COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Osborne
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1803
Item Description:
Osborne, John - Biographical information for Dr. John Eugene Osborne; "John E. Osborne", "History of Wyoming" by Ichabod Barlett, pp. 8-11
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Undated
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born: Jun. 19, 1858, in Westport (Essex Co., N. Y.)
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medical surgeon for Union Pacific Railroad (early 1880s)
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invested in sheep raising, banking and real estate - organized and president, Osborne Block Realty Co.
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elected as second Mayor of Rawlins (2 terms) - Democratic Party
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Governor of Wyoming (1892) - elected to U. S. Congress (1896)
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first U. S. Assistant Secetary of State in President Wilson's first administration
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Rawlins National Bank president
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member, Masonic Lodge, Korein Temple and Order of Elks
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extensive traveler to foreign lands ". . . and all parts of the globe."
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botched hanging and subsequent executionof George Parrott, aka Big Nose George (1881)
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Osborne, Mrs. Selina "Lena" Smith (wife, born: Sep. 22, 1883, at Princeton, Ky. - married: Nov. 2, 1907 - died: Mar. 2, 1942 (age: 58) - buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ky.))
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1 child: Jean Curtis
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died: Apr. 24, 1943 (age: 84), at Rawlins (Carbon Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery (Caldwell Co., Ky.)
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attended public New York schools - University of Vermont graduate, studied medicine
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arrived Rawlins (Wyo. Terr., now Carbon Co., Wyo. - early 1880s)
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