Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Osborne, William 1826 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 28, 2008, 3:40 am Author: Western Historical Society (1879) WILLIAM OSBORNE, foreman Allen & Son's tannery; born in Ireland in 1826; came to Wisconsin in 1851, locating at Kenosha, where he worked as a currier for Freeman & Potter, remaining for six years; in 1857, commenced with Grant, Allen & Co. (now Allen & Sons); in 1859, was appointed foreman, which position he now holds. Married, in 1851, Miss Mary J. Jaques, a native of Dublin, Ireland; they have had four children, one boy and three girls; one girl died at Kenosha May 8, 1856. Members Episcopal Church; Republican. Additional Comments: Extracted from: THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN, CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC., ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN, MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY. MDCCCLXXIX. (1879) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/kenosha/bios/osborne546nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb