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 45o OSBORNE. OSGOOD. rare and loving judgment has been a stand- ard I have tried to reach ; " his third to his mother ; and his fourth " To my four little daughters." His home is in the Hunker Hill district of Boston, on the square facing the soldiers' monument, and his summer home is in the little fishing vil- lage of Hull, where he has built a stone cottage overlooking the sea. OSBORNE, William UKinley, son of Abner and Abigail (Allison) Osborne, was born in Girard, Trumbull county, O., April 26, 1842. He attended school at the academy in Poland, Ohio, and from there went to Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 23d regiment, Ohio volunteers, which was the first three years' regiment formed in the State. He was discharged on account WILLIAM M. OSBORNE. of injuries received 111 the service. In the 1. ill ni 1862 he entered the law office of Sutliff, Tuttle & Stull, Warren, Ohio, and in the fall of [863 attended the law school at Ann Arbor. Mich. He was admitted to the bar upon examination by the full court in the spring of 1S04. He began practice in Youngstown, Ohio. and was mayor of that city, 1X74 and '75. He removed to Boston in the fall of 18S0, ami after spending nearly two years in Europe, he located permanently in Bos- ton. In 1S84 and '85 he^represented ward 21 in the common council of Boston, and very soon took a leading position. He was appointed by Governor Robinson as a member of the new metropolitan board of police, and was installed in office on the 23d of July. 1885. In May, 1888, he was re-appointed by Governor Ames for a term of five years. Mr. Osborne was married in Boston, April 24, 1878, to Prances Clara, adopted daughter of Walter Hastings of that city. Of this union were four children: Elizabeth (born May 15, 1880, Cleveland, Ohio); Marguerite (born in Hanover Square, Pon- don, May ir, 1882); Charles Glidden (born in Roxbury, February, 1884), and Ruth (born also in Roxbury, December, 1S85). OSGOOD, George Laurie, son of John Hamilton and Adeline (Stevens) Os- good, was born in Chelsea, Suffolk county, April 3, 1844. He is a lineal descendant of John Osgood, the Puritan, who landed at Salem in 1630. He was educated at the grammar and high schools of his native city, and was graduated from Harvard in [866. In col- lege he was conductor of the glee club and of the orchestra. His inclination and fac- ulties from the start indicated a musical career. In 1867 he went to Berlin ami com- menced the study of composition under Haupt, and of vocal expression under Sieber. Here he formed an intimate friend- ship with Franz, the great master of Ger- man song. In 1869 he went to Italy, and for three years studied with I.amperli. in Milan. Asa test of the thoroughness of his musical attainment, he repaired to Ger- many, and gave, with great success, a series of concerts. Returning to America he engaged with Theodore Thomas, ami made a tour of the country in connection with his orchestra. In 1.S72 he settled 111 Boston ami at once became celebrated as a teacher, composer and conductor. In 1875 he assumed the directorship of the Boylston Club, a prom- ising musical organization, then in its third year, lie refined its singing, aroused its enthusiasm, and gave to Boston one of the most noteworthy and notable clubs in its musical history. Mr. Osgood, in 1876, in- vited female vocalists to assist in its con- certs. This advance- in concerts gave Bos- ton a male chorus of an hundred voii es, a still larger female chorus of exquisite qual-