Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Osborn, W. M. 1823 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   W. M. Osborn, farmer, Covington, is a native of Indiana, and was born March
9, 1823. He is the son of Jesse and Margaret (Orr) Osborn, who became residents
of Fountain county in 1824. They settled on the prairie in Troy township which
has since become known as Osborn's prairie. There he entered and bought 480
acres of land. In 1839 he moved to Missouri, where he died in 1845. Mrs.
Osborn's death occurred in 1847. The subject of this sketch returned to Fountain
county, and in 1845 married Miss Mary E., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth
Dickens, who were early and prominent pioneers of Fountain county. They have a
family of seven children: Margaret, wife of A. De Haven; Effie, wife of I. M.
Brown; Homer, America, Josephine, Edward and Emma. Mr. Osborn has one of the
finest farms in the county, consisting of 540 acres. He has held the office of
county commissioner for a term of four years, and is a man of energy and
enterprise, as was also his father, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and
who was probably the only survivor of the American troops that were engaged in
the battle of River Reason.

Additional Comments:
Troy Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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