John Osborn

John Osborn Birth January 8, 1859 North Bend township, Starke county, Indiana Death Jun 28 1952 Knox, Starke county, Indiana Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall county, Indiana son of William Osborn and Louisa J. Owens

Monday, June 30, 1952
Rochester Sentinel

Services for John OSBORN, 93, well known Culver business man, and father of William O. OSBORN, Culver bank president, were held at 2:30 this (Monday) afternoon at the Easterday funeral home with the Rev. Harry CAMPBELL, pastor of the Culver Methodist church, officiating.

Burial was in Culver cemetery.

Death came to Mr. Osborn at Starke County Memorial Hospital Saturday morning. He had been in failing health for eight months, and a patient at the hospital about one week.

A native of Starke county, Mr. Osborn was active in the construction and development of several Culver business buildings.

In 1907 he erected the Culver hotel, and for several years operated a theater and grocery market in Culver . He formerly had extensive farm interests near Bad Axe, Mich.

He was married in 1883 to Miss Ora L. MORRIS, who died in 1902. Children by this marriage were William O. OSBORN, of Culver, president of the State Exchange bank of Culver and Argos, and president of the Farmers State bank of Lapaz; Mrs. Pearl ROCKHILL, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and one son who died in infancy.

In 1925 Mr. Osborn married Miss Helen ROOT.

Besides the widow, son and daughter, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Della OVERMYER, of Culver

John Osborn, 93, Passes Away; Rites Held Here Monday
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Easterday Funeral Home for John Osborn, widely known Culver business man, who passed away early Saturday morning at the Starke County Memorial Hospital at Knox.

Rev. Harry Campbell, pastor of the Culver Methodist Church, conducted the services with interment in the Culver cemetery.

In failing health for the past eight months he was taken to the Starke County Hospital two weeks ago when his condition became critical. His age at the time of his death was 93 years, 5 months, and 10 days.

He was very active up until he became ill early last October. He was born January 8, 1859 in the North Union neighborhood in Starke county, to William and Louisa (Owens) Osborn.

In 1883 he was united in marriage to Ora L. Morris, who preceded him in death in 1902. To this marriage were born three children, William 0. Osborn, president of The State Exchange Bank of Culver and Argos and the Farmer's State Bank of Lapaz; and Mrs. Pearl Rockhill of St. Petersburg, Florida, both of whom survive and one son who died in infancy.

Mr. Osborn came to Culver in the spring of 1884 and with the exception of two years when he was at Logansport, he has resided all his life in this vicinity.

Extremely versatile and successful in business and farming activity, he has been identified with vari-ous businessesand construction activities here.

He supervised the construction of the first concrete walks along Culver's Main Street.

Around the turn of the century he initiated the construction of the business buildings on the west side of Main Street between Jefferson and Madison Streets, and later in 1907 he erected the Culver Hotel. Several Culver dwellings, including the first concrete house in Marshall county, were developed under his supervision.

In addition he operated a grocery market, a theatre, and he supervised extensive farm interests near Bad Axe, Michigan.

In 1925 Mr. Osborn married Helen Root, of Milroy, Ind., who survives.

In addition to his widow and son and daughter, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Delia Overmyer of Culver; three grandchildren, Frances Osborn Butler, Culver; Donovan and William Rockhill of St. Petersburg, Florida; and three great grandchildren.

Among the out-of town persons attending the funeral were Mrs. Pearl Rockhill of St. Petersburg, Fla., A-1C William O. Rockhill, of Keesler Field Air Base, Miss., Mr. and Mrs. James Sage and Mrs. George Walker of Indianapolis, ; Mr. and Mrs. Oran Mcllvane and son Clifford of St. Charles, Ill., Rolland Root of Geneva, I11., Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Root and Miss Winifred Root of Milroy. - July 02, 1952 Citizen


married, in 1884, Ora Morris Birth 1867 Death Oct 10 1902 Burial Culver Masonica cemetery Culver, Marshall county Indiana daughter of Oliver Morris and Margaret W.Gandy

Children:
William O. Osborn

Pearl Osborn Birth Oct 16, 1892 Indiana Death Jan 1987 Yuma, Yuma county Arizona Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver Marshall county, Indiana married --- Rockhill

Bessie osborn

Elljay Osborn Birth Dec 1886 Death Mar 1 1887 Burial Culver Masonic cemetery Culvrt Marshall county, Indiana


married 2nd Jennie Shoemaker, of Wells county, Indiana.

married 3rd 1925 Helen Root





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A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, Chicago,
The Lewis Publishing Co., 1908. Page 640.

John Osborn was born in North Bend township, Stark [Starke] county, Indiana, five miles northwest of Culver , January 8, 1859, and throughout his entire business life he has been more or less prominently identified with the interests of Culver and its vicinity

. His father, William Osborn, is also a resident of this city, but he was born in Delaware county, Ohio, and from there moved to Stark [Starke] county, Indiana, in 1840, and was identified with its agricultural pursuits until his removal to Culver . He survives his wife, Louisa J. Owens, who died at the age of seventy-six years. She was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, and by her marriage to William Osborn became the mother of six children, all yet living.

John Osborn, the third son and third child in the family, spent his early life on his father's farm in Stark county, but in 1879 he left his boyhood's home for Union township, Marshall county, and was engaged in farming and stock raising there until 1892.

In that year he sold his farm and opened a bank at Culver , the Marmont Exchange Bank, which he conducted six years and then closed the business by paying his depositors in full. Leaving Culver he went to Logansport, Indiana, to engage in the restaurant business, but after a year and eight months there he returned to Culver and established and conducted a provision store here for four years. The business was then sold to the Stahl brothers, and Mr. Osborn turned his attention to contracting and building, a field in which he has met with eminent success. He continues his building operations during the summer months and conducts a real estate business in the winters. He owns at the present time five of the best business buildings in the town, besides other real estate and two farms one in Wells county and the other in Marshall county, and at this writing he is erecting a post office and bank building for Mr. Shilling in Culver and a fifty-room hotel furnished with all modern conveniences, a house in which the citizens of this community may well feel a just and commendable pride.

Mr. Osborn married, in 1884, Ora Morris, who at her death left two children -- William O. and Bessie.

Mr. Osborn married, secondly, Jennie Shoemaker, of Wells county, Indiana.

He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge of Culver , and is a Democrat politically and has served his fellow citizens as a member of the school board.