Lehighton Rangers - C. S. A.
Shanghai Cemetery II
Pvt John Osborne Mars
John Osborne Mars was born on May 18, 1834 in Wayne County, TN. He was one of three children born to William and Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Mars, daughter of John Osborn Roberts. John Osborne Mars left Wayne County, TN and went to Tishomingo County, MS, where he began buying timber land and sawmilling. On January 28, 1856, he wrote a letter from Eastport, MS to his mother telling her about going down the river to Memphis with a load of lumber.
He married Lucretia Jackson, daughter of John Childress Jackson and Elizabeth Elam Jackson about 1857. They had five children: John Shine, Ella Anna, Sarah Elizabeth, William Franklin, James J.
He was a postmaster 1857-1859 at a place called Rose Bud in Tishomingo County, MS.
In July 1863, John Osborne joined a company of volunteers for home defense with Col. P.D. Roddey under the name Leighton Rangers (Confederate Army).
John Osborne Mars settled in the Snowdown Community in the 1850's.
He died on April 10, 1869 in Hardin County, TN and was buried in Shanghai Cemetery II.
But as a memorial to him a Civil War CSA marker has been placed by his wife's grave at Snowdown Cemetery.
NOTE: biography wrote by Irene Mars Barnes. John Osborne has a lot of family members living in the Snowdown area.
Shanghai Cemetery II
Pvt John Osborne Mars
John Osborne Mars was born on May 18, 1834 in Wayne County, TN. He was one of three children born to William and Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Mars, daughter of John Osborn Roberts. John Osborne Mars left Wayne County, TN and went to Tishomingo County, MS, where he began buying timber land and sawmilling. On January 28, 1856, he wrote a letter from Eastport, MS to his mother telling her about going down the river to Memphis with a load of lumber.
He married Lucretia Jackson, daughter of John Childress Jackson and Elizabeth Elam Jackson about 1857. They had five children: John Shine, Ella Anna, Sarah Elizabeth, William Franklin, James J.
He was a postmaster 1857-1859 at a place called Rose Bud in Tishomingo County, MS.
In July 1863, John Osborne joined a company of volunteers for home defense with Col. P.D. Roddey under the name Leighton Rangers (Confederate Army).
John Osborne Mars settled in the Snowdown Community in the 1850's.
He died on April 10, 1869 in Hardin County, TN and was buried in Shanghai Cemetery II.
But as a memorial to him a Civil War CSA marker has been placed by his wife's grave at Snowdown Cemetery.
NOTE: biography wrote by Irene Mars Barnes. John Osborne has a lot of family members living in the Snowdown area.
Lehighton Rangers - C. S. A.
Shanghai Cemetery II
Pvt John Osborne Mars
John Osborne Mars was born on May 18, 1834 in Wayne County, TN. He was one of three children born to William and Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Mars, daughter of John Osborn Roberts. John Osborne Mars left Wayne County, TN and went to Tishomingo County, MS, where he began buying timber land and sawmilling. On January 28, 1856, he wrote a letter from Eastport, MS to his mother telling her about going down the river to Memphis with a load of lumber.
He married Lucretia Jackson, daughter of John Childress Jackson and Elizabeth Elam Jackson about 1857. They had five children: John Shine, Ella Anna, Sarah Elizabeth, William Franklin, James J.
He was a postmaster 1857-1859 at a place called Rose Bud in Tishomingo County, MS.
In July 1863, John Osborne joined a company of volunteers for home defense with Col. P.D. Roddey under the name Leighton Rangers (Confederate Army).
John Osborne Mars settled in the Snowdown Community in the 1850's.
He died on April 10, 1869 in Hardin County, TN and was buried in Shanghai Cemetery II.
But as a memorial to him a Civil War CSA marker has been placed by his wife's grave at Snowdown Cemetery.
NOTE: biography wrote by Irene Mars Barnes. John Osborne has a lot of family members living in the Snowdown area.
Shanghai Cemetery II
Pvt John Osborne Mars
John Osborne Mars was born on May 18, 1834 in Wayne County, TN. He was one of three children born to William and Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Mars, daughter of John Osborn Roberts. John Osborne Mars left Wayne County, TN and went to Tishomingo County, MS, where he began buying timber land and sawmilling. On January 28, 1856, he wrote a letter from Eastport, MS to his mother telling her about going down the river to Memphis with a load of lumber.
He married Lucretia Jackson, daughter of John Childress Jackson and Elizabeth Elam Jackson about 1857. They had five children: John Shine, Ella Anna, Sarah Elizabeth, William Franklin, James J.
He was a postmaster 1857-1859 at a place called Rose Bud in Tishomingo County, MS.
In July 1863, John Osborne joined a company of volunteers for home defense with Col. P.D. Roddey under the name Leighton Rangers (Confederate Army).
John Osborne Mars settled in the Snowdown Community in the 1850's.
He died on April 10, 1869 in Hardin County, TN and was buried in Shanghai Cemetery II.
But as a memorial to him a Civil War CSA marker has been placed by his wife's grave at Snowdown Cemetery.
NOTE: biography wrote by Irene Mars Barnes. John Osborne has a lot of family members living in the Snowdown area.
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