. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . he had made his land a productive tract thatyielded him good profit. He died August 6,1851. after about twenty-one years of active andhelpful connection in the pioneer developmentof the county. His wife, surviving him fora quarter of a century, passed away May 22,1876. The) were the parents of eleven chil-dren, of whom three died in infancy, whileeight reached years of maturity. James 1!. Osborn. living upon the home farmin bis early boyhood days, started out in lifefor himself in the fall of 1851, when nineteenyears of age lie began to earn
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . he had made his land a productive tract thatyielded him good profit. He died August 6,1851. after about twenty-one years of active andhelpful connection in the pioneer developmentof the county. His wife, surviving him fora quarter of a century, passed away May 22,1876. The) were the parents of eleven chil-dren, of whom three died in infancy, whileeight reached years of maturity. James 1!. Osborn. living upon the home farmin bis early boyhood days, started out in lifefor himself in the fall of 1851, when nineteenyears of age lie began to earn his living byteaching in a school which was conducted onthe subscription plan, each scholar paying twoand a half dollars per term. He continued hiseducational work at intervals until 1861. Inthe fall of 1862, his spirit of patriotism beingaroused by the continued attempt of the southto overthrow the Union, he enlisted and be-came a corporal of Company F, One Hundredand Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. JAMES R. OSBOKN
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