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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published by John M. Gresham & Co. in 1891. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ELMER OSBORN. One of the many enterprising young business men of Silver Creek is Elmer Osborn, a member of one of the leading furniture firms of Osborn Brothers. He was born in Forestville, Chautauqua county, New York, April 14, 1861, and is a son of Philo and Sarah (McDaniels) Osborn. Philo Osborn (father) was a native of Sheridan, this county, where he was a farmer, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a republican in politics. He was a stirring, hard-working man, and died in July, 1885, at fifty years of age. He married Sarah McDaniels, a native of Silver Creek, where she now resides, in the sixty-first year of her age. She is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Elmer Osborn was reared on his father’s farm, and inured to hard work until 1879, receiving meanwhile a common-school education. In that year he came to Silver Creek, and for a time was employed in teaming. In July, 1890, he formed a partnership with his brother, Havilla, under the firm name of Osborn Brothers, and engaged in the furniture business, in which they are now carrying a large and well-selected stock. In politics he is a republican.
In 1885 he united in marriage with Aurelia Lincoln, a daughter of James Lincoln, of Silver Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn have three children, — one son and two daughters: Frank, Sadie and Olive.
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