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Jesse Osmond

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8 Dec 1870 (aged 56)
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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M 15/16
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Jesse Osmond was born July 16, 1814, to Jonathan and Sarah (Pitner) Osmond. He married Eliza Jamison in about 1836 in Delaware. They had nine children: Jesse Jr., Mary Ann, Martha "Mattie" Ellen, Delencia, George William, Sarah Ann, Charles B., Henry "Harry" Campbell, and Virginia "Jenny" Lee. He was a master builder and machinist and moved from Delaware to Augusta, GA, where he owned and operated a foundry called the American Foundry where he manufactured railroad boxcars, wagons, and such. He contracted with the Confederacy during the Civil War and made boxcars, ambulances, and wagons for the army. Copies of the contract and receipts and from the Confederacy confirm this, as one of them states payment of $10,000 for his manufactured wagons, etc. His two sons George William and Jesse Jr. served in the Civil war. He built a large home on Telfair Street in Augusta, Georgia, which still stands and is a gourmet restaurant, La Maison. He built a miniature train and railroad around his house for his children to ride. In 1860 the family was living in Savannah, GA on Jones Street. Five of the family members are buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta: Eliza, Delencia, Sarah Ann, Charles B., and George William. After Eliza died in Savannah, Jesse returned to Pennsylvania where he resided until his death in 1870.
Written by Jesse's great great granddaughter, Rebecca Ann Osmond Hold.
Jesse Osmond was born July 16, 1814, to Jonathan and Sarah (Pitner) Osmond. He married Eliza Jamison in about 1836 in Delaware. They had nine children: Jesse Jr., Mary Ann, Martha "Mattie" Ellen, Delencia, George William, Sarah Ann, Charles B., Henry "Harry" Campbell, and Virginia "Jenny" Lee. He was a master builder and machinist and moved from Delaware to Augusta, GA, where he owned and operated a foundry called the American Foundry where he manufactured railroad boxcars, wagons, and such. He contracted with the Confederacy during the Civil War and made boxcars, ambulances, and wagons for the army. Copies of the contract and receipts and from the Confederacy confirm this, as one of them states payment of $10,000 for his manufactured wagons, etc. His two sons George William and Jesse Jr. served in the Civil war. He built a large home on Telfair Street in Augusta, Georgia, which still stands and is a gourmet restaurant, La Maison. He built a miniature train and railroad around his house for his children to ride. In 1860 the family was living in Savannah, GA on Jones Street. Five of the family members are buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta: Eliza, Delencia, Sarah Ann, Charles B., and George William. After Eliza died in Savannah, Jesse returned to Pennsylvania where he resided until his death in 1870.
Written by Jesse's great great granddaughter, Rebecca Ann Osmond Hold.

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This listing comes from cemetery records. No stone exists. 56 years old. From London Britain Township. Address of New London Presbyterian Church is 1986 Newark Rd., New London, PA.

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