STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1901, page 1, column 8

LAURA ANNA (MORSE) OSBORN, 04 Jul 1835 - 29 Jan 1901

   Laura Anna Morse, eldest child of Orin Bradley and Matilda Morse, 
was born in Cheshire, Ontario county, New York, July 4, 1835; died 
in Angola, Indiana, January 29, 1901, aged 65 years, 6 months and 24 
days.
   When 19 years of age she moved with her parents to Walworth, New 
York, and lived there until united in marriage with Alfred F. 
Osborn, November 28, 1862.   She then came to Angola where she 
resided until her death.  Mr. and Mrs. Osborn were the parents of 
two children, Ivan and Leah, who died in infancy.  Deceased had been 
in poor health for several years.  Tuesday, Jan. 22, she was 
stricken with paralysis, a disease that results fatally quite as 
often as otherwise.  For some days she suffered greatly and then 
passed into a state of unconsciousness from which she never rallied.  
All that medical skill and kind friends could do was done, but all 
in vain.  She was a member of the M. E. church, and after spending 
many years pleasantly in the service of Christ here, she has been 
taken to her reward, and in her heavenly home with loved ones, she 
will have the privilege of spending eternity in His service.  Christ 
said to her, "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many; enter 
thou into joy of thy Lord."

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

No record of Laura and Alfred's burial place.  Laura's parents are 
listed in the cemetery book under Moss which is a corruption of 
Morse.  Her father, Orin Bradley Morse was born in Cheschine, CT., 
15 Sep 1806 and died 04 Aug 1890.  Her mother was Matilda (Delano) 
Morse, born in Saratoga, N. Y., about 31 Mar 1810 and died 17 Apr 
1885, aged 75 years, 17 days.  Her parents are buried at Circle Hill 
Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. 

Laura's brother, Frank D. Morse, 24 Apr 1854 -26 Dec 1936, married 
Lizzie Annette (Wardley) Morse, 20 Dec 1857 - 24 Dec 1936, daughter 
of Thomas and Jane (Kane) Wardley.  Frank and his wife are buried at 
Circle Hill Cemetery.

"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885" states that Alfred Osborn 
served as Postmaster at Angola from 01 Jul 1862 to 23 Jul 1869.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. II, page 1306, 1307, 1316.