Here are a few short Osgood biographies I managed to dig up.
Frances Sargent Locke Osgood (6-18-1811 to 5-12-1850).
Poet, was descended from William Locke who emigrated from England to Mass in 1635.
Daughter of Joseph Locke, merchant, and Mary (Ingersoll) Foster Locke. Married Samuel
Stillman Osgood, a painter, on Oct 7, 1835. Moved to NY in 1839 (after fathers death) and
contributed to most of the better literary periodicals of the day. Also a close friend of
Edgar Allen Poe. CLICK HERE TO
SEE A PHOTO
Frank Osgood. Designer of the horse drawn streetcar system in Seattle, Washington. CLICK HERE FOR MORE
Gayton Pickman Osgood (1797-1861) Born in Massachusetts. Member of Massachusetts
state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1833-35. Interment at Old North
Parish Burying Ground.
George Laurie Osgood (3-3-1844 to 12-12-1922). Singer, composer, conductor, and
teacher, was born in Chelsea Mass, the son of John Hamilton Osgood and Adeline (Stevens)
Osgood, and descendant of John Osgood who emigrated to Mass in 1638. Graduated Harvard in
1866.
Herbert Levi Osgood (3-9-1855 to 9-11-1918). Historian born on a farm in Canton,
Me., son of Stephen and Joan (Staples) Osgood. Descendant of John Osgood who came from
Hampshire, England, probably in 1638, lived for a time in Ipswich, Mass, and came to
settle in Andover, Mass.
Howard Osgood (1-4-1831 to 11-28-1911). Baptist, Clergyman, teacher, and author,
was born on "Magnolia Plantation," in Plaquemines Parish, La., the son of Issac
and Jane Rebecca (Hall) Osgood. His father was of New England ancestry, a nephew of Samuel
Osgood. Although a wealthy planter, he became thoroughly disatisfied with salvery and
moved north to New York City. Born and reared an Eposcopalian, he joined the Baptist
Church. Went to Harvard in 1846 but left in 1849. Ordained a Baptist minister, 2-12-1857,
he served as pastor at Flushing, L.I., 1856-58, and of the North Baptist Church, New York
Ciy, 1860-66.
Jacob Osgood (3-16-1777 to 11-29-1844). Religious enthusiast, founder of the
Osgoodites, was born at South Hampton, NH, descendant of William Osgood, who emigrated to
Salisibury, Mass. in 1638. Philip Osgood was married in succession to Elizabeth, Appia,
and Mahitable Flanders, daughters of a South Hampton farmer. Jacob was probably the son of
Mehitable. Married Miriam Stevens and had 8 children. Osgoodites became a sect in 1812 It
was a rejection of Calvinism, Universalism and Freewill Baptist theology. Osgood believed
that everything established by law was from the devil. He was particulaly opposed to paid
ministers, lawcourts, magistrates, town meetings and military training. CLICK HERE TO SEE AN OLD OSGOODITE MEETING
PLACE
Samuel Osgood (3-3-1747/48 to 8-12-1813). Soldier. legislator, politician, was born
in Andover, Mass. He was descendant in the fifth generation from Capt. John Osgood who
came to Mass in 1638 and settled in Andover abt. 1645. Samuel was the third son of Capt.
Peter Osgood and Sarah Timothy. Elected in Feb. 1781, he took a seat in the Contential
Congress on June 12, and was relected until, by virtue of the 3-year limitation presrcibed
in the Articles of Confederation, his services were terminated, Mar. 1, 1784. In 1800 he
won election to the New York assembly and was choosen speaker. Further, He was a native of
Massachusetts; graduated at Harvard College in 1770; was a member of the Board of War
during the early years of the Revolution. July 1770 and 1776 he was an Aid to General
Ward. From 1780 to 1784 was a delegate to the Continental Congress, and in 1785 was
appointed by that body first Commissioner of the Treasury. In 1789 he was appointed, by
Washington, the First Postmaster General under the new Constitution, and retained the
office two years. He held other public offices; published a work on
"Chronology," "Remarks on Daniel and Revelations, " "Letters on
Episcopacy," and other subjects. CLICK HERE TO SEE A
PHOTO
William Fogg Osgood (3-10-1864 to 7-22-1943). William was a famous mathemetician.
His main work was on the convergence of sequences of continuous functions, solutions of
differential equations, the calculus of variations and space filling curves. CLICK
HERE TO SEE A PHOTO & BIO
(more to come. . .)
