Father:  Stephen Stewart Osborn Mother: Margaret Jane Major   Born: Died: December 04, 1856 -  IA January 25, 1905 - Palisade, CO   Marriage:  Isabella Murchland - October 03, 1880, Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO Children: Edward Gerrando Osborn Grace Ethel Osborn Albert Theodore Osborn Virginia Amy Osborn Orr Franklin Osborn George Russell Osborn Jessie Hamilton Osborn Raymond R Osborn Steven O Osborn Herald Dewitt Osborn   Shortly after their marriage, Isabella and Joseph settled on a ranch in Virginia Dale, Larimer Co. CO, near her parents' homestead.  Shortly after the turn of the century, they moved their family to the western slope of Colorado, near Grand Junction and Palisade.  It is reported that within a year following Isabella's death in 1904, Joseph shot and killed himself in his grief.  Both are said to be buried in Palisade.     Census: 1860 - Gold Hill Settlement, Colorado, Nebraska Territory 1870 - Golden City - Jefferson County, CO 1880 - Weld County, CO 1900 - Virginia Dale, Larimer County, CO - ED 210 The Murchland-Osborn Family History - Wayne Hamilton Osborn (grandson)   WebSite Manager: