Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1820
3. 1840
4. 1850
5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #20 of 36): Marion P.O., Richland Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll
M653_1006, p. 391B, PN 58, 421/410, enumerated 23 Jun 1860, official enumeration
date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Benjamin Waddel |
31 |
M |
|
Farmer |
13,000 |
1,000 |
Ohio |
Jane
" |
29 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Do |
George " |
8 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Do |
Joseph " |
4 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Do |
Mary Oborn |
71 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Penn |
Tena Newberry |
35 |
F |
|
|
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Ohio |
6. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image
#25 of 28): Waldo P.O., Richland Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll 1240
(Book 1), p. 176A, PN 27, 208/213,enumerated 22 Jul 1870, official enumeration
date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Obern William |
44 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
10320 |
6120 |
Ohio |
|
_____ Mary J |
33 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
|
|
Do |
|
_____ Albert |
11 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
Do |
|
_____ Benjamin |
9 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
Do |
|
_____ Elmer |
7 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
Do |
|
_____ Jane |
5 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
Do |
|
_____ Ida C |
3 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
Do |
|
_____ John |
8/12 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
Do |
Oct |
_____ Joseph |
41 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
8000 |
7000 |
Do |
|
Smith Robert M |
28 |
M |
W |
Farm Laborer |
|
|
Do |
|
Obern Mary |
81 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
Pennsylvania |
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7. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #7 of 26 — indexed "O Born"): Richland Twp., Marion Co., OH,
Roll 1046, p. 135C, PN 7, SD 5, ED 96, enumerated 5 Jun 1880, official
enumeration
date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1880: for an explanation of the column
headings, please see
What
the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained
no data). |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
13 |
21 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
58 |
59 |
Oborn William |
W |
M |
54 |
|
|
/ |
|
Farmer |
|
OH |
PA |
PA |
|
|
_____ Jane M |
W |
F |
43 |
Wife |
|
/ |
|
Keeping house |
|
OH |
VA |
PA |
|
|
[William & Jane's
nine children] |
|
|
_____ Joseph |
W |
M |
51 |
Bro |
/ |
|
|
Farmer |
|
OH |
PA |
PA |
|
|
_____ Mary |
W |
F |
91 |
Mother |
|
|
/ |
Living with Son |
|
PA |
PA |
PA |
Mary had just died in April.
. Birthdate calculated using Ben
Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.
Name |
Deathdate |
Age at Death |
Result |
Joseph OBORN |
6 Aug 1850 |
0d 6m 59y |
6 Jul 1791 |
Mary (SMITH) OBORN |
7 Apr 1880 |
0d 1m 91y |
7 Mar 1789 |
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced
with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did
it correctly.) |
. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
The
Official Land Patent Records Office.
Date |
Cert. No. |
Land Office |
Patented By |
Acres |
Aliquot Sec.Twp.Rng |
Meridian |
State |
County* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
*The county is not given on the original
certificate, which describes the location of the land solely in terms of
Aliquot, Section, Township, and Range. The county names must have
been added to the database at some later time, probably when the certificate
data were computerized. |
. J. Wilbur Jacoby. 1907. History of Marion County,
Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publ. Co., Chicago,
IL (Broderbund CD-450; also online at Heritage
Pursuit; boldface added):
- |
- |
p. 119 |
Joseph Oborn also built a cabin near King's
Mills but did not bring his family until the following year [1821], when
his brother Daniel also came... |
p. ? |
ALBERT OBORN, a representative and influential farmer of
Richland township, residing upon a fine farm of 178 acres located
in section 18, was born December 31, 1858, on the farm where he now resides.
He is a son of William and Mary Jane (Emery) Oborn and a grandson
of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Oborn.
Joseph Oborn and his wife who were born in Pennsylvania,
were respectively, of Scotch and Irish descent. Upon coming to Ohio,
they first settled in Perry County, removing later, in 1835,
to Richland township, Marion County, where Joseph Oborn entered
land — the farm that our subject now owns. After a short residence
here, they returned to Perry County for one year and then came back to
Marion County, making the trip in wagons, often finding it necessary to
cut their way through the timber. Joseph Oborn erected a log
house, began clearing the land, and with his wife battled with all kinds
of hardships to make a living and raise their family. Upon the discovery
of gold in California, he joined the fortune-seekers in their journey to
the far West. His search for the precious metal not proving successful,
he started home in the summer by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He
was taken sick while crossing the isthmus, died on the 6th of August, 1850,
aged 59 years and 6 months and buried there. By those who remember
him, Joseph Oborn is said to have been a good scholar, with an extensive
knowledge of surveying and trigonometry by which he could figure eclipses
of the sun and moon. He excelled in writing and penmanship.
For many years he was school examiner in Richland township: before he would
issue a certificate to teacher, the applicant had to satisfy him that he
could make a pen out of a quill and write a good, legible hand. His
wife Mary survived him many years, dying April 7, 1880, aged 91
years and one month, and being buried in the Marion Cemetery.
William Oborn was born in Perry County, Ohio, and was the
eldest of a family of three children in the parental family, the others
being Joseph, and Jane, who married Benjamin Waddel.
William
accompanied his parents to Marion County in childhood and thereafter lived
on the homestead in Richland township, which he helped to clear and put
under cultivation, enduring, many hardships in the first years of his residence
here. He married Mary Jane Emery and to them nine children
were born, namely Albert; Benjamin, deceased; Elmer;
Mary
Jane, who married Samuel Beringer;
Ida C., who married
Wesley
King; John; Ella, who married
Ambrose Myers;
Roscoe;
and William. The father of our subject died on the home place
November 10, 1883; our subject's mother, died January 27, 1898.
Albert Oborn was reared and has always lived on his present
farm, having bought the land from his father's estate. The farm,
which is situated on the banks of the Whetstone River, is called "River
View Farm" and is one of the best improved and most highly cultivated properties
in its section of the county. ,The house which Mr. Oborn and his
family occupy was erected by his father.
Mr. Oborn was married October 19, 1889 to Cora Reber,
a daughter of Felix and Harriet (Brobst) Reber. Felix Reber,
who was born, reared and educated in Fairfield County, Ohio, was connected
with the well-known Reber and Peters families of Pickaway
and Fairfield counties, Ohio.
Felix Reber came to Marion County in 1871 and bought and
located on a farm of 320 acres, the greater of which is still owned by
his son Frank. Mr. Reber died March 11, 1887, and his
widow died November 10,1905, aged 73 years. Seven children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Reber; Samuel; Sarah, who married
George
W. King; Ida, who married James Hill; Frank;
Eugene,
who died September 15, 1897; Cora, the wife of our subject; and
Nellie
(Holverstott).
Mr. and Mrs. Oborn are the parents of three children: Harold
R., Eugene W. and Gertrude. Mr. Oborn is
a Republican and ran for county commissioner when the county was Democratic
by a majority of over 900, and came within about 100 votes of being elected,
which gives evidence of his popularity and good standing among his friends
and fellow citizens. He was a director of the Marion County Agricultural
Society for six years and president of the Fair Board two years.
He is at present President of the School Board, of which he has been a
member for a number of years. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the
Marion County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and has served as class leader and at different
times as superintendent of the Sunday-school since the death of his father,
who held that office for many years prior to his death. Mr. Oborn's
portrait accompanies this sketch. |
Land records show Joseph was in Marion County by 1821 and,
on a previous page, the author, himself, shows Joseph to have arrived in
1821, not 1835. |
. Birthdate calculated using Ben
Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.
Name |
Deathdate |
Age at Death |
Result |
Joseph OBORN |
6 Aug 1850 |
0d 6m 59y |
6 Jul 1791 |
Mary (SMITH) OBORN |
7 Apr 1880 |
0d 1m 91y |
7 Mar 1789 |
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced
with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did
it correctly.) |
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