Barbara [McLain] Osborn

MCLAIN, OSBORN

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 6/4/2010 at 08:28:53

Obituary -

(Unknown Newspaper)

MRS. BARBARA McCLAIN OSBORN ... Died, October 22, 1905, at the home of her son in Clay Township, Harrison County, Missouri, Mrs. Barbara Osborn [nee McCLain], aged 81 years, 7 months and 23 days. The deceased was a native of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where she grew to womanhood, and at 24 years of age was married to Jacob Osborn, with whom she moved in 1853, to Jefferson County, Iowa, and in 1855 to Decatur County. She was the mother of five children, four sons and one daughter. The sons are all living but the daughter, the youngest of the family died at 35 years of age. She has been 44 years a widow. She endured many hardships and with much toil and great self-denial she raised her family. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having previously belonged to the Winebrennarian and United Brethren Churches. She rejoiced in a full preparation for death and peacefully departed for her eternal home October 22, 1905 at 2:30 o'clock p.m. The funeral was in the home and she was buried in the McClain Cemetery.

(Harrison County, Missouri Genealogical Web - Contributed by Michael Mellentine)