OGBORN, J. E., farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in Wayne county, Ind., in 1828; came to this county in June, 1855; owns 90 acres of land; has held the offices of justice of the peace and school director; he married Miss Martha Lane in 1849; she was born in Butler county, Ohio; they have nine children, Wilbern, Horace H., Frank, Katie L., Arthur, Mollie, Alice, Ollie, and Fred.

OLDHAM, A. B., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Eddyville; farm contains 554 acres; born in Shelby county, Indiana, December 2, 1830; he lived in Indiana until May, 1848, and then came to this county; he married Miss Sarah White, a native of Warren county, Indiana; February 15, 1855; they have seven sons and three daughters, Mary E., R. J., Jasper N., Franklin, Lincoln, Sherman, Ida, Effie, Charley, and John.

OLDHAM, Z., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Eddyville; born in Shelby county, Indiana, April 3, 1842; he lived there six years; his parents then emigrated to this county; farm contains 228 acres; he married Miss Margurett Butcher November 24, 1866; she was born in Eddyville, Iowa; they have one son and four daughters, Arvilla May, Mary Ella, Richard A., Maggie Blanche, and Minnie; he served three years in the late war, in Co. F, 18th Iowa Vol. Inf. - enlisted July 15, 1862, mustered out August 9, 1865.

OMUNDTON, C., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. New Sharon; born in Lee county, Iowa, in 1841; came to this county in 1863; owns 109 acres of land; he married Mary Brudervold in 1874; she was born in Lee county; has two children, Hannah and Caroline.

ORNBAUM, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Rose Hill; owns 199 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Rockbridge county, Va., in 1798; came to Iowa in 1848, and settled on his present farm; he married Benjimina Shipley in 1830; she was born in 1814, and died in 1857; had four children, J. Shipley, Eliza Jane, Mary Ellen, and Emeline Edna; is a member of the M. E. Church. Republican.

ORR, H. L., postmaster at Rose Hill, and dealer in general merchandise; born in Stuben county, N. Y., in 1840; came to Iowa in 1868; he married Mary B. Hunter in 1868; she was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., in 1848; they have one child, Wilber, born in 1870. Republican.

OSBORN, LAUREN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peoria; born in Connecticut in 1813, came to this State in 1843, and to this county in 1846; owns 160 acres of land; has held offices of justice of the peace, assessor, township trustee, etc.; he married Miss Lois Osborn in 1839; she was born in Connecticut; has three children; Fannie, Ann and Frank.

OWEN, Dr. C. G., physician; born in Derby, Orleans county, Vermont, August 9, 1806; when seven years of age removed to York state and from there to Monroe county, Michigan, near where the battle of Frenchtown was fought; he studied medicine in Ohio; came to Iowa and arrived in Oskaloosa May 13, 1845, and located on the corner of Jefferson and High streets, and lived there in that location thirty-two years; he is one of the old settlers, and has practiced his profession here for thirty-two years, longer than any other physician here; he has been married three times; his first wife was Mariam Roup, from Pennsylvania, married September 11, 1828; she died in 1841, leaving two children, Eliza M. and Henry B.; married Electa C. Frederick, from Cumberland Co., Ohio, in 1843; she died in 1858; in 1860 he married Mrs. Cynthia Kyle, from Ohio.

OWEN, HENRY B., carpenter and builder, Oskaloosa; born in Muskingum county, Ohio, December 25, 1834; when about ten years of age came with his parents in covered wagon to Iowa; they arrived in this town in May, 1844, and were among the first settlers here; he learned trade of carpenter and joiner, and is the oldest builder and mechanic here; married Miss P. A. Barton, from Wayne county, Indiana, March 1, 1855; they have six children, Chester T., Eva M., Lucinda A., Mabel, Barton, Bessie, and have lost two children, Frank and Myrtle.