Thomas Green Osborne Photo Album

Thomas Green Osborne Photo Album
by Tom Osborne (tlosborne@aol.com)

These additional photographs are also from the collection of the late Louise Earnhardt Osborne which have been made available by her son, William Roswell Osborne, III. They are arranged in approximately chronological order where dates are known or can be estimated.

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This is a school photograph which shows Almus and William Roswell Osborne. Assuming that William is about 6 years old, the photo would be taken about 1892. Also shown in the picture are Amy and Minnie Vancleve which are the younger sisters of Sarah Ellen Vancleve, and therefore the aunts of Almus and William. Sarah Ellen would have been about 27, Amy about 18, and Minnie about 16. In Louise's collection is a typed page which lists information copied from the Bible of Minnie Missouri (Vancleve) Lambert of McClainsboro, IL.

This is a picture of Thomas Green Osborne standing in the edge of a cornfield, no doubt to show how tall his corn was. There is no date on the picture.

This picture shows Thomas Green and the older six children whose mother was Sarah Ellen Vancleve. It is likely that this picture was taken at the same time as the one above since Thomas Greens clothes look the same.

In 1912, Almus worked as a conductor on a streetcar in Chicago, IL. He would be about 28 years old. We don't know when he was married, but he may have been single, since his daughter was born 6 years later.

This is a picture of Madge Osborne; date unknown.

Madge with Wallace Powley, Jr.; date on the picture is Sept 17, 1917.

Wallace Powley, Madges's husband, holding Wallace Powley, Jr., sitting in a wagon being pulled by William Roswell. This picture may have been taken the same day as the one above with Madge since Wallace Jr looks the same. Cigars were apparently popular back then.

Maude Ann married James Smoot. These are their two oldest daughters, Ellen Elizabeth on the left and Fairy Fay, who looks like a china doll. This picture was probably taken about 1919.

In this group picture are Lillian Jane Osborne, who married William Steimer, third from the left; and Roy Jackson, Lula Osborne's younger brother. Date and the other people in the picture are unknown.

This is Norma Osborne, Almus' daughter, probably about 1934.

Lillian Pawley, daughter of Madge Osborne and William Pawley, in 1937.

Lillian Pawley married Ralph Wisker; this is them with son Darrell, on August 18, 1941.

Mary Gertrude Osborne, second daughter of Grandma Sarah Ann Trigg Osborne, married David Upchurch and they had three children. This is Grandma with the three Upchurch grandchildren.

This is Thomas Guy Osborne. Date is unknown, but probably around 1940.

This is another picture taken at the family reunion in 1942. Various groups were posed together. This group is of the immediate Thomas Green Osborne family without spouses or children.

This is still another group at the same reunion. This one is the four older children.

This is Almus holding his grandaughter, Norma Jean Murdock. The next four pictures are of various people holding Norma Jean, apparently at a family get-together of some kind. One of the pictures is dated April 1956. There were no pictures in Louise's collections showing the parents holding Norma Jean.

This is believed to be Madge's (Minnie Madge Osborne Pawley) grandson, Darrell Wisker, holding Norma Jean. We don't know who the young man in who is watching.

This Madge's daughter, Lillian and her husband Ralph Wisker holding Norma Jean.

This is Mama Osborne (Lula Jackson Osborne, William's wife) holding Norma Jean. Obviously several families were present at this occasion, but these are the only pictures I found.

The next three photographs are from the same occasion and one of the photos is dated 1969. Left to right are: Dot Merrill; Almus; Guy; Lula, with someone in her lap; Grace, Almus' wife; and William. This is likely to be on a visit of Lula and William to Dot's house in Chicago, when Almus, Grace, and Guy came by to see them. So this is probably taken at Dot's house, and that's probably Dot's son Larry Merrill sitting in Lula's lap; he would be about 4 years old in 1959.

This and below are different photos of the three brothers, Almus, Guy, and William.

This is Grandma Sara Trigg Osborne sitting in a lawn chair in the front yard of William and Lula's house in Paducah. She is holding Mike Harton, and that is Don Boggess standing behind the chair. This is probably summer of 1946 judging by Mike's age.

This picture was in Louise's collection with the other's here, but has no other information as to who it is. The two men are Bud and Bill; the dog is Bob, and the horses are Dick and Dare. It is obviously an old picture, and might be at Thomas Green's farm. If anyone recognizes anyone of these or where it might be, please let me know.

These next two image are of copies of a Births page and a Deaths page, probably from a family Bible.

The latest entry is for William Roswell, Jan 23, 1975, which means that the book or Bible may still be in someone's possession.

These are three clippings: the obituary for James A Smoot, Maude Osborne's husband, who died January 13, 1964; a memory card for Maude Ann Smoot, who died April 28, 1979; and an obituary for a Miss Etta Barnwell. I do not know the connection with Etta Barnwell, but there were a lot of Barnwell's in the early school picture of Almus and William, and Barnwell was the maiden name of Grandma Sara Ann Trigg's mother, and there must be some reason why Louise included it here.

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	This is a school photograph which shows Almus and William Roswell Osborne. Assuming that William is about 6 years old, the photo would be taken about 1892. Also shown in the picture are Amy and Minnie Vancleve which are the younger sisters of Sarah Ellen Vancleve, and therefore the aunts of Almus and William. Sarah Ellen would have been about 27, Amy about 18, and Minnie about 16. In Louise's collection is a typed page which lists information copied from the Bible of Minnie Missouri (Vancleve) Lambert of McClainsboro, IL.
	This is a picture of Thomas Green Osborne standing in the edge of a cornfield, no doubt to show how tall his corn was. There is no date on the picture.
	This picture shows Thomas Green and the older six children whose mother was Sarah Ellen Vancleve. It is likely that this picture was taken at the same time as the one above since Thomas Greens clothes look the same.
	In 1912, Almus worked as a conductor on a streetcar in Chicago, IL. He would be about 28 years old. We don't know when he was married, but he may have been single, since his daughter was born 6 years later.
	This is a picture of Madge Osborne; date unknown.
	Madge with Wallace Powley, Jr.; date on the picture is Sept 17, 1917.
	Wallace Powley, Madges's husband, holding Wallace Powley, Jr., sitting in a wagon being pulled by William Roswell. This picture may have been taken the same day as the one above with Madge since Wallace Jr looks the same. Cigars were apparently popular back then.
	Maude Ann married James Smoot. These are their two oldest daughters, Ellen Elizabeth on the left and Fairy Fay, who looks like a china doll. This picture was probably taken about 1919.
	In this group picture are Lillian Jane Osborne, who married William Steimer, third from the left; and Roy Jackson, Lula Osborne's younger brother. Date and the other people in the picture are unknown.
	This is Norma Osborne, Almus' daughter, probably about 1934.
	Lillian Pawley, daughter of Madge Osborne and William Pawley, in 1937.
	Lillian Pawley married Ralph Wisker; this is them with son Darrell, on August 18, 1941.
	Mary Gertrude Osborne, second daughter of Grandma Sarah Ann Trigg Osborne, married David Upchurch and they had three children. This is Grandma with the three Upchurch grandchildren.
	This is Thomas Guy Osborne. Date is unknown, but probably around 1940.
	This is another picture taken at the family reunion in 1942. Various groups were posed together. This group is of the immediate Thomas Green Osborne family without spouses or children.
	This is still another group at the same reunion. This one is the four older children.
	This is Almus holding his grandaughter, Norma Jean Murdock. The next four pictures are of various people holding Norma Jean, apparently at a family get-together of some kind. One of the pictures is dated April 1956. There were no pictures in Louise's collections showing the parents holding Norma Jean.
	This is believed to be Madge's (Minnie Madge Osborne Pawley) grandson, Darrell Wisker, holding Norma Jean. We don't know who the young man in who is watching.
	This Madge's daughter, Lillian and her husband Ralph Wisker holding Norma Jean.
	This is Mama Osborne (Lula Jackson Osborne, William's wife) holding Norma Jean. Obviously several families were present at this occasion, but these are the only pictures I found.
	The next three photographs are from the same occasion and one of the photos is dated 1969. Left to right are: Dot Merrill; Almus; Guy; Lula, with someone in her lap; Grace, Almus' wife; and William. This is likely to be on a visit of Lula and William to Dot's house in Chicago, when Almus, Grace, and Guy came by to see them. So this is probably taken at Dot's house, and that's probably Dot's son Larry Merrill sitting in Lula's lap; he would be about 4 years old in 1959.
	This and below are different photos of the three brothers, Almus, Guy, and William.

	This is Grandma Sara Trigg Osborne sitting in a lawn chair in the front yard of William and Lula's house in Paducah. She is holding Mike Harton, and that is Don Boggess standing behind the chair. This is probably summer of 1946 judging by Mike's age.
	This picture was in Louise's collection with the other's here, but has no other information as to who it is. The two men are Bud and Bill; the dog is Bob, and the horses are Dick and Dare. It is obviously an old picture, and might be at Thomas Green's farm. If anyone recognizes anyone of these or where it might be, please let me know.
	These next two image are of copies of a Births page and a Deaths page, probably from a family Bible.
	The latest entry is for William Roswell, Jan 23, 1975, which means that the book or Bible may still be in someone's possession.
	These are three clippings: the obituary for James A Smoot, Maude Osborne's husband, who died January 13, 1964; a memory card for Maude Ann Smoot, who died April 28, 1979; and an obituary for a Miss Etta Barnwell. I do not know the connection with Etta Barnwell, but there were a lot of Barnwell's in the early school picture of Almus and William, and Barnwell was the maiden name of Grandma Sara Ann Trigg's mother, and there must be some reason why Louise included it here.