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Pacific railway company. He engaged exten- sively in live-stock raising in 1884, and becanae the largest individual sheep owner in Carbon county. He was a Democi'atic representative in the territorial legislature in 1883 ; chairman of the territorial peni- tentiary building com- mission, and mayor of Rawlins, 1888 ; an al- ternate to the Demo- cratic national con- vention in 1892 ; was governor of Wyo- ming, 1892-94, having been elected, Nov. 8, 1892, to fill the va- cancy caused by the resignation of Gov. F. E. Warren, and de- clined re-nomination in 1894. He was a member of the bi- metallic Democratic national committee for the state of Wyoming in 1895 ; was chairman of the state delegation at the Democratic national con- vention, Chicago, 1896, and was the Democratic representative-at-large from Wyoming in the 55th congress, 1897-99. He was vice-chairman of the Democratic national congressional committee in 1898 and the unsuccessful Democratic and Free Silver candidate for U.S. senator before the Wy- oming legislature of 1899.

OSBORNE, Phoebe Ann Sayre, educator, was born in Madison, N.J., March 14. 1812 ; daughter of Baxter and Elizabeth (Kitchell) Sayre ; grand- daughter of Deacon Ephraim Sayre (born 1746) and of Aaron Kitchell (q.v.), and a descendant of Thomas Sayre, born in Bedfordshire. England, 1597, a Puritan refugee to America about 1635, and of Robert Kitchell, born in England in 1604, and prominent in the Guilford settlement in Connecticut, 1639. Phoebe Osborne was well educated and in 1828, with her sister, Elizabeth Kitchell. born in 1814, removed to New York city, where they devoted their time and liberal means to charitable work. The sisters founded and became teachers in the charity mission known as the "'Ragged school," established at Five Points in 1830, and conducted with marked success. In 1836 they were prominent in induc- ing the city council to open public schools. Num- ber 1 for boys and Number 2 for girls, the first public schools in the city, and they were engaged as the first teachers, Phoebe teachingthe boys and her sister Elizabeth the girls. Phoebe continued to teach until 1835, when she was married to Milo Osborne of Lenox, Mass. and devoted herself to domestic life. In 1873 she removed to Chicago, 111., where she died, Jan. 20, 1897.

OSBORNE, (Samuel) Duffield, author, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 20, 1858; son of Samuel Smith and Rosalie Willoughby (Duffield) Osborne ; grandson of Samuel and Abbie M. (Theall) Osborne, and of James Murdoch and Margaretha A. (Prince) Duffield, and a descen- dant of George Duffield, who emigrated from Ireland to Pequea, Penn., in 1720, and of Carel de Beauvais, who emigrated from France and set- tled in New York in 1659. He attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic institute and was gradu- ated from Columbia college, A.B., 1879, A.M., 1882, and from the Columbia Law school, LL.B., 1881. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and practised in New York city, 1881-92. He was as- sistant secretary of the Brooklyn department of city works, 1892-94 ; traveled in Europe, 1895-96, and on his return settled in New York city and engaged in literary work. He was elected a member of the Liuucean society in 1878 ; corres- ponding member of the Nuttall Ornithological club in 1879, and an associate member of the American Ornithological union in 1883. He edited : Livy's Roman History in the World's Great Books series (1898); Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome (1901), and became as- sociate editor of the Home Library of Litera- ture and Achievement, in 1901. He is the author of : The Spell of Ashtaroth (1888) ; TJie Robe of Kessus (1890); TJie Secret of the Crater (1900); The Lion's Brood (1901), and of many short stories, essays and poems.

OSBORNE, William McKinley, consul-gen- eral, was born in Girard, Ohio, April 26. 1842 ;

son of Abner and (Allison) Osborne.

He attended the academy at Poland, Ohio, and Allegheny college, Meadville, Pa. He enlisted in the 23d Ohio volunteer regiment early in 1861 and was discharged in 1862 owing to injuries re- ceives. He studied law at the University of Michigan, 1863-64 ; was admitted to the bar in June, 1864, and practiced at Youngstown. Ohio, 1869-77, serving as mayor of the city, 1875-76 ; removed to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877, and was married in April 24, 1878, to Frances Clara, adopted daughter of Walter Hastings of Boston, Mass. He practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, 1877- 80, and in 1880, after traveling and residing in Europe, he settled in Roxbury and opened a law office in Boston, Mass. He became a prominent Republican politician ; was a common council man, 1884-85 ; a member of the board of police commissioners, 1885-93, and secretary of the Republican national committee of 1896. He was appointed, March 18, 1897, U.S. consul-general at London, by President McKinley, his maternal cousin, and held that office until his death, which occurred at Wimbledon, London, England, April 29, 1902.