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The Descendants of Elijah Osborn


3. SUSAN2 OSBORN (ELIJAH1) was born July 1827 in Mahoning Co., Ohio?, and died Abt. 1906. She married (1) JOHN H. WARFIELD WFT Est. 1843-1875. He was born WFT Est. 1812-1832, and died WFT Est. 1846-1918. She married (2) ALBERT JACOB HAMMON Abt. 1849. He was born WFT Est. 1804-1830, and died WFT Est. 1854-1917. She married (3) JOHN H. MILLER April 09, 1871. He was born WFT Est. 1812-1832, and died WFT Est. 1846-1918.

More About JOHN WARFIELD and SUSAN OSBORN:
Marriage: WFT Est. 1843-1875

More About ALBERT HAMMON and SUSAN OSBORN:
Marriage: Abt. 1849

More About JOHN MILLER and SUSAN OSBORN:
Marriage: April 09, 1871
     
Children of SUSAN OSBORN and ALBERT HAMMON are:
  i.   ELMIRA3 HAMMON, b. December 03, 1850; d. January 19, 1910, Defiance County, Ohio; m. JAMES KNOX DUNBAR, November 27, 1870.
  More About JAMES DUNBAR and ELMIRA HAMMON:
Marriage: November 27, 1870
  ii.   WALTER HAMMON, b. March 1853; d. April 23, 1869, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio.
  iii.   SUSAN HAMMON, b. 1855; m. JACOB PATTON.
  iv.   MATILDA HAMMON, b. 1858; m. SIMON PATTON, October 31, 1878.
  More About SIMON PATTON and MATILDA HAMMON:
Marriage: October 31, 1878
  v.   FRANKLIN SILAS HAMMON, b. May 20, 1863; d. May 06, 1944; m. SARAH ELLEN CONCHRIGHT, August 23, 1883.
  More About FRANKLIN HAMMON and SARAH CONCHRIGHT:
Marriage: August 23, 1883
11. vi.   ELMADORIS ULYSSES HAMMON, b. January 07, 1866, Defiance County, Ohio.
  vii.   GEORGE HAMMON, b. 1869; m. ELLA SMITH, 1889.
  More About GEORGE HAMMON and ELLA SMITH:
Marriage: 1889
     
Children of SUSAN OSBORN and JOHN MILLER are:
  viii.   INFANT3 MILLER, b. February 14, 1871; d. March 05, 1871.
  ix.   CORNILIA MILLER, b. 1872.
  x.   BERTHA MILLER, b. January 21, 1874; m. FRANK VANDUSSEN.


4. DAVID2 OSBORN (ELIJAH1) was born January 15, 1836 in Fredricksburg, Mahoning, Ohio, and died March 02, 1917 in Flat Rock Twp., Henry County, Ohio. He married CATHARINE E. HULL January 14, 1860. She was born February 01, 1838 in Atwater, Portage, Ohio?, and died March 22, 1906 in Richland Twp., Defiance County, Ohio.

More About DAVID OSBORN:
Burial: Independence, Defiance, Ohio
Cause of Death: heart failure
Cemetery: Cole
Medical Information: dropped dead in woods while at work

More About CATHARINE E. HULL:
Burial: Flat Rock Twp., Henry County, Ohio
Cemetery: Cole Cemetery

Marriage Notes for DAVID OSBORN and CATHARINE HULL:
Catharine E. Osborn
Plantiff
against
David Osborn
Defendant

In the probate court of Defiance county and State of Ohio


The said Plantiff Catharine E. Osborn overs and says that she has been a resident of said Defiance County Ohio for more than one year laid fast that she was married to the said defendant David Osborn on the 14th day of January A. D. 1860, that there has been born of said marriage fourteen children, eleven of said number are still living and are of full age, except four as follows, John Osborn of the age of 16 years, Oscar Osborn of the age of 15 years, Nella Osborn of the age of 14 years and Emanuel Osborn of the age of 12 years. That the said Defendant has been guilty of extreme cruelty towards this Plaintiff in this, that on various occasions during the year last fast he has called this plaintiff vile and viciouse names, to vile to put in this here petition and has on various occasions during said year last fast charged said plaintiff with being an indecent person and that whenever said Defendant was away from home, said Plaintiff was constantly in the society of other men. All of which the said Defendant well knew at the time he so charged said Plaintiff with said improper conduct that the same was false and wholly untrue but that made said charges for the sole and only purpose of annoying said Plaintiff and degrading her in the estime of their said children and their neighbors.: that said Defendant is a habitual
drunkard and when he is in that condition his conduct towards this plaintiff and her said minor children are to low and degrading to be mentioned in this here petition.
The Defendant is possessed of the following property; three work horses, three colts, two cows, four hogs, two calves, twenty sheep, machinery and household goods, thirty acres of growing wheat, twenty acres of growing oats, and about thirteen acres of corn in the ground.
Wherefore, Plaintiff prays that she may be divorced from the defendant and that she may be deemed to have reasonable alimony, the custody of said minor children, and such other relief as is proper and that said defendant be ___?_______from disposing of said property during the ___?_____of this suit.
Catharine E. Osborn
by J.B. Woods, her atty


More About DAVID OSBORN and CATHARINE HULL:
Marriage: January 14, 1860
     
Children of DAVID OSBORN and CATHARINE HULL are:
12. i.   EMMA JANE3 OSBORN, b. 1861; d. 1939.
  ii.   CLARA OSBORN, b. 1862.
  Notes for CLARA OSBORN:
I have no info on Clara- However in her notes, Aunt Marnie listed Gunn Cemetery (In Henry county off 424) next to Clara's name. Gunn Cemetery is on private land on the old Gunn farm. The family that lives there are very nice and took me on a tour of the farm and cemetery. The cemetery is very very old and what stones are left are unreadable. They didn't know of any marriage between Clara and a Gunn (the family is related to Gunns by marriage). I saw the index to the cemetery at the Napoleon Public Library and found no listing of a Clara buried there. The cemetery seems too old for Clara to be buried there. The cemetery is located almost directly across the river from the Cole Cemetery and the land that the two cemeteries are on are owned by two brothers, the Eberle bros., of of which is related to Gunn by marriage. The old abandoned Miami & Erie canal run through the farm on which the Gunn Cemetery is located.


13. iii.   CHARLES ELSWORTH OSBORN, b. June 12, 1863, Ohio; d. November 26, 1929, Harrison Twnshp., Henry County Ohio.
14. iv.   CALVIN SHEPHARD OSBORN, b. 1865; d. 1951.
  v.   ALICE OSBORN, b. 1866; d. 1895; m. GEORGE BAKER; b. 1861; d. 1930.
  More About ALICE OSBORN:
Burial: Independence, Defiance County Ohio

  More About GEORGE BAKER:
Burial: Independence, Defiance County Ohio
Cemetery: Independence
15. vi.   CATHERINE A. OSBORN, b. Abt. August 07, 1868; d. Abt. May 14, 1950.
  vii.   LINDA OSBORN, b. Abt. 1869.
  viii.   SURVILLA OSBORN, b. September 23, 1872, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. 1945; m. ABRAM BORDNER, April 09, 1898, Henry County Ohio; b. 1870; d. 1953.
  More About ABRAM BORDNER and SURVILLA OSBORN:
Marriage: April 09, 1898, Henry County Ohio
16. ix.   DAVID OSBORN JR., b. February 14, 1873, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. 1945.
  x.   MARY OSBORN, b. October 10, 1875, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. 1930; m. ANDREW SOVABODA.
  More About MARY OSBORN:
Burial: Kendallville, Indiana
Cemetery: Lakeview

  More About ANDREW SOVABODA:
Burial: Kendallville, Indiana
Cemetery: Lakeview
17. xi.   JOHN A. OSBORN, b. August 03, 1878, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio.
18. xii.   OSCAR OSBORN, b. December 19, 1880, Defiance County, Ohio; d. September 04, 1937, Styrker, Ohio.
19. xiii.   NELLA OSBORN, b. October 15, 1881, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio.
20. xiv.   EMANUEL OSBORN, b. 1884; d. 1939.


5. SYLVESTER2 OSBORN (ELIJAH1) was born March 07, 1839 in Mahoning Co., Ohio, and died April 19, 1933 in Richland Twp., Defiance County Ohio. He married (1) LUCINDA MORSE November 11, 1860 in Henry County Ohio. She was born 1841 in Williams County, Ohio. He married (2) LILLIAN ISABELLE LONG BAKER August 02, 1863 in Defiance Co., Ohio, daughter of PETER LONG and SARAH KEMP. She was born Abt. January 1843 in Ohio, and died February 07, 1926 in Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio.

Notes for SYLVESTER OSBORN:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #0512, Date of Import: Dec 21, 2000]

CENSUSES:

1880 Richland Twp., Defiance, Ohio
1900 Richland Twp., Defiance, Ohio
1910 Richland Twp., Defiance, Ohio
1920



From the Defiance Crescent News, April 19, 1933

RETIRED FARMER DIES AT AGE 94

Rites for Sylvester Osborn Will Be Held Friday at Independence

Sylvester Osborn, 94 years old, died today at 5:05 a.m. at the home in Richland township of his daughter, Mrs Alphonse Young. He had been bedfast since Sunday with carcinoma of the stomach.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the daughter's home and at 2 p.m. in the Independence church with Rev. John Flory officiating. The place of burial will be Independence cemetery.
Mr. Osborn was born in Mahoning county on March 7, 1839, and came to Richland township in 1843 with his father, the late Elijah Osborn. They settled on a farm two and one-half miles east of the Young place where Ralph Hammon now resides.
Mr. Osborn spent the remainder of his life in Richland township. He was married in 1863 to Isabelle Long, a daughter of the late Peter and Sarah Long. She died on Feb 7, 1926.
Since her death, Mr. Osborn had been retired.
Mr. Osborn is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Young and Mrs. W.F. Kimberly, Defiance: a son Carl Osborn, Hudson, Mich.: a sister, Mrs. Emaline Hardy, Defiance: 23 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren and a great great granddaughter. Phyllis Plassman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Plassman, Jewell.


Taken from the Rural Rambler in the Defiance Crescent News July 3, in 1932

PIONEER CARAVAN

Dry weather in the great forest of northern Ohio made possible the expedition with which a pioneer caravan composed of Sylvester Osborn, his father, elijah Osborn and the five daughters, Mary, Adaline, Julia, Elmira and Jane forged through the wilderness in 1848 to their new home in Richland township.
The tripof approximately 200 miles was made from Mahoning county with horses in a week. Rivers were forded, no cement roads were encountered, the party followed the old Indian trail down to the Maumee and crossed at Samuel Kepler's ferry.
This old road which crossed at the ferry ran north alon the ridges al the way to Adrian Mich.

Kills Three Bears

Sylvester Osborn, now in his ninety-fourth year, says that he has killed three black bears with his old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifle. He has no record of the number of deer, wild turkeys and wolves he has slain with the same weapon.
At the dinner table on the Al Young farm in North Richland it is customary for four generations to assemble daily. These are Sylvester Osborn, Mr. and Mrs al Young, Mr. and Mrs. August Klintworth and daughters, Thelma and Beulah.

Pioneer Neighbors

Sylvester Osborn who has resided in Richland township for 85 years, recalls that when he came to Independence the grocery store in this thriving river town was operated by Adam Wilhelm. Other pioneers of that day were John Botteler, Phillip Young, Ben Abbel, Henry Egler, Pieree Evans, James Henderson, Samuel Rohn, Issac Braucher, and others whose names escape his memory.
Roads were unknown, all traffic was by water on the Maumee and the canal. A daily packet passed down the river and was thought to be a highly efficient means of communication with the outside world.

Indian Jake

"Indian Jake" was well known to Mr. Osborn who never had the privilege of using his services becuse he was never sick. He says that the cause of this Indian doctor's death was not poisoning as the Rambler has been told, but pneumonia. He died without receiving medical attention, would not go to bed but lay stretched on the floor before the open fireplace until death eased his suffering.
Indian Jake, as is commonly known was very fond of "firewater" and when under its influence was quite quarrelsome, was always in a scrap and always came out second best. He usually got away to the river and being a proficient swimmer would remain in the water until those who sought him gave up the chase.

Lone Gone Events

Mr. Osborn remembers when a tract of land over in northwest of Jewell was known as Allen's prairie, much of this land was swampy and offered an ideal refuge for wild game. The outlet for this swale was at what was termed the "waste way" about two miles west of Napoleon. At this place the early settlers caught thousand of fish which went by the name of "grass pike".
In his early manhood a terrible cyclone passed through the region to the north of Jewell, sweeping everything before it and as it went through an unsettled region, no list of possible deaths among the Indians could be recorded. It was really a benefit to the incoming pioneers as the force of the wind saved them much labor in felling the giant trees, many of which were burned where they lay.
What timber was sawed was taken to the sawmills operated by Kepler and Woodward at Independence.

First Ties for Wabash

Mr. Osborn clearly recalls the day when he and his father, Elijah Osborn, hauled the first load of ties for the Wabash railroad from Okolona to Jewell.
A popular type of craft oon the river was the pirogue made from a hollowed poplar log and capable of moving quite a cargo of supplies. On one such occsion the pirogue operators brought a boatload of lime to Independence. The Indians under the mistaken idea that it was flour insisted on taking home a supply. Unfortunately the outcome of the amusing incident is unknown.
Sylvester Osborn was afraid of Indians. He says that one of the most terrifying incidents of his boyhood was the occasion he went with his father to Independence and there were seven squaws sitting in front of Wilhelm's store. He took his father by the hand and would not relinquish his hold until they were well on their way.

Remembers cholera

His memories of the cholera epidemic which raged along the Maumee in 1849 are rather vague but he recalls the fact that Philip Young, father of Al Young, nursed the sick and came safely through without contracting the malady. The only reason given for his escape from this age-old terror is tht he was naturally immune from it.


Pioneer Traffic Tie-Up

In the year 1870, a boat laden with 2,000 bushels of wheat sank in the canal lock at Independence. This was a severe problem to the pioneers as the canal traffic must be kept moving. The first attempt made was to pull it out so all the available mules were hitched in a string 30 rods long and more than 100 men took hold of the ropes to move the sunken boat. It could not be done. "Dead-eyes" an inch and a half in diameter, by which the ropes were attached to the boat were snapped off as though they were glass. Boats soon extended to the westward for a mile and for three-quarters of a mile below the lock awaited the river traffic, something must be done. So all hands were called to the mighty task of unloading the boat: the wheat was spread in every possible place to dry, much of it was spread along the dam. The water was low, and this helped with the unloading. At last the boat was lightened enough to be pulled through, and river traffic resumed its wonted speed. But the damp wheat instead of drying, began to sprout and as rain threatened,
the entire supply was given to anyone who would remove it. The whole cargo was a total loss to the shippers.






More About SYLVESTER OSBORN:
Burial: April 21, 1933, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio
Cause of Death: gastric hemmorage, appasertally carcimoma
Cemetery: Independence
Occupation: Farmer

Notes for LUCINDA MORSE:
There is a Lucinda Morse listed in the 1850 census for Napoleon, Henry County, age 8 listed with Ann Morse age 47 from England also Orin D. Age 39 listed as farmer also Elliot, age 11 and William age 6

There is also a listing for Lucinda Morse age 8, in Flatrock Township listed with Curtis Morse, age 19.


Marnie has a note written next to Lucinda Morse " H Co Farm Nov 1860 died 4-19-1933. I have gone through henry county records but did not see this- I will check again next time I go to Napoleon Public Library.


More About SYLVESTER OSBORN and LUCINDA MORSE:
Marriage: November 11, 1860, Henry County Ohio

More About LILLIAN ISABELLE LONG BAKER:
Burial: February 09, 1926, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio
Cause of Death: mitral- insufficiency, arterio- scleiosis
Cemetery: Independence Cemetery

More About SYLVESTER OSBORN and LILLIAN BAKER:
Marriage: August 02, 1863, Defiance Co., Ohio
     
Children of SYLVESTER OSBORN and LILLIAN BAKER are:
21. i.   ELIJAH MCCLELLAN3 OSBORN, b. 1864; d. September 09, 1926, Continential, Ohio.
22. ii.   JAMES OSBORN, b. Abt. 1869; d. Abt. October 14, 1961.
23. iii.   SARAH MAY OSBORN, b. November 18, 1870, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. WFT Est. 1885-1965.
  iv.   ANNA DELL OSBORN, b. April 16, 1873, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. October 14, 1873.
  More About ANNA DELL OSBORN:
Cause of Death: dystheria
24. v.   JACOB OSBORN, b. December 28, 1874, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. 1911.
  vi.   SYLVESTER OSBORN, b. Abt. 1877; d. WFT Est. 1878-1967; m. MATILDA BAKER, July 12, 1897, Henry County Ohio; b. 1881; d. July 28, 1976.
  More About SYLVESTER OSBORN and MATILDA BAKER:
Marriage: July 12, 1897, Henry County Ohio
25. vii.   LILLIAN KATHRYN OSBORN, b. September 16, 1879, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. 1976.
  viii.   CHARLES OSBORN, b. March 18, 1884, Richland Twnshp., Defiance County Ohio; d. WFT Est. 1885-1974; m. ROSE BASWELL.
26. ix.   CARL OSBORN.

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