David M. Osborn
David M. Osborn, farmer, is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, and a son of David and Prisocia (Gatch) Osborn. His father was born in Kentucky, about 1786, and his mother was born in 1779. They were married in Clermont County. Four sons and one daughter were the result of this union. Our subject, the third, was born May 2, 1819, and came to Greene County, April 5, 1833, where he remained until January 2, 1862, when he came to Fayette County, and located where he now lives. He was married four times; first, to Miss Cynthia Jackson, February 22, 1838, who bore him three sons and three daughters, aud died April 4, 1852, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He then married Mrs. Narcissa (Steward) Carpenter, March 17, 1853. There was one child by this marriage. Mrs. Osborn died May 19, 1854, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married to Miss Charlotte A. Furguson, October 4, 1855, who bore him two children, and died March 28, 1859, a member of the same church. He was married to Susanna Christy June 18, 1861. They have one child. Mr, Osborn joined the Methodist Episcopal Church when eighteen years of age, and has held church offices since he was twenty-two, from steward to the ministry. He was licensed to preach in 1860, and has since preached and practiced the teachings of the Bible. He served as justice of the peace of this township, and was lieutenant of a militia company several years, ending about 1850. His son Elihu served as sergeant in Company I, 31st O. V. V. I., during the late war, and was killed by the Indians in Kansas, August 25, 1873. Nathaniel C. enlisted in the 25th O. V. V. I., which later formed the 12th Ohio Battery, and served till the close of the war. Our subject's grandfather (Gatch) was a member of the first Methodist Episcopal conference, held in Baltimore. The family is one of repute, which has been reared and educated in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County