The Proeger Family · Generation 8 — Kristin's 5th-great-grandparents

James H. Hearn

Father of Martha J. Heron

James H. Hearn

Confirmed

Father of Martha J. Heron

Parents
Stephen Osborn
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the father of Martha J. Heron. The Hamilton County, Ohio marriage papers of Stephen W. Osborn and Martha Jane Hearn, read from the image, carry in the margin the consent of James H. Hearn, “father of Martha Jane Hearn”, given at Cincinnati on 26 March 1847 Confirmed S1137. Card added 8 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Census1880
What is missing: his wife’s name (the 1880 census says only that she was born in Ohio), his birth and death, and any census household of his own. The spelling Heron on his daughter’s card is from her son’s 1921 marriage-licence application; the 1847 papers write Hearn

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Father-in-law of Stephen Osborn. His daughter was sworn to be over seventeen, which is why his consent was needed S1137

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → He was probably born in North Carolina: the 1880 census gives that as the birthplace of the father of Stephen’s wife Jane, 50 S1149. What is weak or missing: this rests on Martha Jane and Jane being one woman, which the record treats as likely, not settled; and a census birthplace for a parent is second-hand. Know more? Use ‘Add to this record’
Cited on this card S1137 S1149 Card added 2026-10-08

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James H. Hearn · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

2 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1137Hamilton County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas marriage record, p. 260, no. 538 — Stephen W. Osborn and Martha Jane Hearn (26–31 March 1847). Ancestry record 900124906. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Confirmed Affidavit of Stephen W. Osborn, over 21, no lawful wife living, that Martha Jane Hearn is over seventeen, with no lawful husband living, and resident in Hamilton County, sworn 26 March 1847. In the margin, the consent of James H. Hearn, “father of Martha Jane Hearn”, given at Cincinnati the same day. Return: married 31 March 1847; the officiant’s name is blank. “Seventeen” is written over a struck-out “eighteen”.
  2. S11491880 U.S. census, White Water Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, ED 107, p. 5, dwelling 38 (2 June 1880). Ancestry record 23411154. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Confirmed Stephen W. Osborn, 58, husband, Justice of the Peace, born Ohio, father born New York, mother New Jersey; Jane, 50, wife, keeping house, born Ohio, father born North Carolina, mother Ohio; Laura, 18, daughter. Next door, in the Hayes household, Douglass Osborn, 21, farm labourer. Enumerator I. N. Butler.

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