OSBORN-W.M. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

W.M. Osborn, farmer, Covington, is a native of Indiana, and was born March 9, 1823. He is the son of Jesse and Margaret Orr Osborn, who became residents of Fountain county in 1824. They settled on the prairie in Troy township which has since become known as Osborn's prairie. There he entered and bought 480 acres of land. In 1839 he moved to Missouri, where he died in 1845. Mrs. Osborn's death occurred in 1847. The subject of this sketch returned to Fountain county, and in 1845 married Miss Mary E., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Dickens, who were early and prominent pioneers of Fountain county. They have a family of seven children: Margaret, wife of A. De Haven; Effie, wife of IM Brown; Homer, America, Josephine, Edward and Emma. Mr. Osborn has one of the finest farms in the county, consisting of 540 acres. He has held the office of county commissioner for a term of four years, and is a man of energy ! and enterprise, as was also his father, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and who was probably the only survivor of the American troops that were engaged in the battle of River Reason.