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dusk we were obliged to fall back, our ammunition being exhausted, and there being evident danger of being surrounded and cut off by the superior num- bers of the enemy. We got all our wounded that we could find with us, but could not bring off the dead. The next day, Sunday, the rebels returned to the attack, but when they approached our lines Hooker's division on the left and Sedgwick's and Richardson's on the right, who arrived late in the afternoon of Saturday, met and repulsed them at every point. Our division being in the hottest of the fight on Sat- urday and having lost severely and rendered great service in checking and driving back the enemy when in full pursuit of Casey's flying columns, was held in reserve in the battle of Sunday. We were kept under arms all day, and no man could leave his post. On this account and because the battle field of Saturday was still disputed ground through- out Sunday, it was impossible for any of us to go where Joshua lay, but on Monday morning there was no longer any obstacles, and I sent out a detail to bury the dead and search for three of my com- pany who were missing. * * * They could not
find the body of your son. They found some fresh graves near where he had been carried to, and after considerable search in the vicinity they concluded he must have been buried by some of the other search parties then in the field. We were on the point of giving it up about dusk, when Sergeant Kuhns making another circuit through the bushes found your son. * * * His features were natural
and calm. He looked as one that slept a peaceful sleep. We buried him where we found him, under a small oak tree, and marked his name on the ttee and on a headboard placed at the grave. I cut a lock of his hair which I enclosed the other day in a letter which I wrote to Mrs. Reid; I suppose you have received it before this. We turned from his grave with sad hearts. We all loved him. The whole company mourns his loss. He had won, too, the respect and esteem of the regimental officers, with whom his duties as orderly brought him into frequent contact. It will be gratifying to you to learn that during the last two months Joshua became more and more impressed with religious feelings. I could notice an increasing seriousness of manner, but there are others who knew his mind more inti- mately on this subject than I did, and who assure me that he took a deep interest in religion. Present my sincerest condolence to his bereaved widow, to his mother, and all your family.
Very truly your friend, B. J. REID, CAPT. Co. F, 63d Reg. P. V.
The following is from the obituary pub- lished in the Clarion Democrat, 1862:
In the battle of Fair Oaks, now historic, many brave men have fallen, fighting manfully the great battle of the constitution and the government, many
Rev. B. F. Delo.
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hearthstones have been made desolate, and many hearts sad, but over no community did the spirit of mourning brood more heavily than that from which went forth the subject of this notice, when on the still Sabbath morning of the 8th inst. the news spread from house to house that he had fallen, nobly battling for the right in the front ranks of our noble army, while cheering them on to deeds of noble daring. Not twenty-one years of age, he thus fell, leaving the bright example of glorious action and a noble death, falling as brave men love to fall, if fall they must, in the din of battle, with their faces to the foe. In this example, although dead, he yet lives. He leaves behind a sorrowing companion and two orphan children, parents, relatives and friends to mourn his early death; yet for them are the con- solations of the word of eternal life, and they mourn not as those without hope-they have the comfort- ing assurance from the letters of his brave and excellent captain, himself and others, that the de- ceased died a faithful soldier of the Cross, as well as a true soldier of the republic, and for those thus dying, death has no sting, the grave no victory. Let his mourning widow remember Him who saith, "I will be the widow's portion and the orphan's stay ;" his parents and relations, that the "Lord gave and the Lord taketh away," and let all say, "It is the Lord, he doeth all things well." G. W. L.
He had a son Joshua Stanley Delo, who resides in Chicago, Illinois, and Mary Hunter Delo, a graduate of Carrier Seminary and Edinboro Normal School. She is a profes- sional teacher and has taught many terms suc- cessfully.
Daniel Alvin, son of Daniel and Christiana ( Loughner) Delo, was born in Clarion bor- otigh. June 28, 1846. He was educated in Clarion common schools and academy. He served three months in Captain B. B. Dunkle's company at the time of Morgan's raid in Ohio, during the civil war. He also clerked in the provost marshal's office at Meadville to the close of the war. He died in 1865 in Mead- ville.
Thomas B., son of Daniel and Christiana (Loughner) Delo, was born in Clarion, Sep- tember 17. 1848. He was educated in the common schools, academy, and Carrier Sem- inary of Clarion. He taught a term of school in Leatherwood; clerked for some time in Thomas Moffit's store, then for Nathan Myers in Clarion, and then worked in the Clarion Democrat office at printing. He went to Al- toona, Pennsylvania, in September, 1869, as clerk for the P. R. R. Company. He was mar- ried in 1871 to Theodocia E. Moore, daughter of Johnston and Maria Moore, of Altoona, Pennsylvania. By this union there were two children : Ray B. Delo, now assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Elmira, New
York, who married Lily Mason, daughter of WV. C. Mason; they have one child, Eleanor Louisa. Dr. J. Moore Delo, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : married a daughter of Mr. Hadfield, of Philadelphia, no children. After the decease of the mother of these children, Thomas B. Delo married Clara Adell Van Gorder, daughter of Jacob and Amanda M. Van Gorder, of Elmira, New York, and grand- daughter of Colonel E. C. Frost, of Schuyler county, New York. There were no children by this union. Thomas B. Delo moved from Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Elmira, New York, as clerk for the Northern Central Railroad, and has continued in the employ of that com- pany. He is a Presbyterian, and has been choir leader in Altoona and Elmira.
Rev. Benjamin F. Delo, son of Daniel and Christiana (Loughner) Delo was born in Beaver township, Clarion (then Venango) county. April 16, 1832. He was only five years old when he went to his first school ; his first teacher was Miss Polly Morgan, who married Rev. George F. Reeser, a Methodist Episcopal minister of the Erie Conference. His other teachers were: Rev. Daniel Kuhns; Peter B. Simpson, who died in Helen town- ship, aged ninety-three years ; Daniel B. Hays, an attorney, died in Mercer, Pennsylvania : a Mr. Winal, whose father was a minister of Westmoreland county ; Mrs. Gardner, a sum- mer school, and Abraham Alabaugh. On April 1, 1844, the family moved to Clarion, he then went to a summer school kept by Rev. George F. Ehrenfelt. In August, 1844, his father apprenticed him to Reid & Alexander. of the Clarion Democrat, to learn the art of printing. A year later Alexander purchased Reid's interest and later sold a half interest to George B. Weaver. The office force consisted at different times of John C. Reid, journey- man. James F. Weaver, later editor in Center county, and colonel in the civil war, and J. P. George, later editor and publisher of the Brookville Jeffersonian, who were apprentices. At the end of three years in the office he was a journeyman for a few months; he then at- tended school for the winter, after which he was journeyman on the Clarion Banner, A. J. Gibson, proprietor. In February, 1849, he united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Clarion, and for a short time canvassed as a book agent. The first part of 1850 was spent in study with his brother, John A., at Shippens- ville. The summer was spent in the Clarion
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Banner office. In 1851 he clerked for M. S. Adams at Martinsburg (now Bruin), Butler county, Pennsylvania. The winter following he taught school at Attleberger's schoolhouse, in Beaver township, Clarion county ; in March, 1852, he received license as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal church. The early part of the summer was spent in charge of the store at Martha Furnace, in preparation for clos- ing up the works. In the fall of 1852, after clerking for Richard Richardson in Shippens- ville for a time, he went to Meadville and worked as journeyman for J. C. Hays on the Crawford Journal, until the spring of 1853, when he entered as a student in Allegheny College. In the vacation of 1855, July 3d, he was licensed a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church, on the Shippensville circuit. In the middle of the fall term at college, he was called as second preacher on Pleasantville circuit. In the fall of 1856 he did some speech making for the Republican party, and entered into the lumbering business. On the Ist of January, 1857, Mr. Delo married Phebe Ann, daughter of Daniel Jr. and Phebe Ann (King) Fleming, of West Hickory, Pennsyl- vania. Daniel Fleming Sr. came from Alle- gheny county, son of - Fleming, whose wife was a Reed. Daniel Fleming Sr. married Nancy Hardy, of Venango county. She had a brother, Hardy, who kept a hotel on the Franklin and Pittsburgh turnpike. The Kings were from Tioga county, New York (Bainbridge). Of the Flemings it is said their progenitors were from the north of Scotland. In August, 1857, Mr. Delo returned to Mead- ville and worked as a journeyman for Mitchell & Sears on the Spirit of the Age. From Jan- uary 1, 1858, to August, 1859, he was fore- man on the Crawford Democrat, - - Wil- son was editor and proprietor. He returned then to lumbering on West Hickory. In August, 1859, Colonel Drake struck petroleum oil, two miles below Titusville, on Watson Flat. The influx of population required an additional preacher in the Methodist Episco- pal church of Titusville, in the beginning of 1860, and Mr. Delo filled the place. From July, 1860, to July 1862, he was a missionary on Oil Creek, in the oilfields. He did the first Methodist preaching at Rouseville and Plum- mer. In 1862, in August, he was appointed on Pleasant Valley circuit. In 1863 he was re- ceived as a member of the Erie conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, Bishop Simp-
son presiding, was ordained a deacon, and ap- pointed to Kinzua, where he preached for three years. His pastorates thereafter were Frewsburg, New York; Cochranton, Young- ville, Wheatland, Brookville, Greece City, Pe- tersburg; presiding elder of Brookville and Clarion districts in Pennsylvania, Returning to pastorates he served Callensburg, Knox, agent for Carrier Seminary, and pastor at Clarion. During this last pastorate he led the congregation to build a beautiful church building of native stone at a cost of $35,000, at present valued at $60,000. He continued for several years in itinerant preaching, but on account of his wife's illness he could not move. After having served in the conference for thirty-three years he retired. During his re- tirement he was three times connected with the Clarion Republican. The last time in 1901 when he was editor and publisher. Since then he has had no employment and is now in liis eighty-first year. He was the father of only three children : 1. Daniel F., who was edu- cated in the common schools, Carrier Sem- inary and Allegheny College. After studying law he died at the age of twenty-four years. He was born in Meadville, November 22, 1857; married Mary Frances, daughter of Henry Lewis, of Edinboro, Erie county, Penn- sylvania. They had one daughter, Flora Wini- fred, born in Callensburg, see below. 2. Will- iam Chester, was born in West Hickory, Ven- ango county, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1859. He was educated in the common schools and Carrier Seminary ; was assistant agent at Clarion, of the B. & O. R. R. and agent at West Clarion. He is unmarried. 3. Mary Ella, was born at Kinzua, Pennsylvania, No- vember 16, 1865, and died at Wheatland, Pennsylvania, aged six years, four months, eleven days.
Flora Winifred, daughter of Daniel F. and Mary Frances (Lewis) Delo, was born at Callensburg, Pennsylvania. She was educated in the common and high schools of Clarion, Clarion Normal and Beaver College, and was always at the head of her classes. She taught two years in the model school of Clarion Nor- mal, at Carnegie, Verona high school, and is at present teaching in the high school at Cora- opolis, Pennsylvania.
Rev. B. F. Delo is a Mason, being a member of Clarion Lodge, No. 277, F. and A. M., and the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania; Eden Chapter, No. 259, Royal .Arch Masons, of
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Clarion, and at present chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania ; also a member of Franklin Commandery, No. 44, Knights Templar of Pennsylvania. His wife is living and is in her seventy-seventh year.
(Ancestry of Flora Winifred Delo).
Flora Winifred Delo was a daughter of Daniel F. and Mary Frances (Lewis) Delo; granddaughter of Benjamin F. and Phebe Ann ( Fleming) Delo, and Henry and Frances Ellen (Frye) Lewis; great-granddaughter of Daniel and Christiana (Loughner ) Delo, Jesse and Sarah ( Campbell) Lewis, Isaac and Mary (Petra) Frye, Daniel and Phebe Ann (King) Fleming ; George and Eve Catharine (Kuhns) Delo, Daniel and Nancy (Hardy) Fleming, Lot and Jemima (Garwood ) Lewis, John and Lucy Frye, David and Mary Petra, John and Mary (Loughery) Campbell; great-great- granddaughter of Michael and Mary (Kiefer) Delo, and - (Reed) Fleming, James and Jane ( Winters) Campbell, Mediah and (Titus) Garwood, James and Mary Loughery, -- and Lydia (Squire) Lewis; great-great-great-granddaughter of William and Ann ( Boone) Winters, - and Anna ( Ball) Campbell ; great-great-great- great-granddaughter of Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone; great-great-great-great- great-granddaughter of George Boone and Mary Boone.
William Winters' family was in some re- spects remarkable; there were nineteen chil- dren by two wives. His first wife, Ann Boone, was a sister of Colonel Daniel Boone, of Ken- tucky fame. Their oldest daughter. Hannah, married Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather of President Lincoln, she was the mother of eleven children. The second wife was Eleanor Campbell, she had eight children. One of these, a daughter Mary, married Charles Hus- ton, who was for a number of years a judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania; an- other daughter, Ellen, married Thomas Burn- side, a member of congress, judge of court of common pleas, and finally justice of the su- preme court; Sarah, married Benjamin Har- ris ; Elizabeth, married Thomas Alexander, a carpenter and builder, who erected one of the first dwellings in Williamsport, Pennsylvania ; Lucy, died in 1875, married William W. Pot- ter, a prominent politician, he died while a member of congress in 1898.
There were several immi- OSBORNE grants of the family of Os- borne in New Haven, Con- necticut, among the early settlers. Richard Osborne came from England to Hingham, Massachusetts, and thence to New Haven; served in the Pequot war; was a tanner by trade; afterward lived at Fairfield, Connecti- cut, and Newtown, Long Island. John Os- borne, another early settler of New Haven. removed to Fairfield with his father Richard; married Sarah Bennett and had children : Samuel, John, David, Joseph and Elizabeth. Children of Richard Osborne: John, Eliza- beth, Priscilla and Daniel.
. (I) Thomas Osborne, the pioneer ancestor of this family, from Mardstone, England, was a brother of Richard Osborne, and was also at New Haven among the early settlers. In 1650 he removed to East Hampton, Long Island. He was a land owner in East Hampton and in 1687 conveyed all his remaining lands to his son Benjamin, returned to his old home at New Haven, and died there. Jeremiah Os- borne, perhaps a brother of Richard, settled in New Haven; was a tanner, like Richard; served as deputy to the general court, 1672-74; married Mary and had children: Re- becca, Increase, Benjamin, Jeremiah, Mary, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Joanna, Thomas and Elizabeth. The names of the children of Rich- ard, Jeremiah and Thomas indicate that they were brothers. Thomas was also a tanner. Children : Benjamin, Thomas, mentioned below ; John and Jeremiah.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Os- borne, was born in England in 1622, came to this country with the family and removed from New Haven, Connecticut, to East Hampton, Long Island, in New York, with his father. He died at East Hampton in 1712, aged ninety years. Among his children was Daniel, men- tioned below.
(III) Daniel, son of Thomas (2) Osborne, was born in 1666 at East Hampton, Long Island, died there January 6, 1713. His branch of the family located in the lower part of Main street, East Hampton, and from that fact came to be known in later years as the "Down Street Osbornes." The old home- stead of Daniel Osborne was owned in recent years by David E. Osborne. Daniel Osborne married Elizabeth Hedges, daughter or grand- daughter of William Hedges, the immigrant
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ancestor of the Hedges family of New York. Children, born at East Hampton : Daniel, men- tioned below; Thomas, Abigail, Rebecca, Mary.
(IV) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (I) Os- borne, was born about 1690 at East Hamp- ton, Long Island, died there May 18, 1757. He married, June 10, 1713, Elizabeth Austin. Children: Elizabeth, Daniel, Rebecca, Jona- than, Hannah, David, mentioned below.
(V) David, son of Daniel (2) Osborne, was born May II, 1720, at East Hampton, Long Island, died December 4, 1792. He mar- ried Mary Huntting. They had five children. Their sons were Daniel, and David, mentioned below.
(VI) David (2), son of . David (1) Os- borne, was born in East Hampton, Long Island, August 22, 1761, died at Kingsbury, Washington county. New York, February 16, 1813. He married, November 20, 1788, at Amenia, Dutchess county, New York, Lucretia Harris, born in Cornwall, Litchfield county, Connecticut, July 30, 1768, died in Kingsbury, January 30, 1811. Children: Cornelia, born October 2, 1789, died December 23, 1821; Maria, April 5, 1791, died same day; John Huntting, November, 1792, died August 13, 1794; Sophronia Lucretia, April 5, 1795, died August 3, 1830; Platt Smith, mentioned be- low ; Harriet Munro, April 13, 1800, died June 5, 1829; Harris Burnett, January 12, 1803, died in 1889; Morris Dickson, December 29, 1805, died July 26,, 1808; Cynthia Ann, October 29. 1807, died February 4, 1864.
(VII) Platt Smith, son of David (2) Os- borne, was born March 26, 1798, died at Sher- man, New York, April 20, 1887. He married Mary A., daughter of Nehemiah and Anna Platt. Children, born at Ripley. New York: Sophia Lucretia, born June 14, 1829, married Dr. Graves ; David Cuvier, mentioned below ; Platt Smith Jr., April 27, 1834; Harriet, Jan- uary 20, 1836, married Samuel P. McCal- mont (see McCalmont V) ; Cynthia Ann, April 3, 1838, married Dr. Samuel McNair ; Isadore, December 12, 1839; Harris Burnett, August 11, 1841 ; Samuel Whitehall, February 10, 1843; Mary Ann, July 15, 1845, married Stephen Benedict.
(VIII) Rev. David Cuvier Osborne, son of Platt Smith and Mary A. (Platt) Osborne, was born at Ripley, Chautauqua county, New York, August 3, 1830, died at Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 26, 1912. His father, a
tanner by trade, was one of the pioneers of New York state, having taken up his farm from the government in 1820. Their home was the simple, God-fearing home of industrial people of that day. David C. gave early evidence of an active mind and had made such good use of the school privileges in the public school and at the Westfield Academy that, at the age of sixteen, he taught the village school at Sher- man, where the family was living at that time. The Osborne family were naturally musicians, and David C. was specially endowed with musical gifts. He spent two years in New York City studying music under the best in- structors of that time, and later taught music, both vocal and instrumental. He spent two and one-half years in the study of law in the office of Hon. Abner Lewis in Panama, New York. On New Year's Eve, 1850, while at- tending evangelistic services he became a Christian and soon thereafter united with the Methodist Episcopal church. His persuasive speech, even at that time, led many of his friends to say that the Gospel ministry would be his life's work. In 1853 he was admitted, not to the bar to practice law, but to the Erie conference to preach the Gospel. Thus began the active ministry of one of the foremost Methodist pastors of the Middle West. He was noted for his work among the young peo- ple, it being one of his principles that they should share largely in his responsibility of the church's activity. He kept the spirit of eternal youth in his soul and never grew old. He was noted for the attention he gave to church music. He organized and drilled church choirs and installed pipe organs in many of the churches which he served. He perhaps was still more widely known for the church building enterprises which he conducted. In this connection mention should be made of the First Church, Akron, Ohio, which was the original "Akron Plan" church. This plan was the result of long hours of thought on the part of Dr. Osborne, the pastor, of Louis Mil- ler, the superintendent of the Sunday school, and financier of the enterprise, and of Jacob Snyder, the architect. The pastor's study was the place where most frequently this trio met to compare their ideas. The Akron Plan was one of the fruits of an earnest soul who wanted to see the best sort of a building con- structed for Sunday school and church social activities. Dr. Osborne served as pastor of the Methodist church at Randolph, 1853;
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Wattsburg, 1854; Dunkirk, 1855-56; Warren, 1857; Franklin, 1858-59; New Castle, 1860- 61 ; Erie, First Church, 1862-64; Akron, 1865- 67 ; Cleveland, Erie Street, 1868-70; Titusville, 1871-72; Cleveland district, as superintendent, 1873-76; Steubenville Kramer Church, 1877- 78; Massillon, 1879-80; Canton, First Church, 1881-83; Youngstown, First Church, 1884- 86; Painesville, 1887-89; Conneaut, 1890-92; Barnesville district as superintendent, 1893- 98; Niles, 1899-1900; Madison, 1901 ; super- annuated, 1902, moved to Kalamazoo, Michi- gan. While living there he supplied the pulpit at Comstock, Michigan, in 1904-07. Dr. Os- borne was one of those with whom Dr. John H. Vincent took counsel in the founding of the Chautauqua movement ; and he took an active part in the planning and conducting of the Chautauqua Assemblies. While on the Barnes- ville district, 1893-98, he was superintendent of instruction in Epworth Park Assembly of Bethesda, Ohio, and those who appeared on the program of that assembly in those years were guests in his cottage. With all his genius in the conduct of large church enterprises he was intensely evangelistic, and very many prominent and useful laymen were converted under his ministry, among them William A. McKinley, who afterward became president of the United States.
He was married to Arvilla Maria Hill, eldest daughter of the Rev. Bryan S. and Mary E. (Sanborn) Hill, October 23, 1856. Chil- dren : Bryan Hill, mentioned below; David Winthrop, born at New Castle, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1861 ; Cyrus Clarke, born at Akron, Ohio, October 19, 1865 ; Mary, born at Cleve- land, Ohio, September 21, 1869; Donald Platt, born at Steubenville, Ohio, October 28, 1878.
Arvilla Maria (Hill) Osborne, wife of Rev. David Cuvier Osborne, was born December 29, 1837. She was a daughter of Rev. Bryan S. and Mary E. Sanborn Hill. The children of Rev. Bryan S. and Mary E. (Sanborn) Hill are as follows: I. Arvilla Maria, mentioned above. 2. Robert Allen, born March 23, 1839, died April 29, 1858. 3. Mary E., born October 3. 1840, died April 23, 1859. 4. Adeline, born August 20, 1842; married, November 17, 1864, George M. Permer. 5. Julia, born December 20, 1844; married, October 26, 1865, Daniel B. Foote. 6. Emily, born January 17, 1847 ; mar- ried, September 3, 1870, Dr. S. F. Chapin. 7. Stella, born June 8, 1849. 8. Eva Marila, born February 12, 1852; married, June 28,
1881, John C. Compton. 9. Moses Simpson, born February 18, 1854, died October 1, 1857. Io. John Sanborn, born July 26, 1856, died July 16, 1886; married, November 9, 1881, Minnie H. Fritts. 11. Johanna Stewart, born July 26, 1856, died April 28, 1899; married (first) June 28, 1882, Joseph R. Allen, (sec- ond) January, 1892, George Sammons.
(IX) Bryan Hill, son of Rev. David Cuvier Osborne, was born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1858. He attended the public school of his native town and the high school at Cleveland, Ohio, where he fitted for college. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University, class of 1880, but did not graduate. He began to study his profession in the law office of Mc- Calmont & Osborne at Franklin, and in 1881 was admitted to the bar. He immediately entered upon the practice of law and has con- tinued to the present time with office at Frank- lin. In his profession he has attained high distinction. He has also been honored with various offices of trust in the city. For sev- eral terms he was a member of the city coun- cil, and in 1896 he was mayor of the city. In 1903, 1905 and 1906 he represented his district in the state legislature. In politics he is a Republican. He is also a trustee of the State Hospital for the Insane at Warren, Pennsyl- vania ; president of the board of trustees of the Franklin Hospital; director of the First National Bank of Franklin and of the Union Heat and Light Company, S. T. Karns Sons Company ; secretary and director of the West End Water Company, and other companies. In religion he is an Episcopalian and for some years has been vestryman of St. John's Protest- ant Episcopal Church of Franklin. He is finan- cially interested in various other enterprises in this vicinity and has lent his aid in co-opera- tion in many projects appealing to the men of public spirit in this city.
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