Brief Life History of William
When William Osborn was born on 15 October 1864, in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, his father, Alonzo L. Osborn, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Lowry, was 31. He lived in Iowa, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 30 May 1912, in Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United States.
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- William Osborn, "United States Census, 1910"
- William S Osborne, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
- William S Osborn in household of Alonzo L Osborn, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Osborne .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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