Alameda-Modoc-Shasta County CA Archives Biographies.....Osborne, J. W. 1856 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

J. W. OSBORNE, a blacksmith and wheelwright at Sunol, was born near Barrie,
Canada, February 22, 1856, where he grew up to years of manhood. His parents,
Edward and Elizabeth (White) Osborne, were both natives of England. He came from
Canada into the United States in 1872, settling first in the State of Nevada,
where he learned his trade and remained until 1879. He next followed his
vocation two years in Washington Territory, and then until 1884 in Umatilla
County, Oregon; and then about three years in Modoc County, this State. In 1887
he went to Shasta County for a year, and in the spring of 1889 he finally
settled at his present place, where he is prospering in his calling. He was
married at Weston, Oregon, July 3i, 1881, to Miss Frances Ferguson, a native of
Iowa, and they have three children—Emma J., Eunice J. and William C.

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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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