Osmer Deming

Okay, this is what I get for putting my name into Google. This website pops up and I am confronted with false information. Even though this was written in 2007 and likely read by few people, the false information needs to be dispelled. My name is Osmer Sage Deming II and I am the great great grandson of Osmer Sage Deming (a/k/a "O.S. Deming") who lived in Mt. Olivet, Kentucky from late 1800's until the early 1900's. As you can probably guess, I was named for him as well as my great uncle. So, let's dispel some false information. False Information #1, all of the Deming descendants are not dead. I am very much alive and I have a sister who is a Deming descendant, and many cousins who are also direct descendants of O.S. Deming. False information #2, Katherine Deming was my grandmother but she was not a Deming descendant. Her maiden name was Buckner. My family tree research, however, has revealed that she had more Kentucky roots than the Demings. False information #3, as for making sure the "name is kept", as a direct descendant I believe that the new school that was built should NOT have had my family name attached to it. O.S. Deming's house stood where the Deming School was built. It's my understanding that this land was dedicated for educational purposes. Whether the deed of dedication required the name "Deming" on the school is something that I do not know. But if that was a deed restriction, I respectfully disagree with it. I believe that the school should always have had the name "Robertson County High School." That is not to say that O.S. Deming did not contribute greatly to the community. He clearly did as a lawyer, a judge, a farmer, and, most importantly, as a Civil War veteran and an active member of the GAR who was known to have brought Kentucky veterans from both sides after the war. But Robertson is the name of the county and of the region. In that same vein, I deplore how the names of sports arenas, theaters, and baseball fields are named after banks, cellphone companies, and even pet stores. The first choice for the name of any school should be the name of the city or the region in which it is situated. With all that said, I am saddened and horrified that the Deming School was burned down last year. My father graduated from there in 1942. Though he wouldn't have cared about the name, he would not have been happy to have seen it burned down. My family visited my grandmother in Robertson County during the summers of my youth and we got to see what a beautiful building the school was. My hope is that the Kentucky authorities catch the person or persons responsible and prosecute the hell out of them.