When David Osborn was born on 19 April 1838, in Mirabile Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, David Osborn, was 31 and his mother, Cynthia Butler, was 26. He married Nancy Thorn on 25 December 1857, in Three Mile Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Idaho, United States in 1870 and Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 February 1917, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
English: variant of Osborne .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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