Arthur Dimon Osborne was born in Fairfield, Conn., April 17, 1828, the son of Thomas Burr Osborne (B.A. 1817, LL.D. Wesleyan 1856) and Elizabeth Huntington (Dimon) Osborne. His father studied law and was admitted to the brain New Haven in 1820. He practiced his profession in Fairfield and represented the district in Congress from 1839 to 1943. In 1844 he was a member of the State Senate, and the same year was appointed judge of the County Court. He was again a member of the General Assembly in 1850, and from 1855 to 1865 he was professor of law at Yale. His [grand]parents were Jeremiah and Anna (Sherwood) Osborne, descendants of Richard Osborne, who came from London, England in 1634 and settled at New Haven in 1639, and of Thomas Sherwood, who came from Ipswich, England in 1634 and settled first in Massachusetts, removing to Fairfield prior to 1650. The maternal grandfather of Arthur Dimon Osborne was Ebenezer Dimon (B.A. 1783), who was sheriff of Fairfield County for 13 years, and was one of the founders of Fairfield Academy and the Fairfield Public Library. His wife was Mary Sherwood (Hinman) Osborne. Ebenezer Dimon (B.A. 1728) was the great-great-grandfather of Arthur Dimon Osborne, and David Dimon, a non-graduate member of the class of 1828, and Dr Theodore Dimon (B.A. 1835) were his uncles.
He was fitted for college at Fairfield Academy and entered the Class of 1848 in Sophomore year. He received an oration appointment in Junior year and a first dispute in Senior year, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as Secretary of his Class from 1873 until his death.
He studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced his profession in Fairfield from 1850 to 1854, and in New Haven from that year until his retirement from the law to enter banking in 1882. He represented the town of Fairfield in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1854, serving on the judiciary committee, was alderman of the Second Ward in New Haven from 1859 to 1861, and was clerk of the Superior courts for New Haven County from July 1860 to 1882, when he declined a reappointment. He was a member of the Board of Education in New Haven and chairman of the committee on schools from 1878 to 1881. In November 1869, he was elected a director, and in January 1882, president of the Second National Bank of New Haven. He held this office until January 1899 when he declined a reelection and was elected vice-president, which office he held until December 1916. He was a director of the Shore Line Railway, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, the New England Navigation Company, and several subsidiary companies, but in May 1906, resigned his directorship in all these companies. He was a trustee of the New Haven Orphan Asylum, and one of the society's committee of the First Ecclesiastical Society of New Haven (Center Church) for many years. He was a member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the Fairfield Historical Society, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
He died suddenly, from an intestinal hemorrhage, at his home in New Haven, April 14, 1920, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was married August 2, 1858, in New Haven, to Frances Louisa, daughter of Eli Whitney Blake (B.A. 1816) and Eliza Maria (O'Brien) Blake. She died December 21, 1893. Five of her brothers graduated at Yale. Charles T Blake (BA 1847), Henry T Blake (BA 1848), Eli W Blake (BA 1857), Edward F Blake (BA 1858), and James P Blake (BA 1862). Through her mother, who was the daughter of Edward J and Mary (Pierpont) O'Brien, she was a lineal descendant of Rev James Pierpont, one of the founders of Yale.
He is survived by two sons, Thomas Burr Osborne (BA 1881, PhD 1885, ScD 1910) and Arthur Sherwood Osborne (BA 1882, LLB 1884) and one grandson, Arthur Dimon Osborne 2d (BA 1908, LLB Harvard 1911).
Source- Yale University of Graduates Deceased during the Year ending July 1, 1920
He was fitted for college at Fairfield Academy and entered the Class of 1848 in Sophomore year. He received an oration appointment in Junior year and a first dispute in Senior year, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as Secretary of his Class from 1873 until his death.
He studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced his profession in Fairfield from 1850 to 1854, and in New Haven from that year until his retirement from the law to enter banking in 1882. He represented the town of Fairfield in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1854, serving on the judiciary committee, was alderman of the Second Ward in New Haven from 1859 to 1861, and was clerk of the Superior courts for New Haven County from July 1860 to 1882, when he declined a reappointment. He was a member of the Board of Education in New Haven and chairman of the committee on schools from 1878 to 1881. In November 1869, he was elected a director, and in January 1882, president of the Second National Bank of New Haven. He held this office until January 1899 when he declined a reelection and was elected vice-president, which office he held until December 1916. He was a director of the Shore Line Railway, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, the New England Navigation Company, and several subsidiary companies, but in May 1906, resigned his directorship in all these companies. He was a trustee of the New Haven Orphan Asylum, and one of the society's committee of the First Ecclesiastical Society of New Haven (Center Church) for many years. He was a member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the Fairfield Historical Society, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
He died suddenly, from an intestinal hemorrhage, at his home in New Haven, April 14, 1920, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was married August 2, 1858, in New Haven, to Frances Louisa, daughter of Eli Whitney Blake (B.A. 1816) and Eliza Maria (O'Brien) Blake. She died December 21, 1893. Five of her brothers graduated at Yale. Charles T Blake (BA 1847), Henry T Blake (BA 1848), Eli W Blake (BA 1857), Edward F Blake (BA 1858), and James P Blake (BA 1862). Through her mother, who was the daughter of Edward J and Mary (Pierpont) O'Brien, she was a lineal descendant of Rev James Pierpont, one of the founders of Yale.
He is survived by two sons, Thomas Burr Osborne (BA 1881, PhD 1885, ScD 1910) and Arthur Sherwood Osborne (BA 1882, LLB 1884) and one grandson, Arthur Dimon Osborne 2d (BA 1908, LLB Harvard 1911).
Source- Yale University of Graduates Deceased during the Year ending July 1, 1920
Arthur Dimon Osborne was born in Fairfield, Conn., April 17, 1828, the son of Thomas Burr Osborne (B.A. 1817, LL.D. Wesleyan 1856) and Elizabeth Huntington (Dimon) Osborne. His father studied law and was admitted to the brain New Haven in 1820. He practiced his profession in Fairfield and represented the district in Congress from 1839 to 1943. In 1844 he was a member of the State Senate, and the same year was appointed judge of the County Court. He was again a member of the General Assembly in 1850, and from 1855 to 1865 he was professor of law at Yale. His [grand]parents were Jeremiah and Anna (Sherwood) Osborne, descendants of Richard Osborne, who came from London, England in 1634 and settled at New Haven in 1639, and of Thomas Sherwood, who came from Ipswich, England in 1634 and settled first in Massachusetts, removing to Fairfield prior to 1650. The maternal grandfather of Arthur Dimon Osborne was Ebenezer Dimon (B.A. 1783), who was sheriff of Fairfield County for 13 years, and was one of the founders of Fairfield Academy and the Fairfield Public Library. His wife was Mary Sherwood (Hinman) Osborne. Ebenezer Dimon (B.A. 1728) was the great-great-grandfather of Arthur Dimon Osborne, and David Dimon, a non-graduate member of the class of 1828, and Dr Theodore Dimon (B.A. 1835) were his uncles.
He was fitted for college at Fairfield Academy and entered the Class of 1848 in Sophomore year. He received an oration appointment in Junior year and a first dispute in Senior year, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as Secretary of his Class from 1873 until his death.
He studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced his profession in Fairfield from 1850 to 1854, and in New Haven from that year until his retirement from the law to enter banking in 1882. He represented the town of Fairfield in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1854, serving on the judiciary committee, was alderman of the Second Ward in New Haven from 1859 to 1861, and was clerk of the Superior courts for New Haven County from July 1860 to 1882, when he declined a reappointment. He was a member of the Board of Education in New Haven and chairman of the committee on schools from 1878 to 1881. In November 1869, he was elected a director, and in January 1882, president of the Second National Bank of New Haven. He held this office until January 1899 when he declined a reelection and was elected vice-president, which office he held until December 1916. He was a director of the Shore Line Railway, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, the New England Navigation Company, and several subsidiary companies, but in May 1906, resigned his directorship in all these companies. He was a trustee of the New Haven Orphan Asylum, and one of the society's committee of the First Ecclesiastical Society of New Haven (Center Church) for many years. He was a member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the Fairfield Historical Society, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
He died suddenly, from an intestinal hemorrhage, at his home in New Haven, April 14, 1920, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was married August 2, 1858, in New Haven, to Frances Louisa, daughter of Eli Whitney Blake (B.A. 1816) and Eliza Maria (O'Brien) Blake. She died December 21, 1893. Five of her brothers graduated at Yale. Charles T Blake (BA 1847), Henry T Blake (BA 1848), Eli W Blake (BA 1857), Edward F Blake (BA 1858), and James P Blake (BA 1862). Through her mother, who was the daughter of Edward J and Mary (Pierpont) O'Brien, she was a lineal descendant of Rev James Pierpont, one of the founders of Yale.
He is survived by two sons, Thomas Burr Osborne (BA 1881, PhD 1885, ScD 1910) and Arthur Sherwood Osborne (BA 1882, LLB 1884) and one grandson, Arthur Dimon Osborne 2d (BA 1908, LLB Harvard 1911).
Source- Yale University of Graduates Deceased during the Year ending July 1, 1920
He was fitted for college at Fairfield Academy and entered the Class of 1848 in Sophomore year. He received an oration appointment in Junior year and a first dispute in Senior year, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as Secretary of his Class from 1873 until his death.
He studied law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced his profession in Fairfield from 1850 to 1854, and in New Haven from that year until his retirement from the law to enter banking in 1882. He represented the town of Fairfield in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1854, serving on the judiciary committee, was alderman of the Second Ward in New Haven from 1859 to 1861, and was clerk of the Superior courts for New Haven County from July 1860 to 1882, when he declined a reappointment. He was a member of the Board of Education in New Haven and chairman of the committee on schools from 1878 to 1881. In November 1869, he was elected a director, and in January 1882, president of the Second National Bank of New Haven. He held this office until January 1899 when he declined a reelection and was elected vice-president, which office he held until December 1916. He was a director of the Shore Line Railway, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, the New England Navigation Company, and several subsidiary companies, but in May 1906, resigned his directorship in all these companies. He was a trustee of the New Haven Orphan Asylum, and one of the society's committee of the First Ecclesiastical Society of New Haven (Center Church) for many years. He was a member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the Fairfield Historical Society, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
He died suddenly, from an intestinal hemorrhage, at his home in New Haven, April 14, 1920, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was married August 2, 1858, in New Haven, to Frances Louisa, daughter of Eli Whitney Blake (B.A. 1816) and Eliza Maria (O'Brien) Blake. She died December 21, 1893. Five of her brothers graduated at Yale. Charles T Blake (BA 1847), Henry T Blake (BA 1848), Eli W Blake (BA 1857), Edward F Blake (BA 1858), and James P Blake (BA 1862). Through her mother, who was the daughter of Edward J and Mary (Pierpont) O'Brien, she was a lineal descendant of Rev James Pierpont, one of the founders of Yale.
He is survived by two sons, Thomas Burr Osborne (BA 1881, PhD 1885, ScD 1910) and Arthur Sherwood Osborne (BA 1882, LLB 1884) and one grandson, Arthur Dimon Osborne 2d (BA 1908, LLB Harvard 1911).
Source- Yale University of Graduates Deceased during the Year ending July 1, 1920
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