George Osmond

Who was George Osmond?

George Osmond was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as a judge and state senator in Wyoming.

Osmond was born in London, England. In 1850 he became a shipbuilder's apprentice in Woolwich. It was from fellow apprentices that he first heard of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was baptized on November 27, 1850. In 1854 he sailed in the Clara Wheeler to New Orleans and then went to St. Louis where he worked for James Eads. In 1855 while still in St. Louis Osmond married Georgina Huckvale.

In 1855 Osmond and his bride went to Utah. They first settled in Bountiful, Utah and later moved to Willard, Utah. In 1864 they moved to the vicinity of Bear Lake in the town of Bloomington, Idaho.

Osmond served as bishop in Bloomington for seven years, and then as a counselor to William Budge in the presidency of the Bear Lake Stake. From 1884 to 1886 Osmond served a mission to England during which time he was assistant editor of the Millennial Star. From 1890 to 1892 he was again on a mission to the British Isles, during which he served first as president of the Scottish District and then as president of the London District.