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John W. Osborn

Birth	:	1832
Death	:	1906
Burial	:	Clarinda Mental Health Institute Cemetery, Clarinda, Page County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7547130, -95.0424799
Plot	:	WPA loc. gr. 5, lot 86, blk. 1
Description	:	NOTE: Information from the microfilm of the 1940 WPA Graves Registration cards. ********************* John W Osborn Among the old families of Starke County who still have descendants, usefully and prominently identified with citizenship, there is probably none that can claim longer residence than the Osborns. More than three score and ten years have passed since they first found homes in this county, and as pioneers they gave more than ordinary sacrifices in the building and establishment of homes, and in the later period their lives have been led along the paths of quiet industry and prosperity and as farmers and good citizens they... Read More	NOTE: Information from the microfilm of the 1940 WPA Graves Registration cards. ********************* John W Osborn Among the old families of Starke County who still have descendants, usefully and prominently identified with citizenship, there is probably none that can claim longer residence than the Osborns. More than three score and ten years have passed since they first found homes in this county, and as pioneers they gave more than ordinary sacrifices in the building and establishment of homes, and in the later period their lives have been led along the paths of quiet industry and prosperity and as farmers and good citizens they have done their full share for the enrichment of community life. Special attention is directed to the late John W Osborn, who for many years was one of the leading farmers and citizens of North Bend Township, and whose son, George Osborn, now lives in section 12 of that township. John Wesley Osborn was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January 23, 1832. His parents were George M and Anna (Hall) Osborn. His father was born in Pennsylvania, January 30, 1802, and died at Eagle Lake, in Starke County, July 15, 1845. The mother was born in 1804, probably in Ohio, and died April 25, 1845, at Eagle Lake. During their residence in Delaware County all their children were born, and in 1840 George M Osborn brought his family out to Starke County, locating at Eagle Lake in what is now Washington Township. The Osborns gave the name to that body of water, on account of the large number of eagles found nesting about its shores. Their settlement there preceded the organization of Starke County by a number of years, and their outlook for several years was over a landscape of almost unbroken wilderness, forest, lake, marshes and sandy ridges. Only five families at that time comprised the total population of what is now Starke County. All the land was wild, some in prairie, other parts covered with timber, and a portion under water. It was a mighty task to turn the virgin sod, fell the forest trees and drain the swamps, and yet these old time pioneers so prominently represented by the Osborn family proved equal to overcoming the obstacles which lay in their path. While the members of the earliest generation did not live to see all their hopes materialized, they laid the foundation upon which their successors have built prosperity and have continued lives of influence and usefulness. George M Osborn and wife are both buried near Eagle Lake, having died when little past middle life. They were both church people, and possessed the sterling traits of pioneers. To those generations of the family now living many stories are preserved of the old times in Starke County, when the family lived in log cabin homes, and when the Indians were frequent visitors and almost as numerous as civilized men. After arriving in Starke County the head of the family walked through the woods, blazing a trail as he went, thirty miles to Winamac, the seat of the land office, in order to enter the land. In plowing and in all farm work they used oxen, but aside from the needs of home consumption there was little market for grain, and what surplus they had was taken by wagon over the rough roads to Michigan City. The diet of those early settlers consisted largely of wild game and fish, with coarse meal for bread, and much of the fruit was supplied from the wild bushes growing in the woods. The Osborn family had their farm improvement well under way before many neighbors came, and the community became fairly well settled, introducing the institutions of the school and the church. After the death of George M Osborn and wife their oldest son, William, who is now living at the age of eighty-seven in Culver, took the responsibilities of head of the family. John W Osborn at the time the family arrived in Starke County was only eight years of age. Later as the other sons grew up they moved into North Bend Township, and secured new and much better land than their father had settled among the sand dunes about Eagle Lake. All the four sons entered Government land, acquired good farms, and because of their priority of settlement in North Bend Township the locality was long known as the Osborn Neighborhood. The greater part of the land acquired by these pioneers, divided among several farms, is still in the Osborn family. John W Osborn located his farm on sections 11 and 12. His first habitation was a log cabin, similar to the other buildings erected by his brothers and neighbors, and he cut down the trees to open up a garden spot, and gradually, year after year, extended the area of cultivation until the greater part of his land was available for crops. He planted a large number of fruit trees, and his was one of the first orchards in the township, and an old pear tree, which is said to have been the first planted in the county, is still standing on the farm. John W Osborn was a man of progressive ideas, thrifty and business like in his management, and in a few years was able to supplant the log house with a commodious eight-room dwelling that for a number of years was regarded as the best mansion in that locality. This old landmark, built more than forty years ago, is still in use, and one of the best built structures in the township. It has been the center of associations for the family of John W Osborn through more than a generation, and it stands as a monument to his enterprise. John W Osborn finally retired from farming and spent some ten or twelve years before his death at Culver, where he died September 11, 1906. John W Osborn was married in North Bend Township, November 13, 1853, to Sarah Mischler. She was born November 13, 1834, in Canada, and was still a young girl when her parents came to Indiana, and most of her years until marriage were spent in Starke County. She is still living, at the venerable age of eighty, and has her home with her son George. She is a member of the Methodist Church and her husband was of the same faith and was also reared in a democratic household, but throughout most of his career was a republican. During the war John W Osborn was one of Starke County's gallant soldiers, going out as a member of Company E in the Fifty-second Regiment of Indiana Infantry in 1861, and remaining in the service until his honorable discharge on July 25, 1865. He was assigned to service in the pioneer corps, was with Sherman's army in its campaigns up to Atlanta and from that time on the march to the sea, and his chief work was in buidiiig bridges for the army on its advance through Confederate territory. He escaped unhurt, and for many years was an active member of the Grand Army Post at Culver. Politically he did much service in behalf of his friends, but never sought any office for himself. John W Osborn and wife became the parents of eleven children, and seven of them are still living. & son .... George W Osborn, the fourth of the family, was born on the farm that is still his home June 30, 1862. He grew up in this vicinity, and the most interesting associations of his entire life are about the old homestead that was established in North Bend Township in pioneer times. He acquired his education in the common schools, and after his marriage went west to South Dakota, entered land from the Government, and in turn had his share of pioneering in a new country. He lived in that state seven years, spent a year in Nebraska, and for five years was a resident in Hamlet in Starke County. Since his return to the old homestead on sections 11 and 12, in North Bend Township, he has actively prosecuted his business as a farmer, and now owns 300 acres of splendidly improved and valuable lands. He grows all kinds of grain, keeps good stock, and is one of the most substantial men of the community. Mr Osborn was married in Washington Township, of Starke County, April 6, 1884, to Miss Ella Lenora Leighty. She was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 9, 1867, and was a girl when her parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Harp) Leighty, came to Starke County. Her parents were both natives of Ohio but were of German parentage. They were Ohio farmers and followed the same business in Starke County, but spent their last years in Culver. Mrs Osborn's father died there December 28, 1913, at the age of eighty-three, and her mother passed away February 12, 1914, aged seventy-eight. Her mother's death was caused by asphyxiation from the fiunes of a base-burner stove. Mr and Mrs Osborn are the parents of two children: Clarence, born February 26, 1885, was educated in the public schools of his home township, and is now one of the progressive young farmers of the county; Maybelle E, born in South Dakota, was reared in Starke County and completed a thorough musical education and is one of the popular members of the younger social circles in her community. Mr Osborn is a republican in politics. A Standard History of Starke County, Indiana: An Suthentic Narrative of the Past with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country Vol I Joseph N McCormick 1889

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John W. Osborn's memorial is located at: Clarinda Mental Health Institute Cemetery, Clarinda, Page County, USA.
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Latitude: 40.7547130
Longitude: -95.0424799

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Sarah Mishler Osborn

(1834 - 1916)

Siblings

Lucy Osborn

(1824 - 1866)

Eliza Osborn Turnbull

(1830 - 1917)

Samuel Osborn

(1840 - 1932)

Children

Anne E. Osborn

(1869 - 1871)

Della S Osborn

(1874 - 1897)

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