Turtle Creek Twp. -
JOHN OSBORN (deceased) was born in
Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1805; his father, John
Osborn, came to Lebanon in 1796, and settled on a farm
adjoining the eastern corporation of Lebanon, where he, in
1808, built a house, which is still standing and which is
yet considered a good residence. He was with Daniel
Boone when that famous Indiana hunter discovered
Mammouth Cave in Kentucky to which state Mr. Osborn
had moved from Virginia when very young. Our subject's
mother, Mary (Clark) Osborn, was a daughter of
Rev. Daniel Clark, a pioneer Baptist preacher, who
preached in Lebanon about the year 1800. Our subject
remained on the farm until 14 years of age, in the meantime
obtaining a limited education by attending the Lebanon
schools during the winter months. After leaving the
farm, he learned and worked at pottery-making several years,
after which he conducted a manufactory of that ware for
several years more. At the death of his father, he
purchased the interests of the other heirs in the estate and
moved to the old farm, which his estate still owns and which
he farmed until he retired and moved to Lebanon. He
traveled through the West from 1828 to 1854, and also spent
eight years in Springfield, Ohio, where he worked at his
trade. In 1827, he married Miss Amy Ann Hackney,
daughter of Obadiah Hackney, a prominent plow
manufacturer of Lebanon. She died in 1855, after
having borne him eleven children, four of whom still
survive. In 1856, he was again married, to Mrs.
Emeline (Dee) Grow, by whom he had no children.
Mr. Osborn died in Lebanon Dec. 26, 1881. He was a
careful, frugal and economical man, and had at his death
amassed a considerable fortune. He was a zealous
member of the M. E. Church in which he was for many years
and up to the time of his death an officer. His widow
and a grandchild are the only members of his family living
in Lebanon.
Source: History of Wayne Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1882 - Page 768 |
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