Osborn, James L. (1833-1893)

Name:

Osborn, James L. (1833-1893)

Born:

03/26/1833

Birthplace:

Pittsfield, NH

Died:

10/31/1893

Death Location:

Rochester, NH

Residence:

Rochester, NH -- 1850 census; 1890 directory
Farmington (Rochester), NH -- 1860 census
Gonic (Rochester), NH -- 1870 census

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Redware Potter -- by 1850 (census), also in 1860, 1870 census
Farmer -- 1890 directory

Father:

Osborn, Elijah (1806-1861)

Mother:

Lane, Mary Leah (1804-)

Relations:

Worked with his father Elijah Osborne (1806-1861), brother John H. Osborne (c.1837-), and son William Osborne (1857-) at the Gonic pottery. Uncle John S. Osborne (c.1818-) was also a redware potter, in Loudon, NH. Uncle Isaac Lowell (1797-1865) and cousin Elijah Osborn Lowell (1823-1873) were redware potters in Orange, NH.
Siblings:
Osborne, John Henry (1836-; b. Rochester, NH; potter in Gonic and Rochester, NH, continued his father's business until 1875, afterward listed as a farmer; m. Sarah J.; children)
Osborne, Leah Mariah (1839-; b. Rochester, NH)
Grandparents: Leah Prescott and James Lane; Margaret Green and Elijah Osborn (1778-; b. Loudon, NH)

Spouse:

(1) Lydia A. Waldron
(2) Josephine H. Noyes, September 2, 1875

Children:

Osborne, Benjamin E. (1851-1917; b. Gonic NH; d. Rochester, NH)
Osborne, Mary R. (c.1853-)
Osborne, Ida F. (c.1855-)
Osborne, William A. (1857->1920; b. Gonic or Rochester, NH; potter through 1885; worked in woolen mill 1880; shoe cutter 1900 1920; m. Kate M.; children; res. Rochester Gonic, NH)
Osborne, James R. (c.1860-)
Osborne, Lizzie (c.1861-)
Osborne, Downing (c.1862-)
Osborne, Henry L. (c.1866-)

Notes:

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives