberland County,
Ill., settling near Casey, where they resided about eight years, and in 1875
came to Fayette County. locating in LaClede Township, where they died.  Ten
children were born to them, of whom Charles R. was the fifth in order of
birth.
   Living at home until he attained his majority, Charles R. Osborn worked
at farm labor until he could farm on his own account, farmed for two years
and then embarked in the mercantile business whim his brother, A. D. Osborn,
and B. W. Wooley.  This association continued for about two years, when Mr.
Osborn sold his interest and went to Haskell County, Kan., where he remained
one year.  He then returned to Farina and farmed for twelve years, until
August, 1905, when he again embarked in a mercantile business, and has built
up a very fine trade, handling a full line of groceries and meats, and
controlling a volume of business, that is constantly increasing.  March 18,
1883, Mr. Osborn was married to Mattie Whittemore, who was born in New York
State, a daughter of Theodore and Jeanette Whittemore.  Mr. and Mrs. Osborn
have children as follows: Bertha, the wife of Alfred Ambuehl; Shirley G.;
Harold and Lucille.  Mr. Osborn has held the office of Supervisor of LaClede
Township since the spring of 1905, having been elected to that office on the
Republican ticket.  He has been Assessor for several terms and is very
prominent politically.  Fraternally he is a Mason and a Woodman, and is
popular in these lodges.  As a business man, public official and private
citizen, Mr. Osborn has many friends throughout Fayette County.


Bio. of Thomas D. Osborne


   In the Foot-Prints of the Pioneers of Stephenson County, Illinois,
   Freeport, IL, The Pioneer Publishing Co., 1900.  Page 326.
   (transcript)

THOMAS D. OSBORNE, Freeport, belongs to one of the old pioneer families of
Stephenson county.  He is a native of the city in which he lives, and has
been an eye witness of its very substantial growth the last forty years.
He is a well known figure in the city, and in business and railroad circles
counts a host of friends.  He is now in the prime of life, and the next few
years may be expected to produce for him something above and beyond the
average returns that come to crown and glorify a man's career.
   William Osborne, the father of Thomas D., was born in county Meath,
Ireland, August 18, 1821, and died January 15, 1892.  He emigrated to America
in September, 1849, going from Dublin to Liverpool to take the sailing vessel,
"Great Western," He was four weeks on the ocean, an endless voyage to those
of today who would grumble if they were over seven days on the way.  He
landed in New York, and spent the next five years mostly at Rondout and
Kingston, where he learned the plasterer's trade.  In 1824 he left the Empire
State and transferred himself and his belongings to Freeport.  Here he worked
at his trade for nearly thirty years, and became one of the substantial
citizens of the community.  In Rondout he was married to Miss Catherine
D'Arcy, a native of county Carlow, Ireland.  She came to this country in
company with her mother and brother on the ship, "Lady's Sail," and they
were nine weeks on the way.  Her father, Charles D'Arcy, was an Irish farmer
who died on the old sod, at the comparitively early age of forty.  His wife
was Julia Whalen, and all that is mortal of her is resting under the grass
and flowers of Calvary Cemetery, in the city of New York.  She was a daughter
of John and Ann (Doyle) Whalen.  Her husband was a son of Philip D'Arcy who
married Nancy Sandwich.
   Thomas D. Osborne was born in the city of Freeport February 14, 1860, and
spent the first eighteen years of his life in the public school.  He left
school to work for his father, and spent some years by his side.  Then,
striking out for himself, he learned telegraphing, and had much to do with
various branches of railroad service such as braking and switching.  He has
been a City collector, and published a City directory.  In 1889 he was
elected City clerk, and served two terms in that position.  He is a man of
versatile character, and ready for almost any work that may come to him.  The
people know him to he honorable and upright, and his word has weight.  He was
married to Abbie, a daughter of A. J. McCoy.  They have five children, Julia
J., William, Thomas D., Agnes and Joseph.  He is a member of the Improved
Order of Red Men, and with his family attends upon the services of Saint
Mary's Catholic church.


Bio. of Henry Osborn


   The Biographical Record of De Kalb County, Illinois, Chicago,
   The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1898.  Page 520.  (transcript)

HENRY OSBORN, who has a well improved farm of seventy-five acres on sections
14 and 15, Mayfieid township, came to De Kalb county in 1855, and has here
since continued to reside.  He is a native of England, born in Rutland county,
August 25, 1834.  His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm in his native
county, and here had fair common school advantages while there remaining.  In
company with his brother, William, in 1853, he set sail for America, and
landing in Quebec, Canada, went directly from there to Buffalo, New York,
where he joined an older brother, who had settled in Erie county, that state.
He at once went to work on a farm, and continued as a farm hand two summers,
and during the winter of 1853-4 he attended school near Buffalo.  In the fall
of 1854 he came to De Kalb county where he joined his brother, William, who
had preceded him. He again went to work on a farm by the month and continued
to be thus employed for about thirteen years, in the meantime attending school
a few winter terms.  He was married in 1868 to Miss Hattie Bailey, a native
of New York, where she was reared and educated, and a daughter of S.S.
Bailey, who moved from New York to De Kalb county.
   Just before his marriage Mr. Osborn purchased the farm where he now resides
and located thereon.  It was an improved farm, but he has since rebuilt the
house and barn and has made many substantial improvements on the place.  Mrs.
Osborn here died in November, 1883, and Mr. Osborn later married Mrs. Clarissa
De Low, nee Townsend, a sister of Edwin Townsend, whose sketch appears
elsewhere in this work.  By this union four children were born, three of whom
are living, Hattie, Alice and Harry.  Ella died at the age of eight years.
   Mr. Osborn was elected and served as commissioner of highways for three
years, and was township collector one term.  For twenty-three years he served
as a member of the school board, fifteen years of which time he was its clerk.
By his long continued service is shown conclusively the interest which he has
taken in the public schools and the confidence reposed in him by his friends
and neighbors.  Politically he is an earnest and steadfast Republican, a
stanch advocate of the principles of the party, and one who does not hesitate
to vote his party ticket.  Mrs. Osborn is connected with the Advent Christian
church; both are well known and highly respected by those who have formed
their acquaintance.


Bio. of James W. Osburn


   History of Sangamon County, Illinois, Chicago, Inter-State
   Publishing Co., 1881.  Page 800.  (transcript)

   James W. Osburn was born in Mongomery<sic> county, Illinois, August 14,
1826<sic>, and the son of Bailey and Phoebe Osburn, nee Landis<sic>.  His
education was received in the common schools.  He was married in 1860 to
Mary E. Lewis, who was born in Kentucky.  They have five children, John,
Ellen, Belle, Laura and Nancy I.  He enlisted August 9, 1862, in the
Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly three years.
He was in a number of engagements, among which there was the battle of Stone
River.  He was taken sick and afterwards transferred to the ordinance train.
He was with Sherman through Georgia, then with Hood until the close of the
war.  He then came home and engaged in farming and milling.  He now owns
thirty acres of land on which he farms and also runs the saw mill situated
in the southeast corner of Ball township.  Politically he is a Republican.


Bio. of John L. Ozburn


   A History of Southern Illinois, Chicago and New York, The Lewis
   Publishing Co., 1912.  Page 611.  (transcript)
   [See the 1894 bio. of John L. Ozburn]

   JOHN L. OZBURN.  One of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens
and representative business men of Jackson county is this well known resident
of Murphysboro, where he is now engaged in the lumber and building-supply
business.  Mr. Ozburn is a native of Jackson county and a member of one of
its honored pioneer families.  The high regard in which he is held in his
home county has been significantly shown by his having been called upon to
serve in numerous city and county offices, in each of which his course was
such as to justify to the fullest extent the public trust reposed in him.
His standing in the community is such as to entitle him to special recognition
in this history of southern Illinois.
   John Logan Ozburn was born on a farm in Jackson township, Jackson county,
Illinois, on the 20th of February, 1851, and is a son of Lindorf and Diza Ann
(Glenn) Ozburn, natives of Virginia.  The father of Mr. Ozburn was one of the
pioneer settlers of Jackson county and here became a citizen of prominence
and influence and an aggressive and successful business man.  In addition to
developing an excellent farm he also operated a saw and grist mill, and as a
citizen he was distinctively progressive and public-spirited.  He espoused
the cause of the Republican party at the time of its organization and
thereafter continued his allegiance to the same until his death.  He served
as a valiant soldier of the Union in the Civil War, for which he enlisted in
an Illinois regiment of volunteer infantry and he became colonel of his
regiment, which he commanded with marked ability.  He met his death in 1864,
at the hands of a cowardly assassin, this tragic event occurring at Carbondale,
Jackson county.  His widow passed to the life eternal in 1895, and of their
children three sons and two daughters are now living.
   John L. Ozburn is indebted to the public schools and summer schools of his
native county for his early educational discipline and his initiatory
experience in connection with the practical duties and responsibilities of
life was that acquired on the farm.  In an independent way he was identified
with the great basic industry of agriculture for a period of ten years, and
for a time he was concerned with coal-mining operations in his home county.
Twenty years thereafter were devoted to clerical or official work as
bookkeeper and executive, and his record in all these relations has been
marked by the utmost fidelity and by effective service.
   In 1878 Mr. Ozburn was elected county surveyor, and of this office he
continued the incumbent until 1882. in which year be was appointed postmaster
of Murphysboro, the thriving judicial center and metropolis of his native
county.  He remained in tenure of this office for four and one-half years,
and in 1894 he was elected county clerk.  He held this office until 1898 and
was forthwith given further evidence of popular esteem and confidence in his
election to the office of master in chancery.  The duties of this position
engrossed his attention from 1898 to 1900, and for the ensuing three years
he served as deputy county treasurer.  These brief data show that Mr. Ozburn
was retained in public office in virtually a consecutive way for a full
quarter of a century, and the county of his birth gives in its official
records due evidence of his long and acceptable service as an executive, the
while his home city has not failed to mark its appreciation in a similar way.
Thus it should he noted that he has served as city engineer of Murphysboro,
as a member of its board of aldermen and as city treasurer.  Finally he was
nominated for mayor, on an independent ticket, but he was unable to overcome
the organized forces of the two dominating parties and consequently met
defeat, though he received a representative endorsement at the polls.
   In 1903 Mr. Ozburn purchased the lumber and building-supply business which
he has since conducted with vigor and success and in connection with which he
has gained prestige as one of the substantial and representative business men
of his native county.
   In a generic way, where national and state issues are involved.  Mr.
Ozburn gives his support to the principles and policies for which the
Republican party stands sponser, but in local affairs he has maintained an
independent attitude to a large extent by giving his support to the candidates
and measures meeting the approval of his judgment.  He is affiliated with the
Murphysboro lodges of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, and both he and his wife are zealous and valued members of the
First Methodist Episcopal church, of the board of trustees of which he is a
member.
   At Mount Vernon, Jefferson county, this state, on the 12th of August, 1874,
was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Ozburn to Miss Fannie Morris, daughter of
Rev. Charles W. Morris, who was long in zealous service as a clergyman of the
Methodist Episcopal church and who passed the closing years of his life at
Murphysboro, Illinois.  Mr. and Mrs. Ozburn became the parents of three sons:
Harry 0. is cashier of the Citizens' State & Savings Bank of Murphysboro;
Thomas L., who was graduated in the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis,
Maryland, as a member of time class of 1902, became lieutenant commander in
the navy and for a year was in command of the battleship "Texas."  His
promising career was cut short by his death, which occurred at the Brooklyn
navy yard, on the 2d of July, 1911, at which time he was thirty-two years of
age.  He had made an admirable record as an officer in the navy and his
personal popularity was on a parity with his sterling attributes of character.
His death was the severest bereavement that has marked the ideal married life
of Mr. and Mrs. Ozburn.  George J., the youngest son, remains at the parental
home.


Bio. of John W. Osborn


   Portrait and Biographical Record of DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois,
   Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1894.  Page 478.  (transcript)

JOHN W. OSBORN, one of the honored veterans of the late war, who for twenty
years has served as night-watchman in Evanston, is a native of Ireland.  He
was born in County Limerick, August 9, 1832, and is a son of William and
Catherine (Garvey) Osborn, both of whom were natives of the Emerald Isle.
Their family numbered seven children, five sons and two daughters, but only
two are now living: James, a school teacher in Nashville, Tenn.; and John W.
of this sketch.  The father followed farming in his native land, and there
spent his entire life, his death occurring in 1875.  His wife passed away
some years previous.  Both were members of the Catholic Church.  The paternal
grandfather, William Osborn, was also a farmer of Ireland, and in that country
died in the prime of life.  He had a family of five children.  The maternal
grandfather, John Garvey, reared a large family and spent his entire life on
the Emerald Isle, where lie died at an advanced age.  By trade he was a
cooper.  He was a Revolutionist in the War of 1798, and had a narrow escape
from death, being sentenced to be shot within a-half mile from his own door;
but before the execution was carried out he was pardoned.
   John W. Osborn whose name heads this record was reared in his native land
until nineteen years of age, and there acquired his education.  He was brought
up as a soldier for the East India service.  On the 1st of November, 1850,
however, he landed in New York City and enlisted in the United States army.
Later, he shipped as a sailor, and followed the seas for eighteen years,
during which time he was twice shipwrecked.  His life has not been an
uneventful one, being filled with many adventures and interesting experiences.
His travels have broadened his mind, as such experiences always do, and have
stored it with many interesting reminiscences.
   On the 3d of January, 1862, Mr. Osborn enlisted for the late war and began
service on the gunboat "Massachusetts."  He was in the Peninsular campaign
with McClellan, and yet carries the marks of a wound which he received in the
hand.  He served three years on that vessel, and in an engagement captured
the privateer "Florida" in the harbor of Bay Hie on the night of October 7,
1864.  He brought the vessel into port at Fortress Monroe, November 28.  This
was one of the most daring feats of the war, as history will attest.  At
length the naval troops were sent to the navy-yard in Boston, where Mr. Osborn
was discharged on the 2d of January, 1865.  After a short rest he re-enlisted
on the 13th of March, 1865, and served as Quartermaster until April 1, 1866.
He was in the service altogether for four years and seventeen days, and was
then honorably discharged in the navy-yard at Philadelphia.  He was always
faithful to his duty, and his work in defense of the Stars and Stripes proved
of great value to the cause.
   On the 15th of September, 1866, Mr. Osborn was united in marriage with
Johanna Ellis, daughter of William and Annie (O’Brien) Ellis.  Ten children
have been born of this union, five sons and five daughters: Mary Ann, Ellen,
William, Kate, Maggie (who died in infancy), James, Johanna, John, Patrick
Henry and Thomas.  Ellen is the wife of an artist and resides in Huntington,
Ind.  The parents are both members of the Catholic Church, and, socially, Mr.
Osborn is connected with Evans Lodge No. 524, A. F. & A. M.; Evans Chapter
No. 144, R. A. M.; Commandery No. 32, and the Grand Army of the Republic.
   The month following his discharge from the service of his country, Mr.
Osborn came to Evanston, where he has since made his home.  For three seasons
he sailed on the Lakes, and then worked at various occupations until the 1st
of October, 1873, when he was employed as nightwatchman by the business men
of Evanston.  He still serves in that capacity, and in the twenty years that
have passed since he entered upon the engagement he has lost only three
nights.  His continued service shows that he has the confidence of his
employers, and that he is ever true to the trust reposed in him.  As the
result of his labors he has accumulated some capital, and now has a good home
property in Evanston.  In politics, he is a Republican.


Bio. of Eben Sumner Osborne


   History of Seattle, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
   1916.  Vol. III, page 479.  (transcript)
   [See Hist. of the Osborne(East Bridgewater Family)]

   Eben Sumner Osborne is at the head of the abstract firm of Osborne, Tremper
& Company, Incorporated, at Seattle.  He was born at Fall River, Massachusetts,
May 19, 1856, a son of Eben and Mary J. (Barr) Osborne.  The ancestry of the
family can be traced back to England, whence representatives of the name came
to the new world at the close of the seventeenth century and settled in
Plymouth county, Massachusetts.  Members of the family fought on land and
on sea in the war for independence, as well as in the War of 1812, and two
of the uncles of Eben S. Osborne participated in the Civil war in the
Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment, one of them being wounded in the battle of
Malvern Hill.
   Eben Osborne, father of Eben S. Osborne, was born in the Scituate Light
House near Plymouth, Massachusetts, where his father kept the light for
twenty-five years.  Eben Osborne, Sr., died in 1858 at the age of thirty-three
years when his son and namesake was but two years of age.  As a boy he made
trips in Cape Cod fishing crafts and was later interested in the whaling
industry, sailing out of New Bedford.  He was for a while financially
interested in the ship John Jay, and at the time of his death he was engaged
in the drug business at Fall River, Massachusetts, his store becoming the
headquarters of the New Bedford whalers.  His wife was of Scotch-Irish
parentage on the paternal side and her father was a tailor of Lowell,
Massachusetts.  Mrs. Osborne was a well educated woman and possessed marked
determination and energy, which characteristics she displayed when, in 1865,
she left her home in the east and with her small son, then nine years of age,
started for the northwest. They joined the Mercer party and on the steamship
Continental traveled around South America and through the Straits of Magellan
to San Francisco, later making their way northward, arriving in Seattle about
the 1st of June, 1866.
   At the usual age Eben S. Osborne began his education in the excellent
public schools of Lowell and after coming to the west his opportunities were
somewhat limited, although he attended the Territorial University until he
reached the age of eighteen years.  He entered the law office of the late
Judge William H. White and about 1877 became a member of the Seattle bar.
He formed a partnership with Isaac M. Hall, with whom he practiced for a short
time, and when his association with Judge Hall was discontinued remained in
practice alone.  In 1878 he was appointed city clerk and occupied that position
until the summer of 1885.  He had several excellent offers to enter the
offices of prominent lawyers of Seattle, but concluded to accept a contract
to complete a set of abstract of title books, which he afterward purchased
and which constituted the foundation of a business that is now conducted
under the name of Osborne, Tremper & Company, Incorporated.  He has also
become interested in the Seattle Trust Company, of which he is the vice
president and a director, and is also vice president of the Washington Title
Insurance Company and one of its trustees. His business interests have thus
become extensive and of an important character.  He has gradually worked his
way upward until in his present connections he occupies a prominent place in
the business circles of the city.
   On the 5th of March, 1879, in Puyallup, Mr. Osborne was united in marriage
to Miss Carrie Meeker, a daughter of Ezra and Eliza J. Meeker. Her father is
well known for his many activities.  He became a pioneer of the northwest in
1853 and for a long period followed farming and merchandising.  Recently he
has retraced the old Oregon trail and is now seeking to have congress make
permanent this old thoroughfare.  He is the author of a number of interesting
books and is not unknown on the lecture platform.  Although now eighty-four
years of age, he is still active and his work is resultant.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Osborne have been born four children.  Eben Sumner, Jr., who married Roxy
Mendenhall, a niece of J. R. Justice, of Seattle, and has two children, has
a large ranch not far from Seattle, where he is dealing in dairy products.
His father is also interested in the enterprise. Ezra Meeker Osborne is
employed by the firm of Osborne, Tremper & Company. Cora is the wife of the
Rev. Hugh Elmer Brown, pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational church of this
city, and they have two sons. Olive is a graduate nurse of Cooper Hospital
of Camden, New Jersey, where she is now located, having charge of the surgical
ward.
   A Presbyterian in religious faith, Mr. Osborne belongs to Westminster
church, of which he was one of the founders. He is most earnest in Sunday
school work and in fact all of his activities outside of his business are in
relation to the church.  In politics he is primarily republican, but is
somewhat liberal and largely independent in his views.  He is in sympathy with
the progressive movement of the party and is a great admirer of Theodore
Roosevelt.  At one time he was a Knight of Pythias and became chancellor
commander of his lodge, but is no longer affiliated with secret societies
outside of a few insurance orders.  Both he and his wife hold membership in
the Pioneer Association.  He became a member of the Home Guards during the
Chinese riots in Seattle in 1887 and afterward enlisted in the National Guards
of Washington, serving as first sergeant of Company E. He is now identified
with the Commercial Club and the Municipal League and is interested in all
that pertains to the welfare and progress of the city and especially to its
development along moral lines.


Bio. of Josiah W. Osborne


   An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington,
   W.H. Lever, Pub., 1900.  Page 610.  (transcript)

   JOSIAH W. OSBORNE, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Canada, in 1854.  His
mother, nee Wallace, was of Scotch-Irish descent and his father belonged to
a family which has long occupied a prominent and leading position in the
councils of the English nation, and a family many of the members of which
have borne high titles of nobility.  When ten years old he moved to Iowa,
where he afterwards became a dealer in furniture, undertaking supplies and
musical instruments.  In October, 1889, he came to Spokane, engaged in
handling real estate and like many other business men of that period, lost
heavily in the reaction following the boom.  He then engaged in the sewing
machine trade for a time, but soon resumed his former occupation, again
becoming a furniture dealer.  He now handles a full line of household
furnishings and is doing a good business.  Mr. Osborne is one of the
subtantial<sic> citizens of Spokane and stands high in the esteem and respect
of the people. Socially, he affiliates with the I.O.O.F. and with the
Foresters.  He was married in Iowa, in 1881, to Ida M. Moody, of that state,
and they are parents of four children: Bessie M., L. Blaine, Errett R. and
Hazel A.  Mr. Osborne has recently completed a beautiful home at 207 Fifth
avenue.


Bio. of John Osburn


   Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon,
   Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903.  Part 2, page 1237.
   (transcript)

   JOHN OSBURN.  One of the thrifty and thriving farmers of Polk county is
John Osburn, a well-known citizen of Independence, a town which is fortunate
in having been settled by a remarkably enterprising, industrious and
intelligent class of people.  A man of upright principles and good business
ability, he has won well deserved success through his own energetic efforts
and wisely directed toil, and while advancing his own interests has given
material assistance in developing the resources of his town and county.  John
Osburn was born in Orange county, Ind., August 25, 1831, and acquired his
early education in the old log schoolhouse which constituted the entire
educational equipment of that region.  Reared to habits of diligence, he
commenced when quite young to assist in the care of the home farm, remaining
with his parents until 1850.  Ambitious then to enlarge his field of
operations, he joined an emigrant train of three wagons bound for Oregon,
paying $100 for his fare.  During the six months that he was on the way, he
walked the greater part of the distance, driving one of the teams.  Settling
first in Oregon City, he remained there until the spring of 1851, when he
proceeded to Salem.  In March, 1852, he went to southern Oregon to engage in
mining on Jackson Creek, in Jacksonyille.  Soon after he took up a donation
claim of one hundred and sixty acres on Little Butte, and was engaged in
stock-raising and mining for several years, being quite prosperous in both
branches of industry.  Also, in company with P. P. Prim, he did considerable
prospecting in that section of the state.  At intervals during his residence
there serious trouble with the Indians arose, and Mr. Osburn took an active
part in some of the engagements of those years, serving from August 8, 1853,
until November 1, 1853, under Capt. J. F. Miller, in the Rogue River war.
Subsequently, in the Rogue River war of 1855 and 1856, he served for eight
months as second lieutenant of Company G, under Capt. Miles F. Alcorn.
   Disposing of his ranch on the Little Butte in 1863, Mr. Osburn went to
Idaho, where, for two years he was employed in mining operations at Florence
City and Idaho City.  Meeting with but little success there, he left Idaho
in 1865, coming to Polk county, Ore., to look after his present farm, or at
least one hundred and seventy-four acres of it, which he had received in
exchange for a hand of bronchos, trading while on the way to Idaho.  The
land was wild prairie, and this he has since transformed into a finely
cultivated, rich and productive farm, adding all the improvements since he
came here.  He has also bought adjoining land, his estate now containing two
hundred and fifty acres of land, which is devoted to general farming,
stock-raising and dairying.
   In 1867, in Benton county, Ore., Mr. Osburn married Harriet Martin, who
was born in Iowa in 1846.  Her father, Jacob Martin, was among the pioneer
settlers of Benton county, removing there with his family in 1847. Mr. and
Mrs. Osburn have five children, namely: Orange, a resident of Salem, Ore.;
Mrs. Estella Barker, of Baker City, Ore.; Ernest, living in Alaska; R. D.;
and Lettie Huntley, at home.  Mr. Osburn is a member of Oak Grove Grange,
and has rendered his town excellent service as road supervisor, school clerk,
and school director.  In politics he is a stanch Republican, uniformly
casting his vote in support of the principles of that party.


Bio. of Frank W. Osburn


   Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon,
   Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1903.  Part 2, page 1489.
   (transcript)

   FRANK W. OSBURN, the cashier of the Eugene Loan & Savings Bank, is one of
the strong and influential men of the city in which the greater part of his
life has been spent.  Since he came to Oregon at the age of thirteen his
every step to progress has been watched by that pioneer and earlier element
which zealously guards its prestige, and which nevertheless saw in the
energetic and capable boy the promising material from which their sturdy
successors were to come.  That he has realized the expectations of those in
a position to judge is due as much to his masterful handling of opportunity,
as to the example of a practical and capable father, with whose drug
business he was identified first as clerk and later as partner for many
years.
   Mr. Osburn was born at Saegerstown, near Meadville, Crawford county, Pa.,
January 24, 1853, his father, William, and his grandfather, Robert Osburn,
being natives of the same state.  With patriotic fervor the grandsire fought
for his country in the war of 1812, and died in the state of his birth in
1863.  He was of English descent.  His son William followed his example and
became a land owner and stockman in Pennsylvania, in which state he married
Rebecca Deeter, born in the eastern part of the Quaker state, and a daughter
of Michael Deeter, who was an early settler in the vicinity of Saegerstown.
As the name implies, the maternal family claims German ancestry.  Six
children were born to William Osburn and his wife in Pennsylvania, Frank W.
being the third.  Ralph S., the oldest son, died in Reno, Nev.; Robert M. was
living in Mexico when last heard of; Adela E. is now Mrs. Moore of San Diego,
Cal.; Mrs. Agnes E. Harding is a resident of Eugene; and Mrs. Augusta McDonald
lives at Grant's Pass, Ore.  William Osburn brought his wife and six children
to Eugene in 1866, by way of Panama, San Francisco, Portland and Albany, and
for many years engaged in the drug busines on Willamette street.  His death
occurred in 1890, and he was survived by his wife until 1895.  He was a
Democrat in politics, and was fraternally connected with the Masons.
   After coming to Eugene, Frank W. Osburn continued the public school
education begun in Saegerstown, and in 1872 left the schoolroom to enter his
father's drug business, which he learned from the bottom.  In 1872 he became
a partner in the concern under the firm name of Osburn & Company, and after
the death of his father in 1890 he took into partnership Mr. Delano, the
firm name being changed to Osburn & Delano.  Owing to the pressure of other
business matters, Mr. Osburn disposed of his interest in the drug business
to his partner in 1899.  In the meantime, in 1890, he had hecome interested
in what is now the Eugene Loan & Sayings Bank, which was organized as the
Bank of Oregon, and became the Eugene National Bank in 1891.  Mr. Osburn was
one of the organizers and directors of the original bank, became the
bookkeeper in 1891, and in 1892 assumed his present position of cashier.  He
is also interested as director and treasurer in the Lane County Electric
Company.  He has been a special factor in educational advancement in Eugene,
is now serving his second term on the school board, and is a member of the
building committee overseeing the erection of the new high school building.
Always a stanch Democrat, he served as postmaster of Eugene under Cleveland
from 1886 until 1890, but is not seeking further honors of a political
nature.  He is past master of Eugene Lodge No. 11, A. F. and A. M.; past
high priest of Eugene Chapter No. 10. R. A. M.; past eminent commander of
Ivanhoe Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar; a member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen; and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.  In 1881 Mr.
Osburn married in Walla Walla, Wash., Addie Bristol, born in Lane county,
Ore., and daughter of George and Pauline (Minton) Bristol, well known
pioneers of Oregon.  Frank W. Osburn, Jr., the only son of this union, is
a graduate of the Annapolis Naval Academy, class of 1902, and is now junior
officer on the gunboat Vicksburg with the Asiatic squadron in China.  Mrs.
Osburn is a member of the Congregational church.


Bio. of James H. Osborne-1575


   Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri, Indianapolis, IN
   and Chicago, B.F. Bowen & Co., 1910.  Page 477.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of John A. Osborne-1571]
   [See the bio. of Nicholas Osborn-1572]

JAMES H. OSBORNE. M. D.
   Conspicuous among the successful medical men of Saline county is Dr.
James H. Osborne, who, since 1884, has practiced his profession at Gilliam
and for six years prior to that date was actively engaged in the noble work
of alleviating suffering humanity in his native state of Indiana.  He is one
of eleven children whose parents, Hardin and Priscilla (Tencher) Osborne,
were natives of Kentucky, but who in an early day went to Hendricks county,
Indiana, where they married and reared their family, the Doctor being the
ninth in order of birth.  By occupation Hardin Osborne was a farmer.  He
stood high as a citizen, took an active interest in the improvement of his
adopted county and the development of its resources, and departed this
life on the 8th day of March, 1864, at the age of fifty-eight years. Mrs.
Osborne survived her husband until 1888, on May 2d of which year she
closed her to earthly scenes at the ripe age of eighty-two years.  Eight
sons and three daughters were born to this worthy couple, five of the former
serving in the United States army at the same time: James H., the subject
of this review; Silas, who was killed near Rome, Georgia; Thomas J., who
died of typhoid fever while in the service, the other three escaping with
their lives, although Nicholas received a gunshot wound in the arm, which
made him a permanent cripple.  The members of the family now living are Mrs.
Malinda Reitzel, of Waldo, Kansas, who was born in 1833; William B., a
retired farmer of Pittsboro, Indiana, whose birth occurred in 1842; Dr.
John A., also of Pittsboro, born in 1840; James H., of this review, who
first saw the light of day on December 1. 1844; George W., of Pittsboro,
Indiana, who was born in 1846, and Mrs. Sudie Harrison, of Springfield,
Illinois, whose birth occurred in the year 1850.
   The early life of Dr. James H. Osborne was spent on the home farm
in Hendricks county, Indiana, and he received a good education in the public
schools.  He was reared to farm labor and in 1862 enlisted in the Seventieth
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Benjamin Harrison, afterwards
President of the United States, and was with his command throughout its
varied experience of campaign and battle until the close of the Civil war.
His regiment marched with Sherman to the sea and at the surrender of the
Confederacy he was detailed to care for some of the sick in his company,
being sent from North Carolina to Ft. Schuyler, New York, by boat, thence
to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he arrived two days in advance of his
regiment.  The Doctor experienced his full share of the vicissitudes of war,
participated in a number of bloody battles and minor engagements, and at the
expiration of his term of service retired from the army with a record of
which any soldier might well feel proud.
   Returning home at the close of the war the subject entered a shop to
learn blacksmithing and after becoming proficient at the trade set up an
establishment of his own, which he conducted for a period of thirteen years.
While thus engaged he yielded to a desire of long standing by taking up the
study of medicine, which he prosecuted in the evenings and during his leisure
hours and in 1878 took a course of lectures in the Medical College of
Indiana.  Being sufficiently equipped to begin practicing in 1881 he located
at Portland Mills, where he remained until 1884, building up a lucrative
professional business in the meantime and forging rapidly to the front among
the successful medical men of that part of the state.  Actuated by a laudable
ambition to increase his professional knowledge, Doctor Osborne, in 1888,
again entered the Medical College of Indiana at Indianapolis, from which he
was graduated on March 4, 1889.  In October, 1884, after spending one year
in Greencastle, he located at Gilliam, Missouri, where he has since been
actively engaged in the duties of his calling.
   Doctor Osborn is a close and critical student and spares no pains to
keep in touch with the trend of medical thought.  His practice, which takes
a wide range, has been as successful financially as professionally and he is
now not only one of the representative men of his calling in central Missouri,
but also occupies a prominent position among the substantial citizens of
the county in which he lives.  Politically he is a Republican, but, with
the exception of serving several terms as alderman, he has held no elective
office nor sought any kind of public honors.  He is an active and influential
worker in the Masonic fraternity and with his wife holds to the doctrines as
taught by the Seventh Day Adventists, belonging to the church of that
denomination in Kansas City.
   Doctor Osborne was married at Battle Creek, Michigan, to Mrs. Inez
(Purinton) Stone, widow of the late Prof. C.W. Stone, of that city, and
a native of Franklin county, Vermont, where her birth occurred February
27, 1848.  Doctor and Mrs. Osborne have no children of their own but by a
previous marriage Doctor Osborne has a son who was born in Indiana in 1870.
   Oliver G. Osborne was educated at the Adventist College, Battle Creek,
Michigan, and for a number of years acted as private secretary to the auditor
of the Union Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Omaha, Nebraska.
For fifteen years he was connected with the Nebraska National Guard,
joining the organization as a private and resigning January 11, 1909, as
lieutenant-colonel of the Second Regiment.  He was with the Guard in Cuba
during the Spanish-American war, where he rendered efficient service, and
he now holds a medal as the best drilled man in the state of Nebraska and a
silver cup for being the best marksman in the regiment to which he belonged.
   On his return from Cuba Mr. Osborne was united in marriage with
Mrs. Mae (Beresford) Lyons, a relative of Lord Beresford of England, the
union being terminated by the death of Mrs. Osborne in 1902.  Subsequently,
May, 1905, he contracted a matrimonial alliance with Miss Retta Holmes,
of Fremont, Nebraska, a trained nurse and registered pharmacist, the marriage
being without issue.  Mr. Osborne has had quite an eventful military
career and his record is above suspicion of reproach.  He is a gentleman of
intelligence, fine address and varied experience and with his accomplished
wife moves in the best social circles in the city in which they reside.


Bio. of George Osborn-6726


   The History of Grundy County, Missouri, Kansas City, MO,
   Birdsall & Dean, 1881.  Page 549.  (transcript)

GEORGE OSBORN
Was a native of Lee county, Virginia, and born October 24, 1817.  When he
was a child his parents moved to Martin county, Indiana, and twelve years
later to Daviess county, in the same State, where he lived until 1852, when
he came to this county and settled near Lindley.  In 1838, while living in
Indiana, he married Miss Rhoda Skaggs.  She was born November 12, 1818.  By
this union they had six children: Jacob, born October 21, 1840; Rebecca,
born January 8, 1843; Sarah A., born July 4, 1848; John W., born in October,
1850; Hannah and James, twins, died in infancy.  Mrs. Rhoda Osborn, wife of
George Osborn, died December 4, 1880; Mr. Osborn was an early settler and
well known through this county.  He was afflicted for about twelve years,
and died July 4, 1881.


Bio. of James A. Osborn


   Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland
   Counties, Illinois, Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1893.
   Page 251.  (transcript)

   JAMES A. OSBORN, manager of the Parkersburgh Mill, in which he also owns
an interest, is one of the leading citizens of this comunity.  His life record
is as follows: He was born on the 4th of March, 1849, near Lancaster, Ill.,
and is a son of Daniel Osborn.  His father was a native of Virginia, and came
with his parents to Illinois about 1825, the family locating in Lawrence
County.  Daniel was united in marriage with Nancy Thompson.  In Lawrence
County, he erected one of the first gristmills there built, and carried on
business in that line for a number of years.  He now resides on a farm near
Lancaster.
   The subject of this sketch spent the greater part of his boyhood days upon
a farm and in the common schools, where the most of his education was acquired.
For three months, however, he was a student in an academy at Friendsville,
Ill.  At the age of twenty-two years, he began working at the milling trade,
and three months later he took charge of one of the largest mills in southern
Illinois.  This was located at Friendsville.  Since that time he has operated
and managed mills at various places.
   On the 27th of February, 1871, was celebrated the marriage of James Osborn
and Mary French, a daughter of Newton and Sarah French.  Her parents were
pioneer settlers of Lawrence County.  Unto our subject and his wife have been
born three children, a son and two daughters, namely: Rosa, now the wife of
A.L. Seibert; Nora and Charles M.  The family circle yet remains unbroken by
the hand of Death, and the two younger children are still under the parental
roof.  The Osborn household is the abode of hospitality and its members rank
high in social circles.
   In political sentiment, Mr. Osborn is a Democrat, but has never been an
aspirant for public office, preferring to devote his entire time and
attention to his business interests.  It was in 1890 that he purchased an
interest in the Parkersburgh Flouring Mill, of which he has since had charge
and he has proved himself an able manager.  He thoroughly understands the
business in all its details and has therefore controlled affairs successfully.
Since becoming connected with the mill, he has enlarged it and put in the new
roller process.  The present capacity is fifty barrels of flour per day.  This
finds a ready sale in the surrounding markets and the owners of the
Parkersburgh Mill are enjoying a flourishing trade.  Mr. Osborn is a man of
sterling worth and strict integrity, and is widely and favorably known in this
community.


Bio. of Robert Tilton Osborne-6143


   Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Morgan County,
   Vol. III: History of Morgan County, Chicago, Munsell Publishing
   Co., 1906.  Page 906.  (transcript)
   [See the gen. of Harrison W. Osborne-6139]

   OSBORNE, Robert Tilton, (deceased), pioneer farmer and stock-dealer of
Morgan County, Ill., was born on a farm near Lexington, Ky., September 1,
1827, the son of Harrison and Eliza (Cassell) Osborne, both of whom were
natives of the same State.  His father, who was a minister of the Christian
Church, devoted his life to the ministry and to farming.  In 1829 or 1830 he
disposed of his possessions in Kentucky and removed with his family to
Illinois, settling in Morgan County.  Soon after locating in Jacksonville he
engaged in the dry-goods business with Col. George M. Chambers.  He afterward
purchased a farm at Antioch in the eastern part of the county, where the
remainder of his active life was spent.  For several years he preached in
the Christian church at Antioch, and frequently filled pulpits in other
sections.  After rearing his family, he sold his farm and retired, spending
his declining days with his children, his death occurring June 3, 1883.
Though he took a deep interest in the advancment of the public welfare, he
never sought political office.  For many years he was a member of the Masonic
fraternity.  To Harrison Osborne and wife were born five children, named as
follows in the order of their birth: David, Robert T. (subject of this sketch),
John T., Barton, and Ann Eliza who married Henry Babb.  All are deceased.
Barton, the youngest son, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and
participated in several battles.  Harrison Osborne became widely known
personally throughout Morgan County and the contiguous territory, and during
the early days of his ministry was frequently called upon to officiate at
marriages and at the funerals of pioneer settlers and members of their
families.  He was a man who, by his fine character and generous heart,
endeared himself closely to a multitude of people, and during the last years
of his long and highly useful life was highly honored and venerated.  He was
a striking figure in the earlier days of the county's history, and his
strength of character endured with the passage of years to a remarkable
degree.  His family maintained a high position in the confidence and esteem
of the inhabitants of Morgan County, in which they were regarded as
representatives of its best citizenship.
   Robert T. Osborne received his education in the schools of Jacksonville.
After the completion of his education he returned to his father's farm,
where he assisted in its management until his marriage, October 14, 1847,
to Elizabeth J. Dewees, who was born January 26, 1830, the daughter of Nimrod
and Elizabeth (Murphy) Dewees, early settlers of Morgan County.  (An extended
sketch of the Dewees family will be found elsewhere in this volume.)  About
this time Rev. Harrison Osborne removed to Jacksonville, and rented his farm
to his son, Robert T., who began its operation independently.  In 1850 he
removed to a farm located on the Springfield road, on which was a small log
cabin, and there he remained about six years.  This farm consisted of
unbroken prairie land, to the development of which Mr. Osborne set about with
vigor.  After six years of hard labor on this property he sold the land and
purchased his father's farm, to the cultivation of which he devoted twelve
years.  He then sold the latter property and removed to Jacksonville, where
the balance of his life was spent.  He erected the block now occupied by the
firm of Phelps & Osborne, one of the finest business blocks in the city, and
for about six years engaged in buying and shipping cattle.  His operations
in this direction were successful, and upon his retirement from active
business he possessed a handsome competency.  For several years prior to his
death, which occurred September 10, 1887, he lived quietly, enjoying the
means which he had accumulated, and assisting those near and dear to him in
their efforts to win success in the world of business.  Early in life he
united with the Christian Church at Antioch, of which his wife was also a
member, and after his permanent removal to Jacksonville transferred his
membership to the local organization.  In politics he was a Democrat, but was
extremely liberal in his views.  During the Civil War he espoused the cause
of the Union, and contributed generously of his means toward the support of
the Federal troops in the field.  He never desired public office, preferring
to devote his energies to his private affairs, though he never shirked his
duties as a citizen.  Fraternally, he was identified for many years with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He was a broad minded, public spirited,
liberal man, a citizen whom the people of Morgan County delighted to honor
and in whom all had the greatest confidence.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Osborne were born nine children, two of whom died in
childhood.  Those who attained maturity are still living.  They are as
follows: Almira, wife of Charles C. Phelps, of Jacksonville; Samuel D., also
of Jacksonville; Georgia L., an attache of the State Historical Library at
Springfield; Jessie, wife of Jesse Metcalfe, a banker of Girard, Ill.;
Robert T.; William C.; and Elizabeth D., wife of Frank L. Best. of
Jacksonville.


Bio. of John W. Osborne


   A Twentieth Century History of Hardin Co., Ohio, Vol. II,
   ed. Minnie Ichler Kohler, Chicago, The Lewis Pub. Co., 1910.
   Page 779.  (transcript)

   Professor John W. Osborne, is one of the ablest and most prominent
educators of Hardin county, Ohio, who has been principal of the Roundhead
schools for the past eleven years.  Professor Osborne was born in Clinton,
Ohio, February 11, 1865, a son of John M. and Christina (Tullis) Osborne.
His father was killed in the battle of Franklin before John W. Osborne was
born, thes he never knew a father's care or counsel.  He was reared on a
farm and was educated in the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Home at Xenia,
remaining there until sixteen years of age.  He attended the normal school
at Ada, and at the age of nineteen years took up the occupation of teaching.
He has continued in this profession constantly ever since, save for one year
when he was engaged in service in the Spanish-American war.  He enlisted as
a private and was mustered out as battalion quartermaster sergeant.
Professor Osborne was the first principal of the high schools at Roundhead,
and is assisted by two other teachers.  He has entire charge of the high
school department.  He made the most of his opportunities to gain an
education, and keeps thoroughly abreast of the times in matters relating to
his profession.  He is well read and highly cultured, and has made his own
way in the world from a very youthful beginning.  He was pssessed of unusual
energy and ambition, and used them to good advantage.  Professor Osborne
holds a five-year county license.
   In 1904 he married Mary Young, and one child has been born to them,
Dorothy, born in September, 1908.  He is a member of Bell Center Lodge No.
347, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master.
Politically he is a Republican and takes a commendable interest in public
affairs.  Professor Osborne has been an inspiration to those who have been
under his charge, and has made his influence count for good.  He has the
confidence and esteem of his fellows, and is well liked wherever known.


Bio. of Lewis Osborn


   The History of Marion County, Ohio, Chicago, Leggett,
   Conaway & Co., 1883.  Page 743.  (transcript)

   LEWIS OSBORN was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, September 8, 1844, the
son of John and Minda (Caskey) Osborn, who came to Marion County about 1866.
The wife died in 1878, but the father is a resident of Tully Township.  Mr.
Osborn married, June 12, 1873, Harriet D. Hipsher.  He is the owner of forty
acres of well improved land, valued at $75 per acre; is an industrious
citizen and a Democrat.


Bio. of Nathaniel Osbun-6841


   The History of Marion County, Ohio, Chicago, Leggett,
   Conaway & Co., 1883.  Page 765.  (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Elmer Osbun-6851]

   NATHANIEL OSBUN, a native of Richland County, Ohio, was born June 4, 1829.
His parents, Isaac and Margaret (Holmes) Osbun, were married in Richland
County, and in 1833 removed and settled in Pleasant Township, Hardin County,
where they both died.  Mr. Osbun died in April, 1845, and his widow, August,
1876.  They had ten children of whom our subject is the second.  At the age
of fourteen he took up the miller's trade, in a water-mill, near Kenton, and
worked at it till of age, when he engaged working by the month, which he
followed till 1856.  That year he came to Scott Town and bought a saw mill,
which he operated three years.  In 1859, he purchased thirty acres of land,
to which he added eighty acres in 1877.  His occupation has been farming and
stock-raising.  July 4, 1850, he was married to Miss Joanna Hartman, daughter
of Joseph and Jane Hartman.  Mrs. Osbun died June 22, 1882, leaving eight
children, viz.: Martha, Isaac E., Elinore, Sarah L., Nathaniel J., Elizabeth
A., Albert and Harry J.; William, Margaret J., Mary B. and John M. are
deceased.  Mr. Osbun and family are members of the M.E. Church.  Politically,
he is a Republican.
[See note at bottom of bio. of Elmer Osbun-6851 regarding Joanna Hartman,
 wife of Nathaniel Osbun-6841.]


Bio. of Elmer Osbun-6851


   Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion and Hardin Counties,
   Ohio, Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co., 1895.  Page 481.
   (transcript)
   [See the bio. of Nathaniel Osbun-6841]

ELMER OSBUN is engaged in general farming in Pleasant Township, Hardin County,
two miles east of Kenton.  He has been a resident of this county since he was
eight years of age, and has always taken great interest in all things
pertaining to its development and general welfare.  He is one of Ohio's native
sons, his birth having occurred six miles northeast of Mansfield, Richland
County, February 19, 1841.
   The father of our subject, Nathaniel O. Osbun, was born in Harrison County,
Ohio, July 25, 1812 and was about two years old when his father, in whose
honor he had been named, moved to Richland County.  There he received such
education as fell to his lot until he was eighteen years of age, much of his
time being devoted to farm work.  He continued to live with his father until
twenty-two years of age, when, April 13, 1834, he married Mrs. Jane Hartman,
nee Mahon.  In 1849 he removed from Richland County, where he had been engaged
in farming, to this county.  He purchased eighty acres on section 35, Pleasant
Township, and engaged in the cultivation of the tract until his death, which
occurred February 6, 1891.  He was a man of strong constitution, and rarely
suffered from any form of sickness until a few years prior to his death, which
resulted from a stroke of paralysis.  He was an old-line Jacksonian Democrat.
He did not seek public office, and served as Road Supervisor several terms
against his will.  For years he was a faithful member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.  He was the youngest in a family of four sons and four
daughters born to Nathaniel and Annie (Emmons) Osbun, the former of whom was a
native of Harrison County, Ohio.
   The mother of our subject was a daughter of James and Amelia (Hitchcock)
Mahon, who were born in 1783 and 1785, respectively, and who, it is thought,
were married in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, about 1804.  Mr. Mahon
died about 1820, and his wife about 1836.  Mrs. Osbun was the fourth of their
seven children.  Her maternal grandmother lived to be one hundred and one
years of age, and the last year of her life was able to spin a dozen "cuts"
of yarn a day.
   Elmer Osbun is the fifth of ten children, and of the others we mention the
following: Johanna, deceased, first married James Hartman, who died five
months afterward of typhoid fever; by her second husband, Nathaniel Osbun, a
nephew of our subject's father, she reared a large family.  The second in the
family died in infancy, unnamed; Amelia married William Dodds, of Belle
Center, Logan County, Ohio; Annie died in her twenty-second year, unmarried;
Sarah is the wife of James Kipp, a farmer of Logan County; Isabel is the wife
of James Baker, who is engaged in marming seven miles west of Kenton; Albert
is deceased; Nathaniel died at the age of two years; and Margaret is the wife
of Samuel McGaughey, who is clerking in Kenton.  A sister of Mrs. Osbun,
Margaret Farrel, is still living and is now seventy-six years old.  Her
husband was drowned in the Ohio River on his return to the army after a
furlough.  Two of Mrs. Osbun's nephews were killed while serving in defense
of the Union.  For over sixty years she has been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
   Elmer Osbun, of this sketch, comes from a patriotic family on both sides
of the house.  His paternal great-grandfather and the latter's brothers were
soldiers in the War of the Revolution.  In his political faith our subject
is a supporter of the Democracy.
[Note: Elmer's biography is in direct conflict with Nathaniel Osbun-6841's
 bio. in regard to Nathaniel Osbun-6841's wife Joanna.  Nathaniel's bio.
 states that his wife Joanna Hartman was the daughter of Joseph and Jane
 Hartman, while Elmer's bio. states that Joanna was Elmer's sister and
 widow of James Hartman.  Which biography is correct?]