Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Osborn, De Kalb County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
				Goodspeed Publishing Company

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Frank A. Osborn, a citizen of Maysville, was born in Berlin Heights,
Erie County, Ohio, on August 1, 1853.  He is the son of David and 
Laura (Abby) Osborn.  The father was born in Huron County, Ohio, on
September 5, 1820.  He learned the cabinet-maker's trade.  He removed
to Missouri in 1869, and located in De Kalb County, where he is now
living, engaged in farming.  The mother was born in Courtland County,
N.Y., on May 8, 1811.  She is still living.  To the parents four
children were born, of whom Frank A. was the third.  He was reared
partly on the farm, and received his education in the public schools.
In 1871 he learned the blacksmith's trade in Iowa.  He began work in
Maysville in 1875, and in 1878 began business for himself.  He became
proprietor of his present business in 1881, and now has the only
wagon, buggy and blacksmithing establishment in Maysville.  He has the 
largest and most complete general shops in this section of the State,
outside of the large cities.  He employs three skilled laborers, often
four, and carries a stock of about $1,000 in the rough, and does an
annual business of about $4,000.  In 1877 he was united in marriage 
with Lotta Abernathy, who was born in Ogdensburg, N.Y.  She died on
May 23, 1879.  February 8, 1881, he chose for his second wife, Eudora
Ogle, who was born in De Kalb County, MO., September 13, 1863.  To
this union two children have been born:  Clyde, March 12, 1882, and
Effie, December 7, 1884.

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