Buried in Salem Cemetery, Navarro County (or possibly Hill County)Medical doctor in the war and one of the few survivors of the Fort Mims Massacre. His brother Spruce Osborne was killed there. Ephraim was also at the Battle of New Orleans.
He married in 1818.
He died May 23, 1875, in Emmett, Navarro County.
A note from his son mentioned that Lt. Osborne was at Fort Mims and the Battle of New Orleans. He added, "I have heard him tell of the breast works of cotton bales and of the dense fog that enveloped the whole face of the earth."
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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