Family Genealogy Page

For those exchanging genealogy research, we will be providing information here about 225 of our ancestors that we have researched back to 1506, including the four highlighted below. Click on the Osgood coat of arms (left) to learn about its history.

Edward S. Osgood (1823-1898) came to San Francisco by ship around Cape Horn during the Gold Rush. He resided near the northwest corner of California and Powell streets and later near the southeast corner of Pine and Leavenworth. He was employed by Mark Brumagim & Co. (banking) at 100 Montgomery Street. His brother-in-law was Jonathan Hunt, the city tax collector in the 1850s.

George S. Parker (1863-1937) founded the Parker Pen Company in 1892. Parker pens have traditionally been used by the president and other officials during ceremonies for signing bills and treaties.

Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is considered the nation's leading historian of his day. He explored the American West before the Gold Rush. He lived with and wrote about native Americans all across the continent. A three-cent stamp was issued with his portrait by the U.S. Postal Service in 1967.

Colonel Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) fought alongside George Washington in the Revolutionary War. The President lived in Osgood's home in New York City after he was sworn in there in 1789. Osgood served in the Washington Cabinet along with Jefferson, Hamilton, Knox and Randolph. In 1812 he became the first president of City Bank of New York (now called Citibank). This portrait has been in the President's Room of the U.S. Capitol since the Lincoln presidency.