Osborn G. Woodman
M, (30 March 1832 - 7 December 1854)
| Father-Biological* | Deacon Greenleaf H. Woodman b. 25 Aug 1808, d. 14 Mar 1880 |
| Mother-Biological* | Dorothy E. Dunham b. 27 Mar 1810, d. 27 Aug 1902 |
Last Edited=14 Aug 2026
Gravestone of Osborn G. Woodman
He was the son of Deacon Greenleaf H. Woodman and Dorothy E. Dunham. Osborn, age 18, appeared on the US Census of 1850 living at Auburn, Maine,in the household of his parents, Greenleaf H. and Dorothy E. Woodman. He worked as a farmer; According to the census, their real estate was valued at $4,000 and their personal estate at $1,000.7 According to the Federal Census in 1850, Osborn was a farmer.7 The following is a letter written by Osborn to his mother:No 36 Ash St. Boston July 27th /54
To Mother-
I have several times attempted to write, but there being nothing of interest transpiring, I thought it best to wait until I could get time to narrate something pleasing; but now, after some delay, I am determined to commence and conclude a letter.
We are getting on finely in our musical class, and it will be closed on the 15th of Aug. next. The Boston Musical Convention, commences the next day, and continues one week longer; the day time for practice and the evenings for public concerts, of which, our class givs two, one of them will be the "Song of the Belle" by Schiller, contained in a double singing book of seventy pages, and the other "Mozart's Twelfth Mass", in Italian of about the name No of pages.
The committee of arrangements hve engaged "Tremont Temple" for two nights with the big organ for $200, in which one of our concerts will be given. The next Tuesday after, the "Maine State Musical Convention" commences its session in Bath Me, Aug 29th and continues four days, under the instruction of Mr B. F. Baker.
I went over to South East Boston Tues to see a ship of 3200 tons launched from Mr McCays yard.
Today at recss one of the members of our class whilst standing in the gymnation room, where two ladys were swinging was struck by them and knoct over her head hitting the floor and stunding her st tha she did not recove for som time, her name was Miss Harrington.
Mrs Millikin and her two daughters hav gon to cherryfield.
It is quite warn here now! The cholery is rather still! I am well!
I think some of going to West Bath this fall to teach a town school, and singing school too. L.D. White of Lewiston told me that he could get me a school where I could have from 25 to 28 dollars per month and a wrighting school too, but I don't know how that will be.
Write to me It is getting dark and I must close.
So good by
Truly yours
O.G.
To Mother-
I have several times attempted to write, but there being nothing of interest transpiring, I thought it best to wait until I could get time to narrate something pleasing; but now, after some delay, I am determined to commence and conclude a letter.
We are getting on finely in our musical class, and it will be closed on the 15th of Aug. next. The Boston Musical Convention, commences the next day, and continues one week longer; the day time for practice and the evenings for public concerts, of which, our class givs two, one of them will be the "Song of the Belle" by Schiller, contained in a double singing book of seventy pages, and the other "Mozart's Twelfth Mass", in Italian of about the name No of pages.
The committee of arrangements hve engaged "Tremont Temple" for two nights with the big organ for $200, in which one of our concerts will be given. The next Tuesday after, the "Maine State Musical Convention" commences its session in Bath Me, Aug 29th and continues four days, under the instruction of Mr B. F. Baker.
I went over to South East Boston Tues to see a ship of 3200 tons launched from Mr McCays yard.
Today at recss one of the members of our class whilst standing in the gymnation room, where two ladys were swinging was struck by them and knoct over her head hitting the floor and stunding her st tha she did not recove for som time, her name was Miss Harrington.
Mrs Millikin and her two daughters hav gon to cherryfield.
It is quite warn here now! The cholery is rather still! I am well!
I think some of going to West Bath this fall to teach a town school, and singing school too. L.D. White of Lewiston told me that he could get me a school where I could have from 25 to 28 dollars per month and a wrighting school too, but I don't know how that will be.
Write to me It is getting dark and I must close.
So good by
Truly yours
O.G.
The ship he saw launched was the extreme clipper ship, James Baines, launched 25 July 1854 in Boston for the Black Ball Line of Liverpool.
He died on 7 December 1854 at Auburn, Maine, at age 22.1,3,2,4,6,8 Osborn was buried at Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Maine.8Citations
- Woodman, J. H. A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736,. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856.
- Woodman, Dorothy E. Woodman Family Record. Auburn, Maine: sampler, 1881.
- Woodman, John A.. Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635. Ocala, Florida: by the author, 1995.
- Auburn Town Clerk. Auburn, Maine Vital Records.
- Maine State Archives. Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
- Maine State Archives. Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
- Census Bureau. 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2009.
- Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/