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|Dr. L. L.  Osborn || M ||  || KS|| "of Medicine Lodge", KS  || || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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|Dr. Leon L.  Osborn || M || Dec. 1879   || KS|| "of Medicine Lodge", KS  || || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
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| George E. Osborn || M ||   || KS||   |" of Salt Lake City", UT| || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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|Cecile  Osborn || F || Oct 1882  || KS|| Glenn A. DeLay  "of Neodesha", Wilson Co. KS ||children: [[Dorothy DeLay]], Nellis Delay, Louise Delay,<br>Glenna Cecile DeLay|| <sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
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|Cecile  Osborn || F ||   || KS|| Glenn A. DeLay  "of Neodesha", Wilson Co. KS ||children: [[Dorothy DeLay]], Nellis Delay, Louise Delay,<br>Glenna Cecile DeLay|| <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Ermine Osborn || F || Mar 1885  || KS|| George Turnbull <br>born ~1883in NE, Scottish parents ||"of Medicine Lodge", KS || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
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| Ermine Osborn || F ||   || KS|| George Turnbull <br>born ~1883in NE, Scottish parents ||"of Medicine Lodge", KS || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| George E. Osborn || M || Jan 1889  || KS||   |" of Salt Lake City", UT| || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
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| Nellis Osborn || F ||  || KS||  ||died in infancy || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Nellis Osborn || F ||  || KS||  ||died in infancy, birth order unk. || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
  
 
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| Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA || by 1850 ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA || by 1850 ||  || <sup class="reference"> [1] </sup>
 
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| Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA || by 1860 ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA || by 1860 ||  || <sup class="reference"> [2] </sup>
 
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| Mount Pleasant Twp, Lawrence Co, MO || by 1870 ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Mount Pleasant Twp, Lawrence Co, MO || by 1870 ||  || <sup class="reference"> [3] </sup>
 
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| Lowell, Cherokee Co. KS || 1871 ||  || <sup class="reference">  </sup>
 
| Lowell, Cherokee Co. KS || 1871 ||  || <sup class="reference">  </sup>
 
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| Lake City Twp, Barber Co, KS || by 1880 ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
 
| Lake City Twp, Barber Co, KS || by 1880 ||  || <sup class="reference"> </sup>
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| Medicine Lodge Twp, Barber Co, KS || by 1880 ||  || <sup class="reference">[4] </sup>
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| Mingona Twp, Barber Co, KS || by 1900 ||  || <sup class="reference">[5][6][7] </sup>
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| Medicine Lodge Twp, Barber Co, KS || by 1930 ||  || <sup class="reference">[8] </sup>
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| '''1880 United States Federal Census''', District 315, Medicine Lodge Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 11.  Census dated 4 June 1880.<br>Lines 2-5: William G. Osborn, 32, farmer and district clerk, b. IN, parents b. IN; Jennie, 31, wife, keeping house; b. PA, parents b. PA; Leon, 6 months, b. Dec., son, b. KS; Mand(?) Hagan, 12, niece, b. MO, parents b. PA.
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| '''1900 United States Federal Census''', District 7, Mingona Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 1.  Census dated June 1 1900.<br>Lines 1-6: William G. Osborn, 53, b. Sept 1846, m. 21 years, b. IN, father b. VA, mother b. IN, farmer; Jennie S., wife, 51, b. Dec. 1848, m. 21 years, 5 children born, 4 living, b. PA, parents b. PA; Leon L., son, 20, b. Dec. 1879, b. KS, farm laborer; Cecile C., Dau., 17, b. Oct 1882, b. KS, school teacher; Ermine, dau., 15, b. Mar. 1885, b. KS, in school; George E., son, 10, b. Jun 1889, b. KS, in school.
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| '''1910 United States Federal Census''', District 8, Mingora Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 1.  Census dated 15 April 1910.<br>Lines 1-5:  William G. Osborn, head, 63, m. 31 years, b. IN, father b. VA, mother b. IN, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Jennie S., 61, m. 31 years, 5 children born, 4 living, b. PA, parents b. PA; Cecil C., dau., 27, single, music teacher, state normal school, b. KS; Ermine, dau., 25, housekeeping, farm' b. KS; George E., son, 20, editor, printing office, b. KS.
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| 1920 United States Federal Census''', District 4, Mingora Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 1.  Census dated 16-17 Feb 1920.<br>Lines 3-7: George Turnbull, head, 37, rents farm, b. NB, parents b. Scotland, farmer; Ermine, wife, 34, b. KS, father b. IN, mother KS; Richard, son, 6, in school, b. KS; Nelson, s, 4 yrs 1 month, b. KS; '''Jennie S. Osborn''', mother-in-law, 71, widow, b. PA, parents b. PA
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| '''1930 United States federal Census''', District 14, Medicine Lodge, Barber Co, KS, page 4.  Census dated 29 April 1930.<br>Line 82:  Jennie S. Osborn, head, 81, widow, m. at age 30.  b. PA, parents b. PA, owns home, value $3000, has radio.  The house is on North MAin Street.<br>
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Son Leon and family are listed on previous page.
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|'''Obituary for Jennie Osborn''', ''The Barber County Index'', July 4, 1940.<br>
 
|'''Obituary for Jennie Osborn''', ''The Barber County Index'', July 4, 1940.<br>
 
Jennie Osborn arrived in Medicine Lodge KS in 1878.  A daughter of Susan Myer and Barnard Stoughton, she was born in Kallensburg (sic Callensburg, Clarion Co.), Pa, 23 Dec 1848, and died 26 June 1940 at her home in Medicine Lodge KS, aged 91 yrs, 6 mos. & 3 days.  She came with parents to Lawrence Co., MO by boat from Pittsburgh, via Ohio & Miss. Rivers, then train to St. Louis. She taught school in Lawrence Co. MO  & near Lowell, Cherokee Co. KS.  She traveled overland in 1871 to teach in Texas 2 yrs. then worked as milliner.  In 1878 traveled to Barber Co. KS, to Oswego, to Medicine Lodge where she taught school for 1 year before marrying William George Osborn in Feb 1879. Their children: Dr. L. L. Osborn of Medicine Lodge, and George E. Osborn of Salt Lake City, and three daughters, Mrs. Glenn A. DeLay of Neodesha; Mrs. George Turnbull, of Medicine Lodge, and Nellis Osborn, who died in infancy. There are seven grandchildren: David Osborn, Barbara Osborn, Richard Turnbull, Nelson Turnbull, [[Dorothy DeLay]], Nellis DeLay, Louise DeLay.  Mr. Osborn died August 14, 1919. Member Methodist Church; active in Womens Sufferage movement; active in W. C. T. U. before national prohibition.<br> For photo of Jennie Osborn, and of frame house built in 1879, see http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/osborn_jennie.html
 
Jennie Osborn arrived in Medicine Lodge KS in 1878.  A daughter of Susan Myer and Barnard Stoughton, she was born in Kallensburg (sic Callensburg, Clarion Co.), Pa, 23 Dec 1848, and died 26 June 1940 at her home in Medicine Lodge KS, aged 91 yrs, 6 mos. & 3 days.  She came with parents to Lawrence Co., MO by boat from Pittsburgh, via Ohio & Miss. Rivers, then train to St. Louis. She taught school in Lawrence Co. MO  & near Lowell, Cherokee Co. KS.  She traveled overland in 1871 to teach in Texas 2 yrs. then worked as milliner.  In 1878 traveled to Barber Co. KS, to Oswego, to Medicine Lodge where she taught school for 1 year before marrying William George Osborn in Feb 1879. Their children: Dr. L. L. Osborn of Medicine Lodge, and George E. Osborn of Salt Lake City, and three daughters, Mrs. Glenn A. DeLay of Neodesha; Mrs. George Turnbull, of Medicine Lodge, and Nellis Osborn, who died in infancy. There are seven grandchildren: David Osborn, Barbara Osborn, Richard Turnbull, Nelson Turnbull, [[Dorothy DeLay]], Nellis DeLay, Louise DeLay.  Mr. Osborn died August 14, 1919. Member Methodist Church; active in Womens Sufferage movement; active in W. C. T. U. before national prohibition.<br> For photo of Jennie Osborn, and of frame house built in 1879, see http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/osborn_jennie.html
 
|[[Barber County Index, Obituary of Jennie Osborn|See complete text]]
 
|[[Barber County Index, Obituary of Jennie Osborn|See complete text]]
 
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|'''"The Early Days"''', Memoir by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, printed in ''The Barber County Index'', September 29, 1927.<br<>Stoughton family moved from PA to Missouri in 1866, for 11 years, then followed two neighbors to KS. Relates Indian stories, bleak landscape, small towns.  Jennie taught school at Dole School #16, before marrying. Built log house, then frame house in Medicine Lodge area.  (Text includes memoir by husband W. G. Osborn); "stockade days" of Indian trouble, Gen. Custer. "The population of Barber county was 366. Medicine Lodge, 126, Lake City, 114, and Sun City, 126. 349 were born in the United States, 7 in Canada, 9 in Germany, and one in England."<br> See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/osborn_j_29sept1927.html
 
|'''"The Early Days"''', Memoir by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, printed in ''The Barber County Index'', September 29, 1927.<br<>Stoughton family moved from PA to Missouri in 1866, for 11 years, then followed two neighbors to KS. Relates Indian stories, bleak landscape, small towns.  Jennie taught school at Dole School #16, before marrying. Built log house, then frame house in Medicine Lodge area.  (Text includes memoir by husband W. G. Osborn); "stockade days" of Indian trouble, Gen. Custer. "The population of Barber county was 366. Medicine Lodge, 126, Lake City, 114, and Sun City, 126. 349 were born in the United States, 7 in Canada, 9 in Germany, and one in England."<br> See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/osborn_j_29sept1927.html
 
|[["The Early Days" by Jennie Stoughton Osborn|See complete text]]
 
|[["The Early Days" by Jennie Stoughton Osborn|See complete text]]
 
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|'''Obituary of Susan Stoughton''' (i.e. Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton), ''The Medicine Lodge Cresset'', 5 Jan. 1888, pg. 3, col. 2.<br>"Died: Mrs. Susan Stoughton, the wife of B.V. Stoughton who passed away last March, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Geo. W. Osborne, on Tuesday, January 3rd, 1888, aged 77 years and 3 months. Mrs. Stoughton was married in 1833 to John Hagan. In February 1848, she was married to B.V. Stoughton. Her children are: J.E. Hagan, Mrs. G.W. Lowerrie, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs.McCray of Mingona and '''Mrs. Geo. W. Osborne'''. For a long term of years, Mrs. Stoughton had been a consistent member of the Baptist church." <br>From: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barber/news/KSHS-M866-88.html
 
|'''Obituary of Susan Stoughton''' (i.e. Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton), ''The Medicine Lodge Cresset'', 5 Jan. 1888, pg. 3, col. 2.<br>"Died: Mrs. Susan Stoughton, the wife of B.V. Stoughton who passed away last March, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Geo. W. Osborne, on Tuesday, January 3rd, 1888, aged 77 years and 3 months. Mrs. Stoughton was married in 1833 to John Hagan. In February 1848, she was married to B.V. Stoughton. Her children are: J.E. Hagan, Mrs. G.W. Lowerrie, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs.McCray of Mingona and '''Mrs. Geo. W. Osborne'''. For a long term of years, Mrs. Stoughton had been a consistent member of the Baptist church." <br>From: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barber/news/KSHS-M866-88.html
 
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|'''Obituary for Mrs. Susan Stoughton''' (i.e. Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton),''The Chief'', January 6, 1888: <br>Died: At the residence of '''Mr. G.W. Osborne''', Mrs. Susan Stoughton, on last Tuesday, the 3d inst., at the age of 77 years and 3 months.   
 
|'''Obituary for Mrs. Susan Stoughton''' (i.e. Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton),''The Chief'', January 6, 1888: <br>Died: At the residence of '''Mr. G.W. Osborne''', Mrs. Susan Stoughton, on last Tuesday, the 3d inst., at the age of 77 years and 3 months.   
  
  
 
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|'''James Voltz''' correspondence 2008, ongoing: jlv100@psu.edu<br> Jim pointed out to us the obituary of Jennie Osborn.
 
|'''James Voltz''' correspondence 2008, ongoing: jlv100@psu.edu<br> Jim pointed out to us the obituary of Jennie Osborn.
 
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| '''Personal correspondence''' from [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|Elizabeth Wilson Williams]], granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.
 
| '''Personal correspondence''' from [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|Elizabeth Wilson Williams]], granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.
 
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| '''1920 United States Federal Census''', District 74, Syracuse, Hamilton Co, KS, page 14.  Census dated 28 June 1920.<br>Lines 73-76:  Glenn W. DeLay, 37, superintendent, city schools,  b. OH, parents OH; Cecile, wife, 37, b. KS, parents b. USA; Dorothy, 2 yrs 9 months, b. KS; Nellis, 1 yr 8 months, b. KS.  Family lives on Johnson Street.
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| '''1930 United States Federal Census''', District 19, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS, page 20, 21.  Census dated  17 Apr 1930.<br> Line 100, pg 20: G. A. DeLay, head, 46, m. at age 32, owns home, value $3000, nno radio, b. OH, parents b. OH, sup. Neodesha Schools, not a veteran; Lines 1-4, page 21: Cecile, wife, 46, m. at 32, b. KS, father b. IN, mother b. PA; Dorothy, dau., 13, b. KS, in school; Nellis, dau., 11, b. KS, in school; Glenna Cecile, dau., 2 months, b. KS.  Family lives at 124 Indiana Street.
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Revision as of 09:37, 31 May 2008



NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR

Jennie S. Stoughton is not in my direct ancestry. She is 2 steps removed in the following ways:



Date Location Notes Sources
Birth Callensburg, Clarion Co. PA
Marriage Feb 1879 Medicine Lodge,Barber Co. KS to William George Osborn
born Indiana
Death 26 June 1940 at home, Medicine Lodge, KS age 91 yrs, 6 mo, 3 days
Burial

Ancestry chart segment 

 Generation 5           Generation 6               Generation 7
 
                                              
                                              
                                               +-- John Stoughton  
                                               |   (1773-1833)       
                      + Barnard V. Stoughton --+                    
                      |  (1817-????)           |                         
 Jennie S. Stoughton--+                        +-- Catherine Covert
                      |                            (1778->1850)
                      + Susan Myer
                        (1810-1888)

Sources:

Children

(children with George W. Osborn)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Dr. Leon L. Osborn M Dec. 1879 KS "of Medicine Lodge", KS
Cecile Osborn F Oct 1882 KS Glenn A. DeLay "of Neodesha", Wilson Co. KS children: Dorothy DeLay, Nellis Delay, Louise Delay,
Glenna Cecile DeLay
Ermine Osborn F Mar 1885 KS George Turnbull
born ~1883in NE, Scottish parents 		"of Medicine Lodge", KS
George E. Osborn M Jan 1889 KS " of Salt Lake City", UT|
Nellis Osborn F KS died in infancy, birth order unk.

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA by 1850 [1]
Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA by 1860 [2]
Mount Pleasant Twp, Lawrence Co, MO by 1870 [3]
Lowell, Cherokee Co. KS 1871
Lake City Twp, Barber Co, KS by 1880
Medicine Lodge Twp, Barber Co, KS by 1880 [4]
Mingona Twp, Barber Co, KS by 1900 [5][6][7]
Medicine Lodge Twp, Barber Co, KS by 1930 [8]

Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 1850 United States Federal Census, Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24. Previous page dated 30 Sept. 1850.
Lines 16-25: B.W. Stoughton, 33, shoemake; Susannah, 33; John, 14; Joseph, 12; Elliott, 10; Hannah, 8; Catharine, 6; Susannah, 4; Jane, 2; Elizabeth, 1/2. John, Joseph, Elliott and Hannah attended school.
The ages of the children align well with other census data, as does the age for Barnard Stoughton.
1850 census pa clarion piney pg 24.jpg
2 1860 United States Federal Census, Tionesta Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 13. Census dated 15 Aug 1860.
Lines 6-14:D.V. Stoten, 42, farmer, $500 real, $150 personal property; Susan, 46, Children: Joseph, 21, farmer; C.H., 18, farmer; Hannah, 18, house keeping; Catherine, 16, house keeping; June, 12; Elizabeth, 10; Ida, 7. All b. PA.
1860 census pa venango tionesta pg 13.jpg
3 1870 United States Federal Census, Mount Pleasant Twp, Lawrence Co, Missouri, page 35. Census dated 14 Sept 1870.
  • Lines 35-39: Bentan V. Stoughton, 56, farmer, $800 real, $900 personal property; Susanna, 59, keeping house; Jinnie S., 21; Elizabeth, 20; Adrey, 16. All born PA.
    This is the family of Bernard V. Stoughton living next door to his niece Martha Jane Boyle Hagan. See "Source Notes" below. Contributed by James Voltz.
  • Lines 31-34: John E. Hagan, age 29, carpenter, $350 real property, b. PA. Martha J. age 27 keeping house, b. PA. Thomas B. age 5, b. PA. Jimmie M. (female) age 2, b. MO.
1870 census mo lawrence mount pleasant pg 35.jpg
4 1880 United States Federal Census, District 315, Medicine Lodge Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 11. Census dated 4 June 1880.
Lines 2-5: William G. Osborn, 32, farmer and district clerk, b. IN, parents b. IN; Jennie, 31, wife, keeping house; b. PA, parents b. PA; Leon, 6 months, b. Dec., son, b. KS; Mand(?) Hagan, 12, niece, b. MO, parents b. PA.
1880 census ks barber medicine lodge dist 315 pg 11.jpg
5 1900 United States Federal Census, District 7, Mingona Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 1. Census dated June 1 1900.
Lines 1-6: William G. Osborn, 53, b. Sept 1846, m. 21 years, b. IN, father b. VA, mother b. IN, farmer; Jennie S., wife, 51, b. Dec. 1848, m. 21 years, 5 children born, 4 living, b. PA, parents b. PA; Leon L., son, 20, b. Dec. 1879, b. KS, farm laborer; Cecile C., Dau., 17, b. Oct 1882, b. KS, school teacher; Ermine, dau., 15, b. Mar. 1885, b. KS, in school; George E., son, 10, b. Jun 1889, b. KS, in school.
1900 census ks barber mingona dist 7 pg 1.jpg
6 1910 United States Federal Census, District 8, Mingora Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 1. Census dated 15 April 1910.
Lines 1-5: William G. Osborn, head, 63, m. 31 years, b. IN, father b. VA, mother b. IN, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Jennie S., 61, m. 31 years, 5 children born, 4 living, b. PA, parents b. PA; Cecil C., dau., 27, single, music teacher, state normal school, b. KS; Ermine, dau., 25, housekeeping, farm' b. KS; George E., son, 20, editor, printing office, b. KS.
1910 census ks barber mingona dist 8 pg 1.jpg
7 1920 United States Federal Census, District 4, Mingora Twp, Barber Co, KS, page 1. Census dated 16-17 Feb 1920.
Lines 3-7: George Turnbull, head, 37, rents farm, b. NB, parents b. Scotland, farmer; Ermine, wife, 34, b. KS, father b. IN, mother KS; Richard, son, 6, in school, b. KS; Nelson, s, 4 yrs 1 month, b. KS; Jennie S. Osborn, mother-in-law, 71, widow, b. PA, parents b. PA
1920 census ks barber mingona dist 4 pg 1.jpg
8 1930 United States federal Census, District 14, Medicine Lodge, Barber Co, KS, page 4. Census dated 29 April 1930.
Line 82: Jennie S. Osborn, head, 81, widow, m. at age 30. b. PA, parents b. PA, owns home, value $3000, has radio. The house is on North MAin Street.

Son Leon and family are listed on previous page.

1930 census ks barber medicine lodge dist 14 pg 4.jpg
9 Obituary for Jennie Osborn, The Barber County Index, July 4, 1940.

Jennie Osborn arrived in Medicine Lodge KS in 1878. A daughter of Susan Myer and Barnard Stoughton, she was born in Kallensburg (sic Callensburg, Clarion Co.), Pa, 23 Dec 1848, and died 26 June 1940 at her home in Medicine Lodge KS, aged 91 yrs, 6 mos. & 3 days. She came with parents to Lawrence Co., MO by boat from Pittsburgh, via Ohio & Miss. Rivers, then train to St. Louis. She taught school in Lawrence Co. MO & near Lowell, Cherokee Co. KS. She traveled overland in 1871 to teach in Texas 2 yrs. then worked as milliner. In 1878 traveled to Barber Co. KS, to Oswego, to Medicine Lodge where she taught school for 1 year before marrying William George Osborn in Feb 1879. Their children: Dr. L. L. Osborn of Medicine Lodge, and George E. Osborn of Salt Lake City, and three daughters, Mrs. Glenn A. DeLay of Neodesha; Mrs. George Turnbull, of Medicine Lodge, and Nellis Osborn, who died in infancy. There are seven grandchildren: David Osborn, Barbara Osborn, Richard Turnbull, Nelson Turnbull, Dorothy DeLay, Nellis DeLay, Louise DeLay. Mr. Osborn died August 14, 1919. Member Methodist Church; active in Womens Sufferage movement; active in W. C. T. U. before national prohibition.
For photo of Jennie Osborn, and of frame house built in 1879, see http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/osborn_jennie.html

See complete text
10 "The Early Days", Memoir by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, printed in The Barber County Index, September 29, 1927.<br<>Stoughton family moved from PA to Missouri in 1866, for 11 years, then followed two neighbors to KS. Relates Indian stories, bleak landscape, small towns. Jennie taught school at Dole School #16, before marrying. Built log house, then frame house in Medicine Lodge area. (Text includes memoir by husband W. G. Osborn); "stockade days" of Indian trouble, Gen. Custer. "The population of Barber county was 366. Medicine Lodge, 126, Lake City, 114, and Sun City, 126. 349 were born in the United States, 7 in Canada, 9 in Germany, and one in England."
See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/osborn_j_29sept1927.html 		See complete text
11 Obituary of Susan Stoughton (i.e. Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton), The Medicine Lodge Cresset, 5 Jan. 1888, pg. 3, col. 2.
"Died: Mrs. Susan Stoughton, the wife of B.V. Stoughton who passed away last March, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Geo. W. Osborne, on Tuesday, January 3rd, 1888, aged 77 years and 3 months. Mrs. Stoughton was married in 1833 to John Hagan. In February 1848, she was married to B.V. Stoughton. Her children are: J.E. Hagan, Mrs. G.W. Lowerrie, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs.McCray of Mingona and Mrs. Geo. W. Osborne. For a long term of years, Mrs. Stoughton had been a consistent member of the Baptist church."
From: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barber/news/KSHS-M866-88.html
12 Obituary for Mrs. Susan Stoughton (i.e. Susan Myer, wife of B. V. Stoughton),The Chief, January 6, 1888:
Died: At the residence of Mr. G.W. Osborne, Mrs. Susan Stoughton, on last Tuesday, the 3d inst., at the age of 77 years and 3 months.


13 James Voltz correspondence 2008, ongoing: jlv100@psu.edu
Jim pointed out to us the obituary of Jennie Osborn.
14 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.
N/A
15 1920 United States Federal Census, District 74, Syracuse, Hamilton Co, KS, page 14. Census dated 28 June 1920.
Lines 73-76: Glenn W. DeLay, 37, superintendent, city schools, b. OH, parents OH; Cecile, wife, 37, b. KS, parents b. USA; Dorothy, 2 yrs 9 months, b. KS; Nellis, 1 yr 8 months, b. KS. Family lives on Johnson Street.
1920 census ks hamilton syracuse dist 74 pg 14.jpg
16 1930 United States Federal Census, District 19, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS, page 20, 21. Census dated 17 Apr 1930.
Line 100, pg 20: G. A. DeLay, head, 46, m. at age 32, owns home, value $3000, nno radio, b. OH, parents b. OH, sup. Neodesha Schools, not a veteran; Lines 1-4, page 21: Cecile, wife, 46, m. at 32, b. KS, father b. IN, mother b. PA; Dorothy, dau., 13, b. KS, in school; Nellis, dau., 11, b. KS, in school; Glenna Cecile, dau., 2 months, b. KS. Family lives at 124 Indiana Street.
1930 census ks wilson neodesha dist 19 pg 20.jpg
1930 census ks wilson neodesha dist 19 pg 21.jpg

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