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Biographies
Source:
History of Trumbull
& Mahoning Counties
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
Vols. I & 2 -
Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro.
1882
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OSBORN FAMILY.
Nicholas Osborn, when a young man, emigrated to this
country from England and settled in Virginia. He married in
that State Margaret Cunnard, and reared a family of children,
as follows: Jonathan, Sarah, Abraham,
Richard, John, Elizabeth, Anthony, Mary,
Joseph, and Aaron. His occupation was farming
and milling. In 1804 he sold out and came to Trumbull county,
Ohio, now Mahoning county, and purchased a large tract of land, one
thousand acres of which was in Youngstown township and five hundred
acres in Canfield, and he had in addition to these still other
tracts. With him came Abraham, Anthony,
Joseph, and their families, Aaron, then single, and the
family of William Nier. John and his
family came a short time before the rest. Joseph
Osborn was born in Virginia in May, 1775, and when twenty-two
years of age he married Margaret Wolfcale, daughter of
John Wolfcale, who was born Oct. 7, 1774. They
became the parents of ten children, viz: Sarah, Mary, Mahlon,
Jonathan, John W., Alfred, Abner, Thomas P., Elizabeth, and
Joseph. On the 25th day of December, 1804, Joseph
Osborn moved upon a part of the one thousand acre tract,
which contained a log house erected by a man by the name of
Parkhurst. The floor consisted of a few loose boards, and
the door and windows were simply openings cut out of the sides of
the house. There was no ceiling, and the fire-place had no
hearth. Upon that place he resided and toiled until his death,
which occurred Feb. 17, 1846. His wife died July 20, 1854.
Jonathan Osborn, a son of Joseph and
Margaret Osborn, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia,
May 28, 1804. The same year his parents removed to Ohio, and
settled on the land which had been purchased in Trumbull county, as
previously mentioned. Jonathan had but few early
advantages for the acquirement of an education, but he has become,
by reading and observation, a well in formed man. He remained
upon the farm until after he was twenty-one. When he started
for himself he had only a two-year-old colt. For the first
five years he worked for Judge Baldwin, commencing at
$2 per month. During this time he bought two hundred acres of
land, paying $2.30 per acre for it. Jan. 28, 1836, he married
Mary Ann Goff, daughter of Humphrey Goff, then of
Youngstown. She was born Feb. 15, 1818, near Lewistown,
Pennsylvania. This marriage was blessed with six children, viz:
George W., Margaret J., Albert M., William N., Mary Alice,
and Jonathan W. William and Jonathan died
in early childhood. Mr. Osborn resides on a
finely improved farm in the northwest part of Jackson township.
Source: History of
Trumbull & Mahoning Counties with Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches Vol. II - Mahoning Co., Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams &
Bro. 1882 - Page 156 |
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