Barbara Osborn

Brief Life History of Barbara

When Barbara Osborn was born on 5 February 1855, in Blackwater, Lee, Virginia, United States, her father, Isaac Denton Osborne, was 39 and her mother, Mary Osborne, was 36. She married Newton Siler on 3 October 1880, in Scott, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Pleasant View, Whitley, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 November 1929, in Campbell, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Siler Cemetery, Siler, Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Newton Siler
1863–1951
Barbara Osborn
1855–1929
Marriage: 3 October 1880
Joseph Andrew Siler
1881–1952
Siler
1890–
Siler
1892–
Lora E. Siler
1886–1970
Nancy Jane Siler
1889–1938
Enoch Bruce Siler
1893–1978

Sources (24)

  • Barbra Filer in household of Newton Filer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Barbara Osborn, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Barbary Oshem, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Osborne .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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