BIO: WILLIAM F. & SARAH WOODS OSBORN - Jefferson Co., KY 

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WILLIAM F. OSBORN, general merchant and manufacturer of the Hindostan oilstone and 
sandstone, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2, 1834, a son of Thomas J. and 
Eleanor (Ent) Osborne, who were natives respectively of New York and New Jersey, and 
of English-German descent.  When three years old William F. was taken by his parents 
to Louisville, Ky., where he was principally raised and educated.  From 1851 to 1854 
he served an apprenticeship at the hatter's trade in silk, and in 1855 was a delegate 
to the first silk hat convention held in the United States at Cincinnati.  In 1862 he 
began in business for himself at Louisville, continuing until 1866, when he came to 
Orange County, Ind., and settled at West Baden Springs, where he remained until 1873. 
 He there engaged in the manufacture of the Hindostan oil and sandstone, which he has 
ever since continued, and in 1883 shipped 2,439 cases of this article.  Mr. Osborn is 
a Democrat, a Free Mason, an Odd Fellow, and he and wife belong to the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.  To the marriage of Mr. Osborn and Miss Sarah Woods, of Louisville,
three children have been born, named:  Thomas E., Mary G. and Prather.  Mr. Osborn in 
President of the Fourth Indiana Sunday-school District, composed of Harrison, Crawford 
and Orange Counties.

HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  GOODSPEED BROS. 1884