Chattahoochee County GaArchives Biographies.....Osteen, Wm. B. unknown - living in 1933
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Author: N. K. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Osteen

    Wm. B. Osteen Sr. a grandson of one of the first settleds of Sand Town
(later Cusseta) is a citizen of that type who always works for the best
interests of the place where they live. His grandfather Jesse Osteen gave the
lot upon which the court house now stands The early records show that this
pioneer was constantly buying and selling real estate when this country was
first settled.

  His son, Gabriel Morris Osteen, father of subject of this sketch, was a
veteran of the War Between the States; was in Capt. A. H. Flewellen's Company,
composed of men from both Georgia and Alabama.

    William, another son of Jesse Osteen, was a Baptist preacher. Mr. John
Osteen of Columbus (a brother of Wm. B. Osteen) says Jesse Osteen had a brother
who settled first at Cuthbert, Ga. and later moved to Mississippi, and that
another brother remained in North Carolina. The census of 1790 for North
Carolina gives names of Jesse, David, and Samuel Osteen in Newbern District,
Carteret County.

    One of the streets of Cusseta is named for this pioneer family, who have
aided in its development continuously.

    Wm. B. Osteen was the efficient clerk of the court for twenty years and has
served the Democratic party in various conventions. At present he is a merchant
in Cusseta.

    He has been one of the strongest supporters of the Methodist Church at
Cusseta for many years.

    Mrs. W. B. Osteen, who was Miss Stella Hollis, daughter of Marlin T. (Doc)
and Mary Duncan Hollis, has a distinctive personality, which would make her a
personage in any assembly. Her devotion to her family and her love for the
beauties of nature are among her out-standing characteristics. Her yard is
always an attractive place with its succession of flowers peculiar to the seasons.

    Mrs. Osteen's grandfather John S. Duncan, one of the most honorable citizens
of this county in antebellum days, was the second man to represent Chattahochee
County in the legislature of the state, and was senator in 1860-61 when he died.

    Mr. and Mrs. Osteen have only one son, Belmont D., who resides in Columbus.
He possesses inventive genius and is skillful in the application of his talent.
He has several children among them W. B. Osteen II.

    The lives of Mr. and Mrs. Osteen have meant much to the business,
educational and religious life of the community.

    Mrs. Osteen died Aug. 21, 1933.


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HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

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COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.

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