Osgood, Samuel – Otis, James
Osgood, Samuel
soldier, merchant, state senator, congressman, author, was born Feb. 14, 1748, in Andover, Mass. He was a member of the provincial congress.
He was a member of the house until 1780, and then state senator. He was delegate to the continental congress from 1780 to 1784; first commissioner of the United States treasury from 1785 to 1789; and United States postmaster-general from 1789 to 1791. He was the author of Chronology; Remarks on Daniel and Revelation; Letters on Episcopacy; Theology and Metaphysics, and other subjects. He died Aug. 12, 1813, in New York city.
Osgood, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 30, 1812, in Charlestown, Pa. He was a unitarian clergyman, pastor of the Church of the Messiah in New York city in 1849-69. He was the author of Studies in Christian Biography; God with Men; Mile-Stones in our Life Journey; The Hearthstone; Student Life; The Gospel Among the Animals; and American Leaves. He died April 14, 1880, in New York city.
O'Shea, John
public officer, legislator, was born Feb. 17, 1859, in Chicago, Ill. During 1882-86 he was deputy county clerk; clerk in election commissioner's office in 1888; division clerk in the water office during 1889-91; and deputy clerk of the superior court during 1893-97. He served with distinction in the thirtythird, thirty-fourth and fortieth general assemblies of the Illinois state legislature.
He is also interested in the real estate business.
Osler, William
physician, educator, author, was born in 1849 in Ontario. He is a physician, professor in Johns Hopkins university since 1889; and the author of Clinical Notes on Small-Pox; Histology Notes for Students; Cerebral Palsies of Children; Principles and Practice of Medicine; and Diagnosis of Abdominal Tumors.
Osmer, J. H
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 22, 1833. He moved to Franklin, Pa., in 1865; was a member of the republican state committee; and a delegate to the republican national convention of 1876. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortysixth congress as a republican.
Osmond, Alfred
educator, jurist, poet, was born Oct. 5, 1861, in Willard, Utah. In 1886 he graduated from the Deseret university of Salt Lake City, Utah.
He studied law in the university of Michigan. During 1886-88 he taught school. He moved to Paris, Idaho, and was there elected probate judge of Bear Lake county, and county superintendent of schools. He is the author of a volume of poems and has contributed extensively to current literature, and his poems have been given a place in several standard collections.
Osmond, S. M
author, poet. He is the author of Sulamith, a metrical romance.
Osmun, Gilbert R
soldier, journalist, was born Oct. 8, 1845, in Newark, N. J. He became city editor of the Times of Port Huron, Mich., then of the Saginaw Republican; and for ten years was state editor of the Detroit Evening News.
He was private secretary to Gov. Alger until he assumed the duties of secretary of state.
Osmun, Thomas Embley
author, was born Feb. 26, 1826, in Summit county, Ohio. He is an author of New York city; and has written The Verbalist; The Orthoepist; an annotated edition of Cobbett's Grammar; The Mentor; Acting and Actors; and The Essentials of Elocution.
Ostrom, Ernest R
journalist, poet, was born April 1, 1868, near Victor, Iowa.
He is the editor and part owner of the Criterion of Danbury, Iowa; has contributed extensively to periodical literature; and some of his poems have appeared in standard collections.
Oswald, Felix Leopold
naturalist, author, was born in 1845 in Belgium.
He is a naturalist of Tennessee; and the author of Physical Education; Summerland Sketches; Zoölogical Sketches; Household Remedies; The Secret of the East, or the Origin of the Christian Religion; Days and Nights in the Tropics: The Bible of Nature; and The Poison Problem.
Otero, Mariano S
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Peralta, N. M. He was probate judge from 1871 to 1879; was nominated a delegate to the forty-fourth congress, but declined; and was elected a delegate from New Mexico to the forty-sixth congress as a republican.
Otero, Miguel A
lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born June 21, 1829, in Valencia, N. M. He was elected to the New Mexico territorial legislature. For a time he held the office of attorney-general for the territory; and in 1855 was elected a delegate to congress from New Mexico. He died May 31, 1882.
Otey, James Harvey
educator, clergyman, bishop, was born Jan. 27, 1800, in Liberty, Va. In 1820 he graduated from the university of North Carolina; and became a tutor in Latin and Greek in that institution.
He was ordained a clergyman of the protestant episcopal church; and consecrated bishop of Tennessee in 1834.
He was the pioneer bishop of his church in the southwest; was and became known as the Good Bishop.
He published numerous addresses and sermons; and one volume entitled The Unity of the Church. He died April 23, 1863, in Memphis, Tenn.
Otey, Peter J
soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 22, 1840, in Lynchburg, Va.
He joined the confederate army and participated in the western campaign culminating at Donelson and Shiloh. He returned with his command and was with the army of northern Virginia and re-. mained in the infantry until the close of the war. His career has been that of a thorough business man in railroad. banking and insurance since 1869, from which time he has been active in the politics of his state, though never asking for office till 1894, when he was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a democrat.
Otis, Charles Eugene
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1847 in Prairieville, Mich. He moved to Minnesota in 1871; served one year as a member of the St. Paul board of education; and two terms as a member of the common council. In 1889 he was appointed judge to fill a vacancy; was elected to the same office in 1890, and re-elected in 1896.
Otis, Elisha Graves
inventor, was born Aug. 3, 1811, in Halifax, Vt. He put into practical operation a hoisting machine that embodied some novel features calculated to automatically prevent loss of life in case of the breaking of the lifting cable. In 1867 his sons organized a stock company to carry on the manufacture of his inventions, and its business now amounts to about $2,000,000 per annum. He died April 8, 1861, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Otis, Eliza A
journalist, poet. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Echoes from Elfland. She is the wife of Col. Harrison Gray Otis, owner and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times, of which publication Mrs. Otis is associate editor.
OTIS, MRS. ELIZA [HENDERSON], journalist, poet, was born July 27, 1796, in Boston, Mass. She was a once prominent philanthropist and social leader in Boston who wrote The Barclays of Boston, a novel. She died April 8, 1861, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Otis, Elwell Stephen
soldier, author, was born March 25, 1838, in Frederick City, Md. He is a United States army officer; and the author of The Indian Question.
Otis, Fessenden Nott
physician, author, was born May 6, 1825, in Ballston, N. Y. He is a physician of New York city; and the author of Lessons in Drawing; Tropical Journeyings; History of the Panama Railroad; Stricture of the Male Urethra; Clinical Lessons on Syphilis; and Physiology of Syphilitic Infection.
Otis, George Alexander
surgeon, author, was born Nov. 12, 1830, in Boston, Mass. He was a surgeon who was curator of the Army Medical museum at Washington; and the author of Report of Surgical Cases Treated in the United States Army, 1867-71; and Amputation at the Hip Joint. He died Feb. 23, 1881, in Washington, D. C.
Otis, Harrison Gray
jurist, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 8, 1765, in Boston, Mass. He was for many years an active and leading member of the Massachusetts state legislature, serving as speaker and president of the senate. He was chosen a representative in congress from the Suffolk district in 1797, and served through President Adams's administration. In 1817 he was chosen a senator in congress, where he remained for five years. He was also judge of the court of common pleas; and mayor of Boston. He was the author of Letters in Defense of the Hartford Convention; and Orations and Addresses. He died Oct. 28, 1848, in Boston, Mass.
Otis, James
soldier, orator, author, was born Feb. 5, 1725, in West Barnstable, Mass. He was a celebrated orator and politician, and one of the most active advocates of American independence. He was the author of Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Approved; Vindication of the British Colonies; Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists; and A Vindication of the Rights of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay. He was killed by lightning May 23, 1783, in Andover, Mass.