Albert Gallatin Osbun was the son of Samuel Osbun and Hannah Ross. He married Elizabeth Frances Hawkins 30 Apr 1837 in Washington County, PA. Their known children from the 1860 census for Kansas Territory are Sally E., Samuel R., Charles H., Albert, Fanny, and William "Willie" H.
Albert G. Osbun was the author of "To California and the South Seas, the diary of Albert G. Osbun, 1849-1851." The book details his travels across the Isthmus of Panama, then by ship to California and finally sailing the South Seas. He also wrote a biography of his grandfather Samuel Osbun. a Revolutionary War soldier.
Albert Osbun and his family were in Kansas Territory, Bourbon County, at the time of the 1860 census. By the 1865 Kansas State Census, his wife, Elizabeth, was a widow. Most of this family is buried in Section 5 Lot 144 in unmarked graves. Albert G. Osbun is being added to this cemetery with reservation. All available family records and census records indicate he died in Bourbon County, KS, and since his family is in this cemetery, it is likely he is as well. If anyone has contradictory information, please advise.
Son Samuel Ross Osbun, married Mary McDonald, and had a son Albert G. Osbun born in Bourbon County, KS in 1882. By 1920 Albert G. Osbun and wife Clara and daughters Clarene and Katherine were in Finney County, KS. Living with them were Samuel R. and Mary Osbun. By 1930 Albert and his family were in Los Angeles County, CA. Mother Mary was still with them.
History of Bourbon county, Kansas, by T. F. Robley, published 1894, page 70: " Dr. A. G. Osbun came (to this county) in 1857. Dr. Osbun's sister Sarah married Governor Wilson Shannon as his second wife. Dr. Osbun took no active part in political affairs, but attended quietly to the duties of his profession. Mrs Osbun and the family of girls and boys came to the county the following year, after the doctor had located here. " Page 14" "The Osbun farm was northeast of Fort Scott, across the Marmaton River bottom, near the military road running to Ft Leavenworth, KS." Page 152-153: "Dr. A. G. Osbun was elected president of the Bourbon county Agricultural Society in the summer of 1860. This society organized the first county fair on October 24 & 25, in 1860." Page 159-160: In 1859 a good crop of cane (sorghum) had been raised on the farm of Dr. A. G. Osbun. Few farmers at that time had sorghum seed and little had been planted.
Contributor: Karla Davis Stevens (48984504) • [email protected])
Albert G. Osbun was the author of "To California and the South Seas, the diary of Albert G. Osbun, 1849-1851." The book details his travels across the Isthmus of Panama, then by ship to California and finally sailing the South Seas. He also wrote a biography of his grandfather Samuel Osbun. a Revolutionary War soldier.
Albert Osbun and his family were in Kansas Territory, Bourbon County, at the time of the 1860 census. By the 1865 Kansas State Census, his wife, Elizabeth, was a widow. Most of this family is buried in Section 5 Lot 144 in unmarked graves. Albert G. Osbun is being added to this cemetery with reservation. All available family records and census records indicate he died in Bourbon County, KS, and since his family is in this cemetery, it is likely he is as well. If anyone has contradictory information, please advise.
Son Samuel Ross Osbun, married Mary McDonald, and had a son Albert G. Osbun born in Bourbon County, KS in 1882. By 1920 Albert G. Osbun and wife Clara and daughters Clarene and Katherine were in Finney County, KS. Living with them were Samuel R. and Mary Osbun. By 1930 Albert and his family were in Los Angeles County, CA. Mother Mary was still with them.
History of Bourbon county, Kansas, by T. F. Robley, published 1894, page 70: " Dr. A. G. Osbun came (to this county) in 1857. Dr. Osbun's sister Sarah married Governor Wilson Shannon as his second wife. Dr. Osbun took no active part in political affairs, but attended quietly to the duties of his profession. Mrs Osbun and the family of girls and boys came to the county the following year, after the doctor had located here. " Page 14" "The Osbun farm was northeast of Fort Scott, across the Marmaton River bottom, near the military road running to Ft Leavenworth, KS." Page 152-153: "Dr. A. G. Osbun was elected president of the Bourbon county Agricultural Society in the summer of 1860. This society organized the first county fair on October 24 & 25, in 1860." Page 159-160: In 1859 a good crop of cane (sorghum) had been raised on the farm of Dr. A. G. Osbun. Few farmers at that time had sorghum seed and little had been planted.
Contributor: Karla Davis Stevens (48984504) • [email protected])
Albert Gallatin Osbun was the son of Samuel Osbun and Hannah Ross. He married Elizabeth Frances Hawkins 30 Apr 1837 in Washington County, PA. Their known children from the 1860 census for Kansas Territory are Sally E., Samuel R., Charles H., Albert, Fanny, and William "Willie" H.
Albert G. Osbun was the author of "To California and the South Seas, the diary of Albert G. Osbun, 1849-1851." The book details his travels across the Isthmus of Panama, then by ship to California and finally sailing the South Seas. He also wrote a biography of his grandfather Samuel Osbun. a Revolutionary War soldier.
Albert Osbun and his family were in Kansas Territory, Bourbon County, at the time of the 1860 census. By the 1865 Kansas State Census, his wife, Elizabeth, was a widow. Most of this family is buried in Section 5 Lot 144 in unmarked graves. Albert G. Osbun is being added to this cemetery with reservation. All available family records and census records indicate he died in Bourbon County, KS, and since his family is in this cemetery, it is likely he is as well. If anyone has contradictory information, please advise.
Son Samuel Ross Osbun, married Mary McDonald, and had a son Albert G. Osbun born in Bourbon County, KS in 1882. By 1920 Albert G. Osbun and wife Clara and daughters Clarene and Katherine were in Finney County, KS. Living with them were Samuel R. and Mary Osbun. By 1930 Albert and his family were in Los Angeles County, CA. Mother Mary was still with them.
History of Bourbon county, Kansas, by T. F. Robley, published 1894, page 70: " Dr. A. G. Osbun came (to this county) in 1857. Dr. Osbun's sister Sarah married Governor Wilson Shannon as his second wife. Dr. Osbun took no active part in political affairs, but attended quietly to the duties of his profession. Mrs Osbun and the family of girls and boys came to the county the following year, after the doctor had located here. " Page 14" "The Osbun farm was northeast of Fort Scott, across the Marmaton River bottom, near the military road running to Ft Leavenworth, KS." Page 152-153: "Dr. A. G. Osbun was elected president of the Bourbon county Agricultural Society in the summer of 1860. This society organized the first county fair on October 24 & 25, in 1860." Page 159-160: In 1859 a good crop of cane (sorghum) had been raised on the farm of Dr. A. G. Osbun. Few farmers at that time had sorghum seed and little had been planted.
Contributor: Karla Davis Stevens (48984504) • [email protected])
Albert G. Osbun was the author of "To California and the South Seas, the diary of Albert G. Osbun, 1849-1851." The book details his travels across the Isthmus of Panama, then by ship to California and finally sailing the South Seas. He also wrote a biography of his grandfather Samuel Osbun. a Revolutionary War soldier.
Albert Osbun and his family were in Kansas Territory, Bourbon County, at the time of the 1860 census. By the 1865 Kansas State Census, his wife, Elizabeth, was a widow. Most of this family is buried in Section 5 Lot 144 in unmarked graves. Albert G. Osbun is being added to this cemetery with reservation. All available family records and census records indicate he died in Bourbon County, KS, and since his family is in this cemetery, it is likely he is as well. If anyone has contradictory information, please advise.
Son Samuel Ross Osbun, married Mary McDonald, and had a son Albert G. Osbun born in Bourbon County, KS in 1882. By 1920 Albert G. Osbun and wife Clara and daughters Clarene and Katherine were in Finney County, KS. Living with them were Samuel R. and Mary Osbun. By 1930 Albert and his family were in Los Angeles County, CA. Mother Mary was still with them.
History of Bourbon county, Kansas, by T. F. Robley, published 1894, page 70: " Dr. A. G. Osbun came (to this county) in 1857. Dr. Osbun's sister Sarah married Governor Wilson Shannon as his second wife. Dr. Osbun took no active part in political affairs, but attended quietly to the duties of his profession. Mrs Osbun and the family of girls and boys came to the county the following year, after the doctor had located here. " Page 14" "The Osbun farm was northeast of Fort Scott, across the Marmaton River bottom, near the military road running to Ft Leavenworth, KS." Page 152-153: "Dr. A. G. Osbun was elected president of the Bourbon county Agricultural Society in the summer of 1860. This society organized the first county fair on October 24 & 25, in 1860." Page 159-160: In 1859 a good crop of cane (sorghum) had been raised on the farm of Dr. A. G. Osbun. Few farmers at that time had sorghum seed and little had been planted.
Contributor: Karla Davis Stevens (48984504) • [email protected])
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