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John Osborn

Birth	:	28 Nov 1801 Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	2 May 1874 Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Economy Cemetery, Economy, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9832993, -85.0942001
Plot	:	Row 14-30
Description	:	MOTHER: Sarah Newman, 1773 – 1812 FATHER: Charles Osborn, 1775 – 1850 WIFE: Rachel Johnson 1816 – 1895 MARRIED: May 9, 1833, Wayne County, IN CHILDREN: Amanda M Osborn 1834 – 1835 Emily Osborn 1837 – 1855 Elam Osborn, 1838 – 1917 Ellen Osborn, 1843 – Josiah Osborn, 1846 – 1892 Sarah Zerelda Osborn, 1853 – 1883 Martha Osborn, 1855 – 1. 1860 United States Federal Census Name: John Osborn Age in 1860: 58 Birth Year: abt 1802 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Economy, Wayne, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Economy Value of real estate: 300 Household Members: Name Age John Osborn 58 Nurseryman Rachael Osborn 44 Elen Osborn 21 Carpenter Josiah Osborn... Read More	MOTHER: Sarah Newman, 1773 – 1812 FATHER: Charles Osborn, 1775 – 1850 WIFE: Rachel Johnson 1816 – 1895 MARRIED: May 9, 1833, Wayne County, IN CHILDREN: Amanda M Osborn 1834 – 1835 Emily Osborn 1837 – 1855 Elam Osborn, 1838 – 1917 Ellen Osborn, 1843 – Josiah Osborn, 1846 – 1892 Sarah Zerelda Osborn, 1853 – 1883 Martha Osborn, 1855 – 1. 1860 United States Federal Census Name: John Osborn Age in 1860: 58 Birth Year: abt 1802 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Economy, Wayne, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Economy Value of real estate: 300 Household Members: Name Age John Osborn 58 Nurseryman Rachael Osborn 44 Elen Osborn 21 Carpenter Josiah Osborn 14 Zerelba Osborn 7 Martha Osborn 4 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Economy, Wayne, Indiana; Roll: M653_308; Page: 325; Image: 326; Family History Library Film: 803308. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 2. Bio. of John Osborn-1215 History of Wayne County, Indiana, Vol. II, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing Co., 1884. Page 707. (Perry Township) (transcript) John Osborn, son of Charles and Sarah (Newman) Osborn, was born in Knox County, Tenn., Nov. 28, 1801. His early life was passed with his parents, and, like all children of early pioneers, his educational advantages were limited. His innate desire for knowledge, especially for the sciences, overcame all difficulties, and while other boys were spending their leisure hours in sport he was spending his in study. Acquiring a thorough knowledge of mathematics and natural science and a fair acquaintance of literature and art, with but little aid from schools, he did not appreciate the value of institutions of learning. He studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Carroll, first in Richmond and going with him to St. Clairsville, Ohio. He completed his studies but never practiced, giving as a reason that it did not deserve the name of a science as medicine was so uncertain in its effects. He turned his attention wholly to the culture of fruit and to the nursery business. To him, more than any other man, does Wayne County owe the reputation she also has had for nearly fifty years, of the quality of her fruit. Before starting his nursery in Economy, in 1833, he walked to Long Island and back again, to obtain the best varieties of fruit grown in the East, carrying the cuttings in his hand; and in grafting did not lose a single variety. After testing them, if he became convinced that any variety was not suited to this section he rejected it. He was also particular to whom he sold trees, saying he wished to sell only to those who would take care of and be benefited by them. His close observation enabled him to tell one variety of tree from another as readily as a backwoodsman distinguishes the different forest trees. Not only Indiana, but Michigan, Illinois and Iowa are largely indebted to him for fine fruit trees. He took pleasure in studying the laws that govern the growth of vegetables and plants, cultivating them year after year to obtain a particular variety. For forty years prior to his death he kept a meteorological record, making three observations a day, and requested his family to keep it ten years longer. His son Josiah is carrying out his wishes. Valuable geological specimens collected by him are still in the possession of his family. Mr. Osborn was married May 9, 1933, to Rachel, daughter of Josiah and Polly Johnson, of Dover, Wayne Co., Ind. Seven children were born to them -- Amanda M., born Jan. 30, 1834, died Jan. 4, 1835; Emily, born Jan. 23, 1837; married Elisha Wright; died Oct. 24, 1855; Elim, born Dec. 16, 1838, is a resident of Economy; Ellen, born Dec. 8, 1843, married Robert Haxton; Josiah, born Jan. 19, 1846, also a resident of Economy; Sarah Zerelda, born July 15, 1853, married Benjamin Limming, July 18, 1881, and died Feb. 14, 1883; Martha, born Nov. 30, 1855. Mr. Osborn died May 2, 1874. His widow still resides in Economy.

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John Osborn's memorial is located at: Economy Cemetery, Economy, Wayne County, USA.
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John Osborn death on 2 May 1874 in Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 39.9832993
Longitude: -85.0942001

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Rachel Johnson Osborn

(1817 - 1895)

Siblings

Josiah Osborn

(1800 - 1862)

Elijah Osborn

(1807 - 1886)

Cynthia Osborn Sigerfoos

(1815 - 1851)

Anna B. Osborn East

(1830 - 1907)

Children

Elim Madison Osborn

(1838 - 1917)

Josiah Osborn

(1846 - 1892)

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