The following is from a paper written by her great granddaughter, Clair Wheeler Johnson: "... a wagon train passed through Placer County. In the train was a couple who joined the wagon train sometime after 1850. In the 1850 census they were living in Cass County, Ontwa Township, Michigan. His name was Joseph Beach, age 37. His wife was Ann Ballard Beach, age 25. They had a young child, five years old. Her name was Joana. They were no longer in Michigan (in) the 1860 census so they must have left prior to that time. As they were not mentioned in the Placer County census of 1860 in California, they must have arrived after June of that year it was taken. Somewhere along the road Sullivan met Joana, now 14 or 15. She had bright red hair. There were two prosperous families of Beeches that lived in Placer County at that time. The two young people would soon be married and live in Newville, Colusa County (later Glenn Co.). The 1860 census shows Sullivan Osborn living with a family by the name of Burrill in Newville. It lists him as a farmer. The 1870 census lists Sullivan and Joan married with five children. The oldest was born when she was seventeen. They had fourteen children and raised twelve to adulthood." Joan was described as being "very outgoing" and a close friend of her neighbor, Harriet Robinson Cushman despite their differences in temperament. (Eventually Joan's grandson, Harry St. Clare Wheeler, would marry Harriet's granddaughter, Doris Birch.)
Children were:
i.
Eunice Alfreda OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 23 May 1862 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] She died on 1 Jul 1943 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
She was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married Daniel Mosier
HULL. "Aunt Eunice was a white-haired, matriarchal, serious person. I
can remember my first Osborn reunion at her house. ... In the family history
was the story that a Hull was a constable in Red Bluff and had his ear bit off
by a prisoner he was taking in to a state prison." (Claire)
ii.
Joseph Beach OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 19 Apr 1864 in Newville, Glenn Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 24 Feb 1928 in Corning, Tehama Co., CA.
He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married (1) Lulu SAYLOR;
(2) Mary Margaret CURRY ("Aunt Mary" b.19 May 1879 Yolo Co., d. 21
Aug 1970 Red Bluff) "Uncle Joe ... had a daughter by a previous marriage
before he and Aunt Mary were married. Aunt Mary kept in touch with her and wrote
to her all her life. Uncle Joe died in Grandma's (Wheeler) house when we were
there." (Claire) (See notes for wife Mary for additional family information.)
iii.
Alfred Hilton OSBORN(15)
(53)(54)
(photo) was born on 23 Jul 1865 in Newville, Glenn Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 5 Apr 1949 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
He was buried in Sunset Hill Cem., Corning, Tehama, CA. Married Mollie MARKHAM.
"Uncle Al was married to Aunt Mollie and lived in Corning for their older
age. I know they had several children including a set of twins. I never met
them (the children), but always visited with Uncle Al and Aunt Mollie. They
were very nice, lived in a small house on the side street across from the Memorial
Hall." (Claire)
Obituary from Red Bluff Daily News, Wed., 6 Apr 1949, p. 1:
ALFORD OSBORN OF CORNING AREA SUCCUMBS HERE
Alford Hilton Osborn, 83-year old Corning stockman, died of natural causes in a local hospital shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday. He had been in the hospital six days.
He was born in Newville, California on July 23, 1865 and had lived there and around Corning all of his life.
He is survived by two brothers, Benjamin A. Osborn, Tehama county supervisor, and E. D. Osborn, both are of Red Bluff; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Oakes of Los Molinos; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the Christian church in corning, Rev. Charles Graybeal officiating, Friday at 2 p.m. and burial will follow in Sunset Hill cemetery.
5 iv.
May Belle OSBORN.
v.
John Jackson OSBORN(15)
(55) (photo) was born on 11 Jun 1869 in Newville,
Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in this time period, this area was part of Colusa
Co. but in the part that was to become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 14 Jun 1938
in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA. He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama,
CA. Married Harriet Evelene WILLIAMS; they had 4 children, one of which was
Melvin S. Osborn; Melvin married Myrtle I. BUTLER and they had 2 living children:
Janice Irene & Delbert Melvin. For a short period during WWII Myrtle and
her 2 children lived with Doris (Birch) WHEELER and her two children Janice M.
& O. Keith. Delbert Osborn compiled and authored the "Osborn Genealogy."
"Grandma (Wheeler) and Uncle John were close. All I remember is he was a quiet man. Del's grandfather." (Claire)
vi.
Sullivan Holloway OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 22 Jul 1871 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 20 Jan 1945 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married Clara Alice
RANDOLPH. "Uncle 'Sully' married Aunt Clara. She was the County Clerk
in Oroville, Butte County. They never had children. What I remember is a double
page spread in the S.F. Examiner, Parade Magazine, with her picture, arrest,
prosecution and imprisonment for selling divorces. It was said Uncle Sully died
of a broken heart. (I heard he drank a little!)" (Claire)
vii.
Jennie Shelton OSBORN(15)
(54)(56)
(photo) was born on 27 Oct 1873 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] She died on 1 Mar 1952 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
She was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married Frederick Lincoln
OAKS. "Aunt Jennie was a regular visitor at Grandma's. She had one son,
Francis. Grandma helped deliver him. His head was deformed. It was a hard delivery.
Grandma worked and worked on him and he lived but she wished later she hadn't
because he was not quite right. He used to sit in one of Grandma's leather chairs
and talk to himself while Grandma and Aunt Jennie visited in the kitchen. Aunt
Jennie and her husband were very poor and Francis was a hard chore. He finally
married someone. Mom said he was very cruel to his parents." (Claire)
viii.
Jesse Mason OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 6 Oct 1875 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 14 Dec 1946 in Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA.
He was buried in Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA. Married Maude MITCHELL. "Uncle
Jesse and Aunt Maude were quite prominent people in Red Bluff (I think). It
seemed they moved to Oakland later and we went to see them a time or two (near
Lake Merritt)." (Claire)
ix.
Norman Stanley OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 23 Jan 1877 in Newville, Glenn Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 24 Apr 1879 in Newville, Glenn Co., CA.
He was buried in Newville, Glenn Co., CA. "Is buried between Joan Beach's
(Osborn) mother and father in the same plot as she and great grandpa O."
(Claire)
x.
Earl Douglas OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 17 May 1879 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 13 Dec 1957 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married (1) Cora Edna
PAGE; (2) Helen Elva PORTER. "Uncle Earl we knew well. Grandma mothered
all her brothers and sisters. Uncle Earl had a daughter ... by his first wife.
When he married Aunt Helen, they had Dan Osborn. They visited with us regularly
even after Uncle Earl died. Aunt Helen was very close to Mom." (Claire)
xi.
Selma Alma OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 22 Jan 1883 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] She died on 9 Mar 1933 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
She was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married Frank Delaney
DOLLINGS. Aunt Selma lived in Red Bluff. Her children are listed in our Osborn
genealogy. Aunt Mary always wanted the cousins to get together and talked about
the 'Dollings' often. ... She died of breast cancer." (Claire)
xii.
Stephen Munson OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 16 Aug 1884 in Newville, Glenn Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 22 Mar 1938 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Never married. "'Munsy'
Osborn was, as far as I knew, a quiet but accepted member of the family. I never
heard one criticism or word against him." (Claire)
xiii.
Mary Harriett "Hattie" OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 22 Jun 1886 in Newville,
Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in this time period, this area was part of Colusa
Co. but in the part that was to become Glenn Co. later.] She died on 18 Nov
1940 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA. She was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff,
Tehama, CA. Married John Augustus LEVERONEY; she had no children. "Aunt
Hattie was a wonderful, outgoing, beautiful member of the family and a favorite
of Daddy's. She and her husband lived out west of Red Bluff. It seemed a farm
in the hills. She fed us strawberries. She was an accomplished artist. Grandma
had several small paintings (Janice, I think, has one of a boat on a lake).
Aunt Mary had many larger ones. It seemed she was exceptional as an artist."
(Claire)
xiv.
Benton Ashley OSBORN(15)
(photo) was born on 15 Apr 1888 in Newville, Colusa Co., CA. [Actually in
this time period, this area was part of Colusa Co. but in the part that was to
become Glenn Co. later.] He died on 17 Jul 1957 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. Married Inga Gertrude
STENBERG. "Uncle Ben was also a favorite friend of Daddy. He was the youngest
and had two children ... her name was Lois and the boy was Norman.... Uncle
Ben and Aunt Inga lived on the east side of the river out of Red Bluff. It seemed
it was a ranch. I don't know whether he farmed or raised cattle." (Claire)
xv.
Un-Named Baby OSBORN. 
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