History Of Rush County Indiana 1888 Brant & Fuller Surnames In This Biography are: OSBORN, Brann, Howell, THEODORE OSBORN, of the firm of Brann & Osborn, proprietors of sawmill and lumberyard, was born in Union County, this State, January 22, 1846. He was the seventh of eight children—four sons and four daughters—born to Larkin and Mary (Howell) Osborn, with whom he came to this county in 1852. They located upon a farm about two miles south of Rushville, where the father spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in October, 1863. He will be remembered by the older residents as “Uncle Larkin,” by which title he was familiarly known all over Rush County. His wife and the mother of our subject resides at present in Rushville, and is now in the seventy-seventh year of her age. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Osborn, a native of Kentucky. His three brothers were: Aaron T., Lewis L. and Lucien B., the first of whom is deceased. His four sisters were: Sarah J., Mary E., Clemma A. and Julia E., the last of whom is deceased. He was raised upon his father’s farm, and as early as seventeen he assumed the full management of the farm, his father having died many years before. He continued upon the farm until in 1880, when he went to Marshall County, Kan., where he spent some time looking after some land interests he had there. In 1882, he returned to Rushville and formed a partnership with Noble Brann in the lumber trade, which has occupied his entire attention ever since. In politics, Mr. Osborn is a Republican.