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Edmund Bush Osborn

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Edmund Bush Osborn

Birth
Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Death
7 Feb 1915 (aged 78)
Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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History of Wayne County, Indiana, Vol. II, Chicago, Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1884. Page 707. (Perry Township) (transcript)

Edmund B. Osborn was born in the house where he now lives, Nov. 4, 1836, the youngest son of Isaiah and Lydia (Worth) Osborn. He was reared a farmer and was educated in the schools of Perry Township. When he was nine years old his father died, and his mother subsequently married again. He was married Dec. 12, 1867, to Mary E. Rinehart, daughter of Charles and Mary Rinehart. They have had four children -- Charles A., Lydia E., Mary V. and Lloyd Garrison. Mr. Osborn has been a successful farmer, and has surrounded his family with all the comforts fo life. He is an ardent worker in the temperance cause, never having used tobacco in any form, drank a glass of liquor nor tasted a drop of whiskey; has not tasted coffed for more than thirty years, neither has there been a cup of it made in his house since he was married except for visitors or work hands. Milk he uses, and advocates the use of the same. He was raised a Friend or Quaker, but is a Freethinker or Materialist.
History of Wayne County, Indiana, Vol. II, Chicago, Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1884. Page 707. (Perry Township) (transcript)

Edmund B. Osborn was born in the house where he now lives, Nov. 4, 1836, the youngest son of Isaiah and Lydia (Worth) Osborn. He was reared a farmer and was educated in the schools of Perry Township. When he was nine years old his father died, and his mother subsequently married again. He was married Dec. 12, 1867, to Mary E. Rinehart, daughter of Charles and Mary Rinehart. They have had four children -- Charles A., Lydia E., Mary V. and Lloyd Garrison. Mr. Osborn has been a successful farmer, and has surrounded his family with all the comforts fo life. He is an ardent worker in the temperance cause, never having used tobacco in any form, drank a glass of liquor nor tasted a drop of whiskey; has not tasted coffed for more than thirty years, neither has there been a cup of it made in his house since he was married except for visitors or work hands. Milk he uses, and advocates the use of the same. He was raised a Friend or Quaker, but is a Freethinker or Materialist.


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