M. "Tye" C. Osborn, Colonel
Brown County Democrat Message, Mt. Sterling, Illinois, June 14, 1890
Submitted by Sara Hemp
Death -- Col. M. C. Osborn familiarly known to many in Brown county as "Tye" Osborn, died at his home
in Heflin, Ala., June 5, of paralysis, with which he was stricken May 27. Col. Osborn was a nephew of Governor
Tom Corwin of Ohio, and gained the title of colonel in the 119th Illinois regiment, which he commanded. He was
United States marshal at Heflin and was engaged in mining, being the sole proprietor of a large copper mine. This
brief notice of his death will be read with sorrow by his friends in this county.
