Parents were Isaac and Sarah (Pardee) Osborn. They were born in 1789 and 1792, respectively. Isaac was robbed and murdered during a trading trip from Indiana to New Orleans in about 1826. Sarah died in 1871. These dates are included in Chase Salmon Osborn's DAR application.
“…Dr. George A. and Margaret A. (Fannon) Osborn, the former of whom was born at Madison, Jefferson county, Indiana, on the 28th of February, 1823, and the latter at Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 30th of April, 1829, a daughter of John Fannon, who was a native of Virginia and whose father was born in the north of Ireland…
Dr. George A. Osborn passed the greater part of his youth in Ohio but his educational training was completed by a course in the University of Indiana. In his native state also he prepared himself for his chosen profession, and he long held precedence as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the Hoosier state. He was a stanch abolitionist during the climacteric period leading up to the Civil war and did much to further the work of he historic “underground railroad,” by means of which many slaves were assisted to freedom. He joined the Republican party at the time of its organization and ever afterward continued a stalwart advocate of his principles, though he never sought or desired public office. He was a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments and his character was the positive expression of a strong and noble nature. He passed the closing years of his life in the city of South Bend, Indiana, where he was long engaged in the practice of his profession and where his death occurred in the year 1902. His wife is now living in South Bend. Concerning their children the following brief data are entered: Eugene B. is a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Stephen P. is a successful farmer and stock-grower of St. Joseph county, Indiana; Emma is the wife of David N. Reed, of Lafayette, Indiana; Georgiana is the wife of Frederick W. Brown, deceased; Chase S. is the [Governor of the state of Michigan]; Horace E. is a resident of Jackson, Michigan; Charles R. is engaged in business at Jackson, Michigan; and William D. is identified with business interests at South Bend, Indiana.” – From “A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People” written by Alvah L. Sawyer and published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1911.
George and Margaret had another daughter, Georgiana "Anna," Osborn born in September 1854. She married Frederic W. Brown (memorial # 139089793). He worked as a Post Office clerk in Indiana and then became a bookkeeper/attorney in Chicago connected with the Armour Meat Packing Company. Anna and Frederic had a daughter, Georgiana Brown, born in July 1888. The Cook County, Illinois death index reports she died on 22 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was to be buried at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Information shared by Joni Holmquest, member # 50235253.
“…Dr. George A. and Margaret A. (Fannon) Osborn, the former of whom was born at Madison, Jefferson county, Indiana, on the 28th of February, 1823, and the latter at Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 30th of April, 1829, a daughter of John Fannon, who was a native of Virginia and whose father was born in the north of Ireland…
Dr. George A. Osborn passed the greater part of his youth in Ohio but his educational training was completed by a course in the University of Indiana. In his native state also he prepared himself for his chosen profession, and he long held precedence as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the Hoosier state. He was a stanch abolitionist during the climacteric period leading up to the Civil war and did much to further the work of he historic “underground railroad,” by means of which many slaves were assisted to freedom. He joined the Republican party at the time of its organization and ever afterward continued a stalwart advocate of his principles, though he never sought or desired public office. He was a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments and his character was the positive expression of a strong and noble nature. He passed the closing years of his life in the city of South Bend, Indiana, where he was long engaged in the practice of his profession and where his death occurred in the year 1902. His wife is now living in South Bend. Concerning their children the following brief data are entered: Eugene B. is a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Stephen P. is a successful farmer and stock-grower of St. Joseph county, Indiana; Emma is the wife of David N. Reed, of Lafayette, Indiana; Georgiana is the wife of Frederick W. Brown, deceased; Chase S. is the [Governor of the state of Michigan]; Horace E. is a resident of Jackson, Michigan; Charles R. is engaged in business at Jackson, Michigan; and William D. is identified with business interests at South Bend, Indiana.” – From “A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People” written by Alvah L. Sawyer and published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1911.
George and Margaret had another daughter, Georgiana "Anna," Osborn born in September 1854. She married Frederic W. Brown (memorial # 139089793). He worked as a Post Office clerk in Indiana and then became a bookkeeper/attorney in Chicago connected with the Armour Meat Packing Company. Anna and Frederic had a daughter, Georgiana Brown, born in July 1888. The Cook County, Illinois death index reports she died on 22 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was to be buried at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Information shared by Joni Holmquest, member # 50235253.
Parents were Isaac and Sarah (Pardee) Osborn. They were born in 1789 and 1792, respectively. Isaac was robbed and murdered during a trading trip from Indiana to New Orleans in about 1826. Sarah died in 1871. These dates are included in Chase Salmon Osborn's DAR application.
“…Dr. George A. and Margaret A. (Fannon) Osborn, the former of whom was born at Madison, Jefferson county, Indiana, on the 28th of February, 1823, and the latter at Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 30th of April, 1829, a daughter of John Fannon, who was a native of Virginia and whose father was born in the north of Ireland…
Dr. George A. Osborn passed the greater part of his youth in Ohio but his educational training was completed by a course in the University of Indiana. In his native state also he prepared himself for his chosen profession, and he long held precedence as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the Hoosier state. He was a stanch abolitionist during the climacteric period leading up to the Civil war and did much to further the work of he historic “underground railroad,” by means of which many slaves were assisted to freedom. He joined the Republican party at the time of its organization and ever afterward continued a stalwart advocate of his principles, though he never sought or desired public office. He was a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments and his character was the positive expression of a strong and noble nature. He passed the closing years of his life in the city of South Bend, Indiana, where he was long engaged in the practice of his profession and where his death occurred in the year 1902. His wife is now living in South Bend. Concerning their children the following brief data are entered: Eugene B. is a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Stephen P. is a successful farmer and stock-grower of St. Joseph county, Indiana; Emma is the wife of David N. Reed, of Lafayette, Indiana; Georgiana is the wife of Frederick W. Brown, deceased; Chase S. is the [Governor of the state of Michigan]; Horace E. is a resident of Jackson, Michigan; Charles R. is engaged in business at Jackson, Michigan; and William D. is identified with business interests at South Bend, Indiana.” – From “A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People” written by Alvah L. Sawyer and published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1911.
George and Margaret had another daughter, Georgiana "Anna," Osborn born in September 1854. She married Frederic W. Brown (memorial # 139089793). He worked as a Post Office clerk in Indiana and then became a bookkeeper/attorney in Chicago connected with the Armour Meat Packing Company. Anna and Frederic had a daughter, Georgiana Brown, born in July 1888. The Cook County, Illinois death index reports she died on 22 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was to be buried at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Information shared by Joni Holmquest, member # 50235253.
“…Dr. George A. and Margaret A. (Fannon) Osborn, the former of whom was born at Madison, Jefferson county, Indiana, on the 28th of February, 1823, and the latter at Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 30th of April, 1829, a daughter of John Fannon, who was a native of Virginia and whose father was born in the north of Ireland…
Dr. George A. Osborn passed the greater part of his youth in Ohio but his educational training was completed by a course in the University of Indiana. In his native state also he prepared himself for his chosen profession, and he long held precedence as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the Hoosier state. He was a stanch abolitionist during the climacteric period leading up to the Civil war and did much to further the work of he historic “underground railroad,” by means of which many slaves were assisted to freedom. He joined the Republican party at the time of its organization and ever afterward continued a stalwart advocate of his principles, though he never sought or desired public office. He was a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments and his character was the positive expression of a strong and noble nature. He passed the closing years of his life in the city of South Bend, Indiana, where he was long engaged in the practice of his profession and where his death occurred in the year 1902. His wife is now living in South Bend. Concerning their children the following brief data are entered: Eugene B. is a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Stephen P. is a successful farmer and stock-grower of St. Joseph county, Indiana; Emma is the wife of David N. Reed, of Lafayette, Indiana; Georgiana is the wife of Frederick W. Brown, deceased; Chase S. is the [Governor of the state of Michigan]; Horace E. is a resident of Jackson, Michigan; Charles R. is engaged in business at Jackson, Michigan; and William D. is identified with business interests at South Bend, Indiana.” – From “A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its People” written by Alvah L. Sawyer and published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1911.
George and Margaret had another daughter, Georgiana "Anna," Osborn born in September 1854. She married Frederic W. Brown (memorial # 139089793). He worked as a Post Office clerk in Indiana and then became a bookkeeper/attorney in Chicago connected with the Armour Meat Packing Company. Anna and Frederic had a daughter, Georgiana Brown, born in July 1888. The Cook County, Illinois death index reports she died on 22 September 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was to be buried at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Information shared by Joni Holmquest, member # 50235253.
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