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William Wallace Osborn 1862 – 1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Oct 1862

Birth Location: Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 20 Nov 1938

Death Location: Union City, Wells, Indiana, United States

Father: Levi Osborn

Mother: Catherine Ashburn

Spouse(s): Ida SHERER

Children(s): F C, Mary Osborn, Charles Osborn, Elizabeth Osborn, Anna OSBORN, Levi Osborn, Grace Osborn, Dorothy Osborn, John OSBORN, Dorthea Osborn

In 1862, William Wallace Osborn entered the world in Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA, born to Levi Osborn and Catherine Jane Ashburn. In 1880, William Wallace Osborn resided in Union, Wells, Indiana, USA. William Wallace Osborn married Ida Mae SHERER, and had children including F C, Mary Jane "Jennie" Osborn, Charles Curtis Osborn, Elizabeth L. (Bessie) Osborn, Anna Lucy OSBORN, Levi Elvin Osborn, Grace Pauline Osborn, Dorothy Osborn, John Howard OSBORN, Dorthea Osborn. William Wallace Osborn passed away in 1938 in Union City, Wells, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1862, William Wallace Osborn entered the world in Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA, born to Levi Osborn and Catherine Jane Ashburn.
  • In 1880, William Wallace Osborn resided in Union, Wells, Indiana, USA.
  • William Wallace Osborn married Ida Mae SHERER, and had children including F C, Mary Jane "Jennie" Osborn, Charles Curtis Osborn, Elizabeth L. (Bessie) Osborn, Anna Lucy OSBORN, Levi Elvin Osborn, Grace Pauline Osborn, Dorothy Osborn, John Howard OSBORN, Dorthea Osborn.
  • William Wallace Osborn passed away in 1938 in Union City, Wells, Indiana, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Levi Osborn
1827 – 1913
Birth Location: Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States of America
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Catherine Ashburn
1825 – 1914
Birth Location: Columbiana County, Ohio, United States of America
CA

Spouses(s)

Ida SHERER
1866 – 1944
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States
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Children(s)

F C
1868 –
Birth Location: Ohio
FC
Mary Osborn
1889 – 1988
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells, Indiana, USA
MO
Charles Osborn
1890 – 1936
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells County, Indiana, United States of America
CO
Elizabeth Osborn
1892 – 1979
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells, IN
EO
Anna OSBORN
1894 – 1967
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States
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Levi Osborn
1896 – 1963
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells Co. IN. USA
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Grace Osborn
1898 – 1985
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells, Indiana, United States
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Dorothy Osborn
1901 – 1993
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells Co. IN. USA
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John OSBORN
1903 – 1988
Birth Location: Ossian, Wells, IN
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Dorthea Osborn
1905 –
Birth Location: Indiana
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William Osborn's Ancestors

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William Osborn
1862 – 1938
Birth Place: Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA
Parents
Levi Osborn
1827 – 1913
Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States of America
Catherine (Jane) Ashburn
1825 – 1914
Columbiana County, Ohio, United States of America
Grandparents
Jacob Osborn
1793 – 1839
Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth (M) Harris
1807 – 1883
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Joseph Ashburn
1800 – 1886
Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Osborn's Descendants

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William (Wallace) Osborn (13 Oct 1862 – 20 Nov 1938) m. Ida (Mae) SHERER (23 Jul 1866 – 26 May 1944)
  1. 1. F C (abt 1868 – )
  2. 2. Mary (Jane "Jennie") Osborn (23 Feb 1889 – 28 Aug 1988)
  3. 3. Charles (Curtis) Osborn (13 Jul 1890 – 23 May 1936) m. Beulah (Belle) Folk (3 Oct 1893 – 7 Jun 1952)
    1. 1. William (Marion) OSBORN (28 Aug 1913 – 10 Feb 1979)
    2. 2. Harold (Dwight) Osborne (28 Feb 1915 – 15 Jul 1974) m. Nina (Viola) Jones (5 Sep 1913 – 27 Aug 2004)
      1. 1. Betty (Louise) Osborne (26 Dec 1935 – 16 Jul 2009) m. David (Omer) Marks (9 February 1929 – 12 June 1999)
        1. 1. Joseph (Daniel) Marks (15 Jun 1956 – ) m. Catherine (Iris) Sutton (abt 1959 – )
        2. 2. Timothy (Prescott) Marks (27 Aug 1962 – 1 May 1968)
        3. 3. David (Omer) Marks m. Lynn (Ellen) Johnson
      2. 2. Florence Osborn (abt 1938 – )
      3. 3. Arthur (Harold) Osborn (1 Nov 1939 – ) m. Freda (Mae) Honeycutt (1935 – ) m. Rosemary (1948 – 9 Jul 2001)
        1. 1. Arthur (Harold) Osborn (1955 – )
    3. 3. Dale (Alfred) Osborn (18 Jan 1917 – 25 Oct 2005)
    4. 4. Ida (Liberta) Osborn (21 Mar 1918 – 18 Nov 1999) m. Howard (William) Hankins (24 Feb 1917 – July 14, 1982) m. Raymond (Edward) Hall (24 Jul 1918 – 18 Jun 1983)
      1. 1. Shirley (Ann) Hankins (4 Nov 1939 – 22 Oct 2017) m. Robert (Leroy) Myers (28 May 1938 – ) m. Dean (Ronald) Gephart (30 May 1938 – 9 Dec 2022)
        1. 1. Rick Myers (abt 1959 – )
        2. 2. Joseph (Vincent) Myers (8 Feb 1962 – 1 Jan 1963)
        3. 3. Lisa (Kay) Myers (abt 1964 – ) m. Todd (Allan) Beechler m. Roger (Lee) Flueckiger (1964 – )
        4. 4. Greg Myers
        5. 5. Jeff Meyers
        6. 6. Joey Myers
        7. 7. Dean (Ronald) Gephart (1974 – ) m. Lori (Jean) Carl (14/08/1963 – )
        8. 8. David (Joe) Gephart (29 Mar 1975 – ) m. Shannon (Kay) Souder (20 Mar 1978 – )
      2. 2. Carolyn (Sue) Hankins (9 Dec 1941 – 19 Nov 2023) m. Charles (Russell) Barnes (1942 – 8 Feb 2001)
        1. 1. Charles (Barnes) III m. Kimberly (D.) Miller
        2. 2. Christina Barnes
        3. 3. Lorraine Barnes
      3. 3. Volise (Marie) Hankins (21 September 1944 – 14 August 2010) m. Ronald (J) Myers (8 August 1939 – 29 August 2021)
        1. 1. Dee Myers m. Donna
        2. 2. David (D) Myers m. Sandra (L.) Campbell m. Hope m. Sheila Bollinger
        3. 3. Steve Myers
        4. 4. Michael Myers m. Tina (Lorraine) Jenkins
    5. 5. Martha (Bessie) OSBORN (9 Sep 1919 – 6 Mar 1980)
    6. 6. Mary (A) Osborn (9 Sept 1919 – 02 Jun 2001)
    7. 7. Jay (Curtis) Osborn (11 Jan 1922 – 13 Dec. 1979)
    8. 8. Clifford (Eugene) OSBORN (24 May 1923 – 23 Nov 1942)
    9. 9. Betty (Jane) Osborn (5 Dec 1925 – 25 Mar 2013)
    10. 10. A. (I. Max) Osborn (4 Jun 1927 – 19 Dec. 1979)
    11. 11. Charles (Curtis) Osborn (22 March 1932 – 10 February 1976) m. Faye Williams (23 Jun 1936 – 2 Jan 2007)
      1. 1. Terry (Curtis) Osborn (20 November 1954 – 25 March 1955)
      2. 2. Charlotte (Kay) Osborne (abt 1956 – ) m. Timmy (Ray) Blanton (abt 1957 – ) m. Steven (LeRoy) Steffen (28 Dec 1958 – 5 Jan 2023)
        1. 1. Angela Steffen m. Bill Hoppe
      3. 3. Fred Osborn
    12. 12. Jessie (James) Osborn (19 June 1933 – 9 Nov 2012)
    13. 13. Paul (Leroy) OSBORN (16 Mar 1935 – 21 Aug 1995)
  4. 4. Elizabeth (L. (Bessie)) Osborn (8 Sep 1892 – 17 Apr 1979)
  5. 5. Anna (Lucy) OSBORN (1 Dec 1894 – 4 Apr 1967)
  6. 6. Levi (Elvin) Osborn (17 Nov 1896 – 11 Nov 1963) m. Bernice (Marie) Mahnensmith (1897 – 1986)
    1. 1. Mary Wilson (abt 1917 – )
  7. 7. Grace (Pauline) Osborn (27 Dec 1898 – 21 Feb 1985)
  8. 8. Dorothy Osborn (12 May 1901 – 28 Sept 1993)
  9. 9. John (Howard) OSBORN (3 Jun 1903 – 20 Mar 1988)
  10. 10. Dorthea Osborn (abt 1905 – )

William Osborn's Timeline

3 Records

1862
13 Oct 1862
Birth of William Wallace Osborn in Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA
Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA
1880
1880
Age 18
William Wallace Osborn resided here in Union, Wells, Indiana, USA
Union, Wells, Indiana, USA
1938
20 Nov 1938
Age 76
Death of William Wallace Osborn in Union City, Wells, Indiana, United States
Union City, Wells, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1862
    Event Place: Uniondale, Wells, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Union, Wells, Indiana; Roll: 323; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 140
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Union, Wells, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Union, Wells, Indiana; Roll: 323; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 140

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1938
    Event Place: Union City, Wells, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Uniondale, Wells County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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