Handwritten Family Records
OSBORN & AYRES
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It is believed that this document was handwritten by Ransom Osborn Ayres, who was interested in his genealogy; recorded on 4 pages, with pages 1 & 2 of the pages containing an imprinted heading. The handwriting was scrawled across the page from the left edge of the paper to the right edge of the paper. The paper size was approximately 5 7/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. This document was transcribed from a copy of the original undated, hand written document on stationery imprinted as follows: ===========================================================================R. O. Ayres Proprietor of Also Sand, Brick, Tile and Stone Knoxville, Iowa ……………………., 190….HAWKEYE MILL
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain, Buckwheat and Meal.Record of Ransom Osborns family [Page 1] Ransom Osborn Born in Oxford Co Conn - April 4, 1790 Married in Derby Conn - Jan 15, 1815 by Rev Abner Smith to Sarah Hurd Died in Munson Ill - Oct 14, 1872 Sarah Hurd wife of Ransom Osborn Born in Conn - Sept 2, 1795 Married in Derby Conn to Ransom Osborn - Jan 15, 1815 Died in Hicksville Defiance Co Ohio - Mar 8, 1842 [1843?] Sarah Osborn their oldest Child Born in Conn - Sept 2, 1816 Married to Buenos Ayres - Sept 1, 1833 Died in Knoxville Iowa - Nov 1, 1894 Ruth C. Osborn Born in Conn - July 15, 1818 Marriade to Samuel Arnold Plainsville Ohio - July 16, 1836 Died in Joseph Decall Co Ind - Aug 7, 1838 [Page 2; imprinted with heading as above] Sheldon Osborn born in Conn - April 5, 1821 Died in Conn - [April & May crossed out] 7, 1821 Esther Osborn Born in Conn - July 8, 1822 Married to Allen Parker in Hicksville Defiance Co Ohio - November 14, 1839 Died in Zeandale Riley Co Kan - Aug 22, 1891 Joseph M. Osborn Born in Conn - Oct 25, 1824 Marriade in Ohio supposed in Paulding Co Died in the Battle of Chickamauga - Sept 20, 1863 Rosalind M Osborn Born in Conn - May 17, 1827 Marriade Allen L. [or F.?] Pierson in Hicksville Ohio - May 1844 Second Mariage at Wichita Kan to Alfred Ray - July 20, 1892 Died in Wichita Kan - May 17, 1897 Martha C. Osborn Born in Oxford Conn May 31, 1829 Marriade to James W. Blain in Pauldin Co Ohio Feb. 23, 1846 Died in Zeandale Kan - Riley Co. Nov. 30 1897 [Page 3, paper not imprinted] Ruth Osburn Sarah [Hurd - this word crossed out] Osborn was born at Oxford, Newhaven Co. Connecticut. September 2, 1816 - in decent she is of English ex- traction and her ancestors were residents of New England for sever- al generations - Sarah Osborn Ayres was the daughter of Sarah Hurd and Ransom Osborn [she married Buenos Ayres] to whom 6 [7] children were born, 5 girls and one [2] boy[s] - of whom Sarah was the eldest then came Esther who married Allen Parker, then Mary who married - Pearson [Pierson], then Ruth unmarried [married], then Miles who was killed in the battle of Mission Ridge Rebellion [Battle of Chickamauga], then came Martha Caroline who was married to James Wheeler [Whur] Blain [Page 4, paper not imprinted] Sarah married Buenos Ayres =========================================================================== Transcribed by Stephen A. Cholet, June 2, 1998, in Woodstock, Georgia. Bracketed [ ] notes were added to the document and included here by Gloria Odom of PA, May 1998; xerox copies of these documents are in possession of this transcriber. Original documents are in the possession of Merrill Kempster Zimmer, Jr. of CA in 1999, now deceased. Note regarding the order of children for Ransom OSBORN & Sarah HURD - the correct order is as follows: 1 - Sarah OSBORN md. Buenos AYRES 2 - Ruth Ann OSBORN md. Samuel ARNOLD 3 - Sheldon OSBORN - died young - about 2 months old 4 - Esther OSBORN md. Allen PARKER 5 - Joseph Miles OSBORN md. Unknown 6 - Rosalind Mary OSBORN md. (1) Allan F. PIERSON (2) Dr. Alfred RAY 7 - Martha Caroline OSBORN md. James Whur BLAIN