Cumberland-Androscoggin County ME Archives Biographies.....Osgood, John Duran 1819 - 1882
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Author: Everett S. Stackpole

   JOHN DURAN OSGOOD, son of David and Elsie (Duran) Osgood, was born in Durham,
Me., June 8, 1819. His grandfather, Nathaniel Osgood, having served as a soldier
in the War of the Revolution, came from Salisbury, Mass., his native place, to
Durham about 1790, and was one of the founders of the Osgood family in the
latter town.

   John D. Osgood attended the public schools of Durham, and in addition to the
education thus received, he acquired a well trained mind by his wide reading.

   He married, in 1849, Sarah A., daughter of Barzillai Richards of Durham, and
settled on the homestead farm on the county road, near the Freeport line, where
he resided until the death of his wife, in 1867. He then sold his farm, and for
several years had no settled home, but visited other parts of the state and
country, spending two or three years in Boston, from which city he went to
Raymond, Me., in 1875.

   He married Mrs. Emeline Nash of that place, in 1877, and lived there until
his death, Aug. 27, 1882.

   He served repeatedly as one of the selectmen of Durham and also as
representative to the legislature in 1871.

   He was a man of sound judgment, very conscientious, and highly respected as a
citizen. The honors he received from his townsmen were not of his own seeking.

   In 1868 he joined the Methodist Church at West Durham, and was also a member
of Acacia Lodge No. 121, F. & A. M.

   He sleeps in the little cemetery on the Pownal road, beside the wife of his
youth, and with them rest their first born son and their only daughter.

   Two sons survive him, both residents of Boston.


Additional Comments:

Part of Chapter IX.
A FEW OUT OF MANY

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE
WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES.

BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE.

PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN.

LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 
1899.


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