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JACOB W. OSMUN, farmer and mechanic; P. O. Stanford; was born in Bureau Co., Ill., Feb. 22, 1844; came to Allin Township in March, 1861. He enlisted in the 94th Regt. Ill. Inf. in August, 1862, for three years’ service; was mustered in August 17, and served out his full term; was mustered out in Galveston, Tex., at the expiration of his term, but, with what was left of his regiment, was discharged at Springfield, Ill.; he was in nine engagements, viz., Prairie Grove, Van Buren, siege of Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Mobile and Brownsville, Tex., Morganzia and Yazoo City, and numerous skirmishes; himself and Edward K. Stahl, of his regiment, were the first to enter Fort Morgan; they captured a rebel flag and a tobacco-box. He married Luella Snodgrass Feb. 28, 1869; she was born in McLean Co., Ill., May 10, 1851; they have had four children — Minnie May, born Dec. 21, 1869; Annie A , May 3, 1871; Lunna, born Oct. 3, 1873, and Milton X., born Jan. 17, 1875; Annie A. died in October, 1871. In politics, he is a Democrat.