Oscar B. Kauffman
Oscar B. Kauffman, former treasurer of Greene county and since the spring of 1910 cashier of the First National Bank of Osborn, was born in the neighboring county of Clark, October 31, 1863, a son of Emanuel and Elizabeth Kauffman, who came with their respective parents from their native Pennsylvania in the days of their youth to this part of Ohio, were married here and here spent the remainder of their lives, their son, the subject of this sketch, now owning their old homestead place on the line between Clark and Greene counties.
Upon completing his schooling by a two-years' course in a business college at Dayton, Mr. Kauffman became engaged in the agricultural-implement business at Osborn in association with his brother and was thus engaged until 1890, when he became a bookkeeper in the office of the Ohio Whip Company at Osborn, later becoming general manager of that concern and so continued until he was appointed deputy county treasurer under Treasurer Little in 1900, when he resigned his position with the whip company and moved to Xenia. For four years Mr. Kauffman remained deputy county treasurer and then became the nominee of the Republican party for treasurer of the county and was elected to that office, entering upon the duties of that office in 1904. He was elected to a second term and thus spent nearly ten years in the county treasurer's office, counting his service as deputy. Not long after completing this term of service Mr. Kauffman returned to Osborn and there, February 23, 1910, organized the First National Bank of Osborn, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars, and was elected cashier of the same, which position he has since occupied. A history of the bank is given in another chapter. Mr. Kauffman is a Republican and has held township or county office since he was twenty-one years of age. On April 25, 1894, Oscar B. Kauffman was united in marriage to Winifred Rail, daughter of J. L. and Eliza Rail, and to this union two sons have been born, Rail L., who is now connected with the Merchants National Bank at Dayton, and Fred E., who is still in high school. Mr. Kauffman is a Scottish Rite Mason, affiliated with the blue lodge at Xenia and with the consistory at Dayton. He is one of the charter members of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias at Osborn.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918