Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Osborne, Spruce M.  1813
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Dec. 10, 1813, Raleigh Minerva
War of 1812
OBITUARY- SPRUCE M. OSBORNE
    This young gentleman, who was one of those massacred by the Indians at 
Fort Mims, on the Tensaw, was a native of North Carolina, and had been 
educated at the University. Whilst at college, he gave the highest proofs of 
genius and a finely cultivated Belle Lettres taste.—
   His compositions in prose and poetry indicated a mind that might have 
acquired distinction in the walks of literature. After he left the University, 
he devoted himself to the profession of medicine, and had gone to Mississippi 
for the purpose of commencing the practice of physic. The Indians, breaking 
out in that country, he was chosen a Lieutenant in a Volunteer Corps, the most 
of whom perished in gallantly defending their Fort. Although his death must be 
regretted by his friends, yet they will find a considerable alleviation of 
their grief in the brave manner in which he died. It is to be lamented that so 
heroic a spirit could not have been longer preserved to his own game, and the 
glory of his country.

 


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[The U. S. Census reveals he was from Mecklenburg County.]

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