Thank you!
--- On Mon, 7/19/10, Mary2gard(a)aol.com <Mary2gard(a)aol.com> wrote:
From: Mary2gard(a)aol.com <Mary2gard(a)aol.com>
Subject: Re: [INCLAY] Col. John Osborn
To: inclay(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 6:45 AM
Every thing was lost in that fire
that occurred Nov 30, 1851. The Deed
Book, however was across the street at the County Clerk's
office! The marriages
for Clay County started after that date. There are some
marriages that
were recorded when folks who had married, went to
Bowling Green and recorded
them. These records are available at the Clay County
Genealogical Society.
Mary
In a message dated 7/18/2010 5:31:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight
Time,
deltamom4850(a)yahoo.com
writes:
I noticed that a fire destroyed the court house. I
spoke to the librarian
at Ft. Jennings and she told me that only the
marriage records and county
funds were saved. Is that correct? Are there any
orphan court or wills saved
from the fire?
Linda
--- On Sat, 7/17/10, gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com
<gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com>
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> Subject: Re: [INCLAY] Col. John Osborn
> To: INCLAY-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 10:08 AM
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> Emily's obituary appears in the Bowling Green
Register for
> 23 Oct 1884:
> Died: Mrs. Col. John Osborne, formerly a
resident of
> Bowling Green, lately of Greencastle, died at
the residence
> of her daughter in Paris, IL on the 10th
instant.
> Mrs. Osborne removed from Bainbridge to Bowling
Green in
> 1836, two years before the original brick court
house, which
> was destroyed by fire in 1852, was erected, only
eleven
> years after the organization of the county.
> Her husband first engaged in merchandise, then
studied
> law. Afterwards, he was county auditor for
eight
> years, and represented the county one term in
the
> legislature. He also served with distinction as
> Captain of Co. D. Ind Reg. Ind. Vol. in the
Mexican War, as
> well as Lt. Col. Of the 31st Ind Regt. in the
War of the
> Rebellion. Much of his success in life was
due to
> faith and the indomitable spirit of his
wife. She was
> 73 years of age, a native of Flemingburgh [sic],
Ky.
>
> After Emily's death, John visited between the
homes of Mary
> and Virgil Peck near Greencastle and his other
daughters,
> Zibiah and Ann, in Paris, Illinois. His
obituary
> appeared in the Greencastle Banner of Thursday,
16 June
> 1887.
>
> DEATH OF COL. JOHN OSBORN
> Col. John Osborn died at the residence of his
son-in-law,
> Virgil Peck, near the city, on Saturday, aged 77
years. The
> funeral occurred Monday afternoon frm Mr. Peck's
residence,
> and was conducted by his pastor, Rev. G. W.
Bainum. On
> the way to the cemetery, Greencastle Post, G. A.
R., joined
> the funeral cortege, and assisted in paying the
last rites
> to this veteran of two wars. Six of his
comrades of
> the Mexican war, Judge Eckels, W. H. Munson, Dr.
Rogers,
> Col. Morrison, Capt. Smiley and J. W. McGrew,
acted as
> pall-bearers. After the last prayer was
said, a salute
> was fired as the closing scene, and Col. Osborn
had been
> buried, was he had always wished, with the
honors of war.
> Col. John Osborn was a native of Maysville,
> Kentucky. He joined the
Presbyterian church
> when quite a young man, and maintained his relation
with it
> until his death, often holding the office of
elder. He
> came to Indiana in 1832, and not long afterward became
a
> citizen of this county. Subsequently,
about 1840, he
> removed to Clay county, where he resided until
1860.
> During much of that time he took an active part
in politics
> as a Whig, being once sent to the Legislature
and serving
> several terms as Auditor of the county.
During the
> Mexican war he served as a captain in the Second
Indiana
> Regiment, and was wounded at Buena Vista.
> After his removal to Greencastle in 1860, he
allied himself
> with the friends of the Union, and assisted in
raising the
> first company of soldiers recruited here.
In his
> speech on that occasion he said -
> "They have laid traitorous hands on the flag I have
fought
> under, and which I will ever support.
Young men, stand
> by your country."
> The next day a rebel-sympathizing Democrat said
in his
> presence that the boys in the company just raised
would not
> fight. This taunt greatly aroused Col. Osborn,
and in
> great indignation he exclaimed - "I helped to recruit
that
> company, sir, and I am here to prove to you that
it will
> fight." The rebel-sympathizer had
nothing more to
> say.
> He afterward recruited a company for the 31st
Regiment, and
> was elected Lieutenant Colonel of that
organization.
> Col. Craft being promoted Brigadier General,
July 16, 1862,
> Lieut. Col. Osborn was made Colonel of the
regiment.
> He went with it to the field and participated in
the most of
> its engagements, particularly at Shiloh, until
his
> resignation, July 14, 1863, when he was succeeded by
Col.
> John T. Smith, of Bloomfield [Green Co.,
IN]. After
> returning home he was a candidate for Clerk of
the county,
> and in 1864 was made chairman of the Republican
County
> Central Committee, holding the place until
1866. He
> was appointed Postmaster by President Lincoln,
and served
> until 1874, to the satisfaction of the public, as he
did in
> every position to which he was called.
> Col. Osborn was married in 1833 to Miss Emily
McCorkle, who
> died two years since. Five children were
born to them
> - one son and four daughters. The son,
Milton A.
> Osborn, died in 1875. The daughters
survive.
> They are Mrs. Virgil Peck, of this vicinity;
Mrs. Col. Dole,
> of Paris, Illinois, Mrs. Mills, of Denver,
Colorado, and
> Mrs. Laughlin, of Paris, Ill.
> Col. Osborn had the heroic instinct well
developed, and was
> ever ready to patriotically respond to any call
of his
> country. He was also a man of kindly
disposition, and
> integrity of character. Since
his
> retirement from the Post Office he spent his time,
> alternately, with his daughters at Paris,
Illinois, and with
> his daughter here.
>
> An abrieviated death notice in the Brazil
Register on
> Thursday, 16 June 1887 appeared in the
'personal' column.
>
> "- Col. John Osborne, thrice
county
> auditor, and twice representative from Clay county, a
> Mexican soldier and lieutenant colonel of the
old 'iron
> regiment,' the 31st in the late war, died at
Greencastle
> Saturday, aged 77 years."
>
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