William was born in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York on September 15, 1837 and was part of "an old and substantial family of that state." He belongs to a family whose members have participated in every conflict of this great nation from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American war. His father, Lemuel Osmun, was a farmer. Mr. Ozman was educated in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, and at the age of seventeen began teaching school in Steuben County, New York. On August 10, 1862, he enlisted at Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, in Company G, 109th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, under Col. B. F. Tracy and Capt. A. W. Knettles. His company and regiment were sent to join the Army of the Potomac. After being at Washington for a time he, with his regiment, was sent on to participate in the Petersburg and Richmond campaign under General Grant, and took part in many battles and skirmishes during that fierce struggle to capture Robert E. Lee.
He received an honorable discharge with the regiment on June 25, 1863, having served in the Civil War for nearly three years, and returned home to Tompkins County. While he was stationed in Washington D.C., during the war, he met Miss. Mary A. Phillips, who was born in Monmouthshire, England, in 1840, and on December 25, 1866, William Lemuel Ozman was married to Miss. Mary A. Phillips, in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Immediately after their marriage they settled in Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, where they continued to live until June of 1871. He moved with his family on July 14, 1871 to Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. William Lemuel Ozman died at the Nebraska Veteran's Home on January 12, 1924.
William L. Ozman is reported to have said a few weeks before he died, "My father was Lemuel Osmun and my grandfather was John Osmun." In his obituary it states that he comes from a family, "whose members have participated in every conflict of this great nation from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American War."
William(Willie) Lemuel Osmun [Ozman] (1837-1924) also spoke of visiting his Uncle Samuel [Cunningham] and Uncle [George] Washington [Cunningham]. These two uncles were his mother's brothers.
William was born in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York on September 15, 1837 and was part of "an old and substantial family of that state." He belongs to a family whose members have participated in every conflict of this great nation from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American war. His father, Lemuel Osmun, was a farmer. Mr. Ozman was educated in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, and at the age of seventeen began teaching school in Steuben County, New York. On August 10, 1862, he enlisted at Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, in Company G, 109th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, under Col. B. F. Tracy and Capt. A. W. Knettles. His company and regiment were sent to join the Army of the Potomac. After being at Washington for a time he, with his regiment, was sent on to participate in the Petersburg and Richmond campaign under General Grant, and took part in many battles and skirmishes during that fierce struggle to capture Robert E. Lee.
He received an honorable discharge with the regiment on June 25, 1863, having served in the Civil War for nearly three years, and returned home to Tompkins County. While he was stationed in Washington D.C., during the war, he met Miss. Mary A. Phillips, who was born in Monmouthshire, England, in 1840, and on December 25, 1866, William Lemuel Ozman was married to Miss. Mary A. Phillips, in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Immediately after their marriage they settled in Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, where they continued to live until June of 1871. He moved with his family on July 14, 1871 to Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. William Lemuel Ozman died at the Nebraska Veteran's Home on January 12, 1924.
William L. Ozman is reported to have said a few weeks before he died, "My father was Lemuel Osmun and my grandfather was John Osmun." In his obituary it states that he comes from a family, "whose members have participated in every conflict of this great nation from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American War."
William(Willie) Lemuel Osmun [Ozman] (1837-1924) also spoke of visiting his Uncle Samuel [Cunningham] and Uncle [George] Washington [Cunningham]. These two uncles were his mother's brothers.
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