Ephraim Osburn    

EPHRAIM OSBURN, farmer, post-office Stoneboro, was born June 15, 1832, in Mercer County, to Christopher and Sallie (Coleman) Osburn, natives, the father of New Jersey and the mother of this county. They were the parents of seven children: Joseph, dead; Nathaniel, dead; Nancy, married James Day; Bennett, dead; William, dead; Betsey, married Robert McElheny. The parents of the above named children are dead. Our subject attended the common schools, and was brought up at farm labor. He was married in 1855 to Amelia Osburn, a distant relative, and by her he has four children: William B., Fred L., Elmer C. and Eva, who is married to H. L. Jacobs. Mr. Osburn enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1862, and served nine months. Mrs. Osburn was born May 28, 1825, in Mercer County, on the farm where she now lives, to John and Sarah (Anderson) Osburn, the parents of four children: William A., David M., Melinda and Amelia. Her mother was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Mrs. Osburn is attached. Mr. Osburn is the possessor of 114 acres of good land, and is a Democrat.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, pages 1061-1062.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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