From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 951-952
 
JOSEPH H. OSMOND.  Well directed efforts in the practical affairs of life and 
his capable management of his fine farm in Sharon township have brought a well 
deserved prosperity to Joseph H. OSMOND, whose career demonstrates forcibly 
what may be accomplished by any man of energy and ambition who is not afraid 
to work and has the perseverance to continue his labors in the face of any 
discouragements which may seem to arise.  In all the relations of life he has 
commanded the respect and confidence of those with whom he has been brought 
into contact and a biographical history of Walworth county would need to 
contain his record should it profess to be complete.
 
Mr. OSMOND was born in the state of New York on February 27, 1857, and is the 
son of George and Ann (SALVAGE) OSMOND, both of English descent.  The father 
came west, locating at Richmond, McHenry county, Illinois, where he spent the 
rest of his life on a farm, dying there in 1901, his widow surviving until 
1908.  They were the parents of four children, namely: George lives in 
Richmond, Illinois; Joseph H., of this sketch; William John Harrison, and Mrs. 
Lenora CAIRNS, of Richmond, Illinois.
 
Joseph H. OSMOND, of this sketch was educated in the schools at Richmond, 
Illinois, and he grew to manhood on the home farm there.  He came to Wisconsin 
on December 2, 1882, and settled in Sharon township, Walworth county, buying 
an excellent farm of two hundred and eighty acres, after he had worked for a 
time with his father-in-law.
 
The subject farmed and raised live stock most successfully for a period of 
twenty-seven years, during which time he improved his place into one of the 
most desirable farms of the community.  Then he purchased the feed mill in 
Sharon in 1907 and is now operating the same.
 
Politically, Mr. OSMOND is a Republican, and was an official for the township 
of Sharon for a number of years.  He has been a member of the city council of 
Sharon for the past four years.  Fraternally, he belongs to the Masons, the 
Eastern Star, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen.
 
Mr. OSMOND was married on December 15, 1881, to Ida SHERMAN, daughter of 
Elisha Judson SHERMAN and Harriet (STORY) SHERMAN.  This union has been 
without issue.
 
Submitted by Carol