John Osborn was born April 16, 1763 in
Shenandoah County, Virginia. He
enlisted in 1780 in his home state and
later fought in the Revolution in the
state of Tennessee. He was
discharged in 1782. After the
Revolutionary War, he also lived in
North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana,
Illinois, and then moved in with his son
in Center Point, Linn County, Iowa.
Osborn died in 1854 and was buried in
the Center Point Cemetery in Linn
County. In 1894, Dennison Post No.
244 G.A.R. and the citizens of Center
Point erected a monument in his memory.
A metal marker was placed by the Sons of
the American Revolution. His Service
was in Montgomery County, Virginia.
John
Osborn