Frank A. Osborn, a citizen of Maysville, was born in Berlin Heights, Erie Co., Ohio, on August 1, 1853. He is the son of David and Laura (Abby) Osborn. The father was born in Huron County, Ohio, on September 5, 1820. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade. He removed to Missouri in 1869, and located in De Kalb County, where he is now living, engaged in farming. The mother was born in Courtland County, N.Y., on May 8, 1811. She is still living. To the parents four children were born, of whom Frank A. was the third. He was reared partly on the farm, and received his education in the public schools. In 1871 he learned the blacksmith's trade in Iowa. He began work in Maysville in 1875, and in 1878 began business for himself. He became proprietor of his present business in 1881, and now has the only wagon, buggy and blacksmithing establishment in Maysville. He has the largest and most complete general shops in this section of the State, outside of the large cities. He employs three skilled laborers, often four, and carries a stock of about $1,000 in the rough, and does an annual business of about $4,000. In 1877 he was united in marriage with Lotta Abernathy, who was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y. She died on May 23, 1879. February 8, 1881, he chose for his second wife, Eudora Ogle, who was born in De Kalb County, Mo., September 13, 1863. To this union two children have been born: Clyde, March 12, 1882, and Effie, December 7, 1884.
Source: History of Andrew and DeKalb Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888), p. 577.