When Arminda Jane Shiveley was born in November 1853, in Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, Jacob Shiveley, was 37 and her mother, Elinor Ann Hornback, was 34. She married Simon Osman on 23 August 1868, in Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Green Township, Adams, Ohio, United States for about 30 years and Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 22 December 1937, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in West Union Cemetery, West Union, Tiffin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States.