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Dr John Granville Osborne Sr.

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Dr John Granville Osborne Sr.

Birth
Washington County, Texas, USA
Death
23 Jan 1940 (aged 66)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.8893667, Longitude: -95.4567611
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S/O Granville Osborne, Granville was from Georgia & wife, Rachel Richardson whose birthplace was unknown at that time. Informant was Laura B Osborne, wife of Dr. J. G. Osborne, MD. (Texas Death Certificate#2818)

Dr Osborne was a medical physician and served as the sixth principal of Prairie View, whose tenure lasted from 1918 to 1925. The nursing division was established in 1918, and six buildings were added to the campus in 1924 and 1925: a veterinary hospital, science building, college exchange, elementary training school, home economics practice cottage, and music conservatory. The four-year senior college program was begun in 1919 and included training in vocational home economics, vocational agriculture, liberal arts, and mechanical arts.
S/O Granville Osborne, Granville was from Georgia & wife, Rachel Richardson whose birthplace was unknown at that time. Informant was Laura B Osborne, wife of Dr. J. G. Osborne, MD. (Texas Death Certificate#2818)

Dr Osborne was a medical physician and served as the sixth principal of Prairie View, whose tenure lasted from 1918 to 1925. The nursing division was established in 1918, and six buildings were added to the campus in 1924 and 1925: a veterinary hospital, science building, college exchange, elementary training school, home economics practice cottage, and music conservatory. The four-year senior college program was begun in 1919 and included training in vocational home economics, vocational agriculture, liberal arts, and mechanical arts.


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