ARTHUR HISTORY

JOHN ARTHUR

Born: May 2, 1800 - Ireland

Married: Violet Patterson on December 4, 1828

Born: February 12, 1801

Died: July 19, 1834 (age 33)

Children:

· James John Arthur

- born September 5, 1829

· Samuel Patterson Arthur

- born July 15, 1831

- married December 4, 1851 to Sarah Jane Graves in Morgan Co.

· William Edmund Arthur

- born June 27, 1833

- died January 3, 1838 (age 4)

Married: Rebekah Lumbert Stearns on June 17^th (or 11^th), 1836

Born: June 16, 1804 in St. Louis, Missouri

Died: July 23, 1846 in Quincy, Illinois (age 42)

Children:

· Joseph Stearns Arthur

- born August 24, 1837, St. Louis, MO

- married Mary May on December 25, 1871 in Adams Co., IL

- died November 30, 1898, Santa Barbara, CA

- buried in the Santa Barbara Cemetery on December 2, 1898, Montecito Lot 213 Quadrant SW 1/4

- listed in the 1890 Great Register for Santa Barbara, CA (a list of all registered voters) as J. S. Arthur.

· Robert William Arthur

- born December 16, 1839

- died June 15^, 1842 (age 2)

· Mary Rebekah Missouri Arthur

- born June 30, 1841

- married Charles C. Osborn April 18, 1864 in Adams Co., IL

- mother of four including Frank Wesley Osborn

- died November 19, 1914 (age 73)

· William Rufes Arthur

- born May 2, 1843

Died ?? – Australia

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ARTHUR FAMILY BIBLE

Inside cover: label with “Ex Libris Frank Wesley Osborn”

Page4: “Family Bible of John Arthur, Containing the Family record of The Arthur Family – 1834”

Label: Arthur Sprague Osborn – His Book – 1914” (with three family seals).

Bible Center:

John Arthur Born May 2^nd 1800

Violet Patterson Born February 12th 1801

Rebekah Lumbert Stearns Born June 16^th 1804

Next page: Marriages:

John Arthur & Violet Patterson Married December 4^th 1828

John Arthur & Rebekah L. Stearns Married June 17^th (or 11^th?) 1836

Charles C. Osborn and Mary R. Missouri Arthur Married April 18, 1864

Frank W. Osborn and Jennie Bethany Hull Married Aug 24, 1888.

Arthur Sprague Osborn and Ruth Eva Mae Keal Married Aug. 3, 1922

Next page: FAMILY RECORD. BIRTHS. / DEATHS.

Births:

James John Arthur Born September 5^th 1829

Samuel Patterson Arthur Born July 15^th 1831

William Edmund Arthur Born June 27^th 1833

Joseph Stearns Arthur Born August 24^th 1837

Deaths:

Violet Arthur Departed this Life July 19^th 1834

William Edmund Arthur Departed this Life January 3^rd 1838

Robert William Arthur Departed this Life June 15^th 1842

Rebekah L. Arthur Departed this life July 23^rd 1846

Next page: FAMILY RECORD. BIRTHS. / DEATHS.

Births:

Robert William Arthur Born December 16^th 1839

Mary R. Missouri Arthur Born June 30^th 1841

William Rufes Arthur Born May 2^nd 1843

Frank W. Osborn, Born at Quincy, Illinois August 24 1867

Arthur S. Osborn, Born at Quincy, Ill., February 2, 1900.

Deaths:

Mary Rebekah Missouri (Arthur) Osborn Died Nov. 19 – 1914

Mother of Frank W. Osborn

Grandmother of Arthur S. Osborn

Great Grandmother of Harry Hull Osborn

Next page: FAMILY RECORD. BIRTHS. / DEATHS.

Births.

Children of Arthur S. Osborn and Mae Keal Osborn:

Quincy, IL Directories 1887-1890 (www.ancestry.com)

NAME BUSINESS NAME OCCUPATION LOCATION 1 LOCATION 2 CITY STATE YEAR

James J. Arthur Quincy Marine Ways calker boards City Island Quincy IL 1889, 1890

1866 Quincy City Directory by O. E. Root

ARTHUR JAMES & CO., ( J. K. & J. A. Van Doorn, U. S. Penfield), manufacturers and dealers in hard wood and pine lumber, shingles, lath and posts, northern extension of Front.

Arthur James, firm of James A. & Co.; res 48 York se cor Third.

(James A. Arthur was the uncle of Mary Missouri Arthur).