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SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	ADDRESS	OCCUPATION/BIOGRAPHY/NOTES
O'Brien	Charles	off. 321 Jefferson res. 315 N. Boundary	Capitalist
Ockert	Jacob	202 Jefferson	Mfr. of cigars
Ogden	C. W.		Cashier T.P.&W
Ohrt	Adolph	1700 Mt. Pleasant
Ohrt	H. C.	301 Jefferson res. 906 N. 6th	Real estate
Olmsted	C..E.		Proprietor of Orchard City Flouring-Mills. Born where Jacksonville, Ill., is now located, Jan. 6, 1823; at the age of 4 years, his parents removed to St. Louis, where they resided two years, and then removed to Le Roy, Genesee, Co., N. Y.; Mr. O. resided in New York State until he came to Burlington in 1856; he engaged in the milling business here in 1857; built the Oriental Mills in Chicago, in the spring of 1861; in 1864, returned to Burlington, and built the present Orchard City Mills; sold out the mills in 1867; in 1870, he went to Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kan., and there built flouring- mills, and, in May, 1877, returned to Burlington.
Olson	Olof	644 May	Foreman planing-mill
Oppice	S.		Born in Italy in 1841. Married Louisa Aralda in 1866; she was born in New York City; they have four children Frank, Joseph, Louisa and Mary. Members of St. Paul's Church; Republican.
Orm	George	103 S. Adams	Builder
Orndorff	J. A.	cor. Front & Columbia	Prop. St. James Hotel
Orth	Adolph	res. 1700 Mt. Pleasant
Orth	P. J.	1614 Agency St.	Dealer in groceries, provisions and liquors. Born Sept. 9, 1843, in Germany, and came to America in 1852. Married Feb. 14, 1871, Louisa Gepheart; they have four children Herbert, Mary, John, J. E., Peter; all members of St. John's Church; he is a Democrat.
Ortleb	Wm.	1315 N. 8th	Bakery
Osborn, E. & W. M.		217 Valley	Wholesale dealers in paper and stationery, twines, blank books, etc. The junior partner of this firm came to Burlington in June, 1856, and established the job printing and paper business in Coolbaugh's Block, Main St., where he remained until 1861, when his establishment was consolidated with that of the Hawk-Eye and was removed to Starr's building on 3d St., adjoining the Barret House. The Hawk-Eye establishment having been sold to Edwards & Beardsley, in the fall of 1865, he went south, returning in the spring of 1867, when the firm of E. & W. M. Osborn was established in John S. David's building on Front St.; in the fall of 1869. the establishment was consolidated with the job printing and bookbinding concern of Snow & Vogt, on Valley St., E. Osborn and Frederick Vogt retiring; W. M. Osborn, S. W. Snow and T. R. Acres, continuing under the firm name of Osborn, Snow & Co.; in 1874, the other partners having retired, the business was continued by E. & W. M. Osborn. Both partners of this firm have been identified with the manufacture of paper and the paper trade from childhood, and are supposed to know paper and the needs of the trade for goods in that line as well as any firm in the country. Mr. E. Osborn was born in Hartford Co., Conn., in 1813; at the age of 9, with relatives, he removed to Western New York, by New England people then considered the Far West, soon after entering a paper mill at Dansville, Livingston Co., and serving a term of nine years as an apprentice to the manufacture of paper, which in those days was made entirely by hand; afterward, when machinery had been introduced, he continued with the mills at Dansville until 1 851 , when he removed to Niagara Falls, engaging with the mills at that point, a few years afterward removing to St. Charles, Ill., and, in 1864, joined his son in this city. W. M. Osborn was born at Dansville, N. Y., in 1834; learning and working at the printing business in the Herald office; in 1852. joining his parents at Niagara Falls and working in Buffalo; in the fall of the same, year he removed to Detroit, and, in the spring of 1853, coming west to Chicago, where he engaged with Mr. S. P. Rounds, so well known to the printing fraternity of the West as dealer in printers' furnishing goods, with whom he remained until his removal to Burlington in 1856.
Osgood	J. C.		President of the Whitebreast Coal & Mining Co. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 6, 1851; came to Iowa in 1870; he was connected with the Union Coal & Mining Co. at Ottumwa until 1874; he then came to Burlington, and was Cashier of the First National Bank here until the fall of 1877; he has held his present position since January, 1878.
Osterberg	Christ.	Boundary res. 1200 Valley	Copper works
Ostrander	J. A.	Central Block res. 109 8. Marshall	Gen'l Freight and Ticket Agt. B.&S.W.
Otten	J. M.	422 S. Main res. 204 Vine	Boots and shoes
Overton	D. Y.		Attorney at law. Born near Morristown, N. J., Oct. 31, 1822; admitted to the bar at general term of the Supreme Court held at Binghamton, N. Y., in 1852; he was engaged in practice at Elmira, N. Y., until 1857; then came to Burlington. Mr. Overton has held various municipal offices; he was active in the work of organizing ihe present public school system of this city; Secretary of the Board of Education for some time. He married Mary C. Scott, in October, 1864; they have one child Anna C.; by former wife he has two children Frank A. and Percy.
Owen	F. L.	1001 10th	Printer
Owen	Owen	1001 10th	Clerk

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