WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON OSBORNE
8^th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  10 November 1833 in Overton County, TN
Died: 5 May 1925 in White County, TN
Buried: Black Oak Cemetery, White County, TN
Parents: Jonathan and Jemima (Unknown) Osborne

Married: Armilda J. Copeland on 17 May 1870 in Overton County, TN
Born:  15 January 1850 in Overton County, TN
Died: 19 March 1932 in White County, TN
Buried: Black Oak Cemetery, White County, TN
Parents: Andrew and Louvina (Unknown) Copeland

Children:

1. Willy Osborne
2. James Calvin Osborne
3. Burr Osborne
4. Leanne Osborne
5. Arthur Osborne
6. Mary Jane Osborne
7. Charlie Osborne

MILITARY INFORMATION

13^th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8^th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company A

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 31 April 1862 at Livingston, TN
• Present 12 October 1862

25^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company D

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Age: 18
• Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Livingston
• Discharged because of disability

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S7428

ABSTRACT:

• Filed 4 September 1905
• Rejected
• Resident of Bakerslick, TN
• Member of Company D of the 8th Tennessee Infantry
• Wounded in Murfresboro when a partly spent bomb struck him in the right side
• Born in February 15, 1835 in Overton County, TN
• Enlisted August 1862 in 8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Col John Anderson, Lt. A. W. Richardson, Captain J. J. Cullom
• Married; Wife is 55; 1 daughter living with him
• Attest: C. C. Carr

Supporting Documents:

• J. T. Pointer (30 August 1905) - Tax Assessment
• Henry Osborne (6 April 1906) - Requests status
• TN Board of Pension Examiners (10 February 1909) - Request for service records
• War Department (16 February 1909) - Sent Service Records
• W. L. Dibrell (25 June 1909) - Requests status
• W. L. Dibrell (22 July 1910) - Status request
• W. L. Dibrell (15 June 1914) - Sends update of information
• Polly Ann Tayse (8 August 1914) - Supports claim
• TN Board of Pension Examiners (11 May 1916) - Status Request
• Polly Ann Tayse (4 July 1916) - She is a sister to HO. HO came home on furlough with a wound to his breast.
• Bob Poston (8 July 1916) - Supports his claim
• Bob Poston (8 August 1916) - Status request for Henry Ausbern of Sparta
• John Hart Jr. (1 April 1917) - Supports his claim
• G. O. Lee (12 October 1922) - Request status
• TN Board of Pension Examiners (17 October 1922) - Rejected his claim on the grounds that insufficient evidence as to why he did not return to his command

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 67A
• 1860 Census: 
• 1870 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 316
• 1880 Census:  Cumberland County, TN, Page 300B
• 1900 Census:  Cumberland County, TN, Page 1811A
• 1910 Census:  White County, TN, Page 112A
• 1920 Census:  White County, TN, Page 248A

WILL

White County, TN Will Book, Page 363

• Will of Henry Osborne
• Written: 28 November 1924
• Wife: Armilda Osborne
• Attest: J. L. Jarvis and J. T. Officer
• Daughter: Mary Jane Shirley

 

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1932) - #5776 - Armilda Osborn
• TN Confederate Widows Application: #8639 Armilda (Copeland) Osborn