Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Osborn, Edward Scott August 8, 1942
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Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com August 31, 2006, 2:53 am

From an old newspaper clipping.  The clipping does not contain the date or name of the newspaper.

             SAILOR FROM ROSS KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE JAPS.
                E. S. OSBORN DIES IN SOUTH PACIFIC BATTLE.
         Chief Carpenter's Mate Edward Scott Osborn, a native of Ross county, 
was killed at his battle station, Aug. 8, (1942) when a torpedo from a Jap 
ship scored a direct hit on the heavy cruiser Astoria, in the Solomon islands, 
according to information just received by his sister, Mrs. Anthony Fout, 
Frankfort, Route 2.
         His wife, who made her home at Knoxville, Tenn., previously had been 
notified of his death, but details of when and where it occurred were not 
released until the Navy announced the Astoria as one of the ships damaged or 
sunk in this engagement.
         Later information came from a shipmate who escaped.
         Mrs. Osborn visited here in October and left Tennessee on Nov. 9 to 
go on to San Diego, Calif., where she will make her home.  
         The son of Jacob and Mary Osborn, Edward Scott Osborn was born Oct. 
28, 1902, near Lyndon.  He attended Waugh school near there, and enlisted in 
the Navy in December, 1922.  He remained in the service until the time of his 
death.  Besides his wife and sister, two brothers survive: Chauncey at 
Frankfort and Harry at Cincinnati.  
 

Additional Comments:
 A portrait photo of Edward S. Osborn accompanies the obituary.

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        The following partial other obituary is also from an unnamed and 
undated newspaper clipping.  A full-length picture of Edward Scott Osborn in 
U.S. Navy uniform accompanies this obituary too.

        WAR VICTIM.  ROSS NATIVE IS SLAIN IN THE PACIFIC.

CHIEF CARPENTER'S MATE ED S. OSBORN, IS VICTIM OF WAR.
        Mrs. Anthony Fout, Frankfort, Route 2, was informed Thursday afternoon 
that her brother, Chief Carpenter's Mate Edward Scott Osborn, a native of Ross 
County, was killed in action in the Pacific.
       Word of the casualty was received from Chief Osborn's wife, Bessie, who 
is now making her home with her mother in Knoxville, Tenn.  Time and place of 
his death were not disclosed in the Navy Department's telegram to Mrs. Osborn.
       Chief Osborn was born on Oct. 28, 1902, near Lyndon the son of Jacob 
and Mary Osborn.  He attended Waugh school, near Lyndon, and helped his 
parents on their farm until he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December, 1922, 
and has been in the service since then.
      He was married in 1930 in California to the former Bessie Hubb, a native 
of Tennessee.  His wife was with him in Honolulu on last
        (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4)

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       The following article is also from another unnamed and undated 
newspaper clipping. Note that the name "Huffman" should actually be "Hoffman", 
and the name "Osborne" has also been spelled as "Osborn".

                        BRAKEMAN BEAT UP.
CHILLICOTHE MAN VISITS RELATIVES HERE AND IS POUNCED UPON BY ANOTHER RELATIVE 
AND MUSSED UP.
       Harry Osborne, a brakeman who resides in Chillicothe, made affidavit 
against S. J. Kennedy, who lives over in Ross county, last Saturday night 
charging him with assault.  Kennedy was later rounded up by Officers Emery and 
Willis and entered a plea to being drunk and disorderly, and was fined $10 and 
costs.
       Osbourne came to the home of Ralph Huffman, a relative who lives on 
Pine street, on Saturday night, and while preparing for bed, he heard a 
commotion on the street.  He went out to see what was going on and he claims 
he was attacked by Kennedy and beat up, without any known reason other than 
that Kennedy was full of 'moon'.  Osborne was severely beaten up and when 
Kennedy run his fist through the windshield of Osborn's car his arm was badly 
cut.  He was attended by a physician, then went home and informed his folks 
that he had been in a motor wreck.  His arrest followed, however, and he paid 
his fine and costs in full.



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