The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-25

 Physician DeadAt61
Dr. Osborne, Direct De-
 scendant of First Set tiers of State.

Dr. George Wakeman Osborn, one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of Bridgeport and a direct descendant of the first settlers of Connecticut. died at 1:15 o'clock this morning at his home. SSs Broad street. He was stricken with an at tack of pleurisy three weeks ago, and the development of bronchial pneu- monia hastened the end. His death removes from the professional circles of Bridgeport, a successful and ernin- ent medical practitioner whose life is best marked by his work.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Boynton Osborn; brother, David Franklin Osborn of Easton; two daughters, Mrs. Allan Aube and Mrs. Franklin H. Hubbell. both of Bridgeport; one son, Richard Galen Osborn, g. freshman at Yale Univers- ity; and two granddaughters.
 The funeral will be Thursday af- Episcopal church, and burial will be in the family plot in the Union ceme- tery, Easton.
 Dr. Osborn was born in the fam 1860. He was the son of David Hull Osborn and Melissa (Banks) Osborn, both direct lineal descendants of the early settlers of Connecticut. His family first settled in America in 1885 when Captain Richard Osborn left the ancestral estates at Chick sands Priory, Shefford, Bedfordshire. and crossed the Atlantic in the fla nous ship, Hopewell. For exemplary services in the Pequot War, Captain Osborn was awarded a grant of so acres in FNaiTrie1d which extended 12 miles into what was then known as t'the wilderness in the direction of what is today Danbury. The tract became the family seat, and part of it is retained to this day.
 Dr. Osborne secured the rudiment of h ic pd fin fha district school of Easton village and at Staples Academy in Easton, where he pre- pared for college. He taught the vil- lage school in Easton for a time, and in 1880 entered the academic depart ment of Yale University, graduating with the class of 1884 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. In that year he matriculated in the College of Phy- partment of Columbia University, from which he graduated with the de- gree of Doctor of Medicines in 1887.
 He immediately took up his resi- served as house physician at the Bridgeport Hospital. On Decembe CT 27, 1888, he was married at Peabody, Mass, to Nellie Maria Boynton, a Class of 1881, and a direct descendant 1 of James Boynton, who was killed in | the Battle of Bunker Hill.
 He was city physician and surgeon
 
 years between 1888 and 1899, and in | addition was medical examiner for the l Metropolitan Life 1nsurnace Company, 1 and physician and examiner for many | other fraterna1 and benefit organ1za- | tions.
 In 1904, he became a member of the Board of Health and in 1910 was elected president of the board. He was was surgeon of the Fire Department | for several years, receiving his ap- pointment on January 1, 1910. On his return from a tour of the Pacific Coast in 1904 -05, he was nam | ed physician and surgeon of the De- partment of Children at St. Vincent s hospital, and being fully equipped in surgery and medicine, Dr. Osborn aS- stunned a high position as medical practitioners. and among his many 1 patients were members of the best | families of Bridgeport.
 l He has been vice-president of the Bridgeport Medical Society, and a member of the Board of Education for eight years, having served during | the present term as V1ce-presldent, and a member of the important com mittee on teachers.
 | For years, he was prominent in pol itics and was always staunch and l true Democrat. For six years, he served as president of the Democratic | Association.
 | Dr. Osborn was a member of twen- | ty-two professional and fraternal or l ganizations, including several local. state and national medical Soc1et1eS. | He was thirty-second degree Mason, and g. member of the Bridgeport i Lodge of E1ks, the Connecticut So- | ciety, Sons of the American Revolu- ton; the Algonquin club, Foresters of America, Red Men. New England Order of Protection, Modern Wood men of America, Young Mems Chris i tian Association, Fairfield County Bridgeport Scientific and Historical l Asso ociation.
 1 There will be a special meeting of i the Board of Education tomorrow night to take action on Dr. Osborn's 1 death.
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