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Anton Guenther Bernhard Osterbind

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Anton Guenther Bernhard Osterbind

Birth
Germany
Death
25 Mar 1902 (aged 81)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
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Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Sect B Lot 107 Grave 1
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Anton emigrated from Oldenberg, Germany, before 1840, settling in Richmond. He found employment at the Tredegar Iron Works, staying there until his death in 1902. Three generations of the family worked there until 1953. Anton was involved in the construction of the CSS Virginia, the first ironclad ship victorious in a Naval battle, during the War Between the States. Osterbind was a Methodist, and at his funeral from Laurel Street Methodist Church, a section of pews were reserved for the black men that worked for him. Many at the crowded funeral were from Tredegar. Their leader, Colonel Archer Anderson, was an honorary pall-bearer. F.T. Glasgow, the father of novelist Ellen Glasgow, was as well. Osterbind family papers are housed at the Library of Virginia, including genealogy back to 1600s Germany.
Anton emigrated from Oldenberg, Germany, before 1840, settling in Richmond. He found employment at the Tredegar Iron Works, staying there until his death in 1902. Three generations of the family worked there until 1953. Anton was involved in the construction of the CSS Virginia, the first ironclad ship victorious in a Naval battle, during the War Between the States. Osterbind was a Methodist, and at his funeral from Laurel Street Methodist Church, a section of pews were reserved for the black men that worked for him. Many at the crowded funeral were from Tredegar. Their leader, Colonel Archer Anderson, was an honorary pall-bearer. F.T. Glasgow, the father of novelist Ellen Glasgow, was as well. Osterbind family papers are housed at the Library of Virginia, including genealogy back to 1600s Germany.

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