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Osborne Cemetery
Heath Community, Johnson County, Tennessee

The cemetery name is listed as Osborne instead of Osborn as the descendants use the spelling with the final "e".

This cemetery is not listed in "Upon a Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee".

Index of Surnames Included

Dunn Howard Main May Musgrave Osborn Osborne Potter Woodard

Location

Located in the Heath Community, Johnson County, Tennessee.

North side of Forge Creek Road, turn up a steep driveway next to Holly Meadow Drive. This provides access to Potter Hollow and the former Potter and later Ephraim Osborne farm. The cemetery access is along a logging road on the right overlooking a group of three mobile homes. The property is owned by Norman Woodard.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at Osborne Cemetery in Johnson County, Tennessee on April 9, 2002 by John B. Rochelle and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted.

Osborne Cemetery Marker Photos

All markers were photographed.
Click on the name for a picture of the cemetery marker.

Hazel Fay May
Hazel Fay May
Inf. Dau. Of J. M. & Vada May
Apr. 4, 1922-Apr. 22, 1922
"Darling, we miss thee"
[Hazel Fay May d/o J. M. May & Vada Dunn]

#Hazel Fay Dunn
04 Apr 1922-14 Apr 1922
d/o J. M. May & Vada Dunn
c.o.d. unknown
Informant J. W. Dunn (Shouns)
Osborn Cemetery
1922 # 1226

*Note: death record is listed under Dunn, but tombstone is listed as May

Enoch W. Osborn
Enoch W. Osborn
Born Jan. 12, 1857
Died Mar. 4 1919
"Gone, but not forgotten"
[Enoch W. Osborne s/o Ephraim Osborne & Nancy Potter
Married first Lydia A. Main 21 Aug 1879 JCT
2nd wife Lydia A. Stout]

#Enoch Osborn
12 Jan 1857-02 Mar 1920
s/o Ephron Osborn & Nancy Potter
c.o.d. Pneumonia & Influenza
Informant Lydia Osborn
Osborn Cemetery
1920 # 27

(and his wife
Lydia Osborn
Lydia Osborne
Wife of Enoch Osborn
Born Sep 16, 1860
Died Apr 27, 1926
[Lydia A. Stout d/o Thomas Stout & Elizabeth Potter
2nd w/o Enoch W. Osborne, she later married J. A. Shoun 1922 JCT]
(Information provided by Janie Bryant)

Ephraim Osborn
Ephraim Osborn
Born June 8, 1818
Died June 14, 1911
"He is not dead, but sleepeth"
[Ephraim Osborne s/o Isaac Osborne & Sarah Musgrave
Married 1st Nancy Potter 4 Mar 1855 JCT
Married 2nd Elizabeth Roberts bet. 1860-1866]
additional information

Alice E. Woodard
Alice E. Woodard
Wife of D. G. Woodard
Born Mar. 17, 1890
Died Apr. 3, 1919
[Alice E. Osborne; d/o Enoch W. Osborne & Lydia A. Main]

Daniel Fred Woodard
27 Oct 1944-17 Mar 1945
[s/o Frederick Enoch Woodard & Emma Mae Howard] No Marker
[Originally buried in the Ephraim Osborne Cemetery, reburied elsewhere by the family (per phone conversation with Norman Woodard).

Daniel Fred Woodard, son of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Woodard, Shouns Community, born Oct. 27, 1944, died March 17, at 4 p.m. He was four months and 20 days old.

Surviving are the parents, six brothers and one sister.

Funeral services were held at the home on Sunday the 18th at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Noah Riddle officiating. Burial was made in the Osborne Cemetery, Shouns, with Donnelly Funeral Home in charge.

(Johnson County News, Thursday, March 22, 1945, p. 4)

Infant Woodard
b/d 16 Jul 1920
No Marker found

#Infant Woodard
s/o David Woodard & Danford E. Powell
b/d 16 Jul 1920
c.o.d. Stillborn
Informant David Woodard
Osborn Cemetery
1922 # 270

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This page added 5 August 2002 and last updated 11 March 2005.

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