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Obituary of George W. Osborne Pioneer of Putnam County
George W Osborne a pioneer of Putnam County died Monday night December 23 1929 at Putnam County Hospital Greencastle after a two week illness following a hip fracture He was born April 1839 in Scott County Virginia to Henry and Sarah Dickson Osborne He was 90 years 8 months 17 days old and last of a family of nine He lived near Manhattan then north of Reelsville for 55 years engaged in farming and stock buying He married Helen M Pursell September 3 1860 and had seven children two sons Ernest and Bruce died earlier The surviving children are Mrs T C Bond Reelsville Mrs C N Stroube Roachdale Mrs A D Torr Terre Haute Mrs H M Monnett Greencastle and Mrs Charles A Knight Reelsville There are 14 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Funeral was held Wednesday December 25 at 2 pm at the Reelsville ME Church with Rev Dallas Rissler. interment in Reelsville Cemetery The family thanks friends for kindness during illness and death