Husband: Jacob Manderville Osburn
Born: Jan- 4-1864 in Lewis Co, WV 1
Died: Aug- 3-1922 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 1,3
Father: Wilson Osborne (1833 - 1920)
Mother: Louisa Light (1834 - 1896)
Notes
Wife: Annetta "Nettie" Cole Census name: Nettie 3 Married: Sep- 2-1894 2
Born: May- 4-1872 in Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Died: Jun-23-1957 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Resided: 1950 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1880, 1900 10 20 30 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: William Franklin Cole (1849 - 1910) Mother: Mary S. Bode (1848 - 1922)
F Child 1: Rella D. Osborne Also known as: Rella Osburn 7 Born: Jun-23-1895 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,8,3 Died: Sep-22-1987 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,8 Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 4 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,8 Census: 1900, 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher, seamstress 4 Husband: Curtis Earl Snider b. Sep- 2-1893 d. Jan-28-1988 Also known as: Earl Snider 10 Married: Apr-23-1916 11
F Child 2: Mary L. Osburn Born: Apr-12-1899 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,12,13 (see note 1) Died: Jan-23-1995 in Copley, Summit Co, OH 4 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,14 Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 15,16 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Orley Carson Gaston b. Mar-18-1902 d. Apr- 7-1973 Also known as: Carson Gaston 17,18,15,19,6 Married: Oct-4-1924 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20,21
M Child 3: William Frank Osborne Also known as: W. Frank Osborne 4,14 Born: Mar-26-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,22,23 Died: Sep-11-1981 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 4,22 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4,24 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15,4,23 Census: 1910, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Baptist minister 4 Wife: Sylvia Marie Cutright b. Mar- -1913 d. Jul-28-1982 Married: Oct- 4-1933 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 23
M Child 4: Truman Osborne Died: in infancy 10
F Child 5: Freda Osborne Born: Apr-13-1909 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 25 Died: Apr-25-1909 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 26
M Child 6: Eugene Wilson Osburn 27 Also known as: Wilson Osburn 15 Born: Aug- 8-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,27 Died: Jun- 9-1976 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Resided: in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Resided: 1957 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: stockman and farmer 4 Wife: Cletha Helen Spurgeon b. Jan-26-1913 d. Dec-24-2004 Married: Oct-19-1933 in Doddridge Co, WV 21,28
F Child 7: Freda Alice Davis [parents are foster parents] Born: Sep- 9-1915 29,8 Died: Jul- -1986 8 Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 30,28 Census: 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Husband: Harry William Haught b. Jun- 5-1906 d. Aug-16-1972
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Obituary of wife. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (4) Obituary. (5) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (6) Obituary of sister. (7) Obituary of daughter. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) Obituary of brother. (10) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 219. (11) Obituary of wife, Wedding was held on Easter Sunday. (12) Social Security Death Index, Birthplace from obituary. No birth record for her was found in Doddridge Co. (13) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 11, p. 355. (14) Headstone. (15) Obituary of mother. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1965 and 1966. (17) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (19) Obituary of father. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Although recorded in Doddridge Co, the ceremony took place in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV. MR Bk 11, p. 355. (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (22) Headstone (year only) (23) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (24) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (25) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Idntified as "Freda Osborn," dau of Jacob M. & Nettie Osborn. BR Bk 4, p. 129. (26) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Parents not identified. Age at death given as 12 days, cause given as "disease of bowels and liver." An adjacent entry in the death record log was for an unnamed Osborne child, sex not given, who died on the same day in the Southwest District of Doddridge Co, age 21 days. Parents not identified, cause of death given as spinal meningitis. DR Bk 2, p. 122. (27) Funeral card. (28) Obituary of husband. (29) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 548. (30) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) Online edition of Ohio death records, Certificate # 006766, show her maiden name as "Osburn," as does husband's obituary. But marriage record has it as "Osborne," and she was listed as a survivor in the obituary of her brother W. Frank Osborne. No birth record for her was found in Doddridge Co. Note (2) In 1920 listed as a lodger in the household of Jacob M. Osborn, and in 1930 as a boarder in the home of Jacob's widow Annetta on Lower Run Road.