Background
Stoddard, William Osborn was born on September 24, 1835 in Homer, New York, United States. Son of Prentice S. and Sarah A. (Osborn) Stoddard.
Stoddard, William Osborn was born on September 24, 1835 in Homer, New York, United States. Son of Prentice S. and Sarah A. (Osborn) Stoddard.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Rochester, 1858, A.M., 1861.
Father of William Osborn Stoddard, Junior Journalist and farmer Chicago, and Champaign, Illinois, 1857-1860. In the United States Volumes, 3 months in 1861. Secretary to President Lincoln, 1861-1864.
United States marshal of Arkansas, 1864-1866. Journalist and in business pursuits in New York, since 1866. Also an inventor, with 9 patents.
Held office under New York city government.
Married Susan E. Cooper, 1873 (deceased).