Harvey Osborn (bef. 1791 - abt. 1842)

Born before 6 Nov 1791 in Oxford, New Haven, CT

Ancestors

Biography

Harvey OSBORN was born in Oxford, New Haven, CT and was christened 6 Nov 1791 in Oxford Congregational Church. He married Eunice SMITH on 10 Jun 1820.

Sources

• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 18. . " ... it was voted by the meeting that Mr. David McEwen, Elias Scott, Abel Wheeler, Esq., and Harvey Osborn be a committee ..." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p18.htm.

• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 59. "Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.

Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs. Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs. Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos. Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das. Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs. Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs. Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/jhcemscan59.html.

• B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 19. . " As we proceed on our jnourney north we come to another old house which is well worth mention. This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. After the house was finished he married Eunice Smith of Oxford, June 10th, 1820. One son was born to them, George B. Osborn, who lived with Bennett Davis for many years and was instrumental in saving the life of the writer at the time of the fire that destroyed the farm house of Bennett Davis, Nov. 12, 1849.

The first wife of Harvey Osborn died July 16, 1828. On Jan. 15th, 1830, he married Nabby Davis, one of the twin daughters of Col. John Davis. He died in 1842. After his death Aunt Nabby lived at the old homestead until 1860 when she went to New Rochelle, N. Y., to live with a relative. She died there July 21st, 1874. The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-19.html

NOTE: George's mother died when he was young. Burritt Davis is the brother of his father's second wife, Abigail Davis. She is shown living with Burritt on the 1850 Oxford census. The house that burned in 1849 belonged to Burritt Davis. Burritt's wife, Sarah Electa Osborn, was George's cousin. She was the daughter of Hiram Osborn, one of Harvey's brothers.

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 431.

• 1830 Oxford Census.

• 1840 Oxford Census.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 23. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/023.html.

• B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford, Chapter 19. http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-19.html.