BIOGRAPHIES

Source: 
A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen & Van Wert Counties, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co.
1896

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CLEMENT L. ODUM Source:  A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896 - Page 418

AARON J. OSMON, now a leading farmer of Allen county, Ohio, was born in Bath township, in same county, Feb. 16, 1844, and descends from an old Virginia family, that early became settlers of Ohio.      BRAZELIA OSMON, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of the Old Dominion, and was a blacksmith and farmer.  He served in the war of 1812, and was a pioneer of Allen county, there being but two houses in the now city of Lima when he arrived here.  He entered a farm, of 160 acres, from the government, and this land he subsequently cleared up and converted into a good homestead.  He reared a family of eleven children, viz: Mary, Phoebe, Sarah, Rhoda, Elizabeth, Aaron, Abraham, died near Lima, in 1851, Ebenezer, now living in Wisconsin, Brazelia, deceased, Rachael, deceased, and Lydia, now living at Ada, Ohio, wife of Barton Holland, ex-sheriff of Allen county.  The father of this family was a whig in politics, but later became a republican.  He died near Lima, in the faith of the Baptist church, at the age of eighty-five years, his wife having preceded him to the grave some years previously.      Abraham Osmon, son of Brazelia Osmon, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was also a native of Virginia, and was a young man when he came to Ohio, and entered a tract of 120 acres, in Bath township, Allen county, which tract he likewise converted into a fertile and profitable farm.  He married Miss Charity Tunget, the marriage resulting in the birth of ten children, viz: John J., who died at the age of seven years; Mary E., who was first married to Levy Spiker, who died a prisoner of the war of the Rebellion, at Andersonville, Ga.; she then became the wife of Joseph Bressler, also deceased; William C., now residing at Marion, Ind.; Martha J., wife of J. H. Atmar, now residing in Lima, Ohio; Elizabeth A., died in infancy; Francis M., died at Petersburg, Va., near Cheat Mountain, was a member of company H, Twenty-second regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; Aaron J., our subject; George R.; Harrison H., who died in infancy, and Lewis L., of Perry township, Allen county.  The mother of these children died June 28, 1877, in the faith of the Methodist church, and is buried in Bath township; and the father died Dec. 15, 1851, a member of the Methodist church, and lies beside her.      Aaron J. Osmon was reared a farmer and remained with his parents until May, 1864, when he enlisted at Lima, in company F, One Hundred and fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and later in company B, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Butterfield.  He participated in the battles of Fort Beards, Fort Sumner, Fort Reno, Rockville and others, in the Shenandoah valley, and was honorably discharged in Aug. 1865.  He then returned to Allen county, Ohio, and purchased a farm of 143 acres in Perry township, where he has since made his home.      Dec. 30, 1866, Mr. Ormon married Miss Amanda R., daughter of Asa Hungeford of Allen County, but formerly of New York.  This marriage has been blessed with eleven children, born in the following order: Francis Hill, born Dec. 17, 1867; Martha Ellen, born July 14, 1869; William Herbert, born Mar. 26, 1871; Emma Lenore, born Jun. 1, 1873; Lewis Hungeford, born Feb.15, 1875; Alton Lawrence, born Apr. 2, 1876; Royal Edwin, born Nov. 8, 1878; Charity Agusta, born Jan. 31, 1881; Asa Hungeford, born Jan. 31, 1881; infant daughter, born Apr. 25, died May 5, 1883; Ralph Waldo, born Jul. 26, 1884.      The parents are members of the Methodist church and live in full conformity with its teachers.  Mr. Osmon is very popular with the republican party, and in 1893 was elected by that party county commissioner by a majority of forty-one over George Kenall, of Lima, the democratic nominee.  Fraternally Mr. Osmon is a member of G. A. R. post, of Westminster, and also Mart Armstrong post, No. 202, of Lima, Ohio.  He is likewise a member of George $. Taylor's command, No. 8, U. V. U., department of Ohio; of the Auglaize grange, No. 347, P. of H.  Mr. Osmon is an adept at farming and has a well improved and fertile farm, which he has earned through well directed industry and intelligent management.  He is public spirited and generous, a friend of education, and contributes freely to the support of church and school.  He is highly respected for his integrity and straightforwardness in all his transactions, and socially stands the peer of any man in the county of Allen, his family enjoying the same distinction. Source:  A Portrait and biographical record of Allen & Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896 - Page 419

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