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 mm;mi>i>. oscooi). 451 ity of tone, and the utmost perfection in shading and expression, and a previously unattained mixed chorus. The attainment of these high aims gave Boston a reputa- tion for choral art not only national, but European. The London " M.usical Times," in its review of the year 1S86, placed the Boylston Club's performances in the front rank of the whole musical world. As a composer, musical critics award high rank to Mr. Osgood. His songs out- sell those of any other American classical composer, and he has won success in every field of vocal composition. His principal works are : " Guide in the Art of Singing," a volume of 200 pages, already passed through eight editions ; and numerous choral works for concert and church. Mr. Osgood was married in 1868, in Chelsea, to Jeannette Calot, daughter of James Phillips and Chloe (Calot) Farley, of that city. "He resides at Cambridge, and has three children : George Laurie, Farley, and Marie Jeannette Osgood. OSGOOD, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Otis and Elizabeth (Fogg) Osgood, was born in Kensington, Rockingham county, N. H., September 23, 1815. After the advantages of a good home and common school education, he attended Phillips Academy, Exeter, and having made due preparation, he entered Harvard divinity school, where he was graduated in the class of 1842. He was first called to the pastorate of the First Parish church in Cohasset, and ordained October 26, 1842, where he still remains. Mr. Osgood was married in Scituate, May 20, 1844, to Ellen Devereux, daugh- ter of Edmund Quincy and Caroline (Ward) Sewall. Of this union were ten children : Elizabeth, Joseph Otis, Edmund Quincy Sewall, George, Ellen Devereux, Mary Fogg, William Sherburne, Frances Parsons, Louise Lovett, and Caroline Ward, the first child, who died in infancy. When Mr. Osgood commenced his min- istry in Cohasset, the parish covered a broad and sparsely settled territory that required his pastoral care. In an outlying portion of his charge he held Sunday- school and other religious services. He has always keenly regarded the intellectual and literary training of children as really included in the scope of a truly Christian culture, which requires the development and education of all the faculties of the soul. He has devoted much time to the common schools. The interests and best methods of instruction and management have been subjects of constant study with him. He was for many years the chair- man of the school board, and for twelve years superintendent of schools, which po- sition he held until three years ago. He is, and has been for nearly forty- seven years, a trustee of Derby Academy at Hingham, and for many years president of the board, and is a vice-president of the Plymouth and Bay Conference of Unita- rian churches. His knowledgeof practical life, his love of horticulture, and his great and fatherly affection for children, are among his distinguishing characteristics. In town affairs he has always been active. Through his efforts the Cohasset free li- brary was established, and he has been the chairman of its board of trustees since its incorporation. He is now rounding out a half-century of ministerial life in his first and onlv parish, loved and revered by all. OSGOOD, Joseph Barlow Felt, son of William and Elizabeth Curtis (Felt) Osgood, was born in Salem, Essex county, July 1, 1823. He attended the private school of Ira Cheever two years ; entered the English high school, Salem, in 1833, from which he was graduated in 1837. Eight months of the next year he was clerk with his uncle, Joseph B. Felt, at the state-house, Boston. September, 1838, he entered the Salem Latin school, where he was prepared for college by Oliver Carleton. He entered Harvard in 1842, and was graduated in 1846. Fie studied law with Hon. Jonathan ('. Perkins, Salem, two years, then with Hon. Charles G. Lor- ing, Boston, remaining with him until July 25, 1849, when he was admitted to t he- Massachusetts bar. He immediately opened an office at Salem, where he has practiced until the present time. He was married, November 23, 1855, in Mary Jane Creamer, who died September 16, 1865. She was the daughter of Ben- jamin and Ann M. (Brace) Creamer. 01 this union were two children : Alice M. (deceased) and Elizabeth Curtis Osgood (now Mrs. Henry A. Cook, of Salem). Judge Osgood was a member of the Salem common council 1849, '50, '51, '52 and '53 ; of the House of Representatives 1850, '51 and '52 ; of the state Senate 1859 and '60. He was mayor of Salem 1S65, and justice of the 1st district court of Essex county from July, 1874, to January 30, 1889, when he resigned his office and resumed the practice of law, after more