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Linn County

John Osborn

 

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.

 

                  

 

 

 

DiAnne Lerud-Chubb
Iowa State Regent

 

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