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- . 1816-1819 - Names taken from an old Account book belonging to Arthur Lowell. In the fall of the year 1805, I removed to Homer, took the school in Homer village,.
... Mr. Osborn married, in Homer, Cortland county, New York, on March 31, 1814, Ruby W. Bishop, a daughter of Thomas Lee & Ruby (Webb) Bishop. The following is a list of the names of the pupils who attended my school, in the aggregate, during the time above mentioned... Family of T.L. Bishop, Esq., Asenath Bishop, Ruby Bishop, Hannah Bishop, Sophronia Bishop, Julia Bishop, Lucy Bishop, Cynthia Bishop, Cyrus Bishop, Amni Family of Eleazer Bishop Bishop, Thomas Bishop, Warren Bishop, Avery Bishop, Lucy Bishop.
Mrs. Osborn was of distinguished colonial & Revolutionary ancestry, being a direct descendant of the renowned Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth; also of the Adamses, Lee, Palmer, Hobart, Allen, Ripley, & others of the most notable families of New England. Through Mrs. Osborn her descendants are many times eligible to most of the patriotic societies of the United States. She was a close student & retained, almost to the hour of her death, a keen interest in affairs which pertained to public welfare. It is said that the editorials in her husband's papers were always submitted to her before publication & that she was often the proofreader for the entire paper.
A group of young men, who afterwards became well known in the state, were gathered in the office of the Western Register. Mrs. Osborn directed their course of study, & to her is given the credit of first discovering the poetical talent of Mr. Osborn's nephew, George W. Cutter, author of "E Pluribus Unum, Song of Steam & Buena Vista." She constantly encouraged these young men in all worthy effort & urged them to lofty aspirations, & their expressions of appreciation were a great solace to her in her declining years.
Mrs. Osborn died in Indianapolis on April 15, 1880, & is buried beside her husband in Forest Hill cemetery, in Greencastle, Indiana.
7 children were born to John Willson & Ruby (Bishop) Osborn, of which number 3 died in infancy. The 4 who lived to maturity were:
- Mary Caroline, who became the wife of Judge Samuel B. Gookins, of Terre Haute, died in Columbus, Georgia, August 26, 1889, & is buried in Woodlawn cemetery, Terre Haute;
- Bishop Webb, born in Terre Haute, died in Indianapolis on April 9, 1891, & is buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Greencastle;
- Hannah M. became the wife of Solomon Claypool & resides in Indianapolis;
- Ruby Alice, who was the wife of Hon. L. P. Chapin, long an honored citizen of Greencastle, & who is the subject of a sketch found elsewhere in this work, died in Indianapolis on November 6, 1907, & is buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Greencastle.
Ref: "Weiks History of Putnam County Indiana" by Jesse W. Weik. 1910.
. The other 3 infant children were:
- the third child, Eulia, died in infancy in Terre Haute;
- the fourth child, Amory Kinney Osborn, named for his uncle, a pioneer attorney in Terre Haute, died in 1832 a an infant.
- 6th children, Synthis Asneanath Osborn, her middle name for her mother's sister, died in infancy, & buried Woodlawn.
Ref: Terre Haulte Tribune (historical story of first printer John Osborn Wilson).
. Census 1820 Homer Cortland New York Census
Osborn, John, 1 male under 10, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 male over 45, females 2 under 10 (Caroline) 1 between 10-16 one between 26-45 Boynton. - - -
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1796 - 1880 (84 years)