James W. Osborne

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1819-04-18

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1893-11-18

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"James W. Osborne" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020982, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Louisville, Kentucky, grocer, real estate agent, attorney, and politician. Nelson County, Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Willin Osborne in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 15, 1845. Father of Mary Osborne. Grocer in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Real estate collector in Louisville in 1860. Real estate agent in Louisville from 1860 to 1862. Member of the Board of Alderman in Louisville from 1861 to 1865. Attorney in Louisville in 1865. Real estate agent in partnership with John McAteer in Louisville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 21B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 431-432.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 406A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707.
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 13, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 175.
"For Sale," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), July 16, 1860, p. 2.
"The Election- The Result." Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), April 8, 1861, p. 1.
"For Sale," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 25, 1862, p. 2.
"To the Voters of the City of Louisville," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), April 3, 1863, p. 3.
"Board of Common Council," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 12, 1865, p. 4.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 468.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 189.
"James W. Osborne (1819-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 207424823, accessed October 27, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207424823.

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