Clark-Lincoln County NV Archives Obituaries.....OSBORNE, Thomas James February 20 1918
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Las Vegas Age - 2/23/1918


PROMINENT PIOCHE MAN CLAIMED BY DEATH



THOMAS JAMES OSBORNE DIED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWING PARALITIC STROKE



    Thomas James OSBORNE, one of the best known residents of Lincoln county,

died at his home in Pioche Wednesday afternoon, February 20th, at 2:30.  He

has been in failing health for some time but was able to be about his

business.  For several months he had busied himself remodeling his

residence, and about a week before Christmas his face became badly swollen,

which he attributed to lead poison from the paint he had been using.  He

partially recovered from this but decided to leave for Salt Lake.  He

straightened up his business affairs early in the week and decided to leave

on Tuesday.  However, about three o'clock Tuesday morning he was stricken

with paralysis and gradually sank until death claimed him.

    The deceased was born March 9, 1860, in Swinton, England.  He came to

America in 1870 going to Beaver, Utah, with his parents.  A year later he

came to Pioche, then in the heighth of its glory as a great mining camp and

spent most of his life there.

    He began his career in Pioche as mesenger boy for the Western Union and

then for nine years was agent for the Wells Fargo company.  In 1891 he was

elected county clerk.  He was soon admitted to the bar, and served the

county as district attorney from 1884 to 1896.  In 1906 he removed his

family to Salt Lake where his children were educated, but still visited

Pioche often and spent much of his time there.  The family returned to

Pioche to reside in 1915.  In 1881 he was united in wedlock to Miss Louise

THEIS, who survives him as do also one son, Charles D. OSBORNE, and three

daughters, Isabel OSBORNE, Mrs. D. R. HARTMAN of Reading, Pa., and Mrs.

Jerome F. SEARS, of Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo.

    The funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon by St. John's Lodge

No. 18, F. & A.M.  The pall bearers were H. E. FREUNENTHAL, W. E. ORR,

Charles Lee HORSEY, A. L. SCOTT, John F.  ROEDER and J. A. CLARK.  Rev. P.

S. SMITHE deliverd the funeral oration.

    Mr. OSBORNE was well known in Clark county, owning property in Las

Vegas.  He was also interested in the famous Groom mine and had large mining

interests in Lincoln county.  He was  a man of fine qualities and was of a

genial and kindly nature which made him many friends.  We extend the sincere

sympathy of the community to those who are so sadly bereaved.





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