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wealth, and making our State a very gem indeed in the cluster of sister republics that make up our noble nation. Like his Master, while a mechanic, he became a preacher of the Word and was faithful and untiring in sowing the good and incorruptible.
seed upon many loving hearts. March 27, 1845, he was married to Charlotte Woodman, who went before him to welcome his advent into the better world. This union was blessed with three children, a daughter and two sons, the elder of whom yielded his life as a sacrifice upon the altar of his country. Elder Osborn died as he lived, a true Christian, one of God's royal ones, and has left behind a memory sacred and holy to all pure hearts.
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