| J. F. Osborne, M. D., is a native of Columbia, Tenn., born in 1843,
and is one of four living members of seven children of E. R. and M. D.
Osborne, who were born in Georgetown, Ky., in 1810 and Rutherford County,
Tenn., in 1820, respectively. E. R. Osborne came to Columbia, Tenn., when
a young man, and was married in Giles County, in 1866, to Mrs. M. D. Batte.
He took up his residence in that county in 1845, and afterward represented
the people there in the State Legislature several times, and was chosen
an elector for the State at large in 1852. At the beginning of the late
war he was a strong Union man, but still sympathized with the Southern
cause. He died in 1884. His widow died in October of the following year.
Dr. J. F. Osborne was educated in the Union University, at Murfreesboro,
and after completing his education he entered the office of Dr. Battle,
of Union City, and remained with him until the breaking out of the civil
war, when he joined Company D, Thirty-third Tennessee Infantry, but was
wounded at Perryville. He was captured at Mobile, and was kept a prisoner
at Camp Chase, Ohio, for four months. He held the rank of orderly sergeant.
After his return he completed his medical course, and graduated from the
medical school at Louisville, Ky. In the spring of 1867 he began practicing
in Obion County, and in 1868 married Miss N. B., daughter of John F. Sinclair.
Mrs. Osborne was born in Dyer County in 1847, and is the mother of the
following children: Florence, W. B., Alma, Nannie B., Helen and Ella. In
1869 the Doctor located where he now resides. He has a large and lucrative
practice, and has been quite successful in his professional labors. He
has always been interested in the general development of the county, and
is ready to encourage all laudable enterprises, especially the building
of educational institutions. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member
of the K. of H. He and Mrs. Osborne are members of the Christian Church.
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