I believe that John Orsborn who was in Cincinnatti, Hamilton County, Miami Twsp
might have been the father of my Caleb I but I haven't any proof of that.
I have checked census records for that period and he is the only
one who was there whose children's ages would have matched that
of my Caleb among a few other clues
that I found. I will reserve showing him as Caleb's father until
I have further proof.
Therefore, I will begin with Caleb I.
Descendants of Caleb Orsborn, 1
Generation No. 1 (Until more remote ancestors are found)
1. CALEB ORSBORN I-- Born Abt. January 03, 1818 in Cincinnati,
Hamilton County, Ohio1, and died January 09, 1887 in Pearl Pike
County, Illinois . He married MARTHA A. WALKER.
Notes for CALEB ORSBORN , 1:
1850 Hamilton County, Ohio Census Records. Shows Osborn.
1880 Pearl Township, Pike County, Illinois Census Records
shows:
The three states following the name and age represent ; first
state person listed in census was born Second state-father was
born. Third state-mother was born.
Osborne
Caleb 64 Farmer OH NJ NJ
Martha 58 Wife NC NC NC
1880 Pearl Township, Pike County, Illinois Census Records shows children as follows:
Phillip 30 Son, widower, farmer OH OH N.C.
John H. 22 Son Works on farm OH OH N.C.
Northa 19 Daughter OH OH N.C.
Sally 1 Granddaughter TX OH TX
Green Pond Cemetery Records-Pike County, Illinois shows:
Osburn, Caleb 69 yr 6 da 9 Jan 1887
Martha, wife 57 yrs 5 mo 18 da 2 June 1882
Caleb's tombstone shows Orsborn. Caleb II and Missouri Francis
Marriage license shows Orsborn. He signed his name as Orsborn.
John Marion Lee Osborn signed his name as Orsborn in 1908 but
had changed it to Osborn by 1918.
I have been unable to learn much about Caleb 1, My Great
Grandfather or about Martha, my Great Grandmother, except for
a few facts which I will set out here. Caleb's parents were born
in New Jersey and Martha's parents were born in North Carolina.
Caleb I was a farmer. He married Martha, possibly, in March or
May of 1848. I have reason to believe this was their wedding date
because of a date or dates written in the Orsborn family Bible
that was in the possession of Jess, oldest son, therefore, considering
the date of birth for Caleb II, it must be the date he married
Martha. I believe that March 25, was the dates the bans were posted
and that May 25th, 1848 was their wedding date. he or she had
written in the same area of the Bible, "To Wife," which
was the expression used to say you had married someone in those
days, eg; "I have taken so and so to wife." There was
also another name written there which was William P. Fulorny.
This was, possibly, the person who married them or, perhaps, one
of their witnesses.
You will note the difference in spelling of the surname
above. Jess and the other children stopped using the "r"
after O in the Orsborn name, therefore, for any one wishing to
check records on these individuals, I have spelled the names in
the manner of choice of each of them, eg: Caleb Orsborn I-Caleb
Osborn II. Edith Eaves was given the Orsborn family Bible by Jess.
Jess informed her that it had belonged to his parents but I believe
that it belonged, originally, to Caleb I and Frances because of
the dates and names referred to earlier in this family note sheet.
I have assumed the place of death for both Caleb and Martha. Green
Pond Cemetery, where they are buried, is just outside of Milton,
Illinois.
Edith was kind enough to give me the marriage certificate
that was sewed in the Bible, I am certain, by Frances giving the
date of her marriage to Caleb II, etc. It has been and will always
be one of my most cherished possessions, for it cannot be replaced.
Green Pond cemetery is in Montezuma, Pike County, Illinois.
Notes for MARTHA A. WALKER:
1850 Hamilton County, Ohio Census Records. I am nearly certain
that Martha was part Cherokee Indian. Walker is one of the names
in the "Descendants of Ward, Beloved Indian Woman" records.
The Walkers referred to were in Tennessee, but Tennessee was carved
out of North Carolina.
Children of CALEB
ORSBORN and MARTHA WALKER are:
i. JESSE ORSBORN, b. 1847.
Source-1850 Hamilton County, Ohio Census Records.
ii. ABIGAIL ORSBORN, b. 1849; m. UNKNOWN WOOD.
(Name of Wood shown on back of photo in family possession.)
iii. PHILLIP ORSBORN, b. 1850.
Source-1850 Hamilton County, Ohio Census Records.
iv. CALEB ORSBORN , 11, b. February 24, 1851, Cincinnatti,
Hamilton County, Ohio;
d. December 24, 1904, Pocohontas, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
v. JOHN HOWARD ORSBORN, b. April 06, 1858, Cincinnatti, Hamilton
County, Ohio; d. September 08, 1931, Bedford, Pike County, Illinois.
vi. NORTHA ORSBORN, b. 1861.
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