Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Osmon, Joseph H 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

OSMON, Joseph H. - When Grundy County land is worked properly it yields large 
profits to the owner and enables him in time to retire from the activities of 
life. One of the men who early appreciated this fact and conducted his farming 
operations intelligently and successfully is Joseph H. Osmon of Morris. He was 
born in Big Grove Township, Kendall County, Ill., March 30, 1869, a son of 
Osmon and Helen (Hill) Osmon, natives of Norway and Kendall County, Ill., 
respectively. When the father was six years old, he was brought to this 
country by his parents, who settled near Streator, but later moved to Kendall 
County. The mother’s people, John and Susan (Anderson) Hill, were also natives 
of Norway, who came to Kendall County, being among the first of their 
nationality to locate in that locality and enter land. The parents of Joseph 
H. Osmon married in LaSalle County, and settling in Big Grove Township, 
Kendall County, lived there until 1890. In that year, they came to Morris, 
where the father died in July, 1902, but the mother survives, making her home 
in Morris.

Joseph H. Osmon had more educational advantages than many farmer boys, for 
after going to the district schools, he attended the public schools of Lisbon 
and the Normal school of Morris. Until his marriage, he lived with his 
parents, but at that time farmed for himself for a year in Kendall County, and 
then moved to Nettle Creek Township, Grundy County. In 1902, he went to 
Saratoga Township, on a farm owned by his mother, where he remained until 
1907, and then came to Morris. He still owns land and has farming interests in 
Illinois, as well as property in Roberts County, S. D., where he spends his 
summers, living during the winter at Morris. He rents his farming land, having 
retired from active participation in the work of operation.

On September 17, 1890, Mr. Osmon married Celia Marvick, born in Nettle Creek 
Township, daughter of Cevick and Lorenzo (Noadland) Marvick, natives of 
Norway, who were married in La Salle County, Ill. Three years later, they came 
to Nettle Creek Township, but since 1906, they have lived at Story City, Iowa. 
Mr. and Mrs. Osmon became the parents of the following children: Viola, who 
was born December 13, 1892, married Ray Bannon and they live at Morris, Ill.; 
Earl, who was born May 16, 1897, and Russell, who was born March 12, 1900, are 
both at home. The family belongs to the Norwegian Lutheran Church. A 
Republican, Mr. Osmon served as supervisor of Nettle Creek Township for two 
terms, and was a good official. He has also been school director, and displays 
in his conduct of public affairs the same wise judgment and conscientious 
action which characterize his conduct of his private business.

pages 879-880

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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