Tunis Covert Osgood (1810 - 1891)

Born 14 Dec 1810 in Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Miller) Osgood — married 1833 (to 1834) in Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Miller) Osgood — married 1834 in Seneca, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1891 at age 80 in Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States

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Biography

Tunis, son of William Osgood and Magdalene Covert, was born in Lodi, New York around 1811. He married Sarah (Miller) Osgood, almost immediately migrating west to the Michigan Territory. Sarah died in childbirth in the village of Tecumseh, Michigan and Tunis returned to New York, marrying Sarah's younger sister the next year.

He married Elizabeth Ann Miller 1814-1886), the daughter of Oliver Miller and Ann Van Voorhees, marrying around 1835. They lived out their lives in Lodi Township in Seneca County. In 1850, Tunis widowed mother lived with the family in Lodi, as did his younger brother, Cornelius, who worked on the farm with him. Sarah L. Miller, age 3 and born in Michigan, is also in the household, perhaps the daughter of one of Elizabeth's siblings, who also migrated west.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Tunis passed away at the age of 81^[6] and is buried at West Lodi Cemetery.^[7]

Research Notes

There is evidence that Tunis and Sarah Osgood had a daughter together who did not survive infancy or childhood, also named Sarah Ann Osgood, who was born on July 15, 1837.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC12-QVW : 4 April 2020), Tunis C Osgood, Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States; citing family 130, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4X-58M : 11 November 2020), T C Osgood, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KD-1Y7 : 18 March 2020), Tunis C Osgood, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZFR-32F : 20 August 2017), Tunis C Osgood, Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 159, sheet 101C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,931.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. The National Archives at Washington, DC. Ancestry Record 1791 #1441937 with attached Image
6. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2D-45HG : 20 October 2019), Tunis C Osgood, 1891.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73BB-V8W2 : 2 August 2020), Tunis C. Osgood, Burial, Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States of America, West Lodi Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #194200750