OBIT: Joseph Wesley OSBORN, 1943, of interest in Somerset County, PA 

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JOSEPH WESLEY OSBORN

  Joseph Wesley Osborn, 78, of Bridgeport, Ohio, died at Martins Ferry Hospital, 
February 6.  He spent many summers vacationing in Grantsville where he had many 
friends.
  Mr. Osborn was the son of Marshall and Clarissa Springston Osborn and had been 
a resident of Bridgeport for forty years.  He was a conductor on the C. L. and 
W. division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, resigning when he was made 
deputy sheriff under the late John Anderson.  He succeeded Anderson as sheriff, 
serving two terms, and later became Safety Director at the Yorkville Tin Plant 
of Wheeling Steel.  He subsequently headed the mill police force until June 1, 
1942 when he retired.
  On October 26, 1899 he married Miss Margaret Clayland, who survives.  Also 
surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Johanna Glaser and Mrs. Emma Zettlemeyer, both 
of Cleveland.  A son, Robert Clayland Osborn, preceded him in death, January 4, 
1929.

Meyersdale Republican, March 4, 1943