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Note: An alternative birth date for Osby is 2 May 1894. Osby was called "Ossie" and a nickname for him was "Chig".
There are many, varied recollections about Osby and his life. The following, from Martin's The Martin Family (1980), describe some of them:
It is said that Osby "...was an exceptionally good roller skater and was an expert marksman with a .22 caliber rifle."
"Hattie Berry says that she, Osby, and Lucille moved to Oklahoma in 1929. They stayed there for only a few weeks and moved to Canon City, Colorado. They lived there until they divorced."
Genevieve Hilleary recalls that Osby went to Colorado with Hattie and Lucille and that they were divorced after they were out there. Osby and Lucille did not get along well together and had very little, if any, contact with each other.
Ruth Gray remembers that Hattie did go to Colorado without Osby. At some point, he and Hattie got together in Colorado because they returned to Ohio together for a visit. They later divorced.
Osby and his second wife, Hattie, left Meigs County, Ohio in 1923 and moved to Colorado. They divorced in 1934. After their divorce, Osby moved to Utah and was living in Royal, Utah by 1943 where he remained the rest of his life. Osby worked as a coal miner.
Osby frequently would have his wife, Hattie, hold half dollars between her fingers. He would then proceed to shoot the coins with a .38 revolver. He was a very accurate shot.
Osby and his brothers, Ed and Clyde, were strong union men in the coal mines and were frequently involved in fights against people who tried to cross the picket lines.
Edythe Betts recalls an occasion when she was young that Osby came to his sister Sylvia's house in a hurry and quickly changed the convertible top on his car because it had numerous bullet holes in it. She believes that this occurred during a union dispute. When Osby visited his family in Ohio in the late 1940's, the middle finger on one hand had been removed. A section of his hand, behind and the same width as his finger, was also gone well up toward his wrist. The reason for this is not known.
It was rumored that Osby was shot and killed in a poker game. However, he was dying of terminal cancer and committed suicide, using a .38 revolver....His sister, Oma, had him brought back to Nelsonville, Ohio for burial in Greenlawn." At the time of his death, Osby was employed as a coal miner with the Royal Coal Company.
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